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Albert Breer on What the Football. Later on today, check out that. Wherever you get your podcasts. Rich, more importantly, the Thin Mints are still in the back. They are indeed. You know what?
I got another half sleeve. That's unbelievable. Yeah.
How addictive they are. Geez. By the way. The Girl Scouts cookies. Great job by you. I offered you one and you went. I said no. Because once you stop, once you pop, you can't stop.
I've had five already. And you know, somebody scrawled on the top of the remaining box of Thin Mints. Where are the tagalongs? Who wrote that?
You, Mike Del Tufo. We want the tagalongs. The tagalongs of the goat. That's the goat. Adam is the one who brought in these Girl Scout cookies.
Yes. And you're complaining? Well, the first thing that was on them said, said, I can't even repeat what it said. That I took that and I ripped the top off because I didn't want to insult the people that brought them in. Well, that's Adam, our call center. Adam brought them in.
We were here yesterday. Thin Mints are crap. Whoa. And I took that and removed that. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
And I will wear the tagalongs. You're not a mint person? I hate mint in anything.
Whoa. Mint Julep never, I don't care if the Kentucky Derby came to my house and held it right next to my condo. I wouldn't, I don't care. So you're not a mint ice cream guy? No.
More for me. Wait a minute. Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me. Thin Mints. Hold on a second. York Peppermint Patties. Oh, Mike.
If I was stuck on an island and that was all we had left, I would be dead in a week. Oh, the Peppermint Patties, man. No. No, even that commercial.
I remember the commercial as a kid. Oh, my God. You bite into one and now you're on some cool. No. Iceberg. You know, you're hanging with the Penguins. Not cool. All right.
Wow. Mike Tomlin has spoken today and the first order of business is Russell Wilson. To head here before we get to Mike Tomlin's reaction to his status in Pittsburgh. So we spoke Sam Darnold about Sam Darnold earlier. And how Sam would, I imagine, lead the free agent class of quarterbacks. Kirk Cousins, the man he replaced, might be in that mix, although I don't know if you caught this in the aftermath of the Falcons season ending, but Terry Fontenot, the general manager sat there, said they would absolutely keep Kirk on as a 40 million dollar a year backup quarterback. Absolutely, we keep him there, which is a way of saying, will somebody please trade him because cutting him is going to be very expensive. Somebody please trade for him. I don't know if that's going to happen, but that said. Russell Wilson, will he be in the free agent class? Would the Steelers consider running it back with a guy who took a four and two team and turned it into a 10 and three team only to lose the final five games?
As the offense was somewhere between drying paint and root canal on occasion, is what Russ had to say. Do you want to come back next year? Yeah, that's the plan. Obviously, I love it here and everything else. I think we have a great football team. Obviously, it didn't go in the way we wanted it to, and I think there's a lot more to do. I said to you guys before, I always just trust Scott in the process and all that.
Makes sense. Why would he want to go anywhere else? I don't know if he would have an opportunity to go anywhere else to be the starting quarterback. I guess he and George Pickens have a different opinion about the future of the offense. Mike Tomlin had this to say about his quarterback. Mike, do you have a plan for quarterback? Obviously, we don't have a quarterback under contract, and so we got some major discussions there. It was a really good experience with the three quarterbacks that were on our roster this year, individually and collectively. We certainly are open to considering those guys, but there's a lot of work ahead of us.
And the major work, obviously, starts first and foremost with just understanding what our options are, what the field looks like in terms of free agency, what the draft pool looks like, and then beginning the process in terms of decision-making based on known variables. And so Omar and I have got a half a day carved out here this week just to begin that component of the discussion. Did Justin show you enough that you think he could be a starter for you guys and enter next year in the pole position as Russ did this year? Certainly. Okay. Yes or no? Yes or no question? Yes or no question? No. No. Yes or no question? I know you want yes or no, but it's like, I don't know. No, no, no. How about this?
Here's the question. He wouldn't let me say it. I know.
I jumped the gun, like, on Family Feud. Okay. Go ahead.
So he gets her. Is the current quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers on the roster? No. My answer stays the same.
Wow. Yes. I would say no. I would say no.
That's one. Yes or no question? Is the current coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, next coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers currently at the podium? I think Mike Timeland should want out, but I think he will be back next year.
I don't know about the want, but I think he will be. Which one are we playing first? Which one is the dealer's choice, Mike Hoskins? Okay. This is interesting. Well, do that actually. Do the other one first, if you don't mind. I like that when you do this, because you have a conversation that only you were listening to.
