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Steelers LB Patrick Queen: Russell Wilson Looks Great. We'll See Once Gametime Comes if He is the Starter

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October 15, 2024 3:24 pm

10/15/24 - Hour 3

Rich weighs in on Cowboys owner Jerry Jones defending his “all-in” offseason strategy that was largely based on not plugging Dallas’ roster holes, and reacts to the Cleveland Browns trading WR Amari Cooper to the Buffalo Bills.

 

Steelers LB Patrick Queen and Rich discuss Russell Wilson possibly taking over the starting reins from Justin Fields in Week 7, what it’s like to play for the no-nonsense Mike Tomlin and the ultra-intense TJ Watt, and more.

 

Falcons WR Drake London and Rich discuss the positive impact of Kirk Cousins’ goofy “dad vibes” on Atlanta’s locker room, the team’s Super Bowl aspirations, his personal goals for the season and more.

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Rod Woodson is the guest. Rod does radio for the Baltimore Ravens who I've, let me make sure I get this right, haven't lost in a month. And they were once upon a, can you believe the Ravens were 0-2 at one point?

I know, right? And the legitimate question is who's the MVP of that team? I know, I know there's a two-time MVP on it who's playing really well at the quarterback spot. But I'll tell you what, there's 22 there as well and Derrick Henry. And also Rod will, I can't wait to hear what he's got to say about the possibility of Russell Wilson starting for the Steelers on Sunday night.

Because he's taking first team reps and Mike Tomlin said they are absolutely considering that. Patrick Queen, a teammate of Russell's, will join us in about 19 minutes time. And then after that, De'Rake Londonden will be on this program. Londonden. Drake London of the Atlanta Falcons will be joining us. Chris Long's already been on it. We've been having a good day.

844-204-rich number to dial in this program. Hey everybody, I don't know if you're aware but Dallas Cowboys did not play well over the weekend. I mean we covered this yesterday when you weren't here.

They didn't play well over the weekend. Whenever you're like, hey everybody, it's just like, settle down just a little bit. It's like brace yourself because this could go in any direction. I caught you with that one, huh?

It's like, oh where does he go? Well he told us it was coming. They didn't play well at all. And they beat the Steelers. I even popped them in my top 10 of my power rankings. I mean it was the right thing to do.

I'm in hindsight wish I didn't do it. Well that's what the power ranking is, Rich. I know it's all about this snapshot. The lady out this week? Those are his rankings. Yeah, they'll be out this week.

I don't usually like to preview but they're out of my top 10. Are the Mets in? Oh yeah, you should put the Mets in. Can the Mets be in? Because I think we should be. Keep on reminding me of baseball when we're talking about the Dallas Cowboys. It's kind of strange. I don't care about football right now because my team stinks.

Well they're very mediocre. That's what three and three is. And we talked about it, GM, we talked about it all off season. I told you when I came back from a combine, one of the craziest rumors that I heard and it was true was Jerry Jones's definition of all in is not what you think it is. He's just going to go all in with the guys on the team and supplementing it with big name free agents is not what his intention was going to do and he didn't do it. And he basically made a couple of moves, the general manager of the Cowboys, a couple of moves of some players that might have gelled with these guys and maybe improved them.

But in terms of big name guys, the aforementioned Derrick Henry didn't sign them, didn't sign them. And they were just going to go into the season hoping that the kids that they have drafted in the past or drafted this year, even though they drafted a six round wide receiver and that's it for the offensive side of the football in terms of skilled players. And we talked about it, that if they had injuries, it would cost them. That's all we talked about. And now that the Cowboys are three and three, getting boat raced at home, apparently Jerry Jones doesn't talk about what happened in the off season. When it was brought up to him on his radio program on 105.3, the fan today, a rightful question of Jerry Jones about his off season, non-playing season strategy and being asked about whether he thinks about it or it's a legitimate question to say, do you think this is now coming home to roost?

And the response is a three minute back and forth that we are playing in its entirety. Hit it. Jerry, I think the counter back when you said, where are you going to get the players? You can't get them this week is, and you're aware of all the off season topics, but you're going to where are you going to get the players?

You can't get them this week is, and you're aware of all the off season topics. Yeah, but what is your counter? What is your damn counter?

My counter is... I didn't want to know where you would go or go get it. Now don't tell me about should gotten a guy in the off season. Why not? This isn't a damn word argument just because I'm not arguing with you. I'm dealing with how we line up against San Francisco. Not what I did wrong last week or last month or two months ago or two years ago. If I really gave you guys a list of all the things I've done wrong over the last few years, you couldn't be on this program for the next five years steady and go over it.

But every now and then you do some right things and at the end of the day you add it up and the rights give you a better spot than the wrongs. But if you think for any minute right now there'll be one Super Bowl champion. What the others do wrong? There's one Super Bowl champion.

Now we want to be that champion and I'm sure not the one to tally in today because of what happened out there Sunday. But I'm not going to sit here and waste a lot of energy, a lot of time. Let's talk about what I should have done back in 1907 or 2007 days. Shut Ben. Come on. Come on. I've got more time than that and I don't even have time on this great show for looking back at decisions.

