Hour 3: World Cup & Picks

Summary

Don, Hahn & Rosenberg – Hour 3: World Cup & Picks

Episode Date: December 5, 2025
Hosts: Don La Greca, Alan Hahn, Peter Rosenberg
Summary Prepared by: Podcast Summarizer AI

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Overview

This hour of the Don, Hahn & Rosenberg show is a lively blend of nostalgia, pop culture, and classic New York sports talk with the hosts riffing on 1970s radio songs, previewing the 2026 World Cup and its significance for US soccer, diving into the current state and future of the Jets, touching on NBA and NHL storylines, and wrapping with their NFL "Pro Picks" against the spread for the upcoming week. Listeners join in with calls, sparking debates and banter. The dynamic between the hosts is jovial, candid, and unapologetically rooted in their love for New York and all things sports.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. 70s Radio, Pop Culture Oddities

[00:36 – 04:28]

• The hour opens with playful banter about risqué songs from the 1970s—especially those featured in the film “Boogie Nights.”
• Rosenberg tries (with listener help) to recall a specific song with “a woman moaning” that was bizarrely mainstream given the era’s prudishness.
  • “There are so many things you weren't allowed to do on television and radio, and yet, you know, that song was okay.” (Rosenberg, 01:11)
• The bit continues with humorous exasperation as the hosts fail to identify the song, traversing the Boogie Nights soundtrack.

2. 2026 World Cup Groups Announced: Big Moment for US Soccer

[04:28 – 15:44]

• Alan Hahn introduces the “huge” news: World Cup groups are out, and the US has a “favorable” draw as host nation—Group D alongside Paraguay, Australia, and a playoff winner.
  • “The United States received as favorable, not surprisingly, as a home team, as the host, as favorable a group as imaginable… If they can't get out... is it time to just disband and give up this whole thing?” (Hahn, 04:46, 05:39)
• The panel discusses USA's historical World Cup struggles and the factors that keep soccer from breaking through domestically, despite millions of American kids playing the sport.
  • “It's so confusing how millions and millions of American kids grow up playing...How is it that we just can't get good enough?” (Don, 06:31)
• Peter Rosenberg references the 1994 World Cup—huge crowds and the Baggio miss for Italy—as a benchmark for how big the event can be in the US.
  • “Soccer's only gotten bigger since then… so, yeah, this is going to be huge.” (Rosenberg, 07:40, 08:10)
• Hosts speculate on the impact if the US could go on a run:
  • “If the United States could even make the quarters, we'd be having a conversation. If they could go further... it would be half of our show every day.” (Hahn, 11:17)
  • The challenge: Coverage is tough since none are soccer experts, but the spectacle could transcend expertise—“every casual now cares.” (Hahn, 13:13)
• Acknowledgement that deep runs in global competitions can “change sporting culture,” as seen with US hockey in 1980.

Memorable Moment & Quote:

• [11:43]

  “That's how big it could get. I completely agree.” (Don Hahn)

• The hosts debate if “every casual now cares,” expertise is beside the point.

  “Soccer fans at that point are irrelevant. Respectfully. They're on their own podcasts.” (Hahn, 13:13)

3. Jets QB Situation and Youth Movement

[15:58 – 19:19]

• A caller (Lou) expresses frustration about the Jets’ direction and advocates for rookie Brady Cook to be given a shot, favoring youth and development over veteran placeholders.
• Don and Peter debate the wisdom of playing unproven QBs vs. trying to win with veterans like Tyrod Taylor, noting a lack of evidence Cook is the answer.
  • “This isn’t spring training, you know. Listen, if the kid’s got a chance, then we would have seen that by now… I think he’s going to field the team that gives him the best chance to win.” (Rosenberg, 19:04)
• Shift back to the Boogie Nights song saga, which is still unresolved but keeps the tone fun and irreverent.

4. Listener Calls & Sports Takes

[28:21 – 39:46]

• Dick in Manhattan: Nostalgic call about Yankees trades and NBA/NHL defensive rankings, plus a critique of announcer commentary ("credit the cornerback!" [29:12]).
• Burks’ catch vs. Odell Beckham’s—the panel agrees Odell’s was more iconic.
  • “If he had gone on to not have issues and became an all-time Giant, don’t you think it would have aged a little differently?” (Alan, 34:44)
• Devil's wild standings swings highlight NHL parity.
  • “Every team… in the Eastern Conference right now still has a chance to make the playoffs.” (Rosenberg, 32:47)

5. NBA Knicks Trade Scenario—Giannis to NY?

[37:26 – 39:46]

• Jose in Connecticut (caller) floats a wild three-way trade proposal involving Giannis (to Knicks), Morant, and OG Anunoby.
• The hosts gamely entertain the scenario but label it highly improbable.
  • “If you had a scenario where you had Brunson, Giannis and Cat on the same team…” (Don, 39:02)
  • “I would not light a candle and hold the vigil. I don’t think it’s something you should be waiting for anytime soon, but it’s fun to talk about.” (Don, 39:27)

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Memorable Quotes & Standout Moments

• On US soccer stakes:

  “If they can't get out [of the group], is it time to just disband and give up this whole thing?” (Alan Hahn, 05:39)

• On baseball vs. the World Cup:

  “Let’s be honest… It begins in the middle of June… then it’s just nothing else. It’s baseball.” (Don Hahn, 09:25)

• On U.S. soccer's impact if successful:

  “If they could go to the semis… it would end up getting half the time every day. I guarantee you, it would be half of our show every day.” (Alan Hahn, 11:17)

• On hosting but not really knowing soccer:

  “Soccer fans at that point are irrelevant. Respectfully. They’re on their own podcasts… every casual now cares.” (Hahn, 13:13)

• On American sports fans and learning soccer:

  “I think there’s something compelling about all of us sort of learning it and watching it… we know sports, we know how sports works. We know what’s a moment, what’s a big deal.” (Don Hahn, 13:30)

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Picks Segment: NFL Week 14 Pro Picks

[42:07 – 51:55]

Standings Update & Format

• Don leads, but all three hosts have losing records—“for a normal year this would be bad.”
• There’s only 8 points between first and last, plenty of room for drama over the last 5 weeks.

