TAKE-A-MANIA

Summary

Payne & Pendergast – "TAKE-A-MANIA"

Episode Date: July 24, 2026
Main Theme:
A high-energy, comedic rundown of the “worst sports takes” in the recent media cycle, judged and debated by the hosts. The episode features lighthearted banter, take-downs of media personalities’ hottest (and sometimes dumbest) takes, and riffing on the absurdity of modern sports commentary culture.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Station Move and Listener Logistics (00:26–01:51)

• Topic: Upcoming switch of Payne & Pendergast to a new station (95.7 The Fan) on August 13.
• Highlights:
  • Hosts joke about the confusion over the text line number.
  • Byron: “It's been a lot of meticulous planning going on with this. Switch over to 95.7 the fan.” (00:56)
  • Both hosts reassure listeners the 610 text number should still work, joking about behind-the-scenes uncertainty.

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2. Egg Recall and Price Rant (01:51–04:19)

• Topic: Large-scale egg recall hitting Texas and complaining about egg price inflation.
• Notable Quotes:
  • Byron: “Remember when eggs were like... even like the store eggs that are normally a buck 69 a dozen?” (02:37)
  • B. Scott: “It tripped me out because I can remember being a cashier at Walgreens in the mid 2000s, and if they would be 1.99, people would lose their mind.” (02:53)
• Memorable Moment: Joking about how eggs have become "the new gas prices," and hypothesizing what they'd do as mayor to punish gas stations that overcharge.
  • Byron: “If I were elected mayor... issue sanctions and heavy taxes on those gas stations right in those strategic parts...” (03:23)

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3. Take-A-Mania! – Bad Sports Takes

• Segment Start: (04:21)

A. Vince Goodwill on Wembanyama and Salary Sacrifice (04:24–06:36)

• Summary: Vince Goodwill criticizes Victor Wembanyama for taking less than his possible max contract, framing it as an unfair expectation for players to sacrifice salary for team flexibility.
• Notable Quote:
  • Vince Goodwill (Guest/Caller): “When’s the last time we asked an owner to sacrifice some money... or ownership groups to sacrifice money for the sake of winning? The fact that you’re putting players in a spot where they have to be both player and executive, give them two salaries.” (04:35)
• Host Reaction:
  • Byron: “When do we ask them [owners] to sacrifice money? When you ask them to go over the luxury tax. That’s when you’re asking to sacrifice more money.” (05:51)
  • B. Scott: “He also made it sound like somebody twisted Victor Wembanyama’s arm... like was he held hostage and at gunpoint to sign this deal?” (06:09)

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B. Tom Brady’s 'Mount Rushmore of GOATs' (and Math Mishap) (06:36–08:39)

• Summary: Tom Brady names 10–11 athletes as his “Mount Rushmore” of GOATs, misinterpreting the traditional "four" format.
• Quote Compilation (Brady):
  • “Michael Jordan... Kobe Bryant... Tiger... Rory McIlroy... Shohei Ohtani... Barry Bonds... Michael Phelps... Michael Johnson... A'ja Wilson... Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese.” (07:05)
• Host Reaction:
  • B. Scott (sarcastic): “Okay, I counted 10 names.” (07:32)
  • Byron: “I’m looking down at my hands and I count 10. He named 23, Brandon. Well, I ran out of fingers.” (07:43)
  • B. Scott: “10 to 11 people on a Mount Rushmore for somebody who already should actually be on the Mount Rushmore.” (08:31)

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C. John Harbaugh’s 'Pep Talk' to Giants (Comedy Highlight) (08:49–12:38)

• Summary: Playback and roast of John Harbaugh’s awkward, aimless motivational speech to the New York Giants.
• Memorable Quotes:
  • Harbaugh (rambling): “Standing up here in front of the New York Giants... The New York Giants... Sitting in this room. The New York Giants. Wow. It’s an honor.” (09:14–09:26)
• Host Dissection:
  • B. Scott: “He just sounds like an old man who forgot what he was supposed to say.” (10:11)
  • Byron: “It was so bad that it was excellent.” (11:23)
• Consensus: Harbaugh’s speech was more ‘bad-good’ than a contender for worst take.

