Best of DLS: Tonguing The Shell with Nick Wright

Summary

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Best of DLS: Tonguing The Shell with Nick Wright

Date: January 2, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this lively, irreverent “Best Of” episode, Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and the crew—joined for the highlight segments by Nick Wright—dive into topics spanning sports fandom, nut-based rituals, football controversy, capricious sports heartbreak, and a healthy dose of media inside jokes. Broadcasting from Miami’s Elser Hotel, this grab-bag delivers classic show banter, unusually deep nut discourse, and signature bits lampooning personalities like Pablo Torre. The central theme is nostalgia and fun, featuring a fan-favorite segment about “tonguing the shell” on peanuts, punishment costumes, and an unfiltered conversation with Nick Wright on everything from the Chiefs, Lamar Jackson, and Tyreek Hill, to the peculiarities of NBA scandals and media culture.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Peanut Discourse: “Tonguing the Shell” (02:17–14:34)

• Segment Setup (02:17): Nick Wright introduces one of the show’s most-requested highlights—the infamous “Tonguing the Shell” conversation, featuring talk about nutty fans, tailgate snacks, and strange ways people eat peanuts.
• Nuttiest Fan Contest (04:53): The show sets up a social media contest to vote for the “nuttiest” college football fan observed, highlighting wild behavior and sponsorship with Hampton Farms.
• Eating Peanut Shells Debate (07:39–12:31):
  • Nick Wright [07:45]: “The whole idea of the peanut is you put it in your mouth, you crack the shell, you spit the shell out… But now, to find a good salted shell is a lost art.”
  • Nick and the crew debate whether eating the entire peanut shell is “insane.” Nick compares it to biting into an apple core—“cavemanish, but maybe adaptive.”
  • Nick Wright on technique [07:55]: “You put the whole peanut in your mouth… crack it open with your molars… then bifurcate the actual peanut and the shell. You spit out the shell like a sunflower seed.”
  • The importance of “tonguing” the shell to get the salt and flavor is debated [11:58].
  • Greg Cody chimes in on the “luxury” of exotic nuts.
• Notable Quote:
  • Nick Wright [11:58] — “At the very least, you have to tongue the shell because that’s where the salt is.”
• Family Nut Rituals (13:01):
  • Nick remembers bowls of walnuts and intimidating fathers who could break them with their hands. Dan relates with stories of his Cuban father’s grocery store “sampling.”

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2. Football: Tyreek Hill, Team Dynamics, and the Dolphins’ Dilemma (18:59–23:47)

• Tyreek Hill Discussion [19:35]: Nick is asked about Tyreek Hill’s volatile status with the Miami Dolphins, reflecting on his time following Hill in Kansas City.
  • Nick uses a relationship analogy for team trust post-betrayal:
    Nick Wright [20:05]: “If you’re in a long-term relationship and somebody cheats… you must decide, am I over it or am I not? …what you can’t do is be like, ‘we don’t want you, we don’t trust you, but we need you.’ That’s not going to work.”
• Captaincy Conspiracy [22:15]: Speculation if Miami “cooked the books” to prevent Tyreek from being named captain.
  • Greg Cody suggests Tyreek may have stepped down voluntarily as a sign of maturity; Nick reacts with skepticism and playfulness.

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3. NFL Season Takes: Bills, Chiefs, and Maximum Pain (23:47–31:38)

• Bills & Hard Knocks (23:54): Nick reasserts being right about the Buffalo Bills every year. Mocks Coach McDermott’s “Americana” fan speeches.

• Chiefs Super Bowl Loss (25:31):

  • Nick Wright [26:04]: “Worst sports loss of my life… financially, professionally, emotionally, all of it. …that was devastating on all fronts.”
  • Tells a wild story about gambling syndicates and enormous swings.
  • Laments lost shot at “greatest dynasty in American team sports.”

• Lamar Jackson and Tampa Bay Take (28:53):

  • Nick gears up for “It’s not Lamar’s fault” media narratives, predicts a big year for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and scoffs at the “Bo Nix dethroning Mahomes” idea.

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4. Inside Media & Pablo Torre Bits (31:38–34:25)

• Dan stokes Nick’s ‘nemesis’ attitude toward Pablo Torre:
  • Nick jabs at Pablo’s success, poking fun at “groundbreaking” podcast accolades and humble-brag moments.
  • Nick Wright [33:16]: “There was a moment… Pablo’s doing the mini crossword, he sees his name, and he’s like, ‘This is awesome.’ …then he’s like, ‘Should I tag the Peabody Awards?’ …That is objectively hilarious, and I can’t get over it.”

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5. NBA Scandal: Kawhi Leonard, Clippers & Secret Deals (36:16–45:41)

• Kawhi Leonard/Clippers Investigation (36:16):

  • Nick is underwhelmed by the league’s likely response to the Clippers’ alleged violations:
    Nick Wright [39:03]: “My guess is this gets a little swept under the rug. …I would set the over/under at penalty for this at one and a half second round picks and I would probably take the under.”
  • Explores the “real penalties” vs. likely league actions.
  • Draws parallels to earlier NBA contract shenanigans; speculates on owner-to-player back-channel payments.

• Anthony Carter/Heat Cap Story: Nick and the crew recall the infamous incident when a missed contract option changed the Miami Heat’s fortunes and suspect “side deals” to make player and agent whole.

