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Full Show: A.J. Brown's Disastrous Patriots Debut

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Joe Giglio and Hugh Douglas analyze A.J. Brown’s nightmare debut with the Patriots, debating if his injury and Drake Maye’s struggles represent karma after leaving Philadelphia. They also discuss the Phillies' offensive resurgence led by Kyle Schwarber and share bold predictions for the upcoming 2026 NFL season.

(00:01:50) Brown's Patriots Nightmare

(00:07:02) Eagles Patriots Divorce

(00:13:08) High Ankle Sprain Diagnosis

(00:17:57) Fans Hate Watch Calls

(00:25:45) Hate Watch Success Ranked

(00:31:03) Preseason Preparation Health

(00:37:34) Seahawks Trade Market Options

(00:43:26) Do Players Know Ball

(00:47:55) Phillies Offensive Surge

(00:53:00) Draft Class Progressions

(00:58:40) Coaching Staff Booth Strategy

(01:03:08) Jalen Hurts Running Role

(01:08:56) Hugh Ike Confusion Humor

(01:14:55) Eagles Defensive Outlook

(01:21:30) Madden Contract Negotiation Drama

(01:26:00) Travel And Season Predictions

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That's that right away. I'm not ruined for injuries. I don't want AJ Brown to get hurt. That's that's not with a source of my excitement came from last night But what you that was why not and it was a nightmare for the Patriots That was a nightmare for AJ Brown's debut for the Patriots and I couldn't be any happier that was awesome Everything about that was great. So last night plays that right. It's a slow-star for AJ It doesn't get the ball in the first drive They throw a couple catches early, but nothing big. Yeah Drake may miss his him early on a flea flicker I mean Drake may was awful last night. I mean just horrendous. So may miss his amount of flea flicker It would have been a big touchdown that way. Yeah, that would have put me in that that would have put me in a nice little spot Yeah, that would have been I told you so Douglas today But they don't get it that so they score and then you know, San Donald gets hurt And you're like oh wow this is gonna be a first of all done a game and second It's gonna be an easy Patriots win and AJ is probably gonna catch touchdown late And I'm gonna have to hear all that crap tomorrow and then the opposite happens AJ goes down We'll see how bad that injury is but did not look good and the Patriots blow that game three Interceptions by May and the fourth could we hear the last one because this is a great call by Kevin Harlan

What a fun start to the start of the NFL season last night Let's hear Harlan as Drake May and the Patriots have a nightmare start with AJ Brown third down five Patriots down by three 26 seconds to go shotgun snap to May moved out of the pocket throws a pass and so intercepted in the end zone Was he in bounds? intercepted by Joe How sweet is it that AJ Brown's first game away from the Eagles? Josh Job is the eagle making the play at the end of the game not AJ Brown Josh Joe yeah two one five five nine two ninety for an effort you I need everyone to be honest today honest did you enjoy that last night? Did like did you like and watch that last like as I loved every minute of watching the Patriots fail watching AJ obviously have a nightmare start to his Patriots career again not the injury factor But just everything you couldn't have drawn up a worst game for AJ to go away from the Eagles first first game Here what did you feel I I was excited that the season started and you know what I and I told you guys just this morning

I want to walk down it's the first game right but it was It was different than the games that we saw last year at the beginning of the season It felt like it was more of a running game It felt like it was more of a ground game not granted our game the first game of the season Was was kind of like that as well But then the weekend games everybody was throwing the ball all over the school yard So tonight we got another game fortunately So maybe they're throwing the ball all over the school yard But that was the one thing that stuck out to me last night when you talk about the Romeo dives And the fact that they got AJ the the Patriots that is I automatically assume that that was gonna be their bread I thought they were gonna try to throw the ball. Well, they tried well I mean, but I'm talking about at the beginning of the game It felt like they they were it was more emphasis on the run and to your point We were talking about it. It might the defensive just it might be a defensive league this year I think I think I think it's been a defensive league for a few years now We're all realizing it I mean you think about the last few years right the Eagles to see Hawks yeah Defences has been star work see Hawks started again last night. They still paying them quarterbacks

Well, maybe they shouldn't pay him as much because the defense is winning these games. I mean last night I look Darnal goes out and I just think the typical feeling is all right It's early in the game Darnal does out the other team as the guy that finished second in the MVP last year they have AJ They're probably gonna win this game right and They did not he that You know what your last night was last night was one of those days You just have a big smile on your face like it's like I watched to hate the Patriots I watched to hate AJ last night and it's absolutely it played out you couldn't you couldn't have pictured like if you're in New England and your Patriots fan you got to feel like crap this morning your quarterback played like garbage last night May was the first pick up he would pick the way left on right where he left off that's he off team Ownson I mean that last interception was a joke and then the AJ Brown factor He's supposed to move the needle for that team and he goes down and look This is not the same kind of injury as last year. He has had hamstring injuries last night He got his ankle rolled up totally different, but I said this the whole time we talked about trading AJ I think his body's breaking down. I don't know how much I don't know how much great football's left in the tank for AJ Brown and last night

He goes out he can't come back. We'll see when he does come back and how he impacts the season But that was awesome like you to me you could not have drawn up a more fun start to the season and I know The other side of the coin is see ox win Eagles could compete with them for a postseason spot or a you know Maybe home field that well We've got a long way to go on that last night I the small picture of AJ having a bad night and the Patriots having a bad night that would make you feel good It made me feel good listen Let me tell you and I hope he feels like crap this morning as he watches May throw three picks Uh, ain't none wrong ain't none wrong with feeling like that man, you know as an Eagles fan, you know AJ has given us a lot of angst. I'm not I'm not happy got hurt because you know I was rooting for chaos Yeah, you know me. I'm the agent. Yeah, I don't think anyone nobody's rooting for me. Nobody was rooting for that, but it's I tell you what thing it did do if he had a good game last night and Drake made through the ball all over school yard We'd be having a different conversation. I would have come in here down We would have come in here throwing the towel It would have been awful and you know what the sad part about you would have been laughing

No, I don't yeah, I'd have been laughing, but you know what the sad part would have been somehow Even even if we didn't bring it up it would have worked this way back to A.J. Of course it would have of course it would have there's no question See this is why AJ didn't want to be here all that It would have worked somehow One of the calls we got early would have worked this way back to jaylor. Yeah, you know what there had to be a little feeling Hew of karma for a j because early in the game they do the flea flick flea flicker, right? Yeah, and he's open I mean he's open by I don't know good five yards there and all may has to do is lost it into the end zone And it is a j browns first touchdown It would have been the highlight of the first game Bomb from made it and instead Drake may Underthrows it by a good five yards to me that's karma like you wanted the big arm quarterback You wanted the better quarterback the more talented quarterback and his first game with you he's done Can I cannot be petty for many. Yeah, of course Okay, I'm about to be super petty. What do you got jaylor when they're on three pigs?

No, you're right. I agree with you. I agree I would have protected the fly agree with you Of course that you know what that is that's karma That's karma, Doug Penny, though, was in the building. Yeah, I like how you spread it to petty even though you were the one side Age is gonna have big guys Yeah, all right, two one five All right, you're taken and be honest did you did you enjoy that last night because I enjoyed every I enjoyed the ball being back. Why enjoy the Patriots having a terrible night? I mean you couldn't I You know, I don't know because I was I was out watching the game But did anybody miss in the might brave will fiasco like I didn't see like I was trying to read the ticker So we have I ain't here. I ain't see that so we had back to school night last night So I didn't catch any pregame. I got home right before kickoff if they hit it if they touched on it I missed that I don't know it's all man. They missed that they bear the lead well Maybe they hit it maybe we would be we just missed it. I don't know they hit it is crazy. Well met someone someone All right, let's go to let's see what Kyle's got Kyle had that feel last night

Well, I know It was great Awesome to watch last night rich irony and that I agree with you with the the If Jalen was the quarterback You know what I noticed because people are out for blood today on the whole Drake May thing and First of all, I want everybody to drop the act with the whole all we don't care about AJ the Patriots all this stuff Everyone all last night all this morning all they want to talk about is AJ Brown Drake May this and that you know I noticed though. Maybe I'm late to the party or maybe I'm a little off you tell me I think people want Drake made a fail at this point more than they want AJ to fail Oh, I like that because I I think they don't want it may he's with me because may is way better. They don't want AJ Brown to be right about Drake man, but I think that a part of it though Kyle because this is like no, I've quit no it absolutely is a part of it And AJ it's kind of AJ's fault. It's it's partially our fault right? I think a lot of us agree with AJ You're talking about how great or do you play as collateral damage in our he absolutely is like Drake