No, no, no, no. We, excuse me, we're lead pipe wielding professionals. When the sound bites came in, we talked about it.
Can you play it for me? I said I like it when you do. Okay.
This was him when he was asked about the playoff drought and questioning if he's the one to fix it. Which is an interesting way of saying, you know, what's your job status? Do you want to be here?
And things of that nature. You know, I have no response to that. I understand the nature of what it is that we do, the attention and criticism that comes with it. As a matter of fact, I embrace it, to be quite honest with you. I enjoy the urgency that comes with what I do and what we do. I don't make excuses for failure.
I own it. But I also feel like I'm capable. And so, as long as I'm afforded an opportunity to do that, I will continue. But I certainly understand the frustrations.
And probably more importantly than that, I share it. Because that's how I'm wired. And so, I'm not a big-time comfort seeker. And particularly in circumstances such as this, I don't view myself as a comfort provider. Because there's, you know, words are hollow, to be quite honest with you. It's about what we do and less about what we say. And so, I've learned to say very little when things are going good. And I've learned to say less when they aren't. I'm not a comfort seeker.
God, I love – I just – I'm sorry. Also not a comfort provider. He is a great way of putting things. Well, as his comfort provider, it's like, you know, I pretty much think anything he's saying will not satisfy the growing legion of Steeler fans who just think it's time. After 18 seasons there. And in terms of whether he considers it time, as I said yesterday, maybe it is time for him to find his Andy Reid moment, right? This is what Coach Tomlin had to say when asked the point blank question of anybody calling for your services in a trade, what would you say to that team? Hit it. Mike, at least one team has reached out to inquire about your availability, understanding that you have no trade clause in your contract.
What's your message to any team that may reach out to the Steelers to gauge interest or availability in your services? I have no message. Save your time.
Which is a message? Never say never, but never. Save your time. Listen, I think he wants to finish a job. Last thing he wants to do is come across as a guy who throws his hands up and says, just not going to work here anymore.
After 18 years, I don't have the I don't have the wherewithal, stamina, answers, desire, all of that stuff. I don't think he's going to be that guy. So if you're looking for him to basically say, I want out, I don't think that's going to be the case. I think it's going to have to come from the Rooney's.
If they want to make a change, it's going to have to come from them. Ain't going to come from this guy. And save your time.
I have no message. It's kind of the never say never, but never USC. Don't come calling for me.
I'm not interested. Right. Never say never, but never. So hey, Steeler fans, I don't think he's going anywhere.
But I sat here thinking maybe in his heart of hearts, he's going to sit here and go. Maybe I go somewhere where there's there is a quarterback. Because at this point in time, do you run it back with Russ? Do you run it back with Russ? And you're going to say Justin Fields is the answer here? I know the most popular quarterback anywhere is the backup. OK, so and Fields was four and two.
So everybody thinks give him a shot. I will just say this. I don't know if Justin Fields would had them beating the the Ravens and making them an eleven win team or a twelve to twelve win team.
No, and of course, we'll never know the answer. But it's a fun what if. What if Justin Fields had never been benched for Russell Wilson? How would this season have gone if Fields got the whole season? Would they have suffered a five game losing streak? I don't know.
It's unfair for me to sit here and say that they wouldn't have been better. Who knows? Maybe he's he unlocks this team in a way with two touchdowns in the air, one on the ground, like everyone else has got going on right now. Right. The Bills have it. The Ravens have it. Sometimes the Chiefs can have it. Right. The Eagles have it. The commanders sure have it.
Yeah, it's a fun what if. Two in the air, one in the ground. Seems like you kind of have to have a quarterback with that ability to win and go far.
Two in the ground, one in the air. That's what you kind of have to look at, right? It was RG3 that posted this, said this yesterday, but seven of the eight quarterbacks left are mobile quarterbacks. And what, did Goff is the one that was not? Oh, I guess Matt Stafford.
So maybe six of the eight. I guess this is the age old, you know, like you want a pocket passer or not? How about both? I'll take both as Lamar has become and Allen is and all that sort of stuff. Yeah, Jaden Daniels for sure.
Oh my word. The Steelers don't have it. I don't think he's going anywhere. I don't think he's going anywhere, folks, but I'm just again, wondering the heart of hearts if, if he's thinking it. And I don't think that sounds like a guy who's thinking it and he's not wearing it on his sleeve anyway. And he never will. Cause he's not a comfort provider or seeker. Is that what I heard?
God, I love the way he talks. All right. I don't know if he's going to do it, but it's going to have to come from the Rooney's.
