Hour 3 – David Montgomery Traded, Jeremy Fowler

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1:02Sons and the can. Oh, man, that doesn't sound good at all. Sons and the kings. I'd watch it but I'm just saying for the rest of America. It begins Tuesday at eight eastern on NBC and Peacock which is where you can find our program on Peacock. Download the app if you haven't done so. Also the NBC Sports Network. Combine is over. March is here. Spring training. And we also get ready for the draft in Pittsburgh coming up in April. Golf around the corner with Augusta. No, they've been playing golf there. They're on the Florida swing. And then it'll be Augusta. And I don't know if Tiger is playing or not. He sort of alluded to this in Los Angeles at the Genesis that he might be playing. There hasn't ruled out playing at Augusta. You know, my issue with Tiger would be Kenny play four days. I know he can play one day, but can you play four? And you don't get a golf court.

2:03You got to walk. And that is a lot hillier course if you haven't been there on the grounds and the stress the wear and tear. There was a story that came out with Cornell tape. Ohio Statewide receiver. And he ran a four five three at the Combine. Adam Schefter then reported that apparently there were hand time 40 yard dashes for him that were considerably lower in the four fours, whether that's true or not. But I was curious about this. It's not a death sentence to run four five at the Combine. CD Lamb, Mike Evans, Kenan Allen, DeAndre Hopkins, Devonte Adams. I'm on Ross St. Brown and T Higgins. All ran four five 40s. I just want to know how you run your route. Not necessarily how fast you are. I'd like to know how quick you are. I think that's far more important. It's getting in and out of your cuts. Can you do know how to play football?

3:03That's what I want to know. Because if you're straight ahead speed. I mean, Bob Hayes, go back to the Cowboys in the 60s. Bob was an Olympic gold medalist. And he had speed that we had never seen in the NFL. But he was one of those guys straight ahead speed. He was going to beat you deep. But it wasn't a route runner. John Ross, one of the fastest men on the planet. He went to the Bangles and couldn't play. There's been a couple of these players who have run those four twos. But I want to know what you do with your four two. Because your four two may not be worth, but my four five is. So it's not the end of the world that Carnell Tate. It's going to be probably a top 10 pick. But you run a four or five. I still have to go back to what you did in college. Okay? That's important. I can't put all the emphasis on the combine and not put enough emphasis on the regular season. Yes, Mark. And I don't think that people realize just how incredibly fast

4:05running a four or five in the 40s actually is. And how many of the great all-time all-timers were known as quote-unquote burners. Like Randy Moss could fly. But how many of those guys were really known as burners? Randy Moss had everything. That's the most talented wide receiver I've ever seen. Easily. And people might look at it and say it was a disappointing career. I can't administer to the Raiders. Then all of a sudden fell out of favor. They ends up with New England. But I remember the first time I saw him at Marshall. And he was doing a crossing pattern. I remember. Oh, my God. That guy. He is gone. Six, five. Caught it. Gone. And I went, all right. Got my attention there. And then you find out that he was going to go to Notre Dame. And I think Florida State. But quite, quite a freak. You know, when you think about just how great he was.

5:05Yes, Paul. Oh. Some light NFL breaking news. Okay. I can't oversell it. Okay. We'll play a little game. Okay. The Detroit Lions have traded. David Montgomery. David Montgomery. Serviceable running back. To the blank for blank. To the blank for blank. Where did David Montgomery go this morning? According to multiple reports. Arizona. The Houston Texans for a fifth round draft pick. Okay. So Joe Mixen. Probably not coming back. And I don't know the extent of his entry or his recovery period. But Joe, Joe Mixen had, you know, few good seasons there. Yes, he. More upsetting. Being drafted in the fifth round or being traded for a fifth rounder. I would say being drafted in the fifth round. Because there's a lot of talented players who get traded.

