Hour 1: Rams-Giants Reactions, plus Bengals HC Zac Taylor

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2:04Steelers defensive tackle, Cam Hayward, 49ers tight end, George Kittle, and now, Insur-rich-is-it. Well, hey everybody! Welcome to this edition of the Rich Eyes and Show. Right here on Disney Plus, the ESPN App, ESPN Radio, Sirius XM Channel, 80 Everybody. It's always a great day in our neighborhood when George Kittle's on. That's an hour, three. George is going to be joining us with the 49ers now, two and oh, and getting set to maintain their home turf against Arizona and week number three. Cam Hayward and his usual Tuesday spot coming off that loss in New England, getting set for the Cincinnati Bengals whose head coach, Zack Taylor is joining us in less than 20 minutes time to help kick off our Tuesday show. Josh Paint in his usual spot on a Tuesday as we review what happened in college football and preview conference play starting in big 10 and across the SEC and across this college football

3:09loving nation. Good to see you over there, Chris Brockman. How are you? Rich, I'm excellent with something, man. Mike Del Toofo has. Who's house has a house? What is that? That was a gift. That was our first, you got it, Brockman. It was, I got one. Who's house? I was told I couldn't take two. Okay. What? Well, they gave those out last night. Yeah, they got the beach towels. Oh, because it's the 75th anniversary of the Rams 1951 NFL championship. Oh, so they gave out beach towels about beach towels last night. Can the cronkeys afford that? It's the question. No, I mean, up. Now they're selling the angels. That's right. Boy, those are expensive beach towels. Oh, you can take that down. I know, no, it's got. What's up, TJ Jefferson? How are you? What's up, Rich? You know, one thing, Rams fans will remember. What is that about the 21st night of September? Ah, they got their goat back and they were wearing these highlighters. There you go. So what is Sarah text everybody? Those uniforms were the LA. Oh, the Ramonanis. The Ramonanis. The Ramonanis.

4:09The lemon. Yeah. That any rate, whatever the heck the Rams were wearing, it worked last night. Yeah. Unfortunately for the giants who got the ball first and were matriculating the ball down the field in a way that was reminiscent of their Sunday night victory over the Cowboys. Jackson Dart gets the old Malachi crunch and his left leg looked like a metronome just you know, sort of going back and forth in the air and you could tell he was done for the night. And so, I was a little bit of a blue tent walking off in a cart, the whole business underneath the stadium and I know you guys were there. The, the, it sounded like the air went out for the giants and all the transplanted New Yorkers that made their way into Sofie Stadium last night. And we'll talk about that in a moment.

5:11The most ridiculous Rams got what they needed last night, which was to get their mojo back and part of their mojo coming back in the form of Aaron Donald. I don't know what it was like in the building when he got introduced. You knew they were going to introduce the defense last night. You just absolutely knew it. That with Aaron Donald coming back playing his first game in almost a thousand days that he was going to be introduced to the Sofie fans that they didn't have the sound up on the broadcast but I heard from some people including you folks that it went crazy. Wow. Yeah. And he gets out there to start the game and it looked like I said, like the giants were able to do what they needed to do offensively and there's first 15 scripted but they couldn't protect dark out he goes and incomes a Rams team that needed something on offense to get things going.

6:18So Donald could support it with this defense that's still missing Miles Garrett. And by missing Miles Garrett, they also don't have, you know, the kid that they treated away who was as terrific as they common as first two years as a ram and jarred verse. So they needed Donald last night to provide that defensive spark. And then for whatever reason the giants just could not get pressure on Matthew Stafford in the same way that they got it on Dak Prescott in night one on Sunday night football and week number one on Monday night football. They just couldn't get the Stafford and he just lit them up. He lit them up. He looked like he was well rested. Looks like his commute to work wasn't 19 hours long at the last second. And without Pukka Nukuah, Devonte Adams had a damn near career night. Put it all together with James Winston not being ready for prime time offensively.

