25W: Bobby Crown's a Meat in My Mouth Challenge Winner! + Dylan’s Top 3 Masters Moments from Augusta + Nick Baumgardner Talks Cowboys Draft Plans

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show / 25 Whistles

Episode: Bobby Crowns a Meat in My Mouth Challenge Winner! + Dylan’s Top 3 Masters Moments from Augusta + Nick Baumgardner Talks Cowboys Draft Plans
Date: April 13, 2026
Host: Bobby Bones
Main Guests: Eddie, Kevin (“Kickoff Kevin”), Dylan, Scuba Steve, Brandon, Nick Baumgardner (The Athletic)

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Episode Overview

This lively episode features three big topics, blending competitive fun and serious sports analysis:

• The highly anticipated “Meat in My Mouth Challenge” brisket cook-off between Eddie and Kevin.
• Dylan’s on-the-ground recap and top moments from attending Sunday at The Masters golf tournament in Augusta.
• An insightful NFL draft breakdown with Nick Baumgardner, focusing on quarterbacks, running backs, and the Cowboys’ draft strategy.

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1. The "Meat In My Mouth Challenge" - Brisket Cook-off

[03:34–23:19]

Setup & Stakes

• Bobby set up a contest between Eddie and Kevin to see who could smoke the best brisket. Each was given $75 to buy brisket.
• Both briskets were brought in for a blind taste test, and tension among the crew was palpable.

Tasting & Judging

• The panel: Bobby, Dylan, and Scuba Steve (with Brandon MC’ing and others spectating).
• Bobby described the first brisket (“number one”) as visually less appealing than the second but surprisingly flavorful. The second (“number two”) looked better with darker edges, which some interpreted as “too smoked” or extra crispy.
• Multiple rounds of tasting, palate cleansing, and nervous banter led to commentary about the emotional stakes.

Notable Quotes:

• “You guys know me. I just like the meat in my mouth, you know?” – Bobby Bones [04:10]
• “I’m chasing the dragon right now, boys.” – Bobby Bones, humorously comparing brisket bites to a “first-time” high [07:37]
• “I wish I could take the consistency and the texture and the feel of number two and put it with the taste of number one.” – Dylan, discussing the strengths of both briskets [16:12]

Dramatic Results

• Dylan chose number one for flavor, Scuba Steve chose number two for its texture and more traditional look.
• Bobby’s vote became decisive. After lengthy suspense, he chose brisket number two, declaring Eddie the winner. [19:16]
• Both cooks were praised: “They beat anybody else we play this game with. They're both that good.” – Bobby Bones [20:14]

Aftermath & Reactions

• Eddie revealed he cooked his brisket for 13 hours, staying up late into the night.
• Kevin described his brisket as only his second attempt ever—“the young buck coming in.” [14:20]
• Joking threats of “leaving the show” if Eddie lost, plus playful ribbing about camera and production skills.
• Bobby, true to his style, reminded everyone: “In the end, I am the winner. I am the great.” [22:39]

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2. Dylan’s Top 3 Masters Moments from Augusta

[26:57–40:25]

Dylan’s Experience

• Dylan attended Sunday at The Masters thanks to company tickets from his wife’s employer.
• He described the unique seat reservation system: buy official green Masters chairs, claim your spot for the day, and others can sit in your chair but must relinquish it if you return.
• The crew was fascinated by the culture, comparing the chaos and exclusivity to waiting in theme park lines.

Notable Quotes:

• “I had to kick three people out like, three times, but it was always a pleasant experience.” – Dylan on chair etiquette [28:25]
• “It's just hard to keep, like, you have no idea what's going on at any point in time ever.” – Dylan, discussing the Masters with no phones allowed [30:20]

Top 3 Masters Takeaways:

[34:44]

1. The Grounds: The beauty and preparation exceeded all expectations.
2. Greenskeepers: "Guys come out of the woods" after each group, camouflaged, to quickly manicure each hole.
3. Being Present: With no phones allowed, Dylan conversed with strangers and felt more present than at any other sporting event.

Other Memorable Details

• Met Giants QB Daniel Jones but didn’t bother him much—“I'm weird about stuff like that.” [31:41]
• Marvelled at the deafening bird sounds (“not convinced they're not robot birds” – Bobby Bones [34:30]).
• Tried every food item on the menu (“10 out of 10. Tried everything.” – Dylan [33:56]).
• Described the nondescript entrance to Augusta and compared it to Nashville’s unassuming Bluebird Café.
• Dylan would “go back every year for the rest of my life.” [37:23]

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3. NFL Draft Talk with Nick Baumgardner (The Athletic)

[45:10–59:41]

Quarterback Prospects

• Diego Pavia: Baumgardner doubts he’ll stick as an NFL backup—too small and too “media-focused.” Teams don’t want distraction-prone backups. [46:31]
• Mendoza: Viewed as a solid, consistent potential starter (compared to Jared Goff/Kirk Cousins)—not generational, but “hard to ignore.” [47:21]
• Ty Simpson: Could go late first round, but not a strong QB class overall. Garrett Nussmeier is a quality backup prospect but not a sure-fire starter. [49:06–50:22]

Running Backs & Defensive Talent

• Jeremiah Love: Baumgardner’s #1 player in the class, “in the Bijan Robinson, Jameer Gibbs tier.” [52:37]
• Caleb Downs: “Most disciplined and best tackler, smartest defender... just no way he's not going to be a really good player...” [53:40]

Team-Specific Draft Talk

• Jets: Recommendation to pick “best player available” and stockpile talent due to overall roster needs. [54:04]
• Cowboys: Two first-round picks. After Micah Parsons trade, Dallas is well positioned to “contend for a playoff spot again” if they draft well, especially for corners and safeties. [55:04]
• Lions: Baumgardner personally hopes for offensive line help, especially if Venga (Penn State) falls to them. [59:02]

Thematic Trends & Future of the Game

• 2026 is a “really good defensive class... great tight ends, linebackers, and safeties.” Hybrid, versatile players (“move on defense that can cover freaky tight ends”) are highly valued. [56:06]
• The evolution in tight end roles, likening Oregon’s Sadiq to Brock Bowers as new offensive X-factors. [57:11]

Notable Quotes:

• “You want hybrid guys that can move on defense... You want the freaky tight end that can make the math a mess defensively.” – Nick Baumgardner [56:23]
• “The NFL is ready for [hybrid defenders and offensive weapons] for the first time ever.” – Nick Baumgardner [56:45]

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4. Other Fun Moments

• Betting stories: Bobby bet $100 on Rory at the Masters and won $1,300. [39:48]
• Golf club “scammer” story: Ongoing jokes about Kevin getting free irons through Bobby’s sponsorship with Cobra Golf. [40:20]
• Banter about food and digestion post-brisket (“are you tripping your pants right now?” – Bobby Bones [60:36]).

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Meat in My Mouth Challenge (Brisket Cook-off): [03:34–23:19]
• Dylan’s Masters Recap & Top 3 Moments: [26:57–40:25]
• NFL Draft Deep Dive with Nick Baumgardner: [45:10–59:41]
• Brisket Winner Announcement: [19:16]
• Best Quotes and Fun Banter: Scattered; see Notable Quotes above.

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Tone & Style

• The episode mixes Bobby’s humorous, self-aware hosting with informative analysis, bro-comedy, and authenticity.
• Jokes and inside references abound, especially regarding food, sports rivalries, and shared crew experiences.
• The tone shifts seamlessly from lighthearted (brisket tasting, Masters stories) to insightful sports strategy (NFL draft talk).

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Memorable Quotes & Speaker Attribution

• “I’m chasing the dragon right now, boys.” – Bobby Bones [07:37]
• “I wish I could take the consistency and the texture and the feel of number two and put it with the taste of number one.” – Dylan [16:12]
• “They beat anybody else we play this game with. They're both that good.” – Bobby Bones [20:14]
• “You want hybrid guys that can move on defense... cover those freaky tight ends...” – Nick Baumgardner [56:23]
• “In the end, I am the winner. I am the great.” – Bobby Bones [22:39]
• “Being so present is... incredible... If we had phones, no shot. I talk to these people.” – Dylan [35:33]

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Summary Takeaways

• Cook-off competitions make for prime entertainment, especially with talented, invested participants.
• Sports experiences (like The Masters) are made even more special by being fully present—no phones, immersive traditions, and unexpected cameo encounters.
• The 2026 NFL Draft is shaping up as defense- and hybrid-position-heavy, with a relative lack of franchise quarterbacks.
• Lively banter, personal stories, and expert insights blend for an entertaining and informative episode.

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For listeners who missed the show, this summary covers all main topics, key quotes, and memorable moments—minus the ads and non-content sections.

