Hour 1: Jets Tag Hall & Cast Away

Summary

Don, Hahn & Rosenberg – Hour 1: Jets Tag Hall & Cast Away

Date: March 3, 2026
Hosts: Don La Greca (C), Alan Hahn (A), Peter Rosenberg (B)

---

Episode Overview

This episode kicks off with the playful, familiar banter of three quintessential New York sports voices, before plunging into the day's sports headlines—most notably, the New York Jets' decision to franchise tag Breece Hall. The trio unpacks the implications for the Jets' future, franchise-building dilemmas, and debates the eternal tank-vs-competence conundrum. To lighten the mood, they also launch into a detailed, passionate analysis of the film “Cast Away,” blending pop culture with sports talk in classic DHR fashion.

---

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Mood in New York: Crappy Weather, Baseball on the Horizon

• [00:51-02:23] The hosts open by lamenting the classic cold, rainy NYC March weather, riffing on its impact on baseball’s opening day.
• Notable quote:
  • "Don Hahn and Rosenberg on a cold and rainy Tuesday. The kind of day you don't want an opening day of baseball." (C, 00:51)

---

2. World Baseball Classic and American-Style Sports Drama

• [02:23-03:56] Quick mention of Aaron Judge addressing the team ("the troops") before the WBC; debated if this moment was historically overblown.
• Bob Costas’s "face of baseball" status is referenced with tongue-in-cheek reverence, poking fun at melodramatic sports coverage.

---

3. Magic City Celebration & Sports Radio as "Church"

• [04:11-08:17] The hosts banter about a recent NBA celebration and whether it’s a big deal, illustrating how DHR sometimes derails (intentionally!) into tangents.
• This leads to Don humorously likening sports radio to church, with the "opening prayer" being the show's intro segment.
  • “If you treat sports radio as church... This is the most sacred part of the entire... This is it.” (C, 06:10)
• The discussion slides into Catholic school memories and nostalgic talk about mandatory church attendance and sneaky perks (like skipping class for funerals).

---

4. Major Segment: Jets Franchise Tag Breece Hall

Breece Hall’s Tag—What Does It Mean?

• [08:33-14:09]

• Jets place the franchise tag on RB Breece Hall at $14.3M.

  • Don explains the difference between the franchise and transition tags and the likely strategy, including contract flexibility and the team's control over Hall’s future.
  • "He didn't pout, guys. No, I mean, the Jets didn't win but he played well and I think he really won a lot of Jets over." (C, 09:39)

Tanking vs. Building Competence Debate

• Don flips the discussion to Jets fans' favorite debate:
  • Should the team tank in 2026 to secure a top QB in the draft?
  • Or should they try to field a competent, winning team, even if it means missing out on a generational quarterback prospect?

Alan’s passionate take:

• “I need to see progress. I can't sign up for another God awful season. If it happens, it happens. And I'm so used to it, I'm numb. But if you're asking me what I prefer, I need to see progress.” (B, 12:41)

Nuanced Scenarios:

• The hosts unpack different quarterback acquisition paths (veteran bridge QBs, trading up, etc.), reflecting the classic Jets dilemma: aim for the future or just stop being the NFL’s basement?
• "At some point you got to just start winning some games here. You got to have something work for you." (C, 13:46)

Realistic Outlook:

• They agree that fielding a bad team to get the #1 pick is self-destructive—no coach/GM survives repeated tank seasons in New York.
• “You're chasing your tail. Now, as good as the quarterback can end up being, you're not going anywhere without a coach or a general manager.” (C, 17:52)

---

5. Alternate Jets Solutions: Bridge QBs, Giants Comparisons, and Draft Strategy

• [18:13-20:13]
• Can the Jets bridge with a serviceable veteran (Flacco, Mac Jones, Garoppolo), and invest later in a young, raw QB (like Ty Simpson)?
• Draws parallels to how the Giants developed Jackson Dart, managing to transition smoothly from veteran play to rookie readiness.
• “So does that sound like a happy medium type place or did everybody just so fixated on a Manning that they have to be awful so they can get Arch?” (B, 19:07)
• Covers breaking NFL news like Daniel Jones’s transition tag (Colts) and Trey Hendrickson becoming an unrestricted free agent.

---

6. Breece Hall’s Mindset and the Bigger Picture

• [22:14-22:52]
• Consensus: Hall has shown professionalism; the Jets have to remain competitive and keep talent to avoid an endless cycle of disarray.
• “Even if you don't want to see the team, you gotta feel the team, guys. All right? You gotta go out there and you gotta have some talent, got to have something to build around.” (C, 22:31)

---

7. Deep Dive: Cast Away—A Pop Culture Tangent

Reappraising an "Underrated" Film

• [26:06-34:22]
• Alan revisits “Cast Away” and calls it greatly underrated, sparking a long segment dissecting its emotional beats, realism, and lasting impact.
  • "The Wilson scene really crushes me to this day. Crushes." (A, 26:57)
• The group contrasts the film’s wrenching ending (lost love, isolation) with what a Hollywood copout would look like—applauding its honesty.
  • "That's what's so sad about it... That's what elevates it to being a really good movie." (A, 29:21-29:33)
• They poke fun at the post-island party scene, questioning why anyone would serve the returning survivor seafood and leave him alone in a hotel.
• Don reflects, “But, dude, like, what idiot would say, oh, let's just have a bunch of seafood.” (C, 31:29)

Actor Range & Movie Talk

• The team goes on to discuss actor range, particularly Tom Hanks versus others like Denzel, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Jim Carrey.
• “Tom Hanks is not—it's like Forrest Gump's not on a island. Right, he's someone else.” (B, 33:22)
• Also, quick sidebar about recent odd Jim Carrey appearances in the media and the reality-bending nature of fame.

---

8. Listeners Weigh In: Cast Away’s Famous "Box" Mystery

• [44:25-45:15]
• A caller shares a DVD Easter egg: director Robert Zemeckis jokes that the unopened box in Cast Away contained a solar-powered, waterproof satellite phone.
• Hosts laugh at the joke, acknowledge the appeal, and reiterate it’s a fun urban legend rather than a plausible plot twist.

---

9. The Psychology of “Cast Away”

• [46:02-47:56]
• The hosts get deeper:
  • The rope Hank’s character builds was originally a suicide tool, later repurposed for escape – symbolizing perseverance and adaptation.
  • Was the whale encounter a hallucination? They debate movie ambiguity and trauma’s effect on reality perception.

---

10. Movie Tangents & M. Night Shyamalan's Trajectory

• [48:01-50:08]
• Discussion of other island/stranded-movie tropes.
• M. Night Shyamalan's career compared to a “rookie scoring 76 goals”—peaked early, never matched the debut.