7:21Aaron Donald coming back defensively. Devonte Adams showing off why he is a hall of famer. If not, I think first ballot hall of famer, which is a tough thing to be as a wide receiver as Larry Fitzgerald and Randy Moss were the last two. And before that, it had been quite some time. But he should get in. It just shows you when they can also run the ball and they've got the Rams have 15 tight ends that causes you not to know who to start if anybody on fantasy. They're going to be tough to beat, which is why, you know, a lot of people think they're going to make the Super Bowl at the end of the day. But they're in a very deep end of the NFC West pool. Bottom line is the Rams needed everything I just said. Everything I just said coming up with the largest yards differential by any team in a game this season.

8:23They popped 481 on the Giants who only got 182 left to dart went out. It was right downhill. That's the largest differential in any game, not just in the first two weeks of the season, but this decade in the NFL. There's not been any massive yards differential gap like that. As Stafford becomes the second oldest player with a four touchdown game on Monday night football drew breeze the only guy who was older. Twenty second career for touchdown game for Stafford six most in NFL history breaking a tie with Dan Moreno. And you might imagine Sean McVeigh was jazzed to see 99 in your program number one in your heart. Come back. I think he models the way. You know, they, I was asked about that at the very beginning and he just elevates people. He's around situations. He's a part of there was a bounce. If you didn't get chills when he was introduced and you're not freaking alive. And so that was awesome. And I just think it's one of those deals that you get an opportunity to say just watch what the hell I do follow my freaking lead.

9:25And that's what this guy does. I love them. Is that a snap count for AD or did he just tell you I'm good? What do you think? You tell him to come out when you know. And as you might imagine, Aaron Donald looked the part not just in uniform, but when he got out there on the field, we'll get to those numbers in a second. But this is what Donald had to say about coming off the couch, if you will. You know, he's been trying out for the Rams all summer. You made the 53 man hit it. The guy really wasn't as fast as I thought it was more of me coming myself down. Overrunning stuff or just being my feet not being in the ground, how they pose it be. Not trusting my eyes, little stuff like that. But you know, playing a game, when I held out in 17 to 18, but the same way when I came back, it took a couple of games to get going. It's a little different. I ain't playing it two years. So I got to watch the film, see what I did, good, see what I did wrong and just clean it up. So, but we want to stop and not be cursed at that feel familiar.

10:25Yeah, it felt good, you know, it felt good. It would have been better if I were able to slam them though, but you know, but against first game back, we get there. Put up the next gen stat numbers. The guy's not human. According to Ben Zolak of next gen stats here, 32 snaps for Donald, 14 run snaps, three tackles for loss, one for loss. You got 18 pass rush attempts. Look at this. His get off of the line is less than a second, 0.75 seconds. That's the third fastest by a defensive tackle this season. I mean, that's how he's coming out of the gate, having not played him two years. It's just, it's not normal. And then there's another freak who's going to come back at some point, because he was up. I think they showed him in the broadcast, chilling with Mookie Betts at one point. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. And Garrett's going to come back. And then they did this without Pukka last night.

11:28I mean, you heard that breadcrumb drop by Marcus Spears in the middle of his appearance on Monday's show where he's like Pukka's out. There was a lot of conversation about it. The questionable tag was keeping the giants guessing. We'll see how long he's out, but it sure helps to have a first ball at Hall of Famer in Devonte Adams to step in. And, you know, listen, some of the best trades in sports are the ones you don't make for whatever reason. I'm sorry. I know AJ Brown's younger. And I've seen what he can do. But he's got a long way to go to get the resume of Devonte Adams, a long way to go. And if the Rams were really kicking the tires on AJ Brown and almost made that move, or we're going to make the move, and for some reason couldn't make the move, because there was too much from Harry Roseman being asked of the Rams or whatever it was.