Drake May is getting dragged through the mud Drake may didn't do anything to us now Our receiver ditched our quarterback because he wanted to go play with Drake May and now everyone is clowning Drake May And deservedly so he was awful last night. I mean terrible pretty much picked up right where he left off and the the playoff from where he was also horrendous But I don't know you you you agree with me. I think people want to see Drake May fail more than they want to see AJ fail right now I think you're right on that speaking of how bad May was last night. I'm gonna throw throw this that at you So this morning only two quarterbacks in the last 30 years you have thrown interceptions on three consecutive drives in the fourth quarter Within a three-point game right so like not a blowout where you're just throwing the ball down the field because you're you know down 21 points like we're talking about close game three consecutive drives in the fourth quarter only two quarterbacks in the last 30 years Have done that may last night Cordell Stewart not not slas. Yeah, it's last 25 years ago was the last one. I mean that's That last one. It's like dude jalea when you did that jalea when I've done that I'm and any any quarterback what a brain wouldn't have done that you're in fuel goal range

You're not down four you don't have to force it in the end so that was amazing and somewhere Well, I don't know if he's in the trainer's room sitting on the side line wherever he was AJ Brennan had to watch that and he wanted to go there and he wanted to be on that team And I loved every minute of the karma 215 592 94 94 we'll get everyone's phone calls up here your reaction to it all Be honest that feel good watching the last night a jays nightmare start with the new England Patriots are coming up Speaking of a j brown will let you hear the diagnosis the latest report on how long he's gonna be out as we're monitoring I mean who wins the who wins the divorce the Eagles or a j while a jays off to a tough start We'll tell you about the injury how long you might be out and we'll hear from Drake may after the game Stunk it up last night as the NFL season is underway. It's a midday show live from citizens bank park on sports radio 94 WIP Hey Anyway, hey people you know I love my bourbon and I mean I like some really really good bourbon My bourbon of choice is none other than Wilford Reserve the official bourbon of the Kentucky Derby and this month

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It was awesome welcome back with this show Hugh Douglas Joe Julia. What's that it became a nightmare at the end they would they look like it was a pretty good game up into that what third quarter It ended as a nightmare right they they flew big lead they lost a drewlock and We got some update here this morning a. J. Brown. It sounds like he's dealing with a high ankle spring after an MRI So uh-oh Uh-oh I've had one of those As a defensive lineman and I knew how hard it was to run Because it's like it's exactly that it's the two but it's the bones that like it's like a little like tendon or something between the two bones And when it stretches, it's just it's just hard. It's it's hard to play with that It's gonna be tough. He's gonna be able to deal with that all year that feels like at least multiple weeks He's gonna miss right? I mean high ankles that when he comes back he probably won't be right Well, and then they're not to prioritize like do we wait the full three four or five weeks to get him right as he can brush back So that that's it. That's not a good injury now. It's obviously not um a season or anything like that But it's one the Killingers a J. Brown reports our high ankle sprained for him two one five five nine two nine four nine four

Let's talk about it the pleasure the joy of watching it last night as the Patriots go down AJ Brown has a quiet night may missus him on a deep shot early Then a J gets hurt just showed the former Eagles the one make a place at the end not a J. Brown and And um and may was just brutal. I mean that third pick was brutal here for may coming up in a second first Let's go the phone lights here. Well in the northeast well. Good morning Oh, good morning dream team. I got doing today. Oh doing great. That was an awesome hate watch last night Oh, yeah, it was so wonderful didn't I say it was going to look like that Super Bowl man? Yes, and Drake made it's gun man I'm sorry. I like I said they gave a blueprint in a Super Bowl Yeah, I'm saying they gave a blue blueprint in a Super Bowl man All teams need to do is put the blitz on him Rattles I'm trying to tell you man. If they went AJ went out. Oh man Everything went with with that you know what you know, I'm saying But this is what I want to say man now y'all start to see my vision I've been saying it before we even started is it defensive league this year, though

And like I keep saying now y'all keep laughing at and I know I keep saying it the half-formation, right both of them teams is running the Alformation things have it's a bet right Listen, you know why we had better Better a better run with the Automation our office align is way stronger and our in our runner backs is way better You know, I'm saying and guess what else I will play action on the death You know why because you got to wear that defense down keep sending right you go play at you know or the first down See when it was going to first down play actions They wasn't ready for because they expect in the run. I keep saying this y'all got to understand the reason why I'm standing This is how to defeat the defense I want to get my little stuff. Yo was talking about People How to beat these guys we the best team of the league as long as we could get this office ready

We want to be ready We got the office line 18 in the lead We the best we back pain we got it All right Yes It's great back to you We want to go back in the line of babies because he's gonna help us In a day before I don't think you wait for So saying it gets a problem So that's why Name of the game that seems to be fixed Now tell Play at this good day Help me up office Play at it Help me up office This is the way I'm trying to say in the fourth one Just one Janet want to have the space He's going to be born to everybody That's all for baby So what I want you to do Is get ready For people baby Because we're coming I just want our Settle So I'm going to do

For a stand back I can see What's the Humanity Baby And that's That's what Janet want to do That's what he wants to This is what he was waiting for Outcast baby Tidal power talking Baby Outcast baby Hey Hey G L B Hey We know how fast baby Let's go And take these All right, well All right These are Carson's deal in there No, I'm also tired He wanted to bring Carson That was a wild way to get back to Let's re-sign Carson's deal You know, now I'm revved up officially Until I heard bring back Carson's deal I was not quite there I got to give Wilkrat a To spin it from a great hate watch Last night of AJ Brown To in the midst of the whole thing And bring back Carson's deal That's a man committed to the bit I like that a lot Let's talk to Chris in Middletown What's up Chris Welcome to football Heaven Good morning man Good morning That was football

Heaven for us last night Watching AJ crumble Genius Joe Jolio You were the only courageous man Yesterday that took the airwaves On the midday show You were on the right side of this AJ thing And not on the side of the Ponskum Patriots Unlike some people To my right here We're talking for chaos And the Patriots I always root for chaos The Patriots And And Anderke You know, there was a lot of nonsense Put on the air yesterday And Hugh Douglas Hugh Douglas You're top of the list You showed up And McGurks yesterday Is AJ Douglas And you know This is the same Benedict Douglas Who made the hyperbolic statement That Stakewan Barclays Careers over and he was cooked And try telling us that tank Bigsbee error is here And made poor Emily walk The plank up to the fantasy board Um We got our eyes on you Hugh

We're watching And then to Parker over there Everyone knows the truth We all know the truth No more truth And then your partner Let's not forget what he did in draft Mr. Kami Quinn there Ran off to the fantasy draft board Ran off to the fantasy draft board To pick AJ Brown Was blowing like Dianna Like Dianna After a night with Big Mike Come on Um And it's just pure and bare Look Feel fire Yeah I got some I'm being Hugh, Hugh, I got some pettiness to hand out today All right I got some I'm being pulled Go for it brother, go for it Listen, I got something out too It looks like AJ's in the right place Because he's in football He double hockey sticks right now Because man, it's all about perspective in life Because from our advantage It is football heaven That we're watching them burn This is the team That through the Brady Bellicic error We had to endure Goodell Being there a little puppet

And letting them walk every time Whether that be Spygate Tommy deflating his balls At rub-tug-tug-gate And then we had the whole Baby Mike gate with Racini It's all beautiful And you know what That Pussbag team right now Is reaping what they So And I am enjoying every Damn Minivan All I gotta say is Flush Brown Down 3, 2, 1, chase, out Hit it, out Ego Good one Christian I gotta say I think the Patriots lost last night Fired up people more for this Eagle season Than anything The Eagles have done in months It did and it's because They're probably Like they were probably people watching that game last night That were thinking Like I was thinking Oh AJ gonna have a hell of a game Drake Meg going Going to go off And to see that In a weird way It kind of makes them feel better about the Eagles

It makes me feel great Yes, but why This is the best I felt about the Eagle Because I watched AJ have a nightmare in last night Screw that I know what And I'm okay with that Because that's petty That is super petty For you to feel that way Sometimes, sometimes a hate watch Is better than a regular watch Yeah, you're right It's right Because you know why there's no You don't really have any skin in the game So if it goes the wrong way Like I would ever You know what It goes your way It's like you just smiling like the Grinch You know what I Rue four in games that I don't have any skin in Is the The past rush And the sacks I don't I don't like to see the quarterback Get out get out you know Get out of that I like to see him get sacked I like to see him get pummeled Yeah, there is an old football player Somewhere deep down No, I'm saying I love it Because when when Sam Donald tried to scramble And he pulled it out He got hurt I enjoyed that There you go Like no, I'm saying Welcome back No, I'm just saying Welcome back I'm sitting there And and and and And the people at the bar that I was watching Because I'm jumping and I'm you know I'm moving my feet Because I'm I'm excited up Because I'm like you can't let him get away