Okay. So Jerry, 1970 a little different from this past off season and building the team we're talking about today, which there was a lot of criticism that you guys didn't add, didn't spend and don't add and don't spend and are not aggressive enough with some of the problems that are still haunting the Cowboys today that we see play out on the field. That's the point of talking about the off season. Oh, I remember those criticisms very well. Okay, so what?

Are they playing out to be accurate? What's your point? What's your point?

My point is it seems like... Listen, let me tell you what I'll do. Let me tell you what I'll do about it. I will let us sit down and look at the decisions we've made over the last several years. Okay.

I'll look at it. Now, if you think I'm interested on a damn phone call with you over a radio and sitting here and throwing all the good out with the dishwater, you have got to be smoking something over there this morning. I'm not.

And I really don't. And I don't even want our listeners listen to me talk about, this is not your job. Your job isn't to let me go over all the reasons that I did something and I'm sorry that I did it. That's not your job. Well, my job is to ask...

I'll get a job or I'll get somebody else to ask these questions, man. Jerry, we're trying to figure out why the team is... I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. You're not going to figure out what the team is doing right or wrong. If you are, or any five or 10 like you, you need to come to this meeting I'm going to today.

There are 32 teams here. You're geniuses. Jerry... Okay. Y'all really think you're going to sit here with a microphone and tell me all of the things that I've done wrong and without going over the rights? Wow.

105-3 the fans. Shannon, RJ, by the way, they asked, I think, appropriate questions, to be very honest. Yeah, I agree.

Very fair. And it is their job to talk about what happened in the off season and how the Cowboys are now three and three and how Zeke and Rico Dowdle and that running game is not anywhere nearly the appropriate balanced attack necessary to succeed when Derrick Henry was sitting there working out in the Metroplex and said he didn't even get a call from the Dallas Cowboys and the Cowboys are like, he was too expensive. Now, what he's trying to say, Jerry Jones, is you can't throw all the good decisions out with the dishwater. And the good decisions are a ton of their draft choices, like Tank Lawrence and Micah Parsons are out, right?

And it's not like there's a ton of good there. And I understand what he's saying and you got to pay CD and you got to pay DAC and you know, so on and so forth. I understand that. But if he wants to talk about the here and now and what we're going to do against the, you know, San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys coming off of that loss to Detroit, coming off the buy-in, what are they going to do against San Francisco on Sunday Night Football in front of the whole country? That is a legitimate question when you'd think having Derrick Henry would be helpful, just as a for instance. Certainly when you are getting boat raced at home, which is another reason why there is a considerable tension in the air for the Dallas Cowboys. I mean, just take a look at the halftime scores over the last four home games.

They've been outscored by a combined total of 110 to 35 from last year's wildcard one and Dunning that led to the all-in concept. And then there are three home games against the Saints, Ravens and Lions. This thing has been a wrap before halftime and it must be a morgue in that monster stadium. And a feeling of inevitability and a feeling of complete football impotence that cannot feel good.

And I understand why Jerry doesn't want to be asked it because there is no answer for it. And that's what we were wondering during the entire non-playing season is what's that's going to look like? Well, now we're seeing it. And they lost by 38 points, which is the largest Dallas Cowboys loss since 2010.

45 to seven loss at Green Bay. Was that the one that wound up getting Wade Phillips fired finally in 2010? You want to look that one up? Let me see. Now that I'm just popping that one in my head. Actually, because Wade's the only guy Jerry's fired. Yeah. You want to look that one up?

Yeah. It's the largest margin of defeat in a home game with Jerry Jones as the owner. The Cowboys, again, had a perfect 8-0 home record. They've trailed in 2023. They have trailed by at least 22 in each of their last four home games. Allowed 167 points total in each of their last four home games. That's the third most points allowed by any team in a span of four home games in the history of the NFL. And they have a turnover margin of minus nine in those games.

It's ugly. They've trailed by at least 15 points at halftime of their last four home games, as we just pointed out. That ties the longest streak in the history of the NFL.

So, yeah. You know, Shannon and RJ are going to say, where are the reinforcements coming from when you didn't give it to them in the off-season? It really is crazy. And you want to talk about what's also crazy?

This friggin' league is nuts. I mean, it's drunk. Right now. Today it's drunk. Because there's a lot of people out there who don't know what's going on. Because there's breaking news.

Can you give me the drop? Here it comes. Because I was going to say earlier that of any team that could actually really use Devante Adams on Monday Night Football, because, you know, the cupboard does appear to be bare for a significant passing game. I said it would be the Bills, right?

Mm-hmm. We did. And congratulations to Amari Cooper. He's been given his exit visas from Cleveland, and he is now a Buffalo Bill. Wow.

And in the same way, I don't know what the compensation is, by the way. I haven't seen anything just yet. But in the same way that, you know, the Cowboys did not supplement in the non-playing season of what it appeared to a lot of people, Dak and C.D. would need, the Bills decided, obviously, to part ways with Stephon Diggs and say, we'll make do with what we have.