Don’s Picks

• 1 Point: Commanders (vs. Vikings), now -1.5 (was +2.5, line moved)
• 2 Point: Rams at Cardinals (-8.5)
• 3 Point: Seahawks at Falcons (-7)

Alan’s Picks

• 1 Point: Bears at Packers (+6.5)
• 3 Point: Commanders at Vikings (-1.5) — Alan jokes about “dying on his sword” with his favorite team

Playful Banter

• Host Anthony notes line movement, sparking mock outrage over “Yo Yo Reindeer Games.”
• “What am I doing, guys? Look at me, look at me, look at me.” (Alan, 49:41)
• Ongoing jokes about Alan’s dog Bear offering picks.

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Timestamps of Important Segments

• [00:36–04:28]: 70s music/Boogie Nights soundtrack banter
• [04:28–15:44]: World Cup groups and U.S. soccer discussion
• [15:58–19:19]: Jets quarterback/caller Lou on youth movement
• [28:21–39:46]: Extended listener calls—Yankees, NBA, Devils, trade scenarios
• [42:07–51:55]: NFL “Pro Picks” for Week 14

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Tone and Style

The hosts are self-deprecating, irreverent, and authentically New York. They blend light-hearted musical pop culture references with passionate sports analysis and don’t avoid poking fun at themselves or their audience. Strong listener engagement comes through with calls that both challenge and amuse the hosts.

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For New Listeners

This episode captures the trio’s signature blend of sports talk and pop culture, with enough variety to keep both diehard and casual fans engaged. If you want insight into current New York sports, reflections on the bigger cultural sports moments, and plenty of laughs, this hour is a strong showcase of the show’s vibe.

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Transcript

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[Don Hahn]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

That sounds like heaven to me.

[Don Hahn]

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[Alan Hahn]

This is a certifiable bop right here.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And this is a woman that.

Loves to love you, baby, and she serves you well.

[Don Hahn]

But there's a part of the song, though, where it just gets a little. It gets a bit much like, you know, know. Donna, get a room.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, let me put it this way. There. There's. If Alan had this plane on his mix and one of his daughters in the car.

[Caller Lou]

You're.

[Alan Hahn]

You're turning it off. You're going, all right, let's listen to something else. Yeah, there's enough fear.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The seventies. It's weird. Like, cuz, you know, we were so prudish in the 70s and there were so many things that you weren't allowed to do on television and radio and all that. And yet, you know, that song was okay. And what was the other one, Alan? It's going back to like 73, 74, where basically the whole song was just a woman moaning. And I can't think of the name of the song. It was kind of had a kind of Latino feel to it. It's like, oi, oy. It's in Boogie Nights for obvious reasons, if you can find that song. But you know what song I'm talking about.

[Don Hahn]

No, I knocked on my head, but I gotta.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I gotta.

[Alan Hahn]

I just say this. I just don't. I don't ever want to hear what Don just did.

[Don Hahn]

Oh, I need that drop.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, best believe it's gonna be a drop later.

[Don Hahn]

Best believe it.

[Alan Hahn]

No, I don't.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I really. Well, that's something you're going to have to deal with.

[Alan Hahn]

Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's more on you, Peter.

[Alan Hahn]

That's a youth. I.

Don'T.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And I think a lot of people probably share it too.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm sorry. Yeah, I don't know. I don't think it's going to.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I need somebody on social media. Social media is such a successful. But There are times that it can be useful. Somebody out there of my age or a little older knows what song I'm talking about. Please give it because I want to play it. And this was a hit. And it was in constant rotation, like 73, 74. And whenever I hear. Whenever they have, like, the Casey case on Top four, I'm like, how do they allow this on the air?

[Don Hahn]

Oh, it's unreal.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You. But you don't know what song I'm talking about.

[Don Hahn]

No, I don't.

[Alan Hahn]

It's a song by a woman.

[Don Hahn]

It's a woman's voice.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's a woman's voice, but I think it's a band.

[Alan Hahn]

Okay. Could it be? Could it be. It's not. Best of My Love Emotions. I'm looking at the soundtrack here. Commodore's Machine Gun.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, no, I know the Commodores. Okay, keep going. Did you're on the Boogie Night soundtrack?

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, this is key songs from the soundtrack. Living Thing by Elo. Don't think.

[Don Hahn]

No.

[Alan Hahn]

Ain't no Stopping Us Now. No, of course not, Sister Christian.

[Don Hahn]

No, no, Sister Christian.

[Peter Rosenberg]

One of the great scenes in the history of cinema.

[Don Hahn]

That Night Ranger.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, Sister Christian. Of course. Good.

[Alan Hahn]

That's the song.

[Producer Anthony]

Was it Afternoon Delight?

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, no, no.

[Don Hahn]

Afternoon.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That was in Anchorman. Now you're Afternoon Delight.

[Don Hahn]

Delight.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Afternoon Delight.

[Alan Hahn]

What about Spill the Wine by War?

[Don Hahn]

No, definitely not.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's. You don't know that song.

[Alan Hahn]

Brand New. Brand New Key by Melanie say.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, I don't.

[Alan Hahn]

Don. I don't know these songs. I just. That's on you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Don Hahn]

I love that he's getting mad at you, Peter.

[Alan Hahn]

Brand by Melody I don't know it. I don't know it.

I'm trying to help you, for God's sake.

[Don Hahn]

It's great how mad Don's getting because you're not getting the song.

[Caller Dick]

He wants you.

[Alan Hahn]

By the way, this is the whole set. We just went through the entire soundtrack.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

So.

I'm sorry, Don. You're gonna have to watch the entire film.

And use Shazam.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It bothers me.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, you're gonna. This is something we're all gonna have to power through as a family. Yeah, I think it's. It's gone now. Now, by the way, I. I have saw.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Wait. No, no, I think. Oh, oh, oh, he's back.

[Don Hahn]

Did he find it?

[Alan Hahn]

He lost it again.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm gonna. I, I.

[Alan Hahn]

All right, well, while Don's talking about that, Alan, let's talk about something else Don's not interested in real quickly. I just want to put this out here. We're not gonna spend the five o' clock on it though. I'm gonna get into it more after 6:30 when you guys have to roll out for your, your, your pregame duties.

[Don Hahn]

Yep.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm going to, I'm going to try to get Andrew Gundling to jump on with me.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Alan Hahn]

Because the World cup groups are out. Oh, and the United States received as favorable, not surprisingly, as a home team, as the host, as favorable a group as imaginable. They are in group D along with Paraguay, Australia.

And the winner of playoff C, which means teams that essentially did not get in yet. All right, so you're not talking about.