And then look at like what's wrong with this cat And I'm like dude I root for the past rush I don't care who it is What team what what Side of the ball Except unless it's the Eagles in the past But you know what I mean I was rooting for the past I root against AJ Brown And I did last night Let's hear Jake May after the game After one of the worst fourth quarters You'll see a quarterback play the entire season Here's May last night It was it was something where we had a Certain protection on where we were gotten You know was trying to You know get rid of it and you know realize we're You know Mack was in back there in the back And and didn't put enough on it You know to get it out and And it was just unacceptable You know we chance to send it over time at the worst And the only thing you do is turn the ball over That's what it You know here you said it in the first segment I totally agree with you And let's you know I'm gonna I'm gonna throw a little alley up To all the the JLN people out there The the Patriots win that game last night If JLN hurts is the Patriots quarterback Without question I mean that was a game last night That could be one in a very ugly way They didn't need a lot of points on the board Their defense and obviously helped out by the fact

The Darnal was knocked out of the game Did mostly a good job They had the one one break away play by Jackson Spitha Jigba that got their touchdown But other than that I mean that the C-ox could not move the ball He had that game in the fourth quarter Called for Drake May to not lose the game And then at the end He did that At the at the worst just go to overtime Right because I mean they're on the 20 yard line All he's got to do is not throw a pick And they'll kick the field goal and we'll go to overtime But that throw in the end zone was a trocious Yeah what is he thinking Doing too much doing too much Trying to trying to force the game if you will And uh It cost him And you know it's funny like the more you we talk about Do you think about it If we were rooting against Drake May because of the the JLN hurts factor And all of that that that was a big Deciding factor and all of that they didn't look It neither team looked like they were ready Yeah, I mean it looked like the first game of the season Like the first time they play together You could tell by the way you know it just looked but We took it we took great joy in seeing it play out the way to to play it out Great joy is the word it was great joy last time

Let's go to D in Glassboro up on WIPD Hey guys that was a spectacular hate watch last night Uh no it ranks up there in my some of my favorite hate watches of all time I might have to rank my favorite hate watches lately But that that's up there day it was awesome No, it was very far up there and you're right we were rooting against Drake May But it's only because AJ Brown hyped up him Hiked him up so much Uh he puts the ball right where he needs to It's like and then we watched him throw hospital ball He will you stop This is like a high school kid right now Well that's what he said And that was a big mistake He's like a big league I'm pretty sick Why y'all getting all up in T. I'm just being like your 14 We are grown men here. It's not like I said Some grown men I know it's not like Not like I started saying bang again so

All right Um Well last night was about AJ and Drake may hook him up They did hook up someone said it like the last three for 28 He had the same stat line as uh what our malachi Yeah And you sat here yesterday saying Oh my best Hey listen Joe I'm Hugh Douglas I'm taking AJ's overs Hey hey hey And they boy well at least they voted Yeah they should take the money away from you On principle I got a bet that I got to forget these They said just Just replacing that bet you they should just take your money Um But it was yes It was everything I hoped it would be And Hugh you saying down with brown yesterday It really I really think it did something Cuz he made me a man down and out Yeah He was not good yesterday that I was surprised I was really surprised the

That he didn't get I thought they would get him involved earlier in the game I was kind of surprised and played out the way that it did I really really was Did you almost want that You think it was almost Ray will be like all right no you are now a part of our offense You have to abide by Um our play call You know what's funny When I was watching the game I was thinking about that and and That kind of crossed my mind but you know what I really thought it was I thought they were trying to establish the run so they they could get to the past late And and that that wasn't it either because that that defense line they wouldn't after they got after They got after him yesterday Yeah Anyway this game made me the happiest I've been in a very long time It's amazing I feel the same way it's like it's one of the best It's one of the better opening nights in a while just because we got we had something to watch a T good phone call Um Hugh the other part and I'm not taking may off the hook as may was bad That's Seahawks team and that was specifically Hugh that defense they're great that's a great defense

Yeah they got after Joe we saw it all year last year and they did it last time without Nick Eman-Warrior their safety who's a long-rangey player that was a big part of their team last year They lost a couple guys in the offseason McDonnell's a really good coach. I mean, you know, you know May Struggled and he was bad But like they did that to a lot of teams last year that they did it to May in the Super Bowl They did it to you know They did it to Brock Purti in the division around I mean they probably would have done it to us if we played them last dream like that defense is You know what it feels like you watch the Seahawks defense It feels like when I watched them they have 12 or 13 people on the field They're playing with too many folks. Yeah, it's like how do they have all these arms and people knocking the ball down And they're everywhere it just shows the speed they have and how well they're coached that they're They're obviously an awesome team Terrence in springfield us up. Hey Terrence What's up Terrence the grass it up the grass ain't always green on the other side guys Did I definitely I would definitely hate watching last night. I don't want to see anything go down

but Drip man without their thorn hospital balls man. He was throwing Hospital balls and those kind of things. Dylan hurts Don't do he want to do to you. You know as you bow. He did all this stuff man for this to start off like this It's kind of it's kind of like karma. I don't want to say it's karma But it kind of like karma hitting you right in the face man and I'm pretty sure At a point during this season as it browns going to think about does I make the right decision? Was this the right move and to me it might connect to buying them guys and I do feel like Dylan Hurtz is going to have a great start to this season Everybody doubt them right now guys everybody We have a question about the offense and That's true. We say I have questions about the offense But I feel like he is going to the mission this year. I feel like Dylan Hurtz has something to prove The started season both of those guys looks sloppy and this is a test guy. If people get an injured We saw a dog at her. We saw Eddie Brown got hurt. You guys need to start playing

I have to in a preseason because their bodies not warm up You know what do you lock the good last night because you played the whole preseason That's why you look good last night Collinsworth was on this during the broadcast you last night that he thought in a second The patriots looked physically tired and his theory wasn't what Terrence was talking about The starters don't play in the preseason It's the first time they've played this many snaps in since last year. Yeah This the NFL I think is gone too far in this direction now all almost all the teams do it right So it kind of evens its way out but you I think Terrence is right. I think Collinsworth is right the patriots looked tired in the second half Which is there it's wild they just had a training camp to get ready for the season And they don't really prepare themselves for the season well because this is they want people healthy And and I made it I said it took a cheat last night You know when I tweeted out that's why you don't play in the preseason when when uh Sam don't got hurt But there's a there's a there's a thin line between there is you know what I mean getting ready and protecting yourself

Exactly you have to figure that line out But teams that went and you know what you know what it was the the cba I think when they when the players negotiated the cba They negotiated for for for less physicality less practice time on the field and and even though we still watch It's hurt the game a little bit. It has it's hurt the game. Yeah. Yes But it's it's given a lot of players are a little bit more longevity You know so it's you gotta find a happy medium Here we know we we always see this though even last year We see a lot of players go down on them again in the season because their bodies not warmed up from from not having them But like even playing a half a couple of series to get your body up the par These their bodies not ready. They're still in preseason mode And that's why that's why I like I have to go on down and that's why we saw a they go down Uh also me from a hospital bar. That was a bad throw by Drake May I don't know he's in a horrible sense to the playoffs And I feel like we need to calm down on his Drake May put them on a pedestal guys

They have that the last year they had a last place scheduled this year They have one of the toughest casual show. Yeah, we'll see you later tonight And now they they're not gonna be here for a while so we'll see how he plays I mean turd Look may he's good may he's talented. I mean he finished second the MVP last year But we'll see well, I mean he's got to continue to progress otherwise He'll I mean there was a lot of people this office in the thought he was top five quarterback He's not I mean to me he's he's good. He look he look. He looked average yesterday Yeah, but I will say he's not in the class of the Alan Mahomes Burrow eap staffer. I maybe he will be one day. He's not there yet But I will say this you know that that to your point that defense is pretty Oh, they're really good and and going up because that defense the first get out right out the gate You probably go tend to look like that you're not gonna see defenses like that every week So maybe have a bounce back, but it's probably gonna be tough because your number one target It's hurt. Yeah, I mean the whole offseason was to get AJ today's target And now he's got the high ankle spray. Yeah, it is it is something else. All right. Let's grab Jeff and Wilmitt's in here. What's up Jeff? What's up guys? Hey Jeff

So I know I'm not like a super football fan because I watched the Phillies until the game was over and then I turned on the The Patriots game and it was rate before AJ got hurt I was like, oh man, that kind of sucks for him But I'm not like hate watching. I was I don't like the Patriots So Kyle made a good point. It would have been better if they won for you know for the Eagles overall because it You know gives the Seahawks a loss as an nsc team, but I just can't root for the Patriots at all I don't care or or I can't really root for either team to be honest with you. So I don't know I just feel bad for all those people up there in New England not really feel bad for them, but you know Thanks, I don't feel bad for them at all. Yeah, I mean, I can't go back with an all-new England That all they've done is one for 25 years and I'm not for them now I mean you Jeff obviously I don't think anyone or at least most people no one roots for an injury I wasn't happy he got hurt, but it did feel like it felt like a little bit of karma though that he was so excited to go play with this quarterback And in the first game that quarterback was bad. I mean, he just it was just bad last night