But in the first six weeks at 4-2, realized, you know what we kind of miss? He's a number one guy like Stephon Diggs. Now, obviously, they have different games.

Pardon me. They have different games, Cooper and Diggs. But they went ahead and just got Josh Allen what they need.

And I don't know, man, I just think the Dallas Cowboys that don't have the cap room or whatever, I don't know what's going on, but this will be another situation for the Shannon R.J.'s of the world to ask the Cowboys, like, you don't think Cooper would help pop open C.D. Lamb a little bit more? We never should let him go to start. Well, I mean, he won a 20 million a year. And that one, I'm not going to, you know, I'm not going to throw out with the dishwater, to use the phrase. That one I understood.

I got that one. Well, we got him for nothing. So.

No, but, you know, then 20 million bucks a year is a lot. Certainly when, you know, I don't know if they had C.D. at the time.

I don't know. He was there. I'm going to give Jerry the benefit of the doubt on that one. But getting them back right now would be helpful.

Hey, you know, well, we're not serious people, Rich. All right, Mary Kay Cabot saying Browns are getting a third round pick back. Let me just say this, too, before Patrick Queen joins us also. Amari Cooper is going to just I mean, suddenly the the air will be cleaner and the sun will be brighter and the wine will taste better if he's if he's a wine drinker and the food will taste better. And the winds will be crispier because what's going on right now in Cleveland is an absolute 100 percent football disaster. And in the same way that you think maybe your team is not doing very well. And obviously we know some teams that are are are are struggling for wins right now. Me? Now, I know that three and three, you're three and three. I mean, the Cleveland Browns have a quarterback who must sit.

But makes forty five million this year and the next and the year after that. And there's clearly the two time coach of the year, Kevin Stefanski, for him to come out and say this guy is the guy who gives us the best chance to win right now is absolutely. I'll be straight up.

I'm I'm sorry. I'll just say it, telling Browns fans that it's raining when something else is happening. Honestly, you need you need you need to just watch and see. Kurt Warner said it perfectly to Kevin Clark on his pod, and he's been telling us this nonstop on game day morning and in meetings and whenever we're talking that Sean Watson is not seeing the field right now and he is not playing even remotely close to the guy that they acquired from from Houston. So Browns fans, I hope your your guardians do well and then the Cavs come back, because right now. One thing that you're you're you're not doing to help your quarterback is trading Amari Cooper away for a draft choice. Browns fans are like, we're going to stick with this quarterback, Nick Chubb's coming back, so maybe that'll be helpful is that if he is the same guy you run with him and then start play-actioning and maybe that'll help, but trading Amari Cooper away ain't helping for the Cleveland Browns right now to win games when this quarterback does not appear to be the guy who's going to help them win games.

Right? And for the Buffalo Bills, it's looking up. And for those of us who have Amari Cooper on their fantasy teams.

Oh, Rich Eisen. Like me in the Dillingham League? Oh, you have him in Dillingham. I've got him in the other one. Buffalo taking on Tennessee.

That should help. All right, here's the final trade. The Bills get Amari Cooper in a sixth round pick. The Browns get a third rounder and a seventh rounder.

Okay. And I'm sure that, you know, their general manager Andrew Berry is a highly talented guy and can make hay with that next year. But how's that help them get the guy out of this current hole? Deshaun Watson is having trouble playing quarterback and you get rid of Amari Cooper. Makes you think like they are saying this season is over. What happens if they wind up with a top two, three pick? Oh, it's coming, but they've got a guy who appears to be a complete quarterback albatross right now. There's more games to come.

I hope I am wrong. I know Browns fans think I take every opportunity to denigrate Deshaun Watson. I love Stefanski. I love the Browns. I love the fans. I want you guys to be as happy as possible.

All of them. But right now, it doesn't look that way. Let's take a break. Patrick Queen's going to join us right after him. Drake London. One, two, boom, boom.

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I love it. You have got to be smoking something over there. Unbelievable. Do you think the NFL would sponsor TJ Plus? Definitely not. I mean, this year, definitely not. We said that about gambling.

That's true. Oh, my God, please. Let's do it. Wow.

On the ground floor. I mean, this is crazy. Patrick Queen's about to join us. Our radio audience is going to rejoin in a minute. And then we'll get Patrick on this program. And then, and then Daraque London. Chas A. McLaughlin. How many of these guys are doing well, right? Not G. Riggs or Lillian. That's your boy.

Oh, stop it. So Amari Cooper is a bill and Davante Adams is a jet. Chiefs are like, it doesn't matter. We got Juju Smith-Schuster for a hundred yards. And then Mike Williams. Steelers don't need a receiver because they got my guy, Roman Wilson, back in healthy now.

Yeah, he's back. The league just announced Super Bowl 62 Atlanta. Hey, Atlanta. All right. 2028. Okay.

All right. Congratulations to the ATL. Nice. Congrats to the Cowboys. May it get more than one touchdown in that game.

Wow. So not in the last time. Too soon.