Transcript

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[Bobby Bones]

This is a podcast called 25 Whistles. Talking Meat. And they all wear a whistle yet. Stupid. But what did you expect? It's a podcast called 25 Whistles. 25 Whistles.

Blow it. We yelled meat because today is the meat in my mouth challenge.

[Eddie]

Lovely.

[Bobby Bones]

Brandon, you can lay him up here.

[Eddie]

I'm so scared. Brandon.

[Bobby Bones]

Switched the two.

[Brandon]

How can I switch the two?

[Eddie]

Do you know which one's which?

[Kevin]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Okay. So if you missed last week's episode, both Eddie and Kevin claimed they could smoke the best brisket. I gave them both $75 to go and buy the brisket. Now I just need to know, do I need to eat it immediately or can I talk about something for a second?

[Eddie]

I mean, it's up to you. Do you like your. Do you like your meat hot or

[Bobby Bones]

do you like it? You guys know me. I just like the meat in my mouth, you know?

[Kevin]

Yeah. Yeah, it is the meat in my mouth.

[Bobby Bones]

Nobody knows me. There's one thing everybody says about me, like, you walk out of an office. I've been in it. You're like, that's the one thing about that guy. He likes meat in his mouth.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Yes.

[Kevin]

It's always better warm.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah, okay, fair enough. Kevin, how long did you cook your meat?

[Kevin]

10 hours.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie?

[Eddie]

13.

[Bobby Bones]

Any story behind? I don't know who's is whose. I've got two plates here. I don't know whose is who's. I can't even look at it and tell who's is whose. I can tell which one looks a little more appealing. All right, Bobby, but I don't want to say anything yet.

[Eddie]

What?

[Brandon]

The one you have in your hand.

[Bobby Bones]

Don't tell me you're not gonna tell me.

[Brandon]

No, I'm just.

[Nick Baumgartner]

I'm.

[Brandon]

I'm doing a number system.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Julian Edelman]

Is that okay?

[Bobby Bones]

I would think this is number two.

[Brandon]

That's not. Oh, that's number one. Number one and number two.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so this is number one.

[Brandon]

That's number one.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, I'm going to take a bite of number one.

[Eddie]

Man, I don't even know which one's mine.

[Nick Baumgartner]

I know.

[Kevin]

I thought it was number three.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so that's good.

[Eddie]

Is that yours?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, dang. Not good. That's good. I'm gonna lie.

[Eddie]

It's good brisket right there.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know if you guys know about me. I love meat in my mouth. Something.

[Eddie]

Okay, so that was what? That was number one.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, it was number one because I ate it.

[Eddie]

Number one.

[Bobby Bones]

Brandon said to use that. Number one.

[Dylan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

God dang, that was good. Okay, let me go to number two.

[Brandon]

Number two.

[Bobby Bones]

Now I'm gonna say this. Number one tasted way better than I thought it was going to because it visually did not look as good as what number two looks like. Only because, number two, the edges are blackened. And I'm not even sure if that's what you say about it. And nobody correct me because then I might know who it is.

[Eddie]

Yeah, no, no, correction.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, number two.

[Brandon]

Can you say blackened?

[Bobby Bones]

Sorry, should we bleep that? I'm not even gonna make the joke, guys.

[Dylan]

Come on.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, here we go. Here we go. Hard dinosaur.

[Eddie]

So both are good.

[Bobby Bones]

Here's the thing. They're not just good because I love meat in my mouth.

[Eddie]

Cause you do.

[Bobby Bones]

I do.

[Eddie]

Here's the thing, man, I'm nervous.

[Kevin]

Me, too.

[Eddie]

I'm really nervous now.

[Bobby Bones]

Me, too. God dang, those are both good.

[Eddie]

He's going for seconds.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I have to. I gotta. I gotta clean my palate. And I'm only eating off the same one, but.

[Eddie]

Do you have water?

[Bobby Bones]

I got.

[Eddie]

I guess that's how you clean your pallet.

[Brandon]

Wow.

[Eddie]

Wow, wow, wow, wow.

[Bobby Bones]

This is close, Kevin, to everybody listening. It's elite type stuff.

[Kevin]

Nice job, Eddie.

[Eddie]

Man. I'm gonna be honest, Kevin. Like, I was very proud of what I made. And the fact that it's so close. That's. That's good.

[Bobby Bones]

To number two.

[Kevin]

Good.

[Brandon]

It's a big deal.

[Kevin]

As good as the first bite? Better than the second bite or better than the first bite?

[Bobby Bones]

It can't be better than the first because now I know what to expect. Yeah, but the fact that it could even. It's like the first time you do heroin. It's awesome.

[Eddie]

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

[Bobby Bones]

But if that second time you do heroin can be close, like, I'm chasing the dragon right now, boys.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Absolutely.

[Bobby Bones]

I am chasing the dragon. Get your fix on now.

[Eddie]

Do you want to do the barbecue sauce now, or is it just plain brisket for now?

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, first of all, I'm a guy who believes this, and it's controversial. I believe you put a little sauce on something, it's always better. Even if it's perfect, it gets a little more perfect. I love A1 sauce. I love sauces. This is good enough. That sauce will still make it better, but this is good enough that it needs sauce.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Both of them.

[Eddie]

Let's skip the sauce then.

[Brandon]

Bobby's taking his second bite.

[Bobby Bones]

This is the second bite of number one.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Number one. He sure is.

[Kevin]

Brandon with the play by.

[Brandon]

He's taking two bites of number two, and his face says it all.

[Bobby Bones]

God dang.

[Kevin]

Have you ever loved meat in your mouth more than right now?

[Eddie]

Well, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

69. It was a dangerous time for all of us. It was muddy. We didn't know what was happening.

[Eddie]

I'm telling you, it smells good in here, doesn't it, boys?

[Brandon]

Amazing in here, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm shocked that they're both so good.

[Eddie]

I am, too. I am, actually, that you're having such a hard time.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I'm having such a hard time because I think in my head, I've got one that's slightly better, but it only could be the order that I'm eating it to. So I'm probably gonna have to go back and put even more meat in my mouth.

[Kevin]

Oh.

[Eddie]

Oh, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. But we did bring Dylan in. I know. Scuba Steve is here, too. He's doing buy bone show stuff. Hey, Scuba Steve, can you hear me? Scuba, can you have him put his headphones on real quick? Headphones on. Hey, what's up? Do you enjoy meat in your mouth?

[Nick Baumgartner]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Eddie]

His face is so scared.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we're having a meat. We don't know whose meat is who.

[Scuba Steve]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Both Eddie and Kevin smoked a brisket. And would you mind sampling a piece and just telling me which one you like better? And Dylan, Same for you.

[Dylan]

Interesting. Yeah.

[Eddie]

But we're not showing Dylan, right?

[Bobby Bones]

No, no. Those two don't need to know who's his who.

[Nick Baumgartner]

No one knows.

[Eddie]

We're not showing his face. Dylan, Right. Is he masked? Dylan.

[Bobby Bones]

Here's the thing about Dylan. He's hidden. He's secret. And I made the joke that Dylan's face will never be seen. And then someone just searched who I follow on Instagram and I follow Dylan, so he's no longer masked. You know, it was just. You can show. Yeah, we can show.

[Nick Baumgartner]

All right.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. There's Dylan.

[Kevin]

Hey, Dylan.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, Dylan.

[Dylan]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

You go first. Okay. I'm going to have you come up, and I'm. I need Another fork, though. Can somebody run to get another fork? I'm not giving Dylan.

[Kevin]

Yeah, I'll get one.

[Bobby Bones]

Cuz I've kept my fork only on specific pieces of meat.

[Kevin]

Oh, yeah?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Dylan]

One on the left, my left, your right.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, the forks under the piece that I've been eating from. You don't need to worry that much, Dylan. I'm okay, bro.

[Dylan]

I was saying, which one?

[Kevin]

Pretty clean.

[Bobby Bones]

I got a baby. I got a newborn. I got to stay pretty healthy, man.

[Eddie]

I'm surprised.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm shocked.

[Eddie]

So close.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm shocked.

[Eddie]

I thought I'd come in and you'd be like, oh, this one's for sure the best.

[Bobby Bones]

So I always checked out.

[Scuba Steve]

Listen to something else. I know Eddie's involved, but who's going up against Kevin?

[Kevin]

Oh, okay. All right.

[Bobby Bones]

But you don't know whose is who's. Yeah, yeah.

[Scuba Steve]

Good luck, Kevin.

[Bobby Bones]

Right. We're gonna bring in a couple other forks.

[Scuba Steve]

Thank you. I'll get you with my hands too.

[Bobby Bones]

You could a primal.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, Good deal. Do we have any paper towels or something? Because he's gonna have to, like, grab a sheet.

[Eddie]

Oh, no paper towels here.

[Bobby Bones]

That's all right.

