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22nd, 2026. This sports program begins. now. >> FOOTBALL, IT IS HARD. I'm going to be honest. I. was a little gunshy on it as uh I sit. here for the final day in lovely Los. Angeles, the NFL studios. And speaking. of the NFL, week seven of the NFL season. kicks off tonight in a huge, huge way. Two quarterbacks from the 2024 draft. class, which might be considered the. best draft class of all time whenever. it's all said and done, will joust on. Amazon Prime as Drake May, who's hot as.

a firecracker, >> takes on Caleb Williams, who came back. from a hamstring injury last week and. was damn near perfect. Started 10 for. 10, end up 30 for 36. And this is a team. that wanted to break the all-time. offensive records in all of the NFL's. history. Are they back on track doing. that after having some time with Case. Keenum and and Tyson Beijing at. quarterback? Caleb Williams is back. Ben. Johnson has a new dance move in the. locker room after a win. They have the. same good, better, best, never let it. rest till your good is better and your. better is best mantra. But what they are.

is a team that's trying to get to where. the New England Patriots were just last. year. New England Patriots were in a. Super Bowl. How are they going to bounce. back? How are they going to recover? Well, they came out and didn't look so. sharp. Lose to the Seahawks on opening. night. Wait a minute. Are the New. England Patriots in trouble? And they. seemingly have flipped the switch and. become very, very hot. Mike Frabel had a. very loud off season, that's for sure. But as a leader of men in football, he. has been nothing short of fantastic. everywhere he's been. At the Tennessee. Titans, which just beat the Indianapolis. Colts for the first win of the season,

he led them to AFC number one overall. seat. He led them to having the most. amount of wins in the AFC South over the. last 10 years. Then he was let go out of. his contract once a Cleveland Browns as. an independent contractor consultant. type guy. Uh and then whenever the New. England Patriots job opens up, boom, Mike Frabel's back in the place where he. won Super Bowls, where he's a legend, where he's an icon, where he's in the. ring of honor, I do believe. And now he. gets a chance to lead them potentially. to a back-to-back Super Bowl appearance. Now, it didn't feel like that was going. to be the case at the beginning of the. season. Drake May seemingly regressed. and then he got really hot. How will.

tonight be? We shall see. Kirk Herbshet. will join us in about 15. We can't wait. to catch up with him. It's not just me. here in uh beautiful Los Angeles. It's. also a man who was a former ship. painter. Bubba Gumpino is here. Gumpy, >> happy football kickoff everybody. >> Yeah. Happy football kickoff to you as. well, Gumpy. Miami Dolphins going to get. good quick, right, Gump? >> Plus five and a half. Big win coming. against the Jets on Sunday. >> Ah, Miami Hurricanes number one team in. the country though, Gumpy. >> Yes, sir. Hi. Hotel you're staying in.

had no power for 24 hours. Gumpy. >> Yes, sir. >> I didn't know that was possible in the. low year 2026. Uh, but full power outage. at an entire hotel is certainly thrown a. wrench in some things, but we are. incredibly lucky and thankful to be. here. The boys are back in the. Thunderdome in Indianapolis, Indiana, including a man who's a college football. national champion, Super Bowl champion, Ryder Cup winner, AJ Hawko. Hono, what's. up? >> How you doing, man? >> I'm doing great, man. Happy happy. kickoff football Friday or football.

Thursday as Gumpy said. Sorry, he threw. me off a little bit on that one. >> What is wrong? Are you okay? >> There's a there's a a a pregnant pause. as they say and I'm not sure if you. wanted me to speak if you were done. speaking yet and I was thinking of Gumpy. and his intro to the show and obviously. his love for the University of Miami. We. know he's been uh on the bandwagon since. at least 2022. So yeah, Gumpy is pumped. about his Miami Hurricanes. >> Yeah. Yeah. I think I think Gumpy had a. good intro to the show. I I think I did. that actually. it. I think I did the. intro to the show and uh I think.

Thursday is always the NFL kickoff. Has. been for some time. Let's go to the. talks table at Boston Carter and Ty. Schmidt. What year do we think the NFL. started doing Thursday night kickoffs. for their their weekly uh scheduling? I. think 10 years. >> 2005. >> I think 2007 I played in a game in. Dallas. I was on NFL Network on Thursday. night. I think it was one of the first. ones. Maybe 200. >> Okay. So maybe 20 years or so. So it is. kickoff Friday, I guess. AJ and your. brain. And that's what I like about you. Goldfish. Who cares? We're living in the.

moment. And tonight, the uh NFC North is. represented by the Chicago Bears. AJ, this is potentially. a rivalry that could end up with these. two quarterbacks jousting on the biggest. stage multiple times in the Super Bowl. Representing the AFC, who's already done. it, Drake May and the New England. Patriots out of the 2024 draft class. Representing the NFC out of the 2024. draft class. Caleb Williams and the. Chicago Bears with Ben Johnson on the. biggest stage. 600 plus million people.

going to watch him play numerous times. in a Super Bowl. That's what we. potentially have in store tonight is a. preview of what the future looks like. Do you agree with that sentiment, AJ, that this could potentially be what the. Super Bowl looks like maybe three, four, five, six, seven, eight times in the. future as these lads hope to represent. their respective conferences? >> Well, I mean, anytime you have an AFC. team playing an NFC team, yeah, technically it is potentially a Super. Bowl matchup. It's not the first thing. uh I guess I thought of when I saw this. matchup saying this is hey we're this.

might have uh we won't be watching the. Super Bowl preview for the next five or. six years. I know that was some other. people's first thing. Now the Patriots. were in the Super Bowl last year. The. the Bears were not obviously we know. they're a much much improved team with. Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams. I'm glad. he's back in the lineup. But I guess the. first thing on my head on my mind was. not that hey this could potentially be a. Super Bowl matchup for years to come. Uh, let's go to one half of the hammer. >> Cowboys AP tone. Patriots getting three. points tonight. How do you feel about a.

tone? >> I feel really good if you're a Patriots. fans. Uh, the dog has covered 10. straight prime time games, which is a. pretty good run in that situation. And. Mike Vrabel is one of two head coaches. who actually have a winning record as a. dog. I believe he's like 27 and 25 now. The only other person to do that is Matt. Laflur. Fun fact. Frabel is great in. this position. Britown Dogs have been. great. I kind of like it if you're a. Pats fan. >> Okay. If you're a Pats fan, you got to. like a lot of things sitting at 4 and. two with where you were at the beginning.

of the year. But you see that number. four with the four wins. Let's go to the. talks tables at Boston Connor. Who have. you really beat though? Have you guys. really beat anybody? You know, like is. the Chicago Bears? >> We we've watched them absolutely cook. Only favored by three. Who have the. Patriots really beat this year? Con man. Well, uh, they dismantled the Pittsburgh. Steelers, the number one team in the AFC. North, some would say pretty pretty well. at home. That that that'd be one. >> Oh, really? Anybody else though? Did.

they the Pittsburgh Steelers? That they. didn't have it figured out yet. Aaron. Rogers wasn't there yet. Mike McCarthy. still had a healthy ankle. They haven't. figured out yet. Who else have you beat. them? >> That's true. We also hung 45 on the new. trendy uh Las Vegas Raiders. Held them. to under 20 points. That was pretty. pretty dominant of a win, you could say, as well. really because the Raiders have. been keeping games very close. We all. think they're maybe next. So, you're. saying you guys beat the hell out of it? Did you beat anybody else though? There. was nobody else that you beat that was. pretty good, were you? >> Yeah, actually, we're the only team this.

year to successfully dismantle Josh. Allen. We beat the [ __ ] out of the Bills. on the road, actually, nonetheless. So. yeah, when you kind of stack the New. England Patriots wins, not even. including the Jets, when you stack those. three wins against everyone else in the. NFL, you could argue probably three of. the better wins um across the board for. the New England Patriots. Not not too. easy of a schedule, you could say. >> Yeah, cuz I much Well, last year you. guys had the easiest schedule. Remember. you guys were schedule merchants. I I. didn't know you had that many big time. wins because I genuinely believe that.

the Buffalo Bills are one of the best. teams in all of ball right now. I forgot. you guys went up there and got a huge. win over the Buffalo Bills because all I. could think about is what happened with. the Jags. Isn't that kind of what it. gets brought up and brought hung over. your head all the time? Con man as a. whole is the Patriots. What happened. with the Jags? What happened with Jags? I think not enough people have enough. respect for the Jags, but the Jags did. it to you guys earlier this year, did. they not? >> Yeah, for sure they did. It was 35 to6. on the road in Jacksonville. It was a. dismantling. They did beat the crap out. of us. And that's when we were one and. two. We've rattled off three straight.

since. The NFL ranked us in their power. rankings after week three at number 31. and it felt like everyone kind of just. wrote the pats off. They have been. banged up uh against the Bills actually. to your point. We won without Christian. Gonzalez and AJ Brown, arguably two of. our top three players. So that is the. other thing as well. The Patriots have. kind of been able to win despite being. littered with injuries as many many. teams are right now. But yeah, after. that Jags dismantling, people were. really high on the Jags. Kind of forgot. about the Pats. kind of perfect for New.

England Patriots fans because now we've. just been stacking them, stacking them, stacking them. And now hopefully tonight. prime time, everyone gets to watch just. them play a football game. And hopefully. we can prove that it's not just, you. know, schedule merchants [ __ ] like. you mentioned. It's more so, hey, this. team's for real. Once again, >> I like that the Masso can always find a. reason to be um spiteful or uh find a. chip on their shoulder. The Patriots are. all the way back seemingly that AFC East. has a team that has been very dominant.

in it and we are incredibly lucky and. thankful to announce that ladies and. gentlemen this weekend. College Game Day is heading back to the. lovely state of Utah. The youths have. represented very well in college. football for a while. The mighty Utah. student section is continued to be one. of the largest, most dominant and loud. groups of humans to ever be assembled in. any situation ever. College Game Day on. Saturday morning. We're expecting to be. an absolute blast. We hope you will join.

us. The man who will be representing. the Utah Youths as a celebrity guest. picker is not only a football legend and. icon, not only a touchdown catcher for. Josh Allen, not only a man that's very. tall, very athletic, very handsome, but. a man who's now going to try to top what. Steve Young did less than a week ago. when he went a perfect 10 for 10 on his. picks. a man who's gonna do the same. damn thing this weekend. Tight end for the Buffalo Bills. Dalton. Con.

>> How you doing, brother? I appreciate you. so much for uh for joining us here, Dalton. Getting back to Utah this. weekend. Going to do some guest picking. How do you feel? And uh do you know. Steve Young went 10 for 10 just last. weekend? Nothing. No sweat, brother. No. sweat trying to follow that entire. thing. >> Yeah. Uh unfortunately my pickhams last. week I think I went uh 1 for 10 in the. tight end room. So I got some uh I got. an uphill battle ahead. But uh yeah.

first game back at Utah. Um a night game. at Utah. You know those are special. Uh. it should be a great atmosphere, great. experience and uh yeah I guess I do have. to try to top Steve Young. >> Yeah definitely him going 10 for 10 is. outrageous especially with the. unpredictability of the sport and what. happened on Saturday is the first time. ever five of the top seven lose. So. absolute insanity. Nobody's expecting. you to be perfect. I am excited for you. to be with us. Thank you for agreeing to. do it. Can you tell me a little bit. about the turnover happening at Utah.

right now with Coach Scally and where. Whittingham leaves? How have has he kept. the alumni connected because I know he's. been there for a long time. And how do. you feel about the current trajectory of. the SC uh squad with him in charge? >> Uh I mean what starting six and0 it's. it's hard not to, you know, feel real. good about what he's doing with the. program. um he was my defense. coordinator when I was there. So he you. know he interacted with me uh a lot more. than I feel like defensive coordinators. normally do and and his his main thing. has been you know getting alumni back to.

campus and and keeping those guys. involved and uh I think he's doing a. great job of that. Um just seeing some. some people show up uh for some home. games, some people coming back to Utah. So it's uh my first time ever coming. back for a game um and one I'm really. excited for. >> Where are you right now? That looks. gorgeous behind you. >> Yeah, this is not Buffalo, New York. This is Austin. This is Austin, Texas, believe it or not. >> Oh my god. Good for you. You've earned. all of that. Uh, can you tell me a. little bit about the Bills this year? We.

just had to talk obviously about a loss. that you guys have. The only one. Sorry, the Patriots are playing tonight. You. know, you know what it is. I mean, we. would do it if uh any other team was. playing tonight and you had beat them, which you had beat everybody but the. Patriots. Let's not talk about that, though. Let's talk about what you that. offense Josh Allen and this, you know, new head coach at Joe Brady are being. able to kind of accomplish so quickly. How do you feel about where the Bills. are right now? And your offense is. seemingly unstoppable. Is that how you. guys feel as well? And is that the goal.

every single drive? >> I mean, yeah, the goal every single. drive is just to to go get points. Um, obviously you want to get touchdowns in. this league. you know, that's the. important thing. But, um, you know, Josh. has just been balling out this year and, uh, just feel like everything's kind of. clicking. Joe Brady is doing a fantastic. job with kind of dialing stuff up and. and keeping the the offense having some. fresh new looks. But, uh, um, I feel. like it's just kind of been a seamless. transition. You know, Joe's implemented, you know, everything he's wanted to do. And, um, you know, his main thing is. just put the football down. Let's just.

go play. It doesn't really matter where, when, what the situation is. you know, game on the line, like let's just go out. there and do it. >> Young culture, youth culture. Joe Brady, first year as a head coach. He stays in. the system. Jim Leonard, new DC. You. just talked about coach Scally being. your defense coordinator. Utah coming to. talk to you. Can you tell me a little. bit about how Jim Leonard is in his role. with you guys and how he is in the. building, former player, so I assume. fits in magically with the culture you. guys have up there? >> Yeah. No, Jim's awesome. Um, a little.

more quiet than uh Morgan Scally, I'd. say, but uh the more you get to know. him, you know, the more he kind of opens. up a little bit, but um you know, obviously having the by-week right now. is pretty nice. It's early buy, but just. being able to do some self scout and. everything. I feel like we're going to. come out and and kind of just be firing. at all cylinders. I think that's kind of. the goal, you know, with the bye-week. just come back feeling good and fresh. >> All right. Well, I don't know what. you're doing out there in the middle of. seemingly nowhere. I'm trying to look. behind you. Is Is that a mush? Is that a. forest? is that just gra what is behind. you there?