12:31I don't know. But the fact that they didn't make the trade in Devonte Adams is there. And he's in this part of his career where he's he's the guy that you turn to when Puka's not there, or he's the guy that you can turn to inside the five yard line Aala Mike Evans, or he's willing to just not be the man as all wide receivers apparently demand to be, then make problems or noises or whatever that he just goes about his business and takes the opportunities that are giving him on a team that is quarterbacked by a guy who's got the sixth most four touchdown games in NFL history, playing at the top of his game as he near his 40. Devonte Adams like sign me up. And then when I get a chance, I'll have almost 200 yard game. Hit it.

13:34You got it Mikey? The flow of each game, Puka does what he does and takes a, you know, I take some stress off of him, he takes some stress off of me and doesn't really require a game for me to go out and have 200 yards or almost 200 yards. When it's needed, anybody can come out and do it. And obviously when we lose a guy like Puka, it's time for people to step up for sure. Yeah. I mean, how many first battle hall of famous are like, I'll step up. Step up. No, you're supposed to fill my shoes. I don't know man, it just works. That's just why I like the Rams when it works. And now they get to close the books on the elephant in the room that Sean McVeigh referred to one last time. And they're able to hang their hat on the first season opening loss on this right now. This was a, I think a sound bite that's making the rounds all over the place today. So hit it sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. And you know, sometimes you have a dumbass coach that, you know, makes travel plans that put you in the back spot.

14:35There you go. That's a draw. Yuck saw all around now. I don't know who that laugh was. That was amazing. Who was actually winning? I don't know. That sounded like Ricky Ricardo. Yeah. I was back in the room there. He, he, he. That's what the Rams needed just what the doctor ordered. Winning man cares all it does. And just again, the way that they want it to. The way that they want it as well. On a big night now comes the momentum that they need to keep rolling because they have massive football games coming up Sunday night. In Denver. Okay. Broncos feeling good. Just took care of business against Jacksonville. Here we go. What a big game that is. Then they're in Philly. Okay. You know, you know, they're sitting there going.

15:36Okay, sake Juan. You ran all over us a couple years ago. You're the, you, you're banging your helmet as you're scoring in the snow. And we almost won that game. If we only didn't forget to block Jalen Carter in a crucial moment. Okay. Say, Juan, we didn't have Aaron Donald done. They don't have Garrett back that either. And they won't for the Monday night or when ESPN's crews are all back here again in Los Angeles for that Monday night or against Buffalo. What a massive game that's going to be. Two and one of those games you go three and two into the schedule where you're welcoming in Arizona visiting Vegas. You've got a home date against the charger team that just can't get through a couple of series looking on the same page. And then at Washington and at Arizona. One would call that a softening of the schedule potentially.

16:39Out goes the whole conversation that they're going 17 and all that. That one was left in Australia. But they can go 16 and oh potentially in the United States in the Northern hemisphere. There you go. But that's not going to happen either because this team has some holes and they're still working on it. But last night is exactly what they needed. Exactly what they needed. Certainly since Seattle and San Francisco have yet to lose. So then there's the giants which we'll talk about at length at the end of this hour. But let's take a break while we're talking about Super Bowl 61 here in Los Angeles. Last time Aaron Donald was in that game. He was pointing his ring finger because they took care of business against the Bengals team that. One that started that year out to know guess what they've done now this year. Start out to know and they got a big game against Pittsburgh Cameron Haywords in this show is. This shows run down an hour three. Same thing with George Kittle.

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19:41Zack Taylor is the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals coming off of a big win in Houston. And then of course a week one win at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Getting set to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers a massive week three game. Zack Taylor here on the Ritch eyes and show it is good to see you coach. What's going through your mind after the first two weeks of this season? Now we got a big division game coming up on the road. You know, so it's good that we were able to start fast. But again, it's it's only two weeks into season. We still have a lot left to prove and to get accomplished. And so going on the road with our first visual game gives us a lot to get ready for and get excited about. What are you what have you learned about your team through the first two weeks? Do you think well, we can win in a lot of different ways. I think all three phases have the talent that we need. And so there's still some things we can prove on. But I think last week it was really good to see how well defense played. How well, especially teams played and there are often capitalized on the opportunities we needed to win. But it's a good recipe for the month of December.

