Hour 3: Breece Hall's future, Aaron Boone speaks

0:00Shot clocks, big shots, upsets, aces, TGL playoffs are here. First, Atlanta Drive starts their repeat run against Los Angeles Golf Club, then Rory's Boston Common Golf and Tigers Jupiter links face-off in their playoff debuts. Who will advance? Keep up, it's playoffs. Tune in Tuesday, March 17th at 6.30pm and 9pm only on ESPN and the ESPN app. This is the TPH Rowan in Rothenburg podcast. Let the Wilder Rump is begin! This in live weekday mornings from 6.10am on 880 ESPN in New York, the ESPN New York app and on YouTube by subscribing to the ESPN New York YouTube channel. By the way, you're listening to DPH Rowan in Rothenburg on the BHSQ, WCBS, FM, HD2 in New York and it got a little confrontational. He thinks the briefs halls is as good as Sequan Parkley. He thinks he's better. He actually said he was, I was listening, he said he's more talented. And I was like, Bart, what are you talking about? He's like, well, Sequan, just the set up there. You put, you put, you put Breast Hall with the Eagles and he would be out of this world

1:00as a, come on. I like Breast Hall too, but Sequan, in defensive Bart, I mean, that big, that big stat that was going around when Sequan was offensive player of the year was yards before contact. It's a crazy number. I understand. Oh, so let me ask you, who would you rather, you're starting a team, you could take any running back. You want Breast Hall, you want Sequan Parkley? I think the easy answer is probably Sequan Parkley. I think right answer, Sequan Parkley, but I think, okay, here's where, because Ty has this fight with him all the time also, here's where I'm willing to, to listen probably more to Bart. Wow. No, I'm not saying it's going to change. It's not going to necessarily just, you know, make my pick for me, but the guy played linebacker in the NFL, right? Mm-hmm. Okay, so he knows what great running backs look like and what's hard to defend and what's not hard to defend. Point always has been, his been, Breast Hall can run, run routes like a wide receiver. Correct. And he doesn't think Sequan can. Okay. So I can't argue that. I mean, he knows what I do with that and let's just say it's true, A, Sequan is still

2:02a pretty good receiver out of the backfield and he's a better running the football running back than Breast Hall. Right. I'm not saying I wouldn't take Sequan Parkley, but I think the names that he always brings up are those ones that he knows that you can line up in all over the field that he loves. What's his face to? He loves Gibbs. He loves B. Yeah, right. Yeah. Also, I'm sure I'm sure I'm running, you know, razor and a league. Sounds like David Montgomery is going to leave Detroit. That's a good, that's a good, you want to talk about good running back rooms? Those two together are great. Yeah, I don't, I mean, but he wants to be more of the bell cowback and obviously that's not going to be the case in Detroit. Right. Well, I mean, that makes sense, right? I mean, you want to go to a place where you can, it'll be the guy. Did I do this top of the RID? I did. You did. You're good. I did. Wow. So good. I don't even remember it. Honestly, zero recollection of doing it. Right. That's the troubling. It was two minutes ago. Yeah.

3:02He just did it. Yeah. I'm going to, I'm going to take some time. Don't you, I mean, I clearly, I need a mental health like week or something. I know. I don't remember doing it. Oh, but there's plenty of times when you drive someplace. You don't remember like the last 15 minutes of the drive. You just caught up in a conversation. You're all excited about Ronan and all those other things. Yeah, but that's, that's not good. That's not great. Like I, I did a read and I had to ask you. It sounded like I turned to the passenger and I'm like, hey, did I drive us here? What did I start driving? Yeah. Did we, did we go through town? I don't remember any of it. No, you got it. You're doing good. You're excited about the giants. It's just five or so there. I mean, I wish, I wish football. I wish football season was starting tomorrow. I wish this Sunday was the first week of the season Sunday. All right. Let's relax. Okay. Please. That's what I wish. We haven't, we haven't even been through free agency. The drive. Fast forward me through summer. Put me with the Lorean. Let's set it to September 10th, 2026. This is why I was there. We have no idea what many teams are going to look like. Get me there.

4:03I'm ready. Every time. Ray, he does it every time. No. Now I'm serious. Get me in that series before. Not as serious. No. This is like a heart attack series. I fast forward me to the start of the season. It's never like that saying. Serious as a heart attack. I mean, you might as well get through the summer. You're not going to get, got from it. You get any more sun on your face. Right. I'm ready to go. I took a shower and then you don't like, I have to take the shower. The sun really comes out. Right. You notice that right? Yeah. I guess. So I took, I was like, sure. I look like I'm in the Caribbean. I was like, look at me. Yeah. Yeah. You did get some color. Sprinkle on a hat. Do something. It didn't occur to me. Oh. It didn't even occur. It's an embarrassing look for a weatherman. It'd be like going on a trip. And there's a blizzard or you don't have snow stuff. Or going on a trip. Or going on a trip. And then you don't even know there's going to be a blizzard. That's what I mean. And get back on time. Right. He's not the weather guy though. He's trying to steal being the weather guy.

5:05Cause he had an epiphany while he was stranded in Florida for a week in miswork. Is that, you know what? I should pay more attention. I love the weather. I adore the weather. I love the weather. I love the weather. By the way, where is RJ? He's right there. Oh, there you are. He did not see him. No, I didn't see him. He was like, there's like a chameleon. He was like, blending into the wall. So in the past, in the past two minutes, you forgot. He's done the legal idea. You can't. I got it. Clearly in the mood. I had no idea. His shirt and the wall. He was blending in. It was a very troubling last three minutes for you. I have a lot of concerns. You didn't see him blending into the wall. The middle half. Yeah, but he's got blue sleeves on that. It was like pinned into his side. I didn't see it. You scared the hell out of me just now. Where's RJ? What do you mean where's RJ's? Is he not here? I didn't. I swear to God. You know, it's like you're at the zoo. And you look, you're like, where is the poison frog and that little thing? I can't see it. And then it moves you like, there it is. I can't see him again. There it goes again. I don't think you're well. I think we're in the middle of a medical episode.