>> It's there's a little pool right here. and uh I think it's Lake Austin or Lake. Travis is down there. >> Um. >> wow. >> So yeah, enjoy this a little bit. I. think Salt Lake's a little chillier this. weekend. So um it's about 80 out here. right now. Trying to enjoy the sun. before it disappears in Buffalo for. about five months. >> Hey man, we're out in Indiana, dude. You. don't see it for a while. That sun is uh. that sun becomes quite a stranger there. for a while. And when it comes back, it. is spectacular for you guys. The start.

has been magical. We can't wait to see. you on Saturday. Thank you for joining. us, brother. >> Absolutely. Thanks for having me. I'll. see you Saturday. >> Ladies and gentlemen, that's Daltton. Concaid. >> AJ, I like Dalton Concaid getting a. chance to go back. I also like that. Morgan Scally because he was hired from. within is trying to keep the contacts. with the alumni. That's a huge part of. everything, your organization. uh if you. see that you still have respect for. tradition and those behind you, it can. help with recruiting. It also gives the.

guys something to still feel attached. to. Whenever a new coach comes in, usually guys lose the connection and. that's a huge part of their lives, their. college football team. So, I like that. Morgan was hired from within and has. remained um diligent on those. relationships. AJ, >> yeah. Don't you think if you let's say. you took a job like as a head coach. somewhere, whether it's the NFL or. college, the first one of the first. things you do is try to organize like a. an alumni weekend or try to some kind of. mass email or somehow let everybody know. that played there like that's in good.

standing with the the organization like. hey you are welcome back at any time. like please come back and and impart. your wisdom to our young players here. >> Yeah, I think it's a huge deal. I I. think it's a big like statement to. everybody on what you're about too. Like. that San Francisco 49ers alumni night. the other night. I've never seen I'm. being serious, Gumpy. Was it 150 guys? I. They were maybe announced 150 guys. >> Yeah, it was unbelievable. You forget. almost cuz the Niners have been great. for so many years in the past. They just.

kept coming and coming. Montana Young, all of them. It was incredible to see. >> It was like 150 announcements. I I the. PA announcer. How about Jack? Blah blah. blah. And yeah, >> used to fly him back to Youngstown, didn't I? I know Steve Young and them. talked about it. They used to like have. big gettogethers back in Youngstown with. a lot of the 49ers players like after. they would obviously won multiple Super. Bowls, but yeah, that's a that's a thing. that you don't see at every NFL team. >> No. And even if there is an alumni, it's. like five to 10 of them. Five to 10. guys. This was a hundred guys being.

announced. I the I don't know how they. project how much time that's going to. take to announce all those people like. to fit into the game schedule cuz. there's so much [ __ ] that you got to get. in before the kickoff and like this is. when the national anthem's happening. This is when flyover is happening. This. is when kickoff is happening. This when. intros are happening like everything's. to the minute. So for them very close to. game time. I I mean that was the last. time out probably before kickoff being. like we'll announce every single alumni. that comes here. I've never seen that.

before. They're there. That list had to. be six pages long. But it also told me. like, man, look how much these guys love. the NerS. Like Santa Cl is not easy to. get to. I'm sure a lot of those guys. aren't living in there. I don't know, maybe they are, but I'm sure a lot of. guys traveled in for that to get up. there to be able to do that and. represent for the uh franchise. I loved. all of it. I loved everything about it. There was big pops for people that I. never heard. Obviously, like local. heroes get a a big time pop. And then. they saved Joe and Steve for close to. last. And just the eruption from that.

place was uh it was special. Shout out. to Utah. Can't wait to get out there. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is. a man who's going to be on a call. tonight alongside Al Michaels for. potentially a preview. AJ, >> is it. >> potentially you are potentially? You are. correct. >> You got to remember this guy's a Green. Bay Packer. >> I said this this morning whenever I. called back to the boys at Thunderdome. I said this is maybe like a preview of a. couple. >> You didn't say maybe. You were very. certain like you said the next we could. be seeing this match up the next 5 to 10.

years in the Super Bowl is from what I. heard coming through that. >> Well, well, I didn't I said like 15 20. I was actually a little bit more. dramatic, but it is. it is a potential preview with how good. these guys are so young. It's like so. early in their careers, things have. happened. Now, Drake has already made it. to the Super Bowl, so like he's checked. a box. Hasn't won a Super Bowl, which is. a whole another one that's going to be. held over his head and Caleb's head. forever. But both these guys we could. all see playing against each other in. Super Bowl numerous times over the next. 50 years. And AJ says, "The Bears? Are.

we talking about the Bears? Does does. Caleb play for the Bears?" And I love. that response from you, AJ, cuz you're a. Green Bay Packer and the rivalry runs. deep. Joining us now is a man who might. be able to give us a little bit more. detail on how both these lads feel going. into this week 7 kickoff Thursday. AJ, ladies and gentlemen, the voice of. Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime, Kirk Herbstre. >> Yeah, Herby. >> What's up, boys? >> Herby, I don't know if you saw at the. beginning after I did an entire I did. I.

did. >> Yeah. >> Friday is your Friday is kickoff day. It's Friday. It's No, it's Thursday. AJ, >> don't take the abuse, AJ. Don't take. >> Hey, it's not abuse. I'm okay. I can. handle it. He's abusing us. >> I love adversity, Kirk. That's how it. works. >> He's abusing us. He's abusing us. My. ears had to hear the kickoff. NFL kicks. off its week on Fridays. I That's hasn't. happened for two decades. I'm, you know, that's a little problematic for me, Herby. Okay, let's let's talk about. tonight's kickoff. This is a good one. This is a good one, Herby. I am pumped. for you guys. Uh we'll get into Daltton.

Concaid being the guest picker here uh. at the end whenever we dive into college. ball, which we are all excited about. I. know you're pumped up about as well. You. you know him pretty well from Thursday. Night Football and stuff, but Drake May, Caleb Williams on Thursday Night. Football. This is a showcase of the now. and potentially the next 20 years. I. know you're jacked up. I know how. Michaels is. I know Amazon is. But can. you tell me a little bit about what you. expect from these two as we got great. defenses playing tonight as well, do we. not? >> Yeah. Yeah, I'm with you, man. I I it. does feel like that, you know. It does. feel like with not just the young.

quarterbacks, but with the head coaches, um they they've really done a great job. of developing cultures that can sustain. a certain level. I mean, when Ben. Johnson went into Chicago, what he was, you know, facing, not just he did he. have a talented quarterback, but they. were trying to build pieces around Caleb. Williams when he first got there. And. they they've done that, you know, with. offensive line play with obviously. receivers, tight ends, um, running. backs, the whole thing. So, I mean, and. they're playing great defense. So, Dennis Allen is is an aggressive guy.

We've seen the success that he's had. I. don't know if coach is is there or not, but I he could tell you a lot about. Dennis Allen, his reputation going back. to New Orleans. Um, you know, I I feel. that they've got the pieces on that side. of the ball that's going to give them um. a much better defense than they were a. year ago. Uh, I think I think uh this. this rookie Malik Muhammad out of Texas. gives him better coverage ability on the. outside. Uh, you know, the other thing. about it is th this is a team in Chicago.

that I think has gotten in in year two. with Ben Johnson to kind of understand. he is demanding, you know, he is super. demanding and he and Caleb Williams when. they first got together that was that. was a really interesting relationship, you know, behind closed closed doors and. those two just trying to get on the same. page were actually more Caleb trying to. get on the same page with Ben Johnson. because we all know about Caleb. Williams. He's always made the. spectacular offsc play whether it was at. high school, Oklahoma, USC or rookie.

year at Chicago, but we always would. say, man, I wish he would just make the. easy play. You know, take the layup. You. know, you don't always have to be. Superman. And what he's learned, I. think, in a year and now six games with. with Ben Johnson is, and you saw it last. week in the video you're seeing, he's. playing now with with great greater. patience. He he's allowing the plays to. develop and he's working through his. progressions. He still has that Superman. power. He's just not always pulling that.

trigger. And so if you're New England. tonight defensively, first things first, by the way, you guys know this. As much. as Caleb Williams and these receivers. get all the attention, if you really. know Ben Johnson and Foxy knows this. going back to his Detroit days, it. really starts with their their physical. running game. I mean, they are a. downhill thumping run the football team. with an offensive line that that reminds. me a lot of what they what he had in. Detroit. I mean, they're they're. aggressive. They're nasty. And what's. great about that matchup tonight, New.

England defensively prides themselves on. being nasty. You want to go to a street. alley? Come on, I'll go to a street. alley. So, I I love that aspect of this. game. the the the defense from New. England who might be my favorite unit in. the NFL because they're a bunch of. undrafted free agents, a bunch of guys. that have been released throughout their. careers. They've one firstrounder, Gonzo, a corner. They are a nasty lunch. pale just f it kind of team. And I know. Drake May gets a lot of the attention,

but what Zack Cerr has done as a. defensive coordinator, remember that. story last year, Terrell Williams had. some health issues in camp and couldn't. go. and Zack Cerr who was he was like an. analyst just four years ago and now he's. the defensive coordinator in a Mike. Vrabel team and led them you know was a. bit not led them but was a big part of. getting them to the Super Bowl and I. talked with him this morning just going. through some of his personnel and man. it's just so refreshing to see guys they. don't have a lot of superstars but they.

play as a unit and they they've got um. like I said an attitude about them so to. put the Bears offense with Ben Johnson. who's like, "We're coming to whip your. ass, impose our will." And New England's. defense, it's like, "You may not know. any of our names and we're going to play. as 11 and we're going to whip your ass.". I mean, how great of a matchup is that? So, that's a great uh a great side of. the ball that I'm I'm really fired up. about. And then Drake May, you know, I I. I don't know first three games uh I.

don't know if Connor felt this or not, but there were a lot of people on social. media talking about, well, this guy's. not what we thought. you know, you know, this guy's turning it over. He's not. making good decisions. In the last three. games, he's he's been obviously much. better. They seem to have found um kind. of a rhythm. They've had a ton of. injuries up front on their offensive. line. They're down to like their I think. they're fourth and fifth or fifth I got. to look at my notes. Like they're fifth. and sixth offensive guards. I mean, that's how beat up they are uh on the.

offensive line. But I I And Dobs is. down. He made a touchdown catch last. week. He ends up going down after that. play and he'll be he's on IR. I think. it's this play right here actually where. he scores. Huge play, but you can see. he's in the pain right there and he was. done. So anyway, I I think this will be. a a great game. I think Drake May. settled in and is playing a lot better. He's not trying to make plays. I think. with some of the new players around him, he felt at times like he had to make. plays and I think that backfired on him. early in the year and now he's just kind.

of letting the game come to him like he. did last year. And uh should be a good. one, man. I'm fired up. Can't wait to. get over there. >> Yeah, I felt like a a switch was flipped. by Drake May and he got really good. again really quickly. AJ Brown being his. weapon is certainly a combo that has. happened since he got there. Last week. he comes back, has a couple drops, and. then the onside kick also goes to him. It doesn't end up being fantastic. What. do you expect out of him? And what is. the conversation around AJ Brown with.

the New England Patriots? just get. ready. It's a matter of time. I mean, w. with the drops and and even on the. onside kick, the hands team, the ball. going through his hands. It's AJ Brown. I mean, he's coming back from a high. ankle, he was out. He's just trying to. get his feet under him and and and just. get his rhythm back. I I I'd be shocked. if he doesn't play incredibly well. I. mean, this offense when they got him, it. was like, oh my gosh, you know, they. finally have a difference maker. I mean, you got to go back to Jules, Julian. Edund or or um or Gronk, the last time.

that they had a a player on the. perimeter that scared you, and now they. have that. So, I I don't really care. what happened last week. Um, more. importantly, Drake May doesn't care. about what happened last week. He's. going to go right as soon as he sees an. opportunity to get him the ball. He's. going to get him the ball. And I think. that second game back after after. dealing with the injury is going to. allow him to to play more like you'd. expect him to play. Trust me, Josh. McDaniels, he's going to dial him up. Drake May, they're going to they they.

have they're not even obviously even. flinching thinking about anything. I. just think it was him just down for a. few weeks and and just trying to get. back in rhythm. But yeah, you're right. about Drake May. I I think more than. anything I when I talked to Josh, he. said, you know, we haven't changed. anything from week one, week two, week. three, what we've done these last four. weeks, he said it's just a matter of. when you play that position in this. system and you've got revolving door on. the offensive line and you you were. hoping to have AJ Brown, then he's out. You got Dobs, who's a new guy coming.

over from Green Bay. It just it takes. time to create trust and and rhythm and. comfort. And when when he the first few. weeks I think he had to learn the hard. way. He's still a young guy. As much. success as he had last year, he's still. a young guy learning. And so I think. what he learned, you know, early in the. year was I can't try to force things. I. can't try to make plays. I I got to I. got to let the game come to me. And I. think he's done that the last few weeks. And I I'd be surprised uh if that.

doesn't continue tonight against. Chicago. Although this is a really good. defense. Dennis Allen has a group right. now that that's playing well. You saw. what Kyler Gordon Yep. You saw what. Kyler Gordon did coming back right here. coming off the blitz. He had three. sacks. First game of the year, three. sacks as a nickel, two forced fumbles. It's like one of the best games we've. ever seen from a defensive back. And he. what they want to do is obviously get. you down like a lot of these defenses in. the NFL, get you to third and six, third. and seven, and then just dial it up in a.

multiple of different ways. I mean, they. are super multiple. um very hard for the. offensive line to get a handle on where. the the the the uh the pressure is. coming from. So, you know, if if you're. New England on the road, short week, it. would behoove them to stay on schedule, not not deal with a lot of third and. seven, third and eight. That would not. be a good night for this offense. They. they got to win on first down, stay at. that second, medium, third and short, and and try to build some consistency. that way tonight. >> I love a good behoove usage, you know. I.

love I love somebody. I like that. You. dropped that in there pretty good. Smooth, too, for a 60-year-old Ohio. I. I'm pretty impressed. >> 60. You always throw 60. I'm 57, bro. >> Dang. I didn't know you were in 57, Kurt. >> Wow. Me neither. I thought you were 60. for sure. Okay. 57y old Ohio in I will. make sure LeBron James is proud to be an. Ohio the other night. Did you see that? >> I saw that. I saw that. He. >> said, "I don't know what you thought.". He's like, "I'm not from I'm not from. the Midwest. I'm from Ohio.

No, I think he said I was in the. Midwest. >> Yeah, I think he because they were. talking about him being from LA. Like. they were like saying Yeah, I think they. were saying he. >> I'm not from southwest coast guy. >> He's like, "No, no.". >> Yeah, he's like, "Yeah, >> I'm an Ohio. >> Don't try me." That's what he's. basically saying. >> Yeah, I got enough here. Yeah, I think. he has. And if he's on his heel [ __ ]. like whenever he was with the Heats here. for this year, I'm pumped for that. I'm. very excited for a LeBron James heel run.

as the Philadelphia 76ers and he's just. hopping in helicopters. He's negotiating. into deals and then he's off and. running. I like Tyrese Hallebertton goes. crazy like let's not get off topic. Let's go back to tonight. Okay. Connor. has a question for you about one of the. things you brought up here multiple. times where you said um you know with. new revolving doors at some positions. and fifth or sixth guards. Now Connor. has a question for that for both teams. Go ahead con man. >> Yeah Herbert you mentioned how the. Patriots need to you know stay away from. third and eight, third and seven and you. were right. I believe they're either on. their fourth and fifth or fifth or sixth.

depending on if Morgan Moses can go out. right tackle when it comes to their. guards cuz Caleb Lomu, their first round. pick this year, will slide in if he can. But with the injuries for the Patriots. on their O line, I know the Bears have a. couple injuries at linebacker tonight. They also have Jonah Jackson who's going. to give it a go on their offensive line. um depending on how he feels. But do you. expect them to specifically scheme up. both sides of the ball for Chicago and. for New England based on their injuries?

Are you expecting kind of more of a. quick game from New England because of. the injuries at O line? Just get the. ball out and for Chicago, you know, do. you expect them to kind of bring a. little bit more pressure because of. their injuries at linebacker? What is. kind of your expectation of how these. teams adjust to the teams that you know. they're injured? First of all, you know Ves and you know. how he has that next man mentality up. and that's getting tested right now with. with these injuries on this offensive. line based on the way they played last. week when when they sustained all those.

injuries. By the way, just for fans who. who didn't watch New England last week. in their game against the Jets, when we. say they're down to their last offensive. lineman, literally Josh McDaniel said. Hunter Henry was our next guard. Like. he's a starting tight end. And and I. mean they were completely depleted and. so but what was shocking Connor is they. still were they're still moving the ball. like they're still it's not like oh we. got our our fourth and fifth guard in. let's abort our plan. They they kind of.

stuck to the plan. I think it's really a. credit to Doug Marone the offensive line. coach and Josh McDaniels and really the. whole offensive staff that I personally. I didn't feel like they missed a beat. I. I didn't feel like, oh man, there's a. ton of penetration or there's, you know, oh, they're they're having to completely. change things. They they kind of just. kept doing what they do. And that was in. the middle of a game that they're doing. that. I mean, it it really it's really a.

testament to these guys in the in the. film room and in the room listening. you. think about being the fourth or fifth. guard, how easy it would be to drift. mentally and not prepare like you you. might play. >> I mean, I I I bet a lot of guys fall. into that. And these guys clearly did. not. I mean, they they got right in. there and did not miss a beat. So, I I. would be surprised if they changed their. approach. I I think that they're going. to get just the challenge for for I. think Joshua McDaniels is the respect.

that he has for Dennis Allen and the way. the Bears defense is playing, but I. don't think that they're going to say, "Well, we've got to change and we've got. to roll out move the launch point." Now, they they they've been getting the ball. out of his hands. I think it's like 2.8. seconds. Drake May's getting the ball. out. So, that's kind of who they are to. begin with. And Drake, as you guys know, the one thing that I think sometimes. gets overlooked with him is how he can. create. You know, we we talk a lot about. Caleb Williams creating. Well, Drake May. is a hell of an athlete. I mean, growing.

up his whole life, being the youngest. brother, his older brothers were just. dominating and yeah, basketball, baseball, everything. And he's the young. guy that's that, you know, imagine being. seven, eight, nine, 10. AJ, you have you. have young kids. I mean, you know what? That's like the youngest guys who's. trying to keep up. That was Drake May. his whole life and playing. Depending on. the season, we're changing sports. And. so I think they'll move him around. But. I think that would be the plan anyway. And TJ Edwards is is is the linebacker. you're talking about from the Bears. But. I'll tell you what, man. So far, even.

though he's the leader of that defense, they've done a pretty good job. Devin. Bush, no, Demarco Jackson, they got. three guys that they rotate in there. And then I think Kyler Gordon coming. back last week and'll be back this week. as well at that nickel spot. I I think. they feel pretty good about that that. second level of this defense this week. >> Yeah. And I I point out that Drake May. is a hooper strictly because everybody. that's able to shake people and get open. are all hoopers. People forget Drake May. like D1 hooper. I think Right. Drake May. could have been a D1 hooper if he wanted. to. >> Crazy crazy dunks in high school. I feel.

like watching his game footage. >> Yeah. And I think he was. >> I think Yeah. I think he was like a guy. guy from my understanding. I I think he. could for am I right with that? Yes. Right. like he could have been like. >> I mean if he if he didn't play football. and he just wanted to chase basketball, he would have definitely had an. opportunity. But I think as as time went. on for him, he started to realize that. football is is my calling and the. quarterback position is where I really. want to try to push this and see how far. I can go. And obviously it worked out. for him. >> What was that? That was up in Detroit, the 2024 draft, I think. So, right?