6:05They don't get traded for a lot. You know, it can be a third round draft pick. And you're like, wait, that guy's really good. Well, that's what I'm saying. Like David Montgomery. Don't you think he's looking at that? And be like, what the heck? I'm way better than a fifth rounder. No, I think he's looking at it. And he's like, yes. I get to be a starting running back in the NFL. I don't know if he looks at it and goes, all you need is somebody to want you. That's it. Like just one team who wants you. If you want out of your team, somebody wants you. Great. I don't. Maybe you stole me. I don't want you wasting a higher pick. We want to use all those picks to make this team I'm going to better. But David Montgomery, he wanted out of Detroit, got his wish. And he is going to the Houston Texans for a fifth rounder. Yes, Paul. Yeah. He's in his seventh year, 6,000 yards rushing, 60 touchdowns. Pretty good. Yeah, 230 catches. He's like, not famous, really good running back. Yeah. Good for him. All right. And good for the Texans. Now they just need it off in some line. Don't tell David Montgomery that. Yeah.

7:05That'd be my first question. Hey, how's the offensive line? Because I'm leaving a pretty good offensive line in Detroit. Have you seen that video when Pennay's soul and Aaron Donald are going at each other, grabbing each other's face mask? And it's one of those where you go. I don't know who I'd pick here. Because Aaron Donald strikes me as, you know, lowered to the ground, wrestler. Pennay's soul is just a big man. But you're seeing these two guys grabbing onto each other's face mask. And I'm going, man, do I take the low guy? Usually. Yeah. Leverage guy. Yeah. Yeah. But if I gave you the first pick, I'm okay with, you know, who I get left with. If you said, well, you're going to have to, you're going to be sold with Pennay's soul and be like, all right. Well, see what I can do. Do we have a new poll question for hour two? We will talk to the NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler, ESPN senior NFL reporter.

8:07He'll join us coming up a little bit. All right, see. Yeah, I'm trying to land on if the combine is important for some players, all players, or really nobody. I'd say some players, because you got a lot of emotional reaction by players who got the opportunity to just be there on the same field as these other players from bigger schools. I think it's really important for those players, because now you get a national platform. And I think to be able to showcase your talents, I think that's essential for you to be able to make a roster there. I think it can hurt players who are from big schools, and they're not as fast or strong, agile as maybe we thought they were by comparison to other players. But for the most part, the combine accomplishes what I think it's supposed to. And that is get everybody together, certain drills, certain things that you evaluate and put extra value on.

9:09But it's, you know, it's pro football's convention. And you're going there, you just hope that your team doesn't go crazy on what the results are on three days in Indy as opposed to four months of Saturdays. But the medicals are really important, probably the number one thing. Because you want to see somebody actually, you know, six one instead of, you know, five, five, ten and a half. And that's usually what happens is somebody comes in and they got their program height and you're like, oh, ready. Diego Pavia, are you five, nine or you five, seven? Yes, Marvin. And I think for teams, you don't want to get tricked and draft the better athlete and not the better football player. Yes, that's a great point. Because we've seen the better athlete who gets drafted. And it's because based off of what happened at the combine every single year. And somebody is going to get, you know, these teams, it's amazing.

10:12How much time you put into these players and, you know, the draft, your scouts. And then all of a sudden you get to the, you know, the actual draft itself. And then you make this spontaneous decision. Or the owner comes in and goes, no, we're taking him. Huh? Wait, what? I want him. Okay. And then it doesn't pan out. And then all of a sudden the fingers of blame are, you know, moving around the room later. Yes, Paul. I went back to that 2017 draft, John Ross out of Washington. He was crazy at the combine with his 40 numbers. He was drafted ninth overall by Cincinnati. Right after him, Mahomes, Marshawn Latamore, DeShawn Watson, Hassan Reddick, all quality or great NFL players. And I remember watching John Ross at Washington. And I thought, there's nobody you can stay with him. I just didn't, I mean, I found out later, you know, he was just really fast.

11:13He was not a great football player. But you can be fast in college and get away with it. NFL, now you got to be able to run some routes. Can you catch it in traffic? You know, when guys are going to pound you here. College, it's open. NFL, um, open for about that amount of time. Yes, Mark. Another guy that made, we fought, we have may fallen for the banana and the tailpipe. There is Hayward Bay. Yes, out of Maryland. He was a burner. I know. That's a good call. David in Ohio. Hi, David. What's on your mind? David? Sorry, David. Sam and L.A. Hi, Sam. What's on your mind today? Hey, good morning, Dan and the Dan Patrick team. You guys are wonderful. I've been trying to reach you since you ended your interview with Robert Orey. I just wanted to say you took that to a level that was Emmy Worthy.

