Hour 1: Jets & Giants FA Moves

Summary

Don, Hahn & Rosenberg - Hour 1: Jets & Giants FA Moves
March 9, 2026 | ESPN New York
Hosts: Don La Greca, Alan Hahn, Peter Rosenberg

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Episode Overview

The first hour of Don, Hahn & Rosenberg focuses on a lively discussion of the recent free agency moves by the New York Jets and Giants, including the pursuit of new quarterbacks and the influence of John Harbaugh on the Giants' roster. The episode weaves in their trademark banter, memorable listener calls, and reflections on sports radio careers, before pivoting into a brief Knicks and Celtics playoff discussion. While Alan Hahn was absent, Don and Peter led the show with special segments, nostalgic stories, and candid talk about New York sports.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Don’s Ramapo College Homecoming

• Don La Greca broadcasts live from his alma mater, Ramapo College, reflecting on his career origins and the growth of the institution:
  • “It is amazing to come back here... sitting in the same seat area, the radio station that started it all.” (01:17)
  • Shares stories about his student radio shows, “A Pilgrimage from Hell” and “The Beast is Unleashed.” (01:40)
  • Offers advice to students: “Just work your tail off, man. Hard work beats talent every time.” (05:48)

2. Jets Free Agency: A Push to Win Now

• The Jets make moves suggesting they’re aiming for immediate competitiveness, not tanking:

  • Mika Fitzpatrick acquisition: “It’s a free agent sign. He gave up a seventh round pick... you're trying to make this defense into something...” (06:20)
  • “You don’t make these moves... to tank.” (06:46)
  • Tua Tagovailoa becomes available: “If you could get a chance at Tua, to me, he all of a sudden becomes the most appealing thing out there.” (08:22)
  • Debate on quarterback “insurance” – speculation on teaming Tua with another experienced QB, potentially Cousins or Wentz (09:07)

  Notable Quote:

  • “If you could put together a team that you’re proud of, a team that’s going out there and winning games and competing and moving in the right direction, that is going to help you get out of whatever the heck you’re in, which is nowhere.” — Don La Greca (16:34)

3. Giants Embrace Ravens Identity ("Trans Ravens")

• The Giants are seen mimicking Baltimore’s approach, with a flurry of ex-Ravens signings:
  • Jordan Stout (punter, now highest paid at the position) and Isaiah Likely (tight end): “For a team that looks like they’re going to want to run, I could see a place for having a really good tight end. I don’t hate any of these moves...” (11:02)
  • Lively analogy: “They’re becoming the Trans Ravens... they’re going to be wearing Giants uniforms, Don, but they’re becoming the Ravens.” — Peter Rosenberg (10:11)
  • Discussion of John Harbaugh’s effectiveness, context of coaches’ second acts (Holmgren, Parcells) (12:03–14:46)
  • Tremaine Edmunds, ex-Bears linebacker, also joining Giants (19:01)

4. Listener Reactions & Football Therapy

• Listeners weigh in on Giants' moves, excitement about roster upgrades, lingering concerns (e.g., O-Line depth)
  • “We are seemingly... tired of residing in a dumpster and we’re moving out because we are right, Don, you’re right. We haven’t had a reliable... tight end in... like 95 years.” — Tessa in West Caldwell (35:21)
  • Don’s take: “Sometimes it’s just having a better coach, having a better system...” (37:22)

5. Behind the Scenes: Show Dynamics & “Drop Madness”

• Recap of a previous on-air blowup between Don & Peter:
  • “Because we care too much and things like that happen when two people, A, care about the subject and B, care about each other. Because strangers don’t talk like that to each other.” — Don La Greca (21:33)
  • “That’s fighting. That’s family level fighting.” — Peter Rosenberg (21:46)
• “Drop Madness” bracket is set; any new drops after today will go to next year’s competition. (20:03)
• Banter around music drops, inside jokes about past music debates and show moments (26:35, 29:20)

6. Brief Knicks/Celtics Playoff Landscape

• Knicks finishing a tough road stretch; Celtics perceived as biggest playoff threat:
  • “It’s no longer about what the Knicks are doing. It’s the Celtics. Like, isn’t that your biggest concern...?” — Don La Greca (47:32)
  • Celtics strong with Jason Tatum’s return, but Knicks also have a relatively easy schedule ahead (50:24)
  • “I’m not saying you can’t beat them. I’m just saying it’s a problem.” — Don La Greca on Celtics (51:24)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Jets’ Direction (Football Philosophy)
  • “Winning breeds winning, losing breeds losing. Losers are losers, winners are winners, period.” — Don La Greca (16:34)
• On Legacy & Recognition
  • “For me to have a moment like that would require Maryland to ask me to come back and have a moment like that... Maryland has never said word one about. They don’t even. I’m not sure they’re aware that I went there.” — Peter Rosenberg, on college alumni recognition (03:30)
• On Staff Chemistry
  • “It’s like a married couple. Like, I know all your secrets, you know all mine.” — Don La Greca (23:27)
• Listener Excitement
  • “I am excited... somebody that I feel confident catching that ball third and six or catching that ball with two on him in the end zone. That’s how I feel. Because when I was watching [Likely] in Baltimore I’m like, yo, this guy really could play.” — Tessa in West Caldwell (35:41)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:17 – 05:48
  Don La Greca's reflections at Ramapo College; advice for aspiring broadcasters
• 06:13 – 10:11
  Jets’ off-season moves, Fitzpatrick and quarterback speculation
• 10:11 – 15:05
  Giants’ “Trans Ravens” direction, new signings, Harbaugh discussion
• 16:30 – 18:50
  Jets’ rebuild philosophy, winning culture
• 19:01 – 19:40
  Giants sign Tremaine Edmunds, focus on filling long-standing gaps
• 20:03 – 23:41
  “Drop Madness” bracket finalized; recap of on-air conflict, show camaraderie
• 32:39 – 37:44
  Caller feedback, fan perspectives on roster changes
• 47:32 – 51:24
  Knicks/Celtics playoff outlook, the challenge ahead

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Tone and Style

The episode blends sharp sports analysis with a conversational, often irreverent tone. Don is nostalgic and affable; Peter is wry and self-deprecating; Alan (off-air this hour) is referenced for his level-headedness. Listener calls and behind-the-scenes banter energize the discussion, making the show accessible but informed—a signature of New York sports talk done right.