Because is that Detroit? >> Yeah. >> So, we saw Drake coming in night before. draft night. It was late. It was like. probably 9:30, 10ish. >> Yeah. Even maybe even later because it. was after we had dinner already. >> Yeah. So 10:30, 11ish. We saw him come. in with his whole family. He just got. they found a gym. He was just shooting. He's putting up like he put up like 150. shots or something like that. Just put. some shots up. >> Yeah. Just full drench, full sweat. It. was like 10:30, 111 the night before the.

draft and he had just got done putting. away. So whenever you talk about Nobody. talks about his ability, it's like he. can shake too. It's not just like run. get out. He is fre. He led North. Carolina in rushing and passing I think. his junior year. >> Yeah. And imagine growing up in that. family. It's not like he just had older. brothers. One brother won the national. championship in basketball. The other. was a pitcher and won the national. championship in baseball at University. of Florida. And they all you've seen the. video of them golfing together. Um they. all just they just used to pound on him, you know. I mean that's his job as a.

little brother to just get pounded on. And so what a benefit to be that little. brother that grew up just getting beaten. up on in every sport they played and him. trying to prove that he could he could. stay with with with his older brothers. and now you know he's in the in the. league and uh you know like I said I. think sometimes his competitive spirit. early in the year maybe trying to force. things just trying to be like I got to. make a play got him. But what a great. learning opportunity just his third year. as a starter to realize hey man I I. can't be that guy. I I've got to I got. to get comfortable. I got to trust my.

guys. I got to trust the system and. trust my eyes and just go play. And um. you know his eyes tonight will be. important against Dennis Allen's blitz. scheme and and his legs will be. important especially on third downs. tonight. Dennis Allen brings it to third. most in the NFL. Flores obviously at. number one and then Dennis Allen is at. third. That NFC North has these. quarterbacks in potential hell. Here is. the highlights of Drake May from high. school. We just found this via Carlos A. Lopez tweet. And uh, hey, how you doing?

How you doing? Drake May, very kind, very nice. I will make every single. shot. And then whenever you get me out. here, I'm about to go crazy. Give me. that. Drake May driving the court. Lefty, righty. Pass it off. Shake, shimmy, step back. Bang. Count it. Trey. bomb for Maybomb. Oh, pump fake. Get a. foul and one. No, just so you use the. glass. Let me go and hit a little. mid-range fade away. You got it. My game. is impeccable. I hit it from everywhere. That's Drake May basketball and no look.

passes no problem to the big guy who. might be like uh Kesler Walker uh Walker. Kesler last night with the perfect. So. Drake May's balling tonight. We hope he. does more than just shoot hoops out. there and shake people. We hope he goes. through the sky. Herby, this is what we. were on tonight. Okay, the name of it is. called air appearance because this could. be the future of the NFL. These two. quarterbacks, we need Drake May and. Caleb to both have 210 pass yards. That. has been boosted to plus 100. So, it's. being boosted to even money. That means. it is favorable to happen. But nothing.

is a guarantee. We've been on quite an L. streak, Herby. So, we need this one. tonight. So, when the boys both go over. 210 pass yards, I need you up there to. say congratulations, lads. We are happy. is no longer measurable. I'm doing that. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I'm doing that for you. It should have. happened. >> You should. We're like 17 and three on. the season. So, yeah, you should. >> Yeah, but you should be responsible if. you gamble with us on this. You should. not be an [ __ ] okay? Do not ruin it. for us all, okay? You need to gamble.

responsibly. We are setting the tone for. future generations of sports gamblers. So, let's go ahead and dabble. Let's. make the game a little bit better if we. have the means for it. And let's go this. uh coast to coast. Let's gamble. responsibly. This is what we're on. tonight as a team ride. Dumpy, do you. hate it or love it, pal? >> I absolutely love it, folks. >> YES, I LIKE THAT. YES, I like that. There's normally some fake enthusiasm. from some of the lads. This time it. feels like everybody's jacked up. Plus. 100. We appreciate that as well. Okay, before we move on to.

>> Why don't we add touchdown passes to. that? Can we do that? >> Easy, Herby. >> That's how you get a winner here, Herby. >> Where were you before we put this. together, Herby? Okay, if we got so many. of these, you actually can't tell us cuz. you're in this. >> slaughtered, Herby. >> Yeah, pigs get fed, hogs get. slaughtered. We just hoping for 210 pass. yards for both of them to be boosted to. plus 100. We need it bad. Before we move. to college football, we got one last NFL. question. There's a Sam Darnold question. back in the Thunderdome. Go ahead, boys. >> Yeah, Herby. Uh, obviously you had uh.

them in the Broncos on Thursday night. Sam turned it over uh a bunch again. He. a bunch again. Obviously, he led the NFL. last year, I believe, in interceptions, but was incredible in the playoffs last. year. Is there do you think there's Are. you worried about Sam Darnold or do you. think, you know, there's he's going to. figure it out again and once he gets a. run game back, we'll kind of settle down. and be fine? >> Yeah. Well, I think that's the big. thing. You know, I I think there if. anything, I think we all already knew. but were reminded of what Kenneth Walker. meant to this offense and how important.

his his not just his ability to make. plays, but his presence and how that. that ability to run the ball and how it. opened up play action opportunities for. him and Clint Kubiaak system. You know, they want to do the same thing with. Brian Brian Flurry who came over from. San Fran. But, you know, nothing against. the backs that they're playing with. right now, but they're they're more 225. pound thumpers. They they just don't. have that guy back there right now that. puts fear into a defense. And hopefully. the the the rookie Price comes back.

Charbet comes back. That one-two punch. I think Charban is supposed to be back, I believe, this week. I haven't read. this week, but I remember talking, we. were getting ready for our game last. week. They were talking about uh that. possibility. So, if they get Charbanet, that'll help, but they really need price. that gives them that boom, you know, that that speed back there. But Sam is. going to be fine. I I don't think. there's any reason to panic on Sam and. what he's doing. Um I know the turnovers. are a problem. He's he's he'd be the. first one to tell you, you know, that. that's something he's got to clean up, but um long hall for this season, I'm.

not concerned about Sam Darnold at all. He just got to get that running game. going to become more balanced with their. attack. >> Yeah, the run game assists on. everything. Here's some Hembo stats from. last year to this year. That Charbanet. coming back or a run game getting. established could certainly help. Sacked. 8.4% of the time this year, only 5.3% of. the time last year. Once again, run game. helps with that. Contacts, pressures, and max protection all change if you. have a run game. Kenneth Walker goes to. the Chiefs. Change them completely. Go. ahead, Herby. I I just want to add to it.

that if I'm defending them, and I talked. to Vance Joseph about this last week, the Broncos defensive coordinator who's. also one of the best in the league, and. I said, man, is it as simple as without. a running game right now, try to try to. leverage Jackson uh and and and try to. make someone else beat you? Like, can. you can you roll coverage? Can you. double him? Can you bracket him? try to. make any, hey, if you're gonna beat us. tonight, Barner, the tight end, Cooper. Cup, anybody else is going to put. numbers up. We're not going to let 11 uh.

beat us. And I think most defenses are. going to approach it that way. And until. Seattle starts to show that they have. other pieces that if you go that route, we're going to make you pay for it. Um I. think they're going to continue to face. that. And if I'm the quarterback and my. go-to guy is is getting bracketed or. doubled or rolled up on and I'm I'm. trying to find other guys, at some point. I'm going to get impatient and I'm I'm. going to want to try to get him the. ball. And so, um, it's going to be. interesting to watch the development of.

the Seattle offense this year and find. out what other weapons can they, uh, bring to the table to try to create, not. just going 10 plays and 80 yards, but. try to create those explosives that that. I think we saw a lot of last year when. they had Kenneth Walker in that back. field. >> To your point, here's a Hembo stat about. explosive plays at Jackson Smith and. Jigba verse maybe the rest of his team. Uh Jackson Smith and Jigba targeted 717. yards or over 10 explosives for seven. touchdowns. All others eight explosives,

752 for four touchdowns. So to your. point, we need some other weapons out. there in Seattle to emerge for Sam. Darnold to maybe get back to what he was. playing like late in the season into the. playoffs. Okay, let's pivot over to. college football. A lot of quarterback. situations, including your alma moater. Go ahead, AJ. >> Yeah, Kirk, he's talking about Ohio. State. Obviously Julian Sain goes down. Luke Fehee and Tavian St. Clair. Now, I. guess they have a by-week. They're going. to work through it and see. I We don't. know who's going to be on the field to. start their next game against when they. travel to USC, but how do you see this.

playing out? And and I don't know like. what does the future look like for uh. for Ohio State Buckeyes the rest of this. season? >> Well, I mean that that's that's the. question, right? Um I I think that first. of all, we talk a lot about teams that. have to go through week in and week out. body blows, whereas some teams don't. have as challenging of a schedule. And I. think people always think that we're. talking about the SEC, which is not. true. That it's true. It is in the SEC, but look at Ohio State's remaining.

schedule. May maybe Himmbo, somebody can. throw that up there. I it it is daunting. when you look at what they have by week. this week. Uh USC out on the road. Um. and then the most of their games that. they have left are are pretty. challenging. Uh you got USC, I know. Oregon's down, but Oregon still has. ability. Uh, Northwestern's a top 25. team. You go to Nebraska anytime. That. could be a challenge. Then finish in a. rivalry game against Michigan. So, they. really don't have weeks where you could. be, hey, let's get a let's get a week.

where we can get these quarterbacks some. reps and try to ease them in to try to. find out who's the guy, you know, like. you could do maybe in the non-conference. early in the year. I mean, they're. they're throwing right into the thick of. it and and you felt that in the Indiana. game last week and FA came in. I don't. know, man. Cuz AJ, I don't know how you. might go to practice and know cuz I'm. I'm living in Columbus when I when I did. the Ohio State Texas game week two and I. was watching teams warm up and Pat, you. were there. I I don't know if you. recognize this, but I was I was looking. at the field and I was like trying to.

find um who's the backup quarterback. I. just assumed it was the big guy, right? And and it wasn't. Fehee was out there. throwing with the twos and I was like, "Wow." I and I I talked with some of the. Ohio State staff and they said, "Man, he. just had an awesome camp." And so, he. just kind of emerged as a guy. Now, I. have no idea what they're going to do in. this situation. Um, it's not like people. were in awe of what he did when he came. in in his defense. True freshman coming. in in a really tough situation against a. great defense in a tough environment. By.

the way, tip of the cap to Indiana. I. know they lost a game, but they're. they're the team that I you know, the. quarterback's going to have to continue. to make plays, but I IU is, you know, I. picked them to go to the national title. at the beginning of the year. I I don't. feel real bad about that right now. I. think Hoover is going to have to. continue to obviously uh make the plays. that's going to be needed to be made in. these big games, especially on the road. this week at Ann Arbor. This would be a. great test coming off of a disappointing. loss where you're a few inches away from. beating Ohio State. But they I think. that again what we're re realizing about.

Indiana is what we probably already knew. that no matter who's on that roster, this is a perennial power. They are a a. top five, top seven, doesn't matter. who's going, doesn't matter who's coming. as long as Signetti is there. Uh they're. the real deal. And I think they proved. that to me in that game against Ohio. State, even though they came up a little. bit short. But AJ, to answer your. question, I I'm I'm supposed to talk to. Ryan Day uh today and kind of pick his. brain a little bit and find out. But I'. I'd love to to find out how they're. gonna handle that.

>> What are you gonna say when you talk to. him? >> That's a good question. >> Gonna ask him how the quarterback how. the quarterback situations plan out. Which uh which guys go. >> say, "Hey, would you is it possible you. play too early and you let you give it. to hot hand?" Like, how do we how do we. work this out? >> I don't I don't know if he's already. That's what I want to know. I don't know. if he's already made up his mind based. on what he's seen from camp and these. first five or six weeks and he already. knows what he wants to do or if with. this bye-week he's going to throw him. into the good against good, let him go. against the first team defense and and. find out let him face some blitz and and.

um and and find out how they do. I don't. know. I I until I talk to him, I have no. idea. But I I I'm very interested with. everything they have at stake. I mean, they're right in the thick of things, right? I mean, they have a team that. could make a run and without Julian. Seyan, it it it definitely kind of has. an asterk by it right now. >> Yeah, they just beat uh undefeated. Indiana who hasn't lost in 22 straight. Recent update here, we believe this is. the most recent update. This is from uh. today at 1228. Chase Brown at chase abr.

because there only one underscore is. already taken. Ryan Day, Luke Fehee, and. Tavian Sinclair. Ultimately, I make a. final decision, but you take the input. from the coaches, you take the input. from our personnel department, then the. players as well. They're the ones in the. huddle with these guys. That's what it. comes down to. So, basically, I think. what he's going to tell you, Herby, is. it's my call. Everybody else has to say, I got the power. And that is what a head. coach is supposed to do, especially at. the most important position. But to your. point, they can still go on and win the. whole damn thing. And uh the fact that. Indiana is now just understood to be a.

perennial powerhouse because they have. Kurt Signetti there is crazy to think. about where they were 5 years ago. crazy. And you picking them to win, you. are not a hard, not an easy person to. just like turn over. Like you have some. thoughts that have been built up over 30. years of covering the sport where it's. like, hey, I've seen this. This is how. this is going to go. This is how this is. going to go. You're very matter of fact. with a lot of things. And it is. fantastic because the amount of research. that you've lived through is second to. none. But you changing your mind to. being like, nope, if Signetti's there,

I've seen enough. I believe it. I think. he'll be able to win games. And that's. what we're saying, right? is. >> I am saying that and I think. >> Pat I think the coordinators as you know. Shanahan on the offensive side and Brian. Haynes on the defensive side how well. coached they are um going into the on. the road last year to going to Eugene. Oregon going to state college going to. Iowa City uh and not always having your. your best game and yet finding a way to. win those games. I I think anybody who's. just being fair and just being real, you.

have to acknowledge what this guy has. done and the consistency that he's been. able to create. Even losing to Ohio. State, I mean, it wasn't like it was the. way they played against Ohio State in. Columbus three years ago when it was. like, okay, they're they're not they're. a good cute story, but they're not ready. for this. And then they just kept going. and kept going and kept going. So, man, I'm all in. Um, it took me a while to. get there. middle of last year is where. I started to say th this this is no. longer just a a cute story. These guys.

are not going anywhere. And the reason. you can say that is how sound they are. How how how fundamentally sound they. are. They don't hurt themselves. And now. for them to go where they want to go, Josh Hoover, just like Fernando last. year, he's going he's the key because. because their margin of error isn't. isn't real big. like they they've got to. go out there and and they've got to be. the offense that they're capable of. being. And if if Hoover like right now. I'm I'm kind of in on Hoover, but I'm.

not like we were with Fernando last. year. We were like Fernando last year, we'd seen enough. We were like, "Okay, I. think we're still like this weekend's a. great example. How will Hoover do. against a desperate Michigan football. team? Changing quarterbacks. You know. what it's like when you go to that. backup quarterback? There's so much. energy. It's like a a newfound belief. and that's what Indiana's walking into. So that's a that's a tough environment. to to deal with and I this is a great. opportunity for us to learn about who.