[Don Hahn]

The cream of the play in team.

[Alan Hahn]

This is a play in like a play that'll end up in the group.

[Don Hahn]

Okay, okay.

[Alan Hahn]

You know, Paraguay and Australia, they field teams. These are not teams with a really, really current, currently promising future. This is what you hope to get. The US Is favored to come out of the group.

Anthony said to me and I actually think he's right. If they can't get out, remember guys, the top two get out. So even if you say, you know, Paraguay is a decent, a half decent team, so Paraguay is getting out. Okay, well there's two slots out of the four here. If you can't get out, is it time to just disband and give up this whole thing? We are going to go. This World cup, guys, is 32 years after the 94 World cup in the U.S. at which point, you know, the, the FIFA and U.S. soccer and fans at large said now with a World cup on US soil, there's something to get excited about. There's momentum, there's energy. They went on a run, they ended up losing one nothing to Brazil. They, you know, they not only got out of the group, but then they won a game. You felt good. Okay, we're on our way to something and nothing has been happening, guys. If they can't get out of the group here, what are we doing?

[Don Hahn]

It's so confusing how millions and millions of American kids grow up playing. It's like it's the portal to sports. Every kid, the first team they're on is a soccer team. Probably three year old soccer team, whatever it is.

[Alan Hahn]

Oh yeah, right.

[Don Hahn]

How is it that we just can't get, get good enough?

It's so mind boggling. All you ever hear about is coaching. They keep changing out coaches and they keep changing all that stuff out. I can't figure it out. But this, this would be. Obviously.

You'Re going to have everybody watching because of where it is. But they got to find a way. Right? You think.

[Alan Hahn]

You think Americans will be more dialed in because it is here?

[Don Hahn]

I think so. Because a lot of times when it's overseas, it's all the odd start times, and you don't know what's on. It's going to be in everyone's face. Right. And all the. All the markets that they're playing in, especially here in New York, it's going to be in your face. So it's going to be covered differently because it's here. It's here in the states.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Was 94 the last time, or was there one before that in the US?

[Alan Hahn]

I think that was it, because I.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Remember 94, and it was huge. And so that's going over 30 years ago, where it was a big deal.

[Don Hahn]

And it was crowded.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That was. I think it was. That was when Baggio hit the crossbar for Italy. And the fact that. That still resonates with me. I was working at Sportsvine at the time, and we had, like, a separate number. It was a big. It was. It was a big, big deal. Soccer's only gotten bigger since then. Right. Because 94, that was even before MLS, right? When did MLS start? Right around there, maybe even because of.

[Alan Hahn]

That, I don't know, a couple years later.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So, yeah, this is going to be huge.

[Alan Hahn]

The US's group in 94, Don, was already better. It was the US, Switzerland, Colombia, and Romania. Right. Which is still clearly already stronger than what they're dealing with this time around. So it's going to be very, very interesting.

To see what the US does in their group play. That first time around, they tied Switzerland 1 1. They beat Colombia 2 1, which, in retrospect, is shocking. And then they were already good, and they lost to Romania 1 0.

But this. This will be. This could be either the best summer ever. I've always said, guys, that if somehow U.S. soccer ever went on just a bit of a run, it would be inexplicably big monster. And they just. They've just not been able because it'll. It'll combine so many different things. You have the soccer community, you have the Patriots kind of crowd who love all things usa.

[Don Hahn]

Yep.

[Alan Hahn]

Alan, you have the fact that this is the one thing that we're a true underdog in that would, like, galvanize people. It's all sitting there for you.

[Don Hahn]

And let's also point out the fact that it will take place at a time when. And it's baseball and nothing else.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's right.

[Don Hahn]

Let's be honest. It Begins in the middle of June. So unless the Knicks are in the finals, at least in New York, right. Like the NBA finals will be going on, the Stanley cup finals will be going on, but they'll be over fairly quickly. And then it's just nothing else. It's baseball. So that's also where it's. It's a lot of reasons for there to be more eyeballs on it. It's not being. It's not competing with football and other sports. It's just competing with baseball.

[Alan Hahn]

No, June 11th is when things get underway. June 11th.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah. Well, it takes you into like late, late July, right.

[Alan Hahn]

Mid July. It's like a month.

[Peter Rosenberg]

If you can make a run and not even win it. Like when obviously what everybody goes back to is when the USA beat Russia and then Finland to win the gold medal in 1980, there are American born players that.

Decided to play hockey on that day. And the sport grew true. If we could just make a run how popular soccer is in certain pockets of this country to begin with. That could be why everything, everything pops for. But what kind of run? Because I don't think they can win. But. And if they don't make it, it can actually do the opposite. Right. Where people just are. They're going to give up. We'll never be good. But if they can make a run to what Peter, do you think would. Would actually bring that kind of attention.

[Alan Hahn]

That it's. It's really hard to say. The level of impact it would have if they could get to somehow, you know, a semifinal would be insane. But guys, a quarterfinal, okay. They lost to Brazil in 94 in the round of 16. If they and Brazil went on. No, that was when. Yes, after Italy. Don just pointed out after Baggio missed in PK's.

If the United States could even make the quarters, we'd be having a conversation. If they could go further than that. Guys, how about this take? If they go to the semis, if they were to ever go to the semis, A show like this, where we never talk about soccer unless it's a moment like this, it would end up getting half the time every day. I guarantee you it would be half of our show every day.

[Don Hahn]

That's how big it could get. I completely agree.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The interesting thing, I guess the stumbling block for us are you look at us as a radio station and I love who we have. Who would be our go to guy for that.

[Don Hahn]

We're talking about it every day about jj.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, you can't give me guys behind the scenes. I'm Saying, like, you know, when it. When baseball's big, you know, Michael's our guy. Football, we've got, you know, listen, I've got a ton of experience, like, but, like, like, it's. It's shows of three guys that really don't know a lot about it.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, but you're, You're. You're. I think you're almost overthinking it. Sometimes events are so big. It's not about people coming to us for expertise. It's about people coming to share in the passion, react.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It would.