---

Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Tanking:
  • "If they're back to four wins or three wins next year, something awful happened, which means a whole upheaval again and you're going through the whole damn process all over again." (B, 11:52)
• On the Emotional Power of ‘Cast Away’:
  • "He's screaming 'I'm sorry' in the middle of the ocean... it's like a real human." – (A, 26:57)
• On Franchise Futility:
  • "My God, if they're back to four wins or three wins next year, something awful happened." (B, 11:48)

---

Important Timestamps

• Jets tag Breece Hall discussion: 08:33–14:09
• Tanking vs. Competence debate: 09:58–14:09
• Alternate Jets scenarios/quarterback talk: 18:13–22:52
• Cast Away deep dive (pop culture segment): 26:06–38:41
• Caller: the secret of Cast Away's box: 44:25–45:15
• Cast Away psychological analysis: 46:02–47:56

---

Closing Thoughts

The episode masterfully intertwines diehard New York sports analysis with pop culture introspection and nostalgia, shifting seamlessly from strategy debates about the Jets’ future to a surprisingly moving group therapy session about “Cast Away.” The signature DHR mix of wit, knowledge, and east coast warmth makes it engaging for listeners, whether they care about the draft or the fate of Wilson the volleyball.

Future teasers: Noted sportswriter Mike Vaccaro is slated to join later, promising more in-depth local sports insights.

---

[Summary covers content through the end of the substantive segment; advertisements and commercial breaks not included.]

Transcript

[A]

Monster Energy.

[B]

Everybody knows White Monster, Zero Ultra. That's the OG it kicked off this whole Zero sugar energy drink thing. But Ultra is a whole lineup now. You've got Strawberry Dreams, Blue Hawaiian Sunrise, and Vice Guava.

[C]

And they all bring the Monster Energy punch.

[A]

So if you've been living in the

[B]

white can branch out.

[A]

Ultra's got a flavor for every vibe,

[B]

and every single one is Zero Sugar.

[A]

Tap the banner to learn more. Don, there's no Tush push if you're not pushing the tush.

[B]

Don, I want you protecting my blind side. And Rosenberg.

[A]

When I was seven, I was riding shotgun and smoking cigarettes.

[C]

This isn't North Dakota. This is New York.

[B]

This is Don Hahn and Rosenberg.

[C]

The best threesome I've ever heard on

[B]

ESPN New York and streaming live on

[C]

YouTube 300 one of the big city. Don Hahn in Rosenberg on a cold and rainy Tuesday. The kind of day you don't want an opening day of baseball. But usually you get.

[A]

I feel like every bit of it right here.

[C]

Crappy day.

[A]

Oh, no. Expect it. Count down to it. What day's opening day? March what? 30th, 29. What is it?

[C]

Yeah, it's gonna be right around there.

[A]

One of those yo yo days.

[C]

It's a yo yo day.

[B]

You know what, though?

[A]

Guaranteed to be like this.

[B]

It does suck, but at least it's not snowing, okay? We're in that world now. At least it's not.

[C]

No. You know what? I would take an inch or two of snow today over what we got.

[B]

Come on. It didn't hit crazy.

[A]

It snowed earlier, I think.

[B]

No, it was a wintry mix.

[C]

I don't know if we got a nice snow going coming down as opposed to just a cold rain. This is the worst kind of day.

[B]

We've had too much.

[C]

It's too raw.

[B]

We need the rain to wash away the snow, clean it up. In another week, it's gonna be 60 degrees. We're gonna love it. We'll be on the roof.

[C]

Right on the roof.

[B]

We got to get all the snow out of here. The only way to do it, rain.

[A]

March 25th will be your opening night. Yeah, March 26th will be your opening day.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

You can get a day like this.

[A]

Yeah. Can you? Like, the only question is, will there be snow somewhere? We'll see. But no, it's. It's nastiness.

[C]

No, it's. It's nasty. And we've got four full hours today, right up to seven o'. Clock. Alan Hahn is at the Garden.

[B]

Mm.

[C]

He's got work Tonight, Betrayed, you're taking on the Raptors. So he's all getting ready for that. And, Peter, I are holding down the fort here in the studio and tons to talk about. Aaron Judge apparently addressed the troops. We got to get into that a little bit later on.

[B]

Address the troops.

[A]

Yeah, the WBC troops.

[C]

WBC troops.

[B]

You know, I mean, I think he just. He just kind of addressed the group before we began a tournament.

[C]

Right, that's.

[A]

Well, of course. That's exactly.

[B]

Yeah. This, this is not, you know, I. This is not Douglas MacArthur standing in front of the, you know, the Army. You know, let's, let's. Let's dial it back a little bit.

[C]

But, you know, it's more of a visual component.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

But Eddie Izzard, I'm a big fan. Great. Really funny comedian.

[A]

Big fan.

[C]

Had a the Dress to Kill HBO special, like, 20 years ago. And he just talked about, like, European movies. American movies. American movies. Bombs are going up, like. Yeah. In Europe, the movies are like, you. You walk into a door and you're like, oh, I. I didn't know you were here. Oh, it's okay. Come in. You sure? Oh, like.

[A]

Like, that's the wbc.

[C]

It's like.

[A]

It's just.

[C]

It's. It's. It's something. It's something. It's a thing. But it's never going to be the Olympics. It's never going to be four nations. We heard from Bob Costas.

[B]

No less.

[A]

No less of an authority.

[C]

Authority. Yeah.

[A]

Than Bob Costas.

[C]

Baseball had a face. It would be Bob Costas. Bob. Really? Yeah.

[A]

Well, by the way, is it. Is it Thursday yet?

[C]

Not yet. It's Tuesday. We could talk about it, but we

[A]

can't have that guy.

[C]

Well, you could do whatever you want, but it's.

[A]

Wait till Thursday because there are a couple of guys.

[C]

But.

[B]

Sorry, there's a couple of that guys already.

[C]

Well, already.

[A]

Real quick.

[C]

I'm sorry. Write it down. Because you always forget. I know.

[B]

I'm the one who forgets.

[C]

Alan. Forget.

[A]

Alan. Have you seen. Have you seen the statements from Luke Cornett? Now, Horford.

[B]

Oh, I was gonna bring this up during ENN yesterday, but we ran out of time. This story is very interesting.

[A]

Some people aren't. Aren't thrilled with the Magic City celebration in Atlanta. Yeah, there are some pearl clutchers in the NBA. They're not thrilled about it.

[C]

Well, beyond the fact that they're playing the Magic.

[A]

I mean, that's. If you want to be upset about something.

[C]

Because that, Because I'll be honest, when you guys Sent me the thread of it. I didn't get it.

[A]

No, right. It took your time.

[B]

Yeah, but I looked at it.

[C]

I'm like, is it because they're playing the magic. It's awkward. Magic City playing. And then you know what? I completely lost interest and didn't investigate. But maybe I should have.

[A]

Wait, so you know nothing?

[C]

I know nothing.

[B]

You know the whole story.

[C]

No. I thought we discussed where was discussed this on the air.

[A]

Was Don gone?

[B]

How could he?

[C]

I was St. Louis.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

You know, Peter, it might have been just you and I.

[C]

Just you and I during.

[A]

During an ENN or something.

[B]

Who is that duet, by the way? Give me the names.

[C]

I should know this, right?

[A]

Peaches and Creams together.

[C]

No, it's two.

[B]

Ashford and Simpson, two soloists.

[C]

Oh, I think. I think Eddie Rabbit is one.

[B]

That's correct. Linda Ronstadt.

[C]

Yeah, there you go.

[A]

Rock Boom. The old Rabbit and Ronstadt. All right, we'll come back around. Now we need to explain it to Don too, because.

[C]

Yeah, because I. I saw it and I'm like, I'm good.