Josh Hoover is as in an Indiana uniform. We know about him in a TCU uniform. This. is the week we really learn. Not last. week to me. This week is where we really. learn about IU and how real they can be. >> Seven-point favorites going into an. unranked Michigan. But Michigan's. defense is a problem, AJ. Michigan's. defense might be the best in the damn. country. They might actually be the best. defense in the country and now Hoover's. got to go in there as a seven-point. favorite after losing to Ohio State. That is a tough I guess we learn a lot.

about Hoover to Herby's point, AJ, this. weekend. >> Yeah, we will. And I think that Michigan. team, they they new quarterback steps. in, you know, you know what happens when. a new quarterback comes in breathes some. life into that team. So, I think. Michigan Yeah, this will be a telling. game. I think it'll be interesting to. watch. Seven points seems like a lot. Yeah, if I'm a Hoover, I'm not. necessarily thrown about that going into. No, but but at the same time, you know. how it is. If you're a competitor, this. is your chance to really put a stamp. >> Great opportunity. >> on the Indiana 26 team. Um I'm just.

looking at the board there. The the Old. Miss Texas game, I'm actually after game. day, I'm flying over to Austin to call. that game. >> I I don't know how you guys feel. This feels like a pivotal game for. Sarkc, for Arch, for Texas. Like I I I. feel like with the way this thing has. been trending after Tennessee, this game. uh you know at home, some of the annex. on the field, it just feels like.

if this game goes sideways, I it's just going to it's going to be. it's going to be very interesting to. feel the energy in the stadium and and. to feel you know, you and I have talked. about Sarkc for uh Pat. Um you know, I I. think Sarkc as a coordinator and as a. head coach, I think he's a great. offensive mind. I think right now um. they're in a real, you know, there. there's talk about Lacy getting some.

first team reps. What What if What if. they go three and out, three and out, and Trinidad over there. moving the ball and and they're up. they're up 10 nothing and and you're. going, "What?" I'm just saying, what. happens? M I mean you talk about a. seismic shift down there. >> Yeah, >> that'd be a seismic shift in all of. college football if that decision was to. be made. Michigan already makes the move. from very highly touted uh recruit with. a high price tag. Everybody knows the.

story of Bryce Underwood. He now no. longer the starter up there. Tommy Carr. going in brother of CJ Carr, I do. believe of the entire family. Excited. for the moment. I think some people are. really pumped to see what this Michigan. offense can be with Tommy verse Bryce. Bryce gets a chance to sit back now and. watch. Is that how the modern athlete. works? Will he sit back, watch, learn, or will he be looking for a new home? I. guess that is TBD at this point, but it. seemed like Bryce was supportive of his. quarterback room and Tommy Car as a. whole, which we love and appreciate. The. Arch situation if he was to get pulled.

in there, I mean, he has another year of. eligibility, right, Tone? >> Yeah, he does. He can he can come back. for sure if he wants to. Now, there's a. lot of questions. Does Would he want to. go back to Texas? Would Texas want him. back? There's a lot of questions out. there, but definitely Well, I I Hey, Tone Tone, I think this weekend, this. game against Miss could go a long way in. determining that question. >> Herby, to your point, this is one of. those games where you. >> if if you're Texas, like a home game. might not necessarily be the best thing.

here. Like to your point, if they go. three and out a couple row, you and you. start hearing boobirds, this is one of. those games where you might actually. rather prefer to be on the road, but we. will see. And by the way, by the way, maybe the best player in college. football, >> Colin Simmons. >> Yeah, exactly. >> He seems to get like a sack like every. time a team throws the ball against him. He's not playing this week. He's out. >> So, trying to pressure not not having. that that that ability to pressure. Trinidad Shamblas. I mean,

it it's going to be. >> get loud out there. It can get loud out. there, Herby. And uh that's the state of. college football that we're in. Especially whenever there's big money on. the line and big money being paid to. people, every story line gets a little. bit more salty. Hey, we appreciate the. hell out of you. Good luck tonight. It's. a big one on Prime. This what you and I. were born for. >> Yeah. >> Where's Pete? At least. >> probably taking sitting on the toilet. taking.

>> All right. We appreciate you ask. me. >> Peter's friend of the program. I'll tell. you, Peter and I get along really well. Peter Peter and I get along like very. very well. I would say I think Peter. would say that. I think Peter would say. that if Peter could talk. >> Wow. >> I don't I don't know how much Peter. Peter can actually kind of talk. Peter. doesn't like the crowds as much anymore, which I love. I think I've talked about.

that. >> But Peter's still like a damn good dog. I I like he will come over, love on you, lay down, all the dog stuff you need. Somebody gets a little bit threatening, he will kind of what what's that about? >> He bow up on him. Does he get he nice? >> Oh, yeah. That's why I think he didn't. like that Cosmo character last week, the. cougar. I think he was just kind of. looking at him sideways like any dog. would. So, watching him and Herby's. relationship has been a lot of fun this. year. And watching Peter kind of grow. into who he's going to be as a dog has.

been fun as well. We love everybody that. knows Peter loves Peter. And I think. everybody that Peter knows, Peter loves, but there are some people that Peter. does not know that everybody thinks he. knows because he's online, you know, he's a character online, so everybody. thinks they know everything about Peter. Peter's still a dog, you know? So. Peter's still like, I don't know you, you know? There's still a little bit of. that. And those are my favorite moments. cuz that's when Peter's like an actual. dog out there, you know? And like right. here, I love this moment with him and. Cosmo going, I'm gonna have to see some. more from this guy. Uh, I'm going to.

have I'm going to have to sniff around a. little bit. I immediately came in was. like, "Peter, if we want to get some, I'm on your side here, buddy. I'll help. out how we have to." Cuz Peter's a damn. good dog, man. Like actually a really. good dog. And I like how he has matured. into who he is, if that makes sense. Cuz. at the beginning, he was out there in. front of the crowds. He was on the. stage. He was running around causing. absolute chaos. And then I think he made. the decision. He was like, I I don't. need to be doing this. So it kind of. goes to the back like, I love him, man. I do. I love Peter the dog. Can't wait.

to get out to Utah. Excited for tonight. Football is the greatest, AJ. And uh on. in hour two, we got Chuck Pagano joining. us live from Zoom. He had a uh family uh. event to go to. And then we'll have Big. Perk join us as the NBA is alive and. well. Hey, the NBA might capture our. attention for the entire season. That. would be a uh interesting if they did. that. I don't know if we've ever had it. before. Reese, it feels like a special morning. out here in Provo. One that we will.

certainly remember for a long time. Now, before we get to Spider-Man here, we. have to introduce a couple BYU royalty. members. A man who led the NFL in. reception and touchdowns at one point. Austin Collie is here, ladies and. gentlemen. >> Beast, beast. >> The human Swiss Army knife here, a man. who was a quarterback at BYU, but played. every other position for the New Orleans. Saints. Taesm Hill is here as well. And. we have our kicker. What's your name, brother? >> My name is Carter Smith. >> Okay. Carter, what year are you? >> I'm a freshman.

>> You're a freshman. Have you ever kicked. before? >> Not footballs. >> Okay. Well, SPEAKING OF FOOTBALLS, WE. DON'T HAVE A FOOTBALL. WE need a. football. LET'S LOOK UP IN THE SKY. >> THERE IS. >> YES. >> A MASCOT THAT HOPPED OUT OF A PLANE WHO. IS CIRCLING ABOVE BEAUTIFUL BYU'S. CAMPUS. HE SAID, "I took the ball. earlier. I'll be able to deliver it in. from the sky. You're at 4600 ft. I'm. gonna take off from 10,000 ft. Carter, when you're a soccer player, did you. ever It's about kicking a football.

DELIVERED BY COSMO FROM THE SKY. >> YES, I DID. >> Cosmo hits the mark perfectly. >> Let's go, Cosmo. >> Cosmo, thank you for bringing us the. ball, sir. I think a million-doll kick. is proper for what's happening here in. Provo. But it's not just a million from. me. There is a billionaire here that. thought he was just gonna poke in and uh. not do anything. Ryan Smith, the owner. of the Jazz and the Mammoth right there.

>> Yeah, he will also be putting up a. million dollars on this kickarter. >> HOW'D THAT FEEL? >> A MILLION FROM me in half. >> Okay. and Sweeney, who is Ryan Smith's. business partner, also owner of the Jazz. and the Mammoth, who's a diehard Notre. Dame fan. He'll be putting in a million. donation. So, this is a $3 million kick. 2 million. to you, $1 million donation from Notre.

Dame. Sweeny, >> when did you start camping out for this? >> We came out Wednesday morning. >> Okay. And it was for the kick. >> No. >> No. Just to have a good time. >> Yes, sir. >> And the kick thing was just if it. happens, it happens. >> Yeah. I didn't even know about it to be. honest with you. >> You don't admit that. >> I love that. >> $3 million. >> Jeez, Carter. >> What I think we need to do is give. Carter one more.

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FOOTBALL. >> is the absolute greatest. I'm so. incredibly lucky that I get to do this. for a living alongside the greatest. group of people on earth. I'm in Los. Angeles and so is Bubba Gino. >> Happy NFL football kickoff Thursday. everybody. >> That's right. It is a Thursday NFL. kickoff Thursday. More uh specific. One. of the greatest days to ever grace our. lives is when another weekend of. football festivities kicks off in a huge.

way. How about tonight? maybe the. biggest Thursday night game we've had in. some time. The uh reigning, defending, undisputed AFC champions of last season, the New England Patriots, who lost in a. Super Bowl, take on the Chicago Bears, who have had their eyes on the prize of. being one of the greatest football teams. of all time since the offseason. Caleb. Williams back from a hamstring injury. The boys are ready to roll on Amazon. Prime. Over under 50 and a half, you. know, you start doing some math, that's. 2625 would be a cover. Is there going to.

be a lot of touchdowns with two great. defenses? We shall see. Kirk Herbshy. just joined us. He's excited about the. matchups. He's pumped to kick this thing. off. It's not just me and Gumpy out here. in LA. Back in the DraftKings. Thunderdome, there's a great cast of. characters, including college football. national champion, Super Bowl champion, Riot Cup winner, AJ Hawk. >> Hawk. >> Hako, how do you feel about this. evening's game? Do you know which way. you're leaning for your picker? Are you. currently waffling waiting for Chuck. Pagano to join us here in a matter of. moments? >> Well, yes. I do never I never like to.

fully commit to my pick until I hear. what Chuck has to say, but I am leaning. hard in one direction right now. So, I. want to see if Chuck can uh can change. my mind. >> Yeah, but you're a biased man. You hate. the Chicago Bears. >> I mean, I don't know if that's the case, honestly. I mean, I don't I I guess I am. a little bit biased towards him. I was. in Green Bay for nine years, but I still. like respect and understand what they. are and what they have and the great. quarterback and coach and the rest of. their squad, but uh yeah, maybe I'm a. tiny bit biased, but we'll see. I don't. know. Yeah, it's it felt like you were a. bit biased whenever I mentioned the. thought of these two teams playing each.

other in the Super Bowl a couple times. over the next. >> next 15 or 20 years as you said and you. so that that is what caught me off guard. a little bit when we just automatically. putting these teams in the Super Bowl. >> Well, 15 20 years is a big window. I. mean that's a lot of years to. potentially make the Super Bowl if. you're these two squads, you know. >> I thought you meant every year for the. next 15 to 20 is what I how I took it. >> No, nobody's going to do that. I don't. even Tom Brady was able to go every. single year to the Super Bowl. It was. every other year for like 20 plus years.

or something like that and then Patrick. Mahomes started doing it. It's very. difficult to make it to the Super Bowl. You got to get very lucky. You got to. remain very healthy. But if these two. teams are both of those things and get. both of those things, there's a chance. we're seeing them battle on the biggest. stage. The talks of tables here at. Boston Connor at Ty Schmidt. Con man, we. chitchated about the resume that the. Patriots have. Chicago Bears have a. couple uh poop games in their history. for this particular short season as. well. I mean, what happened against that. Viking squad in the downpour whenever, you know, injuries happen? Ugly game.

Yeah, there's been a couple others. Ugly. game. But whenever they're clicking, whenever they're rolling, that offense. is seemingly unstoppable. We like the. way coach Vrabel is going to scheme them. up. And what are your thoughts on. slowing down Caleb if he is in fact all. the way back after the hamstring injury? Yeah, in my mind, you just kind of take. the plan that you had against Josh Allen. in the Bills and you say, "Hey, we're. going to do the exact same thing for. Caleb Williams in the Bears." You know, being able to play Josh Allen twice a. year, kind of the familiarity of a. quarterback who can do exactly what.

we're seeing on the screen right now, extend plays, make ridiculous throws, and find the open guy. It does feel like. we can kind of use that type of plan, and I think we just try and get after. him. You know, uh Herby kind of. mentioned it. There are a lot of chip on. the shoulder type guys on the New. England Patriot defense. And then we. have Gonzo who is top two, top one. corner in the entire NFL. So, I like the. plan as long as it's the same as what we. did to Josh Allen. Kind of get after. him, keep him in the pocket, make him a. pocket passer, which he is. Uh, but our.

secondary has been very, very good even. while it's been banged up. So, I'm. looking forward to the matchup. I'm not. sure about that overunder. That feels. very high for a couple teams that are. banged up on both sides of the ball, but. we'll see what happens. I hope we get. points, points, points. >> Yeah, 15 and a half is a lot of points. I think everybody has respect for Ben. Johnson and everybody has respect for. the way Drake May has been playing over. the last three weeks. So, maybe it is a. little bit of a scorer. Uh maybe it will. be electrifying. Maybe it will be. fireworks. Uh one half of the hammer,

Don Cowboys AP Tone is here as well. Tone, what are you looking at for this. evening? What are the percentage of bets. on who and where and when and how and. why? >> Uh so it's actually 55% Chicago Bears on. the money line and against the spread. So the public is favoring the home team. in this one. Um you know, as I mentioned. earlier, a couple things uh that Vable. has been incredible as a dog. He's one. of the only two coaches over 500 as a. dog straight up in his career. Um and. then dogs in prime time 10 straight if.

they have covered the spread in this. one. So that's that's something I'll be. watching. Then obviously the boost. tonight. um that we are going to boost. to even money plus 100 for both. quarterbacks to have 210 plus passing. yards. Uh the Patriots and Drake May, they average 244 yards passing a game. The Bears average 230 yards passing. game. Not all of those have been with. Khalib Williams in that situation. The. Bears defense actually, sorry, Caleb. Williams, that's on me. Uh Bears. defense, they're actually 31st in the. league in yards per pass. When teams.

decide to throw the ball, they're 31st. against the pass. Patriots are in the. middle. They were a little bit banged up. in the secondary. So, I really like the. boost tonight, too. >> I'll be trading that one tonight, boys. I'm out here in California. >> All 50 states, huh? >> Yeah. Coast to coast, you know, all 50. states. If you are of age and uh agree. to be responsible about it, we'd love. for you to come join us on DraftKings. Gumpy, what's your new routine when you. wake up in the morning? >> Uh, you got to check the trade markets. when you're on the West Coast out here. That's how you start the day. You know, >> Gumpy feels like a super genius whenever.

he tells me, uh, I'm checking the trade. markets this morning. got some good trade markets out here in. California and it's it's kind of gotten. a little bit difficult to to get used. to, you know, cuz Gumpy and the word. trades just don't normally go hand in. hand. But I think old buddy's been. trading pretty good over here. I think. Gumpy has hit a little bit of a trading. heater if I'm not mistaken. Is that. right? >> Yeah, good start to the NBA. I mean, Tyrese last night just money in the. bank. The guy's the best. Good to have. him back. >> Yeah, it was great to have him back. He. goes for a double double. Zub Boss also.

uh allegedly a guy Luca gets into it. with a uh rookie out of Michigan, a. Dominican American player named. >> Dexel Lendenborg. >> Yeah, I didn't want to get it wrong. That's a great name. I I just like the. boys back in the Thunderdome. I like a. little bit of the juice in the sauce. that he's bringing towards Luca. And. ESPN stats are telling us that aside. from a couple free throws, Luca couldn't. get it done against Axel, guy who was. just talking trash to him all game. And. then afterwards, Axel. And now Golden.

