If You're The Steelers, What Quarterback Do You Want?

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If Rogers goes to Minnesota. The Rich Eisen Show, today's guests, actor Josh Gad, Steelers Radio Network host Jerry Dulac, plus actor Dennis Leary. And now, it's Rich Eisen. All right everybody, ready for another edition of the Rich Eisen Show. Josh Gad, Dennis Leary in studio.

And of course, of course, if you have either one of those two guys, let alone both, if you have both, and it's a hard and fast rule, you got to have Jerry Dulac too. And that's what we do. You know what I mean? Like we just follow the rules around here on the Rich Eisen Show. That's how we're following the world of pop culture and sports for the next three hours. It's going to be great. Josh Gad's first up. He's got a new book out in Gad We Trust. There it is. So he's coming. He's a die-hard dolphin fan. So we'll talk, we'll talk dolphins.

I'm sure he's got a couple of cents on Jimmy Butler losing only one of his first 13 games as a Golden State Warrior. So that's coming up. Dennis Leary, we got a great celebrity true or false for him involving Draft Day and the Sandlot. His show, Going Dutch, season finale tonight on Fox. And the next day can be seen right here on the Roku portal on Hulu.

So that's coming up in hour number three. And Jerry Dulac will join us to find out what in the world is going on with Aaron with Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers and what their plans be and see are. Good to see you over there Chris Brockman. How are you? Hey Rich, great man. How are you?

Jay Feli. Hey. Good to see you pal. You too.

I don't even say you're filling in for Del Tufo because Del Tufo fills in for you. Yeah, well. So there you go. Now see, he doesn't, he, he, I can say these things. You don't have to. He's not listening. He's not going to go back and listen. We could say whatever we want about him right now.

Oh, I'm not sure if he could fire me or not. So I'll just. Oh, come on. Stop it.

It's all good. We got a conference tournament action going on in the men's world. You know, the women have already gone first. Yep. Selection Sunday coming up on Sunday. We'll keep an eye on all of that. First round of the players underway.

Okay. First round of the players championship underway. You said Jordan Spieth started on the back nine. He had, he had two, he was like, he was like the Noah's Ark of golf, right? Two of everything. It was incredible. Perfect Spieth round.

He had two Eagles, two birdies, two pars, two bogeys and one double bogey. Correct. Oh my God. Partridge in a pear tree. My goodness.

Normal sport. Good to see you TJ Jefferson. How are you? I'm great.

Fantastic. Candle split over there. We're just wondering what's going on in the quarterback front. Honestly, this is turning into its own version of madness. That we're, we're all waiting for Aaron Rodgers to make a decision apparently. And is he going to be a Minnesota Viking by the end of the day? Is that going to happen while we're on the air?

Is this entirely possible? Is this what's going to happen? I'm going to stop asking questions we don't know the answer to.

Or questions you do know the answer to. Which is what? That he's going to be in Minnesota. I don't know about that. I don't know about that.

I don't know about that. You know, Diana Russini and Mike Silver of The Athletic combining on a report saying that he's intrigued by the idea. And that the Vikings are going over their options because JJ McCarthy is a 22 year old coming off of a rookie season washed out by a knee that required surgery. Daniel Jones, who they had there as a backup after big Nick Mullins. He goes to provide competition in Indianapolis for Anthony Richardson.

He's not an option. So what are they going to do? You know, what are they going to do in Minnesota? Will they actually have Aaron Rodgers finish his career as a Minnesota Viking? Could it be entirely possible that we see Rodgers complete the triple Favre Linde of going from Green Bay to the Jets and then winding up in Minnesota? Which we all know Favre views the Jets as a transfer portal because he couldn't go directly from Green Bay to Minnesota. He wanted to do that. To exact his revenge on the Packers.

Rodgers does not have revenge to extract on the Packers and he actually went to the Jets for two years thinking that that was going to be his final stop. So it's not exactly the same, but going from one to the other to the other never thought that would be possible. And as we're sitting here right now, it's possible news could break at any moment. You could you could interrupt me in the middle of this opening segment and go, hold on a second. Boom. I don't know. Look, I see, Rich, I always like to say sometimes the story is already written in life and we're just reading it some kind of like this story is already written and now we're just getting to the chapter. Are you on something like is that is that candle burning incense instead of what's happening over there? I don't know what the hell that meant. Might have got some of that T.J.

Plush and there we go. Ayahuasca? No, seriously. I feel like sometimes we already know what's going to happen. Well, with Rodgers, we do not know. And apparently the only guy who knows is Aaron Rodgers, because the Steelers and the Giants have been waiting on word from him for 48 hours, it appears. You know, Jerry Dulac came on. He's coming on the show.