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D. Jake Paul Claims NFL Offers (12:38–15:44)

• Summary: Jake Paul claims NFL teams have contacted him, and transitioning to the league will be “easy” after practicing some routes post-boxing.
• Quote:
  • Jake Paul: “I have better hands than them. I'm faster than them, I’m stronger than them. I work harder than them... I have a couple teams and coaches that I’ve already talked to that are interested in bringing me onto the team. It’s really going to be quite easy.” (12:53)
• Host Reaction:
  • Byron: “The question becomes is that a take, or is that somebody trying to rile up the Internet crowd like a wrestling heel would do?” (14:10)
  • B. Scott: “But the Paul brothers are notoriously delusional and absurd and ridiculous. So he. So he also might, who knows.” (14:15)
  • Judgment: B. Scott: “Yeah, I actually think this is worse [than even Brady’s take].” (15:17)

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E. Kendrick Perkins' ESPYs Hall of Fame Take (Bonus Segment) (15:44–19:07)

• Summary: Revisit of last week’s take: Kendrick Perkins says Jalen Brunson’s ESPY wins cement his Hall of Fame status.
• Quote:
  • Kendrick Perkins: “With all those accomplishments last night cemented him as a first ballot hall of Famer... You can’t tell me with all of those accomplishments that happened just this year, that when Jalen Brunson retires that he’s not gonna be walking right into the hall of Fame.” (16:08)
• Host Reaction:
  • B. Scott: “I don’t know if Kendrick Perkins knows this or not, but those aren’t real, actual sports awards. It’s a nice show... but nothing has changed since the Knicks won the championship... and now them getting the coronation at the ESPYs.” (17:34, 18:07)
  • Parody: Hosts riff on the absurdity of bringing up ESPYs in real Hall of Fame discussions.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Byron (on gas/egg prices): “Let me tell you about 2025... when eggs were $4.29 a dozen.” (03:12)
• B. Scott (on Tom Brady): “10 to 11 people on a Mount Rushmore for somebody who already should actually be on the Mount Rushmore.” (08:31)
• Byron (on Jake Paul): “Those words came out of his mouth... like if you just take the take in a vacuum, it is awful.” (15:31–15:44)
• B. Scott (on ESPYs for Hall of Fame): “The ESPYs... are award show awards, not sports awards. Right. So the ESPYs... ain’t real sports awards.” (17:34)

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Take-A-Mania Leaderboard (as of this episode):

• Current "Champion" for Worst Take: Jake Paul for claiming the NFL transition is “really going to be quite easy.” (12:53–15:44)

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Segment Timestamps:

• 00:26–01:51: Station logistics and switchover
• 01:51–04:19: Egg recall, price inflation, and gas station rant
• 04:21: Take-A-Mania begins
  • 04:24–06:36: Vince Goodwill’s salary sacrifice take
  • 06:36–08:39: Tom Brady’s Mount Rushmore list
  • 08:49–12:38: John Harbaugh’s pep talk
  • 12:38–15:44: Jake Paul’s NFL delusion
  • 15:44–19:07: Kendrick Perkins’ ESPYs/Hall of Fame claim (revisit)

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Tone and Style Highlights

• Lighthearted sports banter: The hosts frequently roast both each other and the “takes,” often deadpanning or lacing in jokes.
• Insider perspective: Referencing Houston culture, sports, and local legends; the show maintains connection to its core audience.
• Audience engagement: Refers to listener texts and uses running jokes (e.g., running out of fingers for Mount Rushmore).

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Bottom Line:
This episode of Payne & Pendergast delivers sharp, entertaining commentary on the most outlandish sports opinions in the news, offering both genuine critique and comic relief. Jake Paul wins “Take-a-Mania” for the worst take, with his NFL bravado earning unanimous disbelief and mockery from the hosts. Other takes—from Tom Brady’s GOAT confusion to Kendrick Perkins’ ESPY logic—make for a hilarious roundup of recent sports media misfires.

Transcript

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Hanks on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Radio 610 presents Payne and Pender gang. I take a mania. We'll get to the worst takes of the week in in just a second. We'll play the champion here in just a sec. Couple texts I want to hit on the text page. Text Number is still 713-57246 10. I don't know if that's what it's going to remain. We've got a lot of people ask about that. I don't know if we've thought as far ahead as what phone numbers and things like that are going to be.

[B. Scott]

If anything changes, we'll let y' all know. But for now just stick with that.

