Hour 4: Yankees Win

Summary

Don, Hahn & Rosenberg — Hour 4: Yankees Win (April 1, 2026)

Hosts: Don La Greca, Alan Hahn, Peter Rosenberg
Network: ESPN New York

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Episode Overview

This episode zeroes in on New York sports hot topics, especially a Yankees win and the continued rivalries and drama in the NFL, with a focus on the Philadelphia Eagles' internal issues and the Giants’ outlook. The hosts debate legacy sports grudges, evaluate franchise leadership and player dynamics, and touch on the possibility (and resistance to) an Odell Beckham Jr. reunion with the Giants. Listener calls and rapid-fire sports banter round out the hour.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Yankees Update and Opening Banter

• The segment opens with a brief celebration of a Yankees win and playful musical trivia about Black Sabbath and B-sides.
• The hosts trade jokes about musical preferences and segue into discussing the emotional highs of a Yankees victory, noting the importance of insurance runs and clutch pitching.
  • Quote (Don, 00:32): “That’s how you answer an inning like that. Five, two, Yanks, top of the ninth. Great little extra run.”

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Giants Fans’ Eagles Hatred (01:12–04:36)

• Alan Hahn confesses his deep dislike for the Philadelphia Eagles, even more than for the Cowboys, citing painful playoff losses and players he loathed.
  • Quote (Alan, 02:22): “I hate the Eagles more than the Cowboys.”
  • Quote (Alan, 02:56): "Sirianni has got a very punchable face… I hate that color green. Andre Waters was one of the players I hated more than anybody."
• Don, not a Giants fan himself, probes for reasons and shares his long-standing grudge as a Jets fan against the Dolphins—highlighting how rivalry pain is often tied to formative sports experiences.
  • Quote (Don, 03:49): “Even though my… Jet team has won more playoff games… there’s something about them… can’t beat them enough.”

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Philadelphia Eagles’ Internal Drama (07:28–13:22)

New Article on Jalen Hurts

• The hosts discuss Jeremy Fowler's report on Jalen Hurts being difficult to coach, rejecting new offensive tweaks, and making unsanctioned play changes.
  • Quote (Sports Analyst, 07:54): “Sources point to an issue with coachability… Hurts has pushed back… making changes within the huddle to play calls have been excessive.”

Eagles’ Leadership and Sustainability

• Alan believes Hurts is “a winner, not an elite quarterback” and criticizes coach Sirianni as lacking leadership quality. He lauds GM Howie Roseman for assembling talent but argues that the team’s success may not be sustainable given systemic cracks.
  • Quote (Alan, 09:12): “He’s a winner. He’s not an elite quarterback. But Howie Roseman is amazing.”
  • Quote (Alan, 10:25): “He’s always had great assistant coaches… but I just don’t think he’s a leader of men.”
• Don expands on the theory that Sirianni is more an enabler than a leader, especially with diva players like A.J. Brown. He suggests the lack of veteran stabilizers is letting Hurts drift unchecked.
  • Quote (Don, 11:23): “He enables a lot as a coach because he wants to be liked… AJ Brown stuff… all indications are they will move him because you have to.”
  • Quote (Don, 12:07): “They’re a better team when they run the ball with Saquon… there’s a disconnect with [Sirianni] and Hurts.”
  • Quote (Don, 12:56): “When Hurts came in, they saw somebody in control… He was still humble at the time. I don’t know what he is now, but it’s pretty clear he’s no longer that same guy.”

NFC East and Giants’ Prospects

• The hosts agree that the Eagles remain favorites in the NFC East, but Don sees positive changes brewing for the Giants, hinting at a shift in attitude and potential.
  • Quote (Don, 13:34): "I just think something special with the Giants could be brewing this year."

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Knicks/Grizzlies and New York Sports Quick Hits (17:48–20:15)

• The conversation turns to the Knicks resting Jalen Brunson and pokes fun at the depleted Grizzlies lineup, referencing big-name absences.
• Alan drops a comically precise prediction:
  • Quote (Alan, 19:57): “135, 86. Towns have a big game… Let’s see how close Don gets to 135, 86.”