State and LA are going to play each. other a lot. Rookie Axel comes in as a. national champion out of Michigan. Takes. on Luca for the first time. And he comes. out after the game and says, "I'm. disappointed. This I had a lot of. respect for this guy. He's soft, bro.". I'm like, "Wow." A lot of people say, "Don't talk trash to Luca. Don't poke. the bear. He'll wake up." Well, I guess. he was doing that last night, and then. he did it after the game. And if we got. this next generation of dudes acting. like this in the NBA, I think we're in a. really good spot. On that note, Lakers. pounded Golden State. I mean, just.

absolute ass beating and a drumming last. night. There was a few of those con man. across the board as the Stars did some. star stuff day two of the NBA season, including Tyrese Hallebertton against. the Pelicans. Con man. >> Yeah, and it's kind of been the story of. the new look teams. You see the Lakers. here. You mentioned Walker Kessler. He. came over from the Jazz this off season. He dominated. Luca, Austin Reeves, they. did their thing. Uh earlier in the night. it was the New Look Timberwolves with. LaMelo Ball and Ant Edwards and Ant.

Edwards just went crazy. He had 45 and. 10. Um and they kind of dismantled the. New Look Miami Heat with Giannis making. his debut for Miami. Giannis still had. 35 points. Fantastic night for him, but. so far it was definitely interesting to. see the two big men, him and Bad Adabio, kind of figure it out down low. That was. a great game for uh Minnesota. You. mentioned the Pacers. They were down a. lot of the game to the Pelicans. They. end up coming back with Tyrese leading.

the way. I think he had 23 and 12. Fantastic night. It was also really cool. postgame. He was emotional just kind of. talking about how much it meant to him. to be back on the court. I mean, here he. is just kind of doing his thing. Spicy P. on the other side, kind of being a. decoy, if you will, but still Spicy P. with a clean 30 points for him and eight. rebounds. It was a wonderful night on. the hardwood. >> Yeah. And I think Tyrese afterwards. getting emotional just putting into. perspective all the hard work that he. had. We had a chance to see him.

throughout the entirety of his. rehabilitation process uh from game. seven tearing his Achilles early in that. after starting out very hot all the way. through the battle of last season having. to miss out on a lot of games, miss out. on a lot of the lads, miss out on a year. of his prime basketball ability as he's. recovering. Then he gets hit with. shingles and then he has to battle. through that. can't sweat a bit. And. then after the game, I assume Tyrese did. not expect this to overcome him. Uh, but. he had a bunch of emotions talking about. the journey and all the people that had. assisted him and for him to get back out.

there in real time, in real minutes, and. put up real numbers. We're incredibly. happy for Tyrese. Good for you, Hie, baby. >> Hell yeah. >> Good for you, Holly. We actually have a. graphic. It's all about the game and. Holly plays it. Yes, he certainly does. 34 minutes, 23 points, 12 assists. came. in dressed like uh Triple H whenever he. came back in 2001 2002 one of the. greatest comebacks in the history of. professional wrestling he'd go on to. become the game and it's uh it's all. about the game and how you play.

especially in this business and uh what. the game would go on to become is an. icon and a hall of famer and Tyrese was. paying tribute after the blown quad to. Triple H and his blown Achilles he's. coming back looking to do something more. special than he's ever done before can't. wait to watch this season for Harley. although it's going to be hard to find. on TV. AJ, it's going to be hard. >> Has he worked his way up? I mean, I know. the commission said he could work his. way up to ESPN or maybe one of those. networks where we can actually find it. Like, is how long is it going to take. for him? >> Yeah, I don't I mean, Tyrese didn't need.

that type of motivation. He is a guy. that is certainly able to find it. whenever he needs it, but him being told. like, "Hey, maybe someday you'll get. yourself into uh ESPN game instead of. the zone." I like what he did here with. Derek Queen. Derek Queen out of. Maryland. We saw him a couple years ago. Tyrese was letting him know that he. thought he was a bit uh soft. And then. the entire Pacers organization said, "Excuse me, what do you think's. happening here? You think you think. you're you're going to be able to fight. him or are you just going to talk to. him? We just want to let you know. nobody's touching our guy." We love that.

in Indiana. And I like the way the. Pacers looked. Let's go back to that. Lakers Warriors game 127 105. JJ Reic. might have it figured out with his new. team. He also might have the um the. right strategy. Just have a guy be. perfect. Walker Kesler goes 12 for 12. for 26 points, nine rebounds. This is. the second time this guy's done this. You know, he went 10 for 10 whenever he. was with the Utah Jazz a few years back. He's in the paint. He lives in there. He. might be a real threat for Luca who. could put the ball wherever, whenever, however. Having a perfect night, having.

a celebration at the end. And getting a. chance to say, "Yeah, that's what sports. is supposed to be." That had to be a. great thing to start the season for a. Walker Ker. It made us think, AJ, I. don't know if you had the same thought. immediately upon it happened. It's like, who else has experienced sports. perfection? >> Okay, it's not easy. You strive for. perfection, you're never going to get. there. Having a perfect evening, a. perfect season is something that there. is so much luck. I believe there's so. many other things that kind of go into. it. So, who else has got a chance to. experience this magical thing? We'll.

tell you 1972 Miami Dolphins. Only. perfect season in the history of the. NFL. Every single year whenever the. final undefeated team loses, the 1972. Dolphins pop champagne. The amount of. dominance that you have to showcase in. every single game, the amount of people. you have to keep healthy, and the. ability to adapt to be able to beat. anybody for an entirety of a season, let. alone the mental mindset, stability to. continue to want to battle every single. week. Unbelievable. We'll never see it. again. Congrats to the 1972 Dolphins.

Hey, let's go to the World Series. How. about Don Larson? Perfect game against. the Brooklyn Dodgers in game five. He. faced 27 batters. And guess what he did? He retired them all. Dawn Larson. >> Three. That's an odd right there. In a. World Series 1956. Let's go to the 2008. Beijing Olympics. You remember? Do you. remember who did what? Oh, Michael. Phelps. He won for eight gold medals. Guess what? He got eight gold medals.

I'm coming over here to Beijing with one. job in mind. I need to win eight gold. medals. Guess what he did when he hopped. on that plane back for 27 hours from. China. He said, "I have eight gold. medals." The perfection of Michael. Phelps was something that captivated the. entire country. Watches every single. mannerism. Let's go to college hoops. now, shall we? Let's go to 1992 Elite 8. Everybody remembers the Christian. Lightner finish here. Ah ah what a pass. What a turnaround. What a make on that. entire game. People forget he was 10 for.

10 from the field and 10 for 10 at the. free throw line. Congratulations to. Christian Lightner who has a perfect. game that ends with a perfect finish. that is seen for decades and decades and. generations. Let's stay in college. hoops. How about the 1975 Indiana Hooers. team? You remember them? >> Wow. >> Yep. Oh yeah. >> You remember them? They went undefeated. 32-0. Won the championship 8668. over Michigan. Bob Knight didn't throw. any chairs this particular season. All.

they did was beat everybody's ass. Let's. stick with the Indiana Hooers. You know. who else won perfect? Last year's. Indiana Hooser football team. Kurt. Signetti and the boys. They lost the. game. >> Beat a bunch of top 10s and announced to. the world that they were a real program. It's not just the Indiana Hooser. football team. It's also how about Will. Chamberlain in 1967. against the Baltimore Bullets. He had 42. points, 30 rebounds, 10 assists, 18 for. 18 from the field. He did miss a couple.

free throws though, so we didn't want to. necessarily put that particular black. screen up here because he missed a. couple free throws, but he was 18 for 18. from the field. And then last night, Walker Kesler 12 for 12 from the field, 26 points, nine rebounds, one assist. Those are the people that have. experienced sports perfection, and I'm. sure it was a nice sound, happy sleep. after the game for all of them. Congratulations to them. into a guy who. is not perfect at all this season. >> No, >> no, no, no. >> Almost. >> Quite the opposite actually.

>> No, he's almost perfectly shight. >> Yeah, >> that's what he he's he's one mishap away. from perfectly shite season, which I. don't know if we've ever seen before, but a man who's sitting at 1 and5 who's. not able to join us because he's with. his family right now. He'll be back in. the DraftKings Thunderdome next week. A. guy who uh is going to see it clearly. now. 12 and five would not be a bad. record, would it? >> No. Great record. >> We still get there. Ladies and. gentlemen, our coach, a man who's been. coaching football for 37 years, 18 in.

college, 19 in the NFL, Chuck, >> coach, we just. >> Yes. Yes, it does. We just went through. a bunch of sports perfection there. What. are your takeaways from those type of. performances? Now, Walker Kesler, not. the star of the Lakers. He does a lot of. layups, but when you get in a groove and. you get grinding, sometimes you can talk. yourself out of it and then whenever. you're done with it, you could say, you. know what, not a bad job. Your thoughts. on the sports perfection and more. specifically, 1972 Dolphins, is that.

ever going to happen again in the NFL, you think? >> No, sir. >> No. Next to impossible with injuries, the length of the season. How many games. was that? How long was that season? Is. that 12? >> Uh 17 and0 all together. >> 14 regular season games. 14 regular. season, 17 total. >> Yeah. So, we're at 17. Hard to stay. healthy, Pat. The boys, um, they're. talking about going to 18. The parody in. the league, when you you know, you you.

stink, you pick first, and when you're. great, you pick last, salary, all that. stuff. So, I don't I don't see that. happening. Walker Kesler, were those all. layups? >> Mhm. >> No, they were oops, too. >> Contested shots. Ah, he said right there. >> I thought most of those were layups. >> Yeah, perfectionist is hard to hard to. get to. Um, I like that Yak's. >> not impressed.

>> Did you hear what uh Draymond said about. Yakel? >> Uhuh. What do you say? >> They're like, "You got your ass whipped, right?" So, he should probably shut his. mouth. Keep stopped talking. He's like, "Hell no. You keep bringing that cuz we. play him three more times. You keep. talking. I love that. >> he did well. He did well against him, too. So, I think the young buck is uh. ready for the best in the West, which. Luca might be. The East obviously. packed. NBA going to have a good season. They already have perfection on opening. night for the Lakers and JJ Reic. Let's.

turn to tonight. You haven't been. perfect, coach, right, AJ? He hasn't. been perfect. >> Who is though? Who is one and five is. tough. I I don't love how it's going, but it feels like this year's NFL season. has been um more unpredictable than. ever. Tonight, we got a good one. We got. two teams that I think both have. opportunities and dreams to be Super. Bowl champions within the near future. How do you see tonight going, Chuck? What are the things we need to look at. as you try to get off the schneide and. maybe get a win for the first time?

>> Yeah, this is going to be a great one. for Thursday night. I saw you talking to. Herby and stuff and he laid out a lot of. great great points and great stats. You. look at the tail of the tape. I mean, this is as evenly matched game as as. we're going to probably have going down. the road. You got two great quarterbacks. playing at a high level. Caleb comes. back last week. He goes 30 for 36, 300. plus yards, no no turnovers, three. touchdowns. You look at uh you know.

Drake May, his last three ball games, 10. touchdowns, one interception. So looks. like they've got that fixed. Three games. in a row for them. It is a short week. Uh you got two really good defenses. You. know, Herby mentioned Dennis Allen, what. he's doing with that Chicago defense. We. know they led the the NFL uh last year. with takeaways. They're still doing. that. They got 17 sacks. They can get. after the quarterback. you know, these. offensive line injuries for New England. Um, these guys came in, they got two.

guys, maybe three guys that are going to. be out. Looking at the tape, I thought. the backups came in and and did a, you. know, a decent job against the Jets and. they they pulled that one out. They got. that they got that win. They also have. some injuries in the secondary, Pat, you. know, for New England. Carlton Davis, the third is out, plus two backup. corners. So, they're going to be they're. going to be thin there as well. So, two. great quarterbacks, offenses that are. prolific, can score two, you know,

dominant defenses. Thing about Chicago, you look at the things that are. highlighted, right? Look, the time of. possession is observed for Chicago. 30. 36 minutes of time of possession. They. held the ball for 40 damn minutes. against the Falcons last week, you know, and you wonder why, God, they really did. a great job against Bejon. Well, they. had to they were down 287 21-7. So, they. had to start slinging the ball around. with PennX and really couldn't, you.

know, afford to be handing the ball off. anymore. So, a little bit misleading. They only played 35 snaps earlier in the. year, one game. So, this run game for. Chicago, the playaction pass, the way. that, you know, Caleb is playing, short. week, you got injuries, you know, on. that offensive line, you know, for New. England. Um, again, I I just think it. might be too much to overcome. May's. going to have to do a great job. extending plays, running around because, you know, they're going to come after. him. And I know Braves and and and Kerr.

will do a great job with their game. plan. They'll give they'll give Ben and. the Chicago offense something they. haven't seen, Pat. Right. That's a. that's a typical Bill Bich blueprint, right? is is come in and and and do. something that's totally different. Whether that's, you know, a jam front or. a bear front, sink front, if you will, you know, cover those three inside guys, what whatever it's going to be, you. know, have a spy maybe for for Caleb. running around. So, they'll give them.

something different. Um, but this. Chicago offense, the way that they can. run the ball, the way that they can. control it, probably force a couple. turnovers. I like the Bears at home. tonight, PAT. WOW. CONGRATS TO the. Bears. >> I I I'm sure everybody's very pumped in. Chicago that you have put uh maybe a a. curse or a hex on them at Bears minus. three, but I appreciate the way you laid. it out. I like that you're pointing out. things that are very reasonable. For. instance, that offensive line for Drake.

May has been the question in games in. which they've lost. Can he get. protection? Does he get blown up? I. believe Campbell on the left side has. played great this year thus far. Is that. right, Con Man? >> Oh, yeah. and he also has battled. through injury. He had a little knee. thing and then they thought he was going. to miss some time. Turns out he's a. tough son of a [ __ ] Didn't miss one. game. >> But right up the gut there is. problematic maybe for May if he has to. eat some in his lap there. And we know. Dennis Allen will bring it. Third most. in the entire NFL. AJ, what I forgot. about is that Chuck coached for the.

Chicago Bears, didn't he? I forgot about. that. I didn't know that he was going to. be. >> Yeah, he's going to be trying to get. proved wrong for the Chicago Bears as he. looked through the tape and he loved. what he saw from Chicago. He's not the. only one. AJ has a question for you. about tonight, Chuck. >> Yeah, Chuck, when you're watching this. game tonight, I guess if you're if. you're the New England defense, what are. you trying to do to make Caleb. uncomfortable? Are you trying to get him. to run around a little bit, test that. hammy, maybe? I don't know. Like, what. would you do if you were the coordinator. for the the Patriots? >> Yeah, first and foremost, AJ, they got. to do a great job of slowing down the.

run game, right? And if they can slow. down Swift in that run game and get him. in third and long, uh, then I think they. can they can get after him. So, he. looked pretty healthy, you know, last. week moving around. It doesn't seem like. there's an issue there, but I certainly, to your point, would would test that. out. We've done some things in the past. where you can show a five, six up look, rush, you know, make it look like you're. bringing five, drop one of those guys. out as a potential spy, and then get a.

rush. We used to call it a a flush, you. know, flush him out away from his. throwing hand. We know this guy off. platform, whether he's going left, going. right can be a problem. Um, yeah, maybe. maybe a little of that, but maybe just. make him operate from the pocket. I know. his numbers from the pocket this year. are way better than they've ever been. You look at the stats and and what he's. doing from the pocket now, it seems like. he's being patient, taking what the. defense is giving him. Uh, but look for. them to get after him a little bit. Yeah. So, Manungai out. You talk about.

the run game. Manungai is out. Swift. will be in. Roshan Johnson out of Texas. will be backup running back or second. running back. He scored a touchdown last. week. We know Ben Johnson will remain. committed to the run game, but they're a. little banged up as well as we head in. here on Thursday. That looks like a hold. there right in front of our face, but. hey, if they don't call it, it ain't a. it ain't a hold. Uh, Chuck, other. storylines from around the NFL that we. are just now learning of. There's.

reports coming out that they're going to. be able to change some stuff. Did you. guys see this update that just came out? The NFL is considering the possibility. of making its instant replay review. games uh process available to be shown. on game broadcast. >> as Albert Brier just reported. I I think. yeah, ACC is doing it, right? Big Ben's. doing it. >> Yeah, it's awesome. >> It started with the XFL. I think back in. the day we saw them do it. This is a. huge step for the NFL if they were to. become transparent in this review. system. Is that not accurate, Chuck? As. a guy that's worked with the NFL.

officiating crew for the last few years. >> Yeah, I I love it. You know, cuz we as. head coaches, Pat, we got to send in. like 10 questions like after the games. that they that they would answer, you. know, why why this why that? Why'd you. call holding here? Was this offensive. pass inter whatever, right? So they'd. answer those questions and we were never. really allowed, you know, to to talk. about them at the podium. You know, we. kind of just had to swallow the mic, swallow the whistle, if you will, and. not say anything on on on some calls.