[Eddie]

No, get a Coke out there.

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin keeps running back and forth.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Gonna need a couple beers.

[Brandon]

Dylan is walking.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, Dylan, this is number one. This is number two. So if you want to grab when he comes back with a paper towel, you can lay it on the paper towel. Yeah.

[Eddie]

Oh, I have another plate.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah, you've done a plate. We can do plates. Even better here, Scooby, you can come on in. Then.

[Eddie]

Here's Scuba.

[Bobby Bones]

I'll give you a plate right here, number one. So just grab a whole piece. Just remember which one's which.

[Brandon]

Scuba's entering the studio.

[Bobby Bones]

And then grab a piece over here. The only piece I've eaten off of is this one.

[Dylan]

Boom.

[Bobby Bones]

Samer.

[Dylan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yep, Left. Good.

[Eddie]

No, it's not for you.

[Nick Baumgartner]

It's Scuba.

[Dylan]

Oh, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And, boys, you guys outdid yourself.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I'm the. The tension is high. I'm so worried Now, Scuba, there's a plate right there.

[Nick Baumgartner]

1.

[Eddie]

There you go, buddy.

[Kevin]

Yeah, so you don't want to grab

[Bobby Bones]

that one about it. So grab that piece. And that's. That's piece number one. You have a four.

[Eddie]

Kevin, you a little worried.

[Bobby Bones]

And then they should have brought you. There's forks over there. Oh, yeah, that's number two. So the blacker edges, too. And then. Yeah, so you guys will have a couple. Pete, couple bites of each. And

[Kevin]

Scuba straight with the Hands.

[Nick Baumgartner]

I love it.

[Bobby Bones]

Let me know.

[Kevin]

What do you think?

[Nick Baumgartner]

Oh, oh, we got a.

[Brandon]

No. Wow.

[Kevin]

Going for number two already.

[Eddie]

You want to go back to your second shot of these?

[Dylan]

That's insane.

[Bobby Bones]

Which one did you have?

[Dylan]

Had number one first. That's pretty good.

[Kevin]

I don't remember which ones.

[Nick Baumgartner]

That's pretty good.

[Kevin]

Brandon, you remember, right? That's all that matters.

[Eddie]

No idea anymore.

[Dylan]

That's solid.

[Scuba Steve]

So far I've had that first one. I think that's number one.

[Bobby Bones]

Number one. Yeah.

[Scuba Steve]

That was hella good, right? A lot of good fat in there too.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Scuba Steve]

I'm worried about the second one. It looks like it may be too smoked or maybe like too crispy for my liking.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, you're just looking at it though. You gotta taste it.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, I guess I was given my initial thought by looking at it. Looking at the.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. We didn't ask about initial thoughts, did we?

[Brandon]

Got put the meat.

[Bobby Bones]

Was the meat in your mouth an eyeball test? Well, the cooking shows, they talk about

[Scuba Steve]

how it looks in the playhouse Presented.

[Eddie]

Does look like a cooking show to you, Gordon Ramsey.

[Dylan]

It's interesting, Dylan. That's interesting.

[Scuba Steve]

The second one's like butter.

[Dylan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so don't. Don't make any ants. Don't. Don't say anything yet. Okay. Brandon, would you mind giving them each a one of those yellow post its? They can write down number one or number two on it.

[Dylan]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Just write your answer down.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Wow.

[Eddie]

I did not expect for it to be like this.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't either, actually.

[Eddie]

It's. It's like Tom Brady showing up the super bowl being like, I got this. And then they're down by like two touchdowns.

[Bobby Bones]

And then Nick Bow shows up. He's like, how's he so good? Yeah.

[Eddie]

What's happening right now, Kevin?

[Kevin]

It's the old. It's the. The young buck coming in, dude. Drake make the rookie. Yeah, yeah. Second year, second smoke dream.

[Dylan]

I lost, though.

[Eddie]

This is your second smoke ever.

[Kevin]

Ever.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Kevin]

A brisket.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, yeah, yeah, but did he take any of the Eddies?

[Eddie]

I didn't tell him anything then. No, man. We haven't really even talked.

[Kevin]

No, we haven't been friends for about a week.

[Eddie]

We walked by each other and just been like, you're not my friend this week.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, man. The problem is, like, one of them actually looks more appealing to me and if it's a tie, I end up having to fall to that. Did they write the wrenches down? Don't let them see it. Don't let them see anybody see.

[Eddie]

And scuba, you're saying that's what they do in the cooking shows.

[Scuba Steve]

They talk about the plate presentation, how it looks.

[Bobby Bones]

There's no plate presentation.

[Scuba Steve]

Paper plates with plastic forks and how it looks. How it looks as the meat.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And I genuinely don't know which one of you cooked which.

[Brandon]

Do you want me to bring you the.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, please do.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Okay,

[Scuba Steve]

man. I wrote down a number, and I may want. I don't know if I want to switch it back to another one.

[Bobby Bones]

You've already written down your number.

[Eddie]

Guys, are you serious?

[Dylan]

I was pretty.

[Kevin]

So let's go, Eddie.

[Eddie]

Guys, it's that close. Yeah, it's that close.

[Kevin]

The Patriots got blew out. Blown out in the Super Bowl's a

[Scuba Steve]

little bit, like, too salty, but I don't mind it.

[Kevin]

This is like the Cowboys, you know, expect a lot, and then they just disappoint.

[Bobby Bones]

Can I get a sheet, please? I don't want to see theirs before I write my answer down.

[Eddie]

Dang.

[Dylan]

That was a pretty straightforward for me.

[Bobby Bones]

It was.

[Dylan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, okay.

[Eddie]

All right, Dylan.

[Dylan]

I mean, I thought it was pretty.

[Eddie]

That makes me feel a little better. Yeah.

[Dylan]

So.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

So.

[Eddie]

Oh, man. Do you know?

[Bobby Bones]

Do you know I'm looking at those there too?

[Nick Baumgartner]

This is wild.

[Bobby Bones]

Somebody picked number one. Somebody picked number two.

[Eddie]

And that's not including yours.

[Bobby Bones]

Mine's written already written down here below. Dylan, which one did you pick?

[Dylan]

I picked number one because the flavor's better, but I wish I could take the consistency and the texture and the feel of number two and put it with the taste of number one.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Dylan]

Just in hybrid, but, you know, overall, I'm something on eating.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Dylan]

I'm gonna go taste. So I went number one.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Okay. And Scuba, you picked number two.

[Scuba Steve]

I did, yes. It looked like a traditional brisket and had the. The texture of it and taste because one was really good, but. But I think afterwards, the aftertaste is a little bit too salty. Almost like old people food.

[Dylan]

Oh, wow.

[Eddie]

Wow. Cafeteria.

[Bobby Bones]

You eat old people food at the

[Scuba Steve]

old people home, like Piccadilly.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so before I reveal my answer, because I already have it written down, I cannot change it, I would like to know whose was number one.

[Eddie]

Can I look at them? I'll tell you what it is.

[Dylan]

Which one?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, it's always been the same.

[Eddie]

I don't know. I bet. Let me see.

[Brandon]

I can tell you what's number one and number two.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, okay. So number one was more straightforward. The edges weren't blackened. Number two was more blackened around the edges.

[Eddie]

That's mine for sure. Blackened around the edges.

[Bobby Bones]

Brandon.

[Brandon]

Number one is Kevin and number two is Eddie.

[Bobby Bones]

I have my answer. Oh, my God.

Bobby.

I just want to set this up first because it's. I'm already down, so I cannot change. I'm not.

[Nick Baumgartner]

I'm not.

[Bobby Bones]

O's the mentalist. I'm not riding it with my pinky behind the screen or anything. It's already down. Here's what I want to say. They're both excellent. Okay? So there's that.

[Eddie]

This is crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

It.

[Kevin]

It.

[Bobby Bones]

It could be one of the greatest upsets in cooking history.

Shut up.

I said it could be.

[Kevin]

Relax.

[Bobby Bones]

I said it could be. If Kevin pulls this off.

[Kevin]

Come on, baby.

[Bobby Bones]

It could be the greatest upset in cooking history. They were both dynamic, so you both should be very proud.

[Kevin]

Thank you.

[Eddie]

Somebody wants to hear that.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Let's go.

[Bobby Bones]

The winner.

[Eddie]

You wanna take another bite?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't need to.

[Eddie]

I will. Cause you want to.

[Bobby Bones]

It's good. I'd like to have a little sauce and maybe bring a vegetable.

[Kevin]

I got some garlic.

[Bobby Bones]

I did tell my wife. I was like, I gotta eat more vegetables. I'm just eating all meat at the house. Because here's the thing about me. I love meat in my mouth all the time. Wake up in the morning challenge for you. Go to bed. Can I have meat in my mouth? The winner of the meat my mouth challenge is. Eddie. How bad would this be for you if you lose? No, I would leave.

