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Wildfires, and in the last fifteen to twenty years we've gotten fortunate enough that they've blown out to see for the most part, it all depends on the winds. Clearly it's not happening now here, not getting that big break which is what we need. And it is a really scary situation. And all our thoughts, all our hopes here with everybody that's being affected by this get to safety. I keep going back and seeing the Steve Gutenberg interview. He's moving people's cars so they can get emergency trucks down down the streets, they can help people. It is that kind of scary night, and all our thoughts here with you guys, and all great thoughts and prayers are the first responders who are out there trying to make things safe, rescue people and get them to safety.

Wildfires, and in the last fifteen to twenty years we've gotten fortunate enough that they've blown out to see for the most part, it all depends on the winds. Clearly it's not happening now here, not getting that big break which is what we need. And it is a really scary situation. And all our thoughts, all our hopes here with everybody that's being affected by this get to safety. I keep going back and seeing the Steve Gutenberg interview. He's moving people's cars so they can get emergency trucks down down the streets, they can help people. It is that kind of scary night, and all our thoughts here with you guys, and all great thoughts and prayers are the first responders who are out there trying to make things safe, rescue people and get them to safety.

All the notices of the red flag warning going up early and saying over the overnight's actually the worst to come, that winds could get upwards of seventy miles an hour, already pretty brisk earlier in the day, and certainly we're seeing how quickly this is spreading all the way over pch and towards the ocean. It's you know, evacuations and all sorts of the cities up and along that area of the coast. Very scary circumstances. So yeah, go ahead, justin tip of the cap to the badass firefighters. Yeah, no question. Yeah, just watching watching this unfold and trying to keep calm and getting folks out of there.

All the notices of the red flag warning going up early and saying over the overnight's actually the worst to come, that winds could get upwards of seventy miles an hour, already pretty brisk earlier in the day, and certainly we're seeing how quickly this is spreading all the way over pch and towards the ocean. It's you know, evacuations and all sorts of the cities up and along that area of the coast. Very scary circumstances. So yeah, go ahead, justin tip of the cap to the badass firefighters. Yeah, no question. Yeah, just watching watching this unfold and trying to keep calm and getting folks out of there.

It is really terrifying.

It is really terrifying.

I mean the stuff you always see in movies and television shows depicting the worst of natural disasters, and right now we're watching it play out live on TV.

I mean the stuff you always see in movies and television shows depicting the worst of natural disasters, and right now we're watching it play out live on TV.

Just scary stuff.

Just scary stuff.

And for those that have undertaken that as their vocation, uh, you can't say thank you enough.

And for those that have undertaken that as their vocation, uh, you can't say thank you enough.

No again, We'll keep you update on here. Hopefully we get some good news. Hopefully the winds start helping out and start blowing out to sea and and and they can try to get this under control. Over three thousand acres have burned so far, and many people have lost their homes, and it's it's just a really difficult situation right now.

No again, We'll keep you update on here. Hopefully we get some good news. Hopefully the winds start helping out and start blowing out to sea and and and they can try to get this under control. Over three thousand acres have burned so far, and many people have lost their homes, and it's it's just a really difficult situation right now.

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Know, all the good karma, all the good thoughts, uh, they can use them. Uh, but look, our business here is sports. It's our job to get you uh distracted and and and talk about stuff while while while bad stuff is going on in the world. And that's what we try to do every single night. And uh, now we're going to continue to do our jobs here by talking about.

Know, all the good karma, all the good thoughts, uh, they can use them. Uh, but look, our business here is sports. It's our job to get you uh distracted and and and talk about stuff while while while bad stuff is going on in the world. And that's what we try to do every single night. And uh, now we're going to continue to do our jobs here by talking about.

The coaching openings in the NFL.

The coaching openings in the NFL.

Oh, I thought we were gonna laugh at the Jets if we laugh at the Jets every night, like that's every night? Man?

Oh, I thought we were gonna laugh at the Jets if we laugh at the Jets every night, like that's every night? Man?

Yeah, but giving I mean, I've been a lot of doctors.

Yeah, but giving I mean, I've been a lot of doctors.

Other than cutting my carbs and making sure I get more exercise, that I also need to laugh loudly uh and raucous lee several times a day.

Other than cutting my carbs and making sure I get more exercise, that I also need to laugh loudly uh and raucous lee several times a day.

So you know what I do. I think of the Jets, and then I think of the You're.

So you know what I do. I think of the Jets, and then I think of the You're.

A Bears fan. You're just as big of a train wreck as my team is.

A Bears fan. You're just as big of a train wreck as my team is.

You don't need you don't need to come over and laugh and min laugh on your own team. Stay on your own property there, don't don't come. Don't there's a fence between stay on your side. I think about my team, and I'm reduced to tears.

You don't need you don't need to come over and laugh and min laugh on your own team. Stay on your own property there, don't don't come. Don't there's a fence between stay on your side. I think about my team, and I'm reduced to tears.

Good fences make good neighbors.

Good fences make good neighbors.

You stay on your side of the fence and laugh, and I'll fan my side of the fence and laugh.

You stay on your side of the fence and laugh, and I'll fan my side of the fence and laugh.

Shames.

Shames.

Saw take your tea. No it's not even laughable anymore. I mean, you got guys that are lying season, digging hole. This is the greatness of this earlier today, George McCaskey, Oh, it was the worst when all those Lions fans came to town and then people are calling into the score a guy from the from one of the casinos, like, yeah, George mccasky actually sold me his box for the game against the Lions.

Saw take your tea. No it's not even laughable anymore. I mean, you got guys that are lying season, digging hole. This is the greatness of this earlier today, George McCaskey, Oh, it was the worst when all those Lions fans came to town and then people are calling into the score a guy from the from one of the casinos, like, yeah, George mccasky actually sold me his box for the game against the Lions.

Like, shut up, George.

Like, shut up, George.

Telling me, man, you got plenty of You got plenty of property on your side.

Telling me, man, you got plenty of You got plenty of property on your side.

You can't property that brings infinite sadness.

You can't property that brings infinite sadness.

You got a hammock in the back. You have a little bit of a creak going on there. Now, you got plenty of property and plenty of stuff to left back. But when you examine the job openings, right, this is the kind of year it is in the NFL. Every off season is different because it operates at a different level of stardom and help.

You got a hammock in the back. You have a little bit of a creak going on there. Now, you got plenty of property and plenty of stuff to left back. But when you examine the job openings, right, this is the kind of year it is in the NFL. Every off season is different because it operates at a different level of stardom and help.

Right.

Right.

Some years, you think about it with the NFL draft. Some years, the first round of the NFL draft is ripe with quarterbacks. There's so many to take, and there's five going in the first twenty picks, and you can solve all your problems because there's guys out there you can get bo Nick's late in the first round.

Some years, you think about it with the NFL draft. Some years, the first round of the NFL draft is ripe with quarterbacks. There's so many to take, and there's five going in the first twenty picks, and you can solve all your problems because there's guys out there you can get bo Nick's late in the first round.