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You're not going to tell him that I consider Notre Dame likable. That's going to be tough. I will. Okay. I will get ready for that. And then we're going to do overreaction Monday on a Tuesday to wrap things up. Let's do it. Let's do it.
I keep punting that further down our rundown. I apologize for that. Yeah, that's okay. It's just the way, it's just the way I'm just... You're putting anticipation for it. Well, that's one way to do it. I'm also just calling the game as it's coming. You know what I mean?
I'm just, you don't go broke making a profit. It's funny. We've actually touched on a few topics, but they're still hot.
Which is great. So we're probably not going to talk much about it with Mike Sanristil anyway. Yeah, because you're just going to talk Michigan and falling over him this whole time. Well, listen, this will be the last time I talk to Mike as a defending national champ. That's true. But not as a Michigan man, though.
That will always be the Michigan man. Please. That's for life, like the NWO.
Correct. Oh, Rich, please name the original members of NWO. Let's start a break. God, that would have been amazing. Let's talk commanders play all football.
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I mean, see? I tried to offer you a Thin Mint, no. I said no. Is it because your wife brought it? Was it the offer? Or what was the deal? You know what?
It's not all about you. Well, I take the lead from you. I was thinking about it.
We had Gabriel Iglesias here. His face is all over that donut shop right now. It's on the way down here. Have you guys seen it? I have. I pass by to go to NFL Network every time. I see his big mug at 4.30 in the morning. It's like a cup of joe.
It's jolting. Ellie the billboard's there. Took a picture the other day.
Did you really? The Legend of Fluffy right there on the back end of the donut. But thanks. They are really good donuts. Appreciate it. They're good. They are good. Have you watched Landman yet?
We haven't been able to get around it. I'm done. This is the finale. Is it the finale? Yeah.
It goes fast. That was episode ten. No it's not. It's episode nine coming up.
Not true. This is the finale? Yes. Okay.
I just started and I stopped. Okay. We watch it on Sunday night. Right after Sunday night football. Boom.
Landman. Okay. Is the cameo that I was telling you to look out for in that one? It's actually been mentioned. It's out there. But it's not as what you think it might. It's not how you think it's going to happen.
I'll put it that way. Then it's not the finale. It is the finale. So somebody new didn't show up. Someone new does show up. Okay. But it's not how you would expect it.
Okay. We stop talking about it as if you haven't seen it yet. I haven't yet.
I haven't seen it yet either. Because Susie and I were just, you know. I'm going to knock it out this afternoon. The kids don't go to sleep.
Honestly, they're like vampires. Thank God Cage went back to school yesterday. Oh my goodness, right? Two weeks off and then all of a sudden he's home for five.
Come on. So Mike Sander still is going to walk through the Zoom shortly. That's coming up. 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 clickrainger.com or just stop by. You want to pop up the Zoom real quick.
This is a great Zoom background. I know. It's like at some point.
Look at that. Mike's going to walk through the doors. It's like, I want to.
Sit down. He needs theme music. Yeah. What was the show? The Glass Break.
We need Stone Cold. No. Who were the doors? What show had the doors? Get Smart? No, that's a TV show.
They had one of them had doors. He says, what show is it? No, TV.
And I said, Get Smart. He goes, no, that's a TV show. That was a game show.
Oh, a game show with doors? Yes. That's it.
Let's make a deal. Oh. That's it. Thank you, Mike Hoskins. Yeah. Wow. Yes, Mike Hoskins. It's like what's behind the door number one.
The door number one. Got it. Yes.
Okay. That's what I was thinking. Thank you, Mike Hoskins.
I was thinking of Jim Morrison appearing on the game show. I'm just hoping Let's Make a Commander. Do I need to get the Let's Make a Deal theme?
We're hoping for that. Let's Make a Commander. Let's Make a Commander.
It's a great background. All right. Here are my glasses. By the way, I've gotten emails about appearing on, or do I want to appear on Let's Make a Deal? Because I'm a teacher.
Whoa. Because I'm in the Price is Right. Hold on a second. Are you allowed? Are you allowed?
Can you just like become like a serial game show contestant? As long as you haven't won... There are rules. I think you... What are the rules? I think that theirs is only like two years, I think.
I'd have to reread the game. What does that mean? Like two years in between appearances.
Like, you know, like I said, Price is Right makes you wait 10 years. What if you only got a ping pong table and a popcorn machine? What do you mean only? You know how many people get nothing? Yeah.
A lot of people walk them. It gets part of gifts. TJ. Don't let him.
TJ. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Doesn't every game show get part of gifts? No. Yes. I think they do.
