Hour 4: Football Approaching

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1:00Now I stay on MSG. I do want to apologize. I have to miss tomorrow's show, which was not on my list of things, but I have a funeral that I have to attend and these things don't care about your schedule. So it is what it is, but I'm bummed that tomorrow's the first day of football technically. We do have a game tomorrow. It is true. Pat Seahawks. Yeah. A rematch of the... Now, granted. I can live without it. I wait the day for Wednesday night. That playing yogurt super bowl. Yeah, I was not. It was a Greek. It was a knockback. Gruntback. Innillo. Yeah. I was not a fan, as you guys remember, the super bowl matchup did not excite. No. There are two teams who, while neither is technically my rival, I just have no use for either. You know what I mean? I know Don always likes to say, I don't even mind the Patriots.

2:02We beat them. They're still not anyone's. Unless you're from there, there are no one's cup of tea, right? Even at best, if you relish the fact that your team beat them. But that's the... But that's the... But that's the... I don't have a use for their unit. They're boring to look at physically. Like they do nothing for... The helmet boars me. The color scheme boars me. Everything about them just isn't... I like the Seahawks. But the Seahawks are fine. But they're fine and we've seen them. But they're all... You know what I mean? They're both just always around. They're just hovering around the damn thing all the time. We were in a amount of appearances between those two teams. It was deep in the playoffs with the Super Bowl. It was endless. But it was a Super Bowl for me as a Jets fan. That was... Like I'm throwing up one way or another because it's the freaking Patriots and oh, they're back again. That didn't take long. We're still going. We're on 16 years, but these guys just can't lose. And then it's...

3:03Oh, there's the quarterback we drafted that we decided to let him go. He was obviously in chaos. That was the nightmare Super Bowl. There was nothing good to come out of that other than just wanting to be happy. For Sam for having that moment. But really... I really deserve it. I refer a team where I'm just hoping we get back in the NFL one day. That'd be nice. Yeah. And you deserve it to be in the NFL. You know? It's all we ask. It's been a while. Just be back in the league, man. 1-800-939-3776, Peter's in Little Falls, your audience, be in New York. That's right here. Yeah, hi guys. You touched on a subject earlier. I was curious to see you talk a little further on. I was a giant swide receivers. I've been a giant fan since Fran Tarkinpin. And when I think of the bastion of talent we've had at wide receiver for the New York giants, it's tough to come up with the greatest of all time. I was curious on what you guys thought. Yeah, because when Peter brought it up, I wanted to fight him on it with O'Dellbeck

4:04and Junior. But like, who would it be? I mean, because you go... I don't go back as far as you do. I can go back to Odessa Turner, but they were bad teams, right? Even the championship teams. I thought Hakim Nix was terrific. Very good. Steve Smith was a great player for one of the... Amonis, Amonis is a good player. Amonis, any of the all time leading... Amonis, right? Probably for Laurence, you know? Amonis, Tumor, would be the guy, but you're right. You can come up with running back, you can come up with a plethora of defensive players. But why receiver was never really known as a big time passing team? And O'Dell probably was, I think, definitely the most dynamic. Amonis would be the most productive that catch in Green Bay, where he's... He keeps both toes in. It gets obscured by the next Super Bowl with the Mani-Ham catch. But Adamani, Tumor catch in the championship game in Green Bay, freezing cold. You know who I'm talking. Yes, I do.

5:05But... Amonis probably a good... Yeah, but like he's probably the one, but like when you really think about it, Amonis, Tumor, like league-wide, he's kind of like a workman's wide receiver, like, no, you know, not like, oh my god, they were a team that was mostly a running crown. Ground of pound. That's what they were. If you want to go about Homer Jones, they've done it. Yeah, Homer Jones goes back the spike. Long way. Yeah. You know, invented the spike, they said. You know what would make the greatest pass catcher might have been Mark Bavaro, but that's the tight end. Yeah. And I'd receiver. But God, even just like growing up, they never had any, you know, great wide, really truly great wide receivers. That's just not how they were built. And I think that's what John Harboh is trying to harken back to is when the line of scrimmage run the football pass when necessary, it feels like that's the kind of team they're going to be. And hopefully it's successful. Harry Douglass here. Game day brings the excitement.

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8:13Go to Shopify.com slash network. Shopify.com slash network. Let's go to Anthony and Brooklyn, you're on the ESPN New York. What's up, Ant? Yeah. How you doing? Go, go, go. That's got a question about the giant and the release of Darius Slayton. I guess does that mean that OVJ is going to have a more increased role, which I would like? Or the giant is going to try to replace Slayton with somebody from now, so... Well, nobody has been replaced yet. He's on the team. He's on the depth chart as a second-wide receiver on that right side. I think he's going to get a look. He's going to get passes thrown to him. It's as long as he's productive. Yeah, but I still think your main receiver group is going to be neighbors, Mooney, and likely. I think those three guys... Or the others is somebody too that... They love this.