He's as plugged into the Steelers as any other human being on the earth. He's coming in at hour number two. We asked him for for some time Monday. He's just like, let's let's do it Thursday when things are most likely going to be settled and he's going to come on. And, you know, as soon as we say goodbye to him on the Zoom at the top of the second hour, Aaron Rodgers is going to make a decision. Feels like, you know, unless, you know, unless he does he choose the Giants? Does he choose the Steelers? Does he choose the Vikings?

All of them have interesting scenarios for him. You know, one would think the Giants obviously the furthest away from giving him a chance to get a ring before it's all over. The Vikings are the closest. They won 14 games with Sam Darnold last year. The Vikings have Justin Jefferson to throw to and then Jordan Addison to throw to and his buddy from Green Bay Aaron Jones to hand off to.

11 games in domes. And a guy named Kevin O'Connell, the fresh coach of the year who's as great as they come and coaching people up and being a person and being a human and allowing everybody to be themselves and stepping back and seeing the room and reading it and coming up with a game plan that is as quarterback friendly as anybody and Aaron Rodgers I'm sure would love to be coached by him. But there's a kid behind him.

Who knows what might happen there? Does he turn the kid into Jordan Love? Which is another crazy ass aspect of him going to Minnesota. Going to Pittsburgh, he's got a great chance to win a ring there too. One would think the defense is chock full of stars and people who are more close in his age group than the Jets defense was. Go play and see T.J. Watt and Cam Hayward and Minka Fitzpatrick and Joey Porter's kid doing the defensive thing for him and then he gets to play in the NFC North obviously as a Minnesota Viking but he does get to do so halfway as a stealer they play the NFC North and the Jets. And that's not a bad choice for him. He could win a championship there for Mike Tomlin who I'm sure he would like to be coached by as well.

I'm sure he gets along well with Dayball when he speaks with him too. It's just what the hell is he thinking? The question is where is he right now? And there's a great answer to that question you didn't expect.

Go ahead you can hit it. He's on the beach right now. Where is A-A-Ron right now? I mean and by the way if I lived on the beach this is what I would do every morning. Every morning.

Fact. Every morning I would just throw on something to keep warm and just watch the sun rise every single day and that means he's living life the right way. Aaron Rogers there he is. No doubt. Although it does look like he's appearing in a you know is he in the next episode of the White Lotus? Somewhere in paradise? Deep in thought?

There is a big cameo coming that hasn't been revealed yet. Is that Aaron Rodgers? Is that the green and white lotus right there? I mean sad music could have really changed that. You know what I mean?

Or the White Lotus music where anything that looks like paradise can seem creepy and eerie on the spot. Because Russ is waiting. How do you think Russ must feel? That's a great question.

Right now. Like his stuff's up in the air because Aaron Rodgers is deciding and and you know what? Good for him. You know what he's doing? He's going to visit Cleveland which is apparently one of the teams that kind of is in the market for a second quarterback for their quarterback room and maybe a veteran and is apparently not interested in Aaron Rodgers.

He went there which is a way of levering to these teams. Hey if you're making me plan B to plan A-A-Ron I might not be there. I ain't not gonna be there. And you know he means business. You know he means business when he flies maybe business class instead of private. Because last time we saw him because he's going from Cleveland to the Giants. Last time he actually went to visit the Giants on a free agency tour it's when he went to the Giants first on the way to Pittsburgh and flew through Newark airport and I said at the time if you are flying through Newark airport you are showing you are a working class I mean business type person because you don't do that willingly. Okay you do not say you know what I have the means to fly private but I just want to see what the port authority of New York and New Jersey is up to. You know what I mean?

I want to put myself in the in the care of the port authority of N-Y and N-J. You don't do that you know just cuz you're showing a true grit. The question is do we see him in Newark airport when he goes from the Browns to the Giants because if he does that you know he means business. No way. Oh yeah. He already humbled himself once.

He already humbled himself. TJ out. TJ you may never know. That's true. Unless you've actually been to terminal A at the great city of Newark New Jersey. I've been there. And sampled the Cinnabon they may have the best Cinnabon in the history of Bonds and Cinna.

That's a Bond statement. He likes them glazed not baked. All right listen. Kirk Cousins is also a an option.

Sort of not really maybe. The Falcons are pulling a full Browns telling everybody we're holding on to him which means you know they're gonna pay him 40 million dollars. Come get them. Which by the way means they keep him because that's how much he's making on an annual basis on his contract even though he would cost less this year. But they say they're gonna keep him and this is the intriguing option. The question is if you're waiting for them to cut him by next week if you're waiting to see if they're gonna pop him on the street and you can get him for the league minimum and you're willing to roll the dice and wait you know do you just jump to the front of the line talk to the Falcons ask them what the sliding scale of how much money they're willing to eat would be based on the draft compensation you're willing to give up. You know what I'm saying?