12:16When you broached the question, Alice about your daughter, as I was driving out here, it just brought, uh, you know, made my eyes water and I think, you know what? That was an Emmy Worthy moment that you went to a level that most guys probably would have asked. And I just wanted to say thank you for that. Well, thank you, Sam. Thank you for the, uh, the compliment. And, you know, the more I look at his career, the more I look at it and say, you're a Hall of Famer. Yes. We get caught up in numbers, but I want to know when you get your numbers. I mean, that's when you talk about the history of the NBA, Robert Orey is, he's prominently featured. You're on three different great franchises. But I got to look at you in the postseason. We put so much emphasis on the postseason. Your nickname's Big Shot Bob and you have proof. And you played in one titles. And he was a really good player at Alabama.

13:18And yes, he was a role player in the NBA. But if I'm looking at Manu Genobley and I'm looking at Robert Orey, Manu didn't start very often, but I think he's a Hall of Famer. He's one of my favorite players to watch because I kept thinking he was so far ahead of everybody else with Euro Step. He was going left every single time and you still couldn't stop him, even if you were playing him to his left. But Robert Orey is a Hall of Famer. I really believe that. And, you know, he talked about having health insurance for, you know, minorities, inner city. And he talked about his daughter passing away at the age of 19. And 17, was that right, Marvin? And 17, and you're just like, you know, that's a, that's a heavy thing that you're going to carry with you the rest of your life. You never get over it. You just try to put things on top of it, but it eventually comes back.

14:21But I appreciated him sharing. I mean, that's, these interviews aren't good unless they share. If Bo Jackson doesn't come on and say, hey, I've never told anybody, but I just got through prostate cancer surgery. It's a great interview because he's telling us. I didn't know it was going to tell me. But that's what makes it great. Somebody on the other end has got to be willing to be vulnerable to share. All right. Well, take a break. I'll try to make Jeremy Fowler cry of the SPM somehow. What do you think, Todd? Give it a shot. It's very emotional with the combine. It's time of the year. So it shouldn't take too much for you to bring that out of him. Well, I did survive a fire earlier today. You did. Yeah. So I'm kind of in an emotional mood here since the candle that I had my incense burning in caught on fire and it shattered. I have PTSD from the incident. Yes. Are you pulling it? You pulled it together and you're getting through it.

15:22We're very proud of you for that. But you ran out of the building with everybody else. Did I know I just didn't save anybody's lives or figuring out why it went off or where it's coming from? I'm like, I'm going to get out of here. Your 40 was really good. That's the best I've run in a while. With pleasure. That was impressive. All right. Let me take a break. Cut inside the slide. I did grab a cookie on my way out from the kitchen. You know, I got my priorities. All right. We'll take a break. We're back after this. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick Show, weekdays at 9 a.m. Eastern 6 a.m. Pacific on Fox Sports Radio in the I Heart Radio app. Hey, it's Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington from the odd couple on Fox Sports Radio. And in addition to hearing us live week nights from 7 to 10 p.m. Eastern on Fox Sports Radio, we are excited to announce brand new YouTube channel for the show. That's right. You can now watch the odd couple live on YouTube every day. All you got to do, search odd couple FSR on YouTube. Again, YouTube. Just search odd couple FSR.

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20:33but he's still a great player. I got to put a little more emphasis on what happened on Saturdays instead of a Saturday at the Combine. Jeremy Fowler, the mother ship, ESPN senior NFL reporter, David Montgomery, traded from the Lions to the Texans. Your thoughts on that, and then what's that mean for Joe Mixon? Yeah, Dan, David Montgomery's trademark, it might as well have had a trade me sign at the NFL Combine, because teams had the full expectation that he would welcome a change of scenery that would Jameer gives being the one in Detroit. Montgomery felt like at age 28, so it's a miles left, and he had a good market because he's only doing six million dollars. So Houston gave up a lot to get him a fourth and a seventh-round pick, which is a little rich, but GM Nick Cassaria is one of the most aggressive in the league. He will do a trade like that and get ahead of it and just take the guesswork out, even if it means giving up more than maybe he would have wanted. So that certainly helps. Montgomery will go into Houston as the number one back.