6:05I might be all of a sudden yet. I didn't see it. I was like, what is this? I actually thought to myself. He must have gone to grab something off the printer. This is a strange time for RJ to not be in the studio. Somebody text. Jerry, tell her we've got concerns. What did you think my floating head was? I didn't see a head. I just saw a shirt. I didn't even think it should. I just saw the wall. Yeah, we'll reach out on your behalf. Yeah, okay. It's probably a good idea. Wow. Yeah. Where'd RJ go? Rick, you knew he was there? Yeah, I walk and see his head. I could see his arms. I know the middle half. Looks like it's against the wall. You can't really see it. But I see it. It's not even the same shade. It rained in. And the head might have been out of screen shot for me. It's not even the same shade of gray. It's close enough. And he wasn't moving. Oh, that was very little movement. Yeah, you're right. Maybe he was having a medical episode. Oh, I am. You're trying to trick me. No, look, I have my laptop over here. I see you now. Sometimes when I'm turned that way and I'm on my laptop, then I got a lot of screens, okay? I'm like Louise Rojas. Well, all I know is you were melding into the wall.

7:06Maybe you didn't go anywhere. Yeah, maybe the medical professionals, like it's not like an urgent, urgent thing. But like they can just pencil you in for some time. Like just expect a call. We're going to need to probably MRI, right? The sun. Yeah, there's been some kind of damage done, I think. Like a sleep sun. They don't do the legal ID. Wow. I'm falling apart. I need time off. You're supposed to be writing high off. You can't take time off. You're supposed to be writing high right now. Days too high. Someone say too high. Maybe he's maybe he's ingested too much of this giant stock. It's just too much for him. I'm here for the, I could make this a giant channel. It's only, and it's only March 2nd. Are you trying to make a review? Yeah, look what happened to that. I could do four hours of giant stock a day. You tried. We get to the season. I'm going to, I'm going to, you're going to, you're going to hate the giants. No. No, you're going to hate the giants. I'm not going to hate the giants. I'm going to hate the giants already. I'm just hoping you make this.

8:06Yeah, I'm not sure I needed help. I mean, you have an episode now. We haven't even started your one with John Harbour. And you already, I mean, it looks like you're solely fading on us. Who's fading? You. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I haven't been in such a long time. I haven't had a many camp haven't had. You're nothing. You. You. Yeah, draft for agency. Any of it. You should have heard me this weekend. What one of the dads on the team? Big giants. And he's like, I just until I see it. I just can't buy in. I said, buy in. It's happening. He called over another daddy. He says, buy in. I'm like, buy in. Buy in now. I can't, you just relax. It's like a stock. It's going to split. It's going to, you're going to, oh, it's going to be so good. But why are you doing a sports stock radio show during the weekend? Just relax. I wasn't. Yeah. That sounds like you're holding giants court. I was baseball game. He came up to me. He's like, do I really buy? I was like, oh, buy. Buy all buy all the stock up. Dave wants to plant his flag early. Like, Ben's a freshman. Next four years, I run the parent group.

9:06No, I don't want to. I'm the game changer guy. Yeah. No, no, no. In fact, I think I might be a little anti-social because I kind of sit over by myself. Right. But everyone's mingling about it. You're like, you're like magda just trying to get as much sun to your face as possible. Listen. You know, I was pale last week. And this week, I got, I got color. Who's that? Who's that dad? It looks like a raisin. Oh, that's often heard. Yeah. As everyone else had their hats on in the crowd. I was like, nope. Take some sun to the face here, baby. Bring the bronzer. It was. Oh, I see buttering up his face. I love the sun. That's a big creamer. Ray. Yeah. How you doing? I'm not sure how to follow any of that up. You know, if you leave the station, John won't talk to you. I know. Yeah. It's a shame. Very unfortunate. I don't think you're ready. Don't leave. Continue to do the great job you're doing. Are you ready with the, um, around the league segment? Oh, sure. Oh, let's go. It's time to go around the league. Pause is some of this gets repetitive.

10:07I know we touched on a lot of these things, but it's salary cap. We'll hit a new milestone in 2026. It'll be a 301.2 million dollars. NFLPA has finalists for the executive director job per Don Van Nata. The NFLPA executive committees now is searched for a permanent executive director to a group of finalists, including interim executive director David White, former union chief strategy officer J.C. Tredder, according to sources, also among finalists is American conference commissioner former Rutgers AD Tim Pernetti. The union's 32 player representatives will vote on the finalist at the NFLPA meeting in San Diego next month. French ice tags. Now Breast Hall has not been tagged. The deadline is tomorrow 4 p.m. Who has been tagged? Falcons have tagged Kyle's pits. And the Cowboys. Kyle Pitt senior. And the Cowboys will place the French ice tag on George Pickens. Speak that's not going to end well. Well, speaking of the Cowboys, Jerry Jones thinks it's going to end well. There's, you know how I feel about Jerry and his spending habits when he comes to free agency, but that's created tons of space.

11:11Got tons of money. Yeah, well, we'll get to that. So following two pointless campaigns, Jerry. He's looking to change that strategy and be aggressive in the market. I can see maybe an aggressive, I can see awesome, be an aggressive and free agency. I very encourage you having two number ones. We're going to spend more money in the draft. And then normally you will spend even though we don't have it too. Everybody knows those two ones are dramatically different than one has done a two. Financial, how would that, that we would spend more money and create and see that we have? Apologies for the background noise. That is the meeting that Jerry has on his big bus at the NFL combine. Cowboys first need to create salary cap room to big big spend. There's they did some of that this weekend. They created 66 million in space by restructuring the contracts of Dak Prescott, CDLAM and Tyler Smith. They can create roughly another 50 or so with the defensive tackle contracts. Kenny Clark, Quinn and Williams and also Diggie Zua. Those guys count for 63 million against the cap.