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This summary covers all major topics, meaningful quotes and fan angles, offering a clear, engaging recap for anyone who missed the show.

Transcript

[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Don LaGreca]

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[Don LaGreca]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Caller/Listener]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Don LaGreca]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

Luxurious, fantastic, and lovely Monday. Sorry, I was putting my headphones on. It's Peter Rosenberg. It's Don legreca. Don is at his alma mater, Ramapo College, with the people. How's it going, Don?

[Don LaGreca]

It is amazing to come back here. And I did a sit down with the president. We had a nice interview, a little give and take with the students. Got a tour of some of the buildings that were not here when I graduated back in 1992. And they could not be nicer. The school is fabulous. And I am literally sitting in the same seat area, the radio station that started it all.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Wow.

[Don LaGreca]

When I came in here with my buddies and we did a heavy metal show on the Friday after Thanksgiving, and we called it A Pilgrimage From Hell.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Sorry, what do you mean? What do you mean, a pilgrimage from Hell?

[Don LaGreca]

Well, because that was. It was. It was the day after Thanksgiving.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, so that was the metal show, but that was. That was the name of the show.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, just for that day.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, got it. Okay.

[Don LaGreca]

And then I ended up doing the Beast is Unleashed a little later on with my buddy Scott Silvagi. And it took me six years to graduate from this institution because I cut classes in order to hang at the radio station. I think it's worked out. And this is where it all started. This is where it all began. I reenacted the picture that we've seen, and it's all over social media. If you want to check out ESPN New York.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What a chill day.

[Don LaGreca]

And everybody could not be nicer. And what a gorgeous day to walk around a campus. Beautiful day.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You wanted to go back practically. You thought. You thought. You know what? You wanted to have a Rodney Dangerfield moment.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, you know, what's funny is I'm really excited about being back at my old college, and this would probably be a day that I would have cut.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

Just so beautiful out, right? Not the day I'd want to be in all the classes. But the students couldn't be nicer, and they're all fans of the show. They had nice things to say about you and Alan, and it is. It's all kind of just amazing. I sat in this chair fantasizing about doing the things that I'm doing right now, and it's a pinch myself moment. It's really cool to be back at the place that I said, boy, am I ever gonna get a chance to be on, like, get paid to be on radio. And I thought at the time I might be spinning records because I didn't think there was any chance of doing anything in sports. And then a sports radio station opened up, and the next thing you know, I started working there and working at ESPN and doing Jets, Rangers and now Devils. So pretty awesome. I don't know how often you get back to Maryland, but I suggest you do to have that kind of a moment.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, but, Don, here's the thing.

[Don LaGreca]

Amazing.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But for me to have a moment like that would require Maryland to ask me to come back and have a moment like that. See, that's the thing. You're having this moment because you didn't just go to an empty room and have a pretend conversation with no one.

[Don LaGreca]

Thank you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You actually sat with the real president of the university. Maryland has never said word one about. They don't even. I'm not sure they're aware that I went there. It's unfortunate.

[Don LaGreca]

You know what? That's on them because you're a talent.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Thank you.

[Don LaGreca]

And they did it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

There was something that came out recently. The a. Oh, they did a history of the radio station.

[Don LaGreca]

Right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And I feel like my name. My buddy Cine Stein, who's probably in the chat, could probably remind me because he's the. Oh, there he is. He's in the chat. Steny Stein saw it. He just wrote in the chat, Maryland shows no love. They did, like, this history of the radio station. I don't even remember if they used my name. I swear to you, I do not know if my name was mentioned as having been at the radio station. And I'm pretty sure that me and, like, one there may be. Remind me who else is even in the conversation for, like, successful broadcasters from it. So the point is this, Don. You should relish this moment, but you should also Know these things. This isn't a given. This is the fact that your university, your esteemed, as I've always called it, Alma mater, Ramapo, has shown you that love, though, that's pretty cool. Not every place does that.

[Don LaGreca]

I went to Ramapo. Look at me. See and look at me. And they couldn't be nicer. And it's really. The school is built up. I mean, it also shows your age. You walk around and there's literal buildings that did not exist when you first came here. And it feels the same, but completely different. But everybody just could not have been nicer. So thanks to everybody here and it's just a pinch me moment. It really is. And you'll be proud. I don't know if you could see it there behind me, right over my. My left shoulder, Peter, is a turntable. So you have a turn.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Is that what the.

[Don LaGreca]

Is the white radio station? Yeah, it's. It's functional.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Are those white turntables?

[Don LaGreca]

They're Stanton, but I know, I mean

[Peter Rosenberg]

the color, the actual physical color, I can't quite see.

[Don LaGreca]

It's right here. It's silver.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, it's a silver. Okay.

[Don LaGreca]

See it there? I don't know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Look at that. That's beautiful. So, yeah, very cool.

[Don LaGreca]

And talking to the students and talking about the journey and I just told them all the same advice. I'm sure you do too. Just, Just work your tail off, man. Hard work beats talent every time. And you don't get here by accident. You got to work. So. And we're working. We're still working on a day in which the jets and the Giants are trying to mold themselves into something much different than they've been over the last few years. That's a winning team.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's right. And there's movement. I don't know if it's giving any movement, but there's movement.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, you know what it's telling you. And when you see Davis and Fitzpatrick sign, right, and it tells you the tanking crowd, and I'm not going to get into the conversation about whether you should or shouldn't. They're clearly not right. You pick up a soon to be 30 year old corner, and I thought it was a brilliant move by Muji because basically it's. It's a free agent sign. He gave up a seventh round pick. I don't care how you value picks. It's a seventh round pick. Sure. And you pick up his salary, which you don't care about because you're a ton under the cap. So you go out and you're trying to make this defense into something, and it clearly shows that they're going to try to go after a quarterback that hopefully can win them some games, and they're going to try to win because you don't make these moves, Peter, to Tank, because I don't know how long it's going to take the jets to turn the corner, but it's probably not going to be when Mika Fitzpatrick is still a Pro Bowler. I mean, he's already, you know, once you hit 30 as a corner, you start to show signs and he's still very, very good. But you didn't make this move so that when you turn the corner, he is going to be a Pro Bowler for you make this move because you're trying to win games this year. And now another option at quarterback presents itself, and that's Tua, who you could just pick up as a free agent because he was released by the Miami Dolphins. So now you throw Tua in the hopper as a potential future quarterback of the Jets. And to me, I think he's attractive now. Attractive.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Take that further. Go ahead.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, attractive in the sense of it's, you know, there's not very many attractive people, so somebody has to be the most attractive. But if he's healthy, he can win you games more than Wentz can, more than Geno Smith can. Willis is off the table because he went and obviously he was going to cost a lot more money, but he's in Miami now.