Why is it too soon? Your Patriots won. Sony Michela, Georgia Bulldogs scored it. That's right. If I'm not mistaken, am I right? You are right.

Thank you. He was also in the playoffs, set up by a deep pass by, you know, Gronk had a deep catch. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, who could forget it? Was the only touchdown in that game when the Rams were coming in red hot. That was after the Rams-Chiefs game. You know, they were like, oh, offense. Well, that was actually after the non-pass interference call. The Saints thought they were going to Atlanta and celebrating.

He's almost Breeze versus Brady in that game. Now it's too soon. Is it too soon? It's too soon. Go back to Atlanta. Okay. Back here on the Rich Eisen Show, right here on the Roku Channel. Drake Lunand of the Falcons is going to be joining us shortly. Back on the Rich Eisen Show radio network, sitting at the Rich Eisen Show desk, furnished by Grainger with supplies and solutions for every industry. Grainger has the right product for you.

Call clickgrainger.com or just stop by. My apologies to Patrick Queen for getting to him late. But Patrick, things happen, man. I mean, the NFL is drunk right now. Everybody's getting traded. It's crazy. Yeah, I see that. It's crazy.

You got Devante Adams, Mark Cooper. I want to know who's next. It usually does come in threes, right? Don't you think? It does.

It definitely does. I can't wait to see. I know. But you're going to, it looks like you're getting a glimpse of Devante Adams as a jet for the first time on Sunday night.

Yeah, yeah. So that's going to be the process, trying to figure out what position he's going to be in, what he's going to be doing. Pretty sure it's going to have to be something from Green Bay's past.

So yeah, it's going to be a lot of film study this week. So what is it like playing for Mike Tomlin? Obviously, you played for John Harbaugh. What is it like for you, Patrick?

It's pretty much the same, man. You come into work, you know, high effort, high intensity. All the guys love it coming in. I think Mike Tomlin does a great job of having us ready each and every week. He prepares us from the first day he comes in and let us know exactly how the game's going to go.

And it usually goes like that. So I just got all the respect in the world for how he came in. And welcoming me with open arms and stuff and just being able to put me in a position to succeed and be able to lead this defense and stuff. So I can't say enough about the guy. What do you mean he tells you the way the game's going to go and it usually goes that way?

What do you mean by that? Like he'd be on point with turnovers, just certain situational things that go on, certain guys who may be out and a guy that's replacing them, how they will be used. The guy just, just all the stuff that goes into the football context, he just be spots on. Of course, he was excited to have you, Patrick. It's not just you coming to play with the Steelers.

It's who he took you from too. I mean, that was a win-win. That's as big as a win-win as it usually gets for the Steelers. Definitely.

Yeah. I know it was crazy. Just getting that call from the Steelers, day one, it was just weird because I definitely did not expect Pittsburgh to be calling. You know, it was crazy that we was talking like when I was younger, the two teams that you always use on Madden was New England and Pittsburgh.

And just, it's just crazy how that still works out. So who did you play? Were you James Harrison? Is that who you were playing on Madden? Troy Palamalo.

The hair, you know, 43 to Savviness, you had to. So you had played Troy Palamalo in a video game and now you're playing for the Steelers for real. So did it really take you a second to wrap your arms around, not playing for the Ravens, but playing for the team that you probably were most, if you will, trained to beat for the Ravens?

Yeah, it took me like two weeks. Honestly, I just, I mean, it was just so crazy. Like all the bonds that you build with the teammates and the coaches and stuff, it just, it's hard to get over that stuff. And then just not knowing what to expect going into a new organization with different people, people that you played against, people that you had high animosity towards and stuff.

So just going to the other side definitely was crazy at first. So what do you think, again, I know there's a lot of football between now and week 11 and obviously week 16, when you're slated to have a Sunday night game in Baltimore, what do you think it's going to feel like to go against the Ravens as a Steeler, Patrick? It's going to be incredible. I think, I don't think I know I'm going to get a lot of F bombs and stuff.

So looking forward to that and stuff, but I can't wait. That's the type of football I like to play. They, I know them real well, obviously and stuff. I know the type of football they like to play.

So I definitely can't wait for that matchup. What's it like playing in the level behind TJ Watt, Patrick? It's insane. I don't know, man.

It's just, you can't even describe it, bro. He's so good. He's the best in the NFL to me, the best player all around.

I don't think that's a discussion that needs to be had. Just being able to go out there on the field and we talking about forcing a fumble. And then two plays later, he does it. Like it's just stuff like that, that you don't really get to like the outside person don't get to know, but that guy, he's always thinking about the ball. He's always thinking about being a playmaker. And when we got a guy like that, man, it just makes our job so much easier.

What about during the week? What's it like being around him during the week? He definitely, he prepares. Most people don't know he's really like a funny guy. Like he has like slick things. He will say he always just, you know, egging stuff on and stuff. But when he comes down to like prepare for football, he's always dialed in. He come in with stuff that we need to know about the offense, whatever it may be. He's just on top of that stuff. And the way he prepares on the field is if he's out there 30 minutes early before practice, him and her, Alex all going through their drills and stuff.