Yeah, and I didn't see the end of the game So I was like it sounds like it was really bad Oh, it was great. I mean Yeah, he threw three picks and they were I mean one he threw in a double coverage The next one he was late down the middle and the safety coming came and grabbed and the last one They're on the 20 something yard line, you know 20 seconds to go and they're down three I mean as long as he hasn't turned it over they probably kicked the field go to tie it at the worst and he forced it into the endzone and Joe picked it off It was like it was crazy And these first four games of the season for everybody it is like you guys just talking about it It's gonna be messy because teams just aren't guys just aren't playing Together for any extended period of time other than in practice So it's gonna look awful to be honest with you I don't even know if the Eagles are gonna look all that great to start out with but overall we have a much better team And our defense is way better than pretty much everybody else except for maybe the Rams so Yeah, well, I mean look the Eagles and that's why they're gonna be fine Right early because the defense gonna carry him Jeff. We appreciate the phone call all right

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You Douglas Joe Jill you guys with us 215 592 94 9 if a broadcasting live from the De Boer Heart and Lunk Center broadcast booth the board heart and Lunk Center De Boer Valley's only Hard hospital get yourself for the fillies coming up in the 12 o'clock hour leading off And the finale of a three game set fillies and Astros fillies bats were crazy last night And they were down and they came back that's a fun win last night fillies win 11 to 7 They go for a series victory before they head to Atlanta for three this week We'll get to the fillies you quickly before we go back to the phone lines on the AJ stuff and how great of a hate watch that was last night Um look couple implications with the Eagles last night Obviously, you know, it's fun that the Patriots lost and then AJ lost and it was a nightmare That is an early season good win for the sea hawks right and we could battle them for a one-seat or a playoff spot We'll see where it goes But Darnold went out that's that's that you know, so we got news this morning that AJ Brown gets it. It's a hip for Darnold. We got news. AJ has a high ankle We don't know the severity of the Darnold injury But here I'm keeping my eye on that for two reasons one if he's out for an extended period like drew lock got them through a game

But yeah, but he he that dude he's not Darnold right so that would be a huge huge thing for them And then the second part is if he is going to be an out for extended period Hugh this could be the landing spot This could be how he rosy's opportunity to flip one of his quarterbacks Flip But we've been waiting I think the Eagles have been waiting for an injury in the NFL to a quarterback right where a team would kind of feel a little desperate to bring in another quarterback I wonder if that could be Seattle right if we if if we get news in the next day or so that Darnold's gonna miss a month or whatever would a hit Maybe maybe that's a spot if they need some cover hue that Tanner McKee Andy Dalton could be shipped over to Seattle Hugh if you if you could choose if you were howie and Seattle calls and they said we need a quarterback Which one would you rather give him Tanner? Well you are Andy the Andy No, it's because experience like Are you comfortable giving Tanner McKee the keys to the if something happens to Jayla? Are you comfortable giving the keys to Andy Dalton? I mean I mean out of the two I mean it ain't a whole lot to choose from especially when you talk about the preseason that you had But I would want to go

I would probably lean more towards the experience, you know And he's been in these big me I mean these big meetings big big games before he's been in When I say big games he's played in the NFL. I mean he played he won divisions played in play. I'll just say but he's played in the NFL No, it's been a long time for him to play a big game, but he used to he used to yeah as much as I like Tanner and I you know I talked about him being the future. Yeah, you dumped him like a I didn't dump you man You abandoned him As soon as you got eyes You know the meme with guys walking in the street with his girlfriend. He looked back at the other woman That's you Tanner and Andy Dalton you just your head turns right It's more so guys This is an important season right and and we have a lot ride known this season And I want I want somebody there that That is a little bit more familiar with the offense because Tanner and Jaylin are probably when you talk about is Their familiarity with the office. They're probably the same boat. Yeah, they're transparent new yet So I will want somebody who at least if we had to salvage the season is familiar enough with it

So he could probably if he's out there playing He can get up to speed quicker than the other two on brand Douglas sticking with his guy Andy Dalton calling the see ox and offer enough Tanner McKee. I'm believe let's go the phone lines here mark and Jersey Ah new mark was calling the sport or mark. Hey, feel today Yeah, I'm today is a glorious day a glorious morning. They tell you something Is bad as those interceptions were from Drake me It wasn't That they weren't even his worst pass His worst pass was the fleeflicker. Did you see that it was awful? He underthru him by five yards I have to die by three steps. Yeah, he had him by three steps and he under threw it. That was horrendous That's one of the worst those I've ever seen He hits a defender in the button I said oh no way no way well The worst part was when the plate when the play happened and I saw it developing and I saw I was AJ I was like oh crap. He was gonna come in here tomorrow The bright play

He was gonna come in here with his AJ Brown jersey today peacock and all over the Is bad and you know what to on the plate where he got hurt First of all he was blanket covered Drake Mason on thrown it now he's he's one of those down in big nab ducks north into the dirt Nobody's gonna catch that ball Telling you this dude this guy is a fraud you do you know that they did a uh I stat this more I almost fell on my car. I was driving in this one. I think it was real in the morning She gave a stat about Drake me His regular season record Lifetime in the NFL and the regular season against teams with winning records Oh in 12 These are all in 12 against teams that are over 500 I couldn't believe it I This guy is fraud if that is not the definition of fraud what is

Well that feels fraudish. I mean, I mean, I'll be honest with you mark that and he was bad last night and the the best part for us is This is what a j wanted mark. He wanted to go to go there. Hey, exactly. Yep. I tell you what I think because I got some buddies of them I'm telling you who they're trying to run out of town already Romeo god. They don't cut him Romeo He was My god to save my damn bet he couldn't give me 35 and I just hope And I hope though he that we got the better of the green bit I hope with which has to be better than then then does he's got to be got me a little nervous I was like man, is that what we get from green Bay? Mark I thought the same thing. I was like wait a second this green Bay knows something about these guys We don't that they let them walk out the door But let's let's keep our fingers crossed for wicks. I like him. He had a good camp mark good phone call I knew I knew mark would call to you. I mean mark hates agent. You know what the Patriots probably really do regret though

Trade away booty Yes, well, I mean that's of course. I mean that that was wide receiver depth that they they don't have now With the chance to Houston two weeks ago, right? Yes, uh speaking of frauds by the way I think there's something else we might need to address after last night Are we sure that players know ball Well, no, I mean on this show we have I mean the least I have and you have tried to tell people that for a while I mean Doug what happened? Douglass has been holding out thinking they do, but they don't well AJ Like everybody today is getting their pound of flesh. Jalen hurts over Drake by AJ was wrong in their mind Drake may Ranked much higher than Jalen on the NFL top 100. He was like top 11 of the all the players Just putting it out there and then not to mention you Douglass's takes over the past Yesterday the bet yesterday The in front of our whole rally yesterday cheering for AJ I felt and I wasn't already didn't really felt the same way that But right raise more of a down the middle football guy

No, I was not no down the middle tells you what he sees you were and I told you what I said Yeah, and there was a twinge of I mean you've been on this age you've been mr. AJ the whole time We're also not even sure your eyes really work I'm a man AJ the whole time I just I have conviction yeah in the wrong things And I tried to listen if I'd hit my parlor at the last night But Romeo that Give me 35 yards. No, I just asked for 35 yards. Yeah Didn't give it to me. Well, he stinks too. I mean that oh he did last night Well, I'm that I blame him a lot of that also made to a pick on one of those it just was it was a nightmare night For the Patriots and AJ Brown and it was a great hate watch 215-592 94-94 your phone calls on it. I'll also get to the fills coming up here on the other side as the fillies Had quite enough fits of night last night to me last night's game had two things Well, we'll hit them both on the other side the really good and maybe something we can start to hope on and then one thing Was not good and I think we have to keep an eye on as we move down the stretch of the season

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It is 11 to six fillies Boom here. What a night for the offense last night 11 runs Phillies down Big early and they come back to win at 11 7 and it is the midday show we're live today From the De Boer heart and lungs center broadcast with the citizens of spank park We'll have leading off an hour for now the bulldog gave Dave Urem will be with us And we'll get set for the series for now, but you a couple things from last night Obviously the trooper home run was awesome and that was kind of capped off all the runs they scored and that was um Man, what is he up to now? That's 45 44 home runs for Kyle Schrober I don't even think he's looked physically right for a couple months But man he one arm swing he hits him out so great home run by Schrober great-grand slam You but the two big things to me stood out from last night and the last few nights here He want to start with the good or the bad? Where do you want to start with this started to bad? Okay Sanchez got hit hard last night. Yeah, there are certain games and we all see them throughout a season Where a pitcher can give up four five or six runs, but not really be hit hard You know, I mean like soft contacts singles maybe a bad defensive play and it kind of opens the floodgates