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6. Closing Speed Round: Take Integrity & Rivalries (45:41–48:33)

• Mina Kimes “Take Integrity” Challenge:
  • Mina claims Nick declared two #1 NFL teams multiple times.
  • Nick Wright [46:06]: “You can question how I… got the platform that I did, all those things… you can call me outright obnoxious… Do not question my commitment to take integrity in any circumstance.”
• Nose and Online Fame Self-Deprecation (47:45): Nick riffs on his resemblance to the meme creator Cooin, laughs about being lampooned for his nose, and keeps the camaraderie light.

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Memorable Quotes

• Nick Wright on peanut technique [07:55]:
  “You put the whole peanut in your mouth… crack it open with your molars… you can then, you know, bifurcate the actual peanut and the shell. You spit out the shell like a sunflower seed.”

• Nick Wright on ‘Tonguing the Shell’ [11:58]:
  “At the very least, you have to tongue the shell because that’s where the salt is.”

• Nick Wright on Chiefs’ loss [26:04]:
  “Worst sports loss of my life… financially, professionally, emotionally, all of it.”

• Nick Wright on team “half-measures” with Tyreek Hill [20:37]:
  “What you can’t do is be like, ‘we don’t want you, we don’t trust you, but we need you.’ That’s not going to work.”

• Nick Wright on Pablo Torre’s humblebrag [33:16]:
  “He’s like, ‘Should I tag the Peabody Awards?’ That is objectively hilarious, and I can’t get over it.”

• Nick Wright on NBA scandals [39:03]:
  “I would set the over/under at penalty for this at one and a half second round picks and I would probably take the under.”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 02:17 | Peanut stories & “Tonguing the Shell” highlight setup | | 04:53 | Nuttiest fan contest; Hampton Farms sponsorship humor | | 07:39 | Debate: Eating peanut shells—insane or a survival skill? | | 11:58 | “You have to tongue the shell”—peanut salt appreciation | | 13:01 | Family nut rituals and parental dominance | | 19:35 | Tyreek Hill, Dolphins, and team trust conversations | | 22:15 | Captaincy conspiracy (did the Dolphins “cook the books”?) | | 25:31 | Nick on the Chiefs’ Super Bowl heartbreak and gambling stories | | 28:53 | NFL storylines: Lamar Jackson narratives & Tampa Bay prediction | | 31:38 | Pablo Torre inside-media lampooning | | 36:16 | NBA: Kawhi Leonard, Clippers’ secret payments and league repercussions | | 43:10 | Anthony Carter Miami Heat contract saga—possible “side deals” | | 45:41 | Mina Kimes, take integrity, and friendly rivalries | | 47:45 | Nick jokes about internet fame and his nose |

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Tone and Style

• Casual, quick-witted, and heavily self-deprecating.
• Blend of genuine sports analysis, absurdist humor, and inside-joke meta-commentary.
• Regular lampooning of show traditions, modern fandom, and media personalities.

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For New Listeners

This episode is a showcase of the Le Batard Show’s unique flavor—where sports, food debates, pop culture, and relentless self-mockery intertwine. Nick Wright’s flexibility in moving between meaningful football talk and lighthearted ribbing is a highlight, and the peanut “tonguing the shell” bit exemplifies the show's mastery in turning the mundane into must-hear radio.

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Transcript

[Dan LeBatard]

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[Chris Cody]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats podcast.

[Greg Cody]

All Right.

[Nick Wright]

Happy Friday, everybody. This is our last day without having.

[Dan LeBatard]

Brand new shows coming at you. We'll be back better than ever Monday. That's true. Better than ever.

[Nick Wright]

So here's where we are. These were two of the most requested hours, both in the replies and the dms. And one of them I would have bet on, and one of them I had forgotten about. And we'll start here with that one. Remember the, I believe, the very first time we brought in Hampton Farms? Maybe it wasn't the first. Maybe. Maybe it was later on, but Nick Wright came on and he talked about Tongue in a Shell and this. This kind of.

[Dan LeBatard]

I've forgotten about this, too. I'm excited to relive.

[Nick Wright]

Enjoy listening back because this is some really good stuff.

[Dan LeBatard]

So that's what you're going to hear.

[Nick Wright]

In this hour and next hour. Man, Mike really did bring it with. With characters this year. This one actually as a bucket punishment, which is pretty great. It's Mike is Pete Carroll.

[Dan LeBatard]

What a notice Punishment. As I ate 70 chicken nuggets during.

[Nick Wright]

A show, I wore a full Vecna costume.

[Dan LeBatard]

I mean, and Mike just had to.

[Nick Wright]

Shoot away with it.

[Dan LeBatard]

And yet this is the one everybody wanted to hear.

[Nick Wright]

Way to go, audience.

[Dan LeBatard]

My Nuggets episode, no one requested that.

[Nick Wright]

I didn't.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm going to be honest with you, Chris. I did get a couple of Vecna.

[Nick Wright]

Requests, but because I'm a selfless human being, I included the Pete Carroll one.

[Dan LeBatard]

You're like, I can't make this about me.

[Nick Wright]

I can't make this about me. I mean, I put my brother in this week, but I didn't put me in this week.

[Dan LeBatard]

But this is exciting. What a cool, fun couple weeks. Fun couple weeks.

[Nick Wright]

We did great. It was awesome. And now we'll. We'll all actually see you on Monday.

[Dan LeBatard]

Bye.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Gonna get to Nick Wright here in a second. And also I need to get to Billy because I don't know what his thoughts are on the coach's pol. He's. I've been told he's got.

[Greg Cody]

Well, Greg's taking stray shots at me for some reason about the coaches poll. I don't know what your deal is. Pooh pooh. I guess you're jealous that fau's not in there. Couldn't sniff the coaches poll.

[Nick Wright]

Wow.

[Greg Cody]

That's right. I went there.