[A]

Well, all right.

[B]

Do we. Do you want to just do it now?

[C]

No, no.

[A]

What are we doing now? This is.

[C]

This is. This is the. Open to the show.

[B]

We're doing this.

[C]

I mean, this is.

[A]

Can you imagine? This is this.

[C]

We are literally at the altar of sports radio. What are you doing?

[A]

We.

[B]

At the end of the meeting.

[C]

This is.

[B]

This is the opening prayer. I didn't understand. I didn't know that this was like the most. This most sacred part of the entire.

[C]

Yeah, this is.

[B]

This is my bad.

[C]

If. If you treat sports radio as church.

[B]

Yes. Which I do.

[C]

This.

[A]

This is.

[C]

This is it.

[A]

This is the very important moment.

[C]

And then the 5 o' clock hour is the gospel. And then we get the host at the end of the show, like at the end of the last call. Cruise the host.

[B]

That's the host.

[C]

There we go.

[A]

And then.

[B]

And then we. And then some of us Irish exit before the final blessing.

[C]

I remember being an altar boy. Catherine's.

[B]

Oh, here we go.

[C]

And whenever they would have. Because. Right. One of the last things they would do at the mass, there would be, you know, where you say hello, you shake everybody's hand.

[A]

Sure.

[C]

And I would get so pumped up because, like, that meant the mass was almost over. Like, I get all fired up.

[B]

You mean offering peace?

[C]

Yeah, yeah. Peace be with you. And also with you.

[B]

Yeah. That was like going into the fourth

[C]

quarter, that was like.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Two minute warning, baby.

[A]

Two minute warning.

[C]

The only time I was anxious to go to school because you had, you had the 7 o' clock mass, which was way before school, but then you had the 8 o' clock mass, which means that you didn't have to start school right away because you were the altarboard at 8:30 and you got to miss a half hour of school. Oh, the only time I decided to go to school was right after church.

[B]

You ever get pulled out? Pulled out of the. At a class to do a funeral. Cuz you went to a Catholic school, St. Joseph's in Ron Conor, with the church right next to the school building.

[C]

Right.

[B]

And not only did you get to miss class to work a funeral, you got some cash on the side too.

[C]

That's right.

[B]

That was nice.

[C]

You just brought back some memories. Oh, now again, rest in peace. Those people that died. Well, I mean, but if they, if they chose the one o' clock funeral as opposed to the three. If they, if they, if they chose the three, that meant you got to stay later, then you get to go home. Well, but if you got the one o', clock, you got to leave early.

[A]

Beautiful.

[B]

Missing school again.

[C]

Bless their hearts. Hopefully in heaven.

[B]

God bless.

[C]

But thank you for the widow choosing the 1 o'. Clock.

[B]

I poured out a little of my

[A]

big Gulp for them. Alan, do you realize that the order that we just went in was. Started the show. I then derailed us and said, let's talk about this Magic City thing. Don said, we can't do that. This is the holiest part of the show. Then turned that conversation into the actual holy part. So it just became a mass conversation.

[C]

No, because it just. No, because it just felt.

[A]

Felt.

[C]

Everybody knows that we're going to have these moments to open the show. Sure. But then we're going to settle on something. Magic City wasn't something I wanted to land.

[B]

You don't want that to be chapter one.

[C]

We can save it for later. We got, we got. All right, we got four hours. We got three hours and 51 minutes of radio to do here, guys.

[B]

We do.

[C]

But the big story today is Breeze hall gets the franchise tag at $14.3 million. And it's a smart thing to do, a transitional tag. The way it works, if they were to do that means they get the right of first refusal. So if somebody wanted to offer Breeze a contract, the jets would have a chance to match the contract. And if they didn't, they'd lose them with zero compensation. This gives them a year to kick it down the road where they have him. This year can work out a contract because again, he's still what, 24 years old. And I give hall credit for this. Everybody figured oh, he's going to hate the end of next of the year. He wanted out. He didn't get traded the way Sauce got traded and, and Quinn and got traded. He got stuck here and now he's going to, he's going to pout. He didn't pout guys. No, I mean the jets didn't win but he played well and I think he really won a lot of jets over. I think he'd like to be here and if they can figure out the quarterback situation and if he signs a three year deal, maybe towards the end of that deal he could be helping this team maybe win playoff games. So I like it from that standpoint. But what I kind of thought about and we want you to be able to join the conversation at 1-800-919-3776 is that with Breece hall, definitely your running back. Garrett Wilson coming back a pretty decent offensive line that could get better.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

If they get the quarterback right. Just that you're not going to be the worst team in the NFL. Allen's been saying it but now. So the question I have for Jet fans and we could start with Alan because he's, he's a huge fan. He and Jacob are the only Jet representation on the show from a fan standpoint. Is that for the tanking crowd. Would you just, just let's just go 00:17 and let's just get the number one pick in this quarterback heavy draft and let's stop jerking around. But it's probably going to come to the extent of expense of losing. Losing Aaron Glenn, he's going to be gone and you're going to be bringing in another head coach which I think a lot of Jet fans would want anyway. Or do you want to start winning some games and be a competent organization and win five, six, seven games and find out that Glenn is actually a good coach and is worth the money that he's being paid.

[B]

Right.

[C]

And then you take your draft equity and you trade up to get the quarterback. Which would you rather do? I think I know what the fans out there at 1-800-919-3776 want to do. But Alan, what would you want to do?

[B]

I think it's just after 15 years, Don, it's time to start seeing progress. Right. Like you like all kidding aside and all the fan emotion stuff aside, just, you know, just sitting in the reality of it because it's easy to do in the regular. I'm sorry it's easy to do in the off season is you got to start showing progress. You gotta get out of the muck and you've got to actually start looking like a team that's heading in a direction that feels like a team that could at some point turn this thing around and end the longest drought in North America when it comes to professional sports.

[C]

The Sabres are making the playoffs this year, it looks like. So you're going to be all by your loans.

[B]

Yeah, that's it. You're going to be the only embarrassing team to go that long. Fifteen years. Years. And gotta admit, it's probably gonna be 16. But at least in the 16th year you gotta show something. So the only way you're getting a number one pick or a number two pick is if you're as bad or worse than you were this past season. And that means something. Not something God awful happened because your coach told you that he learned from mistakes he made in his first year as a rookie head coach. He's not going to make them again. And the GM has a lot of cap space and a ton of draft picks to get you enough talent to make you at least competitive. So my God, if they're back to four wins or three wins next year, something awful happened, which means a whole upheaval again and you're going through the whole damn process all over again. So my long answer is no. I need to see progress. I can't sign up for another God awful season. If it happens, it happens. And I'm so used to it, I'm numb. But if you're asking me what I prefer, I need to see progress.

[C]

Yeah. The positive byproduct of them falling on their face is that you'll, you'll get the quarterback, but you'll. Garrett Wilson with Breece hall, if they go out and get Cousins or whatever quarterback they decide to get, you know, a defense that, that has the chance to get better. Remember Aaron Glenn says his superpower is calling plays. He's going to be calling plays this year.

[B]

Right?