[Peter Rosenberg]

This has to be. This has to be a more attractive situation. Now. The Dolphins were so desperate to move on from this that it's like the biggest cap hit in history. Don.

[Alan Hahn]

Right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's like $90 million that they're going to eat here just so they can move on, which is whatever, you know. Now, we know they had Malik Willis in mind, but I agree. I think if you could get a chance at Tuatanga Valoa, to me, he all of a sudden becomes the most appealing thing out there. And there's something there. There's a little. There's a little something.

[Don LaGreca]

You're gonna need insurance because if he gets hurt, and most likely will get hurt, you're gonna have to pivot to somebody else. So could you see a world of. Of a Cousins in Tua? Would Cousins want to come here knowing that he'd have to battle for the position? But there's a lot of teams that could be gobbling these quarterbacks up. Jets are not that attractive a situation.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No.

[Don LaGreca]

Although a lot more attractive today than they were yesterday when you've strengthened this defense and you're letting the world know I'm trying to win this year. Nobody wants to be involved in a tank, but if you kind of like the direction they're going into, they become a little bit more attractive, but still not a place like, you know, attractive like Miami, where the weather's really nice and they have a more recent vintage of winning. But that's off the table because they went out and got their quarterback. So I think I've got to go get insurance and bring in another quarter. If you tell me it's Tua and Wentz again, I don't like Wentz, but if he's my backup quarterback to Tua in case he gets hurt, that's not the end of the world. If I had a choice in it, I think I'd probably go Cousins and Tua. But I don't know if Cousins is going to want to go someplace where he's not guaranteed a starting spot. But in a perfect world, you're going to have to bring in somebody that can play, because the upside of Tua is he plays well. And obviously the downside, he suffers a concussion in the preseason and doesn't play for you all year. And both are on the table.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So you have the jets showing that they're attempting to have, at least on some level, they're going to give it a shot. And then you have the Giants, who are becoming the Trans Ravens. They're becoming. They're going to be wearing Giants uniforms, Don, but they're becoming the Ravens. The Giants add Jordan stout, the punter, three year, $12 million deal. That's the highest paid punter in the NFL to you and me, Doug.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, it's. Nobody gets excited about a punter until you don't have one in a big spot.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, Andy, and this is important to note also, supposedly a great holder as well. And we know that has been an issue for the Giants.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So you should. You should be excited about that. It's not sexy, but it is cool. They also got a former Ravens tight end, Isaiah likely. Three years, $40 million.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, for a team that looks like they're going to want to run, you know, I could see a place for having a really good tight end. I don't hate any of these moves, and I also don't hate trying to mold yourself. The Ravens, what a perennial playoff team. I'm good, right? I don't have a problem with that. You know, you don't. You don't want to be Trans Cleveland. There had to be you know, there's less entertaining ways of describing it, Peter, but there's probably better ways as well.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, that's right.

[Don LaGreca]

I kind of like what you did there.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I mean, listen, they're becoming a different team. They. They listen. And also, on the flip side, you know, we've mentioned this many times. John Harbaugh is no longer the Ravens coach for a reason. And it's not just because they said, you know, we're bored. They were all set. They had seen enough of what John Harbaugh had been recently done, and they move forward. So you can feel away about him now going out and trying to add as many Ravens pieces as he can.

[Don LaGreca]

That is true, but let me. Let me. Obviously not right at this second, but. But at the time that they were let go from the respective teams. Okay. Would you say that Harbaugh was in the same area as Andy Reid as a coach when he was let go by Philadelphia?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Would I say at the. At the time that Andy Reid was let go?

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, he was at the John Harbaugh level. Right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But minus. Minus the Super Bowl. Not minus winning the Super Bowl.

[Don LaGreca]

You could say that he was not quite at Harbaugh.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, not quite because he'd been. But he hadn't won.

[Don LaGreca]

But they're hanging in the same room. They're sitting on the same couch at the party.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah, they're. They're in the same area. Not. No, no longer. But then.

[Don LaGreca]

And now. Right. Andy Reid goes to Kansas City and then what happens? Right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, now. And now he's at a. Now the area Andy Reid is in has a huge, like, burger and steak cafe and I mean. I mean, buffet. And there's crab leg Don. It's like. It's like Tom Hanks's meal when he got back from Castaway. That's where. That's where Andy Reid is now.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, that's a good point. Now you go back to. In the packers, went on to the Seahawks. Why am I Matt Flynn. No, that was a quarterback who didn't work out.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You mean the head coach? You talking about Mike McCarthy.

[Don LaGreca]

Oh, before Mike McCarthy. McCarthy didn't go to Seattle.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, he didn't. I don't know how he got to Seattle. What coach? The packers coach who left and went to. Oh, oh, oh, Holmgren.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Okay. Sorry. I didn't know where we're going now.

[Don LaGreca]

All right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We're going back decades now. Okay. If it's a day.

[Don LaGreca]

But, you know, I would think that Holmgren was on the level of John Harbaugh. Right. I won A Super bowl in Green Bay and also some failing. And then he goes to Seattle and takes Seattle to a Super bowl, which I would take if I'm a Giant fan. I mean, there is history of where a team goes, I'm good, and then he goes someplace and continues to be good. Yes, right. I mean, I could probably think of some examples of where teams like I'm good, and then they were right to be I'm good. You know, But I guess. I guess you could say that Mike McCarthy failed in Dallas because he didn't duplicate the same success in Green Bay. But he was still good, still won 12 games a year, routinely went to the playoffs. My point is, is that the fact that the Ravens said I'm good to John Harbaugh does not necessarily mean the Giants made a mistake getting him. And I also don't think it's wrong to reimagine a team like the one that said to you, I'm good. I mean, he's familiar with these players. Bill Parcells did the same thing when he went to New England. He went and brought Pepper Johnson in. Right. He brought in guys he was familiar with. Same thing when he went to the Jets. He brought in former Giants and former Patriots when he went to the Jets. These guys are going to bring in guys that they know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's what they.