[Eddie]

I'm leaving. I'm leaving. I'm going straight home.

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin, how bad. How cool would it be for you if you want.

[Kevin]

Dude, it would make my year. Like, I will come. Oh, the entire year. I'm coming to every show and I'm changing my Instagram handle from Kickoff Kevin. To the brisket master.

[Bobby Bones]

Shut up.

[Dylan]

Cookout Kevin.

[Eddie]

Shut up.

[Kevin]

Just because I was confident he was.

[Bobby Bones]

Cookout Kevin. Cookout Kevin. Yes.

[Nick Baumgartner]

That's Dylan.

[Kevin]

This is a food influencer.

[Bobby Bones]

The winner of the meat in my mouth challenge is.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Come on, baby.

[Eddie]

Come on, baby.

[Bobby Bones]

Number.

[Eddie]

Come on, baby.

[Bobby Bones]

2.

The Brookie is here. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow.

So there. Kevin, it was awesome.

[Dylan]

Thank you.

[Bobby Bones]

Yours is awesome.

[Kevin]

You know what?

[Nick Baumgartner]

I'll take it.

[Eddie]

Hey, who. Who did one?

[Bobby Bones]

It's a very direct made performance. It's two. You shouldn't be here. So, so quick.

[Kevin]

I'm a little ahead.

[Bobby Bones]

You shouldn't have got this close this early, but you did a heck of a job.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Thank you, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

Now, did you have an easy schedule getting here? Yeah. You played nobody. But,

[Kevin]

hey, I can only play who's in Front of me.

[Bobby Bones]

That's right. I can only play who's in front of me.

[Eddie]

It's not on you.

[Nick Baumgartner]

But I had one person.

[Bobby Bones]

I think I'm glad. Scuba and Dylan, because it was that close. Solid, right? Dylan.

[Eddie]

Solid.

[Dylan]

Both fantastic.

[Eddie]

Okay, who did Dylan pick?

[Dylan]

I picked one.

[Kevin]

He picked me. Dylan just went up in my book. Scuba.

[Eddie]

And then Scuba, you went to.

[Scuba Steve]

I went to, yeah. Because one was a little too salty.

[Bobby Bones]

I thought they both were very flavorful. I both were great. So when I have any critique, I think they beat anybody else that we play this game with. They're both that good. So this is basically Forrest Gump at the, what, 92 Oscars up against John Travolta and Pulp Fiction.

[Eddie]

Dang.

[Bobby Bones]

Which one are you, Mike? Am I right about any of that?

[Nick Baumgartner]

1944.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, thank you. Thank you. I knew it, right? You talk about both dynamic, fantastic stuff. That being said, what separated it for me was number one, Kevin's. It was not tough, but it was a little tougher than Eddie's, which I put Eddie's in my mouth, and it was like the butter slightly melted in the microwave. And you put it in your.

[Eddie]

No, he's talking about my brisket, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Or am I? Great job, guys. Eddie is the. Eddie is the king.

[Eddie]

And look, you're eating some more of mine, man. Enjoy it. Hey, you want some chips and salsa, too? I made some homemade salsa if you're interested.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Got work.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Brandon]

All right.

[Nick Baumgartner]

I'm gonna be honest, guys.

[Brandon]

If. If Eddie would have lost, I was. I was gonna, like, follow you home.

[Eddie]

I was about to tell Dylan, like, take over the cameras. Yeah, I'm out. I'm leaving.

[Brandon]

Right.

[Kevin]

God, that would have been the biggest.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but the problem with that is Dylan might be better at the camera. He's younger.

[Eddie]

You want to do a camera on.

[Brandon]

All right, next Monday, camera.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, my God.

[Kevin]

Man, I was worried about that char. I was like, I didn't get that char that I'm looking for.

[Eddie]

Let me tell you. Let me tell you. I was a little stressed out because I did mine last night. I did it yesterday, all day yesterday. I put it in 11am thinking it's gonna be a 10 hour smoke by about, you know, 8 or so. It'll be ready to go, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

At 8.

[Eddie]

It was not even halfway done, really. And so mine was not ready till last night at 1 in the morning.

[Kevin]

Really?

[Julian Edelman]

Are you awake?

[Bobby Bones]

You stay up.

[Eddie]

I had to set alarm every 30 minutes and be like, go check it. So the fact that I had to wait that Long. I was worried it was gonna be completely dry, but it wasn't. Came out great.

[Brandon]

Are there any sponsors you want to thank or.

[Eddie]

No?

[Kevin]

Me.

[Bobby Bones]

I sponsored both of them. Bobby paid for.

[Kevin]

I will say. I got the brisket for $72. You gave me 75. It was perfect.

[Eddie]

Yeah, man. Good job.

[Bobby Bones]

What are you talking about, good job? Was there enough to, like, feed the family for a while?

[Kevin]

Yeah, I'm taking some home. I got the whole thing here, but I'm gonna take it home.

[Eddie]

That's the first bite out of the brisket.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So you have enough to, like, feed your family. So I fed your families in multiple ways this week?

[Eddie]

Yes. Great.

[Bobby Bones]

In the end. In the end, I am the winner. I am the great.

[Kevin]

That was fun, though. It was stressful.

[Eddie]

It was so stressful.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

I was stressing yesterday, prepping Saturday.

[Bobby Bones]

I went to the bathroom, and I don't know who's.

[Eddie]

Who's.

[Bobby Bones]

But I see Eddie, like, fighting in that igloo thing up the stairs. He's like, I need five minutes. He's like, hit walls with it. I was.

[Eddie]

I was worrying Kevin because I told him that I got. They're bringing the smoker in, like, 30 minutes, and he thought they were going to roll the real smoker out.

[Kevin]

I thought your family, like, your boys are going to be in on it.

[Bobby Bones]

Fresh off the smoker. Okay, so we'll move away from that. Great job. Thank you. Good for me. Worth 150 bucks for sure. Just to see both of you guys stressed.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Scuba Steve]

All right.

[Kevin]

That was fun.

[Eddie]

Good job, Kevin.

[Kevin]

Thanks. You, too.

[Bobby Bones]

Let's go. We will, we will talk. Some NFL draft coming up. We do have some sports to do.

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What's wrong?

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[Bobby Bones]

We will talk the Masters for a second because Dylan went to the freaking masters. So we've not talked about so Eddie sent me this note too. He's like, did you know Dylan went to the masters?

[Eddie]

Did we not talk about this we did not.

[Kevin]

I didn't know.

[Eddie]

No, no, we did. No, when I was leaving. Oh, that's right. He's, like, going to the Masters Sunday.

[Bobby Bones]

Where did we talk about this then? We talked about it on something.

[Dylan]

Oh, I talked to you. Was it Friday? You were there, right?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think it was like the wizard of Oz. And you were there. And you were there. You were the scarecrow. But we talked about it on this show, did we not?

[Eddie]

We didn't.

[Dylan]

I guess we didn't, no.

[Bobby Bones]

Because I didn't know to say Dylan

[Nick Baumgartner]

was going to go.

[Bobby Bones]

And I was. And we talked about my trip there.

[Eddie]

We talked about you being there.

[Bobby Bones]

You guys just don't listen. I'm almost positive we talked about it.

[Dylan]

I think it was off air because

[Bobby Bones]

I was like, dylan, if you grab a seat, you probably won't grab your seat and run to that spot.

[Kevin]

And this never happened.

[Dylan]

Yeah, I don't think that was recorded.

[Eddie]

That was in your dreams.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Must not have been recorded. But you were there.

[Bobby Bones]

Dylan went to the Masters.

[Kevin]

That's awesome.

[Eddie]

Sunday.

[Nick Baumgartner]

And Sunday, the best day.

[Bobby Bones]

The reason is his. His wife works for corporate.

[Dylan]

Yeah, we'll say corporate.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, we'll go with that. And so he went down and he got tickets to go. And what did you. Did you get there? I'm burping up excellent brisket, by the way.

[Dylan]

That's good smoke flavor, good burps.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you get there right when it was gates open?

[Dylan]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And what did you do? What was your move?

[Dylan]

We went to Amen Corner. We had two chairs.

[Eddie]

Ah, yes.

[Dylan]

We got first row at Amen Corner.

[Bobby Bones]

So you ran and set them down.

[Dylan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Isn't that cool that once you set them down, nobody can move them?

[Dylan]

It's fantastic. I had to kick three people out like, three times, but it was always a pleasant experience.

[Eddie]

Where were they? They're trying to sit in your chair.

[Dylan]

Yeah. So it's like people can sit in your chair. And it's like just an understood thing. If you come up behind and be like, hey, you. You know, thanks for keeping it warm or whatever. It's our seats. People get up and move. But if there's a chair, you can sit in whatever you like.