20:43Then we just got to continue to improve. Listen, I'll tell I'll ask the question of you. That my 15 year old Cooper who was a diehard football fan asked me last night, but we're watching them on the night game because he just constantly thinks about things. He's like a dad is a dexter Lawrence, the biggest acquisition by any team this season so far. So I'll ask you that question. Is that these my favorite acquisition of any team this off season so far? So I can't I just know we're very fortunate to have him and all of the other pieces that we added this year. He's been a big part of our locker room. Just the energy he brings every day to use the asm. He loves being here. Loves point with his teammates. He's made some big time plays for us. Not all of them show up in the stat sheet. A lot of times he's providing opportunity for those around him and they're capitalizing on it. And so anytime you get a big big defense attack like Dexter, he creates opportunity for himself and for others and that's exciting to watch. Yeah, I guess now let's look back.

21:43I know we've talked since this moment on the show, but I'll just revisit it. The decision to acquire him and flip a 10th overall selection in a draft that had some real players in the top 15 for sure. Collectively, I think as a group media and evaluators would agree on that. What was that process like for you and now that you've seen the first two weeks and the first several months of a training camp and OTA season in front of you? How it's paid off in your mind. We had we had opportunity to go get arguably the best defense tack on football and we did it. And everybody in this building was on board ownership personnel coaches. There was no hesitation. You could just tell the second we did it and he walked into building what it did to our locker room. Impact them in ways that you really can't measure. And so I think with our fan base as well. And so just he walked in immediately. He sat a great training camp, great first two games. And we just got to continue with rough season.

22:44And then just the idea that the defense can get you through the game. It's not like it's never happened in your tenure here in Cincinnati, but it's been a while. I think it's fair to say that you could say the defense is helping us get through some rough moments, rough patches in a game. How does that ripple effect throughout the rest of your other phases in the game? It does. I mean, it absolutely dictates how you call plays on offense. You don't be perfect on every drive. Joe doesn't have to go be a hero all the time. You know, we can we can play for certain style where there will be times it's okay to punt and pen a team inside the 10-15 yard line. I know you're going to get them all back very quickly and very similar field position. And so it does change the way that that all the phases can play. I was really impressed with plays that all three phases made this last game on the road at Houston in a tough environment. We're going to need that again this week against Pittsburgh, but it's been fun to watch through two weeks. Zach Taylor, eighth season, his Bengals head coach, two and O taking on the Steelers right here on the Rich Eyes and Show.

23:46Did you have a clear vantage point of Jamar Chase's first touchdown coach? I did not. I probably had the worst scene in the house, Rich. So it was in the opposite in zone from from me. So I couldn't really see it until I got my iPad after the game. Got a chance to watch a couple of times, but I'm not surprised. I mean, I'm really not, you know, it is impressive. That's not take away from it. Maybe one of the best catches I've ever seen in my life, but to say that it surprised me that Jamar Chase made that play. I'm not because that's just that's what's in his DNA and that's what he does. That's the thing is that for me, you know, I just never doubt that his feeder going to be down and that he's going to maintain possession going to the ground. Like that would have been surprising in that case, but the most impressive aspect of that catch for me was he stumbled at one point. And then of course, his college teammate was one of the best in the business is the one covering him. And for him to maintain his balance or regain it and spot the ball and twist his body.

24:50I don't know how many other people could do what he did coach to be honest with you. Probably nobody, you know, it's just him and I think just the chemistry that he and Joe have together. It's more about Jamar than it is the corner he's going against. We got against great corners, stingle, he's one of the best, but really Joe just sees Jamar and I don't care who's covered him. I'm going to give him an opportunity and when I give him an opportunity, he usually makes a slip pretty good. And so we'll continue to find as many ways to do that as we can. And I think we saw that on display in the second touchdown too, right? Like they look like that look like backyard football a little bit to me. That one. Yeah, I mean, we're trying to figure out what Mike is like you did to Joe because Mike was his open on the front pile on it. But I think Joe when he when he broke through, he had to scramble a little bit as soon as he pulled through the contact his eyes went back side and he was trying to find Jamar coming from the backside and Jamar did a great job. Shaving back a little bit, making a great plan on the ball and getting us to 20 points. Zach Taylor here on the Rich Eyes and Show, would you mind taking everybody inside your meetings with Joe borrow talking ball with him and game planning?