So the way he approaches the game is the reason why he's the best. So what, what do you mean, what do you mean he stirs stuff up, egg stuff on? What do you, what do you mean Patrick? Yeah, like we'll be sitting there at the lunch table or something and we'll be talking like say me and Ira having a conversation and he'll come in and just be like, nobody asks you that, like just stupid stuff like that, like random stuff like that. Just each other, you know, somebody nervous. Oh, so he will just and again, you know, I know it's dangerous for me to ask questions like this because as your coach would say, I can't give you all the ingredients to the hot dog. You might not like, you know, so I understand, you know, I might be treading lightly here, but so you'll be in the middle of a conversation. He'll barge in and make you feel like you're, you're overstepping with your conversation that has nothing to do with him.

So yes, yes. But he does it like in the funniest way. I don't know how to describe it, bro. Like he'll, he'll be dead serious and he'll just bust out laughing and just like, nah, I'm just playing and stuff like, I don't know what it is, bro. He just, it's all over. And is Tomlin as funny as he is behind the scenes as well?

Because again, what I just played for you is pretty damn funny, you know? Yeah, he definitely, every single day he has something to say. I can't even remember how the stuff he said because it's an ongoing thing.

Every single day is more than one thing. So, I mean, it's just, he brings the energy every single day. And in the end, everybody on the team gets it.

He's just, he's a great leader. Patrick Queen here on the Rich Eisen Show from the Pittsburgh Steelers, getting set to take on the Jets on Sunday Night Football. And the news of the day is that Russell Wilson is taking snaps, some snaps with the first team offense. Does that mean he's going against you in practice, Patrick, right now? At the beginning of the practice, we do like seven shots, seven ones, personal ones. And it's been both of those guys. And then it's kind of been a mix throughout the weeks, if I can remember correctly.

Yeah, it's been a mix throughout the week. But after seven shots, it don't, we don't do one versus one. We do one versus two, obviously. The scouts team stuff and all that stuff. But honestly, I don't even pay that much attention.

Like once we do our set, I go to the sidelines, just watch them about our place and what we could do better and stuff. So, but at the end of the day, whoever takes the job, man, we don't care. We're behind them 100% and we're ready to go. No. And I know any question I ask you could be infused with your, you know, having to choose a side, pick a side. There's only one side.

It's the black and gold, totally understand that. How does Russell look to you right now, Patrick? He looks great.

You know, we'll see once game time come, if he is a starter, if I don't know what's going on, like all the stuff that's been put out there and stuff. So I'm just, he looked, he looked incredible. He was making throws everywhere he needed to be.

If he needs to move, I think he still does have that ability to do so. He's a leader. He's a leader off the field. He's a leader on the field and stuff.

So everything I've seen from Russell is what I expected so far. What sort of leadership do you look for from your quarterback? For you being, you know, in a way a quarterback of the defense, Patrick, obviously you being in the position you're in, but what do you look for in leadership from a quarterback?

Someone who doesn't flinch us. We know the game is tough as it is. We know there'll be mistakes, but the guy who doesn't flinch, who has everybody back, who just goes out there and just gives us a chance to win, just does their job at a high level and I think anytime adversity hits, he's ready to stand in the face of it. So like I said, that's why I don't care who we have that quarterback. Regardless, I think we have a chance to win with both of them. And in terms of that, what would you say to people who would say, okay, quarterback switch, if it does happen, you know, Fields has done very well. I mean, he does look like he has. And I imagine the leadership qualities that you're referring to, he has shown so far. What do you say that people say in the middle of that stream that it could cause a disruption of some sort, certainly if things don't, as they usually do in the NFL, go 100% smoothly? What do you say to somebody who would say that about this subject matter, Patrick? Yeah, I think honestly, if you look at both of them, they're always attached at the hip.

So I don't think it will stir nothing there. As far as the team, defense-wise, I'll start off with if we go out there and get stops and get the ball back to the offense, the more chances they have, the more chances they get to score, that's the first thing. I think the second step is our guys up front protecting whoever, like their quarterback, and then not turning the ball over. I think that would be huge.

I think whatever those chances are of us to win, if we do our job on defense and offense does their job on offense and take care of the ball, I think we'll have success. Patrick, I appreciate the time. I look forward to seeing you on Sunday Night Football. Thank you. Yes, sir. Appreciate it.

You got it. And we'll let you know if a third wide receiver gets traded in the next five minutes, okay? Because this is crazy, you know? Right? I mean, it's kind of nuts what's going on right now. Big names, too.

Big names. Absolutely. Patrick, thanks for the time. Greatly appreciate it. Yes, sir. Thank you. Look for more of my calls. That's Patrick Queen of the Pittsburgh Steelers right here on the Rich Eisen Show. We're just going one on the other end.

We're like, I feel like we're speed dating right here. How's it going on? All right. He's from the Atlanta Falcons, fresh off of a third straight win of the four and two Falcons. He is none other than Drake London here on the Rich Eisen Show. How you doing, Drake? I'm good. I appreciate you for having me on.

