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Diana Rossini
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James Palmer
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Diana Rossini
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James Palmer
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Diana Rossini
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Diana Rossini
Go yeah, we didn't buy them. I'm a big like we're not buying any toys. We're not.
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James Palmer
All they want to do is go.
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Diana Rossini
Up and down the escalator so we just did that for half the show.
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James Palmer
Dude, Christmas time how much did you do you spend on on the boys and I I made Nick's a pair of nunchucks with gaffer tape and two like thing. It's the thing he plays with the most.
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Diana Rossini
I called Uncle James this week because Mikey asked me what nunchucks were because we got him Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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James Palmer
Yeah.
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Diana Rossini
And Michelangelo obviously has the nunchucks and I, like, couldn't explain them. I'm like, well, there are these two sticks with a chain, and you hit people.
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James Palmer
They're extremely dangerous. Yeah. Yeah.
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Diana Rossini
Like, I don't want to, like, teach them that.
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James Palmer
I'm gonna send you a picture of our Noomchucks.
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Diana Rossini
I would love to see them. And I will show Michael because he will get a kick out of it after he learns to play the trumpet today.
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James Palmer
Welcome into Scoop City on a Monday. I'm James Homer. Don't forget to like and subscribe. Please do both of them. It would be outstanding. And do it. Maybe moving forward forever. We have a lot to get to after a massive Week 17 slate. Lot has been decided, but still, some things are up in the air. Can the Ravens actually pull this thing off? We'll break down what's happening with them in the Steelers in week 18. Can the Niners or the Bears, after what we saw in an epic battle Sunday night, make a run in the postseason? We'll break down both of them, as well as maybe some concerns we have about some contenders that are looking to also make a run and what could be holding them back. I am joined on a Monday with Diana Rossini. I have to ask you, first off, the whole family was watching you on Netflix on Christmas while we were opening presents. How was Minneapolis on Christmas, Christmas and your Netflix experience?
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Diana Rossini
It was warm. I was not ready for that.
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James Palmer
I was warm.
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Diana Rossini
Well, I was indoors, so I was ready for that. It was great. It was cool. It was different. I hadn't done sidelines since, I think, Monday Night Football, like, six, seven, maybe even eight years ago. So it was just fun to be around it, be around those guys and the Vikings crowd. Like, I know. I know. That stadium is one of the best, without a doubt, super fun. I know you've been there many of times, but they. They showed up on Christmas, man. Like, they came with energy. They definitely helped their team out. Granted, Minnesota had zero offense in that game, but their defense, I mean, just absolute monsters.
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James Palmer
Yeah.
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Diana Rossini
But I'd say the highlight for me was Snoop Dogg. How good was that show?
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James Palmer
Unbelievable. We're getting, like, epic halftime performances here before we even get in the Super Bowl.
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Diana Rossini
I know. And I had to, like, make, like, a. A professional decision because I knew I had to interview Dan Campbell coming out of halftime. So what am I gonna do for those 12, 15 minutes before I'm gonna watch the halftime show? Like, I kept thinking, like, I should be going over notes, you know, Like, I was trying to catch up on stats and stuff from the first half, and I'm like, what am I doing? I'm gonna watch Snoop.
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James Palmer
Got to. I mean, come on, Snoop, let's go.
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Diana Rossini
Look, I am not the biggest fan of, like, a holiday show, you know, but I thought the way they combined it with all the special guests, it just. It was. It was. It was beautiful. It was a great. It was a great time. And I hope. I hope it translated on camera.
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James Palmer
Oh, it did.
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Diana Rossini
I'd hope.
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James Palmer
All right, we got a lot to get to. Diana, I want to set the stage here before we get to the rest of our breakdowns here. Where we're at now is where we are for Week 18 is the Seahawks, and the 49ers are going to be in San Francisco playing for all the marbles, Essentially the number one seed in the NFC and the NFC west title. The Rams cannot win that, so that will all be on the line. I do feel bad for the Seahawks, by the way, who play on the east coast and then have a short week because that game's on Saturday. Come back all the way across the country. It's kind of a bummer for the Seahawks, but nevertheless, they have to play that. The NFC South's going to come down to Week 18 between the Panthers and the Bucs. We know the way the Falcons play into that, but again, that's essentially going to come down to the division there. The Ravens and Steelers in Week 18, the Steelers couldn't close the door. That's going to come down to the division. And who gets into the postseason? Will Lamar play? We'll see. But a lot has gone down and been somewhat decided. But there's still a lot to be decided. Oh, yeah. And the Bears are the NFC north champions when we look at that game on Sunday. Well, actually, no, let me say this. What else has happened, Diana, is that the Raiders have essentially the number one seed kind of locked up. They could be looking at a quarterback. They could be looking at a new face of their franchise, but their current face of their franchise in Max Crosby. I'm watching him on Instagram, and he's shooting J's in just a most ridiculous home gym with Ali and Tyson Jordan. Unbelievable. Can you give me anything of what's going on with Max Cross? Because that was quite the storyline heading into this weekend.
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Diana Rossini
Yeah. So it's well known by now that, you know, he's been dealing with this knee injury and even just swelling that comes with that since October, and he battles through. And we know the way Max plays and how he attacks this stuff. He's never Going to use that as a, as an excuse. So when the Raiders made the decision as an organization to shut him down the final two games, that just goes against, I think, the way Crosby competes. It's. It's why he's the perfect Raider. Right? It's. It's why he is who he is and it's why every coach in the NFL would love Max Crosby on their team. Which is why when teams were poking around on it last year, before he did his deal, before the trade deadline of like, hey, maybe we could do it, everyone wanted in on Max Crosby, but of course that did not happen. So, look, he wasn't thrilled about it. I just think it's going to be a storyline that we're going to have to watch this offseason because I'm curious to see how this goes. Legacy is important to players like Max, you know, and, and right now he is on an. On a team that we're not even sure which direction they're going in. We're not even sure if the head coach who's currently in his position is going to be the head coach in a week, you know, so they've got a lot of questions there. So I, I'm. That's going to be one of the big off season stories I think, that we're going to be talking about here on the show because I don't know how he's a competitor. How happy can you be there? Can he really achieve all the things he wants to do there? And, and I kind of feel the same way about Myles Garrett. You know, it's like these great players and you just. I don't know if they're in the right place for what they want to do. And unfortunately, that may just be part of their story. So that's really the latest there. So we won't see Crosby the rest of the year.