They do. I wouldn't know because I got a real gift. Even my brother. Even my brother who got nothing on Wheel of Fortune. Right.
Wheel of Fortune is... He got nothing? I don't believe he got like Lee Preson nails or like Zbrick or something.
I forget what they were, but God bless him. I shouldn't say this. I think he turned it down because you have to pay taxes on it. That's factual. Yeah. So it's basically like, you know, a coach turning down a five yard penalty. Like I decline it. Okay. Yeah.
You decline it. Speaking of penalties, let me talk about this before Mike Sanders still joins us. Last night, there was a roughing the punter penalty on Monday Night Football where it did appear to me, the Ram who ran into the Vikings punter got thrown into the punter, you know, and nothing's more frustrating than you watch. And I think about this all the time whenever I call a game, because I, as you know, talk over the replay to see whether this is the right call or not. Nothing's more frustrating than listening to an announcer and then a rules analyst, in my estimation, get it wrong. I'm like, what are you looking at?
Yeah. And last night it sure looked like a roughing the punter penalty wasn't roughing the punter. Like if you're getting thrown into the punter, like that should be a flag you pick up or it's five yards it's running into, or just call it, you were thrown into the kicker.
What are you supposed to do? Enough is you're rushing the punter and the contact with your, the blocker in front of you and the blocker in front of you, turns you towards the punter and your momentum takes you into the punter or your throne, which reminds me again, every 15 yard penalty in the NFL is reviewable. I believe every 15 yard penalty is so significant.
It requires a review, whether you want to call it expedited review, which they don't want to call it anymore. They want to call it replay assist, then have replay assisted because it's called. If it hasn't been called, the only one that should be allowed to get a flag put down is the clear and obvious face mask, similar to the one that wasn't called against the Rams on Sam Darnold the first time they played one another. It's so obvious heads turned ref didn't see it replay assist does. I do believe they're going to get on that. I do believe they are going to do that this year is get the competition committee to get the owners to vote and hopefully they say yes to replay assist helping on whether a face mask occurred or not. But any 15 yard penalty that is called should be reviewed by replay assist because these are so bang bang and the officials throw a flag and they think they see it and we can review it and help it out because it changes a field position.
In this case, put another team back on the field, which by the way, helped the Rams because Sam Darnold threw an interception and gave a much better field position than when they had filled in the punt one would assume. But please put me on the competition committee. Let me handle it.
Your day's coming bro. I can feel it. Joining us here back on the Rich Eyes and show one of my favorite humans because he made me so happy right around this time last year. Now he's in the divisional round of the playoffs for the Washington commanders getting set to go back to the state of Michigan where he brought a national championship last year.
Mike Sander still. How are you, Mike? I'm doing great. How are you?
I'm better for seeing you on my screen right here. What's going on in that facility? Give me give me give me boots on the ground. What's happening there, Mike? I just, you know, great vibes, great energy going into this week. We know we've got a great match up coming up on Saturday, so we're just, you know, doing everything early, all the preparation, all the recovery, all the meantime needed just to go out there so we can execute this weekend. What was it like in the locker room Sunday night? Phenomenal. Phenomenal energy, man. Just being able to get a win in the playoffs for, you know, the first time in a long time here.
Just super special to be a part of that, and I can't wait to continue moving forward. Well, does does Jayden Daniels break it down? Does he step forward? Does he speak up? Because it looks to me like, you know, he's just like, oh, OK, yeah, we're on to the next round. But what's he like, Mike?
Give me two cents. Jayden, he's real, he's real cool, really laid back the same way he is on the field. That's that's him. The way you guys see him, real, you know, composed, composed, a lot of poise, just, you know, out there, just, you know, playing his game.
He carries himself that same exact way off the field, just chill, laid back. But, you know, he's a league competitor. But now to answer your question, Bobby is actually the one that broke it down on Sunday after the win. Bobby as in Wagner.
Correct? Bobby Wagner. What's that like for you, Mike, to be in that same locker room with him? It's awesome.
I think it's a obviously a once in a lifetime experience. You know, having someone like him as a vet, just playing on the same defense, being in the same locker room as him, there's so much wisdom and experience that he shares and brings. And then there's just a different level of professionalism that he has about him. He's real serious about his business, but at the same time, it's kind of like a big brother relationship with him. And you know, there's an obvious reason as to why he got nominated, you know, for the best man award. So you know, Bobby just, you know, I'm super appreciative that I'm able to share a locker room with him, share, you know, be a part of the defense with him. How have you reached out to him in your rookie season or him to you? You got a good example of it to make things better for you, Mike?