21:33I think that's pretty clear at this point. They have Woody Marks, a young player, and that leaves a big question mark for Joe Mixon, who is a cap casualty candidate anyways? So I believe that that marriage is probably over at this point, barring a surprise. Certainly, they loved Mixon last year, so maybe there's a chance he can come back healthy this year, but it seems like the running's on the wall with this Montgomery trade. Does CJ Strong get a contract extension before this new season? You know what? I actually think there's a trend that could be brewing, and this will be an interesting case study for that. Do teams pay quarterbacks the huge money, even if that quarterback is not a top-tier guy, right? Like we saw it with two years ago, Jared Goff, Trevor Lawrence, Jordan Love. All those guys were kind of outside of the top ten. They all got paid. It worked out for some. It didn't work out for Miami and two, where they're now stuck with $54 million in guaranteed money. I think the teams are going to rethink that process that they don't have a guy who's at the top shelf,

22:34that they have a guy in the middle shelf. They might wait a year, make them prove it in that fourth year. So Houston is made clear they want CJ Strong to be their quarterback in 2026. What that financial commitment looks like is still unknown, and I'm not wholly convinced that they're going to do it. I think they could kind of wait this aisle a bit and see what he does, continue to build the team around them. Now, I do believe Stroud is not just looking for the most massive number you can think of. He doesn't want to suppress his own market, but he does know that they got to pay Will Anderson the past russure. They got to pay some other pieces. They got to build a winner around him. I think he values being in Houston, doesn't want to cripple them long term as well. So maybe because of that, there's a sweet spot deal that they can do in the short term that makes sense for both sides. But I just think by and large teams are going to start to wait. I mean, Dan, you know, you've seen there are eight or nine quarterbacks out there in the last few years of guys that were not very good coming out, got benched, reset, and now they're good options. So you're not beholden to the draft pick that you selected,

23:34who's maybe like good and not great, like you can wait a little bit. You can find a Daniel Jones or Baker Mayfield if you need to. You know, just because you don't want to pay the guy you have right now. Kyla Murray's market or the Cardinals on the hook for how much? So they're on the hook for they've already paid or locked into some guarantees. I think it's 18 million somewhere around there. He's got another big trigger coming up. I believe the fifth day of the New League year. So I think mid March is an artificial deadline. I think it's close to 20 million. It's a pretty big number that they'll be on the hook for. If they let him stay on the roster through say March 15th, whatever that date is. So that's an artificial deadline that they are going to move on. It would be a shock if they kept him on that number. So if you cut him, that does open up a situation where a team, because of the guarantees he's already been paid, can get him on a cheap contract potentially. He's going to have value. You know, Minnesota, I know is considering Kyla Murray. He's one of their stronger considerations, I would say,

24:34along with Juno Smith. That's probably tier one for them. You know, maybe they look into the direct car situation, but I haven't heard anything strong there. The teams are in that market right now. Tua would probably be more of a backup second tier option for them. So all these guys want to go to Minnesota, Dan, because it's a great environment. You got Kevin O'Connell. You got Justin Jefferson. You got some pieces to work with. That is a hot team right now for the quarterback market. Even though they don't have a lot of money to spend, they have all these quarterbacks that are probably getting cut, that are cheap because of the offset language and the guarantees they already have. Is JJ McCarthy going to get cut? I would be surprised if he gets cut. It's a similar situation to Anthony Richardson last year. I think in a perfect world, they would like to bring somebody on. Like if you bring on Juno Smith, let's say, right? But why I think he's interesting to Minnesota is because, you know, he's had enough struggles where, if you bring him in and sell him as a competitor to JJ, you can kind of sell it. But you can also sell it as, yeah, he's probably the starter. So you're hedging both ways.

25:36And you can keep it alive with JJ a little bit. And maybe he surprises you in camp. But, you know, we've all been there, Dan. It's kind of like when you get broken up with where somebody starts seeing other people. Like when they do that, it's kind of clear it's probably over. So there's that element to the JJ McCarthy situation as well. Similarly, Anthony Richardson with Daniel Jones. When they signed Daniel Jones, they were probably going to start him. They were going to have a competition in camp and maybe see Richardson can play him out. But they sort of knew where it was going. I think this is a similar situation in Minnesota. They know where this is headed. But they'll leave a little wiggle room for JJ to maybe surprise him. Talking to Jeremy Fowler, mother ship ESPN senior NFL reporter. If the Steelers don't have Aaron Rogers, what is Plan B? Right now, I would say Plan B is Will Howard, who's a six round pick. You know, he, that wouldn't be the flashy option. But they, you know, just talking to people there, they really do like him a lot. You know, he's great in the huddle, and the locker, and he's great with teammates. He's acquitted himself well.