You got it. So your team has won four out of the last five. You've had a touchdown in four of your last five. I think that's a correlation. What do you think, Drake? What do you think? Yeah, I think it's good to get in the paint and definitely get some wins.

So I can't complain about that at all. Well, I mean, what has occurred over the last month, do you think, Drake? I think we're just putting games together. It has been tough at some points, but we never blinked.

So we just have boys to go out there and get the job done. I think that's what it's all about is just getting wins. Well, it's also the, you know, we always have a conversation about getting on the same page, your quarterback coming off of an Achilles injury. I imagine you didn't have much time on the field with actual gameplay with Kirk until what? Week one, right? Of the season. Yeah.

Yeah. And I think that's what people don't really understand is that, you know, it's a new quarterback. We got new receivers, new OC calling plays, new head coach.

So and we didn't play preseason. So we were trying to put it together right then and there. And as you can see, we're going as a team, going as an offense. And, you know, we're getting out there to put in all three phases of football. If you had to pinpoint a moment, was it the final drive in Philadelphia that really clicked it for your team right now, Drake?

Most definitely. I think that it was one of those things where we got to our two-minute offense, something that we know very, very well, the insides out. So Kirk was clicking back there on all levels and got the job done.

I think that was a good moment. What's your favorite Kirk Cousins story? Give it to me, Drake. Let's go. Throw it out here. Your favorite Kirk Cousins story already right now.

What do you got? I don't know. I think I honestly just love that you like that. This is saying of you like that.

I mean, he gets ants and he just loves to put the team on his back. And then when you hear him say you like that, you know, he's done something serious. Because I mean, he said that when you were in high school.

If I have to guess right now, Drake. Probably. He probably said that, right? I mean, so you're in high school somewhere and he's like, you like that. Now you're a professional football player and you're it's the same guy.

Same guy. And that's what we love Kirk about. See, he's just he's just a dad at the end of the day who loves to play football. And he's just that guy. Honestly, I couldn't ask for a better quarterback to lead our team. He gives off dad vibes even in the huddle, Drake. Oh, definitely. Well, we'll break the huddle and he's like, let's go play football.

You know, so as that and I'm in and we just love him for that. He's not making puns. Is he not like dad puns or anything like that, right? Oh, they're there.

They're there. Oh, really? Yeah, we get some dad jokes every now and then. The dad who throws for 500 yards.

My my dad taught French. Your your your football dad on the field throws for 500 yards in a game. And so what's the is it is it a different feeling now coming to work?

Most definitely. I mean, when he helps everything at the end, but just the vibe in the locker room, the vibe with the coaches is very, very much different. And he instills faith in all of us to go out there. That's why we love Rob.

He loves you, Rob, and especially my position. Well, you know, so many folks talking about Raheem Morris being a players type coach. You got an example of that right now, Drake?

I got a perfect, perfect example. The four downs that we should have been going going. He trusts in the players and he shows us that throughout throughout games that I'm going to put the ball in your hands and you go, you guys go make me right.

And that's the thing that you want from the head coach, just to go out there and trust you and to be the player that you're supposed to be. Drake London here on the Rich Eyes and Show. You've got the Seahawks coming up next in your house. You hold your turf there.

You're five and two. Are you guys openly talking about winning this division and going even further? Is this conversation that's actually verbalized in your locker room right now, Drake?

Most definitely. And I believe if it's not a conversation, then what are you striving for at the end of the day? In this league, you got to go out there and try to win, prove yourself that you're the best team out there. And that's what we're trying to do. And what about you? What's your personal goals, Drake?

You know, I usually keep those tight to the chest. I try not to to go out there and put it out there in the world, but I definitely set myself high expectations for this year and so far we're not going to have to go at it. Well, I mean, I understand not wanting to put it out there without being asked, because that sounds cocky, you know, like that sounds like you're being arrogant and even tempting the football gods. So I understand that. I asked you a direct question, though. So what do you got?

What do you have, Drake? Obviously, I don't want to eclipse a thousand yards. Hopefully get to double digit TVs. But at the end of the day, I'm just trying to get some wins. And if that means I have 50 yards in the game and we get them, I couldn't really care.

We got the W at the end. I mean, Pro Bowl, right? All Pro, that sort of stuff, too? You write that stuff down? Of course, yes, sir. And do you do you visualize yourself holding the Lombardi Trophy in a parade in downtown Atlanta?

Do you take the time to think about that? That's the dream. Definitely want to bring this to the table. It's been a long wait. And we're trying to get the first one for the city and the fans who just come out every day and support us. So what are you doing for DirecTV for business? What's the scoop here, Drake?

I'll give you the floor on that. I'm here on DirecTV for business. And honestly, NFL Sunday ticket is in full swing and just want to ensure that all the fans have the access, whether you're going to get a bite to eat using the Bar Finder app. So they can just, you know, sit back and watch some football for your favorite NFL teams.