[Nick Wright]

Do the coaches have to admit who they voted for? Is it transparent?

[Greg Cody]

I actually have a theory on who it was. I think it was James Franklin because Penn State plays FIU this weekend, so I think that if you're James Franklin and you put your opponent in the coach's poll, Good move. Then you're like, look, this team was in the coach's pol. Yeah, it's a working theory of mine. I haven't proved it yet. I'll talk to Pablo and in eight months, we'll figure out if that's true or not.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Oh, Nick Wright has a bit of a nemesis issue with Pablo before we get to that in a second. Bad day to have a nemesis issue with Pablo, incidentally. We'll see what Nick has for Pablo in a second. But first, we've got a new partnership here with nuttiest fan. What are we doing here with the. I've had some of these hot peanuts. They're delicious.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, the Hampton Farms peanuts are. They're the best. We are doing Nuttiest fan Dan left you speechless. I mean, it is. I mean, I was. Because he said the hot. I haven't had the hot. I've had the spicy dill pickle and just the classic. So I couldn't speak on the hot yet. But they're all fantastic. And it's the nuttiest fan Dan brought to you by Hampton Farms. Get nutty with Hampton Farms, the official snack nut of the tailgate. And be sure to keep an eye out for Lucy Rodin at Iowa State if you think your team has the nuttiest fan. So here's what we're doing, Dan, I'm going to send you, I'm going to show you two college football fans, and you're going to tell me who's nuttier. And then you can go to our Instagram. The fans can vote on this. And we will reveal later in the week who the nuttiest fan is. The first one, we talked about him a little yesterday. It's the Alabama guy. This guy just throwing a bird in the middle. He saw the camera was on him. He dropped a deadpan bird. All right, so that's our first option.

[Greg Cody]

Middle finger, salted peanuts right there.

[Dan LeBatard]

That is salted peanuts.

[Greg Cody]

That's good.

[Nick Wright]

Camera awareness, that is.

[Chris Cody]

And some of those dill nuts.

[Dan LeBatard]

And competing with this Alabama fan is two, um, fans who had an interesting choice of jersey. It's a husband with. On the back of his, um, jersey, it says I blank in peace.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

And then his wife. I assume it's his wife sitting next to him.

[Nick Wright]

You don't know that.

[Dan LeBatard]

Her jersey just says peace as if.

[Greg Cody]

Spicy dill pickle, peanut. If I've ever.

[Dan LeBatard]

She's the piece.

[Nick Wright]

You get it. So these are Our two.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Chris, I can't tell you how poor a spokesman we have when you're doing the spokesmaning.

[Greg Cody]

Last time he got a sheet steal out of this. So who knows what he can get out of this.

[Nick Wright]

Well, I actually read.

[Dan LeBatard]

The read was fine. It was just the setup could have been better.

[Chris Cody]

It was driving the pictures.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

It was the you that was not fine.

[Dan LeBatard]

So who's the nuttiest fan voted our Instagram? I'm voting for the um fan.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Okay, excellent work by you. Professional as always. Let's get to a real professional. Nick Wright. He has issues and has had issues with Pablo Torre.

[Nick Wright]

We haven't just always doing this, Dan. You're just fanning the flames. Can I say something about your new sponsor? It's positive, it's not negative. I, I, I go to baseball games, and these days, you know what happens? You buy a bag of peanuts, and they're, they're unsalted, like, they're plain, like. Because the whole idea of the peanut is you put it in your mouth, you crack the shell, you spit the shell out. But it's a lot of flavors in theory. Back when we were a proper country, that's what it was. Go to a Yankee game up here. I don't know. Steinbrenners are saving money on salt. It's just, it's a tasteless shell. So I, I don't know the name of your sponsor and I don't have any points on the package, but that sounds like a wonderful product that I will now try because I, I like. Despite the dill pickle. Spicy. It all sounds good. Now you want to talk about Pablo Torre's tweets. I don't care.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Not yet.

[Louis]

I still want to talk about peanuts. Nick, I have a question for you. So if somebody who eats the shell of the peanut, like just the whole thing, like if it was just one shot. Insane or not insane. I have a buddy that eats it that way.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

He's saying the whole shell, isn't he? I've done that. Put it on the Polo Levitar show. Do you eat the whole shell? When.

[Nick Wright]

You know. So I don't. You can't do. I don't. So I know what you're talking about. Tony. Tony. But no, I know Tony. I know his name. And, But I, that's not what I do. But you put the peanut again. I'm risking getting memed here. But that's okay. You put the whole peanut in your mouth. You crack it open with your molars. You. Then you know, if depending on how Dexterous Your mouth is. You can then, you know, bifurcate the actual peanut and the shell. You spit out the shell like a sunflower seed.

[Dan LeBatard]

Like a sunflower.

[Nick Wright]

Yes, exactly. Part of that is the delicious coating of the shell. Ridiculous. Which in today's days are gone. Now Tony's saying his buddy just goes one shotter. But I listen. I know some people that eat the apple core. Like, I almost feel like it is either a sign of lack of. Like, it. It feels very cavemanish. Like, it's not a negative. Yeah. It just feels like, you know, what if we. You know, if things ever really go south and we're all on our own, that guy probably has a slightly greater chance of survival. Like, he. His. He. He hasn't evolved to, you know, contemporary luxury, which is probably positive.

[Greg Cody]

Nick, when you crack a peanut, do you, like, peel off the skin on it? Because I've read that it's actually beneficial to you, health wise, if you eat the skin.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah, no, you got to eat that. Yeah. I mean, we're not. This isn't. It's not a Palmer pomegranate. Like, we were at a baseball game drinking beers. Like, it's not. We're not trying to be dainty. Speaking like. Speaking of dainty, put this on the poll. Has Pablo Torre eaten one single peanut in the last 30 years? I'll say no.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Why? What are you. What are you doing there?