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The Odell Beckham Jr. Debate (20:15–22:51)

• Alan’s strong opposition to an OBJ return to the Giants is clear—he feels it would be a nostalgia-driven, unproductive move.
  • Quote (Alan, 20:27): “You didn’t play all of 25. You barely did anything with Miami in 24. Your last touchdown was in 2023… I’m good.”
  • He references past drama and iconic moments with distaste, including “that catch” and the Josh Norman incident.
  • Quote (Alan, 20:43): “…the catch against the Cowboys is like the worst thing to happen to Tom Coughlin and the Giants ever. It created a monster.”
• Don concedes the emotional weight of the suggestion but leaves the door open for Harbaugh’s judgment, noting the lack of urgent need and the importance of locker-room influence on rookie Malik Nabers.
  • Quote (Don, 22:04): “You don’t want him around Malik Neighbors at all.”

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Jets Quarterback Draft Strategy & Listener Call (23:03–26:42)

• Caller Muhammad proposes drafting Ty Simpson with the Jets' early second-round pick, seeing value after a fall from first-round projections due to injuries and circumstances.
• The hosts spar over the best approach, noting the value of not overreaching for a QB, Jets’ history with second-round picks, and Aaron Glenn’s revealing comments about not wanting to “reach.”
  • Quote (Don, 24:12): “You can’t have a problem with that because… second round pick means I got two first rounders and I didn’t need to use any draft capital…”
  • Quote (Alan, 25:09): "But 33, you can't have a problem with that."
• Alan alludes to past second-round quarterback failures but suggests it’s a spot for taking a flyer on a developmental player.
  • Quote (Don, 25:35): “Christian Hackenberg, remember him? Although Gino was a second round pick…”
  • Quote (Don, 25:55): “The whole context of the quote [‘promise land’] tells you what he’s saying… we have a quarterback that can get us into the end zone.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Yankees Triumph & Comic Relief:
  • (Don, 00:32): “That’s how you answer an inning like that. Five, two, Yanks, top of the ninth.”
• Giants Rivalry Pain:
  • (Alan, 02:56): “Sirianni has got a very punchable face… I hate that color green.”
• Eagles Internal Issues:
  • (Sports Analyst, 07:54): “[Hurts] making changes within the huddle… changes… have been excessive.”
• Odell Hesitation:
  • (Alan, 20:43): “…the catch against the Cowboys is like the worst thing to happen to Tom Coughlin and the Giants ever.”
• Jets Quarterback Talk:
  • (Don, 24:12): “You can’t have a problem with that… I didn’t need to use any draft capital…”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:32: Yankees insurance run and banter
• 01:12–04:36: Giants vs. Eagles, rivalry talk
• 07:28–13:22: Eagles organizational issues, Jalen Hurts controversy, NFC East analysis
• 17:48–20:15: Knicks injury news, Grizzlies jokes, Alan’s score prediction
• 20:15–22:51: Odell Beckham Jr. debate
• 23:03–26:42: Jets' draft prospect talk and fan call

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Tone & Style

The episode is animated and irreverent—passionate about New York sports, quick to highlight historic grudges, and not shy about calling out personalities for real or perceived failings. The banter is friendly yet direct, with clear fan allegiances and the kind of good-natured mockery only longtime colleagues (and sports fans) can deliver.

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For those who haven’t listened:
This episode provides an unfiltered, insider-y look into what it means to be a New York sports fan—full of grudges, guarded optimism, and refusal to let past trauma die. Whether it’s the Yankees, drama in Philly, jazzed-up Jets talk, or debating OBJ’s value, this hour is a microcosm of the city’s sports psyche.

Transcript

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Pork fried. You know what I like, Ben? Rice. That's how you answer an inning like that. Five, two, Yanks, top of the ninth. Great little extra run. That's all. A little breathing room. Good job.

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That's not a strange pull.