OK. And for more information, restaurant bar owners can go to DirecTV.com slash for business to find all that stuff out. It's kind of crazy. You leave in this in USC, goes to the Big Ten, huh, Drake? It's kind of nuts. Yeah, it is crazy.

I feel for them guys sometimes all that homework and traveling must be tough. No, I know that, you know, and then does USA goes to the Big Ten? I know that, you know, and then does USC even have cold weather gear? Do they have it? Oh, yeah, we have it.

We usually only have one game for Notre Dame, but now we got to use it for multiple. OK. Or those or those crazy 50 degree nights in Los Angeles. You know, we get, you know, all of us out here in L.A., we get you get thin skin. You know what I mean?

Like that's where it would work, too, right? Pretty much. Hey, Drake, thanks for the time. Really appreciate your your your time during during a busy week.

Congrats on everything that's going on with your team. And send my best to send my best to your football dad. OK, I will appreciate you. Thank you.

You write you right back at you at Drake London underscore for Drake London to follow him and all of his wisdom right here on The Rich Eisen Show. OK, let's take a break. Let's talk a little baseball when we come back, right? Let's do it. I agree. Let's do it. Yeah, let's do it.

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No, it's not so breaking. It happened a few hours ago. Here it comes. Oh, and my eyes see breaking news.

Across the street, the Chargers have signed Eli Apple to the practice squad. And the reason why I bring this up is because this wound up in my timeline as this was not in the, this was in the for you part, which normally means a Nazi thing or two that comes up for some reason. I don't know why I'm not one of them. I'm sorry. That's just most of X these days. True.

My bad. But this popped up. It's funny.

This is why this is the good side of X. Way to go. I kind of dig it. Great.

Yet another new Apple charger. That's fantastic. See, there's the dad pun right there. I find it very funny.

I don't know who Jack Kennedy is. I like the, I like the beat Nick, um, you know, joker. Yes. Photo right there.

Another new Apple charger. Very good. I like that because they come out when I did it six months. Why not? Right. You gotta buy it. Is that right? Yeah. I don't have to.

You're just, you're just, you're new. I didn't buy a new phone though. I stayed back. I skipped. That thing is huge.

You don't like, yeah. How big is that? That's like the max max. Why do you get the max? You can't figure it fit in your pocket.

I'm 58 years old. I'm blind. Oh, is that what it is? Okay. Big print. Yeah. I need that extra big print.

Change the print. Make sense. Does it? Yeah. You just, you just surfed into this conversation right now. No, I'm just waiting to see. No, you just surfed in the car. You can admit it.

You just surfed in. He was talking about the Apple and how it's too, you said the max is too big. You can't fit in your phone.

And Michael's like, he's old. He needs a bigger charger. Right. That was pretty good. I like it.

They do come out whenever. It's very funny. Brockman, you agree? That's just me. Back on the Rich Eisen Show, everybody. No. That's like a phone call, by the way. All the way from Australia. Hey. Sam in Brisbane. Sam, did I pronounce it correctly? Sam.

Yes. G'day, G'day, holy moly. What a pleasure and an honor to talk to you. Thank you, Sam.

Five o'clock in the morning here in Brisbane. Oh my God. So thank you very much for taking me call.

Thank you for me. Why are you up so early and wanting to call the program, Sam? Why? Not just because I'm a massive Sam. I'm just, I'm on me night shift at work, mate. And I've just been listening to your awesome podcast. It's been an awesome episode so far. I'm a massive Seahawks fan.

I have been since 2003. Okay. And it's just a shame that Jake London and his Dawkins are going to get smashed this week, unfortunately, because he sounded like a really good guy. I like it. In the middle of the morning smack talk from Australia. We should get that a lot more often. About your international work holiday just recently and wondering if there's any talk about a possibility of a trip down to Australia for the NFL.

If there's anything that has bubbled even more intensely away over there. I would love that. Oh my God.

Would I love that? So, but the time difference is, so it's, it's five in the morning on Wednesday there right now. Right.

Is that what it is? That where you're, is that the, that's correct. Okay. Wait. So that, that's basically that, oh my gosh, that's, that's 17 hours difference.

Okay. So that would have to be 20 hours difference for nine 30. You can do it. I mean, I know it's doable. I just, I mean, that's crazy. That would be nuts. So it would have to be so, so a nine 30 Eastern start on Sunday would have to be a Monday.

What is that? I can't even do the math. I can't even do the math here. That would be, so what time is it on the East coast right now? This is by the way.

It's great radio and television right now. Yeah, two 49. Okay. Five a.m. There. I don't know, man. Sam, I would love it. It'd be tough. Let's put it this way. I would love it.

It'd be cool. That would be, why are you a Seahawk fan from 2003? What was it?