[Nick Wright]

What do you implomo? It's just. It just. Come on. Just feel like I agree with him, though.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah. I mean, come on. Just if we're like, Tony's friend who eats the entire peanut with shell, I have a visual image of him, and I feel like I know that guy a bit, and I feel like that guy's not hanging out with Pablo.

[Louis]

He's definitely not.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah. Am I right? All I know is he eats the whole peanut with a shell. That's all I know. And so, yeah, that's it.

[Chris Cody]

We're at a.

[Louis]

We're at a baseball game together, and we're just eating, and he's like, three people down. So we start looking, and then all of a sudden, the entire bag is gone. But we don't see peanut shells anywhere. And we're like, dude, what did you do with all the peanut shells? He's like, that's how I eat.

[Nick Wright]

That's a vomit. Oh, come on, Nick.

[Greg Cody]

You remember a couple years ago when pistachios had a moment, that you just saw a bunch of commercials for pistachios, and it was just like this green Nut. You're like, what is this company? It's like, it's just pistachios.

[Nick Wright]

It's just the farmers. Yeah, yeah. It's. It's. It's like when we were growing up, the milk lobby was like, we gotta put a lot of money into endorsements. And evidently, again, for the fifth time and this one complimentary to bring up Pablo. I didn't know there was a tree lobby. I didn't know they had marketing budgets. I didn't know any of this, but I do now.

[Greg Cody]

Well, pistachio seems like a Pablo type of nut. If there's not. Not a classic nut, but he has like the higher end nuts.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

No. Macadamia nut would be the way that Pablo goes. You don't know messiness, Dan.

[Nick Wright]

That's why you're the goat. Correct. You just nailed it. That is absolutely correct. Macadamia nut is. If there is a higher draft pick of the exact idea that I am trying clumsily to convey. I can't think of it. Macadamia nut is correct. And probably if he were on here, he'd be like, did you know that's actually not a nut? Be like, shut up, man. It's a legume.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

It's a legume.

[Nick Wright]

No, like really is it? Sorry, I just tried it.

[Chris Cody]

Tony's friends, way in the way that Dan says he has occasionally.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Occasionally.

[Chris Cody]

Like a circus elephant.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Yes.

[Nick Wright]

I got to say, for like a one off.

[Chris Cody]

Not terrible.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

I like changing the texture.

[Dan LeBatard]

Let me take it for a walk.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

It's not gross. You can. If you eat 20 of them and you break it up with the entire salty flavor of the shell as well. With the right chosen shells, that's not a terrible decision.

[Nick Wright]

At the very least, you have to tongue the shell because that's where the salt is. You tongue the shell that. Oh, you got spicy dill. You brought us Greg Cody. You brought us full circle. This is what I'm saying. If you ever come to New York City during baseball season, I'll take you to a Yankee game, buy you a bag of peanuts. That's gross, Chris. And what you'll notice is there is no. There's no salt on the shell, which is a bummer. It's totally unheard of. That's crazy. Yes. Not terrible. That's obscure.

[Chris Cody]

That's how good these Hampton Farms peanuts are.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah. What a shell and all. I feel like this is the greatest endorsement ever. We're just doing 10 minutes on this product and I don't even have any. You should mail me some at least.

[Greg Cody]

Macadamia nuts are coming back as a result. For the most opulent nut that is available, however, pine nuts are. Pine nuts are listed as more expensive than macadamia, where pine nuts range from about $22.03 to $51.61 per pound.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

No way. Pine nuts. Macadamia nuts are the most expensive nuts.

[Nick Wright]

Hold on. Can I ask you a question, Dan? Because even though I've sadly never in person met your father, and he's, you know, an older Cuban engineer and my dad's an older Italian fireman, I feel like they're similar. Did you, growing up in a room of your house, have, like, at. Not. Not necessarily at all times, certainly around the holidays, just a bowl of, like, walnuts and the. Like, the. The heart. The cracker and with the. With the. And then the. The, like, lobster cracker thing just sitting there? Yes, occasionally. Yes, that occasionally your father might. Just to remind you, you know, if push comes to shove, who's in charge? Break the walnut in his hand. Nobody show you he could. Nobody ate them, but they were always out. They were available, and it felt like it was an intimidation thing. At least we're in. And my dad's one of the greatest men I've ever known, but it. It feels. I. I bet. I bet it was similar for you growing up. Yo, Greg's choking.

[Chris Cody]

Great.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Can we get you some water? He's having some trouble with these.

[Nick Wright]

Choking on these.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Eating of.

[Nick Wright]

No, these are. I'm eating the hot ones. Best nut I've ever had.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wow.

[Nick Wright]

They're so good.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Wow.

[Greg Cody]

Has anyone ever practically used a nutcracker? They're simply decorative.

[Nick Wright]

Right.

[Greg Cody]

Like, no one actually goes. And like, ah, I need a nuts.

[Dan LeBatard]

Talking about, you need them.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, but you're like, my nutcracker is no longer working.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Unless your dad's a firefighter who breaks them with his bare hands to intimidate people.

[Nick Wright]

With his hand.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Nick Wright]

Just to let people know who's boss. That's right.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

We didn't have much money, so the greatest extravagance that we had in our childhood was my father taking us to Sears, of all places, to go to the place where they had the hot nuts, and he would go grab a few of them. And he was pretty famous for just stealing stuff and walking around the grocery store eating it without paying for it.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

And daring some. Daring someone to say something to him.