I hear what you're saying. I'm willing to make sure that I've got a quarterback. I'm not left with a quarterback I'm not terribly into when the music stops because the music is playing until Aaron Rodgers makes a decision. You just cut straight to the front of the line and you call up Atlanta and say I'll give you three how much money you're willing to eat and pay of this contract. The only issue with that is is you got a kid and Michael Penix who's still a kid with an injury history in college and you don't know how durable he is in the pros yet because he only got a cup of coffee last year.

Speaking of which I've got a fresh one right here. Wow. And what if you need Kirk Cousins and now he's starting for the Cleveland Browns or he's starting for the Pittsburgh Steelers or he's starting for wait for it the Minnesota Vikings because that wouldn't be totally insane either would it? You welcome Kirk back and he's at least starting there and he gets panicked by the kid drafted after panics last year. I wouldn't want that if I was Kirk. I don't think he's got much of a choice in the matter right now pal. That might be true too.

That might be true too. That's the current state of affairs in the quarterback market as we come on that's the current state of affairs in the quarterback market as we come on the air here the first full day of the new league year. Which one would you want if you're the Pittsburgh Steelers?

I just named three. What about Mason Rudolph? Well he just got signed back. He's back in the building.

You know what you got? He's played. He's started games for them. Again he's not there to start week one. I don't think I want the off-field headaches potentially that Aaron Rodgers brings if I'm Mike Tomlin. But again the headaches is the what we view of him outside. I'm telling you this is a guy who says it has to be all about football and he's routinely not all about football during the week.

I prefer one 45-minute segment on Pat's show that I mean it's other shows. It doesn't affect your locker room. It didn't affect the Jets locker room last year based on everybody I talked to.

It didn't. And that shoving stuff with Salah was 100% from what I've been told by people that I fully trust. It wasn't him hating on Salah. It was Salah being in his grill you know and and him you know telling Salah you know Salah telling him give me two touchdowns for my defense but he finally did in that in that Patriot game and he's like there's your there's your lead. I don't know man five and twelve.

You ain't got no haters you ain't popping. Think about some of the. It's our way of looking at from the outside in from what has been described to me. Some unique personalities that Tomlin has handled. Do you think.

In Pittsburgh over the years. Yeah like Rogers isn't gonna Facebook live his speech after a game. You know and that stuff never got out. He's not gonna he's not gonna speed in a Batmobile to work. That's a good point.

He might talk about the measles outbreak on ESPN but you know what I mean like. You don't have to deal with that but yeah. But when it all comes down to it I don't think it affects the preparation for a game.

It really is. It's like he's 41 now. Is he gonna be better or not?

Is he better than the other options that you have? But the Pittsburgh Steelers for the last 20 years at least have been Mike Tomlin's team. He's been the front and center face of this franchise and the one speaking and the one everyone turns to and looks at. We saw what Rogers did to the Jets. He just took over that whole organization the last two years.

Let me ask you this question. He didn't get them all fired. He didn't get them all fired.

His achilles snapped. He has nothing to do with that. I understand that you know you made it seem like he was coming back in his first year there. I don't know how that affected anything. If Zach Wilson had performed actually up to snuff you know I I again it was some of his play that didn't do very well for the Jets. He wasn't the same guy. You said the players loved him right?

From what I have been told. I'd be worried if I was Pittsburgh's front office of this guy coming in and suddenly now you got a split locker room of half that's half the cider Tomlin guys half the side suddenly you're like this Aaron Rogers ain't so bad and now you got mixed messaging. Not with the Steelers bro.

I just don't I don't think so. It's just is he best for them and who's going to be next? You know I mean at some point the Steelers are going to have to stop and just one last thing and then we'll bring Josh Gad out here. Um Roethlisberger had a local radio show every week that caused every week some form of a fashion of a media question to Tomlin or somebody else in the building based on what he was saying or not saying or passive aggressively saying. You remember that?

Like it was every week it was it was fodder for us to talk about. So the Steelers are kind of used to that and um who knows what Rogers is thinking we're going to do if he shows up to a new spot. Does he continue to do what he's doing uh media wise?

I don't know. You just got to sit here and ask is he the best option at quarterback or not? Kirk Cousins may not be available. Russell Wilson you've already seen that movie. Rogers is an unknown or a known unknown to use a phrase from back in the day. Let's take a break. The author of In Gad We Trust and one of our favorites to appear on this program is coming back on and I'm not just saying that because he might be hearing this in the green room. I truly do adore the man but he already knows that his name is Josh Gad. He's next on the Rich Eisen Show.