Looking at me through twenty five touchdowns his rookie year. Right. Some years are like that. Some years aren't.

Looking at me through twenty five touchdowns his rookie year. Right. Some years are like that. Some years aren't.

And if you need a quarterback, well you still got to take one, because on picking fifth, we need a quarterback. I don't like the guys, Well, you gotta take somebody because there's nobody else out there. You're you're beholden to who is available at that time. Right, some years, the first round of the draft is great for quarterbacks.

And if you need a quarterback, well you still got to take one, because on picking fifth, we need a quarterback. I don't like the guys, Well, you gotta take somebody because there's nobody else out there. You're you're beholden to who is available at that time. Right, some years, the first round of the draft is great for quarterbacks.

Years, it's not.

Years, it's not.

The openings in the NFL right now are six. They are the Jets, the Bears, the Raiders, the Jaguars, the Saints, and the Patriots. Just like Nick Packai like to say doing his tail of the tape for the last.

The openings in the NFL right now are six. They are the Jets, the Bears, the Raiders, the Jaguars, the Saints, and the Patriots. Just like Nick Packai like to say doing his tail of the tape for the last.

Twenty five years, there are no winners here.

Twenty five years, there are no winners here.

This is about as depressing a list of teams as you could get to if you are looking for a head coach or a head coach who's looking to get that next gig back in the NFL, because honestly, none.

This is about as depressing a list of teams as you could get to if you are looking for a head coach or a head coach who's looking to get that next gig back in the NFL, because honestly, none.

Of these jobs are great.

Of these jobs are great.

Right now, I'll tell you there's one that stands out a little bit more than others, but maybe because they're just the cleanest mess out of all of them, where the rest of are just absolute. Me there's somewhat of a clean mess. But think about it.

Right now, I'll tell you there's one that stands out a little bit more than others, but maybe because they're just the cleanest mess out of all of them, where the rest of are just absolute. Me there's somewhat of a clean mess. But think about it.

Are you going into the Jets and winning? No, you're not.

Are you going into the Jets and winning? No, you're not.

You got questions at quarterback, You've never won. The only person get this job as someone who has zero options elsewhere. Hey, I'm either the Jets head coach or I'm staying a defensive coordinator somewhere. The Bears an absolute mess. You don't know who you're answering to. Who's running the team. You got to get in charge of Caleb Williams. It's a mess. The Raiders, you have nobody. You have no quarterback, you have no running backs. You don't have a plan. You're looking to try to get into next year where there's no there's no hope of winning because you're stuck in a division where all the three other teams are better than you are. The Patriots are at the bottom of the barrel. They probably have the worst roster in the entire NFL. Maybe Drake may is okay, but outside of that, your team is absolutely terrible. The cupboard is empty. Bill Belichick made sure to leave it that way.

You got questions at quarterback, You've never won. The only person get this job as someone who has zero options elsewhere. Hey, I'm either the Jets head coach or I'm staying a defensive coordinator somewhere. The Bears an absolute mess. You don't know who you're answering to. Who's running the team. You got to get in charge of Caleb Williams. It's a mess. The Raiders, you have nobody. You have no quarterback, you have no running backs. You don't have a plan. You're looking to try to get into next year where there's no there's no hope of winning because you're stuck in a division where all the three other teams are better than you are. The Patriots are at the bottom of the barrel. They probably have the worst roster in the entire NFL. Maybe Drake may is okay, but outside of that, your team is absolutely terrible. The cupboard is empty. Bill Belichick made sure to leave it that way.

The Jaguars.

The Jaguars.

You had Shad Khan say on a zoom call today when Trent Balks sitting next to him, Hey, if the next head coach comes in and wants to make change in the front office and he makes a good point, I'll listen to him. Trent Balky is sitting right next to him while Shad Cohn is saying this, and I'm like, this is the Jaguars.

You had Shad Khan say on a zoom call today when Trent Balks sitting next to him, Hey, if the next head coach comes in and wants to make change in the front office and he makes a good point, I'll listen to him. Trent Balky is sitting right next to him while Shad Cohn is saying this, and I'm like, this is the Jaguars.

You don't want to go into war?

You don't want to go into war?

That was great.

That was great.

We're working for Shad Cohn is like working for Woody Johnson. Were just like working for Jerry Jones. You're not winning there. You just have an average quarterback in Trevor. Lawrence congratulates on the birth of that kid. Though, Trevor, you have an average quarterback. You're not winning your rosters on the way down and the Saints they're probably one of the two or three worst teams in the NFL, and you have no hope at quarterback. You're stuck with Derek Carr. You don't have enough weapons. At running back. You have enough weapons you have, the defense is not enough. You are at the bottom of the barrel. And and all six of these openings, I don't know where anybody can come in and say, hey, next year, we're gonna contend for the playoffs. We're gonna be a five hundred ish team, and we're gonna be eight to nine, nine and eight. We're gonna come late in December and at least be in the in the hunt graphic on the side when they say, oh, let's take a look at their standings right now, the wre people are here Week sixteen of the NFL. None of these jobs are great. This is as hard a list as you're ever gonna see, because usually there's at least a couple of teams where, hey, this team is really good. This coach left, this coach retired, this coach was fired because because the owner thinks, hey, we're not achieving high enough, and even though he made it to the playoffs this year, Usually there's a couple of those teams. There's none there. Ben Johnson may look at this list and go, this is worse than it was a year ago. I'm gonna stay in Detroit another year. I know, I gotta make sure this offense keeps humming and we score a seventy touchdowns again.

We're working for Shad Cohn is like working for Woody Johnson. Were just like working for Jerry Jones. You're not winning there. You just have an average quarterback in Trevor. Lawrence congratulates on the birth of that kid. Though, Trevor, you have an average quarterback. You're not winning your rosters on the way down and the Saints they're probably one of the two or three worst teams in the NFL, and you have no hope at quarterback. You're stuck with Derek Carr. You don't have enough weapons. At running back. You have enough weapons you have, the defense is not enough. You are at the bottom of the barrel. And and all six of these openings, I don't know where anybody can come in and say, hey, next year, we're gonna contend for the playoffs. We're gonna be a five hundred ish team, and we're gonna be eight to nine, nine and eight. We're gonna come late in December and at least be in the in the hunt graphic on the side when they say, oh, let's take a look at their standings right now, the wre people are here Week sixteen of the NFL. None of these jobs are great. This is as hard a list as you're ever gonna see, because usually there's at least a couple of teams where, hey, this team is really good. This coach left, this coach retired, this coach was fired because because the owner thinks, hey, we're not achieving high enough, and even though he made it to the playoffs this year, Usually there's a couple of those teams. There's none there. Ben Johnson may look at this list and go, this is worse than it was a year ago. I'm gonna stay in Detroit another year. I know, I gotta make sure this offense keeps humming and we score a seventy touchdowns again.