He's made things better for me? Yeah. Or just in any way, shape or form where you turn and that's a future First Ballot Hall of Famer, you know, giving you access to all things Bobby Wagner. Mike?
Yeah. I think just, you know, just the things we talk about. The first thing is, you know, when I got here asking him what his process is, what he does to help himself, you know, be successful the way he's been. And it's, you know, little things from away from football, like just being able to take care of his body. One of the first things he told me was find a routine that works for me, you know, what does my recovery look like?
What does my meeting time look like? What am I doing away from football to make sure that when I do come back into the building, I'm able to, you know, be fully present. And then as far as playing the game, he always says, just be you, the way you study what you study when it comes to game time. Believe it. Believe that those things are going to happen. And you know, if you're playing a game of, you know, let's say you play 75 snaps. Of those 75 snaps, you're probably going to see five to six plays that were exactly what they were on film. Don't be scared to go make those plays.
And Bobby's made a ton of plays during his career. And I think, you know, him just telling me that allows me to, you know, play with a different level of confidence because I believe in my training, I trust the coaching and I just take the, you know, the tools that they give me to go out there and succeed. How do you follow the lead? How does this team follow the lead of Jayden Daniels?
You got an example of that one, Mike? I think just everyone has his back. Just believing in, you know, his capabilities. We know what, you know, how much talent he has and, you know, we all believe in it. And we trust that he's going to go out there and, you know, play his game as simple as us not, you know, playing the ball on fourth down.
You know, fourth and five from the 50 yard line, like that's, you know, you're taking a risk. But it's like as a defense, we're like, all right, if they don't get this, we're not going to panic. We're going to go out there and get Jayden the ball back and let him go do what he does. If they get it, we're going to keep rolling.
You know what I mean? So we all just have his back and, you know, Jayden, he's special, man. He's special the way, the things he's been able to do as a rookie. I personally, as a rookie myself, I believe that he is currently one of the best quarterbacks in the league.
Mike Sanders is still here on the Rich Eisen show. And again, it's your first NFL rodeo, but you have been on a championship team at the collegiate level. And you know, I remember as Michigan was building the concept of why not us, that's what we were saying, you know, in the fan base. And I kind of get a similar feel with the commanders.
Why not you? Is that the sense that you guys are saying in the locker room, Mike? I'd say something along those lines, because, you know, before things got rolling this season, a lot of doubt was what was out there in the world, you know what I mean? And for us, it was just, we don't care what nobody else says, the only people that matter are the ones in the building, only voices that matter are the ones in the building.
And just following DQ's model, you know, anybody, anywhere, anytime. And you know, coach says, you know, we're going to roll with a deep crew and all we need is us. And I think it's as simple as that. What's it going to feel like to you to land at Wayne County Airport in the great state of Michigan later this week? It's going to feel great, you know, coming back home, but this time coming as an enemy. So I'm super excited, man. You know, I love, I love, I love the state of Michigan.
It's where I was the past five years and the state of Michigan was good to me. So, you know, super excited to see my boy, Aiden Hutchinson again. We actually talked the other day, so, but just being able to get back out there is going to be super fun, super cool, but you know, we're going in there with the mindset of, you know, we want to win this game and that's all it is. Not to turn you into an information individual, but how is Aiden? How's he doing? How'd you find him?
He's doing great. He actually, he shot me a text. He said, win this game so I can see you next week. That's what he said before we played Tampa.
But yeah, not me. We talk all the time. He's doing great.
Spirits are real high. You know, because of what he was going through with, you know, the injury, but just seeing him stay positive, just, you know, just being there to support him as a brother, it's good to see that he's doing great. How much are you in contact with JJ McCarthy, Mike? We talk every here and there.
Okay. Every here and there. I mean, cause did you see the hair on him? Did you see that on the sideline? The flow? I did see the flow, the flow, the flow is great. It got to grow on me a little bit more and definitely got to grow on me a little bit more. I'm kind of used to the shorter hair, JJ, but it didn't look bad. You know what I mean?
It looked bad. Right. So you're on the Rich Eisen show. Okay. I need your help, Mike. I need your guidance. I need your leadership. Okay.
I need your leadership. How should I watch the national championship game between Ohio state and Notre Dame on Monday night? Mike, what do I do?
How do I handle it? What do I do here, Mike? The thing is, I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to watch it because I can't root for either team. I think I'm watching this game with the eye of just a football guy. You know, I'm rooting for football. I just hope that it's a great game of football. I hope it goes down as a classic match in the history of football, history of NCAA, but I'm not rooting for either team. I understand that, but when it comes down to it, as you know, there will have to be a winner.
