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That's now She's back? Okay, sure, don't you remember her?

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Well, but today's AI technology, we can have our own video that we propagate by morning.

Well, but today's AI technology, we can have our own video that we propagate by morning.

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Woll why don't we just make him claimation and just bring back celebrity deathmatch.

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I thought you're going back to like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and you're without a Santa Claus, going back to like we gonna there's Perl.

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Suvererenal. What the guys that do Wallaston Grammitt to put it together?

Oh okay, that would be See that would be that would be old school enough with a new school enough twist on it. See yeah, that's you thinking, and well wa at wards. But tonight we kind of have to begin with a little bit of a somber note, at least for me personally. Uh, Cavaliers beat the Celtics to Night one twenty three one sixteen and watching this game down the stretch and you see the night that Jason Tatum had this monster forty six and sixteen and nine night that wasn't enough because Donovan Mitchell had forty one. Uh you know, I look at this and I go, yeah, this is the Eastern Conference Finals. Like I sit here and go, you know, the Knicks have a great starting five and maybe the best starting five in the NBA, and I let but I'm just look and I go, this is every really really this is the Eastern Conference Finals. Like I mean, like I hit, it's like a weird deal. Like it's not like I've been coming to it. It's just watching tonight and seeing the level of play that the that these teams haven't obviously Boston getting out to the big lead and the Cavaliers coming back. Look, there's a reason why they had the best offense in the NBA all year. And I just I just watch and I go, yeah, these teams are just way more complete than anybody else. I mean, look, you know we spend a lot about the Lakers, and Lakers have the big game coming up. We'll get to that in a few minutes. Lebron is playing tonight, But the Celtics, Cavaliers and Thunder more than anybody else watching those three teams play, I can I can clearly say they are so they are so much more complete than any other team, Like they're more complete. Look as good as the Lakers are with Luca and Lebron. Now those teams are more complete, because hey, what do the Lakers have coming off the bench. Well, now, okay, you got Hatchamura and Austin Reeves are gonna have bigger role. Okay, so they have a really good starting five. They'll be the Knicks. Right like all these other teams, I feel like they have way more flaws and they're not as complete, They're not as whole as these three teams. And look, you're talking about the three teams with the best records at the top of the NBA. But it's it's more like these three teams are just such a cut above. Like it's not like, hey, yeah, the Cavaliers and the Celtics are the top two teams, but hey, it's a toss up series when they play the Knicks or the Bucks or anybody else. Like I just can't see that, Like these three teams have shown that. Okay, it's the three of us and really everybody else.

Oh okay, that would be See that would be that would be old school enough with a new school enough twist on it. See yeah, that's you thinking, and well wa at wards. But tonight we kind of have to begin with a little bit of a somber note, at least for me personally. Uh, Cavaliers beat the Celtics to Night one twenty three one sixteen and watching this game down the stretch and you see the night that Jason Tatum had this monster forty six and sixteen and nine night that wasn't enough because Donovan Mitchell had forty one. Uh you know, I look at this and I go, yeah, this is the Eastern Conference Finals. Like I sit here and go, you know, the Knicks have a great starting five and maybe the best starting five in the NBA, and I let but I'm just look and I go, this is every really really this is the Eastern Conference Finals. Like I mean, like I hit, it's like a weird deal. Like it's not like I've been coming to it. It's just watching tonight and seeing the level of play that the that these teams haven't obviously Boston getting out to the big lead and the Cavaliers coming back. Look, there's a reason why they had the best offense in the NBA all year. And I just I just watch and I go, yeah, these teams are just way more complete than anybody else. I mean, look, you know we spend a lot about the Lakers, and Lakers have the big game coming up. We'll get to that in a few minutes. Lebron is playing tonight, But the Celtics, Cavaliers and Thunder more than anybody else watching those three teams play, I can I can clearly say they are so they are so much more complete than any other team, Like they're more complete. Look as good as the Lakers are with Luca and Lebron. Now those teams are more complete, because hey, what do the Lakers have coming off the bench. Well, now, okay, you got Hatchamura and Austin Reeves are gonna have bigger role. Okay, so they have a really good starting five. They'll be the Knicks. Right like all these other teams, I feel like they have way more flaws and they're not as complete, They're not as whole as these three teams. And look, you're talking about the three teams with the best records at the top of the NBA. But it's it's more like these three teams are just such a cut above. Like it's not like, hey, yeah, the Cavaliers and the Celtics are the top two teams, but hey, it's a toss up series when they play the Knicks or the Bucks or anybody else. Like I just can't see that, Like these three teams have shown that. Okay, it's the three of us and really everybody else.

Yeah, I mean, we watch as the Cavaliers. They added DeAndre Hunter. He's coming off the bench, a big rebound and point guy. Right he was trapped in Atlanta for all those years. Best season of his career this year, averaging eighteen plus and now he's coming off the bench and he's had a couple of double doubles. But their efficiency ratings have been through the roof since his acquisition, giving them more depth on the bench, and just a fantastic finish here. I mean, this was a fun, fun one. You know, when we talk about the NBA, since so many of the NBA stars Lebron want to talk about how everybody hates on the game, how about to turn on the radio, stop listening to the same two dopes that are in your head or whoever you're sick of fans are passing near their Twitter accounts or video clips. We've celebrated all these teams. Hell, we probably talked more Detroit basketball than they have out anywhere outside of Detroit, uh in terms of top teams in the Eastern Conference. But there just is that level of separation, and it's it's a little bit of the thing we did for years here on the show Jason of the All Right, we got a very small group of teams that we just say, all right, obvious title contenders, and then we start trying to argue our way into adding more of them.

Yeah, I mean, we watch as the Cavaliers. They added DeAndre Hunter. He's coming off the bench, a big rebound and point guy. Right he was trapped in Atlanta for all those years. Best season of his career this year, averaging eighteen plus and now he's coming off the bench and he's had a couple of double doubles. But their efficiency ratings have been through the roof since his acquisition, giving them more depth on the bench, and just a fantastic finish here. I mean, this was a fun, fun one. You know, when we talk about the NBA, since so many of the NBA stars Lebron want to talk about how everybody hates on the game, how about to turn on the radio, stop listening to the same two dopes that are in your head or whoever you're sick of fans are passing near their Twitter accounts or video clips. We've celebrated all these teams. Hell, we probably talked more Detroit basketball than they have out anywhere outside of Detroit, uh in terms of top teams in the Eastern Conference. But there just is that level of separation, and it's it's a little bit of the thing we did for years here on the show Jason of the All Right, we got a very small group of teams that we just say, all right, obvious title contenders, and then we start trying to argue our way into adding more of them.

Right your Knicks.

Right your Knicks.

For a while, it's like, Okay, they're gonna get healthy, they're gonna get Robinson back, they're gonna not Well.

For a while, it's like, Okay, they're gonna get healthy, they're gonna get Robinson back, they're gonna not Well.

It's more fun when you add the Knicks and the Lakers. It's like, let's add more garlic to this. Hey, more garlic would be awesome. What more garlic?

It's more fun when you add the Knicks and the Lakers. It's like, let's add more garlic to this. Hey, more garlic would be awesome. What more garlic?

Yeah, and in America, just to add another pile of salts, but all of that.

Yeah, and in America, just to add another pile of salts, but all of that.