12:12Also, they have offered a deal for Brandon Aubrey. That is more than the league high 6.4 average per season of Harrison Bucker. However, his agent Todd France has asked for a deal closer to 10. If they don't get a deal done by the restructuring the free agent tender deadline, Dallas plans to put the second round tender on Aubrey, which would make 5.7 million this season if the two sides don't reach a deal. Cowboys would get a second round there for another teammate hit me. Contra boss. What would you, Rick? I think the answer has to be no. Give up a second rounder for Aubrey. Would I give up a second rounder? Yeah. Cool. I mean, he's a massive weapon, but a second big. I mean, I don't have to. My special teams are solid. Very good. Right. That's what I would have, really. Yeah, I would not. That's great. And he's the best. I think he's awesome. But I wouldn't give up a second round pick for him. No, I mean, you need a kicker. I'm not giving up a second round pick for him. You had a couple. If you had a couple second round picks. I'm still not doing it.

13:12Yeah. But I think he's the best. So he's going to remain on Dallas. Yeah, I think at the end of the day, dude. It's something done. News and notes from Adam Schefter. The dolphins will almost certainly designate a two-a-tongue viola. Post June 1st released to help defray some of the 99.2 million in dead money. It will cost to release him. The Vikings have informed running back Aaron Jones, a defensive tackle. Javon, Hargrave, that barring a trade. They will be released at the start of the league year this month. Jones's release will save 7.75 million as to cap Hargrave's 10.9 million. And this one hot off the press from chef. The achievers are informed. Jones is not. He's not great anymore. It felt like he really fell off last season. Tough year for him. Chiefs have informed Juwan Taylor. He will be released before the start of the league year barring a trade. His release will save the chiefs 20 million under the cap. I don't like him at all. I think he's not a great tackle. Well, you don't like the fall start almost every time?

14:13No. He's like in the back every play. No. He was trying to do the Lane Johnson every time, Dave. Some combine performances. Lane Johnson does it better. Much better. Unfortunately, Lane Johnson is coming back. That's fine. Taylor and Green, the Arkansas quarterback, sets several. Several combine records. 6.5, 227, made history with a 43.5-inch vertical jump and a 11-2 broad jump. Both are the best marks by a combine quarterback since at least 2003. Then he runs a 4.36 in the 40. The second fastest time by a combine quarterback since the same frame. 2003. Good job by him. Another quarterback made some headlines, but not for me. I was reading all sorts of things about the Jets being interested in which won him. And him? Yeah. What's his name? Taylor and Green. Yeah, I think he'd be a nice project for the Jets. Being serious. That's the thing. He'd be a project. You saw some of the throwing drills. And then you see he's like, oh, this is why he's a day two, maybe three, three kind of guy.

15:14He threw the ball well. I would be the first pick in the draft. If he threw the ball accurately, he'd be Michael Vick. Right, but I heard him like it just as a later in the draft kind of. Let's see what we can do for the Jets. You don't know what to ask you got. And if you have this, I'll stop. You can get into it at some point before you don't. Mankind lemon. Do you have him in this? So I had had that. I had heard. I had seen what people were saying. And you almost wonder if the guy's doing stuff on purpose. You can go ahead, Dave. Well, no, I was actually going to ask you guys. So I saw that he was horrendous in his interviews. Correct. What did he say? Like, do we know actually? Well, we don't know what he said. It's just like he was. But like, like worse. So, so. So ever. Here's what I saw. I'm buying kind of stuff. Here's what I saw. One of the, a former player, Brendan Fihlko. I believe he played for the chargers had tweeted that he had had a terrible combine when it came to the interviews. He just bombed the interview. Like the word he used was bombed.

16:15Yeah. I read worst combine interview in the history of the combine. No, I don't know what was said. I'm sure somebody will leak stuff as it proceeds. But that is what I said. So yeah, you're not alone in seeing that. I don't know. And does that, like does that make sense? Like now if you go 12 or like you really want to drop that badly that you would just. That's a first round talent. So I get it. But I mean, there's still money to be to be lost by going for, you know, instead of eight going 14 or something. Listen, a lot of time to between now and then. And I'm sure there will be interviews with teams between now and when he actually is drafted. And he can, he can either repair the image or he can confirm what's going on here. So since we're talking about rough interviews, I don't know how any of his interviews would. I could tell you how his interview with the media went. Diego Pavia, not phased by the criticism. Battle of a quarterback does not appear to be changing his tune.

17:17He says he's not going to tone things down. One thing about me is I don't care what people think about me. God has a plan for me regardless. The way the media is they're supposed to put out clickbait and things like that. That's how people get views and that's how people make money. I understand that. And so like people will twist a story and try to put out bad media to get clicks. Good media to get clicks. That's just what today's world that we live in. So I'm just adjusting to the new world. Yeah, that's the guy that we did after the Heisman Trofe ceremony. Same guy. I mean, no one is looking to attack him. He's doing things that are making himself get attacked. See who he said his mentor. Johnny Medzell. That's right. Yeah. But did he have a quote like your brain does not fully develop to you 25? So I'm fine. He said something like that. He would you like to hear that? Yeah, I'd love to hear that. Coach Lee always preached your frontal lobe isn't fully developed until your 25. And I just turned 24. So I got like 360 more days ago. Great. You know what? Yes, that's awesome. I can appreciate it. You know, the thing is you wanted to like Diego Pavia.

18:19Yeah. So like like every because he's not a big guy and he was at Vanderbilt and they always stink. And they were really competitive. Like he says like the clickbait they want to make me out to be a bad guy. No. I think just the opposite. I think everybody wanted to like him. But he's such a disaster that you're kind of forced into having this feeling about it. But man, you tweeted bleep all the voters. Right. I have to. He's been trophy. I don't think you want people to like you. Yeah. I feel like I have to answer for some of this in a way because I wasn't the first by any means. But I feel like I was. I don't know. I was among the earlier group of of to jump on the bandwagon. You you loved him. We all loved him. Yeah. So I I really enjoyed watching him towards the end of of last year like two years ago. And then they did that SEC documentary over the over the summer that dropped about historian, transferring and that underdog mentality like bordering on the line of cockiness. And then this past year it totally flipped. So whatever stock I was buying, which was as much as I could, I couldn't offload all the best.