It's going to be a game that has a result and someone is going to be etched into the history books as the national champion after Michigan. If you had to choose, which one do you choose to be put into that book? I'm going to give you two scenarios.
Okay. I'm going to give you this first scenario is the truth. I simply don't want it to be Ohio state. That's the first scenario. The second scenario is let's say Ohio state does win. I think it will then boost the rivalry even more because for Michigan to win a national championship, then Ohio state follows up with a national championship. The robbery the next year coming back to Ann Arbor, I think there will be a lot more juice, a lot more hype around the game.
So that definitely would be a cool scenario for it to play out that way. Okay. So let me respond. First of all, I love how you couldn't say even say Notre Dame. You couldn't even say the name of the school. They just know it just, you don't want it to be Ohio state after Michigan winning the national championship.
And to that, I say plus one, sir, plus one. But in terms of you saying it would boost the rivalry I agree the rivalry could use a little bit of a boost, right? I mean, when one team wins four in a row, not much of a rivalry, but when it comes to that, Mike, I will respond to this. When you won the national championship, the last team to beat you that year was who I'll give you a hint. It's the answer to who's got it better than us, right? Nobody.
Correct. Nobody. If Ohio state wins it and they're asked, who's the last team to have beaten you? What's the answer to that question, Mike?
And their words, they'll say the team up north. Well, it's not nobody. Right. That's somebody that's Michigan.
You know what I mean? Right. See, at least there's that. There's that.
I'm, I'm trying to stake some ground here in advance of Monday when I'm going to have to watch this game. But I appreciate your leadership in this regard. You know? Yeah, no doubt. That's what I'm here for. Fantastic. Hey, love watching you make the playoffs again, man, in a rookie season. Love watching you do what you do. Say hi to Bobby Wagner for me. Okay?
Would you please? He truly is one of my favorite people that I've gotten to meet. He's been here in studio.
I know who he is in terms of what type of person he is and what he could mean for a type of person like yourself. You're lucky. You're lucky to have that guy with the green dot in your huddle, man. So I agree. You know, congrats on everything going on so far and say hi to Michigan for me. Yes, sir. I appreciate it.
You got right back at you. That's Mike Sander still of Washington commanders football getting set to try and one and done the lions, which by the way, would make a lot of people who love him and rooted for him for all those years. A large number of those people unhappy because there's a lot of those lions fans and a lot of those Michigan's fans in the Venn diagram of football. Great Mike Sanders still love that kid. All right. We'll take a break. We'll come back and finish up this show with an overreaction Monday on a Tuesday. That's right here on the Rich Eisen show on the infinity sports network. Time for a sports update with the rich Ackerman. Whether you're ordering wings for the game, whipping up a seven layer dip or ordering pizza, there's something about football that makes you want to eat. And this football season Uber Eats has the best deals on game day food. No matter what you're craving from two for one pizza to buy one, get one wings Uber Eats will be dropping new deals each week. All season long Uber Eats official on demand delivery partner of the NFL order now terms and conditions apply. See app for details. Bravo TV star Lala Kent holds nothing back on the give them Lala podcast. No I have a very short fuse. Get to know the TV personality.
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Do you think I should do this? I do. Oh wow. You do?
I do. Rich, it will bring you back like no other. But where am I now though?
When you say bring me back. Where are you now? Where am I?
Where am I? I'm happy. What? You're enthusiastic but you're not really happy. You know what I mean? I'm happy with my head.
Zoom in on it. I'm happy with my head right now. I'm happy with life. My hats have been cutting down. They were up to five days a week.
Now I'm at two days a week now. Because I'm feeling good about Prime right now. I look at myself on social media and it's taken at least nine years off of my life. Nine years? Yes.
She's looking like a young Prime right now, man. I looked at a picture of me and my profile the other day. I didn't know if it was one of my sons or me.
That's the way I am right now, Rich. You know Suze. You know my wife. She's like seeing you on the air and she goes, huh. She's like, is that Dion?
I'm like, yeah, that's Dion. You know what she's really saying? She's really saying it's almost like a guy. See we can't do this. You know if your girl starts to pick up a little weight, you really can't say it. You're just like, hey, you want to work out day, baby?
Not true, but we should work out. You can't say it. So she's like, is that Dion?
Yeah. And she's just waiting for you to jump in there. It's like double dutch and you're just sitting out there.
And she has the ropes and she's just doing the ropes and she just keeps looking on you like, come on, baby. Jump in there. Come on.