25:55Like what what what what's the first order of business? What's the usual order of business? Just whatever you're willing to share. I'll take it. Yeah, usually after a game Monday after the game oftentimes he and I will recap, you know, just some key points, whether it's regarding him or the offense of the team. We'll hit that and then use ahead him again, you know, Wednesday. Early in the morning on just some some thoughts as we've game plan for the next opponent, then we'll go in the quarterback meeting. We'll have a more in depth meeting on Wednesday morning about some of the normal down stuff. So go back on Friday again with him to another we got the game plan in and make sure he understands from the coaches view how we see things. Hey, we've got three is a practice now. What are some things you like or don't like to try to tweak that and usually there's very little that he does like he might he might have a tweak or two on the back side of progress or something. But and then we'll have a big meeting on Saturday night Saturday night hotel or at home. However it is. We'll go through every play on the call sheet. We'll make sure all the quarterbacks understand what we're trying to get done. Any questions they have at the last minute.

26:58We played jeopardy our backup quarterback really a third string quarterback usually charge a create and jeopardy. So you got to pick the categories and pick the amount you want to wager and answer questions about the other teams defense and so forth. So we we got a good weekly process that we've been falling out for seven years. And I think it served us really well. We're both comfortable with communication part of that. All right. Now, okay. You know where my follow up questions going. What do you mean jeopardy? Somebody comes up with that. And he comes up with an actual jeopardy board where the categories are based on the opponent in the style of defense that they're running. And absolutely. Yeah. That could be it's all it's all on the internet. There's some website you can go to and create the job. It's I'm not smart enough to do myself. We let our other quarterbacks do that. But so blackout creating a jeopardy board. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Blackout. It's Sean Clifford right now. Okay. For us, Sean Clifford. So we got four quarterbacks in the room. Sean is one that does it. One category might be, hey, Steelers defense, Pope Marie.

27:58You might have to answer random questions about Pittsburgh. They're personnel. You might have to finish the play call. Maybe an elaborate third down call we have. And there's only a couple of words in there. And you got to finish the call and hey, one of these check criteria. Is we have this week that might be a category. So and then whoever's got the least amount of points has got to has got to do the $500 miscellaneous question that's that's tries to get you a couple more points at the end. Is there a buzzer system like an actual like no, but that has been a complaint over the years on what is the timing you're allowed as some guys sit in there for two or three minutes really dwelling on a question. Okay. So yeah, if you sat in there, Rich, you might have a couple of tweaks that you would offer up. Well, I'm always at your disposal for that sort of thing. No doubt about that. And and and are you a stickler for making sure whoever gets to answer does do it in the form of a question. Do we stick to that? No, usually the biggest complaint is we've had so many different guys that have put together the jeopardy.

29:01Like what is their standard for the overall correct answer? Because there's some room for interpretation sometimes. So the warning of the points usually draws the biggest gas, you know, from really where let him get 400 points for that answer. That wasn't that was a complete answer. So that's usually the number one point. Okay. And then my last follow question is has there been a jeopardy moment from this meeting that actually did foreshadow what happened in a game that helped you win? That's happened. I'll tell you what it wasn't necessarily jeopardy. So we always go through the entire call sheet. Yes. And then everybody in the room. So right now we have four quarterbacks. We have about four coaches to sit in there. They picked the first touchdown call. What do we think we will score the first touchdown of the game on? In Joe picked the play we scored on against the Texans. And oftentimes when Joe says a play kind of puts it my hand like all right. Well, he likes that. So so trust me, we get in that field zone against the Texans. And that was that was Joe's touchdown call. And I'm not trying to cater to Joe and let him win because he picked it.