[Don LaGreca]

Dylan. And need to make sense.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. That is what you do. I can't fight that. But it remains to be seen whether that leads to a quality football team or not. Of course. But how do you. So do you feel that the Giants didn't do. I mean, how do you felt the likely thing. We can start there. Does Isaiah likely give any sort of movement?

[Don LaGreca]

I. Yeah. I mean, first of all, it's been a bit of an issue for them. It has for a long time. All right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It has not been the strong suit, I swear to God. Do they have a greater tight end than Mark Bavaro?

[Don LaGreca]

Not in my eyes, no.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's a long time ago.

[Don LaGreca]

Very long time ago.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's 40 years. 40.

[Don LaGreca]

And they had a rotation of tight ends when they were winning their two Super Bowls. But they've had okay tight ends and at times good tight ends who've had great seasons, but they haven't brought anybody in that's really been a needle mover for them. And if they are going to be a running team, I think the tight end can be utilized. Well, you got neighbors coming back and healthy. I'd like to get another wide receiver, but I think that can be addressed in the Draft. I really think the jets and the Giants did some good things today. The only issue I could see Jet fans having is, is if you're in tank mode and you want them to be awful for Arch Manning, but clearly that's not happening if you want them to have a successful season. I think these are moves that have strengthened the defense. And it's in the skid for your head coach, right, because he said his superpower is calling plays. But, you know, Glenn's a defensive guy. He's added two nice pieces to the defense. And now if they can get themselves a serviceable quarterback, then I think they're on their way to start, you know, giving Jet fans a fun season to watch, which is what you should be in the business of doing.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's the whole thing. If you can't win a championship, can we at least have some fun?

[Don LaGreca]

But in order to get to a championship, one of the questions I got asked in the interview here at Ramapo was, you know, why do the Yankees always win and why do the jets always lose? I said, because winning breeds winning, losing breeds losing. Losers are losers, winners are winners, period. And if you continue to lose games, then that's what you become. And that's all the jets have done outside of one season in the last 15 years. They've had losing seasons, and I don't know if they'll have a winning season this year. But if you could put together a team that you're proud of, a team that's going out there and winning games and competing and moving in the right direction, that is going to help you get out of whatever the heck you're in, which is nowhere, instead of having another losing season and hoping that you get the quarterback and then praying that that ends up being the piece you're missing. Oh, by the way, probably bringing in a new head coach to boot. And I look at these moves and I know it's only a couple, and we still have a long off season still to go, and we've got a long season ahead. But you ask, you tell me where Muji has shown you he can't do this job, because all I see is a guy that can do the job. Now. We'll see if it works out at the end of the day. But I think. I think everything that he's done here maybe hasn't been a home run, but it showed me they've got competent leadership. And that's something this Jet organization hasn't been able to show you in two decades.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I mean, I might push back and Say he also hasn't shown you that he's tremendous, but he has not shown you that he can't do the job.

[Don LaGreca]

He's had one draft, we don't know. He has one off season. All right. And he took over garbage. And you don't change garbage overnight. But I thought the move for Fitzpatrick was a good one. All right. They're desperate to get rid of his salary. You got a ton of cap. This is what you get a ton of cap space for. Everybody thinks you get cap space, you make a big splash in free agency, but it also allows you to take a chance on a veteran corner. And you got him for just a seventh round pick. So all you did was spend money, which is all you have. A seventh round pick for a Pro Bowler. And it's money you eventually have to spend. And they've got over a hundred million dollars of cap space. I think that's a legitimate move.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Now it's being bantied about.

[Don LaGreca]

Yes.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That the Bear, the former Bear, Tremaine Edmonds is about to be a New York Giant.

[Don LaGreca]

Okay, that seemed like it was a foregone conclusion that people were talking that that seemed to be a destination for him.

[Peter Rosenberg]

$36 million for the linebacker, 23.7 fully guaranteed over three years.

[Don LaGreca]

So. All right, looking at Harbaugh, because we don't want to give Shane credit, right. That would be a disaster. They just picked up two players that they filled a need. They haven't had a tight end in forever and they haven't had linebackers in forever. The linebacker has been in need for a decade for this team at least. So, hey, they're making moves.

[Peter Rosenberg]

This also big news as we close out. Get towards the end here of segment one. We're gonna get to the phones, Don.

[Don LaGreca]

Okay, we're counting down.

[Peter Rosenberg]

1-800-919-3776. Segment one. Coming down to the stretch here. It's important that I note that it has been told to me that it is official. It is locked, it is loaded, it is complete. The field is set for drop Madness.

[Don LaGreca]

You're telling me that no drop moving forward will be in the dance? We've locked it down.

[Ebro Darden]

Anything past from today on will be considered for drop madness 2027.

[Don LaGreca]

You hear that?

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's official.

[Don LaGreca]

That's it. So it's something it's worthy to say because we've had like two or three drops over the last day or so. Oh, have you ever that have made it in.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Did anything make it from Friday? Yes, Don did. Don's rapping get in.

[Ebro Darden]

So, look, I don't want to give too much away. Next week we will do a full bracket reveal or reveal it. I don't think that that one qualified for this tournament, which shows you how big this tournament is.

[Don LaGreca]

Also, I want to answer two things about Friday.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Don LaGreca]

That have been asked on social media.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, please.

[Don LaGreca]

Are we okay? And am I okay? And the answer on both is yes.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Would you say it's a. Hardy. Yes.

[Don LaGreca]

Hardy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hardy. Hardy. Yes. Don and I had conversed before the. Before. In the segment in which Don and I had our explosion. We had conversed before the segment ended. Now, that doesn't mean. That doesn't mean that, by the way, that it was performative more than everything's performative, but it just means, you know, and our meltdown. Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

Was the first one since the. You know, your hamstrings must be pretty good. Like, then that was like 10 years ago if it was a day. And if. If you remember, I think we were still in the segment when I text you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I think we were. I think we were in the segment

[Don LaGreca]

because we care too much and things like that happen when two people, A, care about the subject and B, care about each other. Because strangers don't talk like that to each other.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Correct. That's fighting. That's family level fighting. Ebro's theory was that we may have even been more likely to fight in the way we did. He thinks it was more likely to happen over music even than sports because of how passionate we both are about music.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He thinks there could have been. It could have been even more. He's like, if it was sports, I don't think it would have gotten that intense.