But what how where am I gonna go I'm not a miracle worker. I don't want to go to any of these teams.

But what how where am I gonna go I'm not a miracle worker. I don't want to go to any of these teams.

Like all of these openings are bad, like you're gonna get And the thing is, there's not like there's a bunch of guys ready to come in that have great track records that hey, they sat out a cycle or they needed a fresh start. No, these are all guys that flamed out as head coaches that aren't gonna get an another look. But they will now only because there's not a lot of candidates out there besides Johnson and Vrabel. Arthur Smith is gonna get another look. Matt Naggy is getting interviews. Rex Ryan was interviewed by the Jets today. Not only are the opening's bad, but the people to fill them. There's nobody there that you can come in and say, hey, I feel great putting you in charge of my program, and I know we're gonna get to where I need to get.

Like all of these openings are bad, like you're gonna get And the thing is, there's not like there's a bunch of guys ready to come in that have great track records that hey, they sat out a cycle or they needed a fresh start. No, these are all guys that flamed out as head coaches that aren't gonna get an another look. But they will now only because there's not a lot of candidates out there besides Johnson and Vrabel. Arthur Smith is gonna get another look. Matt Naggy is getting interviews. Rex Ryan was interviewed by the Jets today. Not only are the opening's bad, but the people to fill them. There's nobody there that you can come in and say, hey, I feel great putting you in charge of my program, and I know we're gonna get to where I need to get.

This is a really difficult year man.

This is a really difficult year man.

The other is, you know, coming out of all of these exit interviews, you know, we keep waiting for the big surprise because at this point, I guess Mayo is to a degree, we're more surprised that Brian Dables still has a job, that Shane Steichen still has a job. After the exit interview and all the clips of Mike McDaniel today, how do you keep him around? Yeah, guys were laid all the time.

The other is, you know, coming out of all of these exit interviews, you know, we keep waiting for the big surprise because at this point, I guess Mayo is to a degree, we're more surprised that Brian Dables still has a job, that Shane Steichen still has a job. After the exit interview and all the clips of Mike McDaniel today, how do you keep him around? Yeah, guys were laid all the time.

We turned Oh yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.

We turned Oh yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.

But what are you gonna do?

But what are you gonna do?

Yeah, you know it's selling Chris Greer, everybody Chris Greer, your GM and action.

Yeah, you know it's selling Chris Greer, everybody Chris Greer, your GM and action.

Right, So there's another empty suit between Greer and him in terms of how they operated and were able to keep things going. But it's six and thirty two. You're looking at nineteen percent, right, still waiting for that one big the other shoe to drop, and it doesn't look like it's gonna a couple of the Again, the surprises are the guys that kept their jobs because these other sick. I mean, you're gonna talk to the Rizzler? I mean, sure, easy, How got an interview with the Jets?

Right, So there's another empty suit between Greer and him in terms of how they operated and were able to keep things going. But it's six and thirty two. You're looking at nineteen percent, right, still waiting for that one big the other shoe to drop, and it doesn't look like it's gonna a couple of the Again, the surprises are the guys that kept their jobs because these other sick. I mean, you're gonna talk to the Rizzler? I mean, sure, easy, How got an interview with the Jets?

At least at least have a good note? What can you bring to our team?

At least at least have a good note? What can you bring to our team?

I got a great interview. Man, They called me the rizz or the Wrizzler. Oh hey, that's correct. That's better than anybody else we talk to. That's better than Rex Ryan Man. All Right, we're good.

I got a great interview. Man, They called me the rizz or the Wrizzler. Oh hey, that's correct. That's better than anybody else we talk to. That's better than Rex Ryan Man. All Right, we're good.

We like that. This guy's got a cool nickname.

We like that. This guy's got a cool nickname.

Let's hire him, and I can probably endorse a double chunk chokie.

Let's hire him, and I can probably endorse a double chunk chokie.

Yeah, but all these jobs suck.

Yeah, but all these jobs suck.

I mean, like the Bears, at least there's a couple of pieces of personnel far from perfect, but at least a couple of pieces of personnel you like everybody else. You'll look at her hut going you Kamara has hurt all the time, Drake May I'm gonna like the quarterback there?

I mean, like the Bears, at least there's a couple of pieces of personnel far from perfect, but at least a couple of pieces of personnel you like everybody else. You'll look at her hut going you Kamara has hurt all the time, Drake May I'm gonna like the quarterback there?

What else I got? Jets, Jets, Bears, the Raiders. I like Brock Bauers.

What else I got? Jets, Jets, Bears, the Raiders. I like Brock Bauers.

I like my tight end and whatever Max Crosby is if he's still here and does a demand to trade, and in Jacksonville. I like Brian Thomas Junior. I like Tank Bigsby because his name's Bigsby. And then you got one or two pieces on defense. But not a whole lot to write home about.

I like my tight end and whatever Max Crosby is if he's still here and does a demand to trade, and in Jacksonville. I like Brian Thomas Junior. I like Tank Bigsby because his name's Bigsby. And then you got one or two pieces on defense. But not a whole lot to write home about.

No of these teams, right, If you say, okay, what's the best opening? Now, I mean none of them are like it's not, none of them are great, But what's the best opening.

No of these teams, right, If you say, okay, what's the best opening? Now, I mean none of them are like it's not, none of them are great, But what's the best opening.

I would have to say because.

I would have to say because.

Of the franchise quarterback they have, it's only been in the league a year. They have a lot of young talent, and they're probably the cleanest mess. Right, it's still a mess, like stuff is still all over the place, but it's not like a teenager's room, like there's okay, this is I can see this somewhat of a clean mess. I go with the Bears. I really, I mean I'm not just saying this for your team, buddy, but the Bears. I mean, when you have a quarterback that's your franchise guy, Okay, everything else can be figured out, right. The Jets don't have that, The Raiders don't have that. New England maybe, but really, I mean, you're gonna trust Drake, mate, No, I mean Jacksonville, Trevor Lawrence is just a guy, right, He's just a guy.

Of the franchise quarterback they have, it's only been in the league a year. They have a lot of young talent, and they're probably the cleanest mess. Right, it's still a mess, like stuff is still all over the place, but it's not like a teenager's room, like there's okay, this is I can see this somewhat of a clean mess. I go with the Bears. I really, I mean I'm not just saying this for your team, buddy, but the Bears. I mean, when you have a quarterback that's your franchise guy, Okay, everything else can be figured out, right. The Jets don't have that, The Raiders don't have that. New England maybe, but really, I mean, you're gonna trust Drake, mate, No, I mean Jacksonville, Trevor Lawrence is just a guy, right, He's just a guy.

You're gonna come in and say, Okay, here's a league.

You're gonna come in and say, Okay, here's a league.

Average quarterback that people think is better than they are, and we're paying them a lot of money.

Average quarterback that people think is better than they are, and we're paying them a lot of money.