19:20Are you can I give you a word of advice? You won't be drafted. Buy it in the Giants. Just me and the other party stock by the Giants talk. I'll pre-portfolio. I'll do my best. Good. Let's talk about some guys who had a good week in Jeremiah Love. He had a good one. 4.36 in the 40. Second best among the running backs this year. No vertical, no broad jump. But look very impressive in the field. Drills had some good meetings. Met with the Giants Dave. I did meet with the Giants. He told me in a world just being able to play with other great players. I mean, I feel like every single team in the NFL has great players. So being able to be drafted anywhere would be a great honor. But the Giants in general, I mean being able to play with a backlight scout, have somebody that's more of a veteran than me, somebody that's older than me, that I can learn from. I'd be able to take away a lot from that. I mean, all the coaches in the Giants room were very cool people. I like them a lot. I feel like they like me a lot as well. Hopefully they call my name on draft night. And we can continue building better relationships. Hopefully somebody does.

20:20You know, Dave. Yes. They also did ask him about the Cowboys. Not nearly as glowing. He says Cowboy, his dad was a Steelers fan. He had no interest in talking about the Cowboys. So he could be a, he could be your guy. He could be your guy. If they drafted my, I'll love it. Can you imagine? After all, after all the noise that was. Oh my God. Yes. Oh my goodness. Yes. How great would that be? What? We went through the entire sacred barbecue thing. Taking a room back with the second overall pay. Now after winning after winning four games we're going to go with. You're the one that was defending it. No, I wasn't a great idea. No, I don't think it's a great idea. I'm going the other side of it. But I mean, there's a lot of people think he's the best player in the draft. I understand that. But here's the thing too. If they were to take him fifth, it would, I think it would be a big mistake. It wouldn't be nearly the mistake that taking sake one number two was. That was catastrophic. Because at least now you look at the quarterback, you're like, we have the quarterback.

21:20Then you looked at the quarterback and said, you don't have the quarterback. But they believed you had the quarterback and they tried to make that quarterback look competent by drafting sake one and it all blow up in their face. So this wouldn't be bad, but not nearly as bad as that. Well, I guess the other thing you could say too is if everyone's buying it to your 65 or sooner thing is that you would. I mean, you would have him in his prime in the five year window. You have here where you're going to win a super. Give me Walker or Dowdoll and let's go. I don't, I don't need to wait to. I won't say waste. I don't need to use the fifth pick on a running guy. And you meant waste. That's fine. I don't think he'll be a waste. It could be very good. You feel how you feel? That's fine. You're sunny styles guy. I am a sunny styles guy. You know, his nickname, his nickname stems from Raymond. I did see this. Sonny is not his name, actually. No. I wasn't even aware of that. Sonny is not his name. Hey, your face. What? What did he just say? That was funny. What did he say? Your face or no? Your face.

22:20Your face. Get it. Sonny to get his nickname from your face. That's real funny. You know, I. Sonny from the godfather. Sonny from the godfather day. Yes. Yeah, whatever. I was aware. I was aware that's where his nickname came from. Give me a couple other record breaking performances in the comment. Kenyan Sadiq, the tight end, Oregon. Randy fastest 40 of any tight end since 2003. 4.39. Official time bested the previous Marco 4.4 set by Vernon Davis and Doran Dickerson. Lorenzo Stiles, the brother of Sonny, turned in a tremendous all around workout. 4.27 fastest by a safety since at least 2003. And that's also the fastest of all the defensive backs this week. So congratulations to him. And we give the giant some love in a sound bite. Let's give the Jetsum too. Did you see Ty Simpson, Jake Asman? Been very busy in Indianapolis. He was following him around at the combo. That's right. There's a ton of jet fans or huge fans of yours.

23:21What's your best hits of the jet fans in New York? J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets. That's really not much, but we'll go with it. But by the way, being serious now, there's a ton of Jets fans that are huge fans of Ty Simpson. Hey, if Asman says it, it's got to be true. Oh, yeah, I guess. He speaks for the Jets fans. He's got the pulse of the Jets fans. The same way you speak for the trees. Jake Asman speaks for the Jets fans. Okay. I'll tell you who doesn't like the trees as Tom Bauer. Tom Bauer is in it. I've heard about the paper. You should have seen this, RJ. Oh, if I heard about the paper. I said it. RJ. Every read got its own page. Every read, every partner should be treated special. That's how he views it. You get your own page. That's right. There was so much space in between sentences. They were like separate paragraphs. No, RJ, it was jarring. Tom Bauer is out to take the trees now one by one. Yes. You can only do that one day at a time. The man hates the rainforest. He hates it. I'll play one last piece of sound for you. This guy's going number one to the Raiders as the possibility of having Tom Brady as his mentor.

24:23Fernando Mendoza on that possibility. I mean, who has an admired Tom Brady? I mean, more Super Bowl rings than anybody. That opportunity would be fantastic. Tom Brady, I believe, is the greatest quarterback of all time by a wide margin. And people have the opportunity to be mentored by him. It would mean so much. And especially to learn. And I'm all about learning. So from day one, I got to learn a lot. It's going to be a long journey. And to have potentially have a mentor like that be pretty impressive and pretty meaningful. That guy says all the right things. I love that kid. I think there's a lot of people that love that kid. I love that kid. And you know what's amazing about him though? Well, I'll say what's amazing about him though is that he has the personality and the ability to kind of. Like you're talking about RJ like being a chameleon like where he's like blending into the into the studio wall. Yeah. Like I've seen him do a bunch of different things. And it's like I can see why you can see why his teammates really like him. Right. Because you can give off this like really mature professional appearance.