[Don LaGreca]

But to answer everybody, pedal hamstrings must be pretty strong after that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I hate that. In that. In that drop, you can hear me

[Don LaGreca]

go, well, listen, once I get going, it's tough.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And again, not the same room.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, see, I think that's the key. I don't think that happens if we're in the studio together.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Right. It doesn't seem like it does.

[Don LaGreca]

There's. Even though I was making number one because I'm scared.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You kicked my teeth down my throat.

[Don LaGreca]

And the funny thing is I'm pointing at the screen as if I'm pointing at you. I don't know if I would do that in person.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. I don't think that's tough.

[Don LaGreca]

But listen, it happens. But if anybody wants to know nothing

[Peter Rosenberg]

but love, I do know peace and love. Peace and love. I do know this, though. I know one job I'm never giving Allen Hahn ever again, Don. And that is the job of moving on to something else. If you recall, towards the end of the segment, Don has completely lost. At this point, I've called Don a moron. Don is done with me. I'm dead. He's completely gone. And he goes, alan, just get us to break or whatever.

[Don LaGreca]

Just do something.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And Alan goes, all right, I'm taking the helm. And you think he's go, let's get back to sports. And instead, Don, he then immediately starts rehashing everything that just happened. And we just completely went back into it. It was one of the. It was the underrated portion. Like, you think that we're. You're gonna get steered out of traffic. You know, let me just drive right back.

[Don LaGreca]

It was too good to be scripted. Honestly. It was. It was. But listen, you do four hours of radio with people, and you care about them, and you're gonna be unfiltered. And it's like. Like a married couple. Like, I know all your secrets, you know all mine.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, yeah. Do I ever.

[Don LaGreca]

Makes it just so. It just. It makes easier to do that. Like, people claim. They say it in Reservoir Dogs, right? That because. Because when they're arguing over the. The names. Because Mr. Pink doesn't want to be Mr. Pink, and he's like, no, no, no. You start arguing, and then because you don't know each other, you don't back down. I find the opposite to be true. I find when you don't know someone well, you're more apt to back down because there's a lack of knowledge of what could happen and all that. I think when you know each other as well as we know each other, you're not gonna back down.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I totally agree. If you don't know the person, you're willing to be polite.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

If you know the person really well, you're like, well, why am I gonna be polite? This person's wrong.

[Don LaGreca]

And, you know, deep down, at least I did, that this is all going to be cool.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, yeah. No part.

[Don LaGreca]

No.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No part of me considered this might be the end. That didn't. That didn't concern me. So anyway, so to answer that for

[Don LaGreca]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast. I didn't listen to anything you just said. Catch the show on demand whenever you want. Just subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts. All right, ladies and gentlemen, you know what I think? I think. I think Jacob's trolling to get another fight.

[Don LaGreca]

What did he say now?

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, I think he came back with this song because this. Wasn't this a song that when Don didn't know it, Alan and I were like, you don't know this song? And we sort of got into an argument about it.

[Don LaGreca]

I still don't know it. No, I was not trying to troll Don.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's We Gonna make it by Jadakiss. But we had this conversation. We said, come on, you've heard this at a timeout before. And we had, like, this whole thing. I'm just. I'm now trolling Jacob. I don't think he was.

[Don LaGreca]

Even though somebody did text me. I should come in with She's Mine for one of these segments.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, that was. I did reference that song. Or you can come back with the Cat Stevens if you wanted to. The funniest part about Don and my fight on Friday, of course, was that it started with him and I ganging up on Alan.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, well, that's how it was supposed to go.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's how it's supposed to go. And Then we got completely thrown off course. I told Alan off air, I was

[Don LaGreca]

like, I think me not hitting the Tullamore dude drop might have started everything.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What do you mean? Were you supposed to tell them or do there?

[Don LaGreca]

Don did Telemore do coming in and then it led to the Cat Stevens.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I do blame you, Jacob, for all things.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, at some point it's always Jacob.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. When in doubt. Real quick, guys, game time brought to you by. Tomorrow, do Irish whiskey. Because when it's game time, Charlie time. Was that live?

[Ebro Darden]

Yes, I think that was for the kids.

[Peter Rosenberg]

God bless it.

[Don LaGreca]

I got an audience here and they can only hear my side of the show.

[Peter Rosenberg]

How many people is that?

[Don LaGreca]

Well, they just came down to just two people in the studio, but there's a mob outside the window peeking in.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Now do they get to hear the whole show or they still just hear you or nothing?

[Don LaGreca]

No, they just. The people on the outside the window, they just. They're not hearing anything.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's like they're at the zoo.

[Don LaGreca]

Exactly.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The Knicks are in LA playing the Clippers with coverage on our air immediately following. Dan Grassa.

[Don LaGreca]

Robin is off at 6:30. Not.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, seriously. 9:30 on 8:80. Rangers visiting the Flyers with coverage on 10:50 at 6:30. And the Nets host the Nuggets like you dream about at 7:30 Tullamore, dude. The original triple distilled, triple blended and triple gas matured Irish whiskey. Be sure to grab a Tullamore Dew or try the new Tullamore do, honey. During today's action, glasses up to enjoying Tullamore do responsibly. Don, you were trying to say something.

[Don LaGreca]

Now on social media, people are commenting that I'm too close to the camera and they can see up my nose. You tell me, Peter.

[Ebro Darden]

I don't look great.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I have no issue with his with his view. Right now. I think we look for the same size.

[Ebro Darden]

By the way, I know this can be shocking coming from me. I have some blame for what happened on Friday as well.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Go ahead.

[Don LaGreca]

Oh really?

[Ebro Darden]

Because I said I don't think we have a song for sons. I only have I held her first for daughters and that's how that all started. So if you really want to blame anybody for what happened on it's not

[Peter Rosenberg]

I held her first rights. I loved her first. Right?