[Alan Hahn]

I mean, like, at that point, Don, how much. How much do you need to know, Honestly? Like, how much do you need to know about soccer to be excited and break down a game of a team that everyone's rooting for the same team, but you just. It's not.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You said break down like, you're still going to need. That's what's just so interesting about this sport. Like, yeah, like, when the Rangers go to the Stanley Cup Final, you know, we're going to talk about it, but I'll be the guy that kind of maybe breaks it down and maybe can be the person that can give you a little history, a little background, because I'm a hockey guy, Alan's a hockey guy. You know, baseball with Michael and football, everybody's into football. Basketball, you know the same thing. But you said breaking down. Who's going to do that? I'm not. I can't do that. And will a soccer fan want to hear me break it down?

[Alan Hahn]

Soccer fans at that point are irrelevant. Respectfully. They're on their own podcasts. This is going to be what we're. What Al and I are saying is it will become a thing where every casual now cares. They don't even need to have it broken down to a fine powder.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

Because the hardcore already know it.

[Don Hahn]

It's like we're all into it at the same time sort of thing.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Right.

[Don Hahn]

Like, it's a reaction to what we're seeing using our sport. To me, it. Like, because that's why I find this to be the most compelling first, because I think a lot of us will be watching as sports fans who aren't traditionally soccer fans. And again, it's national teams, so it's not like you really know this. Like, it's not like you're talking about Man City or something like that. Right. Like, it's a national team. And I think there's something compelling about all of us sort of learning it and watching it from the perspective of somebody that just we know sports, we know how sports works. We know what's a moment, we know what's a big deal. We know what's controversial and just kind of doing it that way.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, I'm not. I'm not denying that it can't be big and I'm not denying that we'll talk about it. And it commanded it. Just what makes it so unique is there's usually somebody that ties it in. And I know for myself when I get into something like I wasn't the biggest hockey fan in 1980. My dad was not a hockey fan. That was before the Devils came. We did not. I knew about hockey, I liked hockey. But I. Because my father didn't teach me and I felt like I was lost. And after 1980, I was longing for. To learn more about it. I wanted to know more about it. So for it to grow, there has to be. Okay, now I want to find out about it. And as that. As they're making that run when we're breaking it down, like to have somebody like educate everybody. And so the people that aren't really soccer fans can become soccer fans and want to learn what all these things mean so they can be that much more into it as the. As the run continues. Because I always kind of thirst for that knowledge. I get bored if I don't know what's going on. Right.

[Alan Hahn]

But I guess also. But Don, did you not play soccer as a kid? Like I do think a lot of people have a fault, fundamental knowledge of soccer from playing.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I never listen. I know the objective of the game, but I don't.

[Alan Hahn]

Let's be honest. Let's be honest. Alan, Dan, Don's dad was driving by the soccer fields and throwing tomatoes at the people playing soccer.

USA Soccer.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Then you're a moron.

[Alan Hahn]

How about this? Don, you remember this Gio Reyna who's currently on the team? This will make you feel young. You remember his dad, Claudio Reyna, because he was on the World cup team in 94.

[Don Hahn]

Let's get Claudio.

[Alan Hahn]

That's where we're at. We are. This. It's. It's gonna be interesting. So we'll get into that some after 6:30, but the phone lines have been jammed with a variety of stuff. Let's start talking to the people. We'll start with.

Lou in Clark with some Jet stuff. Lou, what's up?

[Caller Lou]

Yeah, hi, Alan. I wanted to talk to you.

[Don Hahn]

I'm.

[Caller Lou]

I'm one of the people that on Monday. I heard you after the Jet game. The reaction you had on Monday was Like, no reaction. It was like, so what?

[Alan Hahn]

Whatever.

[Caller Lou]

I have a Jet fan my entire life. I started when my father dragged me to the Titans at the Polo Grounds.

[Don Hahn]

Yes.

[Caller Lou]

I'm not old and, and I, you know, we had season tickets for about 30 years, although not, not anymore. So here's my story, right? The jets, the great news is we got a bunch of young guys. You know, the offensive tackles, the tight end, the defensive couple on the line, the punter, I mean some of the wide receiver, new faces who tend to be a little bit younger and faster. So we're excited. They're playing hard, there's no baggage. We're looking forward, athletic and aggressive.

[Peter Rosenberg]

First time.

[Caller Lou]

I really feel this way. Clearly we're interested in drafting a quarterback. I'm 100% in on that and I trust Moogie and Glenn will get it right this time. But there's something that's bothering me and that is these youthful guys on the team, you know, they, they, they need to learn how to win, but I think they need more than that. And I don't, I don't think rolling out a 36 year old Taylor and Justin Fields, I don't, I don't think that's, that's where we should be right now. And it just. When we win like Alan I have, we had the same reaction. It was like, so what? So my feeling is this, that Mugi, if he's as good as I think he is, and we're very fortunate. Brady Cook, 6 3, 25 years old. So he's a mature Missouri. I know he was undrafted. There was other people like United in that too, but I'm not suggesting he's that. But preseason we saw lesser competition that he was against, but he had composure, a strong arm and accurate arm. He's got good field vision and his presence in the huddle, everything. I mean, so you're.

[Don Hahn]

So what you want, what you want right now is for the jets to give him the ball and say the hell with it, let's just finish out the season with and see what this guy can do. While we're also giving other guys opportunities, that young guys opportunities to play.

[Caller Lou]

Yeah, I think we'll get there, right?

[Don Hahn]

I think, I don't think we're there yet. Lou. Lou, I, I'm with you. I don't think we're there yet. I think maybe once you get a little. I know we're in December, but I do feel like this game, like if, if I'm, if I'm the owner, I want this game, it's the Dolphins. I want this game. So I need a veteran out there, right, to see if you can get me a dub when we're. Later on when, when, you know, the Bills are shitting half their team or the, or the Patriots are sitting half their team because they don't need the game. Then, then give me Cook, then throw him out there. That, that's how I think it's going to go down. Like that. My opinion.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I, I don't think there's anything there.

[Don Hahn]

Oh, if there was a there there, he'd already be playing.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Right. That's what I'm saying. So I don't, I, I, I disagree. I wouldn't want to sacrifice that game if the Bills are resting a bunch of people. I'm, I'm starting Tyrod Taylor. I'm trying to win.

[Don Hahn]

You want to win? Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You want to. This isn't spring training, you know. Listen, if the kids got a chance, then we would have seen that by now. Well, that, that's what's, that's what the preseason games are for. That's what camp's for. I think he's going to go out there and field the team that gives him the best chance to win. Even if they lose every other game going down to Buffalo, they're going to want to win that game. I found the song.

[Alan Hahn]

Oh, and by the way, that's Sean from Queens. Sean, you know the song Gone?