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Strange pull for me.

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Nothing better than a B side. Nothing better than a B side.

[Alan Rosenberg]

But if you hate the Eagles like I do. This was interesting. I heard this this morning. I don't know if you heard it at all.

[Don Hahn]

Alan, why do you hate the Eagles?

[Alan Rosenberg]

Eagles? Why would I not? Why would I not?

[Don Hahn]

Giants fan.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Giants fan.

[Don Hahn]

But hate is like, you don't respect.

[Alan Rosenberg]

No.

[Don Hahn]

What Howie Roseman has done. No, I do at least, like. At least acknowledge, like, all right, I don't like seeing them win, but, like, that's like. I acknowledge, like, the Celtics. I can't not appreciate what Brad Stevens has done there and what they've become. Again, as much as it pains you and it makes you sick, it's like, you got to tip your cap, man. They do it, right?

[Alan Rosenberg]

Yeah, but let's not. It's not like the Eagles are rattling off Super Bowls, okay?

[Don Hahn]

Oh, I'm sorry. How many have they been since you've won your last one?

[Alan Rosenberg]

I know, but they got two. Okay, don't start throwing the Celtics out and comparing.

[Don Hahn]

Okay, no, no. Recent Celtics is what I'm saying. Recent Celtics, kind of back to a standard. They got a chip. They got to one. It's kind of similar. You don't. You don't want to. You hate them. You hate them.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Okay, well. But I would think any respectful Giant fan would. Would be. Would despise the. I hate the Eagles more than the Cowboys.

[Don Hahn]

Hate them more than the Cowboys. Yeah. See, I don't get that, but I'm not a Giants fan, so I don't understand it. How could you hate the Eagles more than the Cowboys? In my lifetime, the Eagles have hurt me Way more than the Cowboys have.

[Alan Rosenberg]

It's true. I mean, I can think of many big wins against the Cowboys. I get the only. You got that one. Play up a couple of playoff wins against the Eagles, but a lot of heartbreak. The 08 Donovan McNabb coming into our building and beating us.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Alan Rosenberg]

You know how they've embarrassed us lately that playoff game. Ceriani has got a very punchable face. You're right. Howie Roseman is tremendously respected and he's very good at what he does. But I hate that color green. I'm disgusting. Andre Waters was one of the players I hated more than anybody. Andre Dirty Waters.

[Don Hahn]

Okay, I like this. I like this. This is good. This is a great perspective into the mind of a Giants fan.

[Alan Rosenberg]

I would, I would think, you know, Dave Rothenberg agrees with me. Andrew Anthony Pusick agrees with anybody that is a Giant fan. Hates the Eagles more.

[Don Hahn]

More than. Than any other Cowboys.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Now, the Cowboys are irritating, but again, they, they got big wins against them recently. Cowboys haven't won anything in over 30 years.

[Don Hahn]

So is it wrong that I still hate the Dolphins more than I hate even the Patriots?

[Alan Rosenberg]

Why? Because. Because your childhood, they. They took a lot more from you. That was a championship game. The AJ Dewey game.

[Don Hahn]

Please don't give me. You know what that does to me. But it's just something. Also, even though they haven't. Even though my team, my, my sad sack sorry ass jet team has won more playoff games and has been to conference championship games way more than the Dolphins had in the last 30 years. Like, it's not even close yet. There's something about them. They're phony fans. The whole thing they do every time they. The way they cheat down there. There's something about that franchise that I can't beat them enough. Can't beat them enough.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Well, that's how I feel about the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Jeremy, Jeremy, what'd I say?

[Alan Rosenberg]

Jeremy Fowler wrote an article talking about that apparently Jalen Hurts, a Super bowl champion. Two time super bowl appearance. Appearance. Er, if there's a word. Appearance.

[Don Hahn]

Er, yeah, sure. Appearance. Appearance.

[Alan Rosenberg]

E. Yeah, appearance. It's a bit of a problem in Philadelphia.

[Don Hahn]

A problem.