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James Palmer
Interesting. Yeah. I was always under the impression, if you ask around, Diane, it was like, Max is going to stay with the Raiders as long as he wants to stay with the Raiders. If he ever wants to approach them and say, maybe I'd like to play elsewhere, it's been time. Maybe that's when you see something. But at the same time, we, we have John Spytak in place, we have Tom Brady in place. This is a new group kind of running things after one year. What do we see with what the Raiders want to do? I think you're right. It's something we'll follow this entire offseason. I want to go through what we have in terms of all these contenders and all these playoff teams and what we saw from this week's 17. And we're going to start with the team or performance or whatever that you were most impressed with in week 17. Diana Rossini was.
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Diana Rossini
I was most impressed with the Eagles defense. Okay. Notice I did not say the Eagles, period.
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James Palmer
Good call.
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Diana Rossini
It is the Eagles defense. Right. Because this team, which has a lot of skilled, highly paid players on offense, are becoming the team whose identity is their defense. And I think that that's okay for now. Obviously, that's not going to get them deep into the playoffs if they only rely on that. Because they're going to need these guys to figure app. Because just as we thought they were turning a corner here and even just talking to people there, it sounded like all the stuff we were talking about a month ago seemed to be fading a bit, where they were getting back on track. Granted, they were playing against not very good teams to do this.
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James Palmer
Yeah.
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Diana Rossini
But it was good for them, Right? It was like a way to remind them of this is the way it should be, this is the way we could look. Yet here you are in this game against Buffalo and I Do you think that Buffalo should have gone for two? What was your opinion about that?
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James Palmer
I don't think. I think if Josh was healthy, completely fine with it. Although I don't think his foot has anything to do with him missing a wide open receiver, which if you're an mvp, you should probably make that throw. I'll just say that. But Philadelphia couldn't do anything, like, anything at all offensively. I mean, and I'll get to it later in the show about what I've gleaned on it and talking to people. But I initially said go for two. And the more I thought about it, I said, you don't have to. Philadelphia can't do anything offensively.
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Diana Rossini
So if I told you on Saturday that the Eagles would be giving Allen the ball back with 3:30 to go, three timeouts, up seven, you're not gonna like that, right? Like, there's no way you're taking that. But the way that game played out and the way Fangio just was calling that defense and just the fact that you couldn't really rely on the Eagles offense and from the Buffalo perspective, Right. Like at that point there, the Eagles aren't doing much nothing like you might as well, you know. So.
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James Palmer
I also Buffalo move the ball with a couple of like a David Tyree type catch with Brandon Cooks and another one that falls on a chest. Like maybe they didn't think they were going to move the ball that well either. And here's our opportunity with, you know, a unicorn at quarterback from a couple of yards out. I get it. I get it. I can see both sides.
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Diana Rossini
Yeah. So we'll see what shakes out here. So, essentially, if the Bears lose and the Eagles win right this upcoming week, they'll get the two seed.
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James Palmer
Mm.
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Diana Rossini
Which sounds familiar, huh? Like, we've seen this story before.
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James Palmer
Yeah.
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Diana Rossini
So, look, I. I was just impressed with the fact that Philly figured this out in Buffalo. This. So before that final touchdown, Josh Allen had scored only six points at home. One other time. One other time in his career. So so much credit to what they're doing out there, which, by the way, and I don't want to make it a money thing, but they invested so much on offense, they didn't put that much money into this defense. So the fact that they were able to figure out ways and. Hello, Jalen Carter, welcome back. And just being so impactful. James, you'll appreciate this. I was driving up the 95, actually driving by the link, and one of the billboards, you know, it's always like the stars, but the one of them was, and it's just a full photo of him, was Jalen Phillips. And I was like, damn, that was quick. Like, he's been so impactful. This dude's got a. Got a billboard on 95 outside the link. Like, it just goes to show you the importance of what he's brought. And he's. He's forever. One of my favorite moves during the season to help this team get better.
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James Palmer
You know, big time. Big time. You mentioned not a lot of money spent on that defense. There will be, though, a lot of money spent on that defense in the next couple of years with Jalen Carter and Quinyan Mitchell and Cooper De Jean. And if they keep Jordan Davis, like, there's a lot of decisions to be made, you know, So I. I agree with you. I think this team's been awesome. Either nine zero, when Jalen hurts, throws for under 200 yards. I think the defense has a big, big part of that as well as Jalen Carter coming back and. And blocking the pat, which is why they had to go for two their starters, play deep, play special teams. A lot of our. That defensive unit that is outstanding, in my opinion.
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Diana Rossini
Okay, that happened again. Like, I would just die. That was so funny. Not funny for Bills fans, but just. Are you kidding me? It seems like yesterday. Yesterday we were talking about the positive rabbit, and here we are now talking about the positive, Fangio. And this and this. Even so. So what about you?
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James Palmer
Okay, this sounds wild, but I'm going to say this.
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Diana Rossini
Oh, God.