[C]

Special teams. That I thought was very, very good last year. Listen, it's going to be hard. You got a tough schedule. But what the, what the Tankers don't realize is everything you just said. At some point you got to just start winning some games here. You got to have something work for you.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

And when you have some talent, when you've got a good running back room, you've got a good wide receiver, you go out and get a quarterback again. I'm not going to sit there and tell you they're going to compete for a playoff spot because they won't. But to just every year just look lost and defeated and out of it by Halloween. It's just not. But you got to make a not good for an organization.

[A]

I guess the quarterback piece is going to be so big here because if you don't get the quarterback, they don't, let's say don't draft a quarterback and they end up bringing someone in to be a serviceable quarterback. With the idea of we don't know who the future quarterback is, well then putting things together and adding wind to your win total can now hurt the likelihood of you finding the quarterback.

[C]

But that's why when I asked the question, I said you're pretty good. You'll just have to use your draft equity to make a trade and move up to be able to get the picture you need.

[A]

Assuming that you're able, you know, whoever's ahead of you allows that to happen.

[C]

But there seems to be. Listen, if you've got your heart set on Arch Manning, then you're right. Maybe it's going to be difficult to do but apparently there could be a few quarterbacks to come out of here and you just need to be in the top three to be able to get the quarterback that you want.

[A]

Now we're also probably able to take a look in our mind's eye, Susan, and take a guess of who the other teams would be that even next year would be in that conversation. Right, right.

[B]

Arizona.

[A]

Because they're not going to find it this year. Right.

[B]

But you know, you know they're Cleveland from Kyler Murray.

[A]

Cleveland could be depending what happens.

[B]

You know, does Miami get Malik Willis? If they do, then maybe not but if they don't, but maybe you're lucky.

[C]

And you know, the Mendoza led Vegas team wins two or three games and they're not drafting a quarterback. You know, maybe Robert Sala's first year is a tough one in Tennessee. They're likely not going to be drafting a quarterback. They just draft the cam war.

[A]

I'd like to get the Vegas, the Raiders past two or three wins to feel that they're definitely not in this conversation. How about. You mean four or five give them to four or five wins?

[B]

Well, you take a quarterback at number one. I think invest in them.

[A]

We need.

[B]

Well so they need to get an offensive line that will, that'll be their story is they're gonna need tackles and all kinds of stuff.

[A]

They'll be out next year no matter what.

[C]

But what you hope for is if you're a Jet fan looking to make a deal is that whoever has the first overall pick doesn't need to draft a quarterback.

[B]

Right.

[A]

But if it's Cleveland now, the perfect world would be the Raiders love Mendoza. He shows them so much, but their defense is so bad. They're just a terrible team.

[B]

They're lying. Yeah.

[A]

And. And they're like, we're good on this pick. We want to jump back in the draft, get a bunch.

[B]

I know, but you still have to look like a functioning franchise. Because all of this aside, you'd go into an off season with a top pick and your GM doesn't survive because he didn't build a good enough team. Or the GM survives because, remember, he was hired after Glenn and he's part of the process of hiring the next coach. But there's no. There's no way Glenn survives another year as a bottom three team. No chance. Because again, if he's a bottom three team, that means something terrible. That means he's getting just. He's getting worked on the sideline. He might not even survive the season if it's that bad.

[C]

You know, Reich takes over and let's face it, they. They're not going to want to tank. I know there are. There are fans out there that want in the tank. They're not going to want a tank for all the reasons you just said.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Glenn doesn't want to lose his job. Muji doesn't want to put himself in a position where now his job is going to be on the line going into 27 because he. He was the GM of two miserable teams. And it will. You'll see the quarterback, they get that. They're probably going to be trying to win. If you. If you weren't trying to win, you might just say to Breeze all put the transitional tag. Somebody will take you. I'll lose you for nothing because I

[A]

don't want to win.

[C]

But I think they're going to try to build something to try to win. And now you're basically rooting for a team to lose, hoping that Muji and Glenn are not the guys. So, yeah, you put yourself in a position to get the quarterback great, but now you're looking for a gm. Now you're looking for a head coach.

[A]

You're chasing your tail.

[C]

Now, as good as the quarterback can end up being, you're not going anywhere without a coach or a general manager.

[B]

Can I have a different scenario, please? Because instead of tanking the scenario, the other scenario that comes up to me is this is. You find through. Because you have, you have cap space. You find through free agency and you have Frank Reich who does know people.

[C]

Right.

[B]

He. I know it didn't work out for him as a head coach, but the guy was a really good offensive coordinator. Do you find one of the guys that is, has that bridge quarterback kind of thing about them? And I know none of these names. No one. Everybody's going to just throw up when they hear these names. But these are still quarterbacks who have had some relative success. All right. In the, in, in the NFL as starters. You can go old with Flacco. You could, you could find, you know, a retread or project like Mac Jones or Jimmy Garoppolo or somebody like that that you know, you're not committing to long term. They're looking at you as this is my way of Sam Darnolding the system. Get me to a place where if I get them just capable, it'll, it'll add stars to my resume and I'll get a bigger deal somewhere else. Right.

[C]

Mm.

[B]

And that's like a Mac Jones or, or Jimmy Garoppolo. Like do you do that and with your two first round picks, say I need a future quarterback. I can now take a shot at a risky but potential laden player like Ty Simpson. And you take him with the idea that I don't have to play him right away, I can give him the time he needs to develop and that could be, that could be my future quarterback with my current quarterback and at least I have somebody of experience under center because we know in New York with the jets, the last thing you want is to have an inexperienced young quarterback trying to make his way. Because we know some places that can work fine here. It's very difficult to do. So does that sound like a happy medium type place or did everybody just so fixated on a Manning that they have to be awful so they can get arch? Manning is that convinced that he's the guy.

[C]

What you're hoping for is to pull off what the Giants pulled off last year.

[B]

That sounds very similar, doesn't it? Yeah.

[C]

You get Jackson Dart At 25, you got a couple of veteran quarterbacks to bridge until he's ready. And it turned out he was more ready than I think anybody anticipated.

[B]

No one realized, right?

[C]

That was, that was the best case scenario or the worst case scenario. Well, the worst case scenario is he doesn't work out at all. But if he is going to work out, then maybe it's all right. It's in 27. He doesn't play at all in 26. And he watches Kirk Cousins or he watches Geno Smith or he watches. Because I wouldn't get a Kyler Murray. I wouldn't get a guy that had a chance to stick just. Or Daniel Jones, apparently, because the Colts are issuing the transition tag on Daniel Jones. It's a 37.8. So if he gets a deal, say, worth 40, that sounds familiar because that was the deal he got with the Giants and the Colts don't match, he then goes to that team. Otherwise he'll stay there if nobody else tries to claim him. And then on the non quarterback front, this is breaking news from Adam Schefter that Trey Hendrickson is not being tagged by the Bengals making an unrestricted free agent.

[B]

Yeah, he's a free agent now. And. Wow. Keep an eye on Joe Burrow, guys. I know it sounds crazy, but at some point he's got to look and say, what are we doing here, man? They're so cheap.

[C]

Well, that's why we thought we talked about Burrow to begin with. Because of the fact that he's going to want to get the hell out of there.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Because they're not going to spend any money.