[Louis]

My dad did the same thing.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

They're just samples.

[Nick Wright]

I see people doing that all the time with grapes as well as nothing.

[Louis]

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[Nick Wright]

Smirnoff.

[Greg Cody]

Wow.

[Louis]

You're on the money with Smearnoff.

[Chris Cody]

Chris, do you know what goes great with Smirnoff?

[Louis]

Yes, but I'm really talking about the game day fit. The style's gotta match the vibe.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Fair enough.

[Louis]

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[Nick Wright]

Here's the kicker.

[Louis]

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[Nick Wright]

Wow.

[Louis]

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[Nick Wright]

Brandoff.

[Louis]

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[Nick Wright]

Hate Smirnoff.

[Louis]

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[Nick Wright]

My wife says this is a sexy voice.

[Greg Cody]

It really is. Yeah, I'm hard.

[Nick Wright]

Thank you.

[Chris Cody]

Wow, stugats.

[Nick Wright]

So am I, actually. I don't know why.

[Chris Cody]

This is the Don Levatar show with the stugats.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Nick, I want to talk to you about an assortment of football things, but we have a Tyreek Hill problem in Miami. You know him pretty well and followed him plenty when he was in Kansas City where the Chiefs were smart enough to not allow him to talk in public. Very Often in front of microphones. What can you tell me about what it is you're seeing from Tyreek Hill, who last his last year in Kansas City? He was saying, we're going to win seven or eight championships in a row. He doesn't know how to lose. And now he's not a captain for the Dolphins and everyone assumes he'll be traded before the end of the year because if they start losing, he's going to be a problem.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah, I don't know. I don't know if I necessarily agree he's gonna be traded because I don't know if they're gonna pull the ripcord before the trade deadline. I do know that I'm very excited for Kansas city chief in 2026. Tyree kill I and that's been that. That has been written for the last couple years. Now. Here is my. This is not a defense of Tyree Kill, okay? But the, the, the Tyree Kill and the Dolphin situation, it is analogous. And this is going to be awkward and uncomfortable, but it is, I think, the right analogy. If you are in a long term serious relationship and somebody cheats, you have a fork in the road moment where you must decide, you know, after a set period of time, am I over it or am I not? And if I'm over it, then it's done with. We will move forward. It will not be consistently brought up. You won't be six months later in a fight dropped on you. And if you're not over it, then you need to. And you're not going to be able to get over it. You need to break up the, the every week Tua and, and the team and being like, yeah, Tyreek's gotta earn back our trust. Man, Tyreek sure was an ass at the end of last year. Up to and including them being the only team in the league where the hands down unquestioned best player isn't a captain. After being a captain the last two years, just it's a half measure. And so I think that's foolish. I think that what Tyreek did at the end of the year was awful. And if the Dolphins wanted to sever ties at that time, so be it.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

They can't.

[Nick Wright]

Once you.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

They can't, Nick. They can't.

[Nick Wright]

Right? So, so then you just gotta grin and bear it. Then the public, the public message needs to be, ah, we don't listen to Tyreek. He says a bunch of crazy stuff. The guy runs super fast and is a great receiver and we love him. And yeah, what you can't do is be like, we don't want you, we don't trust you, but we need you. That's not going to work. We all know that's not going to work. So I just felt like. I feel like this is a half measure that I. That I'm not a fan of. I'm also curious for you guys. I don't know what would be more interesting because I think either of these is possible do what would if. Ty, do you think it's on the board that Tyreek was voted a captain and Mike McDaniel was like, Nope. Cook the book. That's what I said.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

It was just theorized earlier in the show today that. That nobody would ever. It's the perfect crime.

[Greg Cody]

Let me run another theory by you, Nick. So I think that maybe Tyreek comes in and he's feeling some remorse for how he's handled situations. And he said, you know what, guys? I don't want to be a captain this year. And he showed that he really is a true leader and team captain by removing himself from the ability to be a team captain, showing both maturity and growth.

[Nick Wright]

Yes. And if that happened, then you know what I do to really put a nail in the coffin of this story? When I'm Mike McDaniel announcing the captains, I announce all of them and then I say and one more back. Tyree kill. And everyone claps. Oh, yeah, Ty. Because here's the thing, like, and this is. I. There would be nothing. What? What? In. Again, I don't think this happened. And this is unfair to 2up, but it is a fun thought exercise. What if Mike McDaniel's counting the votes and he's like, we got a problem on our hands, boys. Tyreek got more votes than tua. Like, what we can't do is have that. Have that be the situation. Now. He said it was overwhelming for the six guys who got it, and that's fine. I just. He was. I think Tyrique was never a captain with Kansas City, which. That's the. The other way to go is be like, ah, this guy, he does a lot of things. Leadership's not one of them. So we're never going to put that on his. On his plate. But when he's been the captain the previous two years, this is a little messy, in my opinion.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Hard Knocks concluded last night. It's the most boring hard knock season ever. I know how you feel about the Bills. Did you watch any of that?

[Nick Wright]

I have not watched Hard Knocks last couple years. And when you say, you know how I Feel about the Bills. You mean the only person in sports media who's been right about them every single year the last five years, including last year, when people said, you know, actually it's a rebuilding year, and old Bill's troll Bills hater Nick Wright was like, nope, they're gonna be in the AFC Championship game right again. And I actually think that's gonna happen again this year. I did not see it. I did see Sean McDermott yesterday in his annual, maybe even semiannual at this point, press press conference where he's like, people don't understand what great human beings live in western New York. And, like, what.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

How.