25:23And then I can see him also like when you watch some like the more like more relaxed podcasts that he does. That he also has that other like guys guy kind of side. Yeah. He's a winner though. But that's I mean, that's a big part of being a quarterback though. It's having the ability to like to wear multiple hats. And you know what I love about him? He's really, really smart. Like different level kind of smart. Yeah. And he has the ability to also like just be one of the boys. Which is important too. Like the guy I mean, those guys have to want to play for you. And he said, did you see? He measured in. He's big. He's a big kid. Yeah. He's like six five. I didn't realize it was that big. That is the national football league. And we have gone around it. That's it. That's it. That's it. I want more. We need to give you time to rub some aloe vera on your face. You need a lot right now. Would you, you know what? I'm going to. I'm going to go. The shine of the league might be too much for you right now. The shine of the giant specifically. You are a shining star. Now I'm gone. Where did you go fire marshal bill? No, I'm gone.

26:23He's out there. He turned it off. I'm sure he has something. I don't need to buy an iPad. I don't like this. What is he doing? Right? What do you mean? RJ, what is he doing? I can turn just camera off. I can still kind of see you glow. He's excited. He's been. I'm being mistreated. He's excited about cardboard. He's acting like Joe Josh. Yeah. Well, worried about your face. You're not worried about anything. I am. That's your money maker. We're on TV now. I got some color. I mean, that's not a bad thing. No, that's more than color. I mean, that's burnt. In two days from now, it'll be a crispy brown. And you'll be like, oh, man, I wish I had color like that. What's he doing that? I don't think it's the healthy way to go about it. This is what I'm saying. I didn't intend this. Right. Like, you know when you go to like, you love crispy bacon. But there's a difference between nice crispy bacon and then it's just burnt. Please come back. Right. You guys, I'm going to take the rest of the show. You know what? I'm going to start with the video component and I'll slowly be done. You over-crest is what you did.

27:24If you promise not to make fun of me, I'll come back. I can't make any promise. Then I can't come back. I try. No. That's as good as I can do. Sorry. There's too much time left. I can't promise for an hour and a half that I'm not going to be nasty at any point. Great. You know what? Clip that Raymond. I can't promise for an hour and a half. I can't be nasty at some point. You're asking a lot. You're asking a lot. I know my limitations. If it was like 30 minutes, maybe. All right. How about this five? Can you make it through the rest of the rest of this hour? Yes. Okay. I get through nine o'clock. Yep. So I will not have to hear about my sunburn for at least 30 minutes. Yes, right. Okay. All right. I'm going to come back. Will you walk me back? Yeah. Could you? I mean, could you? There he is. Hello. How you doing? Good. Good to be back. You can't use it. It's so difficult for you, isn't it? A four watt. What's difficult? To not make fun of the sunburner. No, I don't think so. All right.

28:24Well, you'll make it to the nine o'clock. All right. Let's break. Come back. Aaron Boone. He's a fan of what the Yankees have done. Spits in the face. A lot of the Yankees fans. But Boone likes it. Well, we'll tell you what that is next right here on ESPN, New York. Save money and get a better view of the road when you replace your worn out wiper. Wiper blades at O'Reilly Auto Parts. Right now, save $10 on a pair of rain ex latitude wiper blades. They feature bean blade technology to improve windshield contact for maximum visibility. The professional parts people will even install your new wiper blades for free. Choose rain ex latitude wiper blades at your local O'Reilly Auto Parts store or online at o'Reillyauto.com. As you know, managing maintenance repair and operations is never easy. The ones who always rise to the challenge, Granger has your back. From professional grade products you can count on to fast, dependable delivery. They're there to help you keep things running smoothly. Plus, their technical product specialists are here to help answer your toughest questions.

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30:26Got an email from Barry B. All Rick does is talk about what a good teammate he is all the time, but in reality he's a nasty bleep. I'm looking out for you. We're all concerned. You got too much sun in your face. Now all of a sudden, I mean, you just try to go to break. It felt like your short circuit a little bit. He got some sun poisoning. I got a lot going on. We're trying to help you. We're trying to make you the best version of yourself and I don't need you burning your face off. Well, there's nothing I can do about it now. I know. Just for the next time. Next time. I am going to have a hat and sunblock at every game from now on. I'm going to put some zinc on your nose. I'm going to put some alloy on after the show. I would suggest it. Yeah, probably a good idea. I won't mention it until the 9 o'clock hour and four minutes later, here you go. I didn't say anything nasty. All I said is that Barry B said you're really not the guy that you think you are. You know, no wonder Jordan hates you. And you could choose the Jordan.

31:26Ronan, Zacher, they'll hate you. Every Jordan hates you. Here's the thing. I can understand why Jordan, Ronan, would maybe not love me because I mean, I make fun of something he can't change. Unless he goes on and gets it, you know, fix it. He can't do anything about his nose. You can fix going to a baseball field and sitting there baking your face in the sun. But I've never said a single nice thing. Never. But I can't now. No, I know. I'm just for next time. Be careful. And next time I will. Okay. I mean, it's, it's startling. It's, I'm, I'm sorry. All right. Can we hear this? This might be startling for the Yankees fan. You ready? Yep. I don't, I don't think RJ and Raymond are going to appreciate this very much here. Here's Aaron Boone. MLB Network saying, no problem whatsoever. Running it back with this roster. Look, the realities we have, I think, 24 guys of the 26 that were in the playoffs. So that's a lot of returning guys. Now, these are the guys I want to run it back with.