Yeah, and more cheese. I want extra cheese? Can I get heavy cheese? That's my new thing in the restaurants now with is you have the choices because when you order now at Kiosks, that that's not extra, it's heavy. It's like, oh heavy choice. Heavy sounds great? Yeah, heavy cheese. Yeah, like instead of an extra slice, like they just dropped like a whole block on it. Yeah, here you go, there's heavy cheese. I kind of dig that. Heavy guy. I have to try that when I go out next.

Yeah, and more cheese. I want extra cheese? Can I get heavy cheese? That's my new thing in the restaurants now with is you have the choices because when you order now at Kiosks, that that's not extra, it's heavy. It's like, oh heavy choice. Heavy sounds great? Yeah, heavy cheese. Yeah, like instead of an extra slice, like they just dropped like a whole block on it. Yeah, here you go, there's heavy cheese. I kind of dig that. Heavy guy. I have to try that when I go out next.

I don't think I'm supposed to eat that much cheese, but you know what for giggles and for the purpose of the shit, it's protein man.

I don't think I'm supposed to eat that much cheese, but you know what for giggles and for the purpose of the shit, it's protein man.

It's good for it. We're fine on PhD with protein man. And also, Heavy Cheese is a great name for a band. Oh that's a great name. Yeah, dude, you got the new Heavy Cheese. Oh my god, it's awesome. Heavy Cheese is great. That is a seventies offshoot. All the long guys, really long but long mustaches. They all look like they're from Supertramp. Hey, Heavy Cheese has this new one and he's throwing out the little baby bells to the crowd. I remember back in seventy four when I first saw a Heavy Cheese live for the first time. Is it a small arena and Sacramento, And boy, I tell you, these guys came out, bell bottoms, guitars blazing. It was some kind of show man. I do hate Heavy Cheese. This album was gonna rock the first half of nineteen seventy four. Yeah, but here's the problem. The first negative review. They're just gonna figure out what the stinkiest Cheese is and that's gonna be the headline. And I'm ever gonna get rid of that. Yeah, yeah, no, it's gonna be all you know, Uh, Heavy cheese, heavy cheese and you know, album review heavy cheese. Much more blue this time around. They went back to their roots on this one. It's more of a Blue Age style. But no, it's it's fun.

It's good for it. We're fine on PhD with protein man. And also, Heavy Cheese is a great name for a band. Oh that's a great name. Yeah, dude, you got the new Heavy Cheese. Oh my god, it's awesome. Heavy Cheese is great. That is a seventies offshoot. All the long guys, really long but long mustaches. They all look like they're from Supertramp. Hey, Heavy Cheese has this new one and he's throwing out the little baby bells to the crowd. I remember back in seventy four when I first saw a Heavy Cheese live for the first time. Is it a small arena and Sacramento, And boy, I tell you, these guys came out, bell bottoms, guitars blazing. It was some kind of show man. I do hate Heavy Cheese. This album was gonna rock the first half of nineteen seventy four. Yeah, but here's the problem. The first negative review. They're just gonna figure out what the stinkiest Cheese is and that's gonna be the headline. And I'm ever gonna get rid of that. Yeah, yeah, no, it's gonna be all you know, Uh, Heavy cheese, heavy cheese and you know, album review heavy cheese. Much more blue this time around. They went back to their roots on this one. It's more of a Blue Age style. But no, it's it's fun.

I mean, you got Memphis, they're thirty eight and twenty, But do you really feel they're a threat? I don't know, know it's such a slot den we keep willing right, Yeah, No, they're definitely the next It's almost like how the the MVP in the National League last year, where we said, hey, okay Otani obviously hey, and Lindora is going to be really happy to be the unanimous second place in the nationally sure, Like that's kind of how I feel. There is a clear second tier of wannabe title content in the NBA, and it's led by the Knicks and the Nuggets and the Lakers and the Grizzlies. Like those four teams are at the top, Like, hey, who's that next level I want to be? It's the Knicks, the Grizzlies, the Nuggets, and the Lakers. Those are the teams.

I mean, you got Memphis, they're thirty eight and twenty, But do you really feel they're a threat? I don't know, know it's such a slot den we keep willing right, Yeah, No, they're definitely the next It's almost like how the the MVP in the National League last year, where we said, hey, okay Otani obviously hey, and Lindora is going to be really happy to be the unanimous second place in the nationally sure, Like that's kind of how I feel. There is a clear second tier of wannabe title content in the NBA, and it's led by the Knicks and the Nuggets and the Lakers and the Grizzlies. Like those four teams are at the top, Like, hey, who's that next level I want to be? It's the Knicks, the Grizzlies, the Nuggets, and the Lakers. Those are the teams.

Then everybody else is the next level below that. That's where you get to your Bucks, Pistons, Pacers, Rockets, Clippers like that's kind of where that's kind of where you're at. So those four teams clearly in the second level.

Then everybody else is the next level below that. That's where you get to your Bucks, Pistons, Pacers, Rockets, Clippers like that's kind of where that's kind of where you're at. So those four teams clearly in the second level.

But now at seven and three in their last ten, winners of their last five and coming off the beautiful February twenty seventh is my day, Steph Curry with his fifty six by the way, the number of great performances on February the twenty seventh, I mean, it's Steph Curry Day in the Bay Area. They're on the come and really looking to chase down the Clippers. We'll see how the Clippers fare over the next couple of nights playing those home and homes against the Lakers.

But now at seven and three in their last ten, winners of their last five and coming off the beautiful February twenty seventh is my day, Steph Curry with his fifty six by the way, the number of great performances on February the twenty seventh, I mean, it's Steph Curry Day in the Bay Area. They're on the come and really looking to chase down the Clippers. We'll see how the Clippers fare over the next couple of nights playing those home and homes against the Lakers.

Now, I meanwhile, the other big news in the NBA today, and you know, I hate to say, you know I told you so, but I would not be surprised. In fact, it should happen, and if they listen to the show, which they should, but we should have seen Joel Embiid play his final game in a Sixers uniform. We told the other night he's not gonna play again. He doesn't look like he wanted to play all season long. He's not been healthy, he's not been motivated, and the Sixers made it official today he will not play again the rest of the season. Maybe he needs another knee surgery, maybe not. Who knows what it is with him at this point, but you can just tell the guy needs to be someplace else. He doesn't want to be there, and the Sixers need to move on Rightley, Not quite the Miles Garrett of I want the blank out and don't even put some contract offer in front of me, But you can tell and Beid's kind of had it, and the Sixers need to move on. And we've talked about this for a while that this should be it. And in the offseason, as long as Embiid has a clean bill of health, yeah, there should be another whether we talked about it last night because the Warriors are one trade away from being back up at the top of the Western Conference, and Joel Embiid is clearly a gamble because any time you sign a big star in free agency in the off season, most of them there's going to be some level of risk. And you know, but Embiid comes with risk because you're talking about talent and motivation. Now for the next two years, I feel like it Beat will be motivated enough to go to go get him. I'm a big proponent of if he's healthy and a change of scenery and Beid would really be fantastic, right because the guy, as long as he can, as long as he's a motivated Joel Embiid, he's a terrific player, and he's not too far removed from being the MVP of the NBA. I don't know what I would do once he got too close to thirty five. That's where I would kind of get out of the Embiid business for the next couple of years. Sure, why not? And it just this is just a move that's made sense for both sides for so long. And instead of it being a Luka Doncicic, Hey, we decided today we're doing it, ripping the band aid off. This is more we're all coming around to the idea and eventually we're going to get to an inevitable conclusion. But this should be an embat should have played his final game as a sixer.