[B]

Yeah. They're not going to trade him. He's going to have to create what Carson Palmer told him, you know, to prepare for years ago. Like you. You're going to want to get out of there just like he did. Like that. That's. That could be coming down the line. Not right away, but it could be coming.

[C]

So there's a lot of things to discuss around the jets, but Breeze hall is not going anywhere. And you know, for those that want to feel bad for him, but the way he played last year tells me that and he said all the right things that maybe he feels like if they can get their act together, this is a place he might want to be.

[B]

He was a pro.

[C]

So. And I. And you listen, you gotta. Even if you don't want to see the team, you got it. You got to feel the team, guys. All right? You got to go out there and you got to have some talent, got to have something to build around. So when you do turn the corner with the quarterback, he's got somebody to throw the ball to, he's got somebody to hand the ball off to, he's got guys in front of him to be able to protect him. All that still has to happen.

[A]

Partner with Amazon Hub Delivery to earn extra income for your business with your business. Assist with local Amazon deliveries and get paid for each package you deliver. When you become a partner, you and your staff will deliver packages to customers in your area on a schedule that works for you, gain extra income, increase exposure for your business, and connect with neighbors. It's easy to get started with no delivery experience, long term contracts or startup costs required. Interested in Learning more? Visit Amazon.com hubdelivery that's Amazon.com huvdelivery O'Reilly Auto Parts can help take the guesswork out of your check engine, ABS or maintenance light with O'Reilly Veriscan. The service is free and provides a report with solutions verified by ASE certified master technicians. O'Reilly Veriscan can identify the most likely problem with just one scan. If you need help, O'Reilly Auto Parts can recommend a shop for you. Don't ignore a check engine, ABS or maintenance light. Ask for O'Reilly Veriscan Today, a free service exclusively at O'Reilly Auto Parts.

[B]

I like things my way. My coffee, my schedule and my treatment. So I talked to my doctor about self injecting with the Vivgard Hytrulo pre filled syringe which contains fgartigamide alpha and hyaluronidase qvfc. It's injected under your skin subcutaneously. It means I can inject in my space on my time. It's my treatment, my way. Visit vivgardmyway.com that's V Y V G-A-R-T myway.com and talk to your doctor about Vivgard Hytrulo brought to you by Argenics. Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[A]

I didn't listen to anything you just said.

[B]

Catch this show on demand whenever you want. Just subscribe to us wherever you get your podcast.

[C]

There it is. Just you and I. You never heard the song before.

[A]

I'm listening.

[B]

Wait, which scale is it?

[C]

It's Crystal G. Yeah.

[B]

Not, not, not Ron.

[C]

I didn't think it was Linda Ronstadt.

[A]

I'm enjoying this. Hold on. What year are we in?

[B]

81.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Don's prime time, right?

[B]

Gotta be.

[C]

I was thinking 80, but you're. You're it. Released on January 1st, 1982.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Jeez.

[B]

Way off. How bad are we?

[C]

Crystal Gale had hair to her ankles.

[B]

Yes, yes.

[C]

Like the longest hair I ever saw. Like she used to get headaches because the hair was so heavy.

[A]

Oh, wow. That's a thing?

[C]

It was then. She still with us? I know. We lost Eddie Rabbit a while. Eddie Rabbit, I think was a Jersey guy.

[B]

He was.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

It's A country singer.

[C]

I know that was.

[B]

I Love a Rainy Night and all that stuff. Right. Wasn't that him?

[C]

Crystal, Gale is still with us. And when do we lose Eddie? I believe he lost Eddie Rabbit. I've been known to kill people off. So double check, kill him.

[A]

That's why we don't like when you kill.

[C]

Yeah. Eddie Rabbit passed in 98. 98.

[B]

90.

[C]

And where does it say he was born? Jersey.

[A]

Right. If it was a day.

[C]

He is actually born in Brooklyn, but moved to East Orange, New Jersey.

[B]

Oh. Now, nothing screams country like that.

[A]

It may be a talk about a topic, but it's. I'd say it's a subject that Don. I bring up yearly for whatever reason. I don't know why it's not. It's not a subject that most shows probably hit yearly. But I think we do. Natalie and I watched Cast Away again last night.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

I'm just. Springs up thoughts, feelings. So many things to discuss from it. Underrated, I believe, of a greatly underrated film.

[C]

Interesting.

[A]

I really do not think people think of it highly at all. And I think it's. I think of it very, very highly. And remember last time we discussed about this. We discussed this topic. We dove into the FedEx of it, all right?

[C]

Because we thought that maybe they found

[A]

out they didn't pay for it. That was just. That was the subject they wanted. Was it to be a FedEx thing? It's. It's very. There's a lot of things that are very emotional about that movie. Very, very deep. The Wilson scene really crushes me to this day. Crushes.

[C]

Like it's.

[A]

Like it's a real human. He's screaming, I'm sorry. In the middle of the ocean. And then after, he's screaming, I'm sorry. That's not the worst part, Don. After then he's let go. You know that they kind of fade away and come back and they show Hanks laying shirtless, tattered, miserable, on the raft by himself. Just weeping after Wilson's gone.

[B]

Weeping. His last friend.

[A]

His last friend. And there's a beautiful scene right before you lose Wilson, too. Of when he starts going away from the island. And you know, the music's a big part of that film.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

I think it's Danny Elfman. I forget. The music comes in and I don't know if you remember Alan. And that's the first time you see Hanks look back after he's gotten through the first big wave. He looks back at the island like, I'm leaving it. Like, either way, I'M gone. I'm not. I'm either.

[C]

No matter what happens, he is. He has crossed the line.

[A]

I've crossed.

[C]

Like.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And there's a. And the music they play is like. There's almost a sadness also that he's leaving it. It's. It's.

[B]

That's.

[A]

It's a very interesting movie, man.

[B]

Very visually, like. Very visually emotional. Right? Like.

[A]

Yeah. You don't hear a lot. There's not a lot of talking.

[B]

No. There's just so much about it that if you can get lost in. Really can move you. Because there's not a lot of obviously dialogue.

[A]

And the actual crash scene is just horrifyingly scary and well done. And the guy who's on the flight with just completely saves his life. I didn't really pay attention to that till last night. But that the guy who's on the flight, the other FedEx worker who I think is the body he finds that washes up that guy literally forces him to sit down first of all. Then comes and brings him the raft and puts the raft in his arm.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And makes him hold it before he then hits his head on the ceiling, knocks himself out and then dies. It's a. It's a great movie, man.

[B]

You know, I gotta have a. I. To me, like, all that stuff is great. I hate the ending. I. Not. Not the ending where he's at the crossroads. That's. That's awesome.

[A]

Oh, you're fine with the crossroads? Okay.

[C]

Well.

[B]

Because it's kind of cool. But the most. Finding his wife married and settled that how. Like, it just this poor. Like you almost like everything he went through, he finally survives. And then you realize, like, no. There is no celebration that he's back. There's no.

[A]

Happy he lost her again.

[B]

Because literally. Right. Everything's gone.

[C]

That's what's so sad about it.

[A]

Doesn't that crush you though? But it totally. But isn't that what I think Don. My argument would be that's what elevates it to being a really good movie.

[C]

Instead of a silly, easy way out

[B]

would be that she runs into his arms and everybody's.

[C]

Not the way it's gonna go dead.