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Good to see you Josh. I want to be your Aaron Rogers. I'd like a weekly standing appointment where like what Aaron is to Pat McAfee. I'm to Rich Eisen. Would you like to do that? I would. Does he realize that means like no matter where you are what facility you're in. Oh I get it. I've already spoken to the Jets about it.

They were not thrilled. Tuesdays with Gad. Tuesdays with Gad. I'm the new Maury? Yes. All right. I think it makes sense you know but you know again you have to be available no matter where you are. There's A.I.

Josh now. My voice is readily available on any A.I. program. Did you have to give your approval for that?

For A.I.? Yeah. No. Chat GBT reps don't call you as a celebrity and be like are you comfortable with us stealing your likeness? No chat. I'm not.

There's new IP for them to steal. Look at this. I wrote this without A.I. You know it's truly apparent you wrote this that you did not.

No seriously. What does that mean? It's your voice. That's what it means. It's your voice. Thank you. Like it's clearly you.

You know what I mean? People ask me like who was your ghostwriter and I'm like that is the most insulting thing I've ever been asked in my life. So that was me not insulting you. Thank you. This is obviously you.

Yes. Writing this book. Thank you. You know and so why did you decide to endeavor this? I wanted to get on your show again. Felt like it had been a while. I got a call from my agent saying I think you should write a memoir and I laughed and I said I don't think I think you may be the only person outside of my mother who feels this way and he pitched me on the fact that like it's not just about like telling fancy stories about being a celebrity it's about sharing things that may help others and as I started to think about my struggles with anxiety with self-esteem with self-image it sort of occurred to me that maybe I do have something to say that could be additive to a social conversation about maybe taboo issues and so I started to mess around and somebody was crazy enough to you know give me money to do this and the result is this book I'm very proud of.

You should be. It's fun Josh Gad. It's a fun book. By the way our radio audience just rejoined us in the middle of your last answer of the radio audience back here on The Rich Eisen Show in Gad we trust where all books are sold. There it is.

The full cover. Can your radio audience see this? No I'll describe it. It's you in religious garb. This is right. I would say which is a play towards maybe the Book of Mormon as well like it's an homage. It's a gentle homage. Okay again as a fellow Jew I don't know I don't think more I don't think Mormons dress that way. They don't.

I found that out the hard way. We took the picture and then I was like oh Mormons don't wear this. Well and speaking of you know our mutual religion Sasha Baron Cohen wrote the forward of this book and called you you are in the top three Afghan Jewish Floridians in the business.

Yes it was a thank you Sasha. I mean that's that's quite a small subset of individuals. So when I thought about the when I when I thought about you know what that actually provided me in terms of. Cachet. Cachet.

I'm not sure it did much but okay but it was it was well intended I believe. Yeah top three Afghan Jewish Floridians in the business. I want to know who the other two are and Sasha has not provided me. Is one of them in the front office of the Miami Dolphins?

I have no idea. How's my team gonna be? Listen. I love it when I wrote you the other day and you're like if Inside Linebacker is your thing man I think I got you covered. Because you were you were you were wondering how I was envisioning their free agent plans at the time of us texting one another. But it's all a puzzle piece man like they're just putting pieces in now we'll see who they can draft.

You need two to be healthy that's it. Yeah. Because as a fellow jet fan Zach Wilson as the backup he can get you three four weeks seriously and I think he's gonna be better four plays.

No he can he can actually win you some games but to actually win you the AFC East I don't know if he'll do that. Do you miss Rich Cotite? With every fiber of my being. If there were any days that had hay in them it was like hey why am I still a jet fan? But he's a fellow Staten Islander he's from my hometown. Yeah.

What was the um Bobby Cannavale because he's a jet fan as well. He once upon a time said the Jets were bad but not Cotite-y bad. Yeah. And he used Cotite's name as sort of an adjective. Yes.

And then we came up with the the jingle that you're not fully bad unless you're Cotite-y bad. I love this. These are the Jets fans who just huddle up together and try and get through the storm. And yet we forget but I think the Jets have a more recent playoff victory than the Miami Dolphins at this point. I would agree with that. Yeah.

I think so. I haven't seen the Dolphins in my lifetime compete or sniff the Super Bowl. Closest was when I was a kid and Dan Marino got there once but like that's it. Have you met the coach yet through your fans? I have not met coach McDaniel. I think you'd like him.