Now, I meanwhile, the other big news in the NBA today, and you know, I hate to say, you know I told you so, but I would not be surprised. In fact, it should happen, and if they listen to the show, which they should, but we should have seen Joel Embiid play his final game in a Sixers uniform. We told the other night he's not gonna play again. He doesn't look like he wanted to play all season long. He's not been healthy, he's not been motivated, and the Sixers made it official today he will not play again the rest of the season. Maybe he needs another knee surgery, maybe not. Who knows what it is with him at this point, but you can just tell the guy needs to be someplace else. He doesn't want to be there, and the Sixers need to move on Rightley, Not quite the Miles Garrett of I want the blank out and don't even put some contract offer in front of me, But you can tell and Beid's kind of had it, and the Sixers need to move on. And we've talked about this for a while that this should be it. And in the offseason, as long as Embiid has a clean bill of health, yeah, there should be another whether we talked about it last night because the Warriors are one trade away from being back up at the top of the Western Conference, and Joel Embiid is clearly a gamble because any time you sign a big star in free agency in the off season, most of them there's going to be some level of risk. And you know, but Embiid comes with risk because you're talking about talent and motivation. Now for the next two years, I feel like it Beat will be motivated enough to go to go get him. I'm a big proponent of if he's healthy and a change of scenery and Beid would really be fantastic, right because the guy, as long as he can, as long as he's a motivated Joel Embiid, he's a terrific player, and he's not too far removed from being the MVP of the NBA. I don't know what I would do once he got too close to thirty five. That's where I would kind of get out of the Embiid business for the next couple of years. Sure, why not? And it just this is just a move that's made sense for both sides for so long. And instead of it being a Luka Doncicic, Hey, we decided today we're doing it, ripping the band aid off. This is more we're all coming around to the idea and eventually we're going to get to an inevitable conclusion. But this should be an embat should have played his final game as a sixer.

Well.

Well.

I remember we had that big moment ahead of the trade deadline where all of a sudden he's given us a triple doubles, Like I want to be traded.

I remember we had that big moment ahead of the trade deadline where all of a sudden he's given us a triple doubles, Like I want to be traded.

I don't want to play with Paul George or any of these guys again, and then well, now now he's not so Look, he's such a questioned asset at this point for any team that would look to acquire or if the Sixers want to run with him, because you can't bank on a night to night whether he's going to be there, So any kind of trade, I am not giving you full value.

I don't want to play with Paul George or any of these guys again, and then well, now now he's not so Look, he's such a questioned asset at this point for any team that would look to acquire or if the Sixers want to run with him, because you can't bank on a night to night whether he's going to be there, So any kind of trade, I am not giving you full value.

I've been saying this for a very long time. Look, we know it's really about the money at this point. Yeah, we're taking the money, so you're.

I've been saying this for a very long time. Look, we know it's really about the money at this point. Yeah, we're taking the money, so you're.

Not gonna we said, we're not going to give you back Anthony Davis like, we're taking the money here, Okay, we're taking it enough.

Not gonna we said, we're not going to give you back Anthony Davis like, we're taking the money here, Okay, we're taking it enough.

Well, but I'm just saying, like, somewhere here, either you're eating a lot of this money and we were figuring out this trade that way, or when we go through the dopey NBA channels of matching up salaries and whatever else. Yeah, here's you're getting every expired contract. And I'm looking through my books to find out whether we have the rights to Keith van Horn or any of those guys where there's still a bunch of money because they're a tenured veteran remanding you know what you're getting this.

Well, but I'm just saying, like, somewhere here, either you're eating a lot of this money and we were figuring out this trade that way, or when we go through the dopey NBA channels of matching up salaries and whatever else. Yeah, here's you're getting every expired contract. And I'm looking through my books to find out whether we have the rights to Keith van Horn or any of those guys where there's still a bunch of money because they're a tenured veteran remanding you know what you're getting this.

Too, jerk just because I said so.

Too, jerk just because I said so.

But yeah, it's a very difficult trained to kind of put together because, as you say, it's the if and when and how and all that, I'm.

But yeah, it's a very difficult trained to kind of put together because, as you say, it's the if and when and how and all that, I'm.

Not trusting it.

Not trusting it.

This isn't I don't think of just a simple operation shut down, you know what, he's sore or whatever. Well, we're talking about these types of surgeries for a guy that's already walked so many weary Miles missed several seasons in their entirety. The game's mislog rivaling that of Zion Williamson in terms of percentages that you know you're you're not getting much, But if it gives you a new identity in Philadelphia and you can reset with Maxi as your star. Ideally you get rid of Paul George while you're at it podcast p uh, and you get back into the business of rebuilding that roster.

This isn't I don't think of just a simple operation shut down, you know what, he's sore or whatever. Well, we're talking about these types of surgeries for a guy that's already walked so many weary Miles missed several seasons in their entirety. The game's mislog rivaling that of Zion Williamson in terms of percentages that you know you're you're not getting much, But if it gives you a new identity in Philadelphia and you can reset with Maxi as your star. Ideally you get rid of Paul George while you're at it podcast p uh, and you get back into the business of rebuilding that roster.

Yeah, this whole week has been the funeral, the funeral for the process. Yeah, right, like we've had we've had the funeral, we've had paulling hours, we've had the celebration of life, like, we've had all of that for the process. Okay, we're taking this entire week from the beginning of Hey, embiid might not play again, but Paul George is stopping his podcast with ridiculous reasons because it's way too late to now and bead is not playing like this has been with the funeral, the funeral in the middle of the lunder in right now? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, the final one before people start getting out of Hey, when do you leave? All my flight leaves at three? Okay, great, hey, okay you thank thanks for coming all this stuff. Yeah, that's what you have right now, that's what you have. Yeah, the process. There, go get some more ham there you more one out, pour one out for the process. Jason Smith, Mike Harmon Lot from the tirerac dot Com studios. Be sure to check out the Fox Sports Radio YouTube channel. Just search Fox Sports rad on YouTube. You'll see a whole bunch of video highlights from our shows. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss our very best Fox Sports Radio videos on YouTube. Well, coming up next, the biggest domino of the off season in the NFL as far as quarterbacks goes fell today. What does it mean? We break down the biggest quarterback story of the off season to this point. Next, Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio Now look, I'm out of weather Man, but I'll give you my forecast. Juan Soto's gonna keep it home runs for the Mets Halls see coming. It's gonna make driving a challenge. Thankfully, the experts at tire reck know a thing or two about conquering winners, worst rain, sleet, slush, whatever winter means to you. Tire Rack's got tires that'll elevate traction and breaking and keep you safe. All season tires, all weather tires, and if you live where it snows a lot, dedicated winter tires. Go to tirerec dot com. They're easy to use, shopping tools will guide you to a personalized recommendation the right tires for how, what and where you drive. Choose from the full line of Bridgestone tires. Their ship fast and free and backed by two years of free road hazard protection. Go to tiraq dot com slash sports to see their Bridgestone test results and special offers. Tyrack's got thousands of recommended installers and offers a convenience of mobile tire installation, great tires, great deals, great people. What mortgage you asked for? That's tiraq dot com slash Sports, Tirack dot Com, which is the way tire buying should be.