[Bobby Bones]

So you guys didn't hear this?

[Kevin]

Dang.

[Bobby Bones]

But what happens is if you have a chair, it's a specific chair, too.

[Dylan]

Yeah. Green master's chair.

[Bobby Bones]

You, as soon as wherever you put it, it lives there and it's yours for the whole day. So you put it somewhere where you want to sit. But while you're gone. Other people can sit in it if it's empty. But when you go back to that chair, they got to get up. That's your seat. It's your reserved seat for the whole day. So what you do, it's much like as a kid, if you're at the Texas Giant, you want to go ride that. You know there's a long line right when the gate opens. You run the Texas Giant. You run to a. To a place that you want to have your seat all day. And you ran right to Amen Corner, right?

[Dylan]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

That's cool. Did you walk around, though?

[Eddie]

I might. So where do you get the chair? Like, do they give it to you? You have to buy it.

[Dylan]

You can buy it. You can buy it in the shop. It seemed like everyone that was there that early already had chairs, though. We got ours via my wife's company, so we already had them, which is great. But you can buy them at the store before or during or whenever. So some people that have been there all week, they'll go, like, one of the practice rounds, get it then.

[Kevin]

And it has to be a master's chair.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. You can't show up in the lawn chair.

[Eddie]

That's what I was thinking. Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So I'm assuming you also, after you put the chair down, went walking around?

[Dylan]

Yeah, we did. We went up to. Went up to the first tee box, saw the first three groups tee off there. And then we went to Founder Circle, got a picture, and we walked during the whole course.

[Bobby Bones]

You got a picture? Yeah.

[Dylan]

They take a picture in front of.

[Bobby Bones]

They take it up? Yeah, Yeah. I was about to turn him in.

[Eddie]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

I was about to get his tickets taken for next year.

[Dylan]

GBI just kicks in the door. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So you got a picture taken, did you? How did you feel about, like, trying to follow golf, the famous golfers?

[Dylan]

So we didn't follow anyone because we knew it would be tough, especially on Sunday. And the people like not to knock anybody, but, like, you know, the good, really good, entertaining groups didn't kick tee off to, like, around 11 30. So we kind of just walked around until then. So we got to catch different things. Like, we saw Brooks on a par three. I think it was on six. So we saw people that way. We didn't necessarily follow anybody, but it was crazy. I was telling Brandon this. It's just hard to keep, like, you have no idea what's going on at any point in time ever. You'll hear roars, and you're just like, okay. And I still don't know, I haven't watched the round back, so I have no clue, like, 90 of the stuff that happened yesterday.

[Bobby Bones]

Because unless you're. Unless you see the main scoreboard or you see one of the little ones walking around, you don't know what people's scores are either. If you're, like, watching them hit in a fair way, you don't even see the ball. No phones, so there's no way to keep track. There's not, like a little app they give you to keep. It's just. You're just there talking to people or having to walk to the middle to see the scoreboard, to see where it is.

[Kevin]

That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

And then there are roars just randomly all around you, and you're like, I wonder what happened. Yeah, what else was cool? What was it? What was cool about it?

[Dylan]

I met Daniel Jones.

[Eddie]

Oh, you did?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Dylan]

He was walking around and I was thinking, they gotta love that because no phones. It's probably just people coming up. Hey, you're great.

[Eddie]

See you later.

[Dylan]

That's it?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Dylan]

No pictures, nothing.

[Bobby Bones]

Say hi.

[Dylan]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, so you didn't meet him?

[Dylan]

He was next to me, yeah. Chatted briefly, but I wasn't.

[Bobby Bones]

You talked to him?

[Dylan]

Yeah, I wasn't like, hey, how's it going?

[Nick Baumgartner]

What's up?

[Dylan]

Daniel Jones? Well, he said something about college

[Kevin]

and

[Bobby Bones]

then you transferred up to the Northeast.

[Dylan]

You don't know me. Come on. But no, didn't talk to him. Like, I don't know. I'm weird about stuff like that. I don't like to, like, like, bother people. 90 of the time.

[Bobby Bones]

So was he a nice guy?

[Dylan]

Yeah, super nice.

[Bobby Bones]

Was he larger?

[Dylan]

Oh, my God.

[Bobby Bones]

Was he larger? Yeah, they're always big.

Jacked.

[Dylan]

I was so shocked. Like, he. Super tall.

[Bobby Bones]

How was his Achilles? You take a look. Go down and take a look.

[Dylan]

I should have, like, lifted up his pant leg and been like, oh, yeah, the baby's tight, for sure.

[Bobby Bones]

Was he walking around, like, pretty good?

[Nick Baumgartner]

Yeah, he looked great.

[Bobby Bones]

Crutches looked great.

[Dylan]

No crochets.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Calves were.

[Bobby Bones]

Calves were strong. Always. In short, he's in shorts, right?

[Kevin]

Big calves, huh? Nice.

[Dylan]

Great calves. Like, it's pretty.

[Julian Edelman]

Give us an example.

[Bobby Bones]

What did you wear?

[Dylan]

I wore khaki shorts. Masters pole and master's hat.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Perfect.

[Eddie]

Like he's playing golf.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you buy the stuff there?

[Dylan]

No, this was from my wife. Got it for me a few years ago.

[Bobby Bones]

And did you wear it prior to this, ever?

[Dylan]

Maybe once or twice.

[Kevin]

Poser.

[Bobby Bones]

Poser. Now you can.

[Dylan]

Now that's what I said. We Were walking out. I was like, I can finally say, yeah, I've actually been.

[Bobby Bones]

So where were you when it ended? Were you still on the grounds?

[Dylan]

Yeah, so we. So we were at 18, so we thought it would be smart. So when Rory and Cam Young came through in corner, we immediately packed up after they finished and went to 18. Thought we were spry. It was like an hour and a half before they were going to get there. No shot. No shot. So we were, like, down behind a tree, like, trying to see. And we watched Scotty Finish up on 18. And we're like, okay. Justin Rose, you know, he's within striking distance. He was at 11 under, going in 17. Bogey, 17. Roy had three strokes. We're like, there's no point in staying. So we dipped out. And it.

[Bobby Bones]

It.

[Dylan]

It worked out. It saved me, like, an hour worth of traffic. But, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Pretty cool, huh?

[Dylan]

Yeah, pretty. Pretty awesome stuff.

[Bobby Bones]

What'd you think of the grounds?

[Dylan]

Unreal.

[Bobby Bones]

So green, right?

[Eddie]

Unreal.

[Dylan]

And it's like the fairways and the greens and even, like, just the walking. It's just like turf. It doesn't look like real grass. Like, I stopped when we were going to put our chairs down. I was just, like, rubbing the fairway. My wife's like, like, what are you doing? And I'm like, this is incredible. I don't know.

[Eddie]

I don't know how.

[Dylan]

You're not touching the grass right now. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

What about the food?

[Dylan]

10 out of 10. Tried everything on the menu.

[Eddie]

Everything?

[Kevin]

Everything.

[Dylan]

Oh, yeah.

[Eddie]

Is it a big menu or.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not a massive menu. I mean, there's some stuff, but it's not.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not Cheesecake Factory.

[Eddie]

I've seen egg salad, egg salad sandwiches.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Right?

[Eddie]

That's a thing.

[Bobby Bones]

And the pimento.

[Dylan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Kevin]

There were the guy who got the hat. Baked salad.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I saw that.

[Eddie]

Hey, what about the birds? Are the birds as loud as they are on tv? Because on tv, the birds are very deafening.

[Dylan]

They're so loud. Like when we were sitting. Amen corner. That's all you hear is just the birds. Like, they're. It's insane. You can see them flying around. They're flying around like crazy, but super loud. Yeah. Just as loud as on tv.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not convinced. They're not robot birds.

[Julian Edelman]

Right?

[Dylan]

British spies.

[Bobby Bones]

I am not government spies. So give me your top three. You may have already said it, but I don't want to miss anything. Top three things you come away with after going to the Masters.

[Dylan]

All right, number three.

[Bobby Bones]

I like it. Reverse order. Okay.

[Dylan]

You got to build up here, you know?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, go ahead.

[Dylan]

Number three is, like we said, the. The grounds. I mean, everyone always says how great it is, and you're like, my expectations were high already, but it tenfold. Like, it was just absolutely incredible. Number two, my favorite thing, there's these guys. A lot of people know this. There's guys that hide in the woods behind every green. What do they do? And every tee box. And as soon as the golfers finish up on the greens, they sprint out of the woods, maintain the greens. Like, they'll blow dry it. Or if there's a bunker shot, they'll put the sand, like, make the sand go away.

[Kevin]

Oh, keep everything camouflage on.