[Byron]

It's been a lot of meticulous planning going on with this. Switch over to 95. 7 the fan.

[B. Scott]

Yeah.

[Byron]

You've been involved a lot of the social media side of it. Exactly.

[B. Scott]

The social media and just the kind of the look of it all and just helping get it all implemented.

[Byron]

It's going to be so fun, man. Yeah, I can't wait. It really is. August 13th, 8am the countdown is at 8am here. The switchover officially happens 8am the day of the Texans first preseason game of the 2026 preseason.

[B. Scott]

And as we've shared with the public already, we'll still be here on 6:10am which is in my mind and I, you know not to jump the gun because we haven't like announced this part yet. But in my mind there's no reason to change the text number because we're still 610.

[Byron]

Yeah.

[B. Scott]

You know, 713-57246 10 still ring true or works. Yeah, so I mean that's true. We'll see what the company wants to do. But it still makes sense.

[Byron]

Yeah, no doubt. Let's see, that's. We in the previous segment just talked about the egg recall that's going on. 19 million eggs in the kind of south central part of the United States. It looked like Texas being right in the middle of it.

[B. Scott]

Do not love that.

[Byron]

No, I don't either. Someone said that's why I own chickens. Eggs taste way better. I've heard that before from people who have their own. My Daughter in high school built a chicken coop for a science project.

[B. Scott]

Yeah.

[Byron]

It had her own chickens. And those chickens provided eggs for. For my kids.

[Guest/Caller]

Yeah.

[B. Scott]

And I support that. I support that. I also would like to just live in a world where I can just go buy the eggs and feel pretty good about it.

[Byron]

That would be good, too.

[B. Scott]

You know what I mean? Just. Just feel good about whatever omelet you order or whatever omelet you make and

[Byron]

buy them at prices that they've been at lately. Not the ones that, like, a couple of years. Remember when eggs were like. I do even like the eggs, like, the store eggs that are normally like a buck 69 a dozen.

[B. Scott]

Yeah. They're like $4.

[Byron]

They were like 429. Yeah. And I love eggs, man. Yeah, I love eggs.

[B. Scott]

It tripped me out because I can remember being a cashier at walgreens in the mid 2000, and, like, if they would be 199, people would lose their mind, you know, it's like $2 for some eggs. Yeah. It's like. No, just let. Let me tell you about what 20 years from now is going to look like.

[Byron]

Kids, gather round. Let me tell you about 20.

[Guest/Caller]

25.

Yeah.

[Byron]

When eggs were 429 a dozen.

[B. Scott]

They were like the new gas prices.

[Byron]

Yes.

[B. Scott]

They were like, if you're old enough to remember when gas was a dollar or less.

[Byron]

Oh. I tell you what. What my wife, if I were elected mayor, I learned last night what she would want me to do is issue sanctions and heavy taxes on those gas stations that are right in those strategic parts of, like, San Felipe.

[B. Scott]

Oh, yeah.

[Byron]

And the loop where they're charging, like, a dollar fifty more a gallon because they're in a spot where, for people who may be driving there, it might be worth it for them. They may just go, all right, I'll pay a little more. I just don't feel like driving somewhere.

[B. Scott]

She is so right. Because every time I have to get gas, like, if I forget to get gas where I normally get it or where I know to get it.

[Byron]

Yeah.

[B. Scott]

And I'm just stuck where I've got to get it. Always feel like I've been played or like I've played myself.

[Byron]

Yeah. So she would have me take down those people.

[Guest/Caller]

Yeah.

[Byron]

She is. The day that I become mayor.

[B. Scott]

She is a smart woman.

[Byron]

And not just the body double for the current mayor.

[B. Scott]

Yeah. No, no, no, no.

[Byron]

As I was.

[B. Scott]

That doesn't work.

[Byron]

I was flagged last night at Carabas.

[B. Scott]

Yeah. As a body double, you have no institutional power.

[Byron]

Are you ready to play these candidates for Take A Mania.

[B. Scott]

Let's do it.

[Byron]

Here is the current champ for Take A Mania. This is Vince Goodwill of espn, basically chastising Victor Wembuyama for taking less money than he could have if he signed his max deal next year.