30:03But it does lead me down a path of okay, that's that's that's a good shot play that we'll go to start. So Joe wanted them and that was the the the which throw one of the throw to tomorrow. The John Bleeble catch that you were talking about. That's the one. That's the one he's like we're going to score our first touchdown on against the Texans on this play. And that's the result right there. That was the result. Oh my god. Well, listen, catering to Joe. By the way, not a bad guy to cater to number one. Number two, he's used to winning. He's used to winning. So I think it says more about me. It says more about me though, Rich. I was I wasn't willing to put my ego in front of everybody and try to kick the one. I picked, you know, I was I was willing to there you go. Let him win this one. Give him something for once. There is no eye in Zach or Taylor. You're a team player right there. So at the end of the day, starting 2 and 0 is much better than some of the results that you've had as as the H.C. There. What do you do with this?

31:04I understand it's a week to week situation. I get it. But it's got to feel good. Yes. Correct. Well, it gives you confidence. You know, I think anytime you feel like you had a good training camp. You feel like you had a good off season. You feel like on paper you got the players you need. The unknowns are the chemistry and adversity. And we really haven't faced adversity yet. So coach long enough. Been a part of enough seasons now where adversity is coming at some point. And oftentimes it comes and road divisional games as well. So how's our team going to handle that? I don't really know that yet. So we played with leads in two games and been able to control the games that way. But we haven't faced adversity yet. So I feel like I know what I'm going to see from the team when we get that. But but until we do it remains to be seen. And and you never know road divisional game. That's oftentimes where things can pop up where. Well, again, I know you've got your hands full with the Steelers. But did you check the Monday night game out at all? I watched a couple of boys when I was in here. I didn't watch. Okay. Did you did you see 99 back for the Rams?

32:05Did you check him out? You know, I think the giants weren't off. And most of the times I ended up putting my eyes on it. So I didn't get to see I've seen him up. Coach and person. I know more times than I need to. So I'm well aware when he's given. No, and I know and what you say about your guy and in sexy dexies is what I would expect you to say about your guy. But you got a good air and Donald's story from your time around him. At all. No, he held out of both training camps. I was there. So. Okay. You want me for our offense when I was working there. I don't think we ever win against him in training camp. But he showed up for the first game. He always made an impact. So I was happy about that. So I was there for three years. Obviously played against him in the Super Bowl. So, unfortunately, I have stories about that. Right. I'm his tremendous player. Great person. His wife, Erica. Actually, her dad coached with my father on Laundry Bay. So my wife is friends with his wife. And so she's known her for a long time. And again, you know, we're obviously so focused on his return in Miles Garrett and everything going on with the Rams.

33:08Yadi, yadi, yadi, yada. But you were also that in that building the last time the Super Bowl was in this city. Do you think about that? Do you think about that? Like, hey, I'd love another shot to get back there right now and have a different result. I'm human. Yeah. That's that's the ultimate goal. Think about it every day. But I also know that there's no skips. There's no steps that we can skip as a team. And in our guys, fortunately, understand that. We got enough guys that played in that game. We've got other guys that have been in Super Bowl. That know that this is a long process. And it's about getting your team better every single week. And to where your best team is stepping on the field in January. And so that's our mindset right now is to go on the road and win our first division again. Well, I'm just trying to leave you in a better spot than I found you coach, even though you're two and Owen feeling good right now. But I think he got to be a stickler on making sure every answer is in the form of questions. Otherwise, why do you call it jeopardy? You know what I mean? Like, I think you got to, you got it.