[Sports Analyst]

Jalen Hurts, despite immense success, is facing some frustrations now within his own building. Mainly sources point to an issue with coachability that even in 2024 when they won the super bowl, coaches trying to implement new schemes, motions and shifts, maybe more things under center hurts is pushed back to those at times they feel like changes within the huddle to play calls have been excessive. At times even you know Giving signals to receivers, you know, hand signals, a change of play that weren't installed in the offense. So those are things that have just sort of come to a head despite all the winning that they've done. Passing attack has not diversified in recent years. And now you have another coaching change with offensive coordinator Sean Manion coming in. It's a situation where there's a moving train that Jalen Hurts now has to get on.

[Don Hahn]

You know, he sounds like Car. Anthony Towns. Oh, very similar, though, except, of course, he's at least got a ring. No, no, I'm talking about Hertz.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah, you're right.

[Don Hahn]

The pushing back. They're not wanting to change things and all that stuff and. But it's interesting.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Well, I'll tell. This is what I would say about Philadelphia. Put my biases aside. They're not. I'm sorry. Sirianni is not a great head coach. And I don't think Jalen Hurts is a great quarterback.

[Don Hahn]

He's a very good quarterback.

[Alan Rosenberg]

He's a winner. He's not. He's not an elite quarterback. But Howie Roseman is amazing.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Alan Rosenberg]

And he has built and acquired so much talent over the years, but they can't help but win. But you're starting to see signs where it's going away, that it's not sustainable, because where they need to be good, they're not. They've got a really good quarterback, not a great quarterback. And I don't think they got a good head coach. They keep changing all the coordinators and getting coordinators, and Roseman's really good at that, too.

[Don Hahn]

Now, I understand that he's, again, he's kind of like a nozzle, and he's got a punchable face and all that stuff. But what is it about Sirianni that you don't find to be a good coach when they've had nothing but success? Now, it is true that they do tend to fizzle down late in the season, that they've had issues. I think he's not. I don't think he's a great leader of men, but prepared to play and succeed. I think he does a good job.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Well, again, he's not an awful good. I just don't think he's the reason they win.

[Don Hahn]

Oh, okay.

[Alan Rosenberg]

He's got a lot of talent. He's always had great assistants. Anybody will tell you the coaching comes from the assistants.

[Don Hahn]

Of course.

[Alan Rosenberg]

You know, and he's always had great assistant coaches on both sides of the ball, but I just don't think he's a leader. Of men. And I don't think he's a championship caliber coach, even though he has won a championship.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Alan Rosenberg]

And I think you're starting to see now where, listen, talent, believe it or not, in the NFL more than any other sport, will only get you so far. Eventually the erosion of the system and the leadership, the problems will end up being a problem and not be sustainable because it's not just about talent in the NFL, coaching still matters. Schemes still matters. And Howie Roseman can supply them with all of this underrated talent. If they're not getting the quarterback play or the head coaching, coaching that's needed, it's gonna be a problem. It sounds like Jalen Hurts is a major problem. And the reason he's probably become a major problem is because the coach doesn't know how to correct it, doesn't know how to deal with it.

[Don Hahn]

Well, I think that's, that's the thing is I think he enables a lot as a coach because he wants, he wants to be friends. Like he wants to be liked. You see the stuff, the way he carries on and stuff, like there's a lot of that. Like he wants to be liked. And it's probably his youth, he's young. The A.J. brown stuff, you can tell, has come to a head. And all indications are they will move him because you have to. And a lot of that is the head coach could never really get him right. Never had. He was never happy the way they played. The only thing you made him happy is to feed him the ball, of course, like any wide receiver. But the problem with that is that they're a better team when they run the ball with Saquon, they're just better.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Right.