[Dylan]

Yeah, they, like, have. They have dark green shirts.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, they're not in full camo, but. Yeah.

[Dylan]

Running out like marines.

[Eddie]

That would be scary. If you saw camo guys come out

[Brandon]

there, they're like little trolls that.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Yeah.

[Dylan]

Yeah. So that's number two. I thought that was funny. And the number one is just, like, being so present is. It was incredible. Like, I talked to so many people that I'll never see again. But, like, if we had phones, no shot. I talk to these people.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you see any other celebrities?

[Dylan]

No, I didn't, but a girl behind me saw Bradley Cooper, and then one of my wife's friends saw Peyton Manning, so I was a little upset. I missed Peyton Manning.

[Bobby Bones]

That's cool.

[Dylan]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a fun experience.

[Dylan]

10 out of 10, isn't it?

[Bobby Bones]

And you may have a different recollection than I did driving up to it. It's just like a gated, weird property until you get like. Yeah, like, the course is on the right, the road, but you don't even know it because it's, like, gay. It's like a normal gate with like. Like a tarp over it type thing.

[Dylan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Then when you get to the front, you're like, oh, did you have that experience at all?

[Dylan]

Yeah, it's really weird. So it's off, like, a traditional southern main road in the town. Like, you have just, like, all the fast food. Like, it just totally looks so normal.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Dylan]

And then you take a right and you're just like, at the course. It's like, what? It's like, what? And then you pull in just to grab a lot. And then obviously everything's fenced so you can't see anything. You walk in, you're like, oh, everything just changes like that. When you walk in. The grant, the greens, everything.

[Bobby Bones]

It reminds me a bit of. For us in this room, if you've come to Nashville, the Bluebird, meaning the Bluebird is historic. And you've seen the television show Nashville. There's a documentary about it, all these songwriters. Garth Brooks was found at the Bluebird. Taylor Swift was found at the Bluebird. When you come to it, it's in a fricking strip mall. And you're like, what the heck? That's it. And then you get in and it's tight, super tight and packed. But you're like, oh, I feel it. Like, this is cool. But when you get to it, you drive to it, you arrive, you're like, what the heck is this?

[Kevin]

Yeah. There's like image in your head, and it just doesn't do it justice until you get.

[Bobby Bones]

And then when it starts, you're like, oh, I get why this experience is that special. Like, you're in so tight. The people are in around. It's not this exactly the same, but that would be the comparison here. But it would. Do you want to go back next year?

[Dylan]

Oh, if I could go back every year for the rest of my life, I would.

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[Dylan]

Yeah, 100%.

[Kevin]

Would you go four days or just one and you're good?

[Dylan]

If I had no responsibilities, I'd go four days. Like, it's just the most serene, awesome thing. Yeah. Incredible.

[Bobby Bones]

You're young. You probably got a Coachella, too. No way.

[Dylan]

Sleep in a tent.

[Bobby Bones]

No way.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Days.

[Dylan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I think it'd be fun to go every few years. It's just. It's a lot. Yeah. Traffic, Augusta. Been Augusta a bunch of times. Not for golf, but just for shows or station stuff. And it's a small town. It's a. Traffic's a beast. Yeah, you gotta. You gotta do what he did, but on purpose. You gotta leave. Unless it's something really cool at the end. You're wait for. But then you're gonna be in traffic for two hours. This is old man talking, though. Now it's like, I don't want to be in. But yeah, it's super cool. I was thinking last night, I've been very fortunate. No, I haven't. I've worked hard, so screw that.

[Kevin]

Nice.

[Bobby Bones]

Not before now.

[Scuba Steve]

I haven't.

[Bobby Bones]

I've worked super hard to get this crap. I've been to the Masters, I've been to the super bowl multiple. But I just say Super Bowl. Been to the World Series. Basketball, baseball, football. The only one. The only one. I don't. I've been to the Stanley cup finals. I just haven't been to the NBA Finals. It's the Only one I haven't been to. That's crazy to think of now, considering I never went to anything as a kid. No games. It's a parent to take me anywhere. That's the one I got to check off, is go to the NBA Finals, and I've been to all the pro things. And that's. I was thinking about it yesterday. I was like, I haven't been to the Masters. What other ones I've been to because I only went to the World Series because the Cubs were in it. Super bowl for work a couple times. Masters, because they're friends that. Where'd you guys. Where'd you stay? Anywhere. Just drive down and drive back.

[Dylan]

One of her. Her company had a few houses, so

[Bobby Bones]

we said, awesome, man. If you have, like, a house in Augusta, you can, like, Airbnb the F out of that thing for a few days at that time. That's cool.

[Dylan]

They made some crazy.

[Kevin]

Yeah, that's awesome, man.

[Dylan]

What's it?

[Eddie]

You don't have an NBA team, do you? No.

[Bobby Bones]

So, like, my wife. Well, I should have gone to Thunder last year because my wife. My wife and her family are massive Thunder fans, and I got invited to go out.

[Eddie]

Oh, wow.

[Bobby Bones]

And they were like, hey, you should come to one of the finals games.

[Eddie]

You didn't realize that's the one you've never been to.

[Bobby Bones]

I know. Traffic.

[Kevin]

I get it.

[Bobby Bones]

But I should go now and check that and check the box. But that's super cool, Dylan. Yeah, that's awesome.

[Eddie]

And, dude, you should go back and watch Sunday, because Sunday was crazy. Like at the Masters, that fourth round.

[Kevin]

Yeah, there's a.

[Eddie]

How many leads were there?

[Dylan]

Yeah, there was tons.

[Eddie]

So many different leads.

[Bobby Bones]

I bet on Rory at the. Before it started, 100 bucks. In a way, I won $1,300.

[Nick Baumgartner]

That's pretty good.

[Dylan]

I mean, consecutive wins was. I mean, he's the fourth one to do it.

[Bobby Bones]

I did. The only other bet that I made was Scheffler to be in the top five, and he did. And I didn't think he was going to.

[Kevin]

Came on strong.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah. I got second. I think I bet 250. I won like, 620. It wasn't that. That was a massive pay, but it

[Eddie]

was because, hey, man, he wasn't doing that well.

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Eddie]

You know, so not until the. Not till Saturday. That's when he started climbing. I think he shot seven under on Saturday.

[Bobby Bones]

One other thing is that Kevin did not scam Cobra Golf.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah, he did.

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin did not scam. Oh, my gosh.

[Eddie]

He did Cobra Golf gave him golf clubs.

[Bobby Bones]

Why did this even come up?

[Eddie]

Oh, we were talking about playing golf, and. And I think I talked about, like, if I would have won a bet, I'm gonna buy these new Titleist irons. And Kevin's like, oh, yeah, I got. I got new irons. Like, brand new irons. I'm like, like, you bought irons? Like, no, I didn't buy them. Cobra gave them to me. And I was like. Then he finally told me the story. I'm like, this sounds familiar. Scammer alert.

[Kevin]

As if he wasn't there for the whole thing.

[Bobby Bones]

The whole thing?

[Nick Baumgartner]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Guys, I'm forgetting everything. I think I'm getting Alzheimer's.

[Bobby Bones]

At least you say it right.

[Eddie]

Yeah, man. Forgetting everything.

[Bobby Bones]

So, yes, we were going to shoot a series, so I had to deal with Cobra for a year and a half, I guess, maybe two years. And so clubs. I did social media stuff for them, and I was like, hey, we'll do a series with Kevin trying to break 200 or something. I don't remember what it was.

[Kevin]

It was 90. It was 90 something realistic.

[Bobby Bones]

And my guy that I did the deal with left Cobra, and he was like, hey, I'm leaving. I'm going to a different company. And so when he left, our debts were paid. They never had me back again. And also, my deal. I wasn't playing any more golf, though, and my deal didn't renew itself.

[Eddie]

But Kevin did get irons from him, right?

[Bobby Bones]

I got irons and we gave them to Kevin. Yeah, if we're being. But, yes, they were for Kevin. He got them fitted, we went and did the whole thing, but it was mostly through my deal.

[Eddie]

Okay, that makes sense.

[Bobby Bones]

No, you're being a hater.

[Eddie]

No, I thought. I thought Cobra was like, hey, guys, did we ever see anything from that Kevin kickoff?

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin break 200 series?

[Kevin]

No, but he got those clubs.

[Bobby Bones]

We were gonna do that series of Hit one in the fairway. Does anybody remember that? All right, let's take a break.

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[Bobby Bones]

All right, let us welcome Nick Baumgartner with us, who is a senior writer at the Athletic one of the best in the business when it comes to analyzing the NFL draft. Michigan native who covered the Wolverines program for a bunch of years has a Lions podcast called welcome to Detroit. But when it comes to draft evaluation for the Athletic, I'm a big Nick Baumgartner guy. So thanks to Nick for coming on. Nick, thanks for talking with us, man.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Absolutely. How are you doing?