[Nick Wright]

How amazing our fans are and doing that whole thing because there is some weird monopoly on, like, Americana based, inversely correlated to how awesome your city is. And so he then. He then said twice, he was like, I'm so sick of hearing about the Bills in the Super Bowls. They made four straight Super Bowls. That'll never happen again. Oh, really, sir? Well, that's interesting because the team that kicks your teeth in every suit, every playoffs has made three straight. That feels to me like a Freudian guarantee that the Chiefs aren't making the Super Bowl. Noted. I haven't noted. I haven't noted a lot alongside all of the nonsense I've heard about the defining dynasty of the defining sport of our time. And no, no, no one ever again will make four straight Super Bowls. Unless, of course, the Chiefs do what they do every year, which is make the Super Bowl.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

In terms of hurt for you personally, where you invest your mouth and your heart. Last year's loss in the super bowl for you. And money. Yes, and money. Your feelings. When you lost the super bowl last year to Philadelphia and loudly had proclaimed that you wouldn't lose, where did that one rank in terms of after it's over, you're actually hurting?

[Nick Wright]

Worst sports loss of my life. Dan, thanks for bringing it up. On the eve of the new season.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Is it the worst. It's the worst sports loss of your life.

[Nick Wright]

Just financially hit for the trifecta. Financially, professionally, emotionally, all of it. You know, I'm a. I'm a max pleasure, max pain guy. I know Dan likes the trials and travails of my, you know, financial gain and ruin. So I'll tell you guys a full fun little one, then I'll get to the real emotion of it. I had obviously made a lot of bets before the year and during the year. Chiefs future bets. I also am in a very. It. It's kind of convoluted, but it Is a gambling what I will call consortium where future bets are traded like stocks and, and you can be like, hey, I'll give you 100 shares of the Chiefs for 200 shares of the Lions and doesn't matter. Moral of the story is going into that super bowl, because I am such a sharp gambler, I was in a position where if the Chiefs lost the game, I lost less than $10,000. But if they won the game, I won close to 80 because of all the swaps and trades I'd made. So for a normal person, that would be the action. I'm like, I can't not bet the actual game too. So Chiefs -2 and a half give me a lot of that. They're gonna win by a field goal. Then they got curb stomped. So that wasn't great. The, the reason it's the worst sports loss of my life, Dan, is a couple. The cup, you know, multi fold one is prima homes. The Chiefs never played in big games. I heard my, you know, my dear friend and mentor Colin Coward say Patrick Mahomes got dropped in the greatest situation any player had ever been in. The Kansas City Chiefs. In the 30 years before Patrick Mahomes had gotten there, won one playoff game. In the 50 years before he had gotten there, they'd been to one conference championship game. In the seven years since he's been there, they've been to seven straight and five Super Bowls. But that's neither here nor there. It was emotionally devastating because they entered that day with the opportunity to become the greatest team in the history of American team sports. And that's now gone. Like they, they. If you win three straight Super Bowls, you know, and get to win four out of five or I'm sorry, it would have been four out of six and all of it, you're just minted. And I do, I think that they're ever going to have a chance to win, like win one game, be the greatest team of all time. That'll probably never happen again. So, yeah, that's why it was devastating on all fronts. Luckily, in 30 hours, that's last year and last year might as well be 100 years ago. We're into 20, 25.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

What are you excited about this season beyond the Chiefs?

[Nick Wright]

Oh, so much. I'm excited about the annual tradition of it's not Lamar's fault. Look at the EPA per play. I'm very excited about that. I'm very excited about the, the, the, the cope that we're going to have in late January when Lamar either wins another MVP or Comes close to it. And I listen to all the smartest football people I know explain to me how he's actually playing the quarterback position at the highest level ever. And if you look at all of his interceptions last year, when there were only four, three of them actually weren't his fault. He solved it. And then when once again, he plays one of his worst games of the year in the playoffs, they're like sample size. You. You think the results matter, you idiot. You Neanderthal. You think there's such a thing as a big game quarterback? Haven't you seen the Ravens dvoa? I'm excited for that. I'm excited for what I think could be a monster year from Baker Mayfield and a team that I think is going to make the super bowl, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I am very excited about that. And I am also excited to see what the rationale come around week 14 when Kansas City is about to come clinch the AFC West. How all the folks who were like, well, listen, I know Mahomes is great, but have you seen Bo Nix? What they're saying? Because that is, there is. There is no hotter take out there on the sports marketplace than Bo Nix is going to be the guy that dethrones the greatest quarterback of all time. And that's going to age quite poorly.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

You couldn't help yourself. You couldn't help yourself, though. I asked you non Chiefs division. And you all, you always bring it back to the Chiefs. You all, you cannot have an interest that doesn't somehow involve the Chiefs. I asked you non. I asked you non Chiefs division.

[Nick Wright]

Dan. Dan. It. It's 1938. Dan's hosting a physics talk show and he's like, hey, non Einstein, tell me what you want. And then you. You end up referencing somebody and he's like, you, you rube. Why? Where's Oppenheimer when you need him? I don't know, man. Yeah, you're right. I do think that the, the. That in 20, in the 2000 and 20s, the. The Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes are the main character of the movie and everyone else is supporting actors.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

I don't like your hostility. And I think it's born just because Pablo's having a big morning.

[Nick Wright]

Big morning.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

I think. I think that that's what the problem is. You're just. That Pablo's having a big morning and you hate it. And there's nothing.