I love him. He's got a I loved his 2024 Miami Vice vibe and I think he's I actually think he's really outstanding coach who's going to continue to blossom. I just wish that some of the plays weren't as cute as they are and I thought that or it appeared obvious to me that everybody in the league figured us out last year and I think you need to be able to adapt and I think you will.

I think this season is going to be hopefully X's and O's again and and just getting back to the basics a little bit. And the defense just has to tighten the bolts a little bit here obviously. You know we gotta we gotta do that and I still think that they're they're the best threat to the to the Bills in the division. I still think they are.

I think New England is is they have so much cap space they're terrifying to me. I think they have a really outstanding young quarterback and I'm a little concerned that they have a great coach now who's going to figure it out quickly. I I go on now you know they see don't don't feed the animals because you guys haven't had enough success in your lifetime. There are five-year-olds six-year-olds who haven't seen a Patriots parade. Think of the kids Josh. There's a 44-year-old on this couch who hasn't seen a parade in his lifetime. Think of this young man here.

I mean this new Aaron Rodgers of his generation. Gotcha there Chris. Fins up! Where would a parade be in Miami? Biscayne.

Yeah? Probably Biscayne. Is that where it would be? Well where did the Heat have one when they won it? I think the Heat do it in on Biscayne and and we haven't had one of those in a while either. It's Panthers. I don't know where the Panthers do it. Well Panthers are closer to Sawgrass so I imagine that they did it in Broward. I the Panthers look incredible.

There's a team that's like teasing dynasty. Yeah. Like it's it's really crazy. If you got a kachuck you're in good business. Oh god.

So good. How great did you did you take in any of that Four Nations hockey stuff or no? That the kachucks were dominant? I got into it because social media forced me into it.

I didn't come to it naturally. Right. Like I am I really enjoy watching the Panthers but I'm my you know my passion is football basketball. Yes. And baseball to a certain extent so hockey is like the only reason I'm into hockey is because the Panthers are really good.

Yes. But I loved I loved that Four Nations. That was incredible. That was great.

And some of what the NBA should be doing. Well I mean it happened in the same weekend as the All-Star game where was yet another weekend in which like you're wondering if the NBA players are really into it and then you're watching hockey players dropping gloves three times in the first nine seconds of a puck drop. You know like it was a complete contrast. I didn't even watch live because I think that was the weekend I was at the SNL 50th celebration.

Oh. That was that weekend. And I watched it I recorded it and it was that good that I didn't know the result. And then I went back and watched it. How was the SNL 50? Incredible.

Incredible. I was I had to leave to come back the Sunday that they did the actual 50th. So you went to the. So I did the concert. Radio City. The Radio City and it was like the single greatest concert I've ever been to. No kidding.

Yeah. Who did you see that you were like jacked about? Look being a Nirvana fan the post Nirvana with Post Malone headlining was like just one of the craziest things I've ever seen. But it was it was it was just like the totality of it just seeing generational musicians side by side was like felt like a modern Woodstock like it was just wild. It was incredible. So who did you meet run into you got a good story from that one? Everybody. There was a moment when I was going to the bathroom and I was sandwiched between Larry David, Adam Sandler, Billy Crystal, Mike Myers.

It was the while Brian Krantz. Like it was just it was one of those nights where it's like you couldn't turn without seeing somebody. I'm mandated to follow up when you say you're crammed in between in the men's room. Not the same stall, right? I mean like that. We all had to share one stall. Radio City has very. By the way, there's a trough like Wrigley Field.

Yes, it's Wrigley Field style trough. Yeah, it's like the ancient Roman. Yeah, you know, we were actually we were actually all like outside of the bathroom. Although that would be far greater if we were all just sharing. One little year. Right.

It would be performance issues, I would think. I had that happen to me once. What do you mean? I was I was pissing next to Warren Beatty at a Dodgers game. Oh, that's the greatest mad lib ever.

I'm so much shorter in every way to one baby. And I just froze. Yeah. And I heard his strong waterfall to my like soft little trickle and it was just really upsetting.

I guess it's really upsetting. I guess that's what happens when what he had to have at one point had to pee next to like Andy Warhol. Right.

You know what I mean? No, I don't think he's got experience with what he's working with, at least according to the sound. I don't think he's ever had a moment where he's gone on a subsequent radio show and been like, I he had the upper hand.

That never happened with Warren. And here I thought the song You're So Vain was about his personality. Hey, ladies and gentlemen, we trust we're all folks. Please buy my new book. And also I have a book and another thing radio people were holding it up.