34:09I mean, it's, you know, it's all about the details. You know what I mean? I'll get Sean Clifford in here. I'll make sure that he does a better job. It's on him. He's the judge and sure of that one. Yeah. And if borrows, like what gives you just say it was the Michigan guy and see how that works with him. Okay. I'll be sure to do it. All right. Thanks to the time coach. Appreciate always enjoy our chats. Thank you. You got it. Thanks for that. It's act Taylor. Everybody this Cincinnati Bengals taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers coming up. This week, jeopardy. What's that? What's, right. You see what I mean? We should play jeopardy here. How so? No. I don't know. How so? Sports jeopardy. We didn't do, we did not do well. No. I didn't do well. He did well. You guys did not do well. Brockman did well. The board didn't work our way. It did not. No, no, no. We did not have the unlucky. We did an in celebrity family. We got pretty unlucky. By the way, what's in the ether right now? I have been offered. I shouldn't, I shouldn't say. I mean, but I'm going to say, I have an offer to chance to return to the wheel.

35:10Oh, yeah, we need one more. We need one more. Little celeb wheel. That's a leb wheel. Nice. Me versus potentially other ESPN on air individuals who have no idea the smoke that awaits. Interesting. I'm the smoke monster. Okay. I'm lost. Yeah. I need that to complete my cycle. The wheel? Well, I have prices right. Yes, sir. I have family food. Now, even the jeopardy or the wheel or both. That's a really good jeopardy too. I'm sure you would listen. I'm sure you are. You and I share, like, look at that. I am. You were locked in. I was locked in. You're like, I was not going to let up a episode. A Candace Parker. Candace Parker. Great. Howard. And Dwight Howard. I was not going to lose. Let me tell you something about that. I was watching that along and I was getting a lot of answers myself. Yeah. That was one of the... Part of me because I'm a little petty. Because all the crap I took about losing prices right. A little part of me was like, man, I hope Rich gets smoked in this so he could know what it feels like.

36:11But then I'd let that go and I was rooting for him. And you died. I appreciate that. But like you, I crushed in the regular rounds. Rich eyes on the right. To your showcase, I got to the final puzzle and I whipped on both final puzzles. Those were not easy. Yeah. Tough. But I have been invited back. I have accepted. I don't know who else is going to accept. Excellent. I went. And that's... If it all works out, I will return to the wheel. We need family food to invite us back so we can redeem ourselves. We definitely need food or dutch. Like Bob Marley, huh? One thing's for sure is we did better. This Michigan guy still did better than Portney. They got bagels. Yeah, they got it. We got some point. I better get two foe scrooted up. Oh. I mean, you did. Oh, I admit it. I sucked. I'm still mad. My line got cut out to show. Yeah, he had it. Yeah, you had the line. You had the best line of them all. You did. Yeah, I know. I think you worked a little blue. Well, Steve definitely worked blue after you.

37:11Oh, that's Steve Harvey, man. Let's take a break and we'll talk about the New York Giants. And my gosh, what happened in that game. Josh paid our two overreaction Monday on a Tuesday. Still beckons. There we are. That's a good thing. There we are. Man, that was so fun. I mean, look at that. Yeah. That's bad. We did not do well next to Steve Harvey. Oh. I suck.

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40:29Let's go. And you know what all started with Jackson Dart looking like what we saw in week one, which is a highly improved quarterback from year one. With a, an ability to escape, an ability to make throws, an ability to run. To create problems for the defense because you didn't know which is common. And, and then doing it in a way where it felt controlled. You know, didn't feel like, oh my god, he's going to put himself in the blue tent. It really felt like an absolute real deal, repeatable, exciting way to quarterback an offense that had an improved offensive line. And let's go to work against the Rams team that might show up jet lags somehow. And typical of a New York sports team on a Monday night football, the quarterback doesn't last long.

41:31I mean, in comes young and hits him on his right side. Who is it? Was it spates who came in on the other one? He got high load man. And, and, and then that left leg. It just looked like a, like I said, it did like flop around like one of those, one of those balloons outside of a, of a, a card dealership. Oh, it's Josiah Stewart. I should know you're Michigan man coming around the end. And it, it looked terrible. Like a, a knee is not supposed to, you know, rock back and forth like that. And out goes dark and incomes, James. And he just did not look ready for prime time. Maybe he can because it looks like he's going to have some time at under center here. And the heart goes into the blue tent again. And he's got to be looking in there going, how do I keep winding up here? Then he limps off to the locker room. We're getting full on reports from lower Rutledge.