And you walk away from the game you're like ah give four or five runs, but I didn't think he pitched that bad and then there's night like last night I thought Sanchez was good. I mean he was getting tattooed by the Astrum Yeah, it feels like that because I was watching I was at a spot while I was watching on both both screens Yeah, I was watching football on the smaller screen. I had baseball on the big screen Yeah, he got rough. He got touched up a little bit. Yeah, now look he had been better lately So it's not like panic mode or big concern because he he settled back down. I just At this time, you know getting this two weeks left in the season You you want to see You want to see like you want to see the offense doing with a deal Yes, they're especially coming off of the game that they had a couple days ago So you just want to see everybody kind of trending in the right direction I guess as we head towards the postseason I'm not sure what we're gonna what level we're getting out of Sanchez in the postseason You can convince me he can have two or three great starts because he's an excellent pitcher And he's also had I have to go look he's probably had three or four or five stars This year is given up ten or more hits like he has games once in a while where he gives up a lot of it And a lot of hard contact so let's cross our fingers at last night was just a bad night

And he has a good start next week and we keep rolling now here. Let's get to the good And you know you're the one that called it two nights ago we were here No, you thought yeah, no, I know you going so we'll come in coming at all right all right all time We know we know and time we've seen trade turner for a long time now He's a very streaky hitter when he his good weeks his good months Are very good right there all star level. They're like wow kind of months He hasn't really had won the entire season Hugh maybe and I know I'm we obviously need to see fingers crossed fingers crossed because he hasn't he had one big week in the west coast in may But he really hasn't had a big two or three or four weeks stretched the entire season Hugh maybe I made the home run two nights ago last night He had two hard hits to right field won the single for the run And then hit a home run to right field and I always think when trays using the whole field That's the best version of trade turner. Here. What do you think are we getting a hot trade turner here down the street? I hope so I mean because if if that's the case it's at the perfect time You know when you talk about being hot for a month We got two weeks left in the season carried that over into the postseason

And and and hopefully you can keep it going until you get to the world see that would be great That would be phenomenal. Yeah, look I we're at the point now where there's nothing he can do to save his season stats These you know his season numbers are not going to look good right no matter It doesn't matter what he does the rest of the season compared to his normal. It's not going to look good So that's that's out Now it's just about can you get hot down the stretch and carry that into October and last couple games are good signs I thought the home run to right field last night was a really good sign for trade turner Let's go to the phone lines in a second here first this segment brought you by Xfinity proud sponsor of wip Is Xfinity mobile lounge watch all your favorite teams all in one place Xfinity Imagine that clandell is up on wip good morning clandell Morning morning morning guys listen I did not want to see a j brown get hurt the only thing that could be better last night Is if Drake made through that last interception and he tried to force it to a j brown. I wish a j brown was on the other side of that That would have been because perfect clandell that that would have been like you can't draw it up any better

That would have been Storybook for all Eagles fans and all jailing hurts defenders He got everything he wanted yeah the guy that can you know throw perfectly Throne balls to get perfect pass and appearances under thrones Yeah, the guy who could throw the ball over the middle for interception Yeah, the guy who can force it into tight windows to the opposite team You have a he has a perfect guy This is the reason why a lot of jailing people Are going after Drake may it really doesn't have anything to do with Drake me But we just comparing apples to apples Drake may last year was just was the second year in the league keeping the second MVP Jalen did that So what makes this guy so much farther ahead of jalen in terms of development only because he's had the same coordinated two years back The back and that makes him kind of sort of seem like he's good this guy Drake may hasn't played a good game in five games

Well, he hasn't I mean you're right about that. I mean clandard think there's you know he was drafted really high There's a sense he's gonna be good, but your point is fair right you know Would you look at Drake now compare to jalen after 22? It's very similar. I mean the difference actually would be Jalen played better in the soup way better in the sir ball like you know demonstrably better in the sir ball May stunk so you're right So we'll you know we'll see where his career goes, but I I agree with you in that Their a j wanted to play with him and didn't want to play with jalen and last night felt like you know that's karma. That's karma for him What Drake may as a deer in headlights when he comes to big games now people now a j is gonna see the difference between a stone cold killer and a guy who just average when his life gets bright because this guy I understand that a j A j went out of the game that's that's that's the thing, but you let a backup through lock come into the game and out play you And use the second and MVP and you supposed to be and you was on top five lists all throughout the

All throughout the all season and you guys and players don't know ball. What do his heck is no because Drake may I see him top four top three on some of these lists Based on project maybe nobody knows ball. Maybe that's the lesson we're learning clandard Phone call not enough people know ball. I mean you Douglas supposed to know ball as you know ball does not yes But I will say this it's it's a little and I hear you clandard and I and we are in we are in the throws of it We're reveling in the fact that you think it's a little heavy handed on me. Well, I do yeah I mean it's first game in the season. Yeah, probably the first game in the season, but hey listen All bets are off in the first game season. We've been waiting for six months. Yep to get to this point Well, that's it you know it's a standalone game. We have a lot to you in a thousand February like I mean I get it I'm not I'm not trying to bet I just If you feel how you feel this morning you feel how you feel as an Eagles fan And I'm pretty sure everybody hasn't called him, but everybody was excited that that game unfortunately played out the way Not not so much excited about AJ getting hurt But the three for 28 and being a huge factor in that off well then this is the ebbs and flows of quarterback play right?

I mean let's That draft class you was an interesting one right that 2024 draft class. Yeah Caleb Williams first year was that good? Nope, and then what happened last year he popped right and now people You know, I think he's gonna be really good again Jaden Daniels here was the opposite jaden Daniels rookie year was one of the most impressive rookie years of any quarterback We've ever seen and then last year he got hurt and he stunk Drake may rookie year bad team and whatever then last year he pops they go to the surb both not great in the playoffs And he struggles this first game this year. So we'll see I mean here you don't Talent is talent you could kind of see that when you just put the game on but you really don't know how these quarterbacks are gonna involve It takes time right they have to go through the league they have to adjust that injuries happen It takes a few years to really know like all right is this guy gonna be great for a while Or is he just good for a moment? There's been a lot of quarterbacks that have been good for a year too And then they just fall off yeah, and and and I think that drake mate You know going into a game where The team that you just played the last year had your number

They ain't too much changed you know the mean AJ was really the change yeah, AJ was a change and for whatever reason You're you went into that game and your emphasis early on was to try to establish the run Right and when you did try to pass it wasn't there you know quarterbacks That's why I thought it was kind of odd because thinking about to last year's started a season not our game But every other game you saw the game start with they try to get the quarterback more so in a passing rhythm It felt like in these two with a game last night It felt like they they were more establishing the run even when when San Bernard got hurt They were more it was more of a ground game because I think if I'm Between the two teams. I think Seattle had 97 yards on the ground and and I think New England had a hundred or over a hundred something like that So it was more of a passing game and it was between the two quarterbacks It was like 400 yards passing or whatever to combine So it was more it felt like it was more of a feel you out kind of run the ball kind of game

But I thought that going into this And all the hoopla that was around AJ the fact that you took forever to getting That you would probably you know involve him on the pass game and what that wasn't the case The other thing and we had a couple callers bring up the sloppiness here. You're right. You're right about the rushing numbers The other thing like you know what last night had 17 combined penalties. That's how sloppy I mean teams that aren't ready the pre-procedural penalties. I mean it's just as you know when you when you when we were talking about Eagles Acceptable You beat me to it, but that's what you're increasing the skids I was I was increasing the skids Joe. I'm trying to prepare you for the frustration that you potentially gonna feel Sunday. Nope Cannot do it. I'm not trying to hear all that. I'm not Nick Sirena is responsibility to have a team ready. We got hold Nick's feet to the fire. Demon Nick What have you been doing over there for this whole month? Listen, I you know I've come around on Nick's nicks. Nick's a good coach, right? But Just for the Eagles perspective. He doesn't call plays on either side

So like to me, I judge him on the details, right? So but being buttoned up being the last penalties like that's what he's got to be in charge of Can I can I just say that I have to ready to go? Can I because I was looking right and it like coach man Hair grew a lot so I know what's going on there? I think he had to proceed that feels like a defiant act towards you No, no, hey listen, and he had a cap on right? You might but you could see the hair at the bottom Yeah, but I think he he went to turkey and on his off day and got to his off day. Yeah, turkey's a long. I don't think that's a day Trilieu That's all I go to the shore That story I'm staggered to When he put it out if he have if he have a hair full of hair, I'm calling him out on that okay Well, he did have a whole offseason to possibly get that done. You're you're aware of that right? So it was it was draft draft night draft night We saw him go bald He came on home on draft night. You're right But if he ate but listen, I'm just saying this if if if he has a hair full of hair