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James Palmer
Even though they lost, I was very impressed with the Chicago Bears, specifically Caleb Williams in this offense. And what I was thinking, Diana, as they're going in a shootout back and forth with the 49 that I'm like, I don't know how many quarterbacks in the postseason that I'm going to trust more than Caleb Williams with the ball in his hands. And I got to have it drive at the end of the game. How crazy has it been for one year for all of this to flip? And when I was going through that in my head, I'm looking through these, you know, these throws he's making last week, and the money drops into DJ Moore's hands. It's like he threw 60 yards and just handed it into DJ Moore's hands. The way he throws the football, it's just elite in all honesty. But when I look at where they're at and what's to come and where they've grown in just this one year, Diana, I look at it and I. And I go, this core of Caleb Williams, who's 25, Colston Loveland, who's coming on big time the second half of this year, is 21, Roma Dunes 23, Luther Burden's 22, who had an outstanding game. Kyle Menunguist 23, their left tackle is a trapillo's 24. This young offensive core is in just year one with Ben Johnson. Like, what is to come over the next couple of years. And I was texting this with. With a defensive coach last night. He was like, bro, they are scary. And this offensive line, do not not mention them. Like, this is a really good group. And they are going to. Because he's in the nfc, he's like, this is going to be annoying for several years here. Like, this is. I'm impressed with him. Like, I. Even though they lost that game, I am impressed with what's gone on because we continuously kept saying, are the Bears for real? Like, are they good? I think we have to say they're good.
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Diana Rossini
Rarely do you say this after a loss, right? Like, usually you're like, oh, good effort, good job. But I don't think we're taught. I don't think we're being disrespectful or even flippant about it. I think we're all seeing the same thing, which is, they're good. They've got the right ingredients here. They've Even got the right cook. Like they've got all of this lined up. They just need a couple breaks, a couple things to fill their way. Maybe a little bit more. A couple more additions this off season. Right. To just improve. But just the fact that they've done this in the first year. I'm with you. I'm. I'm being impressed. Which is why Ben Johnson is certainly going to get lots of votes for, for coach of the year coming off a loss. People are still saying this, right?
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James Palmer
We were still like, okay, calm as hell, like you had a chance to win it. I don't think anybody was open, by the way. But anyway, there. But another great drive, but didn't. That didn't get into the end zone. Okay.
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Diana Rossini
Yeah.
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James Palmer
Most disappointed of week 17, Diane Orsini is.
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Diana Rossini
I am disappointed in the folks that listen to Scoop City who have made comments that I believe in the Houston Texans too much. We've gotten some feedback about it because I've said this whole time that I still think they're going to find a way to make the playoffs. And voila. They basically been in playoff mode since October. They started 03. They're the first team to make the playoffs after starting 03 since the 2018.
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James Palmer
Yeah.
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Diana Rossini
So here's the thing. We've. We've talked about this all season. They've got the best defensive unit. I think there's. Obviously, we know Denver's done a really nice job as well. They've come close from giving them some competition in terms of that group, but they're better. Houston's 10. And oh, when their offense scores, you know, 20, 20 points or more. Right. So it's not even three touchdowns because the defense is able to come in and take over and take care of business. And you know, I know that we've talked about Ben John talked about Liam Cohen, Kyle Shanahan, like variable coach of the year. I don't think we've talked about d' Ameco enough. And yeah, you know, so I just think the. I think this team is dangerous. This is the type of team you don't want to face in. In the playoffs because they're a little bit like this Eagles team now where we're. The defense is the one carrying them. Right. If they can just be decent on offense, they're going to be able to find ways to win and win out.
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James Palmer
Yeah. I love the Texans. They won eight straight. They have. They've played 10. Let me look at this. They played 10 games against teams with winning records and like, they're battle tested in a sense. Diana, where they're at right now, like, they've played a lot of good quarterbacks. They beat Josh Allen, they beat Patrick Mahomes, they beat Justin Herbert. Like, they, they know how to, to slow down powerful, high powered offenses and good quarterbacks, but also they get chunk plays on offense. I think that's where they've been a little bit different than Philadelphia is. They've, they've gotten chunk plays. If they get a couple chunk plays from CJ Stroud and that, that is outstanding. Like, okay, you saw in that Chargers game, you're like, okay, two quick touchdowns. Are you going to score 14 on this defense? Like, I don't know. You know what I mean? So, like, they have the ability to do that. And the other part that I love about them is in the fourth quarter, they just win the fourth quarter. I would look at this. They have the best point differential in the fourth quarter in the NFL at plus 69 and the best turnover differential in the fourth quarter at plus 9. So they win that fourth quarter.
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Diana Rossini
They do. But they are not winning the support of America.
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James Palmer
No. Right.
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Diana Rossini
Like we're the only ones who talk about them. And, and trust me, you, you talk to anyone in Houston, they're like, please stop talking about us, please. Because they like to be kind of under the radar here. But every time I've been around them, I've had the same thought, I've walked away same way. I've talked about the Bears. Right. The ingredients. They've got all the right things. They just got to mix this thing the right way and, and, and a little luck, which no one likes to admit, but we know that's what it takes. So I agree. What about you, who you disappointed in?
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James Palmer
I had an honorable mention of both the Panthers and the Bucks because apparently nobody wants to win this division at all. Like, the Panthers have had a couple of weeks now to do it. They can't do it. The Bucs have had just this epic collapse. I was texting with somebody last night. I'm like, who? You know we're doing the Classic because you and I talk about this all the time. Like, who's good, who's not good? They're like, well, the Bucks have been gift wrapped this division every year, including this year, and they failed to grasp it this year. So these two have really disappointed me. And I look this up and I tweeted it out on Monday morning, there are two teams that have not yet to be eliminated, that have a negative point differential for the season and it is the Panthers and it is the Bucks at negative 67 and negative 33. What is one of them will be in the postseason?
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Diana Rossini
Like, I want to watch film with those coaches after some of these games. Just like. Because I've. You've had these conversations and I have as well, where you talked, whether it's the head coach, assistants, GMs, whoever's watching tape the next day of their team, and when it's bad and you're just like, we won, but we stink.
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James Palmer
Yeah, yeah, that happens. That certainly happens. It happens all the time. In.
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Diana Rossini
In fact, I feel like more coaches are like that than. Than I very rarely talk to one who's like, man, we're good, you know? Yeah, they kind of live in that space. But in terms of these guys, right, they. How are they still able to be in a position they're in right now when they aren't really that good?