[Guest/Caller]

The problem is the spurs have three potential max players on their roster. Victor Wembanyama, Steph Castle, Dylan Harper. Victor Wembanyama maybe can make up that 5% with his Nike deal and everything else, but does that mean Dylan Harper and Steph Castle, they have to take less because Victor Wembanyama took less. I have yet to see anybody buy a jersey that says we save money on the back of it. I've yet to see somebody buy a jersey that says cap space and flexibility. Like, you're coming to see Victor Wembanyama and you're watching these players like you have a very finite period of time to maximize their earnings potential. I know Victor Wembanyama's an alien and everything else. He's going to get every dollar that's owed to him. But I don't know if I want to applaud this because I'll tell you this. When's the last time we asked an owner to sacrifice some money or whatever it is, or ownership groups to sacrifice money for the sake of winning? The fact that you're putting players in a spot where they have to be both player and executive, Give them two salaries then because they're doing two people's jobs. And I don't like that.

[Byron]

I don't get the last part there where you're saying they're doing two people's jobs. The part there towards the end. And we'll get to the candidates here. We don't need to re. Adjudicate this. The part at the end where he's like, when do we ask the owners to sacrifice money? I'm like, when you ask them to go over the luxury tax.

[Guest/Caller]

Yeah.

[Byron]

That's when you're asking the sacrifice more money. Yeah, that's it. What are we talking about here?

[B. Scott]

Yeah. And I mean, they are. Far be it for me to side with the owners. Yeah. That's just not my style.

[Byron]

Sure.

[B. Scott]

But they are funding the thing.

[Guest/Caller]

Yeah.

[Byron]

When do we ask them to sacrifice money? Heyday.

[B. Scott]

Yeah.

[Byron]

Yeah.

[B. Scott]

It's kind of a weird. Kind of a weird way of looking capitalism. He also made it sound like somebody twisted Victor Wembanyama's arm in the tape. Like, was he held hostage and at gunpoint to sign this deal or something.

[Byron]

Right.

[Guest/Caller]

Or.

[Byron]

Or that someone Like Dylan Harper or Stefan Castle. Can't choose to go somewhere else if they want to and actually go get more money.

[B. Scott]

Or like. Or like, they're the ones who, you know, I don't know. It's like they did. They. They didn't. It's not like they asked him to do this or like, they can't still get the max deals that they would be worth.

[Byron]

All right, so I'm gonna play a couple of new takes here first. Yeah, you will get it. You will get a bite at the apple on Kendrick Perkins. Do not worry, my friend. But the current champ is Vince Goodwill. This is Tom Brady being asked to give his Mount Rushmore of goats. Man. Keep in mind how many faces on Mount Rushmore? Brandon Scott.

[B. Scott]

Four.

[Byron]

Four faces on Mount Rushmore.

[B. Scott]

All the ones that I've seen anyway.

[Byron]

Same. Same Brady Brady got taught different, I guess, back in the day.

[B. Scott]

Who is your Mount Rushmore of goats?

[Guest/Caller]

Michael Jordan. He was my childhood idol. He was unbelievable. Obviously. I loved Kobe Bryant. I still love Kobe Bryant. Tiger. His competitiveness. What Roy McElroy's done, I love that. Shohei ot Johnny. What he's done has been unbelievable. Barry Bonds, he went to my high school. The biggest fan of him growing up, Michael Phelps. Love him. Michael Johnson. Asia Wilson from my Las Vegas Aces. I love her. She's amazing. Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. This little thing they got going, I love that. It's been really exciting.

[B. Scott]

Okay, I counted 10 names.

[Byron]

There were 11.

[B. Scott]

11. Okay.

[Byron]

It would be understandable to lose track, firing them off.

[B. Scott]

I ran out of fingers.

[Byron]

That's right.

[B. Scott]

That's what happened.

[Byron]

I'm looking down at my hands and I count 10. He named 23 Brandon. Well, I ran out of fingers.

[B. Scott]

Yikes.

[Byron]

What do you want? So, I mean, this is just. This is just. I don't know if it's a misinterpretation or he's just afraid to only name four.

[B. Scott]

Yeah, that's still pretty bad that Angel

[Byron]

Reese even wound up in a conversation of goats. Did you hear him at the end?

[B. Scott]

Yeah, so. Because. Well, because he was doing a thing there where it was like he changed the. Even the argument in the conversation.