Yeah, this whole week has been the funeral, the funeral for the process. Yeah, right, like we've had we've had the funeral, we've had paulling hours, we've had the celebration of life, like, we've had all of that for the process. Okay, we're taking this entire week from the beginning of Hey, embiid might not play again, but Paul George is stopping his podcast with ridiculous reasons because it's way too late to now and bead is not playing like this has been with the funeral, the funeral in the middle of the lunder in right now? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, the final one before people start getting out of Hey, when do you leave? All my flight leaves at three? Okay, great, hey, okay you thank thanks for coming all this stuff. Yeah, that's what you have right now, that's what you have. Yeah, the process. There, go get some more ham there you more one out, pour one out for the process. Jason Smith, Mike Harmon Lot from the tirerac dot Com studios. Be sure to check out the Fox Sports Radio YouTube channel. Just search Fox Sports rad on YouTube. You'll see a whole bunch of video highlights from our shows. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss our very best Fox Sports Radio videos on YouTube. Well, coming up next, the biggest domino of the off season in the NFL as far as quarterbacks goes fell today. What does it mean? We break down the biggest quarterback story of the off season to this point. Next, Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio Now look, I'm out of weather Man, but I'll give you my forecast. Juan Soto's gonna keep it home runs for the Mets Halls see coming. It's gonna make driving a challenge. Thankfully, the experts at tire reck know a thing or two about conquering winners, worst rain, sleet, slush, whatever winter means to you. Tire Rack's got tires that'll elevate traction and breaking and keep you safe. All season tires, all weather tires, and if you live where it snows a lot, dedicated winter tires. Go to tirerec dot com. They're easy to use, shopping tools will guide you to a personalized recommendation the right tires for how, what and where you drive. Choose from the full line of Bridgestone tires. Their ship fast and free and backed by two years of free road hazard protection. Go to tiraq dot com slash sports to see their Bridgestone test results and special offers. Tyrack's got thousands of recommended installers and offers a convenience of mobile tire installation, great tires, great deals, great people. What mortgage you asked for? That's tiraq dot com slash Sports, Tirack dot Com, which is the way tire buying should be.

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Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. You can stream our show in all of our Fox Sports Radio shows live twenty four to seven in the new iHeartRadio app. Just search Fox Sports Radio in the app to stream us live. And one of the newest features in the app, you can select Fox Sports Radios one of your presets, just like the presets on a radio dial. So'll be sure to preset Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. It'll always pop up at the top of your screen. Just lock it in and rip the knob off Z one hundred. I can never get it. I can never get that out of my head. Now, just like your preset's on the right, lock it in and rip the knob off. So great. You know, I think about that and I go, I got to explain to millennials what that means. People will go, what are you talking about a knob? It's well, it's how you would turn your dial in a radio, I just press the button. Yeah, okay. Well, in cars in the seventies and eighties, there was a knob, but you turned to dial in your station to go, you would have to just spin the knob to go from like ninety three to one to one hundred, and you had to like when you got there, you had to just really go slow until you got the clearest reception possible. I can't believe that's out. That's how we used to listen to radio stage. I can't believe that we used listening. Oh I got it. Wait a wait, no, no, go back a little bit to the left, the back of it. Oh no, no, back to the right, no, perfect, perfect, leave it, leave it, leave it good, good okay.

Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. You can stream our show in all of our Fox Sports Radio shows live twenty four to seven in the new iHeartRadio app. Just search Fox Sports Radio in the app to stream us live. And one of the newest features in the app, you can select Fox Sports Radios one of your presets, just like the presets on a radio dial. So'll be sure to preset Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. It'll always pop up at the top of your screen. Just lock it in and rip the knob off Z one hundred. I can never get it. I can never get that out of my head. Now, just like your preset's on the right, lock it in and rip the knob off. So great. You know, I think about that and I go, I got to explain to millennials what that means. People will go, what are you talking about a knob? It's well, it's how you would turn your dial in a radio, I just press the button. Yeah, okay. Well, in cars in the seventies and eighties, there was a knob, but you turned to dial in your station to go, you would have to just spin the knob to go from like ninety three to one to one hundred, and you had to like when you got there, you had to just really go slow until you got the clearest reception possible. I can't believe that's out. That's how we used to listen to radio stage. I can't believe that we used listening. Oh I got it. Wait a wait, no, no, go back a little bit to the left, the back of it. Oh no, no, back to the right, no, perfect, perfect, leave it, leave it, leave it good, good okay.

Well, it's like watching anything with with my daughters. And suddenly there's the concept of rabbit ears for the television and just stand there in holding.

Well, it's like watching anything with with my daughters. And suddenly there's the concept of rabbit ears for the television and just stand there in holding.

Stand there in hold hold rabbit ears, just hold it. Why is that hanging off to TV?

Stand there in hold hold rabbit ears, just hold it. Why is that hanging off to TV?

Like that?

Like that?

Don't whatever works? Man? Whatever works? Oh man, I'll tell you. I just can't get over that. Oh. So, we have more from the NBA coming up in a few minutes. But a big day in the NFL look, and I'm not over selling this.

Don't whatever works? Man? Whatever works? Oh man, I'll tell you. I just can't get over that. Oh. So, we have more from the NBA coming up in a few minutes. But a big day in the NFL look, and I'm not over selling this.

You know.

You know.

Here we are on a Friday where the biggest domino, the biggest quarterback storyline of the off season was solved today because what happened with Matthew Stafford was going to affect everyone. Matthew Stafford stays with Los Angeles, Okay, it means one thing for all these other teams and need quarterbacks in the off season. Matthew Stafford going to another team meant something different for the Rams, something different for the team that got Matthew Stafford. That was the biggest domino, the big quarterback story by far. And we found out today what we told you last night was gonna happen. Right if you listen last night, we said, Hey, a lot of smoke, a lot of stuff going on right now. In the end, Matthew Stafford's not gonna leave the Rams because there's not many contenders that can give him what he wants. Yes, he wants more money. He doesn't want to go and give away the last two years of his career with the team. That's terrible, right for all this posturing going on with Stafford wanting more money in the Rams saying we don't want to give you more money. In the end, if there were more contending teams out there that were a quarterback away from the super Bowl, I would get it. But the Steelers are the only ones. They're the only contender where you can say at a quarterback, and hey, they could be a super Bowl team. Everybody else that's super Bowl contenders has quarterbacks. Steelers are the only one. Steelers try to do things in the bargain basement like they're like they they're They're the team that walks into target and says, I to have anything on my list, I'm just gonna got whatever the is the dollar section right here at the beginning, I'm just gonna get everything. Look, I got a notebook, and I got a soap, and I got cookies on it's three dollars. Like this is how the Steelers try to get their quarterbacks. So you know, they're not going to give Stafford what he wanted, which we said last night was two years and seventy five million probably, and it turned out that he might have gotten even more. Stafford met with the Giants. According to the New York Post, Hey, the Giants had an offer out there with him of two years and potentially one hundred million dollars. But in the end it wasn't enough, and Matthew Stafford went back to the Rams. Today he got whatever it was, it was not publicized yet, the more money he got. But Stafford got enough financial compensation to stay with the Rams. And we told you that's how it was going to end, because there was there was simply nowhere else out there because Stafford, look, he wants to win, right, he wants money, but he's not one of those guys that I just want to get paid and I don't care who pays me. I want to get paid and I want to win.