[Caller Dick]

I might have, I might have hit.

[Caller Trey]

It on the head.

[Caller Dick]

And I'm surprised that Peter. Mr. Music Head. But anyway, I believe the name of that song is Pillow Talk.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No.

[Caller Dick]

By Sylvia.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, I know that song. Pillow Talks. A giggly little bubbly song. It's not that we did find it, but you get a goal horn, so that helps.

[Alan Hahn]

Let's not, let's not blow past the fact that the guy wanted me.

[Don Hahn]

Look what you did.

[Producer Anthony]

It's between 5:15 and 5:20.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You mentioned it because when you said Jungle Fever, I was thinking the other song. The name of the song is Wonder Vehicle. No, the.

The, the, the jungle of the. You know, for. There was in Pulp Fiction.

[Alan Hahn]

Oh, Jungle Boogie.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But I sent the song to Jacob so he can probably come into the next segment with it if he, if he.

[Alan Hahn]

Again, I just want to take a moment to point out that guy literally crushed me. I thought, Peter's Mr. Music. He didn't know it. And then proceeded to get the song exactly wrong. No, you don't, don't blow past that. You deserve to be called. You don't just get to do that. Could jab someone and then get it wrong.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You got it wrong. He ended up getting it wrong because it's not pillow talk.

Pillow talks. Just a giggly. It's. It's. It's a silly song. This is.

[Alan Hahn]

This is porn.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I. I'm. I'm really in. I think it was 1973. I'm surprised they allowed it on air, but we're gonna play it. YouTube People won't hear it, but.

The residential audience will. You get my text, Jacob? You're good? Oh, we're good to go. I got coming out of it.

[Don Hahn]

All right. Oh, I can't wait. Can we go to break now?

[Commercial Narrator 2]

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So let's break now then, because every line is jammed anyway.

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We.

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[Don Hahn]

I like it.

[Alan Hahn]

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[Don Hahn]

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[Alan Hahn]

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[Don Hahn]

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[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, there's sex happening.

Now.

[Peter Rosenberg]

How did this make the radio never mind be a top 40 song?

[Alan Hahn]

Top 40 song.

[Don Hahn]

Oh, yeah, it was.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Don Hahn]

Wow.

[Alan Hahn]

I don't. I. I got to tell you, sometimes you guys tell me things are top 40 that I cannot believe. Like, there's no. No familiarity whatsoever.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Now, the name of the. Greg Wilson wrote it is.

I don't even C H A K A C H A S is the name of the song, and I want.

[Alan Hahn]

To see.

[Peter Rosenberg]

How far it.

Got.

[Alan Hahn]

I just. I just never want to hear Don's replication of a Latin woman in the middle of a fun time. I. It was. Alan. It was troubling.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I was trying to.

[Alan Hahn]

Don't worry. We'll hear it in about 30 minutes. It's just going to be hard for me to get up from that. No pun intended.

[Don Hahn]

All right. Well, I mean, I. I'd gladly go back to Donna Summer after that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Speaking of 10, it made it to the top 10.

[Alan Hahn]

It was a top 10 song.

[Don Hahn]

The 70s were not approved time, Don. They were not.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, they weren't a prude time. But for, like, radio and television, we weren't that far removed. No, no. Well, that's. You couldn't say pregnant on tv.

[Don Hahn]

Well, that's different. No, what was mainstream stuff again? The Osmonds, you know, all that stuff like that was. Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, what's more mainstream than, you know, American top 40? I know, but I'm not saying it. No, I. I get why the song was written. I love it. And it was.

[Don Hahn]

But.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But for it to be able to. I mean, let's get it on was.

[Don Hahn]

A number one song, wasn't it? Marvin Gay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right, but Marvin Gay.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, it's. It's more subtle than that, I'd say.

[Don Hahn]

You think it is.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

[Don Hahn]

Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Nothing subtle about that.

[Don Hahn]

Nothing subtle about let's Get it on, baby.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. Cuz who was. Yeah, who was. Who was. The ref in boxing used to say that, too.

[Alan Hahn]

It hit a little bit different. Yeah, let's get it on. Mills Lane said it. Yeah.

[Don Hahn]

Mills Lane, Mills Lane.

[Peter Rosenberg]

How can you take the same. Literally the same phrase, right? And make it completely opposite?

[Don Hahn]

Something totally different, right? Imagine just being like that kid in the backseat if your mom's Dodge Dart and this is playing on the radio. You're like, mom, what's this song about?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Let's get it on.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

All right. Let's. Let's go to the phone line. Speaking of movement, no one gets you no one gets you Going on a Friday like Dick in Manhattan. Hey, Dick.

[Caller Dick]

Hi, Peter. Don Allen. Phyllis, you mentioned Donna. Summer 1975. Love to Love your baby. It was around this time, and it was also around this time the Yankees got their version of Mickey and Willie. Mickey Rivers came with Ed Figueroa for Bobby Barnes, and Willie Randolph came for Doc Medich 50 years ago today. You know, Allen, you'll be interested. The Post has the 15 best NBA defend and Holmgren is rated number one. But out of the 15, four of them are from OKC.

[Don Hahn]

Who was rated number one?

[Caller Dick]

Holmgren. Chad Holmgren had. Yep, number one.

[Don Hahn]

Number one defender in the NBA.

[Caller Dick]

Well, he's got the best chance of being defensive player of the year. Correct.

[Peter Rosenberg]

As of now.

[Caller Dick]

And you know, Vegas knows what they're talking about.

[Don Hahn]

All right.

[Caller Dick]

Four out of the 15 guys are from OKC.

[Don Hahn]

Well, they have best defense in the league.

[Caller Dick]

And Wembayani is third. Mobleeb was second.

[Don Hahn]

Wembanyama's injury kind of hurts you because I would say that he's the best defender in the league, but. Okay.