[Byron]

Right.

[B. Scott]

Because, like, Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark's rivalry. What does that have to do with being a goat?

[Byron]

Yeah, exactly.

[B. Scott]

You know what I mean?

[Byron]

Exactly. All right.

[B. Scott]

Yeah.

[Byron]

Is this worse than Vince Goodwill?

[B. Scott]

I do think it's worse. You do?

[Byron]

I do think we got a new champ. All right. Look at judging Jerry B. Scott. He has no patience for this, man.

[B. Scott]

10 to 11 people on a Mount Rushmore for somebody who already should actually be on the Mount Rushmore.

[Byron]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's pretty bad.

[B. Scott]

All right. It's pretty bad.

[Byron]

Byron. I wasn't listening. Did we. We played the pin on that one, right? One, two, three, Pin. Okay, good. Yeah. Brady cover. Brady pinning Vince Goodwill. He hooked the leg.

[B. Scott]

Yeah.

[Byron]

Pinned him.

[B. Scott]

Got him.

[Byron]

All right, next one. Let's play it again. The John Harbaugh pep talk to his team, the New York Giants.

[B. Scott]

Welcome, man.

[Byron]

Good to see everybody here.

[B. Scott]

You excited? Yes, sir. Little nervous? No.

[Guest/Caller]

Huh?

[B. Scott]

Little nervous. A little nervous, man. Nervous, Excited, Nervous.

[Byron]

You know, Nervous like you're full of dame.

[B. Scott]

Almost. Mason. Get this thing.

[Guest/Caller]

Kick off.

[B. Scott]

Standing up here in front of the New York Giants. The New York Giants.

[Byron]

It's a New York Giants.

[B. Scott]

Sitting in this room. The New York Giants. Wow.

[Byron]

It's an honor. It's an honor to stand in front of this room right now. I know this coaching doctor Feel the same way. Right. Coaches certainly honor.

[B. Scott]

It's an honor. We've been working, haven't we? We've been working early. We were late getting ready for today. Today. Sitting in this chair, in this seat.

[Byron]

Getting to work. Getting started.

[B. Scott]

Our beginning.

[Byron]

Cause this is where it all begins Together.

[B. Scott]

Yeah.

[Byron]

Yeah. Not so much a take, but just an opportunity to play that one more time.

[B. Scott]

He is going to survive this one because the takes weren't really much a take. Like he didn't say anything controversial.

[Byron]

No.

[B. Scott]

Or wrong or inaccurate. He just sound like an old man who forgot what he was supposed to say.

[Guest/Caller]

Yes.

[B. Scott]

Or what he wanted to really say.

[Byron]

So it's not good. Hey, this is Richard Deitch, the host of the sports media podcast. If you're interested in what's happening with

[B. Scott]

all the places where you consume sports, the sports media podcast has you covered.

[Byron]

I've been turning down interviews all week. Codecapi reached out. Oprah, George Stephanopoulos. So I said no. I was booked on the Deitch podcast before the Taylor Swift phenomenon. I must live up to my responsibility. Listen, wherever you get your podcasts. Enough for Takeamania.

[B. Scott]

It's good enough to be in Takeamania, but it's not good enough to really compete with some of the truly poor takes that are in this category.

[Byron]

Yeah, no, he's a jabroni in this case. He's gonna get.

[Guest/Caller]

He.

[Byron]

He's gonna get. He's not gonna pin Tom Brady here. Yeah, Tom Brady's gonna kick out.

[B. Scott]

Yeah.

[Byron]

Y. I don't even think we should have gotten a two count for that one.

[B. Scott]

And as we Mentioned this was so bad. This hardball thing was so bad that it was good.

[Byron]

You know, it'll get played again on the station. Not today. We've played it three times already.

[B. Scott]

But it was so bad that it was excellent.

[Byron]

He's gonna get asked about it too. You know, that happens a lot of times with these guys when they have these moments like this and they get asked about it. Boy, I'm trying to think of what. Oh, Liam Cohen gets asked about the Duval thing all the time. Yeah.

[B. Scott]

Sirianni, back when he got hired, I want to say, was asked about.

[Byron]

Got asked about his press conference quite a bit.

[B. Scott]

You remember Adam Gase in the eye thing, which I don't remember what it, like medical or whatever.