But I love the fact that, you know, the. ACC, you mentioned the Big 10, the. transparency of all this because there's. always going to be head scratchers, right? Uh we see them week in and week. out. And so for the NFL to say, "Okay, look," because they never really had. they have a pool report at the end of. these games, right? But they never. really have anybody stand up like the. coaches have to, the G, excuse me, the. GMs, everybody has to, you know, be held. accountable at the podium. And so this.

gives, you know, America, gives the. fans, gives all the viewers an. opportunity to see these guys in live. action and see exactly what they're. looking at. Cuz sometimes the pictures. you get on game day, sometimes the. pictures you get, you know, in the. stadium on the big screen, uh, you know, the truck feeds depends. It's a one:00. game compared to a prime time game. >> You have to understand that because. there may not be, you know, but eight, nine cameras, you know, at a one:00. game, you know, a shite game, and then.

you get a prime time game, there might. be 30 cameras, you know, so there's a. big difference when it comes to replay. But I love that they're doing this. >> Yeah. I love that they're doing as well. And I know the coaches and refs. relationship is one that is caught in. some spotlight over the last few weeks. Tone has the last question for you here. Coach Pagano. >> Yeah, coach. Uh, three coaches have been. fined $250,000. for interactions with the refs and I. believe those could be taken away if I. the rumor was if they are, you know, if. they behave themselves the rest of the.

season. What are your thoughts on that. situation? I'll tell you what, I got threatened. within an inch of my life like from Tina. like if you ever, you know, come close. to having an interaction where it ends. up costing us money, pulling, you know, food off my our our table, you don't. make enough to be, you know, getting a. $250,000 fine. So hopefully they can. appeal these tone. Um, you know, you. just can't you can't cross the line with.

any of this stuff. You know, you just. you just can't you just can't do it. You. gota you got to bite your. >> Where's the line there? Where's the. line? How do they know? Do they are they. telling these coaches what the line is? >> 100 100%. And and we all know what it. is. You can't lay your hands on anybody. You can't touch anybody. You can't uh. >> can you cuss in their direction. >> from a cursing standpoint? You you you. you can't throw the challenge flag at. them. You can't MF them. you know, you. you under your breath, you can have.

those those deals, but it's it goes both. ways. You know, they just suspended two. refs, right? They both missed a game, you know, and uh those guys are back on. the field, so they're going to they're. not going to, you know, just suspend. refs. They're going to they're going to. get after coaches, too. You just got to. know, you know, when to say when and and. not cross that line and and not make it. personal, you know, and with the. expectations are what they are and all. these lively jobs are on the line, families are on the line, all that kind.

of stuff, it's it's really hard. certainly at times when when you see a. foul that's called and that it shouldn't. have been called or whatever. Yeah, the refs are a massive piece of a. lot of people's legacies, a lot of uh. decisions that are made at a multi multi. multibillion dollar business. We'd like. them to be great. That's why we're. always pulling for them. We're happy. they got the New Deal done. And I think. this is the NFL who also told the refs, right? We got a ref that got a twoame. suspension, a oneame suspension, then. there was big-time fines for the. celebrations. Now there's potential. fines that are in holding for how you're.

interacting with the refs. Feels like. this is the NFL saying, "Hey, listen. We're all in this together." Okay. But. also, these are some things that we're. not doing anymore. So, we're going to. find your ass. You're going to feel it. Then, we'll take it back. We'll work. with you. But we can't be having this. anymore. Can't have ridiculous. celebrations. We can't be treating refs. like [ __ ] Refs, you can't be acting out. of the ordinary either. It feels like. early in the NFL season here. The NFL is. trying to let people know how it's going. to be. Now, you talk about lives and. jobs being on the line. We have our.

first big firing and Indianapolis. resident Boston Connor has a question. for you. Chuck Banano. Yeah, Charlie. Unfortunately, Chris Ballard has been. let go as the GM of the Indianapolis. Colts and now big Ed Dods is stepping in. to be kind of interim GM for the Colts. How does that work as far as Dods now. going forward? Is he empowered to kind. of get this wholesale, get everybody out. of here, let's get some picks in return, start this rebuild thing. H how does. that entire aspect work? And then for. the team itself, what is kind of the.

ripple effects when a GM gets fired. within the building? Is it just kind of. like, okay, we blew it. Uh, now we're. screwed. Or is it can can it actually. bunker mentality? Hey, let's bring this. thing together, try and save the season. for the Colts. >> Yeah. To the second part of that. question, BC, some of these sometimes. these can galvanize, you know, a team. and bring a team uh together, uh, if you. will. Is there enough pieces? We're. going to find out to see if there's.

enough pieces, enough healthy pieces to, you know, to get on the field and go up. to Minnesota and then Jacksonville in. two weeks. But it can galvanize them for. sure. And I loved what, you know, Shane. said. You know, this doesn't just fall. on on Chris. You know, Chris ran that. thing for for 10 years. We hate to see. firings happen, uh, you know, in the. National Football League, especially. this early in the season. We all. understand what we signed up for. But. Shane called out the guys and and they. talked about, "Hey, this falls on.

coaching. This falls on me. It falls on. the assistants. It falls on the players. You know, we got to coach better. We got. to play better. And these guys these. guys got to show up week in and week. out. And they and they got to be. available, you know, for for their team. And and they got to they got to go play. and they got to go, you know, compete. And, you know, we'll see. We'll see what. happens. Again, hate to see anybody let. go, but I think the writing was on the. wall. I think you lose to an 0 and5. Tennessee team at home, up 13 at half. I.

think with the fans the way that it was. in a loud house, you guys were there. I. think they almost certainly had to do. something just to to give the fans some. hope like, okay, look, we're going to. we're going to go, you know, in a. different direction here. As far as Ed. goes, BC, you know, he's been with. Ballard the whole time. He's the. assistant GM. He's just going to keep. the wheels turning, if you will. The all. the scouts are right now, they're going. to college campuses. They're evaluating.

the talent. They're they're getting the. board. They're doing all that kind of. stuff with with, you know, 2027 draft, you know, names and prospects and. getting all that. So, he's just going to. head that up. as far as like trading. away the pieces on the team. It ain't. >> Ed's not gonna that'll that'll go. through Carly, >> you know, who's, you know, hands-on. obviously there. Kayn's, you know, does. her deal and Casey, but it'll go through. Carly. I'm I'm sure there's other people.

in that organization and and we've heard. like like I wasn't shocked to hear like, okay, I'm going to reach out to Pton. Manning or Bill Poland. Like, I'm going. to go to Tony Dun. I'm going to go to. some people that I know, that my dad. knew, that I grew up around, that I. respect their opinion. I respect them as. as coaches and their football minds and. their football IQ. So, I'm going to go. to those people and say, "Okay, look, this gives an opportunity. Start putting. together a list of potential GMs that. we're going to go look at. You know,

we're going to look at these teams that. are that are undefeated.". >> Who's deciding the trades, coach? The. coach that we the trade deadline has to. be figured out. That is a gigantic. gigantic opportunity or decision that's. right around the corner here. Coach, I I. know the GM lists people will be putting. together lists for her to interview for. general manager. That's a role that you. have to fill. The trade deadline is. huge. We don't have picks. We don't have. [ __ ] We We have We're in a bad We're in. a bad spot right now, bro. I I mean, it. is not a a good spot for the future.

>> So, Pat, I mean, November 10th, I think, is the day, right? The trade deadline. I. >> think it's November 10th, >> you know? So, yeah, they'll say, "Okay, look, we got Debbuck, we got JT, we got. uh, you know, Quinton Nelson. We we've. got some we've got some potential, you. know, guys that some people that are on. a heater on a run, a Super Bowl run that. may want to, you know, reach out like, okay, so you field some calls, you take. some calls, you you throw some things.

out there, put some lines in the water, see if anybody bites, but you know, that'll they'll listen to Ed and his and. his staff, the rest of the scouts and. people that are in the building there. Um, they'll listen to them. Carly will, you know, listen to those things and. then they'll make a decision based on. two things. What's best for this. organization moving forward and what. gives us the best chance to win moving. forward. So, you know, we better stack. some wins. You know, I know Shane knows. that that coaching staff know that those. players know it cuz if if they don't,

it's going to be a total reset. >> You're the best coach, just like a reset. you have tonight on the Bears minus. three. We'll see you next week back in. the DraftKings Thunderdome and the. return of What the. Chuck. >> Ladies and gents, Coach Pagano, we. appreciate you. >> Coach, >> AJ, we're about to get into a um a. basketball discussion with a legend and. a friend of the program here in a matter. of moments because the NBA is off to a. hot start. I I mean.

hot start out there. All the story lines. are uh immense and NBA is certainly. worthy of conversation. But the reason. why I am currently in Los Angeles um is. because this evening I'm experiencing. something for the first time in my. entire life. I'm going to be a part of a. movie premiere tonight. AJ sick. >> That's going to be awesome. Is that. where is it again? The premiere. >> Uh I believe it's Ty, you know the name. It's the China Theater, I believe. Is. that what it's called? >> Chinese theater. Yep. >> Where all the gigantic films over the. years have been. Right. It's got like.

the a lot of times like they'll put. their handprints in like the wet cement. in front of it and like Yeah, that alone. that that'll be that'll be really sweet. >> Yeah, it's I guess huge screen. I guess. it's 900 some people. They do. There's. going to be a red carpet, which I don't. normally do. I uh we have some pretty. notorious stories of us avoiding red. carpets and getting into uh horrendous. situations. But tonight, I guess I'm. gonna be out there. Can't wait. I'm sure. that's going to go just fine. Figuring. out what the hell I was going to wear to. this thing was a experience and a.

journey in of itself yesterday. Got a. chance to get sniped by AQ Shipley as I. was just trying to check out at. Nordstrom Rack. The entire world ended. up seeing this. Uh that was certainly a. time. I had a bunch of clothes in my. right hand. I had a bunch of clothes in. my right hand cuz I bought sport coat, pants, boots, you name it from. Nordstromrack dress shirt. I needed it. all. I was not prepared well enough. And. then had coffee in left hand. You know, this week's been a little bit of a. grind. Let's keep the caffeine input. happening. And I'm standing there. There's nothing for me. I can't put. anything down. So I have no I'm Amish in.

that moment. I got no phone. Hey, the. people in front of me speaking a. different language, people behind me. speaking a different language. We were. there for I mean I was in line. AQ's. being a little dramatic here, but it was. at least 20 I mean it was at least 25. minutes and they were mad that I signed. up for this because we had um somebody. else with us that was checking out a. little bit earlier. And you know the way. Nordstrom rack lines are, they kind of. go back and forth. M. >> there was a potential in a non-s scumbag. way I could have passed my stuff to.

Parker who was going to buy. I could. have done that. Okay. >> Parker asked me if I wanted it. AQ and. Debb Butts obviously said, "Hey, let's. go. Let's do that." I had to go get one. more thing though and I said, "I don't. want to give it then go back and then. go. That's a bad look. I'll just wait in. line. It won't be a big deal. It'll be. fast." Snores from Rex is what I say. debut and AQ immediately go idiot. You're an absolute idiot. You should. give him your stuff and then go back and. get it and then come back. So that whole. chirping of me waiting in that line.

started before I even got into that. 25minute line. So I go back classic. Nordstrom rack. I go back and grab it. Guess what has happened since I get. back. >> Bigger line. Everybody in the store checked out at. the same time. So now I'm three snake. lengths back from where Parker was. So, this was a followup from 25 minutes. beforehand where I, in everybody's eyes, including mine, made a horrendous. decision to not just kind of let Parker.

do the checking out. But I said, "No, no, I don't want to do that. This won't. be that big of a deal. They're paid to. check people out. It'll be quick." It. was not. You know, they waved the flag. whenever they say we're available here. >> Yeah. >> I saw and and God bless all of them that. are having to deal with everybody. checking out. Couple of them will get. done with a checkout. AJ. >> and they take a minute. You know, >> they just need they need to take a beat. before the next customer comes up. >> Arbitrarily doing a couple of these, couple of these. It's picture. Now, I. don't think it's just California, but. >> it's retail, baby.

>> Yeah, I think it's retail as a whole. It's There's some stickers here that. need to move from this side of the to. over to this side. Then we're looking. around. Somebody's coming to help. Oh, good to see you. Good to see you. And. then, all right, pissed off. Next one, please. puts it down and then the person. comes in, they got a hundred questions. You wanna do you want a uh a Nordstrom. rank credit card? Would you like to sign. up for that? Of course, I'd love to do. that. So, I just it was a whole thing. where I got wrong from the beginning, but it was nice to be out there. It was. nice to be out there. So many different. languages happening around me. I was.

trying to decipher them and pick them. up, but I couldn't use my phone to. Google it because my hands were kind of. stuck. So, I got ready. I'm excited. Tonight should be something um that will. be remembered in my lifetime. uh as a. gigantic moment. The Mosquito Bowl is a. movie that is about uh four badass. college football stars who sign up for. the Marines during World War II and uh. it documents them from their lives and. football in college into Paris Island.

which where I am a drill instructor, lead drill instructor that they meet and. then into actual war in the Pacific. theater and Peter Berg did the film. Netflix is the uh streaming company, but. they wanted it to go into theaters. because of how much they love the movie. and how the screenings have gone. I. can't believe I'm a part of it. I can't. believe I'm in it. That's Nicholas Gouts. in there. He was Thor. I think he's on. his way up. Scar's in this. Ray. Nicholson's in this. Tom Francis is in. this. The amount of talent from just the.

thespian world of the actors is absurd. Peter Berg is gonna go down as maybe. greatest war movie maker of all time, which this certainly is as it celebrates. football and the greatest generation. It's um I think it's a heavy movie. I. think it's a a very serious obviously. story that is going to remind a lot of. people about America maybe not being. just always the worst place on earth, you know, like we have done a lot of. good for the world as well and these men.

have. And a little surprise, boys. Uh, >> in the NFL studios right now is a guy. who was a DI at Paris Island for 8. years, I believe. Three years over in. San Diego, 20 plus years in the Marines. Boys, I wish you were here to be able to. experience First Sergeant Garland is. >> Sarge. Sarge, good to see you, dude. >> Make it a premiere. Yeah. Uh, Gartland is in the.