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James Palmer
They're just not there.
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Diana Rossini
A lot of teams right now that are competing that I don't think. I mean, the big one this weekend on Sunday night, I don't think either is that good. And that's the Ravens and the Steelers, right? Like, I'd add them in my disappointment category of the year, big time, and.
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James Palmer
We'Ll get to that game a little bit later in the show. But my main point of disappointment is this Eagles offense. We were rolling, Diana, and you mentioned that you touched on it. So I just wanted to, you know, put it into my perspective here. If you ask people there, hey, last couple of weeks, this is the most consistent our run game has been all season. Maybe these last three games leading into that game against the Bills. It's the most consistent our offensive line has maybe played. We've seen Saquon Barkley, he had more carries of 10 yards or more than any other running back in football over those three weeks. We're starting to see the offensive line play a part in getting him downfield. We're playing a team that is just absolutely dreadful against the run. In the Buffalo Bills, they've given up more rushing touchdowns than anybody else in football. I think they're the third worst rushing defense in football. So I'm like, okay, conditions are terrible. We're still going to be able to maybe run. That's what's happening. This offense is coming together and introduced the second half. 16 total yards was 17. They took a knee. One completed pass, one first down. No, no completed passes, one first down. Like, it was. It was unbelievably concerning to the point that I thought it was Interesting post game for Nick Sirianni to say, I need to have more input in the second half about the things I want to run, about the plays that I want to get in, and for him to say that going, oh, I thought Kevin did a really good job, but I think I need to have more input. And when he had a larger input when he did this a few weeks ago, that's where this stretch I'm talking about happened. So I'm curious to see what happens with Nick Sirianni and this offense and Kevin Petul and maybe what does he mean by that and having more of an input on it. But I was upset because I thought we were headed in the right direction for the spilled Elf Eagles offense at least a little bit. And I think we took a big step back.
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Diana Rossini
You know, body language reader here, but did you see that clip of A.J. brown walking in the tunnel in Buffalo next to Sirianni? Whoo.
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James Palmer
We're back. We're back to.
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Diana Rossini
Not a lot of love there. Jeez, it was cold. And I'm not talking about the weather there in Buffalo.
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James Palmer
Okay, what are you most surprised by from week 17?
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Diana Rossini
Okay, I have a little bit of a tie, but I'll just go with with, because it just. It's still bothering me, the Detroit Lions grit, right? Like, I. I obviously was down on the field. I got to watch a lot of it. We talk about body language, right? I thought they. They had a win, right? They had. They had a win out. They needed some help. The packers lost, by the way. They need the packers to lose the next two games. So they lost one. Detroit needed to win. They obviously did not win. They entered the game with the fewest giveaways in the NFL with just eight. They turned the ball over six times. It was disgusting. And look, I. I know that they had tons of offensive line problems. They had injuries. They had 10 different combinations headed into that game. Like, they did. All of it they didn't want to use as an excuse because that's just the way they. They are. That's our identity, right. Is just to be the tougher team in there, make it as physical as possible. But right before the game, and you'll appreciate this. I think, you know, one of the cool parts about working the sidelines is you literally get to go anywhere you want.
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James Palmer
No, you're in it. Yeah.
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Diana Rossini
Which is like my dream. No rules. So pre game, I was just going up to all the players, stretching and stuff, and the coaches, and I was just.
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James Palmer
They were stretching.
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Diana Rossini
They were stretching. I was stretching.
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James Palmer
Stretching. Okay.
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Diana Rossini
When I was doing XFL sidelines, that's when I actually stretched because they made me sprint.
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James Palmer
So you ran around.
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Diana Rossini
I lost so much weight that year. It was awesome. But I was asking everyone, like, you know, it was like, hey, Merry Christmas. What is one key to the game, right? Just to just see what everyone's. Everyone said the same damn thing. And it was the lines, right? It was up front what that was going to look like, because obviously protecting golf was going to be the biggest issue for Detroit. And, you know, a heavy blitz team like Brian Flores's defense, they. They knew they were coming for them, and they knew if they could rattle golf, they were going to win. And guess what? It worked. It worked.
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James Palmer
And.
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Diana Rossini
And I'm just. I am surprised Dan Campbell didn't have those guys more prepared. I wasn't really sure what the game plan was, because here's the tough part. Talking to some people on the Detroit side before the game, we're talking about how they were on a short week, right? So they only had a few days to prepare. They're coming off that heartbreaker against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who just ran all over them. And someone on Detroit was like, man, you know, imagine having a face of Brian Flores defense and you don't know them. We at least have familiarity. Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, you know, I mean, you still stink against them, like, and. And credit to Brian Flores and this Vikings defense that were tremendous and awesome and so fun to be around and feed steak, too. But I just think that Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell are gonna have a lot of work to do this off season to get this team back going, because they. They should not be this bad right now.
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James Palmer
Yeah. Yeah. That's one of the most disappointing stories of the season because we thought, oh, the injuries last year, you know, if those didn't happen, man, well, we're right back in the same spot, you know? Seems good.
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Diana Rossini
My other surprise, by the way, is just the fact that the 49ers that were even doing this, that they're. That they're going. That they're up for the. The 1 seed in the NFC. I can't believe this. They were like, my cute team. Meaning, like, oh, they're so cute. They won. Oh, my God, they won again. They're so cute. You know, they're not that good. They're deep defense stinks. They have so many injuries. Brock Purdy was hurt. He came back. They now have the best offense since he's returned 35 points per game. They've got the best third down offense, they're dangerous. Their defense is not very good, but they're dangerous.
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James Palmer
No, it's not.
- [26:32]
Diana Rossini
That, to me, is a surprise in.