I'm going to turkey Give me some hair. Is that a threat? This is that's a straight-up threat watch out everyone He was going to turkey to one five nine two Nine-four coming up your phone calls on all this a J the Phil's win last night and Jalen hurt spoke yesterday press conference for the game I thought two interesting things Jalen hurt said one about Sean Manion We'll get to that coming up. It is the midday show right here on sports radio 94 WIP So Jill you guys with us. It's the it's two one five five nine two 94 94 Live from the DeBora heart and lung center broadcast booth right here at Sidis Bay Park We'll have leading off coming up at the top of the 12 o'clock hour as we get to The finale of the series fillies and the estrus here before we go back to the phone lines and we revel In the nightmare that was a J Brown's debut with the new England Patriots Jalen hurt spoke yesterday you I thought he said a couple of really interesting things actually both of them pertained to Sean man. Let's let's start with the first one You know we've spoken a lot this

Summer about where Manion's going to be on Sundays right? Is he gonna be in the booth or the field? Sounds like he's going to be in the booth. That sounds like the plan Well, Jalen hurts was asked about this like if he had a preference and He I think it's the first time that Jalen was asked or at least this part of it came up because we we've been talking about this in the frame of Manion man. Yeah, he feels about well Here's Jalen and he he kind of threw an interesting nugget out there about what he's been used to verse what we might get Sunday I don't know we'll see we'll see it's been the first a bit first time a coach has been in the play college been in the booth since college So you know think just again the importance of building that chemistry and getting hip to hip him knowing What he's thinking I each processing things and ultimately You know, I think the endgame chemistry that'll be built the endgame experiences We have coming soon to be very valuable for us and what we ultimately want to accomplish So he did go on to later say here that he whatever is good for Sean is Best for the team like if Sean wants to be in the booth. He's fine with it But that's an interesting angle that I hadn't thought about what Jalen's been used to and he said he hasn't had a coordinator a play caller

Not on the sidelines with him since college So because that what he was with Lane Kiffin right because Lane lane was Lane with him for he had not sure I'm not sure I'm not sure I know he had dable. He had Mike lockslee for a moment. Maybe he had lane Because Lane was on the sideline because I remember I remember saving cursing him out quite a few times Lincoln Riley Of course at Oklahoma was on the sidelines. So he so he's saying It's been a while for him to not be able to just walk over to the play caller on the sideline and discuss it He's going old school. We're gonna be on the phone. You can bend that red phone Well, you know what I don't I don't know if it's like that I think they can talk to him in there here with that with him in this helmet He did mention the phone yesterday. So okay, he did he did So I guess they could do either yeah, well can The can Jalen speak into the helmet like you know, I mean like Jalen could hear him in the helmet could Jalen talk back Uh, I don't know what they probably had to be on the phone. I mean probably be on the phone. You're right man You could get him in his helmet. He can say hey, I need to talk to you right and hey when you get dealt with this series I need to talk to you he could do that, but yeah, yeah, he probably had to be on the phone It's an adjustment I didn't think about the adjustment for Jalen like I we had talked about it as what's good for

Manion what how does he see the field what's where is he comfortable? It's that it is an adjustment for Jalen Well, I think you know, it's it's funny because I think man I had this conversation a couple weeks ago and and he was basically giving his his two cents about where he felt like All the coordinators I remember defensively they're on the sideline, but they were veteran coordinators, right? So maybe that has something to do with it. He's he hasn't he wants to see the whole field until he gets comfortable With being out down there on the field. So it might be one of those things. It's a comfort thing right now And as he as he progresses as a play caller He'll probably move down to the to the sideline because like I said, I remember Defensive coordinators the ones that I've had they like they like they like to cut you out They like to they like to know what you see what you see and all players are cussed at you. Oh, you got cussed out I remember the only coordinated I had that was in the in the booth was Jim Vicarilla And and Jim was you know, he had the coaches on the sideline like that kind of coach or whatever, but Jim Joss was on the sideline And Emmett Emmett was on the sideline. So yeah, all right. Let's go to one more thing hurt said yesterday

And I he I want curious I want you to listen to this and everyone to listen I wonder if you had the same takeaway I did hearing it here's hurts. Yes. Should I ask about his role running the football Mixed in with this new scheme here. Here's John on all that. Yeah, I think for my um My career my approach on it Spet especially as it's going on and the changes continue this Going and doing what I'm asked to do and and really trying to understand what the goal is what the objective is and I want to execute so Um, I don't know how things will look. I don't know Um with the flow will be um, but I think I'm excited about you know having a North star and coach You know telling us what the intends on on doing and how he wants to attack and so um You know the game can go a number of different ways I think I've always played the game to win And I think all of that is a part of building in game chemistry with the new unit new

um A new team you know new new scheme everything Here the question was about him and how how much he'll run in this due offense did you did you hear it the way I did the way I heard that was I'll do it if Sean Paul's it is needed and specifically What I'm he said what I'm asked to do that that sounded to me like Sean embracing to Sean Manion if you want me to run You you call me to run otherwise The way I heard it was he's not gonna run Just to run if they call a quarterback design run he will run the play But I don't know if we're getting as many off schedule scrambles as As we used to what what did how did you hear that you know what Joe when you when you say like that? I get what I pick up what you put it down It's it's and I guess I look at it differently than the way you're looking at it It's like I feel like and I want to put words in my view you're looking at it more so that He's not gonna improvise You're almost like his running will if Sean wants him to run call I run

Quarterback run and I'll run but if you don't call it I'm not running as much but see I look at it more so Him trying to play Initially in the structure of the offense because that that right now that's what we're talking about We're talking about the fact that Jayla's learning a new offense and he's trying to learn a new oasis of this new offense So in order for him to have success Maybe initially you run it to write the right way You know you run it the way that it's it's designed now I think that there's gonna be some opportunity there as the season progresses For him to to improvise a little bit, but I think initially Had to be able to run it the right right yeah, I wait that's one of those I I don't know how that looks until we get to I just I mean we're all recklessly speculating at this point Yeah, I mean I could picture the offense and the kind of the bones of it because we see so much like it in the NFL But I I'm struggling to picture how often and how effectively Jayla will run I hope it's you know pretty often and I hope it's obviously very effective because he used to be great at it And last year he just didn't do it much so we'll say that I just found an answer really interesting. Let's go to Marcus who

Marcus on the board. It says can I talk to ike about Jalen hurts. What's up Marcus? Hey, how you guys doing? I'm just I'm gonna look sick of this Excuses thing for Jaylen hurts all the time and I'm gonna be wrong I'm a big Philadelphia Eagles fan right and ike you played and I had a question for you ike because I heard you guys Tone in on you know, you get asked to get adjusted to the play color calling plays from not on the side All right, when Dodd have been with plan right they don't have been just a judge To uh, you know to the game flow or how did that go because I just feel like we sometimes we tend to get Jalen Excuses to not play good and last time I'll check that's what he gets paid for right to adjust and be our leader on the field Don't worry, but there there is an adjustment period there's an adjustment period but he gets paid very well He gets paid handsomely and that that's the thing that that a lot of people You know, they don't they don't understand gets paid way more than ike did when he did yeah, he got he a listen. I was a beast

You were you were i yep. Yeah, I know you ain't got to tell me twice Michigan State's finest You got to tell me twice yeah, it was one of those things where talk don't like you know, yeah, it's a Man, it's an adjustment period when you play it in a field no question why'd you leave and go to Atlanta? Why did he cause yeah then he started that fight with trotter? Yeah I Creed you know what I'm gonna go ahead and leave unbelievable he did that much it could be worse You could be Hugh Douglas starting a fight with thrall Owens. That's works. That's works So I Have to adjust like at what point and like I Answer that when you ask it. Yes, he had the there's an adjustment when he comes in a field and especially when you talk about the fact that Jayla's running a new offense. That's not an excuse that that's the fact That's the fact he's running a new offense right there's new nuances in this offense And he has to adjust to the nuance Yeah, well, and there's 21 teams with new coordinators this year right so it's it when more than half the league has a new coordinator

Good call mark is in good question right there um It definitely it throws that Whole that excuse reason whatever it doesn't hold the same one I don't want to hear like you know what you know what it is man and and this is where I respect fandom It is it's it's not based in a logic. I mean, that's that's the fact. It's just not sometimes it's what not no It's not because for the most part most fans feel like You make the money that you make you should be able to do this that a third it doesn't work like that well Okay, but that's it is isn't that a reasonable expectation? Well, it's it's it's it's it's a logical in the sense that There's an adjustment period and that's fit that's fair there you see what I'm saying there's an adjustment period But people feel like because Jayla makes 60 million dollars that 60 million dollars Automatically makes you should know the offense like right away It shouldn't but by the end of the year. Yeah, yeah, you should see some progress. Yeah, I mean