[Bobby Bones]

I'm doing pretty good. Yeah. Just some questions I was thinking before you came on. Number one, I did see and something that you had mentioned was Diego Pavia. Like, what's going to happen with Diego Pavia?

[Nick Baumgartner]

I don't know. You know, at best, at best he's going to be a backup of some of some sort in the NFL. But I'm not sure if that's, you know, where that's going to go. I mean he's very small. He's an outlier in so many ways with the size and everything else. But also like I am curious how many teams we saw this last year with Shador Sanders. I'm curious how many teams are wanting to invest in a quarterback who's going to come with baggage, who's going to be like, I want to have this media career. I want to be like a budding, you know, this, that, the other. So I don't know if it'll be more than just like a flash when he gets a tryout in camp and that's all we see. He bounces around for a minute and then he, he's maybe off to some minor league situation, I'm not sure. But I just don't think he has the size or sort of the requisite arm talent to do it in the NFL.

[Bobby Bones]

The NFL don't. They don't really want backups who want reporters at their locker. Right, right.

[Nick Baumgartner]

That's kind of the thing. I mean, that was the thing with Shador that I think people, you know, they got a lot of people got in their feelings for a lot of different reasons. Some of it was valid, some of it wasn't. But the reason why he fell as far as he did, which it was a fall, obviously it was a multiple round deal. It was because, you know, we don't want the backup quarterback because that's coming in here to do at best to distract from every other thing that we're doing, including our starter, our offense, our offensive coordinator, whatever else it is, we'll put up with that. If it's a, you know, generational starter, maybe, but we're not going to do it with a backup. And I think that that's sort of the end of the, end of the day thing with quarterbacks right now pretty much settle.

[Bobby Bones]

Mendoza is going to go to the Raiders at one. But where does Mendoza fall into like the last few years of quarterback?

[Nick Baumgartner]

Yeah, it's A great question. I think, like, I think he's probably somewhere a little bit lower than maybe Cam Ward. Maybe right around the same area as Cam Ward. I think he's a quality future starter, you know, maybe mid levels. You know, that sometimes that scares people. But I think that that's fine. Like, I think he's my comp for him is a more athletic Jared Goff. Like, I think if you protect him and you put, you know, a good offensive line in front of him, give him a good run game him, you know, a capable defense, he's going to be okay. Like he's going to be able to win games, get a team to a Super bowl, do all the things that, you know, we expect from a, from a starter who's capable, who's going to be an extension guy and make a lot of money. Kirk Cousins is another great comp for him. Maybe not a guy that like, lights anybody up every, you know, for the rest of his career, but a guy that's hard to ignore, who's very consistent, just probably not generational, you know, I guess, if that makes any sense. But just a solid player who I don't think is going to be a bad NFL quarterback.

[Bobby Bones]

Which also makes sense as to why they would get Kirk Cousins to come to the Raiders before. Before they draft Mendoza. Right?

[Nick Baumgartner]

Yeah, it's a perfect. I thought that was a perfect addition. I'm a big fan of you bring a rookie in, I want that rookie to be able to at least compete with and beat out a veteran, a capable veteran. Let's see if he can, what he's got in camp number one and then number two. You know, when that happens, if it happens, whatever it is. Either way, Mendoza is going to be able to work with Kirk Cousins all year. And Kirk Cousins is, you know, a pretty selfless guy. He's going to be there for it no matter what. If he, he doesn't win the job, he'll be Mendoza's biggest fan. And even for a year, if it's no more than that, whatever it is, you know, that's going to be invaluable, you know, knowledge that he's going to be able to get from a guy who's been around for a long time. So I thought it was great.

[Bobby Bones]

I was looking at your latest mock. Only one quarterback going to the first round for you, and these other guys have a chance to move up.

[Nick Baumgartner]

So I think Ty Simpson for me is sort of in that. A little bit lower than the Jackson Dart thing, maybe last year, that range, but probably Right in that same area. Like, it wouldn't shock me if, if somebody really likes Ty Simpson or a couple teams really like Ty Simpson and somebody at the bottom of the first maybe makes a move up, maybe, you know, Houston trades out or somebody like this at like 25, 26, somewhere in there, somebody comes up, gets their quarterback, you know, low risk, whatever it is, they want to get him on the extra year at the end of the first round. That's about the only thing I could see otherwise. I think you could probably just sit and wait, you know, because I think he's. I don't think he's a first round, first round quarterback. I think that this, this class in general's probably a little bit like last year, maybe a little bit weaker, but probably pretty close to what last year's was. So I think dart was right in that same range. Simpson could be good, we just don't know. And I think that that's the big mystery right now. And, you know, other beyond that, it becomes Garrett Nussmeier, who I think is a solid backup candidate, Carson, Beck and etc.

[Bobby Bones]

Nussmeyer is interesting because if you had asked before the season, you're like, nuss Meyer for sure is going to be a first round pick, at least according to the census. However, he didn't have a great year, but also he was hurt, or at least supposedly he was hurt through most of the year. Is there a chance that if a guy was hurt that he actually can move up a bunch, though? If that was the factor that made him not perform his last year, I

[Nick Baumgartner]

think I don't know about a bunch, but I think in Nussmeier's case it'll be significant because I think when teams saw him at the Senior bowl and they saw him fully healthy, it was a different deal. It was like, whoa, this is the guy that we thought we were going to see in terms of arm talent, in terms of mobility, in terms of consistent accuracy, all those types of things from the pocket. So it was like he was much healthier in January, February. So you could see it. And I don't think he talked about it much during the season. Pretty tough guy. I think that did help him quite a bit that he was healthier and he came out and showed up. Mark Bernowski is another guy, lower on the list. Obviously that was probably undraftable, but went to the Shrine bowl after playing in Iowa's bowl game. Also a little bit healthier, but was in no way healthy during the season, was terrible in the bowl game, in The Shrine bowl was really good and I think it'll probably be maybe a candidate for a day three pick. But in Nussmeier's case, I don't think the gap between Ty Simpson and Garrett Nussmeier is super wide. I think Nussmeier is a really quality future backup who could steal a couple starts for you here and there. Smart player, son of a coach, all that stuff who I think is going to be an asset for somebody. I don't think he'll make it to day three. I think he might be gone by the end of day two.

[Bobby Bones]

There isn't a wild when you look at Reese or Sonny Stiles or Carnell Tate or Caleb Downs that Ohio State didn't win the friggin national championship considering the talent they had on their team.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Well, they want it last year. I guess you give them a little bit of a break but you flip it on the other side and you're like Jeremiah Smith for next year is just like he's going to be the number one pick. Julian Saying is a really good quarterback to get the running back there, that's really good. I don't know how they didn't pull it off, but yeah, defensively this was as freaky as they're probably ever going to have, I would imagine. I mean you've got a guy like Sonny Styles who wouldn't even really know what his position I guess maybe technically will be in the NFL could be like five things the guy could end up playing. Downs is awesome, Reese is awesome. So yeah, tough break for the Buckeys, but I mean we're not going to feel too bad for Ohio State. They win a lot. So I don't think anybody's trying to outside of Ohio.

[Bobby Bones]

There's a couple guys that are probably top talent wise, but they don't play a position that would get them drafted as high. And I'm curious of both of those guys. One would be Jeremiah Love. A lot of people say he could be 1, 2 best like players in the draft. Just his position as a running back and the other one which we mentioned was Caleb Downs. Like those two guys, do you believe they are elite? It's just their position holding them back a little bit.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Oh absolutely. I think Love is my number one player in the class. I think him for sure he is, you know, I think he's. I certainly have him above Ashton Jeanty from last year. I think there's several teams in the NFL that would agree. I think most, the NFL probably would agree with that one at this point, I think. I think love is in the Bijan Robinson, Jameer Gibbs tier. Right. Those guys are about to set the market here, I think, in this coming off season. And that's really what you're looking for now. Now in a modern NFL running back. The McCaffrey thing kind of too, where it's like, I don't ever have to take him off the field. He'd be a great receiver when I need him to be a great receiver. He can run inside, he can run outside and do anything. We don't have to be limited with what we call. He fits in any offense. If we have to fire our coach next year, it doesn't matter. He's still going to be the guy. So I think love for sure and, you know, we'll see where he goes. I could even see some teams maybe wanting to move up to get him because, I mean, if a contender, maybe even, or somebody a little bit lower because he's so talented, wanted like Kansas City signed Walker because I don't think they thought he was going to make it that far. So I think that's number one there. And then Downs is also in that boat. He's not as like athletically, like, whoa. As like a Kyle Hamilton or an Eamon Worry, which I think some people, you know, they look at that, they say, okay, well, that I'm out then, you know, whatever. But mentally and like, as a football player, he's the most disciplined and best tackler, smartest defender, I think probably in the class. And a guy like, again, there's just no way he's not going to be a really good player for a long time in the NFL.