Here we are on a Friday where the biggest domino, the biggest quarterback storyline of the off season was solved today because what happened with Matthew Stafford was going to affect everyone. Matthew Stafford stays with Los Angeles, Okay, it means one thing for all these other teams and need quarterbacks in the off season. Matthew Stafford going to another team meant something different for the Rams, something different for the team that got Matthew Stafford. That was the biggest domino, the big quarterback story by far. And we found out today what we told you last night was gonna happen. Right if you listen last night, we said, Hey, a lot of smoke, a lot of stuff going on right now. In the end, Matthew Stafford's not gonna leave the Rams because there's not many contenders that can give him what he wants. Yes, he wants more money. He doesn't want to go and give away the last two years of his career with the team. That's terrible, right for all this posturing going on with Stafford wanting more money in the Rams saying we don't want to give you more money. In the end, if there were more contending teams out there that were a quarterback away from the super Bowl, I would get it. But the Steelers are the only ones. They're the only contender where you can say at a quarterback, and hey, they could be a super Bowl team. Everybody else that's super Bowl contenders has quarterbacks. Steelers are the only one. Steelers try to do things in the bargain basement like they're like they they're They're the team that walks into target and says, I to have anything on my list, I'm just gonna got whatever the is the dollar section right here at the beginning, I'm just gonna get everything. Look, I got a notebook, and I got a soap, and I got cookies on it's three dollars. Like this is how the Steelers try to get their quarterbacks. So you know, they're not going to give Stafford what he wanted, which we said last night was two years and seventy five million probably, and it turned out that he might have gotten even more. Stafford met with the Giants. According to the New York Post, Hey, the Giants had an offer out there with him of two years and potentially one hundred million dollars. But in the end it wasn't enough, and Matthew Stafford went back to the Rams. Today he got whatever it was, it was not publicized yet, the more money he got. But Stafford got enough financial compensation to stay with the Rams. And we told you that's how it was going to end, because there was there was simply nowhere else out there because Stafford, look, he wants to win, right, he wants money, but he's not one of those guys that I just want to get paid and I don't care who pays me. I want to get paid and I want to win.

Right.

Right.

He's had that big taste of winning with the Rams and he wants to keep that going. He knows how good the team is. So in the end when this happened today, and it's hard because it's hard to get a topic like this where where you can say, hey, everything is good for all the sides. But yeah, this was a win for the Rams and a win for Stafford. Right, Stafford stays with a team where he's this close to winning the Super Bowl because they were clearly the second best team in the NFL when you break down the playoffs last year, they almost beat the Eagles. They probably should have beaten the Eagles and gotten to the super Bowl, so it makes sense for him to stay there, and it makes sense for the Rams rather than to try to reload on the fly with a quarterback that's not Stafford. I'm sure they had their next guy lined up. I'm sure that whether it was Sam Darnold or somebody else, they had their guy lined up. But it's still gonna work better with Matthew Stafford and the Rams keep this super Bowl window open for the next couple of years. So this is one of those stories. There's nothing hot on either side. It's cooler. Heads prevailed. Stafford made the right decision, the Rams made the right decision, and he's where he should be. This is the way the way it should have gone. And Stafford, I give him credit because he played a drama where there wasn't really a lot of drama. Hey, I might retire. I want to get a new deal someplace else. And he turned into more money with the Rams. So good for Stafford. But in the end, this works for everybody. This is how it should have been. Everybody wins. Mike and it's a Friday, maybe because we're full of positivity on a Friday. Hey, everybody wins in this story.

He's had that big taste of winning with the Rams and he wants to keep that going. He knows how good the team is. So in the end when this happened today, and it's hard because it's hard to get a topic like this where where you can say, hey, everything is good for all the sides. But yeah, this was a win for the Rams and a win for Stafford. Right, Stafford stays with a team where he's this close to winning the Super Bowl because they were clearly the second best team in the NFL when you break down the playoffs last year, they almost beat the Eagles. They probably should have beaten the Eagles and gotten to the super Bowl, so it makes sense for him to stay there, and it makes sense for the Rams rather than to try to reload on the fly with a quarterback that's not Stafford. I'm sure they had their next guy lined up. I'm sure that whether it was Sam Darnold or somebody else, they had their guy lined up. But it's still gonna work better with Matthew Stafford and the Rams keep this super Bowl window open for the next couple of years. So this is one of those stories. There's nothing hot on either side. It's cooler. Heads prevailed. Stafford made the right decision, the Rams made the right decision, and he's where he should be. This is the way the way it should have gone. And Stafford, I give him credit because he played a drama where there wasn't really a lot of drama. Hey, I might retire. I want to get a new deal someplace else. And he turned into more money with the Rams. So good for Stafford. But in the end, this works for everybody. This is how it should have been. Everybody wins. Mike and it's a Friday, maybe because we're full of positivity on a Friday. Hey, everybody wins in this story.

All about positivity, and you know, instead of fighting each other at a Starbucks, this is an exercise in how to use the pawns that are insiders and reporters when you want your information out. You know, Sean McVay is really happy if he's got to run with Jimmy Garoppolo. How many days did we have the Sam Darnold and Sean McVay. They've been eyeballing him for a very long time. Aaron Rodgers could be a guy with the Los Angeles Rams, and now we turn our attention to whatever the giants do and move it along. But it's just to that point of all right, they did it too, saying all right, go out and figure out what it is you want. But to your point, any of these teams ever even close to contend for anything other than saying, hey, with the Raiders, you can save ten percent of your income because there's no state income tax, and you could wear a cool looking uniform with the Raiders. I mean, you're four and four in the division quite obviously, right, you're not gonna be and they've got a lot of money to spend there's no question about that.

All about positivity, and you know, instead of fighting each other at a Starbucks, this is an exercise in how to use the pawns that are insiders and reporters when you want your information out. You know, Sean McVay is really happy if he's got to run with Jimmy Garoppolo. How many days did we have the Sam Darnold and Sean McVay. They've been eyeballing him for a very long time. Aaron Rodgers could be a guy with the Los Angeles Rams, and now we turn our attention to whatever the giants do and move it along. But it's just to that point of all right, they did it too, saying all right, go out and figure out what it is you want. But to your point, any of these teams ever even close to contend for anything other than saying, hey, with the Raiders, you can save ten percent of your income because there's no state income tax, and you could wear a cool looking uniform with the Raiders. I mean, you're four and four in the division quite obviously, right, you're not gonna be and they've got a lot of money to spend there's no question about that.

But you know you've got to get every bit of that right to be able to make that work. You know, this is another one where Tom Brady is on the slopes or in the chalet or whatever, and it didn't work. So you know clearly his recruiting skills and brand and that of the Raiders aren't as great as perception would have you believe.

But you know you've got to get every bit of that right to be able to make that work. You know, this is another one where Tom Brady is on the slopes or in the chalet or whatever, and it didn't work. So you know clearly his recruiting skills and brand and that of the Raiders aren't as great as perception would have you believe.

You will come to the writ now I'm not gonna do it, Tom, I'm out. So you've got that. And for Stafford, yeah, you look at the bigger, bigger picture. He's made a ton of money, not that you wouldn't trade at all for a little more Montgomery Burns style, but you're looking at the opportunity unity in that division because what are all the other stories circulating? Look at all the guys that Seattle may offload before it's all said and done.

You will come to the writ now I'm not gonna do it, Tom, I'm out. So you've got that. And for Stafford, yeah, you look at the bigger, bigger picture. He's made a ton of money, not that you wouldn't trade at all for a little more Montgomery Burns style, but you're looking at the opportunity unity in that division because what are all the other stories circulating? Look at all the guys that Seattle may offload before it's all said and done.