How am I gonna work? And New Orleans? You got car?

How am I gonna work? And New Orleans? You got car?

So what's the quarterback situation that you like the most out of all of them? It's Chicago Because Caleb Williams did flash many times this year?

So what's the quarterback situation that you like the most out of all of them? It's Chicago Because Caleb Williams did flash many times this year?

Was he was he always great?

Was he was he always great?

No?

No?

Did he start out slow? Way too much yet, absolutely, but he did flash and shows it. Hey, he has that kind of talent and you've only seen him for one year, so you haven't seen him for enough to know that, Okay, he's no good or he's just a.

Did he start out slow? Way too much yet, absolutely, but he did flash and shows it. Hey, he has that kind of talent and you've only seen him for one year, so you haven't seen him for enough to know that, Okay, he's no good or he's just a.

Guy like Trevor Lawrence is.

Guy like Trevor Lawrence is.

So of all those jobs, because of that, Chicago is the most attractive.

So of all those jobs, because of that, Chicago is the most attractive.

But still you don't know who you're answering to. Is it polls is?

But still you don't know who you're answering to. Is it polls is?

I mean, I don't want any part of it, even if I ellen love with the bits and pieces of the offense when it actually worked and you're trying.

I mean, I don't want any part of it, even if I ellen love with the bits and pieces of the offense when it actually worked and you're trying.

To and you're trying to win in that division where everybody else made the playoffs and everybody else is gonna be good next year. But still of that because you have Caleb Williams. The Bears are the best, opening.

To and you're trying to win in that division where everybody else made the playoffs and everybody else is gonna be good next year. But still of that because you have Caleb Williams. The Bears are the best, opening.

Good times, the best. There's us and then there's how many feet?

Good times, the best. There's us and then there's how many feet?

Yeah, well, I mean I know that I meant that, meant to really just pick you up and perk you up. But I understand if you're very word of the day is tipid. If you feel very tipid about my endorsement of the Bears.

Yeah, well, I mean I know that I meant that, meant to really just pick you up and perk you up. But I understand if you're very word of the day is tipid. If you feel very tipid about my endorsement of the Bears.

Well, I mean, because you're doing a tongue in cheek because you're also trying to say we're terrible. But let me take a sledgehammer to Harmon while I'm at it.

Well, I mean, because you're doing a tongue in cheek because you're also trying to say we're terrible. But let me take a sledgehammer to Harmon while I'm at it.

We're terrible, Hey, we're not as terrible as those guys.

We're terrible, Hey, we're not as terrible as those guys.

You guys are more taunting because you have a couple of guys that might be good.

You guys are more taunting because you have a couple of guys that might be good.

Hey, look, we're bad. Well I'm not.

Hey, look, we're bad. Well I'm not.

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With the Whoop Whoop, and and and and oh Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. I'm Wilford Brimley, and I'd like to talk to you for a few minutes about diabetes.

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Too soon, ty shit, come on man, too soon, Too soon?

Too soon, ty shit, come on man, too soon, Too soon?

Well, because he was using it with my name and I'm trying to reverse that. It's part of the process of the weight loss and everything else to get off the meds. So to use Wilfrid Brimley about diabetes. It was a personal message of the encouragement from ty Shirt. I appreciate that.

Well, because he was using it with my name and I'm trying to reverse that. It's part of the process of the weight loss and everything else to get off the meds. So to use Wilfrid Brimley about diabetes. It was a personal message of the encouragement from ty Shirt. I appreciate that.

I want to say, I think that was like his last tweet, like someone someone confused and thought he was somebody else. He was, No, I'm the diabetes guy, and you know, making a joke to that, like you know, because everybody would joke around about it.

I want to say, I think that was like his last tweet, like someone someone confused and thought he was somebody else. He was, No, I'm the diabetes guy, and you know, making a joke to that, like you know, because everybody would joke around about it.

He had a great breath. Let's a humor about that, Wasn't that was? Yeah?

He had a great breath. Let's a humor about that, Wasn't that was? Yeah?

I did go back and forth with him back in the day. Well okay, yeah, all right.

I did go back and forth with him back in the day. Well okay, yeah, all right.

Did the Knights win the World Series in thirty nine? Like, I know you beat the Pirates?

Did the Knights win the World Series in thirty nine? Like, I know you beat the Pirates?

You got there? Who did you play? I mean won the National Wow?

You got there? Who did you play? I mean won the National Wow?

I mean he kept waiting for the sequel?

I mean he kept waiting for the sequel?

I mean yeah it was? Was? Was? Was? Was Roy Hobbs able to hit?

I mean yeah it was? Was? Was? Was? Was Roy Hobbs able to hit?

Like?

Like?

What happened in the World Series? Like I want to know? Uh?

What happened in the World Series? Like I want to know? Uh?

So, hey, speaking of baseball really quick, before you get back into the NFL.

So, hey, speaking of baseball really quick, before you get back into the NFL.

We are waiting for things.

We are waiting for things.

To pick up now and have the big January push before we get into pictures and catchers coming in about a little over a month from now. And there's still a lot of big time free agents on the market. Alex Bregman, Pete Alonzo, there's still some big pictures out there everywhere. What's gonna happen? What's gonna happen? And I saw this today, a bunch of a bunch of different outlets reporting that now you know why Peter Alonzo hasn't been signed because, according to many reports, Scott Boris is using Prince Fielder's nine year, two hundred and fourteen million dollar contract as a guide for Pete Alonzo. Uh wow, this is where Pete Alonzo and Scott Boris need my advice. Hey, you're you're not gonna win them all. Scott, You're not gonna win them all. Yeah, you got all kinds of money for Wansto because he's won bleeping Soto. I'm pretty sure the market told you what they feel of a thirty year old first baseman who you don't know how he's gonna age and is coming off a down year. You're not gonna get nine years and two hundred and fourteen million dollars. You're gonna go back to the Mets for three years and like ninety million and then and with an opt out at some point. It's gonna be a short term down. I told you this is how it's gonna end.

To pick up now and have the big January push before we get into pictures and catchers coming in about a little over a month from now. And there's still a lot of big time free agents on the market. Alex Bregman, Pete Alonzo, there's still some big pictures out there everywhere. What's gonna happen? What's gonna happen? And I saw this today, a bunch of a bunch of different outlets reporting that now you know why Peter Alonzo hasn't been signed because, according to many reports, Scott Boris is using Prince Fielder's nine year, two hundred and fourteen million dollar contract as a guide for Pete Alonzo. Uh wow, this is where Pete Alonzo and Scott Boris need my advice. Hey, you're you're not gonna win them all. Scott, You're not gonna win them all. Yeah, you got all kinds of money for Wansto because he's won bleeping Soto. I'm pretty sure the market told you what they feel of a thirty year old first baseman who you don't know how he's gonna age and is coming off a down year. You're not gonna get nine years and two hundred and fourteen million dollars. You're gonna go back to the Mets for three years and like ninety million and then and with an opt out at some point. It's gonna be a short term down. I told you this is how it's gonna end.