32:27Like, you know, we got ousted last year in the division series by the Jays. But it didn't change what I felt about our club. At the end of the year and going into the playoffs. Like, it, to me, it felt like the best team we've ever had. At that point in the year. We lost. We got beat. But, you know, and then I think a lot of the moves we made at the deadline last year for guys we brought in really completed our team. It was a time we were struggling in the season. You know, we brought in Cabillero, Rosario, McMahon, Doval, Bednar. And it really settled and completed our team. And we made those moves not just with last year in mind. But also knowing that these are going to be helping us going forward. And I think they're going to continue to play a huge role for us. If you're a Yankees fan, I think that you hear that, you know, come on, man. And this is on the heels of the jam telling us a few weeks ago. They're not running it back and got like belligerent angry when people said that they were running it back. Yeah, we all know what they're doing. This is again, I think it depends on how you choose to define

33:31running it back. Like this team is different than the team that they started last season with because of the moves that he just talked about they made at the deadline. He just said 24 to 26 guys are back on this team. It's this it's the same team. It is. But you're also going to get now those guys for a full season. You're going to get Eric Cole back. You'll get Schlitley for a full season. Like, I mean, that's if you want to play semantics, that's how you would play it. That's not fine. And that's fine. And again, they're good. They're a hell of a baseball team. Are they going to win 90 something games? And they're the favorites to win the division. And I think Yankee fans should feel good about going into this year. But I mean, it's a different level of success that the fan base with this organization has than most other organizations. And, you know, he kind of, well, I mean, Toronto. We love that. Well, they destroyed you. They crushed you in that series last year. So am I confident they'll get in? Yeah. Am I confident that when the World Series? No, I'm not confident that when the World Series. And I think that's the point though. I don't know. And this is a better question for RJ and Ray,

34:32just because of the Yankees fans in the show. When you watch that team play throughout the course of the season, but then also the most important part of the season, which is, you know, that series against against the blue jays. Did you feel like that team was good enough? Not to just be Toronto, but to eventually get to the World Series and beat the Dodgers. And I think the answer for a lot of people would be no. So okay. Now, while we have this confidence that it's going to work now this year. I couldn't agree with you more. It's like it didn't work last year. I mean, it worked up to a point. It wasn't really close to working in the postseason. They've made very few changes. I mean, listen, weather's coming in. And then some of the guys will be here for the full season. I get it. But now it's just like we're going to bring the same thing back. We weren't close enough to winning last year, but this year is going to be different. Why will this year be different? I don't know. I can't answer that question. I mean, I just out. I don't know why that they decided going into this offseason. Well, I probably know why. I just did financially. Why would make the most sense to just kind of. Hey, this is good. As long as we get Belinger. We're fine.

35:32Where this is this is the team that's going to be good enough. Because again, I don't think a lot of Yankees fans looked at that team last year. At the end of it and said, hey, this team was good enough. We just, you know, the series could have went either way. There's no way. I mean, Blue Jays could get to the end of the road last year and be like, man, we were so close to winning Yankees. They didn't have that same luxury. Nobody looked at the Yankees and thought, man, one play here, one play there. We beat Toronto. You were outclass in that series with Toronto last year. Yeah. I mean, and freedom of getting beat up. It's just it. What you saw with this team against Toronto. Toronto could be different. I mean, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. What you saw with this team against Toronto. Toronto could be different this year. Toronto could take a step back. I just, I mean, you led the league and runs. You led the league and home runs. And still, at the end of it, you didn't feel like the team was good enough. They do. They clearly do. They feel like running it back with this team with having, you know, the guys that they traded for for a full season. That they feel like it's going to make the difference. RJ, what's what you take on this?

36:33You're big Yankees fan. You love this team. Listen, I have to take my cues from him. And he's confident. Confident. They've been, they're not fighting it. And he is, he's like, you heard, you're recited. When you say him, you're talking Boone or Cashman? Boone, I don't know if it's, I mean, Cashman definitely. I don't know if Boone is taking his cues from Cashman because he, you know, this is the roster you're being given. But he does bring up a point. 24 to 26 guys. He clearly likes the room. The guy is like the room. But it has that feeling of, you're just kind of one piece shy. But we'll see. I mean, I'm at this point. I was, I was bracing for not even having Ballinger back. So I'm feeling okay. So was Joe apparently. Yeah, I'm feeling okay about where they're at because if you want to judge against, Hey, Ballinger coming back was a foreground conclusion. And then you add on top of that. Then you're going to be disappointed. But I was from a point of like, you guys know, I always thought Ballinger was coming back. And then I was starting to move off that. I was like, maybe he's not. All right, hold on. Just for one second here. Let's take, let's take fandom out of this for a second.

37:34Let's just take just strictly just looking at baseball just in general. And if you're, if you're Aaron judge, for example, you're the best player in baseball. It's you and in show. And you said what you just said. And we broke it down. And there were some people that are like, well, the way he was asked the question. It was more about Cody Belinger. There were some of us like me and you and everyone else that said, you know, when he answered the question the way he answered it where it was like, Hey, let's just get these guys done now so we can continue to add. Because I mean, for me, that says we weren't good enough. Right. If I want Belinger in this piece, and I want Christian back in it, and then I want to add more, would signal to me that your best player doesn't think your team is good enough. Okay. That's one second part of this is you don't think that Aaron judge looks at major league baseball and what the dodges are doing and settings and stuff. Well, I thought that what what are we doing? Why is it that they just went back to back world series and then a team that gets Tucker and then a team that gets Diaz? It's got to be frustrating for him. It has to be. It's got to drive him crazy. Right. I mean, that's what we're, I'm happy that we got Belinger back.

38:37And if I'm, you know, if I want a Christian back, I'm happy I got him back too. But still like that, that's the same team we had last year. And the Dodgers just went back back running it back. Right. But then the team that just won the world series added the best free agent and the best closer. But the Dodgers are playing a different financial game than you you're able to. Why though? Because they have a lot more money than you do. That's, that's the truth is they have a lot more and they willing to spend a lot more. Yankees have told you we'll spend a lot, but we're not going to go over this number. And the Dodgers are just, they'll go crazy. They'll spend endless money and they'll defer almost all of it if they can. Yeah, you can take a cue from from Aaron Boone because again, I mean, what else is he going to say? But when you're best player, the best player in the sport says I thought we would get them done and they continue to add. That tells me he didn't think what would, you know, the team that they had last year was good enough. Right. And then they're going to try to sell you on that. Well, I mean, listen, guys, our team last year was good. And we still brought back Ballinger. So people like RJ are like, I we got Ballinger back.