26:37They felt like Aaron Rogers did a really good job mentoring him last year. And he might just be ready to play. Now, the flip side of that is they've done a lot of homework on this draft dating back to really two years ago. They've been kind of loading up for this draft class to potentially take a quarterback. Now, it's not as strong as people thought it was probably going to be six months ago. When you had all those names that, you know, whether it was Dural or Penn State or through a forum that you thought were going to be in the mix in the first round. It just didn't work out. So that's the craps you to the draft. But they, they've done a lot of homework where they took one this year. It would not shock me. And maybe it's somewhere high. Maybe it's Ty Simpson in the late first, or they can find a way to get him in the second, or Garrett Nussmeyer day two. Like I, I do think they've looked long and hard at this type of options. The jet situation. What did they do at quarterback? So for Plan musical chairs, Dan, they're probably going to get the last chair. Like whoever's left, the jets are going to get. Why?

27:37Nobody wants to play there? I mean, unless they're willing to just overpay, you have to overpay in New York to get the guy you want. No, nobody wants to play there. I shouldn't say nobody, but it's not an attractive spot for these quarterbacks. Like I mentioned Minnesota. You know, I would say Arizona, Miami, or both probably slightly more attractive than the jets right now. I would say that. And the view of these quarterbacks, or people in the market. Now, the jets offer Garrett Wilson. They have a pretty good offensive line. Breeze Hall, they're probably going to tag him. So you do have some pieces there. They got a ton of first round picks in the next two drafts. Darren Moogie, the GM has set that up with trades. So, you know, you might have something, but they got Justin Fields. He's still in the books for 10 million in guarantees. You know, they very well could just kind of bite that bullet, cut them and move on. I just think they'll end up getting, you know, one of those bridge options. Maybe it's Jacobi Berset and Arizona. It could be great. And it could be somebody like that. I just don't think they're going to get the top, top option. Can somebody build a bridge and name it the, you know, Jacobi Berset bridge?

28:38Like the Berset bridge. Yeah. I mean, they should. After all these years, he's been a bridge quarterback. I mean, there's Teddy Bridgewater. But, you know, it's like it's Jacobi Bridgewater. Kirk Cousins. I'm going to have a home. I think there's a chance of that. I think he's going to have to wait a little bit. I don't sense he's in that top tier guys that's going to get a job right off the bat. I think he'd be a backup or a third option for Minnesota. Back up, as in, I mean, like, who they want to sign as their bridge option. Oh, okay. You know, I think he's sort of in that group with Tuha and that second tier for Minnesota, for example. But I don't, I don't think there's going to be movement on him heavy out of the gate. Now, he's got to be released by Atlanta. That will happen at the Newt Lee gear next week. And then you go from there. He's played well enough to get a job somewhere. But there's not a clear path right now that I'm hearing. I think he could just strategically wait a little bit. And look, he's got this TV situation in his back pocket. You know, he kind of did a trial basis during the season.

29:40Did pretty well. You know, he's good talking football. He kind of has that as an option. I think he still wants to play. But certainly he's intrigued by that side of things on the broadcast media side. What about my guy, Malik Willis? Malik Willis is going to get. He's going to get a nice contract. He's going to get paid. Some of the numbers that have been floated out there. Several times last week, $30 plus million. I would shoot that down. I've talked to a dozen teams about it. They don't have them in the $30 million range. They have them in that $20 million bucket. Maybe $25. So I think that's a sweet spot. Unless things get crazy and he's just got three teams that have to have them. Miami's definitely in. Arizona might very well be in. But they also might go Jimmy Garoppolo. Another bridge option for you then. And then the third one would be. I mean, you know, like maybe the Jets won over pay there. But Pittsburgh is not an option. I don't sense that right now. Cleveland as well. I don't think Cleveland is an option. Malik Willis is agent is David Mulageta