[Don Hahn]

And so he couldn't handle that. And then the Hertz thing, I do think that there's a disconnect with him and Hertz. I do think that he enabled him early on. And then it became, now it's out of your control now you can't reel him back in. And there's something going on there because remember, Hertz became the quarterback there because the veterans on the team, that some of them are gone now, but that group saw Carson Wentz as an outsider who never really was comfortable in the huddle, as a guy that command the group. And when Hertz came in, they saw somebody that was in control and self confident and, and because he was younger, a lot of the vets were like, I'll go to war with that, with that guy because he's prepared and he know, you know, all the things that you would say would inspire a huddle. That's what they saw. He was still humble at the time. I don't know what he is now, but it's pretty clear that he's no longer that same guy. And I wonder if that's causing some of the issues with this team, you know, like. Like the coach can't reel him back in. The veterans that were there that first recognized that they loved him and they were choosing him over Wentz, they're not there. So who's going to fix it?

[Alan Rosenberg]

But you look at that division, you

[Don Hahn]

know, they're still the best team. Yeah.

[Alan Rosenberg]

You know, will Jalen, will Daniels come back and be healthy? Are the Giants ready to take that big of a leap? Philadelphia could still win the division.

[Don Hahn]

I think that. I know that nobody wants to buy into this, this, but I'm telling you, and I know the Giant schedule is tough, but there's something with them that I, I don't know. I still think they could be that team that if you take them lightly, they're going to kick your ass. There's just some, the first year with the coach or the coach that's got some, you know, gravitas, there's going to be an attitude change. And then, of course, the health of neighbors. Critical.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Don Hahn]

You know, scatter boot critical. What do they do in the draft? And then dart and the fact, the way Harbaugh talks about dart tells you they know. They think they got somebody the way they're. They're. I don't know. Like I said, I just think something special with the Giants could be brewing this year.

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[Alan Rosenberg]

Go. Jalen Brunson tonight for next general ankle soreness.

[Don Hahn]

It's. It's a back to back. Sure. And you're late in the season and you're playing the Memphis Grizzlies. I defy you to name one player playing tonight for them. Can you name one player off the top of your head that might be playing for the Grizzlies tonight?

[Alan Rosenberg]

John.

[Don Hahn]

Say it. You both all said it.

[Alan Rosenberg]

John Moran.

[Don Hahn]

John Moran is out for the season.

[Alan Rosenberg]

I know, but I didn't have it cowherd.

[Don Hahn]

Cedric Coward. Right? 11th overall pick. Collins cousin. Yes, sure.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Big country. Reeds Reeves.

[Don Hahn]

That's a good poll. Big country. That's a Vancouver Grizzlies to you and me.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Yeah, that's right.

[Don Hahn]

Three, two, pitch. Here we go.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Play that Ben Rice. Home runs looking pretty big right now as the Mariners massive have the tying run at the plate. Bednar is gonna have to throw his 40th pitch here.

[Don Hahn]

This is not good, Anthony. Where are they tomorrow? Off flying home. Oh, beauty. That's right. The Friday's the Friday. Friday. We have the Friday home against the Marlins. All right, good. So at least Bednar can rest the arm that's gonna be falling off him right now.

[Alan Rosenberg]

So he's got, you know, that he got out of the jam.

[Don Hahn]

Duval didn't have it. Duval didn't have it. He's been very good the first couple of games here, but Duval didn't. Oh, where's this going? Get under that. Judge. I think the game's over. Five to one for that's five. Five and one. That's a good start. It's a good start. Little third six and over. We'll take five more.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Just hurtful that he doesn't even listen to us.

[Don Hahn]

You guys don't even care. I care. I'm invested. Well, why do I not care?

[Alan Rosenberg]

Yeah, why wouldn't you, Anthony?

[Don Hahn]

You're right there. You should just be happy that I'm all right. Fair enough. Then I'm updating you on the good news.

[Alan Rosenberg]

I wouldn't give you a game.

[Don Hahn]

The Yankees win.

[Alan Rosenberg]

So no Brunson tonight shouldn't be a big deal.

[Don Hahn]

No. What if it is, better not be. Well, Josh Hart called the. Josh Hart called the team out last night.

[Alan Rosenberg]

That's it.