>> gone Hollywood. Let me go and back this. up so we can get you in here. The other way, [ __ ] Move over the. other way. >> Move in, >> gy. >> Move in, sir. >> Fool. >> Uh, happy the boys got a chance to. compliment you. Uh, >> love you guys, too. >> Yeah, we love you, First Sergeant. I'm. telling you, whenever uh whenever the. boys uh had a lack of you in their.

lives, it was evident. Okay? And uh we. have missed the hell out of you. Happy. you're enjoying your retirement. Happy. you're enjoying your life. And happy. you're getting a chance to watch. tonight. Uh something that you were a. massive piece of. For those that don't. know, we went to high school together. Obviously, you wouldn't know that. He. was a few years older than me. Joined. the Marines. Family, I do believe of. Marines. Uh I believe, don't you? >> No. >> No. >> No. No lineage. >> No lineage. But why did you choose the. Marines then out of high school? >> I'm going to be honest. Uh it was. something to do other than go to. college. I'm going to be honest. And.

that was it. That sounds terrible, but. uh no, for real. There was a an. individual that went to Plum a couple. years older than me uh and he came back. from boot camp just in his uniform. Kind. of made me, you know, want to be a. Marine, the challenge. So, >> how many years did you end up? >> 22. >> Okay. And I got the numbers right for. how long you were a DI at Paris Island? >> Uh, so I was a company first sergeant at. Paris Island for 2 and 1/2 years. I I. trained officers at OCS in Brownfield,

Quanico, Virginia for uh 3 years and. then I was a drone instructor for three. and a half years at San Diego. >> Unbelievable stuff. So, and whenever. this gets mentioned and brought up to me. that I could potentially be in a movie. and I'm going to be a DI for the. Marines, you're I'm trying to play like. the baddest dude on earth. That is what. a DI is. You know that you were one. >> No sleeping, attention to detail, accountability, expectation of you are. going to have to have the warrior spirit.

in you over the next 11 weeks, 13 weeks. We got to make this happen. Mo the. Marines mantra is first to fight. So. everybody that shows up is expected to. go to war at some point, which is why I. have so much respect for the core and. for everything that you have done. But. playing a DI was something I was scared. to death to do. And you assisted me the. entire time and I hope that your fellow. Marines understand that I don't think. I'm anywhere near as badass as you, but. I did try to represent my absolute best. So thank you for everything. >> Of course. No, I think it was a great.

experience. Kudos to you. I'll just say. that for taking on this uh tremendous, you know, job of kind of representing. the Marine Corps. Kudos to you. You. know, it's it's a hard position to play. It's kind of the iconic symbol of. discipline to the Marine Corps. And. that's the first individual you come in, you see the pearly gates of Paris. Island. They're very beautiful, very. comfortable area that you go to and then. you meet this individual that is, >> you know, kind of super human. So, it's. it's a hard position to kind of learn.

and see and uh I'm just grateful to be a. part of it, man. >> Yeah, it is a very hard position uh to. try to be and to learn and to see and to. learn this. You got to wake up at 3:00. a.m. We're there at Paris Island waking. up at 3:00 a.m. The energy and juice is. already at a 14 out of 10. It is uh it's. a special thing that you did and many. others have done in the past to be a. drill instructor to set the culture of. what the Marines are as a whole. And I. don't He's in the movie. >> That's right. He is actually in the movie, not only in.

the trailer, but I think he has a good. portion of the Paris Island part has. actual first sergeant Patrick Gartland. in it. So, I'm excited to watch you on. the big screen tonight, brother. You're. a big movie star. >> I don't know about that. I'm excited to. see you. I'm excited to see the movie. >> I'm excited to see you. >> Likewise. >> Okay. Look at us getting excited. We. went to Australia for 11 days, 12 days. We were down there filming this entire. thing. have been doing a lot of. reminiscing on what the trip was and. what it isn't. Master Sergeant was down. there as well. Uh no, what's his name? Sergeant Major.

>> Sergeant Major. What's his name though? Uh what was his name? >> Sergeant Major. >> Yeah, but what was. Parasite? >> Sergeant Major. >> Sergeant Major. >> Yeah. No, no, no. This was down in. Australia. There's a guy that does. movies. Uh he's like a uh. >> I'm blanking right now because his name. is just Sergeant Major to me. And in all. of movies, I think this guy, so there is. a sergeant major from the Marine Corps. who is tasked with like making shorts. legit on movie sets. >> He's been around I don't know how many. movies. Like basically every right?

>> No. No. He was a drill instructor since. uh Heartbreak Ridge. So 1988 if you if. anybody knows that. >> Is it James D. De? >> Yes. >> Yes. There it is. >> Jim De. >> Yeah. Jim De dog. Absolute dog. was out. there. So, watching him put the actors. through like a miniature quick boot camp. there again and then also for the weeks. leading up to the movie, I think there. was a lot of respect in trying to. represent the core. And I hope tonight. you see that and feel that. >> I will. Yeah. I I think just being a.

part of it and seeing the sacrifice. those individuals had during that time. I mean, just the storyline is it's a. true story. You know, they could have. went a totally different direction, but. they chose another life. And that's kind. of like a huge aspect of the Marine. Corps that you you get from that. So, I'm excited to see it. >> Me, too. I appreciate the hell out of. you. Good to see you. Hey, he's a movie. star now. >> Garland. Hey, happy birthday. It was. Garland's birthday the other day, too. >> Happy birthday. >> Happy birthday, Gart. >> Happy birthday, I appreciate it. Thank.

you guys. Love you boys. Really. appreciate it. Pat, of course. >> Yeah, we love you. Bone has fallen off a. bit. Yeah. >> Yeah. Bone, I love you, Bone. Just keep. it up. Just I love you, Bone. I'm. trying. >> Keep what up? >> I don't know. It's just something. We. got to go forward progress. Forward. progress. Just whatever that is. I don't. know. >> He'll figure it out. >> Yeah, I doubt it. But you're uh First. Sergeant, we appreciate you, brother. Ladies and gentlemen, it's movie star. First Sergeant Barley.

>> Pat, are you prepared? Pat, are you. prepared. >> for what, bro? >> You got You're going to have to stand. and receive a 20minut ovation tonight. Have you? >> No. No. No. No. No. No, no, no, no. That. ain't happen. Not for me. Not for me. >> Well, you're going to be a part of it, though. >> No, it might be for First Sergeant. Gartland. It might be for Ray and and. Nicholas and Tom and Scarard and Peter. Berg. And the phenomenal crew. You. should have seen the camera operators. for this movie. The the amount of. running and then the scenes that they.

get for the war is like. >> so muchion. >> Oh. >> Yeah. On deck. I I mean I don't know how. much dynamite they went through, but I I. don't know what the budget was for. dynamite and stuff and bombs, but it is. gonna pay off, I do believe. All right, AJ, we got a big guest joining us here. in a matter of moments as I send it to. you in Indianapolis as this big man gets. prepared. That's a little bit of a tease. for another friend of the program about. to join us. >> Yes, it is. And Tone, I actually wanted. to come to you. So Giannis is on the.

Miami Heat now, correct? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So Giannis got blown out. yesterday, didn't he? Did he not by the. Timberwolves who shot lights out? I know. Ant-Man, he was what, nine of 17, I. believe, from the three-point line. >> All those things. Yeah, >> I think there's some uh questionable. step backs you can step back and take. five to nine steps in three. They don't. call it every single time. So, it's it's. fun to watch, but I just want to know. what Giannis is going to be like moving. forward. And I think Pat might be ready. with our our large and in charge guest. Let's see if they're they're good over. there. >> Oh, there we go. >> Ladies and gentlemen, Park is here. Hey,

what up? Hey. >> Hey, Parker. These studios are. outrageous. >> It's crazy. >> It's a beautiful place. >> You You know the You know the best thing. about it is that I walked into the. locker room yesterday. >> and my suit tie and the whole setup was. already pressed and laid out. I was. like, "Oh [ __ ] this. >> you guys are living out here." The. studios are gigantic. Everything stay. the art and uh every bathroom has a. bedet which I know has been talked. about. >> The seat warmer. >> Yeah. Don't love that tire.

>> Don't love that. >> Like the uh. >> It's not from another human, Ty. >> It's electric. It's not from another. human sitting on it. >> Like I said, that's not. >> I don't I don't need my [ __ ] butt. cheeks to be on fire when I'm taking a. [ __ ] All right, >> Ty. I mean, Ty, you always want to keep. a cool booty. I get it. >> Thank you, P. >> Okay, let's talk about cool booty or hot. ass cheeks. Can you tell me about the. start of the NBA season? Couple blowouts. yesterday. Tyrese Hallebertton gets a.

close win. All the way back to opening. day. There seems to be some teams that. are hot immediately and some that are. cold. How should we judge these first. couple games, you think? >> Well, well, let me say this. Shout out. to Adam Silver. This is about to be one. of the best NBA seasons that we've seen. in the last 10 years. Okay, >> we literally have 20 to 25 teams that. actually feel like they could win the. NBA championship. The the talent is. spreaded and it's equal now. And when.

you think about who is going to be the. next champ, who is going to come out. victorious, who's going to be hosting up. the trophy after at the end of this. season, to be honest, I don't know. But. I will tell you this, Anthony Edwards is. my pick to win the MVP. I will tell you. this, Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball. are the best back court in the NBA. >> Period. Because now Anthony Edwards is. able to slide to his natural position.

He doesn't have to worry about. facilitating anymore. And now all of a. sudden, he's going to continue to get. easier shots and easier looks. You know. who was top five in the league last year. in three point in three-pointers made? Who? >> Anthony was in LaMelo Ball. Really? >> So tell me how you going to stop that. And then all of a sudden you look at the. East and I'm like Tyrese Hallebertton. >> I had to apologize to him. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> I did. I apologize to one thing about. me. If I'm wrong, I'm going to tell you.

Now. >> 85% of the time I'm right. But that 15%. when I'm wrong, I'm going to admit it. Hey man, listen. right now the swag and. the energy along with his play he's. moving faster but I somewhat expected. this because when you're away from the. game that you love so much you have time. to sit there you have those moments when. you're depressed you have those moments. when you're sitting on the side you. can't do what you've been doing your. entire life and you could tell he missed. the game of basketball.

>> yeah he got emotional afterwards about. all the work that led to him coming back. this year and I appreciate you. apologizing to him. They had him on the. zone. They had him on the No offense to. Dazzen. They had him on the zone for his. opening night comeback after getting. injured in game seven of the finals a. year ago. He's using that as motivation. Obviously, the entire Indiana Pacers. organization are putting chips on their. shoulder. Carile's ready to go on a run. Let's talk about another massive move. that took place. Uh Giannis and the. Heat, they're dead. Okay, let's hope. they figure that out. LeBron and the.

Sixers though, are they going to be. unstoppable? Because it feels like we. got Heel Braun back as he's talking [ __ ]. to old white men about being from Ohio. and maybe beating that ass. >> and wet ass at that. That's a belt to. wet ass is what he's about to put on. people. And this is what you this is. what you have to realize about Bronn. The one thing I've been knowing him for. the I've been knowing Brawn for 25 years. and you could always tell how Bronn is. gonna play. When you look at his body.

language and his engagement and the fact. that he was showing passion, talking. noise, they already got their. handshakes. He's out there playing with. with with a different type of feel and. emotions. and he was actually playing. the center position while Joel Embiid. was on the floor. Think about that for a. second. He was the one that was guarding. Carl Anthony Towns. And so when you. think about the most complete basketball. player to ever play the game of.

basketball, even at the age of 42, putting his all into these young fellas, getting the He's going to get the best. out of Joel Embiid. He's going to get. the best out of Tyrese Maxi. He's gonna. get the best out of BJ Edgecom. On top. of that, Brawn feel slightly. disrespected the way that things ended. with the Los Angeles Lakers. >> Yeah, they were asked for a while and. they made a decision to move with Luca. is seemingly the decision they made. business-wise. He went crazy as well. last night, not against Yaxel, but.

against everybody else. Luca's team now. over here in Los Angeles. What perfect. weather, by the way. Yeah. Oh my god, it's gorgeous. I think. >> I might move here. Did Did you get the. hotel stuff situated yesterday? >> Perfect. No power, too. Perfect. >> No power. Guess what I did? While. everybody was trying to search and do. all this, I went straight to the Jamaica. Bay in and I must say it was beautiful. >> It was beautiful. You cannot you you you.

can never judge a book by its cover. because guess what? It was outstanding. The room service was great. The beds was. comfortable. I had a like I had a view. of the marina. Hey, it was just Yeah, I. read the review. >> It was the Bombat Jamaica Bay. >> It was called the Jamaica Bay in. >> Oh, a couple rude boys in there. >> We uh we were searching as well. We were. We were looking for a place. We had no. idea in the year 2026 that could happen. to a hotel.

>> in America. >> Yeah. >> Pretty prominent hotel. >> 24 hours, no power. You learn quickly. about how little power you have whenever. you're at a place that has no power and. they're telling you. >> we got no idea. >> You have no idea. Uh c can we have. water? I mean, we'll run out of water, but yeah, it'll be very cold. Uh okay. There's obviously no Wi-Fi. There's no. power to charge anything. And the light. situation in some of the rooms is going. to be difficult. It is pitch black and. stuff. >> and renovation. So they it's renovation. >> We're doing construction. >> We doing construction. So it's a lot.

going on. But we want you to enjoy your. estate. >> and we are lucky to be there. lucky to. be doing this for a living. Uh you. talked about LeBron playing center. We. have about a minute and a half before. the hard out, but there's already a lot. of questions about the tallest French. center that we've seen in some time. Tone has a question for you, Big Perk. >> Yeah, Perk. And this kind of goes back. to last year in some of those playoff. games and and the first game. People. were saying, you know, WBY needs to stop. acting like he's 6'3 and act like he's. 76. Um how do you feel about that? And. what are your thoughts on Wemby after. just, you know, one game and maybe just.

his game overall? >> Well, Todd, good to see you. Always a. pleasure. >> Um, with with Wimby, >> I always been saying that he needs to. embrace being a big man first with guard. skills. Last year, Wimby finished 19th. in the league in points in the paint. >> That should never happen. He should. always finish top three or number two. And the only reason I don't put him. number one is because Giannis is still. living. But outside of that, he should.

always live in the paint. It should. always be a focal point. Did you watch. uh Walker Kesler last night? Simple. I'm. going to finish around the basket. I'm. going to have a thousand dunks. I'm. going to make the game easy. Now, in. Wimby's defense, after watching game. one, the problem that I have is that. they have no one to settle down the. offense to put him in position to be.

successful. I saw a lot of selfish. basketball from De'aran Fox, from Dylan. Harper, from Stefon Castle. They had the. agenda of I'm going to get mine. Instead, he's saying, "I have a. generational talent. Let's slow down. Let's get your big ass on the block. Let. me hit you down there. You go to work. Come up here. Set this screen. We gonna. throw it up because you finished second. in the league last year and lobs at the. basket. Rondo used to set that up. perfect for KG. All right, Paul Ray,

y'all got enough shots. Come here, big. fella. We going to you. They don't have. that and that's a problem. So, one of. those guys got to step up. Miss Johnson. got to have a coming to Jesus meeting. and highlight that he is our number one. focus. We thought that happened after. the first team that was around Wemby. because remember there was a bunch of. OGs around WBY whenever he was drafted. >> Chris Paul, >> Chris Paul, but others as well and he. wasn't getting the ball and it's like. they they felt as if he had to earn his. way, earn his keep. He's a young guy. He.

still got to learn. Then they kind of. switch out that roster, put in a younger. roster. We thought they were doing that. to empower WBY. You're saying that needs. to happen a little bit more. when you do. that little. >> because you know it's a gift and a curse. when a team that young have success so. early going to the NBA finals cuz well. guess what happened when you're walking. around in the summertime everyone is. telling you that hey you're the reason. you're a key part you need a bigger role. that's why they having this whole thing. of should we start three guards and we.

can't bring Dylan off the bench cuz we. drafted him with the number two pick uh. should we bring De'arren Fox I No, because we're paying them a ton of. money. Like, no. Like, all these things. are are individual agendas. And so, the. thing is, what got them to the finals. last year was the word sacrifice. What's. going to get them back to the finals and. over the hump is for them to continue to. sacrifice and lose themselves in the. team. If they don't understand that, as. tough as the Western Conference is, they.

ass get sent home real. >> Yeah. Maybe too much success. Maybe. they're drunk off their own personal. agendas. That's what B says he's seeing. here early. Speaking of personal. agendas, uh Sham Shiranian said, "Our. personal agenda to maybe get Steph Curry. to the Indiana Pacers is never going to. happen." Said. >> it should. Did you see Steph face? >> Well, so AJ actually has a question. about that. As uh Sham said yesterday, Steph's going to be a Warrior for the. rest of his life. Go ahead, AJ. >> Yeah, big perk. What What should I. expect when I watch the Warriors this. year? Like what would you predict their.

record is this season? >> They'll be in the playin tournament. hopefully. >> Okay. But I for the first time I felt. bad watching Steph last night and every. time they kept hitting him with the. camera like showing him on the bench and. showing how depressed he looked. Like. it's only so much he could do. individually. And by the way, where the. hell is Draymond Green? I understand. like he's his defensive presence, but at. this point Steph needs you like old.

people need soft shoes. He needs you to. come out here and do something. offensively. Be some type of offensive. threat. Chris Pzingis, that's. unfortunate. I hope he gets well, but. he's not returning. Don't know when. Jimmy Butler is returning. You cannot. afford to continue to waste Steph Curry. greatness. And I said this before and. I'mma say it again. Bob Myers would. never Bob Myers always found a way to. make sure that Steph Curry was.

contending for a championship. It's time. for Mike Dunle Jr. to do his damn job. >> Well, we thought Steph Curry was going. to be on the move or maybe LeBron was. going to join Steph Curry. Now we're. hearing Steph's going to be a Warrior. forever. And if they look like they look. last night for a while, I don't like. that we're not going to see Steph in. prime time through the rest of this. particular season. That's one game in. We're saying that that's the best. I. love that we do that. I love that. That. is how we all kind of react. Let's stay. in the West and let's talk about JJ Reic.

now leading a very different team. Go. ahead, Con man. >> Yeah, Perk. Uh Luca and Walker Kesler, you kind of talked about how well he. played already, but what did you see. from this new look Lakers that makes you. think they'll be in it in the long haul? It feels like Luca once again being the. ball dominant guard and just kind of. taking over games is back in the NBA, which is great for everybody. uh talking. a bunch of junk to Yaxel Lendenborg. Also awesome. What are you expecting out. of the Lakers this season, Perk? >> Well, well, Connor, you talking to me.

again? Because when I saw you in the. hallway, you was all in. >> I'm not talking to you about the. Celtics. I'm not talking about the. Celtics, per. the [ __ ] Celtics, cuz you don't know. your ass when it comes to the [ __ ]. Celtics. That's why it's about the. [ __ ] Lakers. >> You You know what? You going to be. [ __ ] disappointed again tomorrow when. the Chicago Bears kick y'all ass. tonight. K. too far. [ __ ] YOU. I TAKE MY QUESTION.