For Peede Alonso. Right now, it's Scott Bard. They're just being stubborn.

For Peede Alonso. Right now, it's Scott Bard. They're just being stubborn.

No one's gonna say anybody who wanted Pete Alonzo for that kind of money, they could have done it already.

No one's gonna say anybody who wanted Pete Alonzo for that kind of money, they could have done it already.

No one's gonna say, oh, oh, we didn't know we had a chance.

No one's gonna say, oh, oh, we didn't know we had a chance.

Let me make a couple of moves, let me trade a couple of players, and here comes the contract offer.

Let me make a couple of moves, let me trade a couple of players, and here comes the contract offer.

No one's doing that. No one's doing. If Alonso was coming off.

No one's doing that. No one's doing. If Alonso was coming off.

Of forty one to twenty type year, what kind of contract when you get it would be different. Be you watched last night what's his name from the A's who's coming off of thirty and one to twelve with a war of five and a half got a five year, twelve million dollar a year extension. Right, So when you're talking about a first baseman, a guy that's not gonna play the field, yeah, you're not.

Of forty one to twenty type year, what kind of contract when you get it would be different. Be you watched last night what's his name from the A's who's coming off of thirty and one to twelve with a war of five and a half got a five year, twelve million dollar a year extension. Right, So when you're talking about a first baseman, a guy that's not gonna play the field, yeah, you're not.

Gonna get that. Man, you're not gonna get that. Yeah.

Gonna get that. Man, you're not gonna get that. Yeah.

And now he's making a bad decision even worse by saying, well now because I'm embarrassed, I'm just gonna wait this out, and I'm gonna wait it out for it for a deal that's gonna come. And it's gonna be just like the guys last year, where Alonzo's gonna get right up to training camp and sign some kind of short deal. He's gonna have a bad year and players are gonna say, man, it's really dice. He going with Scott Boris because he really wants to take you all the way to the limit. He doesn't like anything other than the biggest contract available, and he loves the headlines.

And now he's making a bad decision even worse by saying, well now because I'm embarrassed, I'm just gonna wait this out, and I'm gonna wait it out for it for a deal that's gonna come. And it's gonna be just like the guys last year, where Alonzo's gonna get right up to training camp and sign some kind of short deal. He's gonna have a bad year and players are gonna say, man, it's really dice. He going with Scott Boris because he really wants to take you all the way to the limit. He doesn't like anything other than the biggest contract available, and he loves the headlines.

He's too much of a star. It's too much about him.

He's too much of a star. It's too much about him.

I think you saw last year when four of his guys went right up to spring training before they signed. That that's what's gonna happen unless you have an ace in the hole. And yes, Jan Soda was an ace because he's the best free agent we've seen in probably fifteen years. So yeah, he's gonna get a lot of money, right, He's gonna get paid. This This is who Scott Boris had. This is the contract he was gonna get. Boris is not gonna have another client like this. But understand that just because you do that doesn't mean everybody else sees it the way you do. Bi The league has told you and told you, hey, this is what we think of Pete A. Lonzo, this is what we think of a deal for him. You're really gonna go and try to go to the Angels for like four years and an extra, or you're gonna go back to the Mets, or you're gonna go someplace where can contend. Right, this is where you have to Scott Boris, you gotta just suck it up and go win some loose some. I'm not winning this to the extent that I will. So let me have a real short term deal worth a lot of money where everybody can be happy. But Boris does this, and and it's it's okay for some of his clients and for some it's not. But this is how he does business. He is a wild, crazy train kind of a ride of an agent.

I think you saw last year when four of his guys went right up to spring training before they signed. That that's what's gonna happen unless you have an ace in the hole. And yes, Jan Soda was an ace because he's the best free agent we've seen in probably fifteen years. So yeah, he's gonna get a lot of money, right, He's gonna get paid. This This is who Scott Boris had. This is the contract he was gonna get. Boris is not gonna have another client like this. But understand that just because you do that doesn't mean everybody else sees it the way you do. Bi The league has told you and told you, hey, this is what we think of Pete A. Lonzo, this is what we think of a deal for him. You're really gonna go and try to go to the Angels for like four years and an extra, or you're gonna go back to the Mets, or you're gonna go someplace where can contend. Right, this is where you have to Scott Boris, you gotta just suck it up and go win some loose some. I'm not winning this to the extent that I will. So let me have a real short term deal worth a lot of money where everybody can be happy. But Boris does this, and and it's it's okay for some of his clients and for some it's not. But this is how he does business. He is a wild, crazy train kind of a ride of an agent.

But it's good crazy train.

But it's good crazy train.

We continues here Fox Sports Radio, Jason Smith Show with Me Mike Carman. A little house keeping first off, five year, sixty million dollars is Brett Rooker?

We continues here Fox Sports Radio, Jason Smith Show with Me Mike Carman. A little house keeping first off, five year, sixty million dollars is Brett Rooker?

Rooker think about.

Rooker think about.

Yondu when you next think about the candle?

Yondu when you next think about the candle?

Was the first basement? Yes, the same thing? Sure, get okay, period.

Was the first basement? Yes, the same thing? Sure, get okay, period.

Exactly nicely done. See we pull him across multiple cinematic universes. Prince Fielder hasn't played since twenty sixteen. Yeah, it's a contract that would be referred to. Here were three seasons where he went all out played one sixty two, one sixty one, fifty eight thirty home runs, one hundred and eight rbi, twenty five, one oh eight, twenty three and ninety eight. Was an All Star all of those things and finished in the top fifteen in MVP voting those three years. The other two years forty two games and eighty nine games. When you lose two of the five years in that sample size, probably not what you want to do saying let's do the comp Hey, he's probably gonna get hurt. He's got this significant time, but should tell you what the dollar cost averaging over those other years. Man, it's gonna be spectacular. So dial it up. Yeah, I mean it goes back to the old Scott Boris way of living. We watched it last offseason, right, players that were dissatisfied, a couple of firings and moving on into other agencies. Man, in Arizona, you ultimately had it called the worst signing ever. Right when we go back into that. So when we look at the landscape and the dollars that are out there for Pete Alonso, recognize where you're at, Recognize.

Exactly nicely done. See we pull him across multiple cinematic universes. Prince Fielder hasn't played since twenty sixteen. Yeah, it's a contract that would be referred to. Here were three seasons where he went all out played one sixty two, one sixty one, fifty eight thirty home runs, one hundred and eight rbi, twenty five, one oh eight, twenty three and ninety eight. Was an All Star all of those things and finished in the top fifteen in MVP voting those three years. The other two years forty two games and eighty nine games. When you lose two of the five years in that sample size, probably not what you want to do saying let's do the comp Hey, he's probably gonna get hurt. He's got this significant time, but should tell you what the dollar cost averaging over those other years. Man, it's gonna be spectacular. So dial it up. Yeah, I mean it goes back to the old Scott Boris way of living. We watched it last offseason, right, players that were dissatisfied, a couple of firings and moving on into other agencies. Man, in Arizona, you ultimately had it called the worst signing ever. Right when we go back into that. So when we look at the landscape and the dollars that are out there for Pete Alonso, recognize where you're at, Recognize.