[A]

They have the wonderful kissing scene. And then she's like, I gotta go home. And then Peter. Oh, no, no, no, no. Listen. No, no, guys. I wept when it happened. All those parts hit me at one after another.

[B]

Hey, just drive away. Go. You're out.

[C]

Go.

[B]

Like, just go. Drive.

[A]

And. And it's big. From Sex in the City.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

That's who the new man is.

[B]

And he's awkward about it, but he had, like, how would you be if you were in his shoes, right?

[A]

You're like, well, Natalie at first was like, I. She's like, I don't know. Five years, already has a baby. I said, natalie, they probably legitimately gave up on the guy in this story.

[B]

In a funeral.

[A]

In a few months, though. In a few months, you'd have to move up. Like people. Yeah, she said. She's like, I always knew you were alive. I held on. I knew. I knew. I. They told me I was crazy. I knew you were alive. But even if you were saying that by what, a year, people are saying, you got to move on with your life.

[C]

Everywhere you look, it's just sadness because then his friend, early in the movie, whose wife was just diagnosed with cancer, and now through the time she passed,

[A]

and he apologizes to the friend, right?

[C]

That you should have been there.

[A]

I should have been there for.

[C]

You know what?

[B]

You're killing me with this. You're killing me.

[C]

But, you know, Don Lagreck, a continuity director, it's still about. And I know they were trying to

[A]

make a point, but who in their

[C]

right mind would think after a guy's been on a deserted island for four years, all right, they throw a party

[A]

when it comes back. Oh, my God. Crab legs. What are you doing?

[C]

And sushi, right? What do you think this guy ate on the island?

[A]

You.

[C]

Yo, Yoshi. They should be like, yeah, they should be steaks, Potato Max, and like, Taco Bell.

[A]

Like, every.

[B]

Like, what was the one food you craved on some of those nights? We're getting it for you.

[C]

And I guess they did. They did it for the scene where he's, like, looking at the crab legs, and then he can't sleep in the bed. He's got to sleep on the floor like he did. But. But, dude, like, what idiot would say,

[A]

oh, let's just have a bunch of seafood.

[C]

You probably got a hankering, right? You've been in an island.

[A]

Oh, wait, that's probably all.

[C]

You know what?

[A]

I'll push it to take it a step further. So I thought that last night, for the first time, what are they doing here? And then the other part I thought was, all the friends leave him in the hotel. I would have thought one friend might go up to him. Be like, it would be nice to include it. Hey, you want me to stay? You want me to stay on the couch?

[B]

You're so right.

[A]

You've been alone for four years.

[B]

How would you leave the guy alone? Again, like. No, no, no. We're gonna keep people around you for a while.

[A]

Sorry, buddy. Listen, I know. Hey, it's great to see you. It's been five years. But our kids got school tomorrow.

[C]

I gotta go home.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You can't get a sitter.

[C]

Let me leave you to your thoughts. Okay. Is it. Been a big day, A lot going on. You probably just need to be alone. Little while.

[A]

Five years.

[B]

I'm. I'm going to propose. We're never going to have any free time because I. I be beyond sports and we already know that we should be doing a music podcast.

[A]

That's right.

[C]

This.

[B]

This movie breakdown thing, we're pretty good

[A]

at what this was. No, but we need a full pod. We can't just have. We can't. Not just to squeeze in here. We. It needs to be full time.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Cuz there's so many.

[A]

There's so many layers and with Don as continuity director. The doity director.

[B]

Right. And I fall for all the. You know, and I fall for the. Always doing that 100%. This is a must anyways.

[C]

It's just.

[B]

What are we doing? Goofing off, talking sports.

[C]

I know. He is a victim of his own success though, because Tom Hanks. Because it's not that people don't appreciate the movies that you compare it to all the other things he's been. And it's. It's tough to crack Even a top 10 of Tom Hanks films as good as that film.

[A]

You've already. You've already done the top five.

[C]

It feels like I did it feel.

[A]

Feels like you have all. I think.

[B]

Yeah. No, no. Yes.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I was here for this.

[A]

Can you.

[B]

Can we also agree though, that no matter what, when you're watching these movies, it's not like some actors, it's always this one character and you feel like he's playing the same character all the time. Tom Hanks is not. It's like Forrest Gump's not on a island. Right. He's someone else. Would you agree? Yeah. When I'm watching Castaway, I don't think it's. Oh, Forrest Gump is, you know.

[A]

Oh, not at all.

[C]

No.

[A]

This is. But what it. What he is is. He's the other. He is a version of Tom Hanks in the movie. It's certainly not Forrest Gump, but like, you know, he is very Hanks. Like he's Sleepless in Seattle. He.

[C]

Hanks.

[A]

He's.

[C]

He's.

[A]

You've got male. Ish.

[C]

Hanks.

[A]

You know what I'm saying?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Although that's what actors are. I'm tired of people acting. Like most actors are always someone completely different. Like, Denzel gets that a lot. Like he's always Denzel.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

All the actors we love are very often a version of themselves that we know. And then every once in a while, there's something.

[C]

But that's where. But that's where De Niro greatness comes from, is when you. You. You're able to sell being somebody that you're not.

[B]

Mm, correct. Correct.

[C]

Like what's his name from Sideways?

[A]

Bob.

[C]

No. The gum. No.

[A]

Come on.

[C]

The commissioner's son, the baseball commissioner. Giamatti.

[B]

Oh, oh, yeah.

[C]

Paul Giamatti.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Like, he never gets recognized because he. He. That's him. Like, I think Sideways. An amazing move. He's playing himself. Like, that's. That's him. It's kind of quirky.

[A]

Sort of feels like that's what.

[C]

That's what it feels like. And he does seem to play a lot of those types of same characters. But when you're able to break from character.

[A]

Well, you know what. But that, to me, is why this is the argument I make. That's why I didn't have the issue that other people had with Denzel winning for Training Day. The reason I love him in Training Day is because the Alonzo character is so removed from what you think of as Denzel, who's like a lawyer and he's always, like, smart and a heroic character, not a backstabbing, vicious criminal. That's why I like Denzel a lot.

[C]

Not nearly as good a movie, but I liked it. And you probably liked it too, was Ricochet, where he's the goody two shoes cop that they take advantage of and

[A]

frame such great nudity in that complete

[C]

opposite of what he does in Training Day. Now it's.

[B]

I haven't seen that. That's.

[C]

That's on the whole, as great as Daniel Day Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our time. Just show me some range and be the goofy friend in a rom com. Show me. Show me. Instead of being always in a period piece, somebody from a hundred years ago, just be like the quirky friend of the main character who convinces him that the woman that he's been ignoring his whole life is really, truly the one that he should marry.

[A]

Wouldn't that be interesting if, like, big time actors occasionally were like, I'm gonna take the. I'm gonna take the sixth biggest role in this film just to show people

[C]

what I just do? Not just. But it could be a big role but just like silly movie. Not somebody that nobody would ever think that you'd be able to pull it off.

[A]

But for the record, I know he's been in the news a lot recently. That's why Jim Carrey is an Alzheimer, in my opinion. Well, did you. Did you see what he did with the pictures?

[C]

Yeah, but did you hear that?

[A]

That it is him? So they've reversed course.