30:40who has Deshaun Watson who has a chance to start in Cleveland. I would be shocked if that. Do you think that's a legitimate shot that Deshaun Watson is starting quarterback this upcoming season? Um, I think it's a shot. I don't know if I'm going to say the legitimate shot yet. I do believe it's it will be on the table. I was told they're going to let those guys compete and roll. But if he's healthy though. He should be the starting quarterback. Well, and I would say. People close to Deshaun would tell you that. The Kevin Stefansky Deshaun Watson fit just it didn't work. And it probably wasn't the offense where he's been best. You know, that Gary Kubiak wide zone system where it's a lot under center in the play action. Todd Munkin system will be better for Deshaun Watson. It's more what he used to. Todd Munkin is sort of a chameleon. You know, he can change his offense a lot of different ways. But he can appeal to the guy who was really good in college and did some spread offense concepts. Like, that's Deshaun. So the feeling is like, hey, let's try this. Maybe he's got this last year left on his deal. We owe him $46 million.

31:41Nobody's going to take him. So let's just see how it goes and roll the ball out and see if Shendor Sanders or Dylan Gabriel can beat him out. The Raiders situation. So you take Fernando Mendoza. Yeah. I don't assume he's going to start the season as the number one quarterback. Unless you hear otherwise. But I think they got to beef up that team a little bit. Certainly the offensive line. Who is the backup or maybe who's going to be the starting quarterback with the Raiders? Well, that's a big piece to all this day because you have Geno Smith who could find a home as a starter elsewhere. Still, you know, last year wasn't all his fault. There's a really bad team. And so I think what's happening here is if you're Geno, you're saying, okay, if I stay here, I'll probably start. But we're still bad. And I'm playing eight games that I'm going to get benched and then my career is cratered. Where can they just trade or release me here? And I can get out and go to a Minnesota or a Miami or somewhere to just reset my career again, which he's done multiple times.

32:42And, you know, to his credit, he's become a pro bowler, you know, a couple years ago in Seattle. So that's the sense right now. I'd be surprised if he's on the roster in Vegas. I think what they'll do is to draft Mendoza and they'll get a steady veteran somewhere, whether it's Aiden O'Connell who's there or it's somebody else. You know, somebody who can kind of half mentor, half play games. And just give Mendoza out there when he's ready. You know, whether that's week one or week 12 or next year. But they're trying to play the long game. They're with everything. They know they need a lot. They're going to be active and free and see because they have to. They've got a hundred million dollars to spend. They're going to get a guard or a center and a receiver and a linebacker. Like, they have a lot of holes and it's going to take two years to film. Great stuff as always. Thank you, Jeremy. Thanks, Dan. Appreciate it. That's Jeremy Fowler. He's a mother ship, ESPN senior NFL reporter. Yeah, there's a whole lot going on in the off season. I just don't remember this many teams, but they're quarterbacking position in this kind of a state of flux. Remarkable. A couple of phone calls here.

33:42Mike and Illinois. Mike, thanks for holding what's on your mind today. Oh, Dan, great to be with you. First time caller. A long time listener. Six foot two ten. Dan, I was sorry to hear about the fire, but I'm glad everything was handled quickly, and I'm glad there was no long-term damage. But I got to tell you, that's the reason I'm calling. When you told that story, the first thing that immediately popped into my head and needed you to kind of compare the similarities. I couldn't help but immediately think about the Seinfeld episode where George just stands as girlfriend, had a birthday party for her son, and George, well, upon seeing that fire, he barreled through the, through the apartment to the front door knocking over women and children, even old ladies and walkers until the fire was put out by Eric the clown. Any similarity? Thanks for listening. All right. Well, thank you. Thank you, Mike. Yeah.

34:42Absolutely. If there would have been older people, children, you would have knocked them out of the way to get out of the building. If someone tweeted that clip to me a little bit, I think all of us cried. I know I saw it, and that's exactly what it's referring to. Guess whoever's in the way doesn't matter who just knocked them over. But once again, everything is good. We had a fire in the building, actually in my office. I was burning some incense. I didn't blow out the incense. It burned down. It shattered a candle. We had flames. We had the alarm going off. The fire department called the big German raced in. He had an axe with him. He was ready to, you know, they always have an axe with him. Like, dude, you can just open the door. You don't have to chop it down. Yeah. Just open that handle. Yeah. Helmet on his jacket on. And I just said, oh, you can open the door. You don't have to, like, take an axe to it. But he did it for, you know, the content. Yes, Tom. He's got an axe to grind in. It's got a ladder to it. All right. Thank you, Tom. Tony in California. Good morning, Tony. What's on your mind today?