Rich, you can do this, man. I know I can. But I mean. See, you got a lot to work with on the outside.
This is your expert opinion having, okay. I mean, you have a lot of donor hair. They call it donor hair. I didn't have as much donor hair as you did. But wouldn't it just be jarring for people to see me?
You don't think it was jarring for you? You just got to just go for it. You're brave, Rich. You don't care what people think. Wouldn't I have to take like two weeks off? No. Come on. How long?
How many days do I have to be out of the chair? Wear a hat. You don't have to be. I don't wear a hat. I don't wear a hat on this show.
I don't wear a hat. You can't. You can't, Rich.
That's not an example. What if I showed up on the show with like a hat for like, okay. Rich, they know what's going on. You tell them this is what's going on. I just have a rainy day for like three days, five days, and you're back.
You're back. Rich. Should I do it? Do it, Rich.
Rich. Don't do it. Do it. See, don't do it. Rich, do it.
You should do it. All right. All right.
Spoiler alert, I haven't done it yet. Yeah. We see. That was seven years ago.
You'd have the freshest locks right now if you had done it. Okay. Hey, did you ever like run this by the better half to see what she thought about it? She's sitting in the green room.
Why you ask? Well, I asked because I know she can hear. So if you didn't, she's going to tell us.
So you never sat down and talked to her about it? Donor hair is the best line for that. Why do you look at me like that? I got a lot of donor hair. I got a lot of donor hair. Jay Kelly got rejected. He went, he got a consultation and they told him, no, you don't have enough hair.
Marshall Falk had a person. He put me in touch with him. I did a FaceTime consultation. The guy gets on the phone, looks at me, goes, Oh wow. Not a good Oh wow, right? Oh wow.
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That was garbage. This place sucks. Overreaction. Mondays. Monday.
On a Tuesday. All right, Christopher. What do you got over here? What's up everybody? Everybody good?
Oh yeah. You know who's not good? Sam Darnold. Not good, guys. Sam Darnold will not be a starting quarterback week one next year. That's an overreaction. That's absurd. He's absolutely going to be a starting quarterback in week one of next season. I don't know where.
I don't have an answer to you as to where. Fourteen wins, guys. I think Sam Darnold now becomes the poster child for wins is not a quarterback stat. Come on, man.
It's more than that, too. The stats were there in terms of passing yards, touchdowns. Fourteen wins were significant beyond breaking expectations beyond his expectation was like, good luck, man. I think we're going to the Vikings. The Vikings stink, and they almost won the whole damn conference.
Kevin O'Connell is going to get more credit for that, I think. Okay, fine, but he's going to start week one next year. You know how this league works, dude. Come on now.
He's a week one starter next year. This is an overreaction move on.org. What else do you have? Wow. What have you seen lately? If the Texans beat the Chiefs, I'm not going to say they are because I don't want the people in my mentions. If they beat the Chiefs, they're going to the Super Bowl.
What? On the overreaction Monday pod, you're like the winner of Ravens bills is going to the Super Bowl. So now you're going to say if the Texans beat the Chiefs, they go to the Super Bowl. I'm trying to square the circle here. It's anybody but the Chiefs, A, B, C. No, that has nothing to do.
Anybody but the Chiefs. Did we do a show yesterday? I don't even remember what happened.
Reactions do not carry day to day or segment to segment. I do like that mentality. I like that.
Hey, by the way. Because we can't be like all these other shows who say something on Monday and Wednesday. Hold on a second. Just for the people listening, which I know there are a lot. This is overreaction Monday on a Tuesday.
Anybody but the Chiefs, A, B, C. It's the concept of the segment. And again, just so everyone understands, someone's clipping that and they're all going to hear it. No, I know that. But don't worry about it. We're fine. We're fine. Let me just say this.
A, B, C. Anybody but the Chiefs. And the reason why is what you're hearing and what you're smelling is fear. Fear. That his entire existence being a Patriot fan in the Brady era automatically becomes at some point the second best dynasty of the century. Two weeks ago, I was like, they should be number one in the power rankings. Fear.
He's not alone. What else you got over there, Chris? The most wins this year.
They're the best team. What else? Overreaction. You're two for two.
What else you got? Hey, guys, look, we watched 22, Lightning McQueen run all year. He's been awesome. This season has cemented Derrick Henry as a first ballot Hall of Famer. Oh, yeah. Although I believe, I said he was a Hall of Famer years ago on this program and I got pushback. Yeah, years ago.
Years ago. I said, this guy's on a Hall of Fame trajectory and he's a Hall of Famer. You put him in years ago and he was not yet in. Now he's in after this first ballot.