[C]

No, I had heard that.

[A]

It's not him.

[C]

It's not. He put on makeup. He was doing like a social experiment.

[A]

So. Wait, hold on. I heard. I heard it first. So, Alan, there are pictures moving around last week of Jim Carrey.

[C]

Doesn't look like him at all.

[A]

I thought it looked like him, but it looked like a strange version of him. And I just thought the guy had lots of work done and it didn't go great.

[C]

That's what it looks.

[B]

He's. He's been through, you know, he's through some stuff, man.

[A]

And then people said, no, it's not him at all. It's this makeup. Does a makeup artist who did it right now, are people saying, Don, that it was him, but he was wearing weird, intentionally weird makeup?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

I need the truth on this. Someone tell me the truth on Jim Carrey.

[B]

I guess he. He shot back at people saying it.

[A]

And what do you say?

[B]

I guess it's his.

[A]

Jim Carrey's rep and.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Responds.

[B]

His rep. It definitely looks like. Yeah, you could see the face. Looks a little bit like he had some work done.

[A]

Well, it looks like he became a handsome woman.

[B]

Yeah. I don't. Yeah.

[A]

You know what I'm saying? Respectfully, be Arthur, like, if you will.

[C]

I don't know what to believe anymore.

[A]

But he's a guy who has the range is the point.

[C]

No. Yeah, I can do it all. Yeah.

[A]

The best comedy.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

He's not that Robin Williams.

[B]

I was really worried that he lost his mind.

[A]

Who, Jim?

[B]

Yeah. If you saw some. Some interviews from a couple of years ago with him, he really looked like he was out of it.

[A]

Well, I think. I think he just is very emotionally affected by the world and then you can see. But I think. Well, but he's, you know, with respect to all of us and more talented in our own ways, he's sort of like a freakish genius.

[B]

He's a savant.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And it comes out in, you know, strange ways at times. But he's also had some great moments with. With speeches and acceptance speeches and things of that nature, too.

[C]

So. Having fun to start the show?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

1-800-919-3776 also to tell you that Mike Vaccaro is going to be joining us.

[A]

What are we talking to Mike about?

[C]

Well, he's gonna be fun. He's got a brand new book out about bosses of the Bronx. Talking about, talking about George and this is he. And he covered both and he'd be great to talk about. We always hear what would George do? How would George handle the Dodgers spending all the money? How would George handle Judge not winning? I think there's a lot of people that think they have a handle on what George would do. Mike Vaccaro is a guy that definitely knows he's going to be joining us. Coming up at 4:00'. Clock. Talk about a Tuesday at 4:30. Ian at six down, Hunter Rosenberg, ESPN.

[A]

You now hold on one second everybody. Can I talk to you about FanDuel for a second? Because basketball fans, it's time for super trade day sweepstakes. That's right, FanDuel. All about the three pointer moments. And on March 3rd, that's three. Three. Get it?

[C]

Three three.

[A]

What is that? Tomorrow? Today. Three three is today. You have your own shot to win big from downtown. Place a three point wager today and you'll be entered in to win a share of over $3.3 million in bonus bets. Download the Sportsbook app by going to FanDuel.com local now to claim your profit boost to enter 21 and over fizzly present New York. No purchase necessary. Opt in required limit 1 entry profit boost bonus issued as non withdrawable Profit boost token prizes issued as non withdrawable bonus bets which expire seven days after receipt. Restrictions apply including any token expiration and max wager amount. For help with a gambling problem, call 877-open- Wire Text Open Y467 369 if

[C]

you've shopped online, chances are you've bought from a business powered by Shopify. You know that purple shop pay button you see at checkout? The one that makes buying so incredibly easy?

[B]

That's Shopify.

[C]

And there's a reason so many businesses sell with it. Because Shopify makes it incredibly easy to start and run your business. Shopify is the commerce platform behind 10% of all e commerce in the US from household names like Mattel and Gymshark to brands just getting started. Shopify gives you a leg up with hundreds of beautiful ready to go templates to express your brand style and forget about the code. Tackle all those important tasks in one place from inventory to payments to analytics and more. Spread your brand's Word with built in marketing and email tools to find and keep new customers. And did I mention that iconic Purple Shop pay button that's used by millions of businesses around the world? It's why Shopify has the best converting checkout on the planet. Your customers already love it. If you want to see less carts being abandoned, it's time for you to head over to Shopify. Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at Shopify shopify.com network. Go to shopify.comnetwork shopify.comnetwork

[A]

Rich Eisen here. You know that feeling of handing off your taxes and then hearing nothing? Total radio silence. Well, not anymore. Now your taxes are done for you by a TurboTax full service expert who checks for every deduction and keeps you in the loop with the real time updates on your phone. Just match with your dedicated expert, upload your docs and go live your life confident you're getting every dollar you deserve. This is how taxes should be. Visit TurboTax.com today to learn more. Real time updates only in iOS mobile app only available with TurboTax full service experts Quick time out. Some breakfast intel you want to know about. Kodiak Frozen Power waffles and flapjacks are built for busy mornings. Heat it, eat it and you're out the door. No long prep, no complicated game plan. They're packed with 12 to 14 grams of protein per serving, a good source of fiber and crafted with 100% whole grains, not refined white flour. So you're getting something that actually fuels you and there's depth on the roster. Buttermilk and vanilla blueberry chocolate chip. Even gluten free options. Breakfast that delivers, snack that delivers. Find Kodiak frozen waffles and flapjacks in the frozen aisle at your local grocery store. They're the ones with the bear on the box and a proud partner of U.S. ski and Snowboard.

[B]

Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[A]

I didn't listen to anything you just said.

[B]

Catch the show on demand whenever you want. Just subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts.

[C]

Guys. I'm a big fan of having the right game plan on the ice and at home, which is why I use Viking Pest Control myself. As a pest control provider and proud partner of the New Jersey Devils, Viking has been protecting homes for over 45 years with expert pest control service and solutions tailored just for you. From ants and cockroaches to rodents, stinging insects and backyard mosquitoes, Viking keeps pests out of your house and out of the Play. They're great. I mean, they come, they ask you, what do you need? Some people have problems with ants. Some people have problems with cockroaches. Some people have problems with rodents. Some people have all of it. That's why you can bundle the pest control with the mosquito services. And you can save big one. Call one company. Total peace of mind. Last thing anybody wants is infestation. Remember, on Seinfeld, I will not stand for infestation.

[A]

One of the great moments.

[C]

Well, you're not gonna have to worry about it if you got Viking. Total peace of mind. Visit Viking Pest Control or, excuse me, vikingpest.com Viking Pest Control. Protecting your house inside and out. All right, getting a reaction here. Adam says the Castaway DVD has a hidden secret. You're in California, Adam. What do you got, man? I'm telling you, you're in California. I should tell the audience, you know where you are. Go ahead. My guy. Long time no speak. How we upset.

[A]

Yo, yo. So, yeah, the original dvd, when it

[C]

came out, had this hidden link in the. In the hidden menu.

[A]

And when you click over to the right, you click on it.

[C]

It's actually an audio from Robert Zemeckis,

[A]

the director, saying what was in the box? And he says flat out, it's a solar powered, waterproof satellite cell phone. Wait, say it again.