Right, here's DK Metcalf, he may go here, here, here, we gotta get to that. That's a great rumor, man. You got to get to that. DK Metcalf room next hour, man. But that's the thing, right, You've got all these rumors of all right, which of those guys stays Smith and Jigma and the other guys are both gone, right, Lockett could be gone to and you still have Geno and you re up from there Arizona. Are they ever gonna break through? I don't think you're really banking on that. In San Francisco, we know is in complete overhaul. All the rumors of where Debo's gonna end up is I you gonna come back the same guy, George Kittle. For all we're talking about how old Travis Kelsey is. George Kittle's missed a bunch of games. He's a year older too, and he might be in the elimination chamber tomorrow night for the WWE before it's all said and done. So you have no idea in brock Purty. Love him or hate him, You've got that. So for Stafford, you're looking at legacy history or whatever. I can make another eighty or whatever the number end up being disclosed and potentially get back to another Super Bowl run with this squad.

Right, here's DK Metcalf, he may go here, here, here, we gotta get to that. That's a great rumor, man. You got to get to that. DK Metcalf room next hour, man. But that's the thing, right, You've got all these rumors of all right, which of those guys stays Smith and Jigma and the other guys are both gone, right, Lockett could be gone to and you still have Geno and you re up from there Arizona. Are they ever gonna break through? I don't think you're really banking on that. In San Francisco, we know is in complete overhaul. All the rumors of where Debo's gonna end up is I you gonna come back the same guy, George Kittle. For all we're talking about how old Travis Kelsey is. George Kittle's missed a bunch of games. He's a year older too, and he might be in the elimination chamber tomorrow night for the WWE before it's all said and done. So you have no idea in brock Purty. Love him or hate him, You've got that. So for Stafford, you're looking at legacy history or whatever. I can make another eighty or whatever the number end up being disclosed and potentially get back to another Super Bowl run with this squad.

Oh by the way, on the day they announced that they're bringing me back, he probably got a text going, oh yeah, we also took care of Jackson. He's sticking around for another three years as well. So you'll have a guy to keep you up right. Yeah, okay, I'm in you know what I mean, three years, fifty seven million dollars extension.

Oh by the way, on the day they announced that they're bringing me back, he probably got a text going, oh yeah, we also took care of Jackson. He's sticking around for another three years as well. So you'll have a guy to keep you up right. Yeah, okay, I'm in you know what I mean, three years, fifty seven million dollars extension.

You know you guarantee sure all of the like that that comes down everybody like Stafford's having, like no, no, no. The other thing is they they send them a picture and said, this guy resigned. It's like the old seventy six Tops baseball cards when you had the this guy's been traded. They didn't have an updating uniform, so they just put like a stamp on it like it was a yeah stars on the side it would be traded yeah yeah yeah. And then like what like in the eighties they did the traded sets right like midway through the season. You would get the new card with them on their new team.

You know you guarantee sure all of the like that that comes down everybody like Stafford's having, like no, no, no. The other thing is they they send them a picture and said, this guy resigned. It's like the old seventy six Tops baseball cards when you had the this guy's been traded. They didn't have an updating uniform, so they just put like a stamp on it like it was a yeah stars on the side it would be traded yeah yeah yeah. And then like what like in the eighties they did the traded sets right like midway through the season. You would get the new card with them on their new team.

Oh, the traded set comes out midway through nineteen eighty three, No, it's it right, so ye had it in eighty one was Fisk and Company. Eighty two that was the great cal Ripkin junior card. Eighty three Tops had Darryl Strawberry that was pretty sweet, and then the eighty four was the classic with dwy goodin, Kirby Pucket and Roger Clemens on the Fleer side of things. So all of that to say, yeah, that's what he got. He got that notice, and it's like, yeah, I guess I'm in.

Oh, the traded set comes out midway through nineteen eighty three, No, it's it right, so ye had it in eighty one was Fisk and Company. Eighty two that was the great cal Ripkin junior card. Eighty three Tops had Darryl Strawberry that was pretty sweet, and then the eighty four was the classic with dwy goodin, Kirby Pucket and Roger Clemens on the Fleer side of things. So all of that to say, yeah, that's what he got. He got that notice, and it's like, yeah, I guess I'm in.

Huh. Let's go exit out about a Fresco exit swollen Dome The Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. We got more NFL coming up in ninety seconds, but first, let's find out what's trending in the wide world of sports from a man who's been called the og and unobia Fox Sports Radio, Why because he hits game winning threes to beat the Grizzlies. It's Steve de Seger with what's trending?

Huh. Let's go exit out about a Fresco exit swollen Dome The Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. We got more NFL coming up in ninety seconds, but first, let's find out what's trending in the wide world of sports from a man who's been called the og and unobia Fox Sports Radio, Why because he hits game winning threes to beat the Grizzlies. It's Steve de Seger with what's trending?

How did I know we were going there?

How did I know we were going there?

Yes, in the final seconds.

Yes, in the final seconds.

The next win at Memphis one fourteen one thirteen, John Moran did have twenty five points, but missed the last second layup at ten Grizzlies from three point range four for thirty one the feature matchup late.

The next win at Memphis one fourteen one thirteen, John Moran did have twenty five points, but missed the last second layup at ten Grizzlies from three point range four for thirty one the feature matchup late.

Well, here's the thing. They were four for thirty one, right, Well, Howard hell are the in this game? Because they shot thirty nine for sixty from inside the arc? Right they were? They were thirty nine. They shot like an eighty percent from inside the arc. It was justice.

Well, here's the thing. They were four for thirty one, right, Well, Howard hell are the in this game? Because they shot thirty nine for sixty from inside the arc? Right they were? They were thirty nine. They shot like an eighty percent from inside the arc. It was justice.

They couldn't hit a three all night and then they lost, giving up a three yeah about five seconds ago. Denver wont at Detroit, ending the Pistons eight game winning streak one thirty four one nineteen. The Clippers are currently leading at the Lakers twenty three eighteen late in the first quarter fifty percent shooting for the Clips. Lakers do have in the starting lineup tonight, Lebron James, who was originally questionable with his foot injury. Luka Donzitch is playing. He was called a game time decision with the bad calf earlier. Cleveland won it's ninth in a row. What a comeback at Boston won twenty three to one sixteen. Calves were down twenty five to three in the first five minutes of this game and still won it on the road against the Deefenic champs. Donovan Mitchell forty one points. Cavs guard Darius Garland return tonight. He missed the previous two games with the bruise hip. He had twenty points. Oklahoma City's now forty eight and eleven after winning it Atlanta one thirty five one nineteen. Shay Gilgis Alexander thirty one points. Portland won at Brooklyn Miami over Indiana Sons with a huge lead late in the third against the Pelicans eighty eight sixty four. Looks like the Pels record will go to sixteen and forty four. For New Orleans, Zion Williamson is out for Rest Tonight. The Bowls are in overtime, leading the Raptors one thirteen to one ten, still about three minutes to go. In the OT. The Timberwolves are winning without Anthony Edwards. He's serving his one game suspension tonight because of too many technical fouls this season. Tea Wolves up at the half at Utah sixty seven fifty six Utah with a record of fourteen and forty four. Joel Embii to the Sixers will miss the rest of the season with his bad knee. In fact, he had a series of tests this past week. He's been deemed medically unable to play. Saturday, Philadelphia, losers of nine straight, will host Golden State, which is won five in a row. Jimmy Butler the Warriors, questionable for that game due to backspasms. There was college hoops on Fox TV again tonight, a Friday tradition now number twenty. Perdue at Home beat UCLA Trail to Bruins with seven and a half minutes left, but beat UCLA seventy six to sixty six. And a programming note. As women's basketball ends its regular season this weekend, Number two UCLA Saturday Night will host number four USC on Fox TV. Just three NHL games this evening Toronto a three to two winner at the Rangers at Dallas Stars had beat in La six to two, and late second period at Colorado Avs over Minnesota four to two. Show hey Otani homerd in his first at bat of spring tonight, and it came against his old team, the Angels, who have just taken a ninth inning lead five to four over the Dodgers. Dustin May was the Dodger starting pitcher all out of Grand Slam. In the second Yankees pitcher Luis Hill stopped his bullpen session due to shoulder tightness eleven MR. He was Rookie of the Year in the American League last season. The Yankees did win their exhibition tonight six three over Toronto. The win to Garrett col who had five strikeouts in three and a third innings. Cody Bellinger Homard and this programming note. The IndyCar season begins this Sunday, with all seventeen races this season now on Fox TV, including the Indy five late May. IndyCar season ends in August. NASCAR is also on Fox TV this Sunday from the Road Course in Austin, Texas, and then NASCAR will switch to f S one after this weekend for six straight Sundays.