[Ebro Darden]

Both are set. Put it this way, both are set. And you're probably right on the actual name of the song. I loved her first as the name of the song. Song I held a fresh is also in the song.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I I. So today on we recorded the. We. We do a Patreon episode of Ebro. Laura Rosenberg every week. It comes out on Wednesdays. We usually record it on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. We did it today. And I gave Ebro and Laura a synopsis of what happened Friday, mostly with the purpose of having them help diagnose what's wrong with me, because I have a history. This was not the first incident of its kind. So the segment was kind of. It's talking about my many. His. My long, illustrious history of blow ups with different people in my radio career. But in that Don. I ended up playing them both. Both songs. I played them the. I loved her first, Alan's tearjerker about daughters. And then I played them the Cat Stevens. And I gotta tell you, whenever I Even now play I loved her first, I get all. I can't even play it for 30 seconds.

[Don LaGreca]

No, just. It does make you emotional.

[Ebro Darden]

One of the best things I've ever done at this radio station.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, you really. It's. Now you've ruined me. I just hear the notes of it and I'm like, oh.

[Ebro Darden]

And I was trying to do that for Don, and look what I did, man.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But they appreciated the Cat Stevens more than Alan did. That was the biggest disappointment is Alan just wrote off Cat Stevens.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

A song that needs to.

[Don LaGreca]

That's. If crimes were committed on Friday.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's.

[Don LaGreca]

That. That's a felony.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Exactly. We're all caught up on the wrong issue, which.

[Don LaGreca]

Which tends to happen. There's also a Bobby Goldsboro song. That's a father and son song. It's corn pone. But it's. It's not bad. It's not. Honey, honey will make you cry. That's about his wife dying.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, no.

[Don LaGreca]

But there's Bobby Goldsboro.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Honey, why do I know that song? It's pretty big, huh?

[Don LaGreca]

And, honey, I miss you, but I'm doing good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, my God. I can. That. That makes me want to cry right now just hearing what it's about.

[Don LaGreca]

No, it's. There was a time in the 70s where, like, it didn't have a chance to chart unless it grabbed your heart and pulled it right out of your chest.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, it's like. It's like Disney movies. We were discussing that today as well. Every Disney movie. Dead family member, everyone.

[Don LaGreca]

I've gotten so good at it because I've watched so many Disney movies in.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You can spot the dead.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, you just know who's dying. Like, oh, she's dead. Because you just. You could follow the theme, like, immediately. All right, Grandma's gone.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

You know, you could figure what. What parents get, because all the good Disney movies start with somebody dying. Either or sometimes you have to wait till the end. Somebody's going. Somebody's not making it to the credits.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Let's talk to the people for a second.

[Don LaGreca]

Hopper. I went saw that Saturday.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hopper.

[Ebro Darden]

Was it good?

[Don LaGreca]

Done. It is very good. What's happening?

[Ebro Darden]

They're actually a new Disney Pixar vehicle.

[Don LaGreca]

Ah, there's death.

[Ebro Darden]

Of course there is.

[Don LaGreca]

You know what? There's a. For a Disney movie. For a Disney movie. Lots of death.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Really?

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah.

[Ebro Darden]

By the way, that lizard is.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Is.

[Ebro Darden]

Is a viral lizard. That. That thing is everywhere.

[Don LaGreca]

Maya won't it. She's too young, but at some point, make sure you get her to watch that, because the kids were engulfed. It was really good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, I think job. She is still not at. Can watch a whole movie. No, she's at like.

[Don LaGreca]

She's barely won.

[Peter Rosenberg]

She's barely won. She will watch. She can make it through a full episode of Ms. Rachel. That's about the extent. And, you know, they keep the whole thing really like talking to a baby. So movies. She'll last for, like, 15, 20 minutes. And then she sort of like starts climbing me and grabbing my glasses or whatever it may be. Let's talk to the people. Let's start out with Gilberto in the truck. What's up, buddy?

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, what's up, man? What's up, big dog?

[Peter Rosenberg]

What's up?

[Caller/Listener]

Yo, I see your. Your team. The team that you were announced for is. Is really on. On a winning streak. They're looking good, man. I didn't know that that Olympic guy with the chip tooth was on. On that team.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You didn't know that the Olympic guy with the chipped tooth was on the Devils?

[Caller/Listener]

No, I did not. I'm sorry.

[Don LaGreca]

I don't know if that's on, but

[Caller/Listener]

I'm a fan now. But I'm really am. I'm gonna be honest with you. I was never a hockey fan. Well, you made me a hockey fan. Like, you may beat a hockey fan.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's not true.

[Caller/Listener]

But I'm gonna try to get you

[Don LaGreca]

to a Devil game. There's a few home games left. I'm gonna try to get.

[Caller/Listener]

Yo, my bro. I would go. I would go. I would really go. But you know which one I'm gonna go to when you guys do this? Do the. The next promotion. Not at the train station. Not at the Moynihan train station. The following one.

[Don LaGreca]

Oh, the landrus. Yeah, the 18th. Definitely.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Good.

[Caller/Listener]

I gotta See you guys. But I just want to tell you guys, yo, Pete, don't worry. Maryland will recognize you. I'm surprised because in the world of hip hop, you're. You're big man. You know what I'm saying? So thank you Roses as well. God bless you guys. God bless the family and God bless Han.

God bless.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's right.

[Caller/Listener]

He was looking pretty good. I get up this morning. I wonder why he didn't make it to white.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hey, that's a great question by you, Gilberto.

[Don LaGreca]

No, but I think it was a family thing later in the day that he had to do.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, this was on the calendar.

[Don LaGreca]

Not my story to tell. But no, he's. We understood. Flop to the Titans. So again, Dable's trying to build it in the Giants image there in Tennessee.

[Ebro Darden]

John Franklin Myers also to the Titans. So anybody that Salah and Dable like seem to be going to Tennessee.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That is so real quick. The Giants and Jets collectively suck absolute horse manure. And Tennessee is going to become a combination of them.

[Ebro Darden]

Juan Robinson, Bellinger flot and also John Frankel Myers.

[Peter Rosenberg]

How about no devil. How about go get good players.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, listen, what are you going to do?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Not just people, you know. So Don, they're literally letting go of the flotsam and jetsam, if you will.

[Don LaGreca]

There you go.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The flotsam and Giants. Them rim shot.