So listen, when when you write a book, you want someone to buy it to read the stories. So I don't want to I don't want to spoil too much, but there are a couple of things I want to ask specifically about from your book. The first adventure in Los Angeles, where you showed up to an ex's house and her new boyfriend was there. Yeah. And it doesn't tell me who her boyfriend is.

She wasn't an ex, but a good friend. OK. And she invites me over there and I show up and there's this very large door and the door opens and it's Jeff Goldblum and my friend, both in matching bathrobes, welcoming in to their palatial estate. And I go inside and they sit there's like this triangular figuration of these little cushions. And they're sort of like on the equal side. And I'm the little triangle and I'm facing them.

And they're like very revealing bathrobes. And Jeff starts playing a Meisner exercise game with me, which is like where you say a word and then the other actor repeats it. And it was the most surreal, wild experience of my life.

And then he ends this game and he goes, oh, you're good. You should audit my class. And I was like, what? Audit? You have a class? You have a class and you need me to do your class? You're Jeff Goldblum. You don't need me.

So I never did audit his class, although like if you're still teaching, Jeff, I would like to now audit this class. I think you should. Because like now I regret it. This story sounds like it was filled, chock full of awkward silence. It was one of the weirdest experiences of my life, but also like one that I'm so grateful to have had.

Of course, you got to live in the moment. And I see him randomly at like social events, but I don't have the courage to go up to him because I'm sure he doesn't remember. So I don't have the courage to like go up to him and like ask him about where those bathrobes are.

I was going to go that the was the most odd part about it is matching bathroom. Yeah, I just maybe it was sort of like a like some sort of like prank or like I've never quite figured it out. You've been punked. You were being punked at the time. Harrison Ford denied you a selfie.

That's the greatest. What happened? I was at a party, was walking with Hailee Steinfeld. They had just done a movie together and Hailee goes over and takes a picture with him. And I had worked with Harrison years before in a terrible movie called Crossing Over. And we had gotten a picture and I looked like Rosie O'Donnell in the picture. And I wanted another picture.

Not that the Rosie is beautiful, but I shouldn't look like Rosie. And I go up to Harrison. Now I'm wearing, you know, I have my hair done. I'm wearing a nice tuxedo and I go, Harrison, I would love to take a picture.

Mr. Ford, I'd love to take a picture with you. And he goes, no. And I said, but you just took a picture with that little girl.

And he goes, I know she's a little girl. Wow. By the way, greatest way to not get a picture with Harrison Ford.

Like that is a story that is worth more than any picture with Harrison Ford. If only somebody took a picture of you having this conversation with him. I know, I know. Oh my God.

Where's the paparazzi when you want them? Uh, Haley Steinfeld, the, uh, future bride of the one individual who might make you the most miserable as a football fan over the next five years. Taylor, my, uh, exec who works with me. She's sitting over there. Diehard bills fan.

As is the coordinating producer of this show listening to this conversation. Oh, you guys must be so excited. You got Bosa. Yay.

Good luck. It's not being passive aggressive. It's just me being a deck he can confirm that. That's for sure. You guys should have gone to the super bowl this season. You know what? There was a ton of chiefs fatigue in this nation.

Yes. And it made me laugh so hard because then everybody was reminded of how awful Philadelphia fans are in victory. And they got fatigued within one hour of that. When I was on that bandwagon, I was like, I'm done with the chiefs. Oh God, give me the chiefs back.

If you burn your city after you win guys, you're missing the plot. That's the good stuff. This is what we all want. Oh my gosh. One hour after the super bowl, you've got Eagles fatigue. That's pretty damn fast. Didn't take long.

Yeah. And then they re-signed Saquon all that money. Can you explain to me how they manage to maintain that roster? How everybody else in this league has to give up every, like they have to give up three to save one. How do the Eagles do it?

Well, twofold. First of all, that's a very Joe Burrow question. He's asking there in Cincinnati about wanting to sign everybody there too. I don't know. I'm not a capologist. I don't play one on TV. I just know that they've got some really smart people starting with the general manager who signs his guys early.

It's that helps. That helps to go to Devante Smith and say, how would you like to sign any signs for less than what AJ Brown signs for? Who's now a bargain compared to what, you know, DK Metcalf is making or CeeDee Lamb is making. You know, the Bengals haven't signed Jamar Chase yet, as you know. He's rightfully going to ask for, you know, money between Max Crosby and Miles Garrett.

You know what I mean? But if you did it last year before the season, then it would be a different story and he'd be signed and you wouldn't be in this soup potentially right now. No, the Philadelphia GM is unbelievable. He's unbelievable. He's a University of Florida graduate. Is he a Gator? He is a Gator.