35:43Hey, good morning, guys. I just have all compliments today. I really think you guys should win a sports Emmy. If you guys can do a show and make people bust out crying and bust out laughing in the same show, you deserve an Emmy. Thank you, Tom. Yeah. This would be for the following year. So we had to, there was a dead one, I don't know, a couple of weeks ago, where we had to submit our Emmy real. And Mario, the eyes and ears of the show, the director. He put it all together and then we send it in. I think we get five different segments from the show. And then we send it in. Anything that happened after that, that would be for the following year for the sports Emmy. Yes, Paul. So the cutoff is Super Bowl week. Oh, it is. So this Super Bowl that we just did in San Francisco goes on next year's tap. Oh, okay. Yes, Tom. We laying the groundwork by starting a fire and headed next. I did not do it on purpose. I did not. But if it somehow leads to a sports Emmy, then.

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40:49Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We had a close call earlier, but everything's good. I think the smoke is out of my side of the room, and Fire Alarm hasn't gone off. Have you guys checked like NBC or CNN or CBS see if it made those morning shows? Yeah, it's not all of them. Is it? Yeah. Because I'm not available for a statement until, I don't know, another 15 minutes. It's like breaking into their Iran coverage for this. They are. They're like, we'll get back to the Middle East, but first breaking news out of Milford, Connecticut. Okay. All right. If scary, you know, saw my life flash before my eyes, and I also saw Fritzie flash before my eyes running out of the building, while everybody came over to see and help. I can move pretty quick when I happen to you. That was one of those movers. I got a flash. Ross Tucker tomorrow, Reggie Miller tomorrow. In fact, if your first name begins with an R, you're going to be on the show. Roger Bennett, men and blazers will join us.

41:50He's got a book coming out. Got World Cup. Always great to talk to Roger. Roy R is reading, writing, Rhythmic. I thought I stepped on you a little bit there. You're not going to call me into the office after this. It's just because of that. Todd, can I see you for a minute? I guess. Reading, writing, Rhythmic. As the three hours. Are you ready, Rhythmic? Rick. As if writing is. You got a second. Oh, no. Reading, writing, Rhythmic. Yeah. Thank you, Todd. That's very bright. Everybody could memorize stuff and spin it onto an essay. I know. I've found that out. I'm telling you. I'm telling all of you. It's all, you know, because you could take good tests and you could pull crap your way through essays. That doesn't mean anything. You've put me in the middle of the street somewhere. I'm totally lost. Oh, I agree with that. Like, you do not have street smarts. I don't. And I grew up in New York. You think I would have picked it up along the way somewhere in the subway and things like that. No, you were with your mom. She was very overprotective. You didn't go up in the streets. I'm going to make out with my friend now. We don't need cookies or pizza mom. Going the other room.

42:50My friend. Who was your friend that you were making out with? Oh, I had a couple of friends. But they didn't last very long. It's like, I can't keep coming to your apartment with your mom there, sir. If you want to hang out, just meet you down at the beach or the park. Tommy and Wisconsin. There you go. Hi, Tommy. What's on your mind? Six-foot-a-soft to two bills. These. The poll question. Which month is better for sports, March or October? I'm going to have to go with October. Not just for the sports, but the first week in October is Fire Prevention Week. So it got to be October. And as the big German with all his firefighting expert, aren't you supposed to touch the door, handle, before you open the door? I'm not a firefighter, but I have seen back drafts. Okay. Thank you, Tommy. Well, it wasn't the door that leads to my studio that was warm. It would have been the one in the back.