[Don LaGreca]

We don't that something happened K to Don Roosevelt that flotsam and jetsam was lost.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. No, it stayed. Flotsam and jetsam stayed with Michael. We let him keep flotsam and jetsam. 1-800-I-F went 93776. Tessa and West Caldwell, how you feeling about the giant situation today?

[Caller/Listener]

Hey guys, thanks so much for taking my call. I appreciate it. I'm gonna be honest with you. I'm excited. Like I said, I'm on the bandwagon 100%. I trust John Hallberg. So I'm ready. Am I upset and kind of Dev stated about Wandell.

I really thought he was a good slot player.

I thought we could hold on to him. I knew slot was leaving though. I knew it. It wasn't gonna pay him. But I am a little upset.

But it is all good because I'm

gonna be honest with you. We are seemingly. I know you got to play on Sundays. Seeming like we are tired of residing in a dumpster and we're moving out because we are right, Don, you're right. We haven't had a reliable. That's my word. I want to use guys. Reliable type in. And it seems Like a freaking, I don't know, 95 years. So to get a tight end and a stud like Isaiah, I am excited. Somebody that I feel confident catching that ball third and six or catching that ball with two on him in the end zone. That's how I feel. Because when I was watching him in Baltimore I'm like, yo, this guy really could play. So I'm excited. Punter excited about the punter that we just signed because at the end of the day, the Scottish hammer last year, it was not ham time. This guy was shaking balls left and right. So I'm sad to see him go. But good. Let's keep it moving. I just care about the O line now. Of course I care about a corner, but the old line is what I care about the most. Don, I don't care. We already losing people.

I knew he wasn't going to get

the guy Tyler from Baltimore. I was looking at that guy, that two way player in Jack Jacksonville. He's gone. So like Don, do you think we could get Rasheed Walker? Like I just need to make sure we fill up these holes with like, I don't know, big hog mollies. Like I need the old line stabilized.

[Don LaGreca]

Unlike the jets, they don't have a ton of cap space. Now you can maneuver things around to create cap space but when you look at the, when you look at the number that some of these guys are signing for, you know that's kind of reserved for teams that had that have that kind of space. I trust that Harbaugh is going to find a way to get it done. Got to be able to protect your franchise. And that's Jackson Dart. But they have filled holes at places. Tight end, linebacker, very important.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

You know, and the line wasn't God awful last year. You think it's going to be better coaching should be able to make. I think sometimes we always want to just blow everything up and put new people in there. And sometimes it's just having a better coach, having a better system can create more time for the quarterback. And I think there's a possibility of that happening. I hope anyway,

[Peter Rosenberg]

let's take a break. Should we take a break?

[Don LaGreca]

I think that's time. That's what the clock says.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. It's 42. Let's take a break. I see Moose is on hold. He wants to get into some Nick talk. I remember it's over. The gauntlet is over. How do. What do they land on the 6

[Don LaGreca]

and 4, 6 and 1. It was just the Lakers, the Thunder, the Cavs and the Pistons the only.

[Peter Rosenberg]

There you go. So they did end up splitting.

[Don LaGreca]

They beat the Nuggets, right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So they split this weekend. We just had it reversed, right? Because I remember, I remember the other day we talked about the game and I went they could lose to the Lakers. And Alan's kind of like no. And it's like but you never the NBA man. You just never know. Now it makes tonight interesting.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, second to back to backs because

[Peter Rosenberg]

it's second to back to backs against the worst team and you know, right across town. But it's still the end of this, this gauntlet if you will. Middle of a road trip. We'll see what they do. 1-800-919-3776 we will talk some New York Knicks but a lot more to do in the NFL of it all including some things happening all across the league. Don Hanna Rosenberg ESPN NEW YORK Now

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[Don LaGreca]

Good song on a bad album.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What is this?

[Don LaGreca]

Heading out to the highway on Point of Entry, which I'm not a fan of that album. You ever love a band, but there's just one album, you're like, I don't know what they were thinking.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Sure, sure. Of course.

[Don LaGreca]

When there's like an intentional direction change and you're just not on board.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What band is that?

[Don LaGreca]

Judas Priest.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And they just went, that was a. Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

And that's a big song. It's like the biggest song on the album. It's like. But the album itself. But some people love it because they made a pivot. They were a hard rock, you know, metal band. And then they try to get a little commercially and maybe it worked, I don't know. But I wasn't on board.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, I'm trying to think of the example of like someone doing that. It's like a complete album where they said, I'm going to try to go X direction. I know there's plenty of examples. There's not one coming to my mind that I think of most often.

[Don LaGreca]

What is. Doesn't even have to be hip hop. What's your favorite band like? What's your. What just musically decided to go in a direction and you weren't on board?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, that's what I'm trying to think of, like. Like, where did. I mean, like, that's the thing is full album that I look at the full album and I go, what were we doing? Because in hip hop, there are people who just turned out to not be very good. And there are people who made records, like individual songs that I went, oh my God. And then there are times when I think at the time I didn't like the album, but I go back later. I mean, one of the more controversial ones is Nas's second album. At the time, there were a lot of people who are not that into it. I was among them. But I didn't hate it. I just thought it was too commercial. And now in.

[Don LaGreca]

That would be a good example.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But then in retrospect, it aged. It aged really well. But at the time I was like, oh, man. He went from like this underground, like piece of art to like seemingly wanting to sort of fit in with the time. But now when you go back and listen to was a really well done version of that. You know what I mean? Like, I think sometimes as you get older, I have more of an appreciation of like, all right, you wanted to sell more records, but did you do it well, there's doing it well and then there's doing it just gross. Where you're like, oh my God, what are you doing? You know what I mean?

[Don LaGreca]

And sometimes it's not even about anything other than, hey, I just. I got to evolve, I got to try something different. And plus there's the ill fated and I'm not passing judgment. Hot rocking.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm sorry.

[Don LaGreca]

The song Hot Rockin by Judas Priest I wanna go I wanna go I wanna go Hot rockin' I don't know

[Peter Rosenberg]

it, but I can tell you it doesn't sound great.