[Caller Dick]

All right, now I have two criticisms. Two criticisms. On the NBC games Sunday night, Tirico and Collinsworth, the great catch by Birx. They didn't mention the great defensive defending on by the cornerback. He was all. I've never seen a guy on top of a guy like that. And the pass that Mariota drew was perfect. That was the only place he can throw the ball where Berks can make the. The whole thing was unbelievable. They just kept telling you how great the catch was, and it was. It probably was better than Beckham's because of the circumstances. It was unbelievable. But you gotta. You gotta credit the quarterback and the defensive back. They were. I wouldn't say equally, but they were just as good. I mean, they were pretty damn good. And in the Knick Celtic game, now, I know you guys didn't watch the NBC feed. I just happened to it on. Reggie Miller said one of the most stupid things I've ever heard in the second quarter. First of all, the Knicks are up by 16 or 18. And then Boston comes back in the middle in the beginning of the. So Reggie says when Boston comes back, you know, in the middle of the second and they tie it up, take the lead, he says, you know, in the old regime, he doesn't mention Thibodeau's name. The old regime would have taken out all the subs and brought in the regulars, but credit to Mike Brown, he left all the substitutes in. Reggie, we lost the game because of those six minutes. I mean, what credit am I going to give Mike Brown? It's okay to leave the substitutes in, but that's where we lost the game. That was the crucial point right there, you know, so I didn't understand that at all, fellas.

[Don Hahn]

Not at all. The moral of the story is, is that if MSG is also doing the game, just watch msg.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, that's.

[Caller Dick]

Yeah, I'm sure, I'm sure I wouldn't have heard that.

[Alan Hahn]

That's for sure.

[Caller Dick]

Fellas, always a pleasure. Oh, by the way, one more thing. You see, Donnie, Buffalo went from last. I mean, yeah, Washington went from last place to first place in three weeks. And Ovechkin's got two more goals. He may stick around next year to break Gretzky's all time, all time goals, you know, including the play.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Play easy.

[Alan Hahn]

It's.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's really unbelievable. We're going to give a stat during the game tonight.

The Devils. We could go today, guys. The Devils beat the Sabers. They won their third consecutive game. So Black Friday and they were in sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference.

[Commercial Narrator 2]

Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We haven't even played games a week later on the Friday entering today, one week later, Devils lost three in a row. They're now the second wild card in East.

[Don Hahn]

Crazy parody. Talk about parody.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It is going to be one bad.

[Don Hahn]

Week and knock you out.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It is going to be just a. Every team, every single team in the Eastern Conference right now still has a chance to make the playoffs. And that's kind of unheard of, you know, even though it still feels early, you're like almost. Some teams will play as many as 29 games. It'll loosen up at some point.

[Producer Anthony]

Point.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But like right now, everybody in the Eastern Conference has got a shot. And if it stays like this, going close to the trade deadline, I don't know what anybody's going to do.

[Don Hahn]

It's got to be exhausting. Every game's got so much riding on it that you could fall out that easy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, that's what Damian Woody said.

[Alan Hahn]

Second half.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, Damian Woody said that the, the offices in the NFL are flipping out about the parody and how great it is now. Every game is important. I'm sure the NHL is doing the same thing, right. Where all these teams, there's only like, what is it like? Calgary and Nashville are really the only teams that I think have zero shot of making the playoffs. That's. That's good news. Like, these games are intense, right. Normally, you know, we grew up watching hockey in December and it's like, all right, you know, you're making the playoffs. It's kind of just. You got to really love the sport to get into the regular season that we're now, these games really matter. Every point is so important.

[Alan Hahn]

By the way, I'm going to push back on something. I don't think the Burks catch was, was Odell. I. It was a hell of a catch, but Odell's catch was so insane to me because he gripped the ball with one hand.

[Commercial Narrator 2]

Right.

[Alan Hahn]

He didn't like, he didn't sort of palm it and pull it in. If you look at it, he grabbed the back of the ball in the air. I just think the Odell catch was.

[Peter Rosenberg]

On a different level level and was interfered with.

[Alan Hahn]

And was interfered with and it was a longer pass. I mean, don't get me wrong, it was a sick play by Burks for sure, but I, I didn't think it was the, the Odell.

[Peter Rosenberg]

In case you missed it. I hate the Odell catch. The spies.

[Alan Hahn]

I. We know how you feel if it's dead to you for so many reasons.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, they lost the game.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, that's number one.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, well, I thought that's the reason why you try to catch balls.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah. The whole idea is having a, having a great play in a losing game is.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, but don't you think, Don, if he had gone on to not have issues and became an all time Giant, don't you think you probably would have. It would have aged a little differently.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm sure it would have. But. But I'm not even getting on him. It's just that where, where are we? Where are we gone with that? Like one playoff win since then, two playoff appearances. Yeah, it didn't end well for him. But let's say he stayed here was like an all time great Giant. I'm sure that would have led to a lot more successful football if he had been great and stayed here. But I'm not even bitter about that. I'm just bitter about the fact that we celebrate that damn catch. You still Lost the game. And where. What have you been since then, by the way?

[Alan Hahn]

You guys already have an insane catch like from a few years earlier. It was in a Super Bowl.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Super bowl.

Like even the Indy Chavez catch, which I don't care about because they lost that game. It still. It happened in game seven of the league championship series, for God's sakes, not regular season. On Sunday they lost.

[Alan Hahn]

Let's. Let's go to Trey in Jersey. Hey, Trey.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hi, Trey.

[Caller Lou]

Hey guys, how's it going?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hey, it's all happening.

[Caller Trey]

Trey sounds pretty good. So I'm sorry, I was taking my speaker off. So I'm a first time caller. I a big Devils and Commanders fan. So that knocks off to the pegs for you guys.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It works out same old.

[Caller Trey]

It definitely does. I'm also an aspiring hockey broadcaster. So Don, seeing you go to the Devils, that was dream come true. My two worlds combining.

[Alan Hahn]

That's awesome.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Thanks, man. Good luck with that.

[Caller Trey]

Well, thank you. So the. I do a lot of junior hockey and the junior league that I broadcast, the usphl. This goes back to the jersey argument you guys were having a little bit earlier. They swapped the home Jersey colors on January 1st. So the first half of the year they wear the dark jerseys and the second half of the year they wear the white jerseys. And they do this particularly for teams out in the west because out there in Idaho Falls and in Vernal, they have a ton of fan interest because there's not a whole lot of stuff out west for hockey, for the NHL.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And what are the fans?

[Caller Trey]

They do a lot. They sell a lot of jerseys.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Was that what do you think the fans prefer the, the, the colored jerseys or the white jerseys at home?

[Caller Trey]

I mean, personally I prefer the colored jerseys. You know, I'm not particularly a big fan of the Devil's road jerseys per se. That's just my take, but not sure if you know them switching on January 1st. Going from the colored jersey to the white jerseys could be a direction the NHL would go into.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But I know they obviously do the marketing for this stuff. I. I just know a lot of people are irritated by it, but doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon. But that's cool. Junior hockey games, man. Hopefully he makes it.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, he's grinding.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Maybe.