[Don Hahn]

So you need Josh Hart to have a big game.

[Alan Rosenberg]

135, 86.

[Don Hahn]

Towns have a big name. You go on. 135, 86. Yeah. What if I could bet that if you hit that Don, write it down, somebody. Can you imagine, let's see how close don gets to 135, 86.

[Alan Rosenberg]

There'll be no complaints. And then that's. That's exactly what you're looking at now.

[Don Hahn]

There was something you said you don't want the Giants to do.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Well, this Odell Beckham stuff. Listen, I know nostalgia, and Harbaugh is just a nice guy, so he's not going to shoot down anything.

[Don Hahn]

Mm.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Dude. Yeah. You didn't play all the 25. You barely did anything with Miami in 24. Your last touchdown was in 2023. That would all be just a placate as he go to come back and do something positive for the Giants. I'm good.

[Don Hahn]

All right.

[Alan Rosenberg]

I'm good. If I thought he had something left, I'd be able to get over the insults to Eli Manning and all the antics when he was here. And I still look back at that catch against the Cowboys is like the worst thing to happen to Tom Coughlin and the Giants ever. And I cringe every time I see that catch. They look back. Created a monster to the Cowboys. It created a monster. The whole Josh Norman incident and Tom Coughlin battling to save his job at the. You know, bite the bullet on a guy that he probably would love to bench, but because he needed his job and he needed Odell to be out there. I'm good. I. Listen. If Harbaugh sees something and thinks it could help us win some games, I guess I don't have a kick coming. But to me, this just feels like Odell wanting to close out his career where it started, and you're kind of doing him the favor. I'm good.

[Don Hahn]

Do it.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Let the Giants do what they want, but I'm good.

[Don Hahn]

But you don't like. You don't. He's not going to be the same anything.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Well, that's like. He's nothing. I mean, I can't imagine that he would be able to control. Like I said, he didn't play all of last year. Hardly played in Miami in 24. Hasn't scored a touchdown since 23. I mean, I. How old is he now?

[Don Hahn]

30. 33, I think.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Yeah. I mean, 32. It's not that old.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Alan Rosenberg]

But you know, he's been banged up. Listen, good for you. I don't like to see these guys not get a chance to play. But from a Giant fans perspective, I'm good.

[Don Hahn]

You don't want him around Malik Neighbors at all.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Well, how does that benefit neighbors unless he's become a veteran? And I know Harbaugh had him in Baltimore.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Alan Rosenberg]

And he loved him some decent seasons.

[Don Hahn]

Said he loved him in Baltimore.

[Alan Rosenberg]

But I'm just telling you I'm good.

[Don Hahn]

I get it. No, I understand. For you, it's more of just the reminder of what that era was about. That's what gets you. Like, I don't really want a guy from that time around because I don't want to remember. Listen, I'll roll here. Of course you will.

[Alan Rosenberg]

But I just. I feel like you'd be just doing him the favor. But who knows if they feel like they need a wide receiver.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Alan Rosenberg]

You know, more powerful.

[Don Hahn]

What do they got Darnell Mooney on the other side now? They brought him in. Let's see what they do in the draft. Be interesting if they go wide receiver in the draft.

[Alan Rosenberg]

And Harbaugh we trust. So I guess if he wants to bring him in, then maybe he knows something I don't. But I'm just telling you from a fan perspective. Okay, I'm pretty good. Let's go to Muhammad on Long Island. You're on ESPN New York.

[Caller Muhammad]

What's going on, guys? Thanks for taking my call, man.

[Don Hahn]

Gotta go to Mo.

[Caller Muhammad]

Yeah, I didn't know if y' all touched on the jets or not. I was listening to the Mets game, but I think Ty Simpson was one of the. Was one of like the top rated quarterbacks when the season started. Right. And then he running back got hurt. He lost a couple old linemen. And then I think he had like a rib injury.

[Don Hahn]

Yes.