[Don LaGreca]

They had a video for it and everything. But again, all those songs aged well, but it's right after British Steel, which is their heaviest album. And then they come back after point of entry, screaming for vengeance. It's like their second heaviest album. But they tried something. But I get it. It's like when Dylan went electric. It's like, I can't do this anymore. I got it. I got to evolve. I got to try different things. Can't do the same thing. So I admire it, but you lose some people. Let's, you know, let's.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Let's hear from Moose in Jamaica. Who wants to talk a little? Nick's Moose, what's up, man?

[Caller/Listener]

What's going on, Peter? What's going on, Don? How are you? How about the weather, man?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, man. Yeah, I want to go sit outside.

[Don LaGreca]

It's a tease because it's only be with us shortly. But still I love. Great.

[Caller/Listener]

It's a prelude. It's a preview, the prelude of what's coming on in New York City in the summer, in the spring. Talk about the next. Remember I called you the day of the Van Wick, Van White, which ironically, I grew up and when I first moved to this country at a political asylum because my country was war torn, live in a building that was right in front of the Van Wing Expressway then like, excuse me, that's right. But yeah, I'm rooting for the Knicks at the time, before I had my fraudism take over. But yeah, I said that the Knicks, because of what they do year after year since Thibodeau, what When they started the gauntlet that day, they played the Pacers, but they were a 12 game stretch. And I said they can go 10 and 2. They went 8 and 4, which is good. But this is. This is the most important thing about what happened. The losses. If I was Mike Brown and the coaching staff, I would literally go into games when they were competitive in certain stretches of the game, pick out film, understand the movement of momentum with different plays, certain matchups, help rotations on defense, the plays that were run, the impromptu fast breaks that they were running after May basket, try to understand the way that it was moving, the momentum, the ebbs and flows. So next time in the playoffs with the matchups of the teams that they lost in those games, referring to the film, they have a game plan. How to nip it in the butt when they're bleeding out and put the knife, put their foot on the neck of the opponent to blow them out even more. So it can be more comfortable in New York and have a winner. Thanks for taking my call.

[Don LaGreca]

You know what, Moose? Thank you. I feel like it's no longer about what the Knicks are doing. It's the Celtics. Like, isn't that your biggest concern more than all? Brunson didn't shoot well or they played with their food. The Knicks are. The Knicks. Knicks are fine. Knicks are very good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Right. We know they seem to have a problem with Detroit. And now the question is, how much of a problem do you have with Boston?

[Don LaGreca]

Well, and if this is what it's going to be, they are a problem. Now, will. Will he be able to keep this up? Will he stay healthy for the rest of the regular season? Can he do this in the playoffs? Can he. Can he do what nobody else seems to be able to do coming off this Achilles, these first two games, Peter. Oh, how can you think anything else like, that's got to be your biggest concern.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So, yeah, let's talk about it for a second, shall we? We took some predictions on what would happen in game one.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah. Wrong.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And in. In game one on Friday night, I. I got the minutes total right. I had to. Right. Because I said 23. Are you out on the number?

[Don LaGreca]

I had 50.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, Jacob said 25.

[Ebro Darden]

Jacobs had 25. Just not on the air.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, you didn't have. Really?

[Ebro Darden]

Peter wins.

[Don LaGreca]

Thank you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Thank you. So on the air, I went. I went highest and it was 23. I said 23. It was 27. 15 points, 11 rebounds. Oh, sorry, sorry. 12 rebounds. So at 15 and 12, seven assists.

[Don LaGreca]

That's a double double to you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Double double played 27 minutes. Jaylen Brown was still the guy. Jaylen Brown played 33 minutes, scored 24 points and seven assists. And that was night one. Beating Dallas. Not. Not a big challenge there. They beat him by 20. But then turn around on and. And run it back and play on Sunday against Cleveland, who's a much different animal. One of the best teams in the conference.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Tatum plays 27 minutes again.

[Don LaGreca]

Bang.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Seems like they know the number they want for him. 20 points this time. Less rebounds. Through only three rebounds and two assists, Jalen Brown again leads the team. 23 points and they beat Cleveland by 11. So Celtics now sitting at 43 and 21. Jason Tatum's back playing in back to back games or, sorry, two games this weekend, 27 minutes apiece. Don, this is a problem.

[Don LaGreca]

No, it's a problem. It's, it's, it's your biggest problem.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I this. And let's see the Celtics now coming up here. We'll get so. So you can know what we're going to see from this team down the stretch. Celtics are.

[Don LaGreca]

Oof.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They're at San Antonio tomorrow, 8 o' clock on the Peacock. Peacock at 8 at San Antonio, Michelle Beetle. Put her at courtside. Guaranteed she's there.

[Ebro Darden]

I'll say this, according to Tankathon, Boston does have the third hardest strength of schedule left, while the Knicks have the third easiest.

[Don LaGreca]

I'm not even concerning myself with whether they can get the two or three. I'm just saying that it's another team to be there. It's another team that you're going to have to get through and all right, you play Orlando or Philadelphia in the first round, right? Could be either one of those teams. Imagine having to play Orlando, Boston, Detroit. God, this was hard. That's going to be.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. And also the problem is we spent so much time talking about this, how this year was going to be. Well, this is the year you better win because the path's been opened up. Well, it closed. Closed. It didn't happen. A, Detroit turned out to be one of the best teams in basketball and B, the Celtics are just as good as they were. Granted, when we get to the playoffs, maybe the fact that they don't have some of the guys that we're used to them having there will hurt them down the stretch. But right now, what you're seeing from the top of that team is a problem.

[Don LaGreca]

I'm not saying you can't beat them. I'm just saying it's a problem.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Thanks for listening to my Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast. I don't want to know how the sausage is made, but I just want

[Alan Hahn]

to know it's good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Here, more of Don Allen and Peter weekday afternoon starting at 3 on 8 80, ESPN, the ESPN New York app and your smart speakers. Shot clocks, big shots, upsets, aces.

[Alan Hahn]

TGL playoffs are here.

[Don LaGreca]

First, Atlanta Drive starts their repeat run against Los Angeles Golf Club. Then Rory's Boston Common golf and Tigers

[Alan Hahn]

Jupiter Links face off in their playoff debuts.

[Don LaGreca]

Who will advance?

[Alan Hahn]

Keep up its playoffs tune in Tuesday, March 17 at 6:30pm and 9pm only on ESPN and the ESPN app.