- [26:35]
James Palmer
The same way that you mentioned that this Eagles defense may have to carry their offense on a postseason run. What I was most surprised about, Diana, is that I learned on Sunday night that Brock Purdy is good enough to carry this 49ers team on a postseason run. I thought he was a very good quarterback. We've seen him be a very, very good quarterback. I think he's good enough to carry this team without Fred Warner, and we'll see. Cross your fingers. They make a run, maybe he can come back. You know, Nick Bosa's gone. You know how banged up there on the defensive side of the ball. But you mentioned how good they've been since he returned. I think he has shown everybody over the last three starts that he is one of the elite quarterbacks in football and capable of carrying an entire team. I know Kyle Shanahan plays a big part of that. I know Christian McCaffrey plays a big part of that. But we've seen George Kittle in and out. We've seen, you know, Brandon Aiyuk not play this entire season. We've seen Ricky Piersol have flashes where we go, okay, that's the replacement for Brandon Aiyuk. Ricky Piersol's been banged up back and forth. And then you look at these last three starts, and I'm looking at it. He's accounted for five total touchdowns in each of the last two games, 11 total touchdowns over these three games. He's completing 74% of his passes with just two picks and four sacks. And, oh, yeah, we can see that the foot is healthy. His ability to move and be mobile and run with the football when he's healthy is sneaky good.
- [28:00]
Diana Rossini
And I brought this up, James, not to interrupt you. They were cautious with that foot. And I remember in the moment being like, gosh, he's. Is he soft? Like, why is he being so, like, weak about it? And, you know, I talked to some people there, and they were like, well, he saw the Joe Burrow thing. You know, it freaks you out a bit. You don't want to be out that long. So he really wanted to make sure he was okay. Guess what? That worked out.
- [28:24]
James Palmer
Oh, he's okay, right? He's okay.
- [28:28]
Diana Rossini
If they get the one seed and they avoid having to go to Philly, Chicago, Seattle in January and just start this thing out there and never have to leave. Let's say for this defense, that's injured and hurt. They. And to get another week's rest, too.
- [28:44]
James Palmer
Be huge.
- [28:45]
Diana Rossini
Tremendous.
- [28:46]
James Palmer
Be huge. Be huge. This reminded me when I watched him, you know, the first, you know, the touchdown where he dances around, retreats, comes back, throws a pass, two dashing touchdowns. I remember talking to Kyle Juszczyk a couple years ago where he was like, the thing about Brock when he runs with the football is he's so deceptively athletic in the defense's mind. He's like. It's not like he's super fast or anything, but his intelligence plays a part in it. I'm like, what are you talking about? He's like his spatial awareness, his vision, what he sees is always like three steps ahead of where he's going. So he always has a good feel about where he wants to go on the field. And that always made him maybe a little more mobile and elusive than people think. And, you know, you watch him, you know, we've covered game Santa. You watch him walk in. He's got like a. He looks like he's like part of like the high school band that was there. And all of a sudden he duggies now. Yeah, now he's dougies.
- [29:35]
Diana Rossini
Apparently he's dougied forever. But now he's just. They were asking him last night as Van Pelt, I think on ESPN was like, do you just, like, look up and you know, do you just like, look up for. At the crowd? Because now they just expect you to do it. He's like, yeah. I think he realizes he may need another move. Like, you may need to change your touchdown. Even though I think so.
- [29:52]
James Palmer
I love it. I don't need a change.
- [29:53]
Diana Rossini
If you can do it, well, do it. Don't change it up just because I can watch it over and over. And there's an old TV saying where people don't get sick of seeing anything until they see it seven times. Oh, so seven more times, Brock. That'll take you all the way through this.
- [30:09]
James Palmer
Perfect. Note to self, James. Note to self, James. Stop doing the worm at weddings. People have seen it enough.
- [30:15]
Diana Rossini
By the eighth wedding, you're done.
- [30:17]
James Palmer
Exactly.
- [30:18]
Diana Rossini
Coach of the year. I can't stand this race. I hate it. It's going to be my least favorite vote I have to make because I just. I change my mind every week. It was Ben for me. Then I went. I was hot on Kyle for like a month. Then Braves snuck back in there. Now Braves, I think is back on top. I. I don't know. I don't know what I'm gonna do. With this.
- [30:35]
James Palmer
Don't envy with. Don't envy it. Don't envy it at all.
- [30:38]
Diana Rossini
Hey, dude, let's do this for next week's show. Maybe we play like Scoop Court or something where you're the judge or and I'll plead a case. Or maybe you plead a case and then I'll be the judge and that will be my vote.