Oh, I love him even more. Do people know this, that I'm a Gator fan? I did not know that. Both my brothers are Gators. Both my brothers went to UF. So, you know, Howie Roseman is a Gator. Just sitting in that chair a couple of weeks ago, we heard the story from his college roommate who happens to be Coach Fish, who coaches University of Washington now.

He told the story of how they were roommates at the University of Florida and Howie in their room together was trying to pick the draft picks for the Jets, who were his favorite team in college, because he wanted to be a general manager when he grew up or got out of college. That's unreal. So that's, you know, he's been born to do it. Yeah. Does that give you an answer? That gave me like a longer answer than I ever asked for. But yes, I love it.

Like I never imagined you giving me his full backstory going back to school. Yes. And so before I let you go in this book, there is a chapter. This is my book. It's called Engad We Trust.

It's on sale now, Radio People. Wherever you get your books here, I can place it exactly where the camera is supposed to catch it. There it is. That's production value.

Thank you. That there's a one page chapter written by Ron Howard about Ron Howard that reeks of you asking him as well as Sacha Baron Cohen for a forward. And you didn't think both of them would actually do it.

That is exactly what happened. I asked three of them. I asked Mel Brooks, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Ron.

Ron, Sacha got back to me first. Yes. And then it was like, oh no, I need to give these guys additional space in my book. Right.

So that's when I came up with the afterward and the Howard for Ron. Ah, that's funny. And Mel, how did you ever, give me your Mel Brooks connection here, man.

Mel is the, I mean, so we're working together on an independent film called Spaceballs 2 right now. And are you serious? Yes. Excuse me. Can you say all that?

Just rewind. Mel Brooks and I are currently working together on a project called Spaceballs 2. Wow. And he has been the most exquisite partner. He's so the, I have our sessions recorded for posterity because the world is, needs to see how brilliant he is and how electric he is at 98 years old still. The guy, he doesn't miss a beat.

He doesn't miss a beat. Dude. So, so yeah. Wait, let me see the book for a second.

Of course. So the end of the book, I asked him to write me something and he goes, hey, you gonna give him the afterward? Because again, he responded after Sacha did, but he writes in the book, wait, where is it?

I love this. He writes in the book. He goes, dear Josh, I know I promised you a wonderful blurb for your new book, but after reading it, I find myself struggling to say something nice. If I get a positive thought that's not too destructive, I'll send it along. All the best, Mel.

I mean, like, that is my hero for real. So are we getting the gang back together for this film? We'll talk off camera now.

I will get killed by the Amazon MGM executives if I say any words about this movie that are not yet sanctioned. Okay. But watch this space.

Very well done. Ladies and gentlemen, Josh. So I'll see you guys next Tuesday.

Yes, let's go. Tuesdays with Gad. Tuesdays with Gad. Very excited about this. Anything you want to talk about for 45 unfettered minutes.

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Unfortunately, I'm married. No, here's the thing is that what's the what's the oldest Olaf fan you've ever come across? Who's oh man, I've come across people in their 90s. Exactly, no, like like like have all the stuffed animals have all the have.

Oh yeah, you'd be surprised. Olaf connects multi generationally. I mean there are there are people who are in their 80s and 90s who like have Olaf paraphernalia who who let me know how important that character is to them. And I think it's a I think the reason that so many people connect it for that little guy is there's a there's a sense of like child childlike wonderment that I think a lot of us forget that we have even when we're older and it reminds us of the purity of looking at the world. If a glass is half full, our optimism that Olaf brings to the table. Because Mike, do you want to say something to him?

I mean, because he's a great character. No, no, no, you've got how many Olaf items do you have in your house? What's the I have the full size one. OK, then every year I have like the full size one and then I have multiple. I got to have one, two, three, four, five.

Yeah, no. And I have one in the in the cup holder in the rear of my one car. That's not weird at all. By the way, that's not a metaphor for anything that is my copilot.

That feels like a hostage situation. He's my copilot. All right.

I'm going to put you on the spot before I go. Can you how would Olaf term the drafting of Tua Tungovailoa to the Dolphins? Can you can you can you tell me what Tua thought about that draft or the war or beating the doll of beating the Patriots and knocking them out of the the bi-week position? Do you got something for me on that front, Josh Gad?

I love, I love everybody easily. And I can tell you that it never gives me joy to see any team down on a duck, except if that team has been you in the kitchen. Who's had it coming for a long time. So bye bye. Have fun in the gutter. Ladies and gentlemen, that was fantastic. Josh, you're the best man. You're the best.

Keep doing what you're doing. Let's stay in touch, OK? Oh, you're the best. And I'm cheesy, Josh fans. I love you guys.