They couldn't hit a three all night and then they lost, giving up a three yeah about five seconds ago. Denver wont at Detroit, ending the Pistons eight game winning streak one thirty four one nineteen. The Clippers are currently leading at the Lakers twenty three eighteen late in the first quarter fifty percent shooting for the Clips. Lakers do have in the starting lineup tonight, Lebron James, who was originally questionable with his foot injury. Luka Donzitch is playing. He was called a game time decision with the bad calf earlier. Cleveland won it's ninth in a row. What a comeback at Boston won twenty three to one sixteen. Calves were down twenty five to three in the first five minutes of this game and still won it on the road against the Deefenic champs. Donovan Mitchell forty one points. Cavs guard Darius Garland return tonight. He missed the previous two games with the bruise hip. He had twenty points. Oklahoma City's now forty eight and eleven after winning it Atlanta one thirty five one nineteen. Shay Gilgis Alexander thirty one points. Portland won at Brooklyn Miami over Indiana Sons with a huge lead late in the third against the Pelicans eighty eight sixty four. Looks like the Pels record will go to sixteen and forty four. For New Orleans, Zion Williamson is out for Rest Tonight. The Bowls are in overtime, leading the Raptors one thirteen to one ten, still about three minutes to go. In the OT. The Timberwolves are winning without Anthony Edwards. He's serving his one game suspension tonight because of too many technical fouls this season. Tea Wolves up at the half at Utah sixty seven fifty six Utah with a record of fourteen and forty four. Joel Embii to the Sixers will miss the rest of the season with his bad knee. In fact, he had a series of tests this past week. He's been deemed medically unable to play. Saturday, Philadelphia, losers of nine straight, will host Golden State, which is won five in a row. Jimmy Butler the Warriors, questionable for that game due to backspasms. There was college hoops on Fox TV again tonight, a Friday tradition now number twenty. Perdue at Home beat UCLA Trail to Bruins with seven and a half minutes left, but beat UCLA seventy six to sixty six. And a programming note. As women's basketball ends its regular season this weekend, Number two UCLA Saturday Night will host number four USC on Fox TV. Just three NHL games this evening Toronto a three to two winner at the Rangers at Dallas Stars had beat in La six to two, and late second period at Colorado Avs over Minnesota four to two. Show hey Otani homerd in his first at bat of spring tonight, and it came against his old team, the Angels, who have just taken a ninth inning lead five to four over the Dodgers. Dustin May was the Dodger starting pitcher all out of Grand Slam. In the second Yankees pitcher Luis Hill stopped his bullpen session due to shoulder tightness eleven MR. He was Rookie of the Year in the American League last season. The Yankees did win their exhibition tonight six three over Toronto. The win to Garrett col who had five strikeouts in three and a third innings. Cody Bellinger Homard and this programming note. The IndyCar season begins this Sunday, with all seventeen races this season now on Fox TV, including the Indy five late May. IndyCar season ends in August. NASCAR is also on Fox TV this Sunday from the Road Course in Austin, Texas, and then NASCAR will switch to f S one after this weekend for six straight Sundays.

Back to you, Thank you, Steve. O Hey, just real quick, do you have did Nester Court test say today?

Back to you, Thank you, Steve. O Hey, just real quick, do you have did Nester Court test say today?

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Hey, if we had Louis Heel in the World Series, we would have swept the Dodgers.

Hey, if we had Louis Heel in the World Series, we would have swept the Dodgers.

Say that for him on the mound and the tenth inning against Freddy Freeman, maybe that would have made a difference.

Say that for him on the mound and the tenth inning against Freddy Freeman, maybe that would have made a difference.

If anybody but me was on the mound, we sweeped the Dodgers. Thank you, Steve. Now I mentioned this and screw it. We'll just do it now because you know it's Friday. Let me talk about positive Friday and things that worked out for both teams. Yes, Stafford staying with the Rams. Uh big NFL possibility. A couple of reports that the Packers and Seahawks have a deal on the table that could send dk Metcalf to the Packers in exchange for the first round pick of the Packers this year and one of their younger receivers, either Romeo Dubbs, maybe Dantevian Wicks. So this is potentially what is out there for DK Metcalf and again again, hey maybe all these great things come up on a Friday for a reason. This is a win win for both teams. It's an app because the Packers clearly, look, Jordan Love is a really good quarterback and I know he didn't quite have the year this year that you expect him to have coming off of last year. He still makes his receivers better, but I think you saw this year you kind of need that that one that one guy to be the to be the a receiver. You need the one guy that can catch you need yeah, you need the one guy that you can look for on third down, the one guy you're gonna go to in the red zone.

If anybody but me was on the mound, we sweeped the Dodgers. Thank you, Steve. Now I mentioned this and screw it. We'll just do it now because you know it's Friday. Let me talk about positive Friday and things that worked out for both teams. Yes, Stafford staying with the Rams. Uh big NFL possibility. A couple of reports that the Packers and Seahawks have a deal on the table that could send dk Metcalf to the Packers in exchange for the first round pick of the Packers this year and one of their younger receivers, either Romeo Dubbs, maybe Dantevian Wicks. So this is potentially what is out there for DK Metcalf and again again, hey maybe all these great things come up on a Friday for a reason. This is a win win for both teams. It's an app because the Packers clearly, look, Jordan Love is a really good quarterback and I know he didn't quite have the year this year that you expect him to have coming off of last year. He still makes his receivers better, but I think you saw this year you kind of need that that one that one guy to be the to be the a receiver. You need the one guy that can catch you need yeah, you need the one guy that you can look for on third down, the one guy you're gonna go to in the red zone.

You need that.

You need that.

And you have a lot of really good young receivers. Look with Watson and Dubs and Wicks like that, they have lots of really good young young receivers, but they don't have that one. Hey, this is our guy, right, So getting Dk Metcalf, who's twenty seven and still an elite receiver, Yeah, that would be an incredible move for the Packers and for the Seahawks to get a first round pick and a younger wide receiver. That's huge because Metcalf is really good, but he's been eclipsed by Jackson Smith the Jigbu. He is terrific. He's the back half of the year. Smith the Jigba put up an incredible stat line in every game. He was a target monster. He's what you watched the Seahawks play the second half of the season. It's easy to tell this is the guy they go to. And is there room for DK Metcalf for another guy making a lot of money or is it better to have another good receiver you can throw in there with Smith the Jigbu and Locket whoever else that Hey, okay, this is you know, this work out better and we get a first round pick to shore up another position. So again, this is another deal that I see this for the Packers, Yeah, makes complete sense, first round picking a young receiver. Yeah, and you get DK Metcalf of your Green Bay one hundred percent. This is a phenomenal move for both sides, and I would sign off on this both sides tomorrow if I were these teams well.