39:37I think I could. Okay. Here's. Here's what I would say to that though is I could understand after watching that world series watching what Toronto did and then watching that world series. I could understand Toronto saying to themselves. Yes. Hey, let's run it back. We were right there. Oh, you're you're you're literally an inch away from winning the World Series. Yeah, not the team that got their ass kicked by Toronto. Like that. That wouldn't be like, hey, let's run this back. And you know what? In their mindset, part of it must be, well, Toronto is not going to be that same team again. Like that was a one off there. Because if you thought Toronto is going to be that same team, you are not able to compete with them in the postseason. You'd have to change up the way that you made this team. Are you a think? Otherwise, you're very stubborn. Yeah, or just, I mean, this is again, this is, this is a certain amount of money that you want to spend and you're at it. And the addition of, of Ballinger was, like, was your limit. Right. Well, it appears that that's the case. It appears like that's the case.

40:37And now they make moves too. That's the other thing. And at one point, are they going to make this like the Minges and Spencer Jones, like they're just going to hold on to these guys in perpetuity? I think that the probably way till we get to the deadline. Okay. When was the last time you felt in control of your business finances? Expenses tracked, invoices sent, taxes ready. That's where found comes in. Found brings your banking, bookkeeping, invoicing, and taxes together in one simple app. Manage expenses, invoice clients, send payments, and prep for tax time right where you bank. Join the hundreds of thousands who have already streamlined their finances with found. Open a found account for free at found.com. That's f-o-u-n-d.com. Banking services provided by Lead Bank member FDIC. Rich Eisen here, the tax deadline will be here before you know it. And you just want to know your taxes are actually being handled. But the old way? You hand everything off, and then silence. Days pass, weeks pass, you start wondering, should I send another follow-up email? It feels like you're chasing updates and getting nowhere. But now, taxes are different.

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43:41Well, I weather stunk, but I got, I mean, I got my wife's birthday. I got Kay's birthday. I got my mom's birthday. I got the Super Bowl. I got Valentine's Day. I got a gold medal. Gold medals. RJ. Olympics. You a February guy. I don't dislike it. I just took a two week vacation to Florida in February. Of course you have February guy. It's a nice chance to catch your breath. No. I want sports. I want nonstop sports. February is like, it's like a sports hiatus. Yeah, but you got to let the meter rebuild a little. Right. You had Dexter. It's some Dexter time. March. March works for me. I get NFL free agency. I got more draft than I got March madness. April. I got NBA playoffs. I got the draft. No. February. We need the time to reset. You agree that February is not a good sports month. No, but we need it. So you sort of reset. Get our bearings and we're good to go. You got your bearings back. The league years pick it up and away we go.

44:41We also got some iconic sports moments in February though. Absolutely. That's not the norm. A Super Bowl stunk. Thank God for the Olympics. Super Bowl did stink. That's true. Super Bowl stunk. You didn't even go to case 65th. I couldn't because I had my life's birthday. I also why won the picks, which was nice. Again. I saw it. Listen, I mean everyone's different. I actually enjoyed February. What's your least favorite month? Oh, at least favorite month. I don't like all the months. I like all the months. I understand. You like to have to have at least favorite. Oh. I used to hate. I used to not like August. How could you not like August? Because August was like the grind for us before we got to training camp. But whether wise, August is delightful. You got the heart. Well, now it's different. Now I mean, and now it's, I mean, we usually try to take the most advantage of August, right? For us. Yeah. But back in the day, August was like, okay, now we're back at the rank. We're skating. It's like we're just the summers over. It's back to business.

45:42So I didn't like August. And then in August, you can, you can smell football. It's right there. I know. But before, I mean, before I retire, I could also smell training camp. That was it. Yeah. Played in this favorite month. He's not going to answer. Yeah, he's gone too. I don't, I don't see him. Maybe he disappeared as well. No, I'm just, I'm going through, listen to some of the audio of, of your, of your breakdown and your breakdowns, which you'll hear. Okay, it's true. He had like, yeah, it's some poison. Yeah, well, how is this listening to the, how you find that funny? How you sense, if I am, if I am suffering from sun poisoning, you should reach out. How you sense to break it at 8.30 was traveling. And listen, and this is you, here's, here's how I'll answer that. This is you in February, though, coming off February where you, you admit it's like a slower time. What's going to happen? Yeah, but what's going to happen when it picks up? You're breaking down. I'm on March of the second. This guy actually made, this guy actually made me go back and listen to make sure that the legal idea was, because I, RJ and I told you, yes, you did say it.

46:42John was sure. It popped in. He's like, I have no recollection of you doing the legal thing. John wasn't on the air. John wasn't the one that was listening. Can I keep it? John, I mean, come on. He's not fully paying attention. He's not, he's not in stocks like I said that I do the legal idea. You had no idea. I, because we were having a conversation, I wasn't paying attention to that. Oh, it's only those I, which is not, I'm not saying it's a bad thing. Well, they're making fun of me for it. We told you it ran. But then you were insistent that it didn't run. I know I just said, I have no recollection of you. John made him 90. John made him nervous. Because that's important. We got to make sure we get that legal idea. Very important. There are many requirements around here. That's one of them. Highly, highly important. All right, forget it. All right, now look at what he made. He's all upset. His face is all red now. No. You know what? You can't, you can't even do that. Can you see, can you see R.J. in the picture that's in front of you? Oh, you see him. You thought I'd disappear. You getting some sun is such a bad thing. At least you're gonna put needles in your face like Rick Botox did.