43:50But the big German is a firefighter. And he came in. I thought it was a little overly dramatic. But you know, he still came in and was protecting everybody. He was like, stop, drop and roll, I think. Was that what he was yelling out? Yes, Paul. He busted up a few cars outside, hooked up to the hose, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Let's see. So I mentioned Tuesday's show. How about this day in sports history? Just a couple. 2004, Peyton Manning got his big new deal from the Colts. Seven years, $98 million, the most ever at that time. I think he went, I don't know how many years without talking to me after he signed that, because I had him on sports center. And I said, did you think about taking less money? So you could make sure that Edgerton James and maybe Marvin Harrison could be resigned. You know, like Tom did. Yeah. Go ahead, Todd. We're talking about you. I didn't raise my head. I would have stopped talking to you too for a while. He put me on the spot.

44:50Yes, Peyton. Yeah, like Tom did. I think was the part of that question. You know how like Brady's been reorganizing his guy. Are you going to do that? Yeah, that didn't go well. Oh, now you're going to raise your hand. That's supposed to count other people's money, right? That's another thing. But you put him on the spot with that. I was trying to see if he could keep his roster intact. You were a great question. You had the courage to ask something like that. Yeah. Yeah, he went like three or four years without talking to me. I'm a journalist. Yes, Marvin. You should have asked you, would you have taken less money so Keith Overman and Stuart Scott could stay on asking somebody to take my money? I did. I did. You did you? Yes. Yeah. Half? Yeah. I think the next time we had Peyton on is when we joined Direct TV and he joined Direct TV for this big promotion. And when he came on, it was lightly awkward at first and then all as well. Hey, Peyton. Hey, Diane. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You got to ask questions, you know. Josh in Texas. Hi, Josh.

45:50What's on your mind? Hey, good morning. Third time, long time. Five, nine, one, ninety-five. The fire alarm reminded me of the greatest episode of the office where Dwight gave Stanley a heart attack. Best of the worst of weekend. Best. My red raiders getting away from the discouraging rims of the United States arena and Lubbock pull off a huge upset at Iowa State. Yeah. I think Grant McCaslin should be National Coach of the Year candidate and Christian Anderson might be the best point guard in the country. Might be a lottery pick. And then worse, definitely Chad Baker, Missouri getting cut like Marvin mentioned. He's 26 years old. Did you guys see who was in his recruiting class? Anyway, appreciate you guys. Hope you all have a great week. Okay. You feel in the gray area there, Marvin? No, I just know he's 26. I don't know who was in his recruiting class though. I wish the caller would have told this. Well, Josh, you're still there? Yeah, I'm here.

46:50Who was in here? Who was in his recruiting class? Kate Cunningham, I believe, was the number one recruit in that class. Hold on. Jalen Green, Evan Moby, Jonathan Kaminga. Just a couple there. All right. Thank you, Josh. Jonathan Kaminga. Coming out party for him. Now, all of a sudden we're like a... What was the beef there, Steve Kerr? Mike and Florida. Hi, Mike. What's on your mind? Hey, guys. How you doing? Six, four, two, fifteen. All right. So the best of the weekend was myself having three birdies on Saturday and breaking 80 for the first time ever. I was very happy about that. That's nice. Good for you, Mike. And the... Yeah. Solid 79, Dan. Thank you. That's breaking 80. It is, man.

47:50My worst of the weekend was actually on Friday. It had to do with Todd. And the Todd cast. I mean, I can't still wrap my head around that snippet you guys had. And I can't unseer that. I don't know what happened, but I was like an aw on Friday morning going, what is he talking about? Well, I do that pretty much every day with Todd. But that one was... That was revealing, yes, Todd. I don't know why that has to be worst of the weekend. It could be awkward or uncomfortable or what did he mean? How much of that is real? What was embellishment? Why does that have to fall into the worst of the weekend, though? I just think it kind of... He can't get it out of his mind with you, with another guy in your playing video games and then all of a sudden... You know what? You got to get past it. Touching each other? Yes. How much of that was real, Todd? Since he asked the question. I'm going to talk to my attorney and see what he wants me to answer as far as to go further with the topic. We're trying to give you the benefit of the doubt here, Todd. You're not doing it. How much of it was embellished?

48:50Sometimes you exaggerate a little bit. Sometimes certain things are... You know, are in reality. Sometimes things are better left unsaid. Where's that up? So, are you telling the truth then or now? A lot of fun. Thanks for joining us. Thanks for the emails, tweets, phone calls, for Fritzy, Seaton, Mark, Paulie, yours truly. Have a great day, everybody. This is an I Heart Podcast. Guaranteed Human. Guaranteed Human.