[Alan Hahn]

Let's go to Jose in Connecticut. What's up, Jose?

[Peter Rosenberg]

My guys.

[Don Hahn]

What's up, man?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Happy Friday.

[Caller Lou]

I just want to talk Gianna's stuff. Like I, I heard a ticket yesterday that like I didn't think about until like. And like A lot of people love OG and don't want to get rid of them, but I kind of don't want, right, a front. A front court of Mitchell, Giannis and og, because they're all injured right now. Either injured, injury prone or, you know, I feel like I can't trust that also with Jalen's ankles, right. So I would give up, unfortunately.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You got to give up.

[Caller Lou]

Give to get. Get to give, right. I would give up og. I keep Mikhail because he can, you know, he's healthy and he can shoot the three. I saw a trade. I don't really thought about it. I thought I saw a crazy trade idea. It was, you know, Knicks get Giannis, the Bucks get John Morant and Mitchell Robinson and then picks, obviously, a lot of picks. And then Memphis gets og. It may be like a Tyler kick or something. Wonder what he thought about that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It just.

[Caller Dick]

About og, man.

[Caller Lou]

I think I just can't trust all these three guys together, man, being all injury prone.

[Commercial Narrator 2]

You know what I mean?

[Don Hahn]

I understand about the injury prone part of it, that that proposal is not terrible. If you ask me.

Again, like, I think OG's great and I think he might be coming back here sooner rather than later. Whether it's tonight or. Haven't seen any report. He's listed as questionable, last I saw. It could have changed in the time we've been on the show, but, you know, if. If, you know, he's playing the four, and so that's what Giannis plays. If you had a. If you had a scenario where you had Brunson, Giannis and Cat on the same team.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, but that can't happen.

[Don Hahn]

I don't know.

[Alan Hahn]

I don't know how.

[Don Hahn]

But that. That trade proposal kind of suggested such. Now, again, I don't know how you could possibly do this. The picks and everything else, but people are having fun with it. I'm telling you. I don't. I would not. I would not light a candle and hold the vigil. I don't think it's something you should be waiting for anytime soon, but it's fun to talk about.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But just be patient. I'm telling you.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, and a vigil. A vigil also implies someone died. So you don't. We don't want to do that regardless.

[Don Hahn]

Not always. Sometimes you just. You're waiting for something.

[Alan Hahn]

No.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That will die.

[Don Hahn]

Oh, yeah. Or should it be like, my God.

[Alan Hahn]

Should be like a Pope situation where, like, smoke comes out when a decision's been made. You know, one of those kind of deals.

[Don Hahn]

Look at this.

[Commercial Narrator 2]

Good Boy.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, look at this good boy Bear. He's been adjusting so well. 15 years old and really not freaking out here. I mean, he's been literally under my feet to like the point of like. I mean, Alan, you know, it's like a new space, so.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, he's not sniffing everything.

[Don Hahn]

Like, he's probably, he probably every corner. He's just getting all these smelling a lot.

[Alan Hahn]

But he's in it because of his age. He's just under my foot.

[Don Hahn]

He just wants to be next to me because it's, because it's, it's. Everything he's smelling is not familiar. He's not familiar to any of it. And now he's wondering what am I doing here? Why am I here? Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah. Let me just hang with. Let me just hang. Let's just hang tight.

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[Alan Hahn]

Let's drive.

[Don Hahn]

Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[Alan Hahn]

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[Don Hahn]

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

[Alan Hahn]

What's the game called? Football.

[Don Hahn]

These are the Don, Han and Rosenberg pro picks.

[Caller Dick]

That's football.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, it's Happening. I suppose it is. It's time for week 14. Here are your standings. Don Legreca is gloriously in first place. A record of 19 and 20. 35 points. He was 2 and 1 last week. God, it's unreal. I think of Dom like actually doing well and then I look at his and he's not. I look at his record, I go this, for a normal year this would be bad. But then you have alan Han in second place. 16 and 24. 31 points. He already got his two point play yesterday, which is the opposite of me. I stupidly went against him for no good reason. And as a result I'm 13 and 27. By far the worst record I've ever dreamed of. 27 points. Oh, and one this week. And for as God awful as we all are, it's only eight points separating first and last place as we head into week 14. So we got a 14. Let me do some math. 14, 15, 16, 78. Five more weeks of regular season in the playoffs, guys. A lot of, lot of room to move still. So Donnie Pucks, you're in first place. Take it away.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right, I'm going to go with a game I think you might have on your docket. The commies, they travel to Minnesota to take on the Vikings. They're getting two and a half. They get their quarterback back. And the Minnesota Vikings have lost four consecutive games against the spread, which is right now the longest streak currently going on in the NFL as Minnesota is definitely sinking fast. I like the commies as my one point play, getting two and a half on the road. The road theme is going to continue, guys, because they got the Rams in Arizona to take on the Cardinals. It's a hefty 8 1/2 points. But the Rams have to be licking their wounds after taking a step back, losing to Carolina. But you know, Carolina's above.500. There's no shame in losing to them. It just. We anointed LA as the team to beat in the NFC and they immediately lose. I think they're gonna bounce back and cover that number against the Cardinal team that's been an absolute mess. That's my two point play.

[Alan Hahn]

One, two, three point play.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And I'm digging the Seahawks, man. I know they've disappointed me a couple of times this year when I've picked them. But Atlanta, we saw them against the jets last week. They're just not a good football team. And even though the Seahawks are on the road, it's only seven. And I think the Seahawks are quietly becoming that team. And I would not be surprised if by the time we talk on Monday, we might be talking about the Seahawks as maybe the team that we anoint that might come out of the nfc. And plus the Hawks, you know, they've been, you know, miserable against the spread and the Seahawks are 93 against the spread in their last 12. So I like the Seahawks to cover the 7 is my 3, 3, 3 point play. So I like the Commies getting 2 1/2 as my 1 point play. I like the Rams favor by 8 1/2 as my 2 point play and the Seahawks favored by 7 as my 3, 3, 3 point Play. So I like three road teams this week.

[Producer Anthony]

Guys, I have to cut in here real quick.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, no.