I don't think it's crazy to ask by the end of the season his performance compared to the other quarterbacks Be somewhere in line with his salary. I do not disagree with that. What where is he probably now you think he's 11 maybe 10 to 12 and salary for quarterbacks Something that range right so do not disagree So he to me he needs to look like one of the 10 to 12 best quarterbacks by the time the season ends and if he's 20 we have a problem Yeah, I mean, I do not disagree with that But it's one of those things where it's still an adjustment, but in fans mind it's like hey, you make such a such a amount of money You should be able to do that right and it's that's not the reality. I agree like it isn't Yeah, we should have asked that guy's thoughts on Hugh Douglas There's sure to it's like you know what pretty good player talks to host. He's no like Reese Spartan dog party. I you know my favorite part was that we got through the whole call It's a tie. I think he knew I don't know nope I think it was a spin on the Hollis thing. No, no, he had no he had no idea. I talked to him So wait, man, who was chocolate? That wasn't easy. That was me. Oh, I thought that was

idea I Think my favorite part of the whole call was that he kept addressing you was like yeah, like he kept having to use your name You know what's fun? I said I Sleener and taller yeah, then me. I know and it's great 11 30 I know all that I just love the you know like I know like Kind of hard because it's only two folks at the station that work day every day, but it's like damn dog I used to later in the day right once in a while this afternoon. I pull it eight hours I would not Once in a while this happens at like 130 and you that you kind of say you kind of see that but it's a left Yeah, it's it's the morning and me the one of us working eight hours shift So what do you talk about but it's cool. I mean, I didn't I didn't have a problem with that now to be fair You both played defense for the Eagles like there. It's not like it. There's no connect. No No, there's some connection You you're a teammates on the Eagles defense when you see man-eye together You don't look like a middle we do not because I'm wider and I ain't much taller

We look like what's that the what's those ghosts? They used to be with Casper the friendly ghost with a dad the tall skinny ghost didn't add the rotund Look like what their names I forgot what their names were I haven't thought about the But you remember Casper the two ghosts that man come on Threat sticky and Fato Yeah Like I'm not fast, so but I'm just giving you the visual I think you don't worry about it. I'm just saying I'm a wide body. I'm a I can't not a wide body hold on This is this is the AI description of Fato the gluttonous and dimwitted member of the trio I walked into that one didn't I Don't laugh at that. Don't know. Yeah, like my angelie sitting here crack it up My don't laugh you you walked right into the job Don't laugh at that that was not funny. I mean look I'm not saying the bracket will have dimwitted Douglas That's here, but I mean it's it's right there for a big call worse. Let's put a clan in Wisconsin. What's up, Glenn? Hey, how you guys doing?

Clam what's up? Hey, I just may be a little niche, but last night watching AJ and Drake may play together It may be think of Jill and herds being that king from a Troy where he's screaming. This is who you left me for yeah So Name you really think of that I enjoyed the hate watch one of the things that they want to ask you guys And I could be wrong which is why I want to ask did it give you kind of hesitation about the Eagles defense Because it seemed like the Patriots offense during the joint practice and stuff did pretty well against the defense And yesterday looking at him struggle. I know it's a game versus joint practices But kind of wanted to get you guys thoughts on that it's a good question So I didn't think of it last what do you say now? I'm saying again, so he's saying that the Eagles defense seemed to struggle against the Patriots offense in the joint practice But last night the C.O.X. defense shut down the Patriots offense as a give us any pause So I glad I didn't think about it last night. I did think about it during the joint practices I just I think we just have an assumption that Eagles defense will be great great and it will be very good I mean Vic Fandre they're gonna have a good defense, but I think you could be honest something right like we have a question market linebacker with Nicobie not here

And we'll see how good jihad is you know in fillin in and And he was I think safety is a major question. I mean it is it's we'll see how good McCube is They lost playing could chip. They're gonna start apps and then the other thing Glenn I thought last night is you know We're excited about re-quollen. It doesn't seem like the C.O.X. Miss re-quollen at all like they let him go and they didn't they don't It doesn't matter to them. Well the reality of it is this it's it's matchups right at the end of the day When you talk about certain teams they match up better with other teams and and I think that what you're seeing Last night is the fact that familiarity I think kind of played into that game a lot more even though there was new pieces when you talk about Dops and AJ being out there the defense align for the Seattle Seahawks is fairly intact and They had a game plan that they probably were familiar with with the way that Drake may play you know You see what I'm saying? Because the last game they played in was the Super Bowl right so now they're gonna probably take some of that game plan from the Super Bowl

And implement that into this game not a whole lot but but but but probably the majority of it So what you actually saw last night to me was a little bit more familiarity with that team as opposed to another you know what I'm saying Yeah, that can be true and I do think the Eagles defense is gonna be good It is giving a little hesitation. I know it's different. It's been game practices and go where we're talking about previously My only main concern is and you I think you may agree with me Well, I'm this and is that what Joe and does struggle again It's learning new offense, but that put a lot of pressure on the defense And I think the worst thing for defense is being on the field too much Because then causes a lot more chance for errors and on this communications everything. Oh, I agree I was the playoff game last year right against San Francisco We couldn't get up. You know, we couldn't sustain drives good call Glenn, but I will say this With this defense knowing what they know That they're probably they're probably gearing up to play a lot because the offense is gonna struggle I mean you kind of like as a defender you kind of know

What's probably gonna be the case, you know what I mean? So they're not they're preparing for it. All right to our colors point and I don't I didn't I don't think he's sound in the alarms The defense will not be good. It will be good right with big fan geo a Carter Davis the corners They're going to have a good defense, but you we have we I think we just have set out loud a lot like almost like a reflex One of the best defense to the NFL. Yeah Are we and again this matters to an extent of how good the offense is right if they're the seventh best defense That's really good. Yeah, but if they're the best defense. That's a different level You know what I mean? That's like yeah, are we sure there are top five defense? Let me just throw this at you Texans that they look like there are top five defense right Seattle's we just saw it last night They were last year Denver the Rams the Rams with miles Garrett the Ravens. I'm just You like the right like I think the Ravens defense would really good. So I Here's what I'll say. I think you know who might be sneaky good Dallas That good though. That's right. Well Dallas might be a top 10 defense. Okay. I think I'm very confident Eagles

Well, but top 10 defense Two years two years ago. They were the best there is we saw it in the playoffs last year There is a difference between that defense two years ago and the defense last year the defense two years ago It's not letting Brock Purti and the zombie nine or score twenty something points. They just wouldn't I mean they were the zombie Niders. No, you know what I you know what I like about this defense and it's gonna sound strange is that There is when you when you think about The guys that Potentially can put pressure on the quarterback. You don't know and I think in some odd way That's an advantage because think about the last couple years of this defense and how well they played With not consistent edge pressure. Yeah, and maybe maybe jail is about to take a big lead. Yeah It feels like J. L. Hunt the way that he's locked in is gonna be that dude that's gonna be that consistent pass Russia for you So I'm excited about that. I'm excited about the fact that J. L. Hunt When you when you when you listen to him talk from his first year to now

His confidence has jumped tremendously So you look at him and what he was able to do he led the lead he led this team in sax and intercepts last year It's crazy stuff so when you think about the type of player that big fan's year once or or once on the field It feels like J. L. Hunt fits that mold and he's gonna allow him to you know He's gonna line the plate. Yeah, I agree. I mean I there's a path where they're a top one two three defense I mean they have they have that chance But there are some questions linebacker. I have a question about Nikolby and I think safety's a major question and the week one thing I don't know I mean we'll see we'll see how good recoil and as it is interesting Seattle's like yeah Whatever I mean recoil and scona would just as good Tanner in fillies up. What's up Tanner? Cool what's going on guys? Tanner what's up man? Oh Nothing much. I was a generational hate watch last night Drake may need to work on his subway to order taking skills after the all the meatball marinaries and ham grinders and Turkey subs all the way all down the field. That was that was beautiful. Oh my god

I think that was the last one was the last one a ham a ham grinder or a meatball the one you can joke Yeah, yeah, something like that something something like that Yeah, it was it was rough now. I won't I'm not gonna Watch an AJ go down. I didn't want to see that because I don't wish injuries on any players But like I wish he stayed in the game, but kept the 28 yards and sat through that like watching his face all last night Was funny watching them on the sideline just having a state column and collected because you know he was seeing that whole game watching JSN move Of course he was and you know he was supposed to be the story of the game and then by the end He's not even in there and this did the quarterback he wanted to play with he is throwing up all over himself It was awesome. Oh It it was it was beautiful and Matt Collins being the first former equal to get the first catch of the game I rather than AJ Brown that was that was the highlight of my night Yeah, that was great. It was as good of an opening from a hate loss perspective as we're gonna get