[Byron]

It might have been a medical condition,

[Guest/Caller]

I don't know, but it was.

[B. Scott]

But it was a thing.

[Byron]

Went viral.

[B. Scott]

Viral moments.

[Byron]

Yeah. Went viral.

[B. Scott]

Yeah.

[Byron]

Harbaugh is going to get. Harbaugh, at the very least is hearing about, you know, he's catching heat from his buddies. Oh, that are screen grabbing CBS Mornings, talking about it and stuff.

[B. Scott]

If they are truly his buddies, if

[Byron]

Jim Harbaugh hasn't clowned him about the scrutiny that that speech is getting, then I, I lost all respect for Jim Harbaugh.

[B. Scott]

Well, so he should be clowning them because they're brothers and that's his job. But I could see Jim Harbaugh being the one person that saw that and thought it was okay.

[Guest/Caller]

Maybe.

[B. Scott]

Yeah, like, oh, you really got.

[Byron]

I think Jim would have really leaned into the screaming of the New York Giants even more.

[B. Scott]

He would have been a lot better and more convincing. And I think I agree with you that he would have leaned into it more. But I think that this would have been kind of his jam. Yeah, I do think so.

[Byron]

All right, let's get this one in here. This is Jake Paul, brother of Logan Paul, YouTuber boxer. Yeah, Jake Paul saying that he's saying he's gotten calls from NFL teams. Can you talk us through your plan to get to the NFL more?

[Guest/Caller]

I mean, it's pretty simple. Just like when I started boxing. It's funny to see the tweet and deleters out there, the non believers, the naysayers shout out to Drake. I think there's a lot of super mediocrity in the NFL. A lot of not good athletes, a lot of people dropping passes on a consistent basis. I have better hands than them. I'm faster than them, I'm stronger than them. I work harder than them. Really all it's going to take is just Me after boxing, practicing some routes. I have a couple teams and coaches that I've already talked to that are interested in bringing me onto the team. It's really going to be quite easy.

[Byron]

Do you have a dream team you'd

[B. Scott]

like to play for?

[Guest/Caller]

I mean, I'd love to go to the Cleveland Browns. Been a Browns fan my whole entire life. My mom is a die hard Browns fan and I think they could use some good receivers over there. For 17 Browns reserve the jersey now. Thank you.

[Byron]

Okay. This is. Okay, you're going to make the decision on this B. Scott. This like I do with Seth, I normally inject a little bit of my opinion into it and then leave it up to him. And this is. As a wrestling fan, Jake Paul's not the WWE guy in the family. Logan Paul is. But they're cut from the same cloth.

[Guest/Caller]

Yes.

[Byron]

The. The question becomes is that a take or is that somebody trying to rile up the Internet crowd like a wrestling heel would do?

[B. Scott]

Yeah. Because it's like no way he believes any of this stuff that he's saying. Right?

[Byron]

He can't.

[B. Scott]

But, but how comma. However, the Paul brothers are notoriously delusional and absurd and ridiculous. So he. So he also might, who knows.

[Byron]

And they make things happen too, man. Logan Paul first came on Byron. Correct me if I'm wrong, Logan Paul came into WWE as an attraction, just like a one off kind of thing. He got in the ring and they watched him. They're like holy crap, this guy needs to be on our roster. He was. I mean he's really amazing, right?

[Guest/Caller]

Yeah.

[Byron]

Cuz I got.

[B. Scott]

When I started watching wrestling it was because of like you and Ron and stuff. So I was there kind of late. Like I think he was already performing in the ring because he already had fought Roman and stuff.

[Guest/Caller]

So.

[Byron]

Yeah. But yeah, okay. He's a great performer. Logan Paul.

[B. Scott]

Oh yeah, dude, you have to see the springboard bath flip. He did be Scott SummerSlam a couple. Oh, I don't know. I've seen that.

[Byron]

I have seen that onto a table. Like it's. It's crazy stuff, man.

[B. Scott]

They are actually. Not to give them too much credit, but the Paul brothers are actually pretty good athletes.

[Byron]

Yes. Oh yeah, they are.

[B. Scott]

They're good athletes.

[Byron]

They are. They're good athletes. Okay, so does this. Because I want to make sure we get perk in here for you. Is this Take A Mania champion worthy?