You know what teams do and do not want to deal with you.

You know what teams do and do not want to deal with you.

It's a lot of what we're talking about in the coaching garrisel for the NFL too, right, A lot of reports of hey, this guy burnt Bridge is here there everywhere and here's the organizations that you're dealing with. As we chronicled right the six organizations with openings not good for Pete Alonso, good player, above average most of the time, really struggled in twenty twenty four until they came up with a couple of big hits. That doesn't offset the rest of the season and the likelihood as you get older. Guess what that drifts deeper into the season and maybe you never had that turnaround moment. So recognize what you got, where you are and how Cohen might be looking at you as the next Jersey number to get retired.

It's a lot of what we're talking about in the coaching garrisel for the NFL too, right, A lot of reports of hey, this guy burnt Bridge is here there everywhere and here's the organizations that you're dealing with. As we chronicled right the six organizations with openings not good for Pete Alonso, good player, above average most of the time, really struggled in twenty twenty four until they came up with a couple of big hits. That doesn't offset the rest of the season and the likelihood as you get older. Guess what that drifts deeper into the season and maybe you never had that turnaround moment. So recognize what you got, where you are and how Cohen might be looking at you as the next Jersey number to get retired.

So stay right where you are.

So stay right where you are.

Exit out by to Fresco Exit Swollen Dome. The Jason Smiths with Mike Carmon live from the Tirech dot Com studios.

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Now to this.

Now to this.

Story out of the NFL was kind of a shocker today And when I saw this, I said, wow, So maybe it's not just the Patriots wanted to hire Mike Vrabel. Steve Buckley, who's been covering sports now for the better part of the last forty years, great writer, works for The Athletic and he wrote a column today that one of the reasons Girod Mayo got fired on Sunday by the Patriots was because he sort of talked his way out of the job. Now, it doesn't mean that he was mean. He said things to Bob Craft he shouldn't. Then, you know what, Bob, you go back to that minimal. According to Steve Buckley, he says, quote almost from the beginning, girod. Mayo's various media appearances, from news conferences to his weekly morning drive interview on WEI ranged from contradictory and uncomfortable to one unfortunate instance that had a whiff of old fashioned buck passing The Patriots hope that he'd be able to have a seamless transition to being the head, and Mayo didn't do himself any favors by not impressing in other areas of the job, which included a lot of his interviews. Now, you remember, going all the way back to summer, when we were like, oh, who's gonna be the quarterback? Is it Jacoby Brissett? Is it Drake may And Mayo said, well, Drake May's outplayed Brissett.

Story out of the NFL was kind of a shocker today And when I saw this, I said, wow, So maybe it's not just the Patriots wanted to hire Mike Vrabel. Steve Buckley, who's been covering sports now for the better part of the last forty years, great writer, works for The Athletic and he wrote a column today that one of the reasons Girod Mayo got fired on Sunday by the Patriots was because he sort of talked his way out of the job. Now, it doesn't mean that he was mean. He said things to Bob Craft he shouldn't. Then, you know what, Bob, you go back to that minimal. According to Steve Buckley, he says, quote almost from the beginning, girod. Mayo's various media appearances, from news conferences to his weekly morning drive interview on WEI ranged from contradictory and uncomfortable to one unfortunate instance that had a whiff of old fashioned buck passing The Patriots hope that he'd be able to have a seamless transition to being the head, and Mayo didn't do himself any favors by not impressing in other areas of the job, which included a lot of his interviews. Now, you remember, going all the way back to summer, when we were like, oh, who's gonna be the quarterback? Is it Jacoby Brissett? Is it Drake may And Mayo said, well, Drake May's outplayed Brissett.

Oh, so he's gonna be the quarterback. No, I'm going with Jacoby Brissett. Wait what that doesn't make any sense.

Oh, so he's gonna be the quarterback. No, I'm going with Jacoby Brissett. Wait what that doesn't make any sense.

And then he had other instances over the course of the Eury walked back a lot.

And then he had other instances over the course of the Eury walked back a lot.

Of comments he had. He said, we're gonna spend a lot.

Of comments he had. He said, we're gonna spend a lot.

We got money to burn in free agency, and they didn't go spend money on anybody. He had to downplay that. Then he had to change when he said his team was soft after they lost to the Jaguars in London, and he said, no, no, I meant we played soft. It didn't mean me worse soft. So he had a lot of those big faux pause over the course of the season. Now, was this the reason why he got fired. No, but it's a part of it. Like if he was like this and the Patriots won ten games, wouldn't matter. But when you're unsure about a guy and this is what you get, and you and you see someone who helps to steal his own fate because he has a.

We got money to burn in free agency, and they didn't go spend money on anybody. He had to downplay that. Then he had to change when he said his team was soft after they lost to the Jaguars in London, and he said, no, no, I meant we played soft. It didn't mean me worse soft. So he had a lot of those big faux pause over the course of the season. Now, was this the reason why he got fired. No, but it's a part of it. Like if he was like this and the Patriots won ten games, wouldn't matter. But when you're unsure about a guy and this is what you get, and you and you see someone who helps to steal his own fate because he has a.

Tough time dealing with the media.

Tough time dealing with the media.

I get it, and I know, and I'm sure this was part of why Bob Kraft moved on handling the media and showing that year the CEO of the program is an important part of it. Like you don't want players coming to practice every day, going you see what coach said after practice yesterday. Yeah, he said the Drake may was playing better, but Brissette's gonna start. He said we were soft, and he said we weren't soft. Like It's not just about how you interact with the media. It's being able to handle things and show that, hey, I have my finger in every pie on this team, and whether I'm a first year head coach who was a great coordinator or I'm a CEO type head coach, I am on top of everything and I'm not going to embarrass us and I'm not going to cause headlines and any sort of questionable behavior in the locker room by something I say.

I get it, and I know, and I'm sure this was part of why Bob Kraft moved on handling the media and showing that year the CEO of the program is an important part of it. Like you don't want players coming to practice every day, going you see what coach said after practice yesterday. Yeah, he said the Drake may was playing better, but Brissette's gonna start. He said we were soft, and he said we weren't soft. Like It's not just about how you interact with the media. It's being able to handle things and show that, hey, I have my finger in every pie on this team, and whether I'm a first year head coach who was a great coordinator or I'm a CEO type head coach, I am on top of everything and I'm not going to embarrass us and I'm not going to cause headlines and any sort of questionable behavior in the locker room by something I say.

And Mayo couldn't get past that. It's a skill.

And Mayo couldn't get past that. It's a skill.