9:14He's so young and he's big. They don't really... I have a big target like that. It's important. But I just think those three guys early in the season, I tell you, I think they're going to run a lot. But those three guys are going to be... Look, they're going to... Neighbors is your guy. They're not looking at him as many times as possible, then you're not doing it right. So, I don't know what O'Dell's going to be done. But it'll be interesting to see when he's used and how he's used. I think if you ask me who's going to lead the 20-26 giants and receptions, I think it's going to be likely. Likely over neighbors. Yeah. Wow. Because neighbors is going to get double teamed a lot. I don't think neighbors is going to be 100% of the start of the season. Okay. A lot of attention is going to be on him. I think likely is going to... I could really see a chemistry that can build between dark and likely. And that doesn't mean neighbors isn't going to get his share of catches, but I'm just saying that I wonder what the odds are of likely being the leading receiver for the giants. Reception wise. Yeah.

10:15That could be an interesting bet. Let's go to Alex and Limbrooke, your own ESPN New York. What's up, Alex? Hi, Danny. Two good things to mention. I know you're into the woman's hockey league. The former teams for the 26-27 season, San Jose Las Vegas Detroit and Hamilton Canada. And the Bridgeport Islanders, AKA the Sound Tigers, they're moving the Hamilton to it. I mean, when I bring it up. The hammer. Not Danny. The 33rd franchise is going to be Houston or allington. I understand that. Second biggest stake in the Union and there's no other franchise around there. The 34th is going to be Atlanta of Phoenix. Are there other mines? Atlanta burned two franchise. They had to move the Winnipeg and Calgary. I've been doing a lot of reading. You made me a hockey junkie. And Phoenix had to move out of their home base and play in a gymnasium until they moved the Salt Lake City. I got a prediction.

11:16I'll tell you what it's going to be. It's going to be Atlanta. They have big money there. And they're not going to make the same mistake twice by putting the team in downtown where it's not going to do well. They're going to put them out like the braves of doing really well, moving where they went to. And I think the plan is going to be to put the team out a little further out from the city line closer to suburbs. And you will see that'll be a different type of draw. Because just nobody wanted to go downtown. That was the problem. And they also was terrible ownership for that second time around with the thrashers. They've got strong money there. They want to be in Atlanta. And I guess he was hinting about Hamilton getting a team a little close to Toronto. They almost stole the national predators back in the day. And they do have a building there. The interesting thing. He's not why the islanders moved there. Oh, yeah. Put a team in there. Yeah. The reason why they like, let's see how this does. Let's see exactly.

12:17But the Phoenix thing, I understand it failed, but similar to Atlanta, they couldn't find a place. You know, they were playing out in Tempe. It was too far away from the city when they originally in Phoenix. It was an NBA stadium that didn't work for them. But the crowds there were great. They want. Remember, when they moved Utah, Utah basically is an expansion team. They took the coyote players. But the coyotes, the name, the history, they want to go back there. So I'm going to disagree. I think they go to Phoenix before, but they got to get a building. They got to get it right. I think it's right. I called a game there. It was really cool that we had a 5,000 sea arena. I covered a game when they played in what's now called like walking stick. I forget what it used to be called when the sun's playing. Right. I covered a game when the islanders played there against the coyote. I groaned in them. It was in the smaller arena. So there was like an overhang. And I remember that I think it was like a game where they're early.

13:20So I went to a game just as a fan and sat in that overhang. You look down there, Sean Burke, I can go like literally right underneath you. It was very unique and crazy because you had to watch for the flying pucks. It was not, you know, nothing then. But the crowd though, they think loved it. There's a lot of transplants out there. It's a big time city. And you look if you're the NHL. Atlanta's got the other three sports are in Atlanta. The other three sports are in Phoenix. They couldn't get in a arena downtown. It was one thing to play as they played out where the Cardinals play. But that's one to wait. People will go out that far, but it just didn't work out. But I just I'm against expansion. They got 32 teams already. I think it's perfect. It's a lot of team because 30 because the problem Peter is 34 won't work. Then they got to go to 36. We got to stop. I mean enough. I know you're taking from two countries, but please it's enough. Expansion money though. It's real. With Instacart Shopper notes, you can get specific about your groceries, which is helpful, especially when you need to restock on 2%. Sure you could leave it to chance.