[C]

Oh, in the box that he's delivering to the girl, the end of the movie.

[B]

That's. That's incredible.

[C]

The last box that he does not open, right?

[A]

He says it was a solar powered, waterproof satellite cell phone. But hold on.

[C]

He's messing with.

[A]

He's messing with you.

[B]

That's hilarious. He's got to be messing with you.

[A]

But I just thought you guys would

[C]

get a kick out of it.

[A]

It's a fun gimmick. It's a fun game to play with people. But, I mean, he's being that guy now.

[B]

I love it, though.

[A]

Yeah, he's being that guy.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But you gotta love the Reindeer Games. You gotta appreciate it. Absolutely.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

I'm down for the Reindeer Games.

[B]

That's true. Yeah.

[C]

That's why I called in.

[A]

I got nothing going on with Yankees, so I gotta call it. It is interesting that the whole. The whole not opening the box thing in the film is interesting, right?

[C]

Because it gave him a reason to live to deliver that right now. But if that were the case, how amazing would it be is that he goes to see her and they open it and you find out that it's the phone.

[A]

I mean, there's no such thing as the phone that was just described, that's the other piece. But, yeah, I get the idea of what you're saying. And also, for the record, this movie, he goes to the. You know, when he crashed on the island. It's 1995.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

The level of cell phone he even would have had as an option here, way too heavy. The idea. The idea that it would work.

[C]

And the other thing that we didn't touch on that was also just made you want to just tear up is all the plans he went through making the rope to hang himself. I know he started making the rope so that he could hang himself, but he didn't want the branch to break, and then he'd go, you know, crashing down. He didn't want to do that.

[B]

No.

[C]

So he's, like, weighing it to see, like.

[A]

And it didn't work.

[C]

And then. Then he ends up using the rope to make the boat to escape the island. But the whole reason he started that in the first place was to kill himself.

[A]

And those scenes on the boat with the waves crashing when the storm comes, the idea of being able to survive that from a level of fear.

[C]

Now, here's. Here's something else. Go ahead.

[A]

Oh, he's. He's getting deeper, folks.

[C]

Did he really see the whale or was that a hallucination? Ooh,

[B]

I'm gonna say he saw it.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Why?

[A]

Because. Why? Because we don't have anything. There's nothing else in the film that's guaranteed to be a hallucination except, like, his conversations with Wilson.

[C]

Well, but that's right after Wilson Point. So it's like, what's reality and what's not reality?

[B]

Like, you do start to lose your mind a little.

[C]

Because the reason I think it was interesting, the reason I don't think it was real is, is that now he can be hallucinating the boat, and now maybe he's doubting himself of that. Really? And the other thing, too. Is there any guarantee anybody sees him? Like, that would be. When I first saw the movie, I'm like, tell me they're not just gonna ride by and not notice them. It's a big, huge freight.

[A]

It's gigantic. The freight is gigantic. And at the end, I noticed last night, I'm thinking the same thing. Even though I've seen the movie many times, I know he gets home, but I'm still like, oh, my God, the boat's too big. They're not gonna see him. And. And then you see, though, as he gets towards the end of the boat, the part of the boat where the people actually are. What's that called? You know, the thing. Well, the people stand on the deck, I guess. Not the deck, though, because it's like more like where the ship's being controlled, you know I'm saying, like, I know you're high. They're standing out there. Multiple guys standing outside.

[C]

You do see that?

[A]

So, like, they see him, I guess they. But like, there's a world that could happen at night. They don't see anything.

[B]

Nothing.

[A]

It's. It's terrifying. That's the second guys on back to back nights. I saw Stranded on Island movies. I saw Send Help on Sunday night in the theater. Rachel McAdams vehicle.

[B]

That was a little different.

[A]

It is. It's a dark comedy.

[B]

Darker.

[A]

It's a dark. It's a dark comedy in the same vein, but I do recommend it.

[C]

And then minding your own business. Feed Maya, you flip on the tv. Me, tv. And there's. There's Gilligan's Island.

[B]

You never know, right?

[A]

You never know. Is there another. Is there another film that's. That's based on the desert island thing?

[C]

Oh, there's got to be. I can't.

[A]

You would think so, right?

[B]

There's an M. Night Shyamalan 1.

[A]

There's an M. Night Shamana. But he fell. I mean, you talk about falling off

[C]

a cliff again, just. He's the victim of his own success. He made his best movie number one,

[A]

the first one, and now it's.

[C]

It was just gonna be downhill.

[A]

The last M. Night shot movie I saw, Anthony, what was the name of it? The Fakocta concert one. Oh, Trap. What the f. Was.

[B]

I didn't enjoy that as much for

[A]

the guy who made Sixth Sense to have made this movie.

[B]

Yeah. That bad, huh?

[A]

Dude, it's like a teeny bop thriller hunk of crap I could not bull.

[B]

I was like, the trailer told me, do not watch.

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

Literally said it. Don't bother.

[A]

I don't know how we ended up watching. And it was a watchable movie where you're kind of curious about where it's going, but you're like, this is the guy who made Sixth Sense, the movie

[B]

I was talking about, and I think

[A]

you would, like, split.

[B]

I think I said this to you guys and you didn't watch it.

[C]

Split.

[A]

What's it called? No, split.

[B]

That's.

[A]

But the one that I was talking

[B]

about about the stranded.

[A]

Stranded adjacent.

[C]

It's called old.

[A]

This family I saw.

[C]

Old.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Old was M. Night.

[B]

Is that stranded A Jace.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. No. So, yes, That's a Night Shyamalan. Old is an M. Night Shyamalan movie. And it is stranded. And that old wasn't awful. Old was not. It was. Old is worth a watch, I'll say that.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

And he made that. But. But for Sixth Sense.

[C]

So he's made some movies that weren't bad. It just. None of them are ever going to be Sixth Sense.

[A]

I mean, how could Sixth Sense have been that good? How can you come out that strong

[C]

team in his Rookie year scored 76 goals. Like every year after that it's gonna be like, whatever happened to Timo?

[A]

He's gonna hall of Fame if he scored 76. 76 goals is rookie season. Is that the record for rookie. No. For all time goals in a season?

[C]

No, no. Gretzky's got that.

[B]

92 is the record.

[C]

Now Timo played a little bit in Finland as a pro, but still, he was just a kid.

[B]

He came over a little bit older, but man, how about his goal celebrations? Remember he used to throw his glove up in there and pretend to shoot it down?

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

That was awesome.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Next time you think of M. Night. No, Only. Only I could connect. Only this show can connect.

[A]

Yeah, you don't get.

[B]

Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[A]

I don't want to know how the

[B]

sausage is made, man. I just want to know it's good. Hear more of Don Allen and Peter

[A]

weekday afternoon starting at 3 on 8 80, ESPN, the ESPN New York app

[B]

and your smart speakers. Calling all fun lovers and memory makers, Texas invites you to cheer from our stadiums

[A]

and dance like no one else.

[C]

Watching,

[B]

culture seekers can find the art that truly inspires. And from our shopping hubs to our chic boutiques, fashionistas will never leave empty handed.

[A]

Texas is an unforgettable experience that's waiting just for you.

[B]

Visit traveltexas.com and plan your trip today. Let's Texas.