Talking to the media is a skill presenting the public image that you are strong leader and you have everything under control. That's a strong image. And Jirad Mayo not put that forward enough. So, yeah, I agree. This was probably a decent part of part of the reason when Bob Craft said, Okay, why are we moving on? Yeah, man, he really is not impressive. I don't know if he's up for this job. Why is he walking back all these comments, Why is he saying all of these things? And then having to backtrack on them. It's just another thing when in your job evaluation, the guy making the decision says, yeah, I'm not sure about you.

Talking to the media is a skill presenting the public image that you are strong leader and you have everything under control. That's a strong image. And Jirad Mayo not put that forward enough. So, yeah, I agree. This was probably a decent part of part of the reason when Bob Craft said, Okay, why are we moving on? Yeah, man, he really is not impressive. I don't know if he's up for this job. Why is he walking back all these comments, Why is he saying all of these things? And then having to backtrack on them. It's just another thing when in your job evaluation, the guy making the decision says, yeah, I'm not sure about you.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean there's numerous examples from the quarterback competition to initially going, ah, we got a lot of capshays, let's go burn some cash, all of those things that if you're in the front offices and you're in the meeting room with the crafts, you're all bristling, you're all a little nervous. And the hope was that he would grow into the role right coaching, waiting, all of these things, learning under Belichick, and that it would translate to immediate dividends. Now, you won some games down the stretch, and that's what people are citing as the reason why you get bounced, because you were ordered. You know, the code red was ordered and you did to defight it, like all right, it didn't help draft status at all. But in theory, you have your quarterback, so you know that part of the equation kind of you know, move that on. That keeps you from having the massive haul that you might in a trade for the draft pick. But that's the least of your concerns, right, if time and again you're having availabilities and things where the follow up question is like, wait, clarify, and then you contradict yourself or recognize that you misspoke, or the ie becomes we. And I'm not saying the guys that get one and done generally, I'm not a fan of right the alright, your immediate reset and go forward. But sometimes you recognize it's a full calendar year. You know, it's the one thing I will agree with the Bears front office and what Kevin Warren had to say, a year is like a lifetime and in the span of our sporting lives, you know, we love the sick cleicality of it. And all right, is I get tired of talking about how bad certain teams are Jets, Bears, Uh, they go away and we start talking about other teams that are really bad Bulls uh and and things like that. I can't even include the Knicks, that's too bad. But just the idea of you know, before that year, everybody's living and dying with every press availability, with every local radio spot you do. Uh, And when consistently there's an uncertainty in the messaging, right, there's no straight line approach of here's our plan, plan, the work, work, the plan drink May versus Jacoby Brissett. Oh, I we I wait, who's actually deciding Jacoby's gonna be the guy? It just there's there's no air of confidence and reliability there, and I got to think that translated back to the locker room. So all of that said, for the Crafts, especially if their dream candidate is out there or be it Johnson or Vrabel, how do you do you He can't stand around and wait. If you've already decided that Girod Mayo's not going to be the guy, then you got to go out and find the one.

I mean there's numerous examples from the quarterback competition to initially going, ah, we got a lot of capshays, let's go burn some cash, all of those things that if you're in the front offices and you're in the meeting room with the crafts, you're all bristling, you're all a little nervous. And the hope was that he would grow into the role right coaching, waiting, all of these things, learning under Belichick, and that it would translate to immediate dividends. Now, you won some games down the stretch, and that's what people are citing as the reason why you get bounced, because you were ordered. You know, the code red was ordered and you did to defight it, like all right, it didn't help draft status at all. But in theory, you have your quarterback, so you know that part of the equation kind of you know, move that on. That keeps you from having the massive haul that you might in a trade for the draft pick. But that's the least of your concerns, right, if time and again you're having availabilities and things where the follow up question is like, wait, clarify, and then you contradict yourself or recognize that you misspoke, or the ie becomes we. And I'm not saying the guys that get one and done generally, I'm not a fan of right the alright, your immediate reset and go forward. But sometimes you recognize it's a full calendar year. You know, it's the one thing I will agree with the Bears front office and what Kevin Warren had to say, a year is like a lifetime and in the span of our sporting lives, you know, we love the sick cleicality of it. And all right, is I get tired of talking about how bad certain teams are Jets, Bears, Uh, they go away and we start talking about other teams that are really bad Bulls uh and and things like that. I can't even include the Knicks, that's too bad. But just the idea of you know, before that year, everybody's living and dying with every press availability, with every local radio spot you do. Uh, And when consistently there's an uncertainty in the messaging, right, there's no straight line approach of here's our plan, plan, the work, work, the plan drink May versus Jacoby Brissett. Oh, I we I wait, who's actually deciding Jacoby's gonna be the guy? It just there's there's no air of confidence and reliability there, and I got to think that translated back to the locker room. So all of that said, for the Crafts, especially if their dream candidate is out there or be it Johnson or Vrabel, how do you do you He can't stand around and wait. If you've already decided that Girod Mayo's not going to be the guy, then you got to go out and find the one.

You know, going back like he's a guy who needed my advice.

You know, going back like he's a guy who needed my advice.

Uh, you know, I always say I'm great pr advisor.

Uh, you know, I always say I'm great pr advisor.

After that very.

After that very.

First instance in the preseason where he said may is outplayed Brissett, but other things go into it, it's like, wait what And I understand what he meant was that, Hey, yeah, the offensive line is bad. We don't want to get Drake may killed. This is where I would stop and say, you're done talking to the press. You're not gonna do an interview every week. You're gonna just do a perfunctory ten minutes after, and you're not gonna give him anything because you're you're not ready for this, and and it's not that you, it's it. And at this point you you're a little upset that well, boy, he's really not ready to talk to the media. Hey, he needs some time, and all he's gonna do is hurt himself. And I would say, you're done talk to the media, because boy, that was really bad. And if you, if you, if things are bad and you you you blow this in the preseason, you're not gonna do it in the regular season when the footballs fly for real, I would have said, no, sorry, he can't be on WEI every week. He's not gonna do these interviews. He's just gonna be quiet. He's gonna grow into the role. And then as time goes on he gets more comfortable he can be out there. But that was something that should have been done early. They should have said, Okay, you know what, no press for you. You're not up for this concert on the team, we'll run interference for you. The PR department can do their thing. That was something needed to happen. And I feel bad for him because that should have happened and it didn't. That's something he should have thought about. Hey, maybe we should restrict him being in front of the media for a bit, because boy, that was really embarrassing.