[Nick Wright]

You don't hate it. That's the thing. I think I really legitimately respect the and I think important, important niche. He's Carved out. And I mean, you. There's. There's no other way to. In six. Do you know how groundbreaking your work has to be to in six months become, you know, according to Time magazine, a more influential podcaster than Joe Rogan or Dan LeBatard? I mean, those guys have been working at it for 30 years or 20 years. And I, I want. Listen, here's the deal. I want to root for Pablo, but then occasionally things like his name being in the mini crossword and him tweeting it. Okay, fine, I'd probably do the same thing. But then also tagging in the picture the Peabody Awards makes it to where I just can't. I. I just can't see that exist and not react like it's. Again, I'm happy for the guy, I suppose. And the work he's doing is, in our silly cartoo world, quite important. And I do like the fact that he's actually getting the documents and doing journalism. I don't know. You know, I'd like. I. I haven't followed up on the Malik Beasley expose because I thought he had him dead to rights. And then I guess the feds disagree. I don't know. I actually tend to side with Pablo on it. So there's a lot of these things that I think are relevant and good. But then, like, again, there was. There was a moment in time where Pablo's doing the mini crossword. He sees his name, and he's like, this is awesome. And then he's like, I should screenshot it. And then he's like, I should. I shouldn't just text this to my mom or my friends. I should tweet it. And then right before he hit send, he was like, any. Should I. Anybody? I should tag. Should I tag the New York Times? No, everyone knows it's Times. What if I tag the Peabody Award? That's just. I'm sorry, that's hilarious. That is objectively hilarious. And it. And I can't get over it. I just can't.

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[Nick Wright]

Don LeBatard what do I got here? I got a Magnum condom. We won't get that out.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

That's shocking.

[Chris Cody]

Stugats.

[Nick Wright]

Here's a picture of Christopher when he was like three years old.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Right next to the condo.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. Never forget this is the Dan Levatar.

[Nick Wright]

Show with the Stugach. You're not wrong. I mean, thank you. I love Pablo, but that was worth lampooning. That is worth, yes.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Also worth lampooning is that he joined us to talk about his story today from the Harvard club. But what did you think about the actual story? What was your reaction to reading some of the details you've read on what you'd agree would be the biggest sports story of our day? Yes.

[Nick Wright]

Before football starts, it's the most important sports story of the day. Now, first things first. Just got expanded so it's three hours long. I'm not sure if we have quite enough time in those three hours to talk about Kawhi Leonard on the eve of football. But if, maybe, if, if we get to a fourth hour, I think we would have fitted in here. I mean, honestly, you're going to hate this answer, but my, my reaction is these are the, these are the lengths the league has to go to prevent LeBron from getting six rings. It's just unbelievable. He was gonna sign with the Lakers. They was gonna have AD and Kawhi and rip off a whole bunch of them. And then they're like, we'll look the other way, pay him extra. He wants to be in la. But we, we can't have that happen. So that was my first reaction. My second reaction is it seems a little clumsy. Like I, in today's day and age, I would have thought there's easier ways for a multi billionaire to slide a guy a few million bucks. Like maybe, maybe Ballmer and, and Kawhi, if this is true, need to spend a little more time in the high stakes gambling world. There's, there's a lot of ways to transfer millions of dollars that don't involve notarized contracts with LLCs. Like that seemed odd, but that's. I, I'm impressed. I'm impressed that they got the info. I do think it's noteworthy. My guess is this gets a little swept under the rug, but anytime you can get, you can include in your media that cool like voice distorter thing, it's a win. Like I'm a big fan of that. And in the, in the in if we were to stack up all of the instances someone was like, I need the face and voice distorter. I don't know where whistle blowing on Kawhi Leonard's extra money ranks in the, on it, but it's, you know, it is, that is, that is, I think, charming as well.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

I'm surprised to hear you say though that you're underwhelmed as you are by what might be the ramifications of this. So it doesn't make your three hours of conversation today because I do believe whatever you imagine the penalties are going to be here, if I gave you the penalties today, there would be no circumstance under which you would tell me that's not a story you're talking about.

[Nick Wright]

Oh, so that's actually, you know, if you guys all pull back the curtain a bit. That's actually one of the reasons that I don't think we're going to talk about it today on the show. Is it? To me it goes one of two ways. Either the NBA turns a blind eye, in which case it's a story. But like what it, it's, it's, it's a better written article, long form podcast thing than seven minute television segment or there's real penalties and if there's real penalties, then we'll have obviously ample time to talk about it. I don't, I would, I, I would set the over under at penalty for this at one and a half second round picks and I would probably take the under because my guess is this is and, and this is, this is not a shot at the story or the reporting at all. This is more about the league. My guess is it's just easier for them to be like, like we gotta kind of do nothing because the real penalty, it feels like a Max Min situation. The real penalty would be way, way, way worse than what happened to Joe Smith and, or the Timberwolves. Is it Joe Smith?

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Yeah, right.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah, the Timberwolves with Joe Smith and I don't do, do we think the NBA wants to just generationally kneecap, you know, the Clippers and that new arena.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Not the NBA, but the other owners, I believe the other owners will be pissed off enough about this and what you said, which is the Laker had him and we're gonna have him and the Clippers evidently cheated in order to get it.

[Chris Cody]

Or does Nick think that the other.