42:33He's not in the X-ray room yet. Oh, wait a minute. He's now in a cart going to the X-ray room. And then we find out the giants how to take his uniform away from him because he wanted to go back in the game. They had a hideous uniform from him. And the good news is he was back out on the field right, although in street clothes. Yeah, but he wasn't in a hospital somewhere. That's correct because, you know, if it was something really significant, he wouldn't be standing there. One would think. And, you know, then goes Malik neighbors grabbing his shoulder off of what's appeared to be a very otherwise benign. You know, meeting with Trent McDuffie. You know, McDuffie covering him and then he grabs his arm and lies down on the ground and like, what the hell is happening here? Like somebody protects Skateboard all costs.

43:33Right. And then he tries to jump over someone. Yeah, well, but that's just him, man. And I slammed it. That's him. I know. And I love seeing it. Then Brian Burns limps off. Yeah. What a disaster. What a disaster of a Monday night for the giants. And that's why GMN fans and friends of mine when I'm like, this looks real guys. This looks real, ladies. We're all like pump the brakes. They're all looking for the trapdoor. Like the PTSD of all these years since conflund left. Where it just ain't working. But the what are you going to do when the first guy, the first time your quarterback gets contacted. It's a Malachi crunch and his left leg is the one that's taken the, the bronch of it. The good news apparently is it's not a season ender.

44:34And that's what John Harball was attempting to hang his hat on last night after the loss. And if on networks are the initial report right after the game is a spread in FCL for Jackson. Is that the case? Yeah, I will know more tomorrow. That's that's in the neighborhood of it. I would say get it. We'll get an MRI tomorrow and have a really good feel for it and give you more information then. Is that sort of the, are you racing to do without, without info? I'm not just answering it that way because we'll know more when we find out more. I think you make those decisions when you get all the information. Not right after the game. How much is that almost? I know it's obviously could be to miss time but a sense of relief. You know, when you see something like that, there are outcomes that could be worth. Well, there's no question. I mean, the fact that it's not that outcome that you're talking about. The devastating outcome is really good news. Okay, so it's James time for who knows how long. Let's call it 46, right? Look at the giant schedule. Next up, it's Dave all coming into the house.

45:35All right, the man that John Harbaugh is replacing. And Tennessee is 0 and 2. Then you're home for Arizona, which is again, no joke of a team, guys. I know that the Niners just, the Seahawks part of me just put the bang thing on them. Then you're at Washington where I'm assuming it's going to be James versus Mario to 1 versus 2 from that. I mean, for half class, which is nuts. Wow. There's a story there though. I said, well, I mean, and then a Saints team with Tyler's shot coming in that could be in first place in their conference by then. That's the four weaker. And if you remember last year, that was when the Giants were playing well with Dart surprisingly. And then there was a turnover, poloosa for them in the superdoma in a game that they otherwise could have won or would have won before a visit to Houston. And I'm imagining if you got somebody coming back from an MCL and if five to six weeks and week six is a buy and week five has Will Anderson at all coming for you, you're going to wait for the buy.

46:39So maybe just maybe if this is four to six weeks at Philadelphia, which would be a great time to get Dart back. And you know, that's where scatterbue at his leg blown up last year for tango and cash to be back together doing their thing in that building, surprisingly, Eagles helping you out as a cowboy fan is exactly the sort of thing that you want to maybe just say maybe we can do that and get back on the swing of things and win three of the next five in the process with James. And go four and three into the buying come out at Philadelphia and see what you can do seasons not over not to go full gym or a senior here. It isn't, but that sucked to put a blunt point on it about the Giants. Thanks for listening to the Rich Ison Show podcast. You can watch and listen to the Rich Ison Show live week days from noon to three Eastern only S.B. and radio Disney plus and on the ESPN app. The Rich Ison Show, the podcast.

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