First instance in the preseason where he said may is outplayed Brissett, but other things go into it, it's like, wait what And I understand what he meant was that, Hey, yeah, the offensive line is bad. We don't want to get Drake may killed. This is where I would stop and say, you're done talking to the press. You're not gonna do an interview every week. You're gonna just do a perfunctory ten minutes after, and you're not gonna give him anything because you're you're not ready for this, and and it's not that you, it's it. And at this point you you're a little upset that well, boy, he's really not ready to talk to the media. Hey, he needs some time, and all he's gonna do is hurt himself. And I would say, you're done talk to the media, because boy, that was really bad. And if you, if you, if things are bad and you you you blow this in the preseason, you're not gonna do it in the regular season when the footballs fly for real, I would have said, no, sorry, he can't be on WEI every week. He's not gonna do these interviews. He's just gonna be quiet. He's gonna grow into the role. And then as time goes on he gets more comfortable he can be out there. But that was something that should have been done early. They should have said, Okay, you know what, no press for you. You're not up for this concert on the team, we'll run interference for you. The PR department can do their thing. That was something needed to happen. And I feel bad for him because that should have happened and it didn't. That's something he should have thought about. Hey, maybe we should restrict him being in front of the media for a bit, because boy, that was really embarrassing.

We don't want that to happen again. But again that's just me. I'm a problem solver, also a problem solver, especially delivery. Steve the Seger.

We don't want that to happen again. But again that's just me. I'm a problem solver, also a problem solver, especially delivery. Steve the Seger.

He will solve the problem right now of what's going on in sports tonight with all the big final scores of games that I bet on.

He will solve the problem right now of what's going on in sports tonight with all the big final scores of games that I bet on.

Steve has the answers right here now.

Steve has the answers right here now.

Bet bet bet well.

Bet bet bet well.

We had an unexpected ending for Atlanta's game at Utah in the NBA. The Jazz scored with three seconds left to even it up, no time out for the Hawks, don't have time.

We had an unexpected ending for Atlanta's game at Utah in the NBA. The Jazz scored with three seconds left to even it up, no time out for the Hawks, don't have time.

There's Trade Midfoort, Fires Bay Tray Young just won the game. Tray Young just won the game, Folks. Tray one from midcarl He just on the silent won twenty four Giants Winnett.

There's Trade Midfoort, Fires Bay Tray Young just won the game. Tray Young just won the game, Folks. Tray one from midcarl He just on the silent won twenty four Giants Winnett.

The Giants waited, not just against the Knicks.

The Giants waited, not just against the Knicks.

Trey Young finished with twenty four twenty four points and twenty assists and only two turnovers and the game winner just beyond half court at the buzzer to win at Utah one twenty four to one twenty one that call from Hawk's radio network on ninety two point nine the game. There are the two late games, including at Denver where the Nuggets are close Boston leading seventy eight to seventy four over Denver late in the third. The Nuggets do not have their superstar Nikola Jokic tonight out due to illness, and at Golden State Miami ahead late third quarter against the Warriors seventy eight to seventy three. Minnesota and Houston with road wins. Charlotte had lost ten in a row but beat Phoenix one fifteen, one oh four LaMelo Ball thirty two points. Dallas was without injured stars Kyrie Irving and Luka Donsich and still beat the Lakers one, eighteen to ninety seven. However, in men's college basketball Top twenty five matchup at UCLA, Bruins were down about twenty first half. Michigan leads sixty three sixty one at UCLA with ten minutes to go. Florida ranked eighth, beat up number one Tennessee seventy three forty three, number two. Auburn has won at Texas, holding on eighty seven eighty two Georgia at home upset number six Kentucky eighty two sixty nine, seventh Raan Marquette over Georgetown seventy four to sixty six, and Arizona got to win at number twenty one West Virginia seventy five fifty six NHL victories from Minnesota and Winnipeg. Pitcher Justin Verlander agreed.

Trey Young finished with twenty four twenty four points and twenty assists and only two turnovers and the game winner just beyond half court at the buzzer to win at Utah one twenty four to one twenty one that call from Hawk's radio network on ninety two point nine the game. There are the two late games, including at Denver where the Nuggets are close Boston leading seventy eight to seventy four over Denver late in the third. The Nuggets do not have their superstar Nikola Jokic tonight out due to illness, and at Golden State Miami ahead late third quarter against the Warriors seventy eight to seventy three. Minnesota and Houston with road wins. Charlotte had lost ten in a row but beat Phoenix one fifteen, one oh four LaMelo Ball thirty two points. Dallas was without injured stars Kyrie Irving and Luka Donsich and still beat the Lakers one, eighteen to ninety seven. However, in men's college basketball Top twenty five matchup at UCLA, Bruins were down about twenty first half. Michigan leads sixty three sixty one at UCLA with ten minutes to go. Florida ranked eighth, beat up number one Tennessee seventy three forty three, number two. Auburn has won at Texas, holding on eighty seven eighty two Georgia at home upset number six Kentucky eighty two sixty nine, seventh Raan Marquette over Georgetown seventy four to sixty six, and Arizona got to win at number twenty one West Virginia seventy five fifty six NHL victories from Minnesota and Winnipeg. Pitcher Justin Verlander agreed.

To a one year deal with the Giants.

To a one year deal with the Giants.

The Raiders fired head coach Antonio Pierce. The Lions running back David Montgomery is expected to play in the postseason, returning from his NCL injury. Detroit is off this weekend as the number one seed. Lions defensive back Terry and Arnold has a bruce Wood X rays for negative. Ravens wide receiver Za Flowers did not practice today due to his knee injury. Baltimore running back Justice Hill was limited at practice due to concussion and illness.

The Raiders fired head coach Antonio Pierce. The Lions running back David Montgomery is expected to play in the postseason, returning from his NCL injury. Detroit is off this weekend as the number one seed. Lions defensive back Terry and Arnold has a bruce Wood X rays for negative. Ravens wide receiver Za Flowers did not practice today due to his knee injury. Baltimore running back Justice Hill was limited at practice due to concussion and illness.

Speck to you, Thank you, Steve O.

Speck to you, Thank you, Steve O.

The Jason Smiths are with Mike Carmon live from the tirec dot Com studios. You know, two nights ago or last night, I asked a question about one team that's the biggest mystery in the NFL. How in the span of one year did They go from a team that looked to be on the cusp of dominating a conference and a year later they're a tear down.

The Jason Smiths are with Mike Carmon live from the tirec dot Com studios. You know, two nights ago or last night, I asked a question about one team that's the biggest mystery in the NFL. How in the span of one year did They go from a team that looked to be on the cusp of dominating a conference and a year later they're a tear down.

Well, they were never on the cusp of dominating. I don't know how did that happen. It's a mystery.

Well, they were never on the cusp of dominating. I don't know how did that happen. It's a mystery.

Well, guess what we got our answers today. That's next, Jason and Mike Fox.

Well, guess what we got our answers today. That's next, Jason and Mike Fox.

Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven pm Pacific, Fox Sports Radio.

Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven pm Pacific, Fox Sports Radio.

The Jayson the Smith Show with My best friend Mike Harmon. Taking it back to nineteen eighty four, Darrel Hall and John Oates. They were out of touch at the top of the charts in September all the way to October twelfth, the longest run for this duo as they continued their incredible hit making career.