- [30:50]
James Palmer
Yeah, I like that you can't handle the truth. Diana Rossini Coming up on Scoop City on a Monday, we are going to talk about. Oh, I know. Somebody has to do it. It is the AFC North. Who's gonna really capture that division? I don't know. Can the Ravens pull this off? We'll find out. Scoop City on a Monday. You shouldn't have to rearrange your life to deal with hair loss. HIMS makes expert care accessible on your schedule so you can focus on feeling like yourself again. HIMS offers convenient access to a range of prescription hair loss treatments with ingredients that work, including chews, oral medications, serums and sprays. Dr. Trusted ingredients like finasteride and minoxidil can stop stop further hair loss and regrow hair in as little as three to six months. You shouldn't have to go out of your way to feel like yourself. Hims brings expert care straight to you with 100 online access to personalized treatment plans that put your goals first. No hidden fees, no surprise costs, just real personalized care on your schedule. Think of HIMS as your digital front door that gets you back to being your old self with simple 100 online access to trusted treatments for real health concerns all in one place. For simple online access to personalized and affordable care for hair loss, ED, weight loss and more, visit HIMSS.com Athletic24 that's HIMSS.com Athletic24 for your free online visit HIMSS.com Athletic24. Individual results may vary based on studies of topical and oral minoxidil and finasteride. Featured products include compounded drug products which the FDA does not approve or verify for safety, effectiveness or quality. Prescription required. See website for full details, restrictions and important safety information. This episode is brought to you by Addio, the AI native CRM. Addio is built to scale with your business from day one. Setup is instant and in seconds of syncing your email and calendar, you'll see all your relationships in one place, fully enriched with actionable insights. With Addyo, AI isn't just a feature, it's the foundation. You can do things like instantly prospect and route leads with research agents. Get real time insights from AI during customer conversations and build powerful AI automations for your most complex workflows. Industry leaders like TaskRabbit, Granola and Flat File are already experiencing. What's next for CRM? Start now at adeo.com pod and get 15% off your first year. That's a T T I O.com pod parlo tu francais hablas espanol Parl italiano. If you've used Babbel, you would Babbel's conversation based technique teaches you useful words and phrases to get you speaking quickly about the things you actually talk about in the real world. With lessons handcrafted by over 200 language experts and voiced by real native speakers, Babbel is like having a private tutor in your your pocket. Start speaking with Babbel today. Get up to 55% off your Babbel subscription right now at babbel.com acast spelled B A B-B-E-L.com acast rules and restrictions may apply. Welcome back to Scoop City on a Monday. James Palmer, Diane Rossini with you. And there is a big one in Pittsburgh, Diana. It is going to be the Ravens traveling to the Steelers with everything on the line. Winner gets into the postseason, wins the division. After the Steelers weren't able to beat the Browns and Derrick Henry essentially beat the Packers. And I find this game really, really interesting now and I feel like the Steelers essentially blew it and this is why first they were more concerned apparently about Myles Garrett breaking the record than actually winning the game, which has been said by pretty much everybody across the board. But to me, your DK Metcalf suspension does not matter. If you would have won this game against the Browns, you could have rested essentially Aaron Rodgers in this week 18 game as well. You could have. And I know they want to see TJ Watt practice in full for a whole week, but you could have been extremely cautious with not an injury but a medical issue with your star pass rusher and rested him in this game as well. And all of these, these things now are looked at completely different. That is a win and get in scenario. How will the Steelers, Diana, be looking back at that game against the Browns, you think and go, we're the second.
- [35:18]
Diana Rossini
Oldest roster in football and we're tired and what the heck did we just do to ourselves? Right? You, you mentioned it. Rogers, Hayward, Watt, Ramsey, that's the star power. That's the crust, Cr crux crux of this team. We're crust.
- [35:32]
James Palmer
There it is.
- [35:33]
Diana Rossini
Yeah, we crust.
- [35:33]
James Palmer
You got it. It's the crust of this team.
- [35:35]
Diana Rossini
My mind, this team. I feel like if I was a little quicker today, I could have came up with a way to make that work better.
- [35:43]
James Palmer
But it's the holidays.
- [35:46]
Diana Rossini
Look, they're gonna regret this. The Steelers played down their competition a lot and they did it again. And going back to the whole idea that Pittsburgh was more worried about Miles Garrett not getting the record. Yes, of course, when Miles Garrett goes out there and says, I'd love to break the record against Aaron Rodgers and have Aaron Rodgers be the one I sacked to break it all, I. I'm with him. But have we maybe thought that they, the Pittsburgh Steelers didn't want to get sacked? Because that's not good for the team and that's not good for their 44 year old quarterback as well, you know.
- [36:16]
James Palmer
True. Yeah.
- [36:17]
Diana Rossini
So. So I get it. But they probably also don't want to, you know, get sacked to say one. You know, they were more focused on that than actually winning the game. Who knows? I'm sure that's a little bit of Miles ego, which I get it. And. And I understand why he would have said that.
- [36:32]
James Palmer
But.
- [36:32]
Diana Rossini
But look, I just. They're going to look back on this and it's. They could perhaps be looking back on this on Sunday night when. When they face a Ravens team that if. Depends if Lamar's back or not, that, that I think that the Ravens may be better than the Pittsburgh Steelers, but they had control, they had the grip on this. So, yeah, I think without a doubt, this is gonna be one of those, like, this was just stupid for us to lose. Why did we lose to the Cleveland Browns of all teams, you know? Yeah.
- [37:04]
James Palmer
By the way, I thought Shador played okay. And he's been stringing together a couple of, like, performances where I'm kind of curious what 2026 is going to be, but I look at this and you mentioned DK as part of that group and it's like he had 148 receiving yards against the Ravens last time they faced each other. And the issue with this Ravens team of late has been, man, Marlon Humphrey's gotten kind of older and Nate Wiggins probably at his worst game of his career this past week. And we, we are struggling with, with the deep threat. That's something they may not have to worry about against the Steelers because it's just been such an issue getting the football downfield. And now you have MVS and Adam Thielen as your pass catchers that are out there. And the other loss that I think we should bring up is Darnell Washington. Who has become a very viable target for Aaron Rodgers. The big tight end breaks his arm. And so a group that was even thin gets thinner, which is a weird thing to say when you're mentioning Darnell Wall, but it is a group that gets even thinner in terms of catching passes from Aaron Rodgers. And maybe to me, my little X factor might be one. Kenneth Gainwell for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the way they've utilized him.
- [38:10]
Diana Rossini
Rogers loves him.
- [38:11]
James Palmer
He loves him. He leads them in catches, which is fascinating and really just kind of a dynamic kind of player that they can utilize in a couple of different ways. I'm interested to see what Arthur Smith does this weekend in trying to get this all put together. And then then with the Ravens.
- [38:27]
Diana Rossini
Do you think Derrick Henry, like, what are we doing here?
- [38:31]
James Palmer
What we're doing is Derrick Henry followed Coop City and he followed Scoop City and was like, remember when James said that he's been hearing from people around the league that maybe Derrick Henry's lost his step and he's getting older. He's like, I'm gonna show that calmer guy. Yeah, he used me as motivation.