BACK. YOU SON of a [ __ ]. >> So look, but but listen, the Lakers, they're going to be a offensive problem. Luca is one of the most gifted offensive. players that we've ever seen. Like. they're going to score points. JJ Reic. has proven to be one of the brilliant. minds offensively. I can't overreact to. that game last night because of who they. were playing. I need to see them against.

the best of the best. They're going to. make the playoffs. I believe it's going. to be in a playin tournament, but we all. know they have certain fan bases that. are spoiled. Certain fan bases that have. entitlement because they've earned their. right to have entitlement. And that's. organizations like the Celtics and the. Lakers where it's championships or bust. And so they're going to have a good run. They're going to make the playoffs. They're going to be a early round exit. I get all that. And it's going to be.

through the playin tournament. But at. some point, Luca is going to have to. deliver a championship to LA. But let's. stay in the moment. Offensively, they're. going to be one of the best offensive. teams in the league. >> One game we're doing all this. Can't. wait to follow the rest of the season. Thank you for stopping by. I might be. moving over here, Parker. >> Hey, just get a room for me so I don't. have to stay in the hotel. Like, if you. move here, just have a guest house for. me so I don't have to stay in the hotel. week I come out here. >> Well, I heard the Jamaica Bay. the.

Jamaica Bay in South Jamaica Bay in. >> You looked out for us. Jamaica Bay in. We didn't see any rooms there because. obviously uh with the hotel we were at, there was a lot of people there. >> No. >> And everybody was thinking the same. thing. We were thinking about getting to. other hotels. So every other hotel. within the area got sold out quick. >> I didn't get into the Jamaica Bay in. there. >> When you saw me, I was trying to get my. key fixed cuz I want They had one. elevator good with generator had one. elevator uh running up and down. Kind of. sketchy. Kind of sketchy getting into a. hotel elevator with no power. They told.

us it was good. It was sketchy. I go all. the way up to the room. Stop at every. because there's only one elevator going. and everybody wants to be there. So. obviously we're stopping. Get all the. way up to the room. Go all the way in. there. Card doesn't work. Somebody's. working on the floor. I go, "Hey, can. you guys get in the rooms?" "Yeah, we. came, but not with you.". So I go all the way [ __ ] back down. I. go all the way. That's when you saw me. It was a 45minute trip for me walking in. every floor on the way up. When I s when. I saw you, you looked defeated. >> I was.

>> like I I Pat, what's up, man? You just. looked defeated and I just was like. >> I was just standing there. I had all my. bags from Nordstrom Rack. I had the. whole thing. >> It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of. patience yesterday, which is what we. need in our lives. And I'll remain. patient on all these uh NBA teams, but. my feeling right now, Pacers are winning. it all. So, you need to start telling. people on that NBA today crew. You need. to start telling everybody the Pacers. are on their way. And you need to tell. Adam Silver Tyrese has already earned. his way into an ESPN game. I don't know. if you heard that comment. >> Oh.

>> yeah, that's You need to apologize. Everybody needs. >> Well, I I mean, listen, me and Adam. Silva, we like best friends, so I'm. going to stay up to that one. >> Smart. Good. See you, dude. >> Hey, Connor, fix your body language, man. Y'all go get your ass kicked. tonight. >> Oh, you don't know [ __ ] Stick the. basketball perk, you [ __ ]. >> I don't know if you heard. He called you. a [ __ ] there, P. All right. Uh, ladies and gentlemen, it is time to. debut something that we've been debuting. every single week this season. It's not.

easy to work your way into being the. best in the league. It's seemingly not. easy to work your way into being the. worst in the league as well. It is time. to debut this week's Shite Division. Let's go to last week, shall we? Here's. what last week's Shite division looked. like because this is a very important. part of the tale. Chuck Pagano was in. there. He won one and five. He's still. going to remain in there if he loses yet. again. Tennessee Titans shidiest team in. the league. That's why they're at the. top. This is the most shidy. This is. last week. Then the Chargers, then. Dolphins, then the entire NFC East. At.

that time, we didn't even know that they. go on to be historically terrible. So, there is maybe some huge change. Maybe. not. Let's go to this week's Shite. Division. At the top. of this week's Shite Division, the. shiniest of them all. We made a rule a couple weeks ago that. if you lose to the shightest team and. you happen to look like shite and you. become ipso facto. >> the king of the shite. >> What? >> I don't like this AJ.

>> The shidiest team in the NFL right now. is. >> Oh no. >> Yeah. And if you get someone fired too, you probably have to go in there as. well. >> Yeah. Couple weeks stay minimum. Get someone. fired. I'll tell you, I don't like it. I don't like it. We We. had seen the Shite division earlier this. year and I thought I'd check the box. I. showcased that I'm not a super homer. I'd put the Colts in there. But with all.

the money we had spent and all the. talent we have on our roster, I thought. there's no way we end up in the shite. division. Then Connor last week starts, you know, kind of piping off. It's the walk of the century. >> It was. Tennessee Titans are a team that. suck with no hope. There's some teams. that suck that have hope. And then you. AJ, first time in a long time you came. in and said, "I agree with that. Give me. a Colts minus 15. You guys did this on. purpose. >> You are the ones that wanted Chris. Ballard to get fired on a [ __ ] Monday.

or whatever it was. >> You guys are the reason because of. everything you were saying last week. So. I hope you're happy, AJ, that the. Indianapolis Colts are now officially. the shiniest team in the league and the. Tennessee Titans work themselves out of. the shite division. And hope you're. happy, AJ. >> I'm not happy. I I'm not happy at all. Believe me, I was trying to I I thought. I was picking a winner. I thought it was. a get back on track kind of game for the. Indianapolis Colts now. I don't know. Maybe the Titans aren't as bad as we. thought. I don't know. Maybe. Look, let's look at it glass half full. >> I I love the way Salah showcased.

leadership after the situation that. happened in his locker room, in his. parking lot. I thought that was one of. the greatest speeches I've ever heard a. coach give. I appreciate him doing that. Maybe the team will rally around getting. a big time win and how good of a coach. Coach Salai is. But, uh, watching those. Titans up close and personal, I think. they got a lot of changes they're going. to have to make before they get good. again. And for the Colts, they already. started. They've fired a general manager. and we got huge decisions that have to. be made soon. The Colts might be living. here or they're 13 and four on season.

>> Next team in here, they've called this. place home. They've got beds in here. They put their shoes down. They got. shirts hanging up in the closet of the. Shite division. They summon Los Angeles. Chargers. >> Keep it up. >> 0 and6. >> They haven't won. We thought they would. And there's no win really in sight as. you look at their schedule. The Chargers. have made themselves comfortable at the. Jamaica Bay in shite division here. And. uh I don't think they're leaving Tai. This has been a surprise of a century.

that the Los Angeles Chargers have. become a mainstay of this Shite. division. Is it not? Uh yeah, I think it. is. You know, I mean, we we had our. reservations when, you know, Herbert was. smooching all off seasonason. I think. that a lot of red flags went up at that. time. And I know everyone thinks Mike. McDaniel's really cool and really funny. and he, you know, hits a vape and stuff. like that, but maybe it's time, you. know, we we start secondguessing. everything there is to to second. guessess about that guy. I think you. have to [ __ ] can him. You have to get. Herbert back on the right path. Um.

because like you said, it doesn't look. like many wins are coming, you know, down their pipe and they're starting. four rookies on the offensive line. How. does this happen to them year after year. after year after year? >> Maybe that's why Harbaugh's Dober was so. down when they lose their seven. He he. just goes, "Here we go again." And it. does feel like they have been unlucky, but they have found themselves a nice. little home here in a very difficult. division to get into. You know, it had. been four teams for a while. Then we. introduced an entire division last week.

Well, if that division continues to not. win a single game at a historic rate, they got to stay. Congratulations to the. entire NFC East. teams. >> 0 and4 week six. They haven't won a game. in two weeks. No team division teams. have done that in the history of the. NFL. AJ NFC East is really holding it. down here at the Shite division. They. got the most amount of characters in. here. Maybe they hold a little bit of. weight amongst the [ __ ] but they. certainly stink and we couldn't have. expected that. AJ,

>> yeah, I would not have expected this. If. you go back four or five weeks from now, but I mean, I guess if you're going to. be bad, it's good to have some company. around you. It's good. You could look to. your right and left and know that you. have some you have some people on your. side that are kind of sticking with you. Now, let's see if they can continue this. streak. I don't know. It'll be tough, but uh I think it's possible, though. >> Yeah. I mean, >> if they tie out, if they tie out, that'd. be sick. Go ahead, Tone. Sorry, brother. >> No, I was just going to say it's not. like they're just losing. every single. team is doing something other than just. losing. Obviously, the Jaylen Herz. incident, which is just unfortunate. You.

have guys retiring off of that team, getting traded off that team that have. been there for a long time. The Cowboys. are one and eight, I think, on their. last nine prime time games. So, just. getting embarrassed in front of. everyone. The Commanders, uh, don't know. what quarter it is, don't know what down. it is. Um, it's just the entire. >> allegedly. >> Oh, and the Giants, they have made a. quarterback change now. They're letting. go of running backs. They're benching. running backs. There's just so much. happening besides just losing in that. division. >> And they are now back-to back divisional. uh representatives in the Shite.

division. Who's the last team we think. that stunk its way in here? Oh, another. heartbreak. Congrats to the LOS ANGELES. RAMS. >> WHAT? >> WOW. >> SUPER BOWL FAVORITE. >> Two and four. That's wild. >> Could have never guessed this with the. Rams, but they have found themselves in. the shite division. And I don't like it. Nobody does. But if you got this right. earlier than everybody else on X with. hashtagprogramshite division, you could. potentially win an autographed item from. the Thunderdome. Last week's winner has. been found and uh we will certainly be.

sending over an autographed item to. Christian Hamilton. >> Way to go, Chris. >> Chris, >> getting the NFC East in there uh was an. incredible feat. Having them be in. fourth place in the shite is certainly a. good play. Titans most shite last week, then Chargers Dolphins NFC East. that. changes up this week. Chargers kind of a. main stay, but everybody else has. swapped. If you got it right before. everybody else, we'll send you something. autographed from the Thunderdome. AJ, thank you for taking the trip over to. Indianapolis. You were the man, brother. >> Of course. Enjoy tonight, man. I from.

the trailers I have seen, that's going. to be an unbelievable situation. N Tell. me, you said that theater has 900. people. Is it that big? >> Huge. >> Yeah, I guess it's gigantic. They're. saying it's legendary because last night. I had a chance to see a couple of the. people from the movie and I was like, what am I signing? I have no idea what. this is. I I literally I don't think. about things until they're about to. happen. And I had not really thought. about this actual thing because this. movie was shot so long ago in this. business. There's so much that kind of. happens to get to the magic into the. film and Peter Berg, Ezra Emanuel, the.

entire squad over there from Netflix. that the amount of work that they put. into this movie to be showcased this. evening and to be invited to be a part. of the movie and to be a part of. tonight. I'm honored and lucky to do it. I can't wait. AJ, you're the absolute. man. Boys, good work. Gumpy that a baby. Gumpy. Way to go. I'll go. >> All right. Be a friend. Tell a friend. something nice. In my change your life. We're in this thing together. I can't. thank all of you. >> enough for allowing us to do this for a. living. Don't look for me to be in a lot.

more movies and acting after this little. run that we have. But I had an absolute. blast. Oh, we do got to make our picks. We do got to make. >> Oh, yeah. >> Chuck was saying Chuck's saying fade. him, right? Is what he he's been. preaching. He been saying that. Yeah, >> he has been saying that. >> Gartland, who do you like tonight? Patriots Bears. >> He likes the Patriots tonight. >> [ __ ] a right Gwin. >> Honor. Yeah, I think you heard him. Yeah. Uh Gumpy, who do you like?

>> Absolutely love the New England Patriots. tonight. >> Wow. >> Okay. >> AJ, who do you like? The Patriots, huh? >> I absolutely love the New England. Patriots tonight. Yes. >> Oh my god. Tone, who do you like? >> I love the New England Patriots tonight. >> So, now it's becoming, >> you know what? You know what? You're. right. I love the New England Patriots. tonight. >> Sons of [ __ ]. >> Oh, yeah. What a win this is. Yeah. Actually, give me the Patriots plus. three tonight against the Chicago Bears.

on prime. Thank you, Connor, for. representing. Let's go. Team ride, gentlemen. Come on down. >> The team ride. Not only that, also on. the air appearance. The future of the. NFL is now. Drake May and Caleb Williams. to both have over 210 passing yards. If. you look back at what they're averaging, the teams that is through the beginning. of the season, we should hit this. It. was boosted to plus 100. It is not a. guarantee. Please gamble responsibly, but if you'd like to come join us coast. to coast, even if you want to trade or. bet. The trade markets are good. The. betting book is fantastic. Only if.

you're willing to gamble responsibly. If. you're going to be an [ __ ] don't. join us. Go somewhere else. Don't do it. Call this number down here, actually. But if you're going to be a responsible. gambler, we'd love for you to join us. and let's get a win tonight, boys. >> All right. Be a friend. Tell a friend. something nice. It might change your. life. We're in together. Congratulations. to PTI. 25th anniversary. We got to give. them love. >> Got to give them love. What an. incredible accomplishment in a business. in which they're trying to kick people. out of on a regular basis. To remain for.

two and a half decades at the top of the. biz is a feat that uh I'm not sure. anybody else will ever accomplish, but. we'll certainly all be chasing. Congrats. to Mike and Tony. I've seen Will Bon out. here a couple of different times for the. NBA stuff. Very cool to see legends in. person. Very cool to see a show continue. to dominate. Congrats to PTI. We hope to. emulate you someday, but 25 years seems. like a really long time to be doing one. job. But. >> maybe I'll be able to stick with it for. the first time in my entire life. Be a. friend. Tell a friend something nice. It. might change your life. We're in this. thing together. Team on me. Team on.

three for the good of sport, baby. >> Hell yeah. >> NFL's back tonight. Let's enjoy it all. Love you, boys. Love you. >> Love you. >> One, two, three. >> Goodbye.