[Bobby Bones]

The jets are at 2 and 16. The jets are also terrible. What do they do?

[Nick Baumgartner]

I think they just go best player. I think the reason why you trade all your guys like they did last year to get all those assets and remember, now they have a bunch next year, too. So it's not. They're one of the few teams I would. I would say, hey, you can be a little bit patient with your quarterback. Rookie quarterback in this class is not going to come in and save that mess. So. So take the best player available at every single stop. I don't care what the guy's playing, I don't care what he does. I think, you know, for me, that's Arvo Reese at number two. Take him and then move on. If it's Jordan Tyson or whoever, that drops you at 16. If it's Kenyon Sadiq, do that. I really don't Care. They need literally everything. Premium picks in the first three rounds this year and next year. That's how you rebuild yourself out. That's sort of what the Lions did when Aaron Glenn was there. They traded Safford, got a bunch of picks, and then really were bad. But, like, let those rookie guys kind of develop together. And then by year three, away we go. I don't know if the jets will give him enough time, but, like, from a franchise standpoint, that's what needs to happen.

[Bobby Bones]

Kind of a JV version of. That's the Cowboys. They have two picks in the first round. 2, 12 and 20. Like, what are they going to do?

[Nick Baumgartner]

Dallas is a really good spot. They've actually, you know, everybody kind of crashed on them for that Micah Parsons trade. And it was weird. I'm not going to lie that it wasn't weird, but they got good return out of that, that they've done a nice job, you know, kind of rebuilding their defensive line. They drafted well last year. Now they're in position, I think, at 12. And, you know, they could either package up and go get their favorite corner if it's Jermod McCoy, if it's Mansour Delaine, one of the two, you know, those are kind of big needs. They could package up and go get their favorite safety if they wanted to do that, or they could just sit and pick. And I think that they're in a good spot to just sit, get a really good corner there at 12, and then kind of do whatever they want at 26. And Dallas suddenly should be a team based on how they've drafted the last two years. I think if they hit this right, should be a team that could contend for a playoff spot again and it wouldn't surprise anybody and be right back kind of in the conversation again.

[Bobby Bones]

Nah, let's be honest. That ain't going to happen. That's the Cowboys. Yeah. Let's be honest.

[Nick Baumgartner]

I mean, it could happen. Could happen.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, a macro version of this draft, like, when you zoom out, like, to me, it's one quarterback and a lot of really strong defensive players. But what do you see?

[Nick Baumgartner]

Yeah, that's really what it is. The. This is a really good defensive class. And I think really more than that, I would. I would throw the tight ends in there and say that you got the tight ends, the linebackers and the safeties. The NFL is moving toward those positions are going to be a big deal. Right, Your tight end. We saw that last year with the Rams and some other teams putting the three out there to change the math defensively, we saw what Seattle did with Nikki Minwari moving him around. He was a linebacker and a safety. He did everything. You want hybrid guys that can move on defense that can cover those freaky tight ends, and then on the other side you want the freaky tight end that can make the math a mess defensively. So those. There's a bunch of them in this draft and I think for the first time in a long time, the NFL is ready for him for the first time ever. Isaiah Simmons, if anybody remembers him from like 10 years ago, would have loved to be in this draft now because I think if he gets picked today, he'd have been used properly tomorrow. So I think this is a good draft for sort of hybrid specialists and creative teams. I think if you paid attention to Mike McDonald last year and most teams should have have, there's quite a bit of stuff to, to gather here in this draft city.

[Bobby Bones]

The tight end from Oregon's a freak athlete, right?

[Nick Baumgartner]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Just a complete like 4, 3, 9, 40. I think he was over 40 inches on the vertical. Outstanding blocker, outstanding blocking potential. I think he can get better. Outstanding blocker in space, legit receiver. I mean, he can play the X, he can play Z. Could line up in the slot, can be a fullback, H back, tight end, regular, whatever it is. He can line up at pretty much every skill position but quarterback and be an impact guy. And I think that he's kind of your modern prototype for what that X factor offensive weapon is going to be going forward. Like when we compare tight ends down the road, I think it's going to be Sadiq and Brock Bowers, the kid from that's with the Raiders right now.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm going to ask a final question and there's a reason I'm going to ask this last because it's about a guard and that's not a sexy question to ask, but most of the time, you know, it's tackles, it's the outside, it's protecting the quarterback. You know, to see a guard in your top 15 in most of the top 15s, the kid from Penn State. How is a guard going so early?

[Eddie]

Oh, man.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Well, venga. You want to. He is. He is. Arguably you could make an argument that he's up there with either Fano or Maui. Go in terms of the best offensive lineman, best run blocker probably in this draft, and I think that's what seals it. He is easily the best interior lineman, number one in this class, number two. I think he's the best pound for pound probably run blocker in the class. I mean, he moves people. You notice him on film, he's uprooting guys and getting them out of the hole on, you know, on a duo call or power, whatever it is. And that anymore is pretty rare. A lot of these college teams, they like to play the zone stuff. They like to spread teams out, smaller guards. A lot of the centers this year are small, but not a lot of big gap centers. So this is a guy in Venga who has played some tackle before also that could play either guard spot and I think come into a team and immediately help reestablish or change the culture of their interior and really become, you know, help change their run game. Because I think that's what everybody's kind of looking for right now in the NFL.

[Bobby Bones]

Selfishly. What do you want the Lions to do?

[Nick Baumgartner]

Tackle would be great. But Venga, we just talked about him. I think he. If he could fall 17 if you wanted to get there. I think you got Kate, you got Maze that you just signed. You're moving potential to left tackle put. You want a there at left guard. And you've got a pretty awesome left side of your line. Again, not as good as if you would have had with brag now, but I mean, maybe long term it would have. It'll bounce out. So that's what I want.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, you guys can follow Nick on Twitter at Nick Baumgartner, senior writer with the Athletic, writes great articles. I just got my automatic because I buy through Apple Pay. I just got my. Hey, Athletic subscription came through this morning.

[Jack]

Boop.

[Bobby Bones]

I read your articles. Great job. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Keep up, keep up the good work and hopefully we'll talk to you again soon.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Sounds good. Thanks, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, that was it. Congratulations to everybody and me.

[Eddie]

Well, obviously smoker, champ.

[Kevin]

I think you're everybody.

[Brandon]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, congratulations to Eddie for winning, Rory McCormick, Kevin for performing. Thank you wonderfully. Thank you, Dylan for going to the Masters.

[Eddie]

Rory, for winning the Masters.

[Bobby Bones]

Sure. Me for winning $1300.

[Kevin]

Yes.

[Eddie]

You bet on him?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

Nice.

[Bobby Bones]

The only one here is Brandon. What should we congratulate you for?

[Brandon]

I have nothing, man.

[Bobby Bones]

Nothing. He's got nothing.

[Brandon]

Absolutely nothing.

[Bobby Bones]

Thank you guys. And we will see you later on this week. I believe that's all we got.

[Kevin]

Hit it.

[Bobby Bones]

That's. He blew that with some intensity. Yeah, because that guy's fired up.

[Kevin]

I need to try some of yours now.

[Eddie]

Try it, Kevin.

[Dylan]

You'll like it.

[Bobby Bones]

I'd heat it up a little bit.

[Eddie]

The funniest though, the funniest is you guys trying to talk afterwards. You're like burping.

[Dylan]

You're butter.

[Bobby Bones]

Is there butter on this?

[Nick Baumgartner]

No.

[Eddie]

No. I purposely did not put butter on yours.

[Kevin]

Me neither. Is that what you're asking me too?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah.

[Kevin]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Eddie]

Cuz I would normally put butter on

[Bobby Bones]

it tripping my pants right now.

[Kevin]

No, no, no, no.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not about bread and butter at all for you.

[Eddie]

You can't eat bread. Right.

[Bobby Bones]

Why can't I eat bread?

[Eddie]

Is there no butter and bread?

[Bobby Bones]

There's butter if you put it on bread.

[Eddie]

Ah, good point.

[Bobby Bones]

I can eat bread.

[Eddie]

Toast it.

[Nick Baumgartner]

Yeah.

[Brandon]

But learning about food with Eddie.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, that's it. We'll see you guys later on this week. Bye, buddy. Theme song written by Bobby Bones, that's me. And performed by Brandon Ray. Follow Brandon on socials at Brandon Ray Music. You can follow the show on Instagram at Bobby Bonesports. Thanks to our crew, co host, producereddy segment producer Ickoffkevin and executive producer at Mike Diesel. But most importantly, thank you for listening. I'm Bobby Bones. We'll talk to you next time here on 25 Whistles.

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