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16:25I think I know. You're the middle guy. There you go. What's the coolest on the almost left hand side is what is named. Yeah. You know that 75% of the time that yeah, it's followed by answering the question I asked. Like her instinct is to say she didn't hear it, but then she heard it and she said, By the way, isn't it funny how people does Alan can't keep it together by but isn't it funny how people develop their tics like why is hand the thing instead of like, Yo, like Jacob why is why is Jay LeGrecco French Montana? That's French Montana's catchphrase. It's literally French Montana's not honestly is not French is anymore. Yeah, it's Jay LeGrecco. That's right. Like Bob, you know, her French guitar to Supergroup. Bob, did you watch the show today? Ha! Oh yeah, yeah, I watched the show. Oh, she was locked right in. No, I was on the press. Yeah, it was pretty good. Very good. Now, now on the flip side, my mom who is, you know, still pretty, super, pretty sharp with most things, all her phone work.

17:27As I said, leave something to be desired. She was watching clearly because I could hear the show. Right. But we didn't get one actual work from her except basically a half of sorts. We never had a confirmed real word from her. She was like, Peter, and then we heard the beginning of TNN starting and she hung up. Well, and what confused clearly she was in delay. So, Bob, like the rough is she sees you talking, right, and all of a sudden the phone runs into you. She's so used to me FaceTiming with the baby that now she picks up the phone and is just like, Hey, I don't hear you. And I'm like, Mom, and I'm yelling, pick up the phone. It's a mere, unless you see a picture of me. And she knows that my mom is not like that. She knows. So, what's going on? Age, we talked, no, no, we talked about this. My mom's 79, but like, for the record, though, this phone thing in this way has been a part of my mom's life since she was in her 50s.

18:28You know what I'm saying? Let me ask you this. I'm expecting one from my mom. You've seen this because we all, when we text, are doing this, right? How many times do you see when they're texting to do this? What the hunting pack? Yeah. A lot of them have a power to say, thank you. By the way, even though my dad's very fast because he never gets off of his phone, he's still very much a hunting pack kind of type. Even as much as he's very active. What am I dad doing? My dad, I would say my dad is more proficient on the computer and internet than Donnis. Okay. I have no problem saying. Okay. But he's still what, yeah. And then what about this one, where I see a lot of people even my age doing this? You know this one, you curl up your lip. For some reason, for some reason, you gotta hold it up against your chest. I'll get you starting with your lip. Why? Well, by the way, Tiafo, serving to force a tie break in the fifth set. This is literally when you buy your tickets and you go, hey, we're going to get the tickets

19:32for the Tuesday. I'm hoping we can like stumble into something awesome. Yeah. By the way, what about Dean? Is this the round of six? I think it's just quarters, no. Chorters? Because this, normally, I'd say they'll play Friday. This would be like a 945 type like. Well, that's why I type of that. That's why I'm wondering. Is it Naomi Osaka tonight? It's the past to be. It's got to be. Yeah. No, Osaka was yesterday. Is it Coco tonight? It's got to be somebody big because why would they not be the two Americans battling out the quarters? This would be a lead in. I'm going to tell you right now. This is happening tonight. And I wonder if my plane's going to have TUE because I really would like to want. You got to have it. Let's see. Pagula plays tonight. So it's an all-American women's quarter. Pagula and Navarro are playing at seven. And then, oh, and then Al Carazza is the 830. So you can't, oh, it's Ben Sheldon by the way. So you get an American trying to compete against Al Carazza. Now he's probably going to get his ace handed to him. But he's going to try his best. Real quick, because Anthony and South Plankfield wants to show some love to you guys.

20:35Go ahead, Anthony. Hey, guys. I just wanted to give you a big thank you. Honestly, we've driving a lot less week for work. And I've been listening to Don and Michael, since I was probably 18, 19 years old, John's first Super Bowl run. It's been a long time. And that's the one that you guys put together. Don and Alan was so clutch. Well, it was so awesome. It was Peter and Alan. Peter and Alan deserve all the credit, Anthony, because they put it together. I was in a vacation. Peter and Alan. I got chills. I got chills. And I literally like, I shed a tear. Not a real ally. I shed a tear during some of that. It was so well done. They deserve so much credit rub against it. So we're going to let you go. But it was so well done. We had a great, it was all innocent. Shout out to the whole to everybody who worked hard on our anniversary. I think it turned into a really nice thing.

21:36It did. You know, we're hopeful that we can still sort of keep the celebration of 25 going with another event, you know, later in the year. Yeah. Because we don't want it to end that day. 25 is a big deal. But thank you, buddy. We appreciate it. Thank you. This is a great debut on MSG networks. We're going to do it again tomorrow at three o'clock. Don't forget to listen to D. Pietro and Rathaburg and watch them as well at six o'clock on MSG. We'll talk to you again at three. Ha. Thanks for listening to about Don Han and Rosenberg podcast. I don't want to know how the sausage is made. But I just want to know it's good. Here more of Don, Alan and Peter, week after noon starting at three on 880 ESPN, the ESPN New York app and your smart speakers. This episode is brought to you by State Farm. No two football players are exactly alike. And the same is true off the field. That's why State Farm gifts to know you so they can help personalize coverage for your life and budget. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.