I just don't like the fact that you win every freaking season. There he is. Again, one of the top three Afghan Jewish Floridians in the business. Josh Gad. Who's one and two? I don't know. Only Sasha Baron Cohen knows. Gosh, she's so funny.

What a wonderful human. And Spaceballs two guys. Yo.

He had me at Hello. Taylor, our 11 year old, loves that movie. Watches it over and over and over again. I think without hyperbole, that's the movie I've seen the most. Spaceballs? Yeah. Darth Helmet, you know, and I would imagine he plays the son of Barf.

Yes, I would imagine. Oh, my word. Not in here, sir.

This is Mercedes. But he refused. He can't talk about it.

Unbelievable. Welcome back to the Rich Eisen Show Radio Network. I'm 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. Still no Aaron Rodgers news, correct? Nothing. Nothing. A big load of nothing. Nothing. Big load of nothing. A big whole bowl of nothing. Sorry, folks.

And everyone's wondering where Rodgers is. Again, he's coming soon to Max as the star of the Green and White Lotus. There it is. That's funny. It's what it looks like, doesn't it?

The RE original, the Green and White Lotus. Well done. Is this a Smitch?

Is this a Smitch? D'Lo, it's special. Well done, D'Lo. The only Steelers news that we do have, Rich, is Per Adam Schefter. Kyle Juszczek is visiting the Steelers today.

Oh, boy. That is a Steeler. If I've ever heard of a Steeler, YL in Pittsburgh, you're on the Rich Eisen Show. What's up, YL? Hey, what's up, Rich? Boys, how you guys doing? What's up, YL? Finish up. Long time no talk, man. Finish up with a flourish, YL.

Go for it. So, Tomlin, I heard that... I can't remember who was on your show and said that Tomlin got an extension and he's not going to let go and... Uh-oh.

No. Am I right by saying that? He's not going anywhere, YL.

That's correct. Man, that's just the worst news that I've ever heard or when I read that. Look, you know, he's... Where did I say? He's 0-5 in quarterbacks and Big Ben's gone. You know, if you remember, I asked you what happened to Russell and why he felt like he went backwards. There was an article that came out that said that Tomlin did not allow him to change the calls at the line, right?

So, you know, if he micromanages these quarterbacks, regardless who you begin, you know, I told my son, Rogers, Richardson, Tomlin, as long as Tomlin's there, we will not win another Super Bowl. And it's a shame. It's a shame, right? Because we've got a lot of good players.

You know, look at... What's your name? They went to Philly. No, I know. You're talking about Pickett and YL. We're out of time at the end of the first hour.

We have a Super Bowl ring. No, I got you, YL. Thanks. I'm sorry. We're out of the time. Jerry Dulak's coming up at the next hour. I'm sorry.

We were up against the end of the hour here on the program. So, listen, you've come to the wrong place with the, you're not going to win a Super Bowl with Mike Tomlin. I mean, the question is, is he the one to blame for not developing a quarterback? Because the offensive coordinator there was Matt Canada.

You want to blame Canada? If we're going to go with, again, we just had a Trey Parker, Matt Stone individual here, right? I mean, he hires the coordinators. No, so if the offense is not suited to grow a quarterback, is Kenny Pickett's demand to go from volunteer to hostage on Tomlin? Is the ten and three start only to have a crap out at the end of last year on Tomlin? I don't know about that business about him refusing to let Russ change the play. I mean, why have a veteran quarterback and not allow that individual neck up who's played enough football to change out of a play? I don't know.

I don't know. You heard Albert Breer make very passive aggressive statements, not telling the full story about the relationship soured. And we're going to talk to Jerry Dulac about that in five minutes time when he kicks off our number two. Is Tomlin to blame for the fact that the one criticism of him that I hear from so many Steeler fans that it's very difficult for me to push back on is who is his tree of coaches? You talk about the McVeigh tree, which comes essentially from the Shanahan tree, right?

You talk about the Holmgren tree that turns into the other trees that you see. Andy Reid is off the Holmgren tree. Mooch, Gruden, right? Like that's what you talk about Hall of Fame coaches. Who is on the Tomlin tree and is that part of the reason why they don't finish games and they don't win playoff games? Again, I speak to so many of the players that play for Tomlin.

They love them and there's a good reason to do so. But to sit here and say they can't win a Super Bowl, as long as Mike Tomlin's the coach, I will push back on that. They can't win a Super Bowl as long as they're playing rotating quarterbacks without finding the next Big Ben they thought they had in picket and then that blew up. And is that on picket or is that on the coach or is that on the coach? Or is that on both? Who's it on? I don't know. We'll see how picket does post-Philly. Jerry Dulock joining us in a moment.