What was it? Uh, thank you for asking. I was very lucky when I was a teenager, um, to go over on a family holiday to the United States, um, and I visited New York and LA, um, and just, I got introduced to NFL at the age of 12, 13 years old and I just thought Seahawks were the way to go when, uh, originally it was, it was Matt, uh, but then Cam Chancellor, I think Cam Chancellor was just one of the Seahawks greatest. Um, and this young Seahawks outfit, um, it's a new era and I'm happy to be as patient as humanly possible. I know that the past three weeks, um, have not been great. Um, but, uh, I think what they need to do this weekend against the Falcons is start strong because I think our first halves over the past three weeks is what has really let us down. Um, but I know that we're injured defensively. Um, I believe in these young talented blokes, but that's the thing that they are young and I'm happy to be as patient with the entire franchise as possible. And I'd love to one day, um, go to women's field as well, mate.

So yeah, yeah, no, I've just been a Seahawks fan for over two decades now. Thank you, Sam. Thanks for the call and thanks for the kind words. It's been an awesome, awesome episode tonight, guys. Thank you. Thank you very much, Sam.

I appreciate the time and, and it's pretty cool, man. First call from Australia, the history of this program. I think it is very possible. Cam Chancellor. He loves him. That's kind of, that sounds like I've not, I would love to go. It's awesome. I'd love to go.

It's beautiful. Did you go with Ashton? I did. Okay. I did.

Melbourne in Sydney. Let me tell you, man, Cam Chancellor, to use the phrase, uh, from, uh, from another Australian, you know, that's not a safety. Now that's a safety. Yeah.

Right. You take a look at some safeties. That's not a safety. That's a safety.

That's not a safety. There you go. Oh, good job. Not really. Uh, which is why I didn't attempt to listen. Listen.

Congratulations to your metropolitan. Yeah, buddy. Didn't look good on Sunday. Well, but then your guy Lindor started doing Lindor things. Yeah. Right.

And then you're feeling good. I do, man. I really do. Hey. Very good. Every time we start talking about it. All right, man.

It's helping you. He's starting game three. Game three.

That's a good question. I didn't look ahead, man. I, I, I know he's starting game three for the Yankees right now. I know game two is tonight. Garrett Cole. Cole tonight. Yep.

In the cold. See what I did right there? Cole looked good last time out. He certainly did. Severino and Walker. Remember at one point you, when I brought up earlier in the year that we had Severino and you were like, Hey, good luck with that. Like you dissed him a little bit. Because he was fantastic. He has been fantastic for you. Congratulations.

The Yankees got him all ready for you. Was that what it was? Yeah, you got it.

You worked out the kinks. 11 and seven this year. What are you rooting for? Chili and kind of windy. The asteroid.

That's what I would say. A Boston fan right now. Dodgers. Yankees. I'm rooting for the Guardians.

They've never, they haven't won since the 40s. You're rooting for the Guardians. I'm rooting for history. I'm rooting for another streak to be ended.

That would be cool. There are some of its parts team too, man. They got some real great baseball players.

I mean, they have one of the greatest players that no one knows anything about. Or he's not covered at all. He's not. He's a little off right now. Yeah.

He's a little off right now. They have the best closer in baseball. They do.

They do. As well. Kloss makes a good.

I'm rooting for Cleveland. He makes a good Kloss to be the Cy Young winner. He does.

He's like, see where I'm going? I do. Thank you. What do you give up? Like two or three runs the whole season? He's terrific.

Yeah. That's what Cooper says to me. He goes, Dad, we don't want to, we don't want to lose the lead in seventh, eighth inning.

We don't want a piece of them. And he's been, you know, starting pitching in the eighth throughout the playoffs. Why not? I mean, it's a time of year. Yeah.

Yankees are putting Luke Weaver out there for four or five out saves like he's Mariano Rivera. Yeah. So.

It looks like he's 12. Anybody but the Yankees, obviously. Why? Why?

I don't understand. Because they haven't won in a long time either. That's the reason right there. The smugness of the fans. There's nothing smug about it, man. Everything's smug about it.

No, it's not. TJ, if you win, I'm good. What's the matter with you? If the Yankees go out, if it's Mets, if it's Mets-Guardians, I'm rooting for you. Cool. I am too. Cool. If it's Yankees-Dodgers, you rooting for, you rooting for us or what?

I'm rooting for the Dodgers. Why? See?

Because that's my grandpa's team. Oh. All right.

Cage like Shoei. I didn't think you'd be going all warm and fuzzy on me right there. I was ready to jump. But then you disarmed me with the whole grandfather thing. Hey, that's my guy. So. You have got to be smoking something over there this morning.

That's a new drop. Jerry Jones. Not as good as, you know, Bruce Arians. The other Bruce.

We smoking all bro. That's a good one. That's another great one. By the way, Del Tufo, we asked him for an eight-year-old drop today.

It took him a while, but he got it. Found it. What are you smoking, bro? Give me some.

There it is, ladies and gentlemen, Bruce Arians. OK. So we're plussing it up on this program. Welcome back. Thank you.

I feel like I haven't left. What the football with Suzy Schuster and Amy Trash. Give a listen and give it a watch later on. Be on the lookout for Rod Woodson on all the subject matters. Amari Cooper being a build, Davante a jet, and more. All rise. Lala is talking about on YouTube or search for Give Them Lala wherever you listen.
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