- [38:47]
Diana Rossini
But look, the thing that frightens me about it is the chance of Derrick Henry doing this again, hard, tough, right? So that works to the advantage of Pittsburgh. Who's going to be under center is going to be another element in this, right? Is Lamar going to be ready to go? We're going to know later on this week on what's going to shake. You got to figure Lamar is going to do everything he can to get back on the field. I do think it is interesting to think about these two teams playing against each other in a must win game or at least in a game that's going to determine their futures. Yet you have both these head coaches in the same kind of position with their fan bases right now, which I think everyone's kind of split, right? Like, you have some people, I think in Pittsburgh who are ready to move on from Mike Tomlin despite the fact that he had another winning season. There have been tons of question marks, a little bit of smoke around it of what's going to be the future there. And the same thing with Baltimore where I think some Ravens fans are like, we could use a change. Let's just, let's try something different because this hasn't worked in a while yet. We both know that those are two head coaches that I think another organization would. Would love an opportunity to have lead their team because we know what they're getting. So I still think that I, by the way, I Love the way the schedule shook out. Do you see how this weekend's games are laid out like the import, the ones that matter? It's like a sandwich. Right? Like, Saturdays are huge and then like a little Sunday afternoon is like. And then Sunday night, baby.
- [40:16]
James Palmer
Yeah.
- [40:17]
Diana Rossini
So you're kind of, you're stuck. You can't do anything. Once again.
- [40:20]
James Palmer
Yeah, I also, yeah, we are stuck in front of, you know, stuck there. I'm going to go to that Broncos Chargers game, which is going to be kind of huge for a couple of invocations. But I did want to say this too. And do you think anybody in the AFC was watching the Steelers really essentially blow that game against the Browns and go, are you going to let Lamar Jackson into the postseason like an MVP caliber quarterback? Yes. He has not been Lamar Jackson of old this entire year. He's battled a number of injuries, but I would think everybody in the FC is going like, but I get, I don't want him in the playoffs. You know what I mean? Like, I don't want him, I don't want to play him.
- [40:54]
Diana Rossini
I don't think I ever told you this story. Last year at the Super Bowl, I interviewed Derrick Henry on the red carpet and I've known Derek for a really long time. He's awesome. I love talking to him. And one of the questions I asked him was, do you want to. I forgot how I worded it. I think I, I, I was going for do you want to see stay with the Ravens? Something like that. And it came out, do you want to retire as a Raven?
- [41:19]
James Palmer
Oh.
- [41:20]
Diana Rossini
And he didn't hear the word retire. So he's like, yeah, I love being Raven. But so I was like, wow, he wants to retire being a Raven. And I think I like reported it or I wrote about it and he's like, I didn't say that. I was like, oops. So we had like retract. It was such a mess. He loves his time in Baltimore, but, but I think for him, I think Tennessee is always going to be that like, place for him, you know, that, that he, he wants to be associated with and be part of because he's had so much success there. But he still looks like he's got a lot in him and we'll see if he can go back to back here in games. Because isn't it interesting from an offensive perspective how they did this right? Like they play the Patriots and he doesn't even play in the fourth quarter.
- [42:04]
James Palmer
Yeah.
- [42:06]
Diana Rossini
And then they feed them and feed them and feed and it's like, oh, wow. That worked. Sometimes the simple things don't make it so hard. I I. One of the coolest parts of my week was working with Drew Brees, which, by the way, let me paint a picture. You know, me, nerdy me, like, preparation. Like, I'm studying all day. Like a dork. Sitting in the, like, restaurant of the hotel. Everyone's, like, having fun, enjoying Minnesota for Christmas. I'm like, I gotta study. I gotta read.
- [42:31]
James Palmer
They're all at Mall of America. Yeah.
- [42:33]
Diana Rossini
Yeah. Riding the roller coaster.
- [42:35]
James Palmer
Yeah.
- [42:36]
Diana Rossini
There's only one other person in the restaurant, and he's sitting across. And who is it? It's Drew Brees, right? Like, just consuming as much as he can. And I walked by him. I was just like, we're nerds. Look at us. Like, trying to take in as much as we can. Anyways, he and I wound up having a great conversation about offensive play calling, and we're talking about Detroit specifically. And then I was, I asked him why did he think Dan Campbell was having success at the time. At the time. And he said, sometimes keep it simple is is the answer. Everyone just gets too sophisticated that they just forget. Give the best players the ball.
- [43:09]
James Palmer
Wow.
- [43:09]
Diana Rossini
There you go. We solved the problem for you.
- [43:11]
James Palmer
Boom. Okay. Ravens win by 50. Give Derek Henry the ball. I mean, I. I am excited to see him at old with the number of, you know, a career high end touches. What, you know, he does get an extra day with the way the schedule played out, I guess, to. To get ready for this. Right? I think. Yeah. Yeah. Right or no?
- [43:30]
Diana Rossini
Yeah.
- [43:30]
James Palmer
Okay. Okay. All right. Well, coming up, we want to know as we close out this show, Diana, is this the Bermuda Triangle of the calendar? Is this the aspect where you go, man, I got all this football I got to watch, but I got all these holidays, and I got this family. And the kids are off to school. What do we do during the this week? We'll close out Scoop City on a Monday. Talking about it.
- [43:47]
Diana Rossini
Don't go to the grocery store, I can tell you that.
- [43:51]
James Palmer
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- [46:35]
Diana Rossini
Thank you for asking. As if you are concerned, which I do think you are because you've known me a very long time.
- [46:39]
James Palmer
I am concerned.
- [46:40]
Diana Rossini
I used to be a good multitasker And I'm getting worse as I get older because the tasks are harder. I can't. They're not as simple. I'll take you inside our household where it's loud. What you're hearing right now is because I made them exit the house, so that is why it's quiet. Actually, I think one's napping. I don't know. I'm probably responsible for something in this house at this moment. Look, I thought that. And because Nyx is older and he's a boy, so you could relate to this. I thought by getting all these new toys and gifts, that it's kind of built in entertainment, right? Like, they're just going to want to play with their dinos and the Legos and all the cool things that Santa brought them. Nope, we're good. We're all set. We did our Christmas on Saturday, so your Christmas was Thursday. So we did it a day and a half later, essentially.
- [47:30]
James Palmer
It's okay.