47:43Oh, here we go. Here we go. I don't Botox my face. Yeah, sure you don't. This is just great hydration. I thought I swear to God. I swear. Sure. If I, you just made a verbal promise. I promise until 9 o'clock I'll say nothing. And then you went right back to it. I didn't say anything about it. I said you are upset. You just can't upset. I said you're making him upset. His face is getting redder. You are not a great guy. You did not make it. What's that? You did not make it to 9 o'clock by the way. What is it? I don't make it. It's inside out right where the one guy gets so angry that his face gets on fire. See? That's one of the emotions. Yes. You just made a promise. So your word means nothing. I already failed. You're like a politician. Whatever you say does not matter. I've already failed. So what am I supposed to do now pretend like I didn't fail. I'll go all in. Go all in. I'll go lean right into it. Great. Okay. Sorry. Let's go to everyday Edgar. At least he's nice. Good morning Edgar.

48:43How are you? It's alright if you forgot the intro man. It's like the garage door. You shut it on and off every day. But sometimes you're leaving. You're like, did I close that? It happens bro. It's all good. I hate that. I always have to. I drive home. If I did that happens. I go right back home. Yeah. Sometimes I turn around and I'm like, yo. Have at this. We have the technology in my house. Not me. I don't do it. Sherry can check that from anywhere. There's an app for that now. Oh yeah. Yes. Of course there's an app. Yeah. Crazy. I have a little trivial question. Not like a stump, a little trivial question. All right. What? What are my 86 year old grandmother and geocalling fan having common? They both have weapons. They're on the basis. They can't open a bag of chips. They can't run the bases. They can't open a bag of chips. And exactly you guys know that. Why are we calling up Spencer Jones and Jason to Ming-S? I have no idea why those guys aren't going to play. If GM Carlisay and Ken do nothing. I reached bring them up. Spencer is murdered. Spencer's murder. They're not just me. Well, where are they playing?

49:48Where are they playing? I mean, you got to know somewhere. I know, I know we've got to play. That's the problem. You can't have nobody. Neither of these guys can get into the lineup though. Are these guys going to play every day? Yeah, one of them. They've got these guys have to play every day. I mean, they, they, I mean, they're trying to win a championship. They believe that's with older players. Yeah, I'm with you, man. I mean, it's been one of the most frustrating things with Brian Cashman. Yeah. And they're running it back. It's a run back. If you don't notice that, you're blind, you said it. I'm back. And thanks for calling her. Do you think that when Boone gave that sound by cash, she was like, what are you doing? I just said, we're not running it back. And now you come back like, oh, it was not the first time though, but it's not the first time that's happened. This, I mean, this offseason, we had the whole, if they vote, we think we heard. Right. Oh, no, no, we don't really didn't really think it was, it was causing much of an issue. And then they said, oh, no, it was definitely causing an issue. I mean, he just had surgery. It's like, come on, guys, let's get on the same page here. Yeah, but this happens with this organization. Tony Dobbs. Very Tony. You're on ESPN. New York. Good morning. You know, if I have to hear one more time, Aaron Boone, talk about how this roster is ready to

50:57win a championship. And it's like, it's so repetitive. And the Yankees put themselves in a hole with the resigning of Trent Grisham when they really didn't have to resign him. I think, I don't think there was even a market for him. I think they made the market for him. And now you've got Dominguez and Spencer Jones, like the gentleman who just was on the phone said, I mean, Spencer Jones hit a couple shots. I don't even think they've landed yet. And the Yankees have, I mean, who has a better track record of six six guys, six six power hitting guys, making them into something than the Yankees? I mean, how are they not putting this guy somewhere on the field? Right. We don't know. Good question. You're not going to just deach him. No, you can't deach him. Well, no, but I'm saying even if you decided to get if you said, hey, Stanzebos, now we want to, you know, take it slow. And we'll, you know, like we'll have him start the season. Who knows? I'm not going to put Spencer Jones in the H every game. Let me tell you something. Mingus, here's the problem. I appreciate you giving me the time. Here's a problem I have with the Yankees, okay? They have these guys that they hype up so much,

52:02the Martian. Uh, I remember Clint Frazier when he said he had a godly backspeed. Um, all these got justice. Sheffield. The list goes on and on, Dave. I know you know these guys. Yeah, no, the same thing. They've done, right? Long bar looks like it's never defensively more so. Go ahead, Tony. Finish that. Not an internal problem. How come our prospects don't turn out? Who's our last prospect to really make a big besides Aaron judge? Oh, not Luis. It's not Savino. Well, the problem is, here's the thing though, it's not necessarily the prospect not like, like, personally, on the scene and being good, it's like developing the prospect. Right. Oh, and thanks for the call. That's what I'm trying to say. Yeah, Volpe was supposed to be like, I maybe he'll, you know, because I think, right, but I think what happens is it's twofold. It's, they get pumped up the way that they get pumped up. And they're untrained, but we can't do this. We can't do this. And by the time you see them, it's either they're not that good or you see for a minute, they look like they could be that good. And then they kind of fizzle out like Greg Bird.

53:02Like, there's been plenty of those names. I think they think the, I think the hurdle for the Yankees is is that they're always competitive and they're always trying to win a championship. And it's tough for a young player to like, to develop under those circumstances, unless they're just awesome. I agree. Because they're going to make mistakes and they're going to go, I mean, they're going to go into slumps and it's going to be, and you're going to have New York Yankees fans that are like, well, what are we doing here? We're trying to win a championship. Well, look at Volpy, right? He was going to be the second coming. And now people want to run him out of town. Um, Rick, a ball, oh, Rick, a ball madness. Oh, uh, Friday, March 20th. Rick, a ball man. Just get me, just get me to this rejoin at nine o'clock, because I think it's going to be a busy. Rick, a ball madness. Oh, look at him. I want to be Rick. Hey, could you relax for his face? Just do the Rick. I got, I got a Friday, March 20th, Rick, a ball madness. Get all up in it. ESPN, he's taken over, uh, Pickleball Heaven, Medford, New York, catch a live broadcast of, uh, DPH, I'm starting at six o'clock, then tick

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