First ballot. That's what I'm saying. 31 year old dominance at a position where he's supposed to have already been one year past his prime. And it doesn't even look like he's going to be slowing down for next year.
He's been amazing. So how many yards does he have 11,000 something? So what I'm saying to you, Chris, is the true overreaction Monday is Derrick Henry's going to break Emmitt Smith's record.
Well, that's the it stops chilled. He'd have to play that six more years. Come on, man. You put it past him or don't?
Yes, I do put it past him. I think he'll be in two, three more years. How many yards is he off of? He's seven.
That is 18 something. He's at he's at eleven four, so he's got 7,000 1,600 a clip when he's thirty five and thirty six years old. He's going to get what he's doing. Yeah. Look what he's doing now.
I mean, he's still only thirty one. Save that for future overreaction Mondays. Now.
Now, if you want to tell me he'll finish in the top five all time rushing, I think that's pretty hot. Save it for future overreaction 18,355 dog. It's never going to be broken. Dog understands. Never. I'm chasing the car right now. I know.
And the car is Lightning McQueen. You say never say never. Right. Well, if you want to tell me he gets in the top five, like that's hot. That's that's Adrian Peterson is five, fifth, fourteen thousand nine eighteen. Oh, he gets it. Ooh. He gets it.
It's thirty five hundred more yards. What else you got? Yeah. What you can do by the time he's thirty three.
So go for it. What else? All right. We talked about this already, but let's let's do it again. The Steelers twenty twenty five week one quarterback, not currently on the roster. Well, Chris, I don't know if you're aware what happened to sign a quarterback in the last 10 minutes. I know the Steelers just added Skyler Thompson to the mix. Hey, started a playoff game.
That's true. He did. Didn't duck. I just also Justin Fields.
Never did. So did Justin Fields. Matt Moore, I think, started a play. I do not believe this is an overreaction at all, Chris. As a matter of fact, I do believe we actually point blanked it earlier. I'm sorry, I cannibalized it, but I think it still works. Not an overreaction. All right. You're now at five hundred. Oh, you're two for your last two.
What else you got? This is the last one. So let's let's finish. It's a tiebreak. Let's finish on DJ.
I'm sorry. If the Cowboys hired Dion, they become favorites to win the whole NFC next year. Now, is this a comment on whether the Cowboys are worthy of being called as such or the rest of our industry will say as such? If it's the rest of our industry will say as such, that's not an overreaction. But you know, let's let's let's slow the roll in terms of the Cowboys are going to win the NFC next year. That's a very that's a very Micah Parsons thing to say. I'm rooting for Dion to get this job.
You are. For what we do, for let's say for content, because as a friend, both because if he gets it, that's what he wants. As a friend. I do not want him to work for Jerry Jones. Oh, all right. For content.
Yes. Please let this happen. But if it's what he wants, then I'm rooting for it. But for us, get out of here. It seems like no one who works for Jerry is happy at the end.
I don't know about that. Does Mike McCarthy seem happy to you? Well, I mean, there seemed to be exceptions. Jimmy Johnson wasn't happy in the end of his tenure, but at the end of the day, he strikes me very happy now.
Barry Switzer was happy. Do you think we need one more? All right. Wow. What a surprise.
No idea. Rich, let's be honest. You're sneakily rooting for one of these teams to win the college football playoff. Who? Well, you're rooting for one of them. You're not you're not taking the Mike Sanders show approach of, yeah, I'm just going to watch it as a football game.
You're actually rooting for one of these. Why would you say such a thing? I believe that. No, seriously. Why would you say sneakily? sneakily? What does that mean? sneakily? sneakily?
You don't talk about it. Friends with parties. You are rooting for one of these, actually rooting for one photograph on the screen. I want to take the head off of Bucky Brutus or whatever and punt it. And the individual on the right may be a terrific citizen of the world. A very, very terrific member of their of the campus there. I don't want to meet him. That person right there. I don't want to meet the leprechaun. Come on.
I don't want to meet any of them. I actually think Mike Sanders. So kind of made a good point. I actually weirdly think you're rooting for Ohio State. Oh, get out. Oh, like you won it for the rivalry for the what rivalry? We've won four in a row. Right.
They won nine in a row. What do you mean? I don't even remember that.
It's still a rivalry. That'll wrap it up. Hey, it's Rich Eisen here. Join me and my compadre, Chris Brockman, every Monday on the Overreaction Monday podcast. You're also saying the record's going to go down. I'm saying the record's going down anyway. I don't think you're off on this at all.
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