[Producer Anthony]

We talked about if there was a big swing from what our Cover 5 lines were okay. To what the DraftKings line is for a game that we would address it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Producer Anthony]

On DraftKings. Right now as it stands, you could check down on espn. The commanders are minus one and a half against the Vikings, not dogs. So that's a pretty big swing and I feel like I would be derelict of my duties not to bring it to everybody's attention. So should we, should we use that line? Should Don get a chance to either take that line or put pick something else or should we go with the COVID five line? I'm leaving this up to you guys because all three of you would then pick from this line.

[Alan Hahn]

Don, does it, does it affect your pick?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I mean, going from getting two and a half to now, you know, becoming the favorite in the game, but one and a half. But with two and a half, you know, I'm gonna stick with my pick of the commanders.

[Producer Anthony]

So it's. So we're gonna go with commanders minus.

[Don Hahn]

One and a half?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yes. Okay.

[Don Hahn]

All right. Lock it in.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's a big swing, guys. Yeah, that's a three point swing to you and me.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, well, I mean, keep it. We're doing. We're playing Yo Yo Reindeer Games first of all.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But cover five. I went to ESPN this morning doing these picks and it was the Vikings as the two and a half point favorites. I only want to blame cover five. I think there's a recent development.

[Alan Hahn]

So James gave them four points and.

[Don Hahn]

McCarthy was cleared that I took away.

[Alan Hahn]

Is that what it was?

[Don Hahn]

It didn't help, right? I don't think it helped.

[Peter Rosenberg]

David Borealis isn't starting for Minnesota this week.

[Don Hahn]

Aurora Borealis. All right, so I already have my two in the pocket and I'll take it. I really do wish I Believed in enough to make it a three. But that's okay because I've got a better three today.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You want to change it to three now? You could do that?

[Don Hahn]

No, I'm all set. Wait, you'd let me do that?

[Alan Hahn]

That'd be very generous of me. I'm sure Peter would have a problem with that.

[Don Hahn]

Peter would not be happy, but. All right. So my one point game, against my better judgment because of recent history with this team. However, unless Anthony corrects this spread that I have that he provided for us earlier today, this is what I'm going with because this is a really good game.

I'm taking the Steelers and I'm taking the six points. Wow. It's still six points.

[Producer Anthony]

Exactly the same.

[Commercial Narrator 2]

Still.

[Don Hahn]

Okay. Because at Baltimore, the Ravens have sucked at home this division, as we know the AFC North. It's always a grind, no question, but it's up for grabs, as you guys used to love to say. And Aaron Rodgers calls everybody out. They're fire. Chanting fire. Tomlin, the defense getting called out. There's something that happens when a veteran team circles the wagons in this type of. Of a situation. I could see them going in there singing renegade. And even if they lose, they'll lose. But it'll be like to me, six points is insane for a Baltimore team. That's. Yes, they're winning now. They're not winning pretty. And Lamar, ankle issues. Has in practice this week and he really hasn't looked that good. So I'll take the Steelers and the six for my one point.

[Alan Hahn]

Wow.

[Don Hahn]

Now my three point play.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Three, three, three.

[Don Hahn]

They saved me last week. I'm gonna believe in them again. Joe. Cool. Joe Burrow at Buffalo. Five and a half points. Correct me if I'm wrong, Anthony.

[Producer Anthony]

Checking now.

[Commercial Narrator 2]

All right.

[Alan Hahn]

That's what it says here. Sure.

[Don Hahn]

Okay. Put the five and a half points in my pocket. Joe Burrow. Not only can he beat Patrick Mahomes, he always beats Josh Allen 2 and 0 head to head. He's 3 and 0, by the way. The Bengals are 30 when he starts. And crazy enough, he's won his last eight consecutive starts.

[Peter Rosenberg]

How about that?

[Don Hahn]

And last but not least, the Bills have failed to cover against their last four. The last four games against opponents with a losing record. So I like this game with the Bengals. And that's my three point.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You know what these picks are, Peter?

That's what those picks are. Good for you, Alan. That's showing something.

[Don Hahn]

Put it right there.

[Alan Hahn]

Put it right on the table.

Well, listen. What am I doing, guys?

Come on, can I, can I? Look at me, look at me, look at me.

[Don Hahn]

You obviously.

[Peter Rosenberg]

When did you make these picks?

[Don Hahn]

3 minutes ago.

[Alan Hahn]

Hold on. Let Bear pick it.

[Producer Anthony]

What's the difference?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hold on.

[Alan Hahn]

Got him.

Oh, well, you did you say bear.

Love the Bears?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh no, because I, I, because if you told me you did it like you worked on them this morning, I'd be like, you know what, why you bother? Don't let it take up too much of your day.

[Alan Hahn]

No, no, I did them right now. Now I've been riding with the Bears quite a bit. I'm. Listen, I don't know if the Bears can go winning Green Bay, but that six and a half point line to me is like, oh, it's cute you guys are winning games. Guess what, you're still going into Green Bay and getting blasted. No, no, I think the Bears are the real deal. I think they will play very close. Give me the Bears getting six and a half as Bear knocks into my camera as my one point play.

[Don Hahn]

All right.

[Alan Hahn]

Now you guys know I traditionally I, I try to not get emotionally involved even though sometimes I fail and I sometimes end up making a mistake in betting the commies. In this particular case, coming off a performance where they looked like they're starting to play like a football team again, getting the quarterback back. Yes, they have guys they haven't won since early October.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's crazy. That's before holiday.

[Alan Hahn]

They're winning at some point. Getting two and a half favored by one and a half. Commies are going to win by three or seven. I like them to win in Minnesota. And if I'm going to die on my sword, make my commies my three point play.

For your ace.

[Commercial Narrator 2]

Right.

[Alan Hahn]

Have, have the sword go all the way through or all the way up.

[Don Hahn]

Impaled right through you. Right.

[Alan Hahn]

So who knows, you know, there's still Allen and I still have four points out on different games over the weekend. Weekend we could still come away with me down eight or tied up. So still a lot to do this weekend.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's all happening.

[Don Hahn]

I picked two one o' clock games which means I could be driving home after the Knicks game on Sunday. Either I could be spamming you, Peter, text wise or I could be ghosting you don't want to hear. Listen, thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[Alan Hahn]

I don't want to know how the.

[Don Hahn]

Sausage is made, man. I just want to know. It's good. Hear me more of Don Allen and Peter weekday afternoon starting at 3 on 880 ESPN. The ESPN New York app and your smart speakers.

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