Do you have an update for us Tanner on your on your madden franchise with Hugh Douglas? Yeah, I haven't been able to call in for the last couple of days because I've been in the war room Because Hugh Douglas is inside he wants to ask for more money Because he's unhappy with his contract Just like It has been a rough few weeks of deliberating with other commissioners in the league I've been offered bags of chips and return Twizzlers Maybe maybe two pennies or some quarters to go in a for Hugh Douglas bet But it's been rough. So you know what we're treating him or you're keeping him. Are you what are you gonna do? You know, I need you to make a face for yourself You I don't know I mean he's we know about his history might be another fight in your locker room I think you have to get that cancer out of your locker room

You know what your trade deadline isn't until week seven for our league so you know what we will We will deliberate then I would come back to it Yeah, this is not a surprise at all video game Douglas is just like the real Hugh Douglas You know, he's just you know, this is not a surprise Tanner Gray phone call. Yeah, I would trade you in a heartbeat Thank you to one five five nights That is your number to hop do we know what your maddened is by the way I so I think Tanner mentioned. It's the newest man, but you can have Okay, so it's it's it's prime version of Hugh Douglas not washed Hugh Douglas No, it's a good player, but obviously All right, well, that don't change things. Yeah, no, well that yeah, because you want the player, but you don't you know You don't want the drama that he brings all right coming up. We'll get to tonight Another NFL game and a big one in the NFC and our bold predictions For the NFL season I can't wait. I mean a couple of years ago Hugh said said Bryce up was gonna break the sac records We'll see what he has cooked up today our bold predictions for the 2026 NFL season your calls as well midday show sports radio

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All I could say about the results of this poll is 13% of you guys are lying 87% yes took pleasure in the Patriots losing 13% Hugh voted no Yeah, I don't believe any of the though. There was a lot of pictures hate last night. Yeah, because of It was it was a jakes fault because they hated the quarterback Because when we when we heard him wax poetic about the quarterback. Yeah, heaven and all that human being It's almost like when say like you dated a young lady right and she breaks out with you and they say well How do you like him? Oh, he's so a ten of he listens to everything that I say yes So deep down like screw that guy. Yeah, you know, she's like he he's very he's very thoughtful. He brings me flower Because it's all the stuff that you didn't do right and you like now you don't like him Because he Do night he do night he just he doing him. He's doing him. But screw him. Yeah. Yeah, it's like forget that guy All right, Hugh before we get to our bowl predictions for the 2026 NFL season We need to talk about tonight tonight is a really it's certainly a big game at a fun game in Australia

But really so I mean the game itself is a big one right the Rams the 49ers. It's a great matchup two great coaches all that But Hugh the interesting part but besides just the excess and owes is the strategy each team took I'm sure it's gonna be a big part of the talking points when Netflix and the Netflix game opens it up tonight Hugh what do you think of what each team did so the Niners have been there for a week trying to get themselves acclimated all that The Rams just got there yesterday the Rams are considering this a business trip. They're in their out and There's actually some science behind it in their mind they apparently sent some staffers over to Australia last year to kind of gauge this and they think they can They can almost avoid the jet lag by getting in the day of day of and playing and getting the right out of there What do you think I mean who did this right the Niners to get there a week ahead the Rams to get there yesterday You know what to your point. I've heard people say that before it's like because it takes your body a while To adjust to the time change so so that's smart because we were talking about when we get ready to go to London We probably won't be messed up with our time change until that what when we get that we leave Tuesday right Tuesday night

So it probably won't be to win the authority where it really affects us because The time that we go to work is different than the time we normally go to work So you think it's gonna benefit the Rams just I think I think I think so I think so you know because you get there I mean that's what I ate our flight or something like that. No, I think it's long enough. Oh But they probably had the absolute best accommodations that you could have well I'm gonna fly in a regular flight. Yeah, they probably had the double-decker situation going on because you know all the staff and everything So they probably had the sleepers for the for the players or whatnot 14 hours. Oh, yeah, I'm a LA to Australia. I've done that flight They probably you came you went from East Coast right here. No, no, no, so we got a layover in LA Okay, so so what is it? It's a 14 yeah, yeah about 14 and a half hours to like eight L.A. and then 14 So what is that check did the chip like do you think the Rams are right or are they crazy? I mean, I have no idea because I was 13 and I wasn't about to play a football game But I guess I kind of like understand the theory is like I guess don't let your body adjust like stay in the other time and just play as though you're playing it at a different time of the day

I don't yeah, I don't know I guess we're gonna have a trouble when we come back. Well either way No matter whatever happens in this game Somebody's gonna decide that one or the other was correct even though it's just one game Of course and and the rosters might decide the game more than the jet lag decides the game But that's you're right. I mean that will be a big talk about all right here before we um we get to leading off at 12 We need we do this every year right we do before the start of seasons NFL and MLB He was cybersome bowl predictions bowl predictions for the 2026 NFL season and you you kind of infamous for these right baseball season this year You predicted Alec Bump for 30 home runs 30. I think I amended that it was 30 And then of course a few years ago you predicted Bryce Huff To break the NFL sacrilege Now he's now he's saving the world sell a battery he's talking batteries now so he's saved the word Why don't you start us off? What do you got bowl prediction 2026 NFL season? I predict boldly That Josiah Trotty know he got he got named starter. Yes, yes

Defensive rookie the year. Oh, I like that one defensive rookie the Josiah Trotty that is uh is could it be the year of the trotters? The year of the trotters you know, I think that uh Jeremiah is gonna end up playing a lot here all right So Hugh Douglas starts us off with Josiah Trotter defensive rookie the year in the NFL I'm gonna go to a team that's playing tonight and you you know Sometimes that the hype for teams is overdone. Mm-hmm. I don't think it is with this team I think the Rams are going undefeated this season. Oh boy 20 I know undefeated dude You know what's gonna happen tomorrow if they lose tonight. I know. I know it's fine. It's a bowl prediction, right? Yes, yeah 20 and oh there's Los Angeles Rams the greatest football team of all time Kyle what do you got? I believe That the Chicago Bears are gonna be last year's cowboys High flying offense racking up points That's pretty that's pretty good. That's pretty good. But they missed the playoffs because I don't know I saw I guess whatever is their defensive starting 11 yesterday. Yeah, it's not great

It's pretty freaking brutal like they might have ended like a bad defense So I could see the best in the playoffs because the defense isn't good But the offense is like holy crap. Well, and statistically last year they weren't good They just had a lot of turnovers so they were able to get off the field But like the teams were with the ball in them a whole year. So you I mean you might be right And they they lost CJGJ and every time a team loses that guy they seem to get worse And then he me goes to seems to get better. So I can see that all right. So bowl predictions You know here you didn't go as bold this year as you usually do. I will say that I think it's pretty both I think you kind of talked your tail this year. Yeah No, I mean, I think I think that it's a cool predict. You know what and it was funny right because I was gonna say that you know the jets to play off Well, that's a bowl prediction. The jets are are gonna be like super bowl contenders. No, what not you that's That's hyperbubble. What are what do you think's more crazy? The Rams go undefeated or the jets are a True playoff contender Honestly the Rams going undefeated I don't wait a second you what's going undefeated is

Really hard. We don't think the jets could sneak in with nine wins the Fc. Okay, well that's different than the jets Be a super bowl content. Oh, no, oh super bowl contender mob in their mind. No, no, that's I mean, that's I mean that's a great you're right The jets winning nine games is is far more plausible than I know undefeated is crazy to say but the super bowl thing with the jet. No, wait I didn't I missed it. I missed that you said that I hope he's Would you do? No, I'm just saying I I think they can I mean I but I'm New York you think the New York jets can hold on hold on can win the Super Bowl this year Just a can now come on. Yeah Straight face. Look at you know why don't you know what he's not telling everyone He got an invitation with jets weekend recently and you know what he's getting a free hotel. Oh, he's kissing ass This is unreal gear and swag and a meal, but you know what you know the one thing that that is gonna put a monkey wrench Yeah, we're gonna be in London. Yes, you can't That's not the point the point is they invited you to something The Jets you

Crazy Yeah, yeah, you're exactly that's The next you know I don't know if there's ever been a crazier take Auderd on the station over the past year Then the jets can win the Super Bowl this year. You actually made me saying the Rams are going undefeated Yeah, you made that look that that's Pales and comparison The Jets can make it to the same thing. They cannot you We might we might need to draw a Lesson then twitter poll and we'll check it tomorrow more plausible Jets are a surbocat tenderer Rams going to feed It's the Rams are way more life than going to be they're the favorite of your game It with this is P. I'm geared to you somebody listen to that right now They said that's why Kyle says players don't know Exactly right. That's right. All right coming up people are starting to get it We'll talk about baseball Get you ready for the fillies and the Astros the finale of the three games that that is coming up It is the midday show on sports radio 94 WIP college football is back as so are the predictions who makes the playoffs who wins their conference and of course on calcium

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