[B. Scott]

Yeah, I actually think this is worse.

[Guest/Caller]

You got.

[B. Scott]

You've.

[Byron]

We've had two title changes in B. Scott's tenure as the judge and jury,

[B. Scott]

this fool say, I just gotta practice some routes. He's 29.

[Byron]

So you don't care that it might have been just a rile up the Internet? Those words came out of his mouth.

[B. Scott]

It's so stupid.

[Byron]

And thus, like.

[B. Scott]

Like if you just take the take in a vacuum, it's. It is awful. Is. This is way worse than not knowing how many are on a Rushmore. On a Mount Rushmore.

[Byron]

Real quick. This one we're about to play is ineligible for the title because we adjudicated it already. But you thought this should have won the title in a. In a squash match.

[B. Scott]

Basically, this would have been the defending champion. Had I ruled the world.

[Byron]

This is last week, Kendrick Perkins saying that on the heels of Jalen Brunson winning four ESPYs, that the ESPYs are the reason why he's a first ballot hall of Famer.

[Guest/Caller]

I grew up in the household with my grandparents, God rest they soul, and they used to always make me sit at the table and say, you better not get up until you finish your food. That's exactly what Jalen Brunson did. He finished his food. And look, with all those accomplishments last night cemented him as a first ballot hall of Famer. As a future first ballot hall of Famer. You can't tell me with all of those accomplishments that happened just this year, that when Jalen Brunson retires that he's not gonna be walking right into the hall of Fame. I hope I'm there. Hope I get the invite.

[Byron]

Wait, wait. The ESPYs, you think is what that ESPYs honor is what cemented it Perk Ballad hall of Famer.

[Guest/Caller]

Every single thing.

[Byron]

Best athlete good enough. I just want to make sure we got Shay Cornette and. And Wendy being incredulous about what he said. You've got a minute? Right now we're up against it to go ahead and cut your promo on Kendrick Perkins.

[Guest/Caller]

Right?

[B. Scott]

What is Kendrick Perkins Talking about the ESPYs as an award like this would have been a more accurate take, a more suitable take had Jalen Brunson hosted the sbs, but not winning sbs. Right, like the sbs. That's not that. Those are. I don't know if Kendrick Perkins knows this or not, but those aren't real, actual sports awards. It's a nice show.

[Guest/Caller]

It's.

[Byron]

There's a trophy involved.

[B. Scott]

There's a trophy.

[Byron]

Somebody picked him. Cool.

[B. Scott]

But they're not. They're. They're award show awards, not a. Not sports awards. Right. So the ESPYs. It's got a red carpet. It's got a comedian as a host. It is the sports version of the Grammys, of the Oscars, of the Emmys or whatever, right? But it ain't real sports awards. It's awards that supplement guys and players and athletes who have already won the real, actual awards. So I don't know if Kendrick Perkins knows this, but nothing has changed since the Knicks won the championship and Jalen Brunson won the Finals MVP to now them getting the coronation at the ESPYs. So you're nothing has changed.

[Byron]

So he if he was a Fringe hall of Famer what I'm hearing you say is correct me if I'm wrong, if Jalen Brunson were a fringe hall of Famer after dominating the postseason this year, that the ESPYs didn't put it over the top for you.

[B. Scott]

I just can't wait for to hear a story from John McClain sitting around with his hall of Fame voting buddies and somebody doing a presentation or John McClain himself doing the J.J. watt presentation and being like, did you see what he did@the SB JJ? JJ did you see how he cleaned up?

[Byron]

He's probably won an ESPY at some

[B. Scott]

point, I'd imagine so. He's won three Defensive Player of the Year. Aw. So I imagine he has.

[Byron]

I got a text McLean and see if the SPS ever if the SBS have ever been brought up in Pro Football hall of Fame talks.

[B. Scott]

I just hope that J.J. watt has enough ESPYs to to push him over.

[Byron]

Me too.

[B. Scott]

What is this?

[Byron]

I'd like to see him going to Canton someday.

[B. Scott]

This was God awful.

[Byron]

All right. Adam Schefter gave kind of his take and update on the the the top two picks of the 2020 or the Texans top two picks in the 2023 draft. He is still clinging to the contract for C.J. stroud thing happening. He also talks about Will Anderson. JR We've got I want to tell

[B. Scott]

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