[Caller Muhammad]

I think all of those misfortunes might work out for the Jets. Like Barts was saying this a couple of weeks, maybe two months ago or so. But if the jets could even get him with the 33rd pick, which is like the first pick in the second round, or move up and trade that 33rd and try to get to 32nd so you can get that extra year for Ty Simpson, I think that'd be great. But not at 16. If we could get him at 33 or even 32 would be better. So we get that fifth year, that'd be great.

[Don Hahn]

But I'm so glad you brought this up. You know, I'm glad you brought this up, Mo, because this is Don we didn't have a chance to talk to Don because Don loves mock drafts. And we never had a chance to talk to Don about the latest Matt Miller mock that had that scenario that he's not taken in the first round at all. And the jets then take him with their first pick of the second round pick, number 33. And to me that I'm okay with that.

[Alan Rosenberg]

You can't have a problem with that because.

[Don Hahn]

Okay, now some people would argue, well, you don't get the fifth year option, blah, blah, blah. And I'm thinking, no, no, no, the second round pick means I got two first rounders and I didn't need to use any draft capital to move into the first round to get this guy, if that's a guy I need. And I think Aaron Glenn kind of revealed something when they were asking him about him. And he likes him, but he's like, you know, it's not as long as we don't have to reach. He doesn't feel like he said something along the lines of reach. And I thought that's, that's revealing. That's saying you don't want to take him too high. But if he's somewhere where he's. He should be slotted. Yeah, he'd be great. We could take him and so maybe that's where it is. And we'll see if it falls. Falls that way. That's not a bad place to get him if you can get him there. 16 is obviously the feeling is that'd be too high.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Yeah. But 33, you can't have a problem with that.

[Don Hahn]

No. Why not? Yeah, why not get him. See what he turns into. And if nothing works, guess what you can do next year? Take another quarterback.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Right now you still need a lot of other things. So at 33, you might be able to get something, but you need a quarterback. Maybe. If that's usually where you would take a project.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Now they don't necessarily have a great history of second round picks.

[Don Hahn]

Christian Hackenberg, number him. Although Gino was a second round pick

[Alan Rosenberg]

right then they got him back. Yeah, he's going to take him to the Promise. Still here and be the morning show. Ripped him.

[Don Hahn]

Didn't we all decide.

[Alan Rosenberg]

How can you say, well, I bought a misspeak by. By Glenn, like he's not talking about the super bowl, man.

[Don Hahn]

The whole context of the quote tells you what he's saying about promised land is we have a quarterback that can get us into the end zone. Which let's remember that was not easy for the jets to do last?

[Alan Rosenberg]

No, it cost them games, games they

[Don Hahn]

couldn't get

[Alan Rosenberg]

going into last year. I was really down on Glenn's relationship with the media. I thought there were times that I thought he just didn't treat the media well. And, but, but I'll defend him here.

[Don Hahn]

I do not believe I'm with you

[Alan Rosenberg]

talking about Super Bowl.

[Don Hahn]

I'm with you. People need to understand that's not what he was saying. It's obvious it wasn't. It's not what he's saying if you hear the whole context of the quote. But because it's the jets, it's easy to just use it as another reason to laugh at them. And so it's cheap, cheap humor.

[Alan Rosenberg]

Now, Moose and Richard hang in there because Dan Gross is coming up. Oh yeah, he's got a 30 minute show before we hand it over to our coverage of the Knicks and the Grizzlies again, no Jalen Brunson, little maintenance on the ankle.

[Don Hahn]

You're saying 138, 86.

[Alan Rosenberg]

136. No. What did I say? 135.

[Don Hahn]

506. 86. All right, I got book it.

[Alan Rosenberg]

We'll be back. We'll better than tomorrow at 3 o'. Clock. Don Han and Rosenberg, ESPN New York.

[Don Hahn]

Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[Alan Rosenberg]

I don't want to know how the

[Don Hahn]

sausage is made, man. I just want to know it's good. Hear more of Don Allen and Peter weekday afternoon starting at 3 on 8 80, ESPN, the ESPN New York app and your smart speakers.

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