[Nick Wright]

Owners are like, damn it, they're on to our, our circumvention. Right, well, that's there. I want to be very careful with this, okay? And so careful that I don't even want to say the, the names go on. There was a very unique thing that happened with one of the league's absolute super marquee franchises and super marquee players, like seven years ago, where a player, a player who was a clear max player, arguably one of the very, very best players in the league, took less money on an extension than he could have. And it saved, it was like $6 million less than he could have gotten. And it saved the team $0 in cap space. They, they were over the cap, whatever, but it saved the owner like in 30 million. Call it in luxury tax. Okay? But it didn't help the team on the court at all. There was no competitive reason to do it. It was, you know, a hundred millionaire player losing out on 6 million. So the owner who's a multi billionaire could save 30. And it never made sense. And the only way that to me ever made sense was if the owner was like, hey man, rather than me, send the league office 30 million to pay you 6. Here's a flash drive that's got 10 million in crypto on it. I'm gonna leave that on the table and you figure out whatever contract you want. Like I, I, I always felt like that specific instance was so illogical that there had to be like a, okay, we'll make you hole on the back end. Maybe it wasn't as simple as the, you know, crypto drive, but something, and so I do I wonder how prevalent things similar to this are. Just maybe not as ham handed as a no show contract.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Can you guys look up for me some of the information on Anthony Carter with the Heat? Because I remember something happened with him where I remember it very well. Okay, tell Nick the details on this because I assumed that the Heat had some sort of side deal because that's what I always thought Anthony Carter and his agent ended up doing.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah, I mean, Nick, we're talking back. This is 2004 and Anthony Carter had a player option which he, his agent forgot to opt in to the money that the Heat now didn't have to pay him, allowed them to sign. Lamar Odom and Anthony Carter ended up missing out on back then what was a pretty significant amount of money, and it really benefited the Heat. I always thought, you know what? Because I don't think even Anthony Carter fired his agent after it. I was like, you know, he's being made whole somewhere.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Bill Duffy, was that the agent? Like, it's an agent who would never make that mistake. Was that Bill Duffy like. But you think, you think this is a hoe hummer that the NBA is just going to skip past.

[Nick Wright]

I don't. I again, because I poked fun at Pablo. I don't want it. I don't want to be misconstrued here. I do not think this is a ho hum story. I think this is legitimately excellent journalism. I think it is. It seems like they've got them dead to rights. I think it is too. It is. The path of least resistance is to find a way to skip past it. I didn't think it was. And again, people get very. Again, I'll try to be careful. I didn't think it was a hoe hummer when it was like, hey, crazy thing. Maybe the greatest baseball player ever, certainly of our generation. His translator has simply the greatest credit limit of any gambler in America. Oh, okay, no problem. Nothing's here at. At some. I know that never. And again, maybe this is because I'm very fluent in like, legitimate kind of high stakes gambling worlds. That's the type of credit limit that really can only be extended to someone who is known to have tens of millions of dollars. And I didn't. Now, again, maybe the. Maybe the translator just had the worst bookie and they just, you know, maybe they thought he's backstopped. I don't know. That to me, felt like there's. It doesn't quite make sense to me. But the easiest thing for everyone was to be like, that guy is a gambling addict. That guy's a gambling addict with a very irresponsible bookmaker. It's like, okay, like, that struck me as odd. And so sometimes I think on these things, the path of least resistance is the way the path people go.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

He is the host of what's Right with Nick wright. He's on FS1's First Things First. You can watch him on First Things first weekdays at 3pm Eastern on FS1. We have less than 50 seconds left. Your answer or rebuttal to your nemesis, Mina Kimes, claiming that you fraudulently had two different number one teams, that you told her the Ravens are the best team in the NFL. And then months later, you went on with Dan Patrick and said, the Chiefs are the best team in the NFL.

[Nick Wright]

Wow. Okay. Controversial. Mina. Mina sets up her show where that it's. She gives you a binary choice. She says, I think it was Eagles or Ravens. I could only pick one of them. And so Mina is. Mina and I, I almost have to be clear on this because my bosses and her friends thought our, like, we were really at a real beef. And so I actually adore Mina. And, you know, and she's obviously much, much smarter about, you know, the, the most boring parts of football than me. I can kind of just see the actual landscape of the league better. But. But I had no choice there. And Mina cannot question my take integrity. There's a lot of things you make fun of my nose. You can say I might have a gambling problem. You can be. You can question how I, you know, got the platform that I did all those things. You can call me outright obnoxious. That's fine. Do not question my commitment to take integrity in any circumstance. So that's. That's what happened. Obviously, I think the Chiefs are the best team in the league, but again, I'm not as smart as the folks that are. Like, actually, if you look at adjusted EPA over a five year stretch, the Ravens are historically great. And the playoffs, they don't really matter, by the way. Subscribe to the podcast, please, you guys listeners, I would appreciate it. What's right with Nick Wright?

[Dan LeBatard]

Thank you.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

You, it is great. And he does it with his son. And he said. He said we can make fun of his nose. He said we can make fun of his nose.

[Louis]

Dan, I have something better than that.

[Nick Wright]

Not germane to the conversation.

[Chris Cody]

Dan.

[Louis]

I have something better than that.

[Nick Wright]

Louis, can you pull up?

[Louis]

He met somebody that is very famous online and it was. I was very excited to see this collaboration. Once we get it on the screen, it's going to be exciting. Nick, you. Nick, you met Cooin.

[Nick Wright]

Oh, Looking into a mirror. You and Kujin, me and Coogein. This was a good bit. This was a good bit. We did. Me and Kuchin. Yeah, Me and Coogee. That was a good bit. Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

Again, what's right with Nick Wright, he does it with his son. It's different. And he's allowing us to make fun of his nose. So there it is. He said it is casting indeed a shadow on his teeth. Casting a shadow on your teeth, Nick. It's good. It's good. It's good to see you. We'll talk to you soon.

[Nick Wright]

Send me some of those peanuts.

[Dan LeBatard (Host/Moderator)]

We'll talk to you soon.

[Nick Wright]

Take care. Brush your hair.