- [47:31]
Diana Rossini
I mean, Sunday morning, done. They're all good. All set. Done. Bored. T. Rex. I don't even know where he is now. All Mikey asked for was T. Rex for six months. He played with them once.
- [47:44]
James Palmer
So now Crusher.
- [47:48]
Diana Rossini
That's a whole nother. We could probably do a podcast about this. Like, a whole show about the letdown of Christmas morning as a parent, because you're so excited for them. And maybe my kids just aren't at the age yet to show appreciation yet. So it's like they just rip it open, they throw it, and I'm like, come on, man. Like, yeah, we were excited about that Lego set for you.
- [48:11]
James Palmer
Read the card. Read the tag. I put it on there. I wrote on there.
- [48:19]
Diana Rossini
What about you? How's it going there?
- [48:22]
James Palmer
Well, it. I mean, football is. Has taken everything over, right? And this is such a crucial time for the end of the season and heading into the postseason. And what's happening. And I know you're doing this as well, like, what's happening with the head head coach hiring cycle and who might be on a hot seat. And all of this is happening at the same time. As you say to yourself, I just have to get through the holidays. Which is a weird thing to say when everybody's supposed to be so happy, but you just got to get through it. And there's one more left with New Year's, but it's smack dab in the middle of the week, which also throws everything for a loop because it's like, daddy's not going to not drink on New Year's Eve. Come on, so you got to find a way to get through kind of the middle of the week. But at the same time, you're right. Nick is 13. He got an E bike. He zipped over to Target on his own to go use. Yes, he did get presents, but the gift card that his grandma got him because he wants to go buy something else. Very impressed that he came home with nothing. But he also got walkie talkies that we use while we're on the mountain skiing. Like, really advanced, like, cool ass walkie talkies. So because I don't. I won't give him a cell phone.
- [49:23]
Diana Rossini
He.
- [49:24]
James Palmer
He zipped over Target and he's walking me from the toy aisle. He's like, there's nothing in here, dad. Over. And I'm. And then he zipped home. And so we're getting a little bit of an ease here now that he's gotten older.
- [49:35]
Diana Rossini
Your walkie talkies worked from the store to your house?
- [49:39]
James Palmer
Yeah, about five, ten mile situation here. Those are amazing.
- [49:46]
Diana Rossini
We have. We just got the boys bluey walkie talkies. And there's nothing worse than two little kids who don't comprehend how that works. And so they're just going, holding it.
- [49:55]
James Palmer
In the whole time.
- [49:58]
Diana Rossini
There's a bad guy here. I'm like, press the button. But they can hear each other. So they think it's the walking. You know what I'm saying?
- [50:05]
James Palmer
They're both at the same time, and then they let go and then they hold it. Yeah, yeah.
- [50:09]
Diana Rossini
I'm just like, God, they're cute, but God, they're dumb. Like, press the button, Mikey. But that, that is.
- [50:16]
James Palmer
They're serious.
- [50:17]
Diana Rossini
You. You have police walkie talkies.
- [50:19]
James Palmer
I'm nervous that, like, I was sitting. I was watching the games and I had this walkie talkie talk next to me in the basement. And I'm waiting for Nick's to, like, hit me, to be like, I'm on my way back. And I was gonna hear like, all clear, over, over. All clear, all come in. I'm like, oh, my God, am I on the wrong channel? Like, am I getting. That's a cool gift. Picking something up. Oh, yeah, I like that. It's a good one. It's a good one.
- [50:38]
Diana Rossini
Do you get any gifts, by the way? Did Meg get you anything?
- [50:40]
James Palmer
Oh, did she get me. Oh, she got me a painting. It's down here. But yeah, she got me a pretty sweet painting by a local artist in the mountains that it's part to it, but it's of my favorite part of the mountains that we ski at. So that was my big idea. That was my big deal.
- [50:55]
Diana Rossini
That's a great gift idea.
- [50:56]
James Palmer
Yes. It's a pretty rad painting. I'm not gonna lie.
- [50:59]
Diana Rossini
I love it.
- [50:59]
James Palmer
That's my big gift. Yes. How about you? By the way, before we go. What did Kev do?
- [51:04]
Diana Rossini
I got a hug. No, no. We. We decided this year, and we're never gonna do it again, by the way. We tried it. Not happening again. We said, it's so crazy with me not being here on Christmas, traveling, you know, the whole spiel. We said, let's just chill on the gifts, take a break. This year. We both said on Christmas morning, our Christmas, we're like, that was stupid. Yeah, let's never do that. Even though we can all just buy our own gifts and you can just do what you want, there's something nice.
- [51:34]
James Palmer
The giving part's fun.
- [51:35]
Diana Rossini
Yeah. It feels good. And I get excited, like to give stuff, and I like to give the gifts better anyways.
- [51:41]
James Palmer
I do, too.
- [51:42]
Diana Rossini
I think that's probably where I felt a little sad because I'm like, I had nothing to give and.
- [51:45]
James Palmer
Yeah, yeah. You give a lot to the show. Diana Rossini and I appreciate today. I do. That's what I. That's the way I am around the holidays. Appreciate today.
- [51:56]
Diana Rossini
What day of the week is it?
- [51:57]
James Palmer
I don't know. I've blacked out. Sometime in mid December. You're wonderful. I will chat with you. Everybody else, take it easy.
- [52:08]
Diana Rossini
Parle tu francais? Hablas espanol?
- [52:11]
James Palmer
Parl italiano. If you've used Babbel, you would. Babbel's conversation based technique teaches you useful words and phrases to get you speaking quickly about the things you actually talk about in the real world. With lessons handcrafted by over 200 language experts and voiced by real native speakers, Babbel is like having a private tutor in your pocket. Start speaking with Babbel today. Get up to 55% off your Babbel subscription right now at babbel.com acasta spelled B A B B E L.com acast rules and restrictions may apply. Why choose a sleep number? Smart bed.
- [52:49]
Diana Rossini
Can I make my site softer?
- [52:50]
James Palmer
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