And you have a lot of really good young receivers. Look with Watson and Dubs and Wicks like that, they have lots of really good young young receivers, but they don't have that one. Hey, this is our guy, right, So getting Dk Metcalf, who's twenty seven and still an elite receiver, Yeah, that would be an incredible move for the Packers and for the Seahawks to get a first round pick and a younger wide receiver. That's huge because Metcalf is really good, but he's been eclipsed by Jackson Smith the Jigbu. He is terrific. He's the back half of the year. Smith the Jigba put up an incredible stat line in every game. He was a target monster. He's what you watched the Seahawks play the second half of the season. It's easy to tell this is the guy they go to. And is there room for DK Metcalf for another guy making a lot of money or is it better to have another good receiver you can throw in there with Smith the Jigbu and Locket whoever else that Hey, okay, this is you know, this work out better and we get a first round pick to shore up another position. So again, this is another deal that I see this for the Packers, Yeah, makes complete sense, first round picking a young receiver. Yeah, and you get DK Metcalf of your Green Bay one hundred percent. This is a phenomenal move for both sides, and I would sign off on this both sides tomorrow if I were these teams well.

And for Seattle, you're trying to figure out what the hell your direction is. You've got to pay several of these guys, right, You've got to pay a couple of your receivers. Locket coming up, and then Metcalf also in the final year of his deal. So you're not gonna load up fully on wide receivers Cuz, let's face it, Gino is not your long term as much as we love him and we chant his name on Monday nights or Thursday nights whenever they're playing in our window or he has that monster game, because well it still vexes you after all these years, still crazy, after all these years that you get those Geno big moments. I mean, he's not the long term solution. So you've got to start the overhaul, and paying a bunch of wide receivers ain't the way to do it. With a defensive minded coach, you need to work on that side of the ball. You need to work on the interior. I like Walker when he's healthy. You got Charbona there, so you got a couple of backs that get it done. But from the wide receiver point, you know, and I joked about someone who can catch the ball Packers receiver is a total of thirty four drops last year. Think about how much better Jordan Love than the Packers' offense looks. If someone can actually secure the ball for a first down. Oh wait, that's what we just said Dk Metcalf could do. So there's your opportunity.

And for Seattle, you're trying to figure out what the hell your direction is. You've got to pay several of these guys, right, You've got to pay a couple of your receivers. Locket coming up, and then Metcalf also in the final year of his deal. So you're not gonna load up fully on wide receivers Cuz, let's face it, Gino is not your long term as much as we love him and we chant his name on Monday nights or Thursday nights whenever they're playing in our window or he has that monster game, because well it still vexes you after all these years, still crazy, after all these years that you get those Geno big moments. I mean, he's not the long term solution. So you've got to start the overhaul, and paying a bunch of wide receivers ain't the way to do it. With a defensive minded coach, you need to work on that side of the ball. You need to work on the interior. I like Walker when he's healthy. You got Charbona there, so you got a couple of backs that get it done. But from the wide receiver point, you know, and I joked about someone who can catch the ball Packers receiver is a total of thirty four drops last year. Think about how much better Jordan Love than the Packers' offense looks. If someone can actually secure the ball for a first down. Oh wait, that's what we just said Dk Metcalf could do. So there's your opportunity.

And for the.

And for the.

Seahawks, you also pick up the first round pick and really start building towards the future. So it's it's a perfect wow, win win. That doesn't happen often. Someone's got no man. I mean, Mark Murphy said some dumb things. Can I still just keep going at him?

Seahawks, you also pick up the first round pick and really start building towards the future. So it's it's a perfect wow, win win. That doesn't happen often. Someone's got no man. I mean, Mark Murphy said some dumb things. Can I still just keep going at him?

No, It's okay, It's okay because we've had a lot. You want to know who's gonna lose with with an NFL story. I'll tell you exactly what I am gonna lose if this NFL story that we think could happen could happen. So we have that coming up. They and the Yang we have all the positivity, but I'll tell you why. I will lose. But everybody else will win, but I will lose really big if this quarterback story happens. That's next right here, Okay, Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio.

No, It's okay, It's okay because we've had a lot. You want to know who's gonna lose with with an NFL story. I'll tell you exactly what I am gonna lose if this NFL story that we think could happen could happen. So we have that coming up. They and the Yang we have all the positivity, but I'll tell you why. I will lose. But everybody else will win, but I will lose really big if this quarterback story happens. That's next right here, Okay, Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio.

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Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with My best friend Mike Harmon. Yeah, Live from the tire rack dot Com studios, where, Yeah, with every bit of positivity we talk about in sports, yeah, there comes a story like this Yin and Yang baby balance in the force. So we talked a lot about Matthew Stafford re signing with the Rams, staying big flirtation. The Giants were in on him. He met with the Giants, met with Brady, all the clandestine meetings that happened or didn't happen that may or may not have caused fights at Starbucks. But now the Giants who were left at the altar by Matthew Stafford are potentially pivoting, as the Giants have said about discussing the potential of bringing in wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, Aaron Rodgers as they're starting quarterback. This according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. You know, when I saw this today, I said, you know, I can't even I can't. I can't even have I can't you know, at least when Darnald When the Jets got rid of Darnald, they sent him so far away like Carolina, Fine and having to watch Donald do well in Minnesota. Okay, fin, you know whatever. I don'tkay, no, no, no, because I know what's gonna happen. I know the Giants are gonna get Aaron Rodgers, and all of a sudden, I'm gonna have to watch Aaron Rodgers lead a great what a rag tag run Rogers is leading? Sudden it looks like Rogers the Elak neighbors have played together their whole career. Cause you just know if he goes to the Giants, he's gonna be terrific. He's gonna say things like, oh, you know, the Jets were great. You know, I don't want to say anything bad about them. It was a great two years. I love New York. I love my time there. I wish I was healthier. I wish I was healthy for my time there. But I feel great right now, and my arm feels good and my legs feel good, and I can play another three four years and look at this, and hey, I'm just enjoying things. Now. Here are the Giants and Brian Dable not only gets to keep his job he gets a contract extension, Joe Shane gets to stay. All of a sudden, it's look at this. You just all they needed was Aaron Rodgers to show up, and everything is phenomenal with the Giants. We traded and got Saquon Barkley back. It's fantastic. Let's take look at it. Everything's coming up Giants. I just know that's gonna happen. I've already steeled myself for the fact that I'm gonna have to watch Aaron Rodgers. Now. It is that not going crazy to lead some sort of wild card run, because you know, look, they're they're not they're not nearly the best team in the division. But watching lead them some kind of crazy wild card run where they're a little bit above five hundred all year while the Jets try to figure things out and make it work with whoever they're gonna wind up getting. And I just to sit back and go I believe in Aaron Glenn. Sure, I believe in Aaron. And look at Aaron Rodgers here, look at Rodgers leader. Everything is great. No one's talking about Tommy Devino anymore. I just know this is gonna happen. It's gonna be great for everybody. That's the story like that is great for everybody. Sucks for me, but it's great for everybody. But I'm okay, I got big shoulders. I'll take wan.