GBF- Monday Hangover: Billy O'Possum's

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz Episode: GBF- Monday Hangover: Billy O'Possum's
Release Date: January 27, 2025

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Introduction

In the "Monday Hangover: Billy O'Possum's" episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, hosts Dan Le Batard and Stugotz delve into the depths of the recent NFL playoff season, offering their unique insights and humorous takes on the games, player performances, and the overarching narratives shaping the postseason.

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Super Bowl Predictions and Playoff Analysis

Chiefs vs. Eagles Showdown

The episode opens with Dan and Stugotz discussing the imminent Super Bowl clash between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. Both hosts express fervent support for the Chiefs, highlighting their impressive playoff run.

• Stugotz's Loyalty to the Chiefs:
  "[02:27] Stugotz: I'm part of Chief's kingdom. We've been with this team literally since day one."

• Dan's Confidence in the Chiefs:
  "[02:43] Dan Le Batard: We're going to end it with them in New Orleans next week."

Patrick Mahomes vs. Tom Brady Debate

A significant portion of the conversation centers around Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady's legacies. The hosts debate whether Mahomes can eclipse Brady's record of Super Bowl wins.

• Dan's Assertion:
  "[09:24] Dan Le Batard: Unless Brady comes back, he always has this over Mahomes."

• Stugotz's Counterpoint:
  "[09:08] Stugotz: He's going to be halfway there if he wins."

Comparisons with Historical Players

Stugotz introduces a comparative analysis between Josh Allen and Michael Jordan, drawing parallels in their career challenges and successes.

• Stugotz's Comparison:
  "[06:41] Stugotz: 2024 Josh Allen and 1991 Michael Jordan were facing very similar circumstances and had the same result."

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Player Performances and Critiques

Josh Allen's Playoff Performance

Josh Allen's performance is scrutinized, with discussions about his ability to lead the Bills to the Super Bowl and his interactions on media platforms like Radio Row.

• Dan's Provocative Question:
  "[05:55] Dan Le Batard: Did you really? Why, Mike?"

• Billy Gill's Perspective:
  "[06:26] Billy Gill: This is something that happens all the time in sports..."

Zach Ertz's Impact

The conversation shifts to Zach Ertz, where Dan and Stugotz debate his role and influence on his team's performance.

• Stugotz's Frustration:
  "[35:22] Stugotz: Just wait, like, 10 years. Your kids will be all professional athletes."

• Dan's Defense:
  "[35:56] Dan Le Batard: You're just getting started, right? The end is not anywhere near."

Saquon Barkley's Contribution

Saquon Barkley's performance is lauded, emphasizing his role as a game-changer for his team.

• Dan's Praise:
  "[28:22] Stugotz: Yeah."
  "[30:48] Dan Le Batard: I have a winner."

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Humorous Segments and Personal Anecdotes

Jury Duty Chronicles

Stugotz shares his amusing struggles with jury duty scheduling conflicts, highlighting the challenges of balancing personal commitments with public duties.

• Stugotz's Admission:
  "[19:36] Stugotz: I'm gonna have to go to jury duty the day after the Super Bowl."

"Winners and Losers" Game

The hosts engage in their regular "Winners and Losers" segment, humorously assigning winners and losers based on recent performances and personal mishaps.

• Stugotz Declares Himself a Loser:
  "[19:16] Stugotz: I'm gonna call myself a loser."

• Dan's Lightheartedness:
  "[19:34] Dan Le Batard: Well, no. Super Bowl winners. Super Bowl losers."

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Fantasy Football and Betting Insights

Parlay Discussions

The hosts discuss the intricacies of fantasy football parlays, sharing personal experiences and strategies to maximize winnings.

• Billy Gill's Win:
  "[50:29] Stugotz: It was a one rushing touchdown in each quarter of both games."

• Dan's Commentary on Betting:
  "[50:35] Dan Le Batard: When you lose one leg of a parlay, do you start rooting for the rest of your legs to lose?"

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Lighthearted Banter and Advertisements

Throughout the episode, Dan and Stugotz intersperse their discussions with humorous banter, commercial reads for sponsors like Tums and Miller Lite, and playful teasing among themselves.

• Carvana Promotion:
  "[56:36] Stugotz: Hey, you sold that car yet?"
  "[56:39] Dan Le Batard: Yeah, sold it to Carvana."

• Miller Lite Advertisement:
  "[34:23] Dan Le Batard: ...ichiro not a first ballot guy... [speaker continues advertisement]."

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Conclusion and Upcoming Content

As the episode wraps up, the hosts preview upcoming segments, including their trip to New Orleans and further analyses on quarterbacks like Jalen Hurts. They maintain their signature blend of sports commentary, personal anecdotes, and interactive segments to keep their audience engaged.

• Looking Ahead:
  "[43:25] Dan Le Batard: So, Billy, we're going to New Orleans next week."

• Final Predictions:
  "[52:16] Dan Le Batard: I do think the Chiefs are going to win the Super Bowl."

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This episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz offers a comprehensive look into the nuances of the NFL playoffs, enriched with the hosts' humor, actionable insights for fantasy football enthusiasts, and engaging discussions that cater to both hardcore fans and casual listeners alike.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugotz]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugotz]

Mikey. Eh?

[Billy Gill]

God bless football. Fuentes God bless football.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stugots thank you. Super Super Bowl 59. Excuse me. Is set. It is Eagles and Chiefs. Billy Rocking the Chiefs kingdom hat. I mean, how about that? Had said to me moments before we came on the air. I'm rooting for Kansas City.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, of course.

[Dan Le Batard]

Really?

[Stugotz]

I'm part of Chief's kingdom. I was embraced by them. Guys. It seems like you've forgotten. Seems like some people may have forgotten. We've been with this team literally since day one.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, day one.

[Stugotz]

So why? Why turn our backs on them now?

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a fair point. We didn't Go to Philadelphia. We went to Kansas City. We started this journey with them, and we're going to end it with them in New Orleans next week.

[Stugotz]

How about that?

[Dan Le Batard]

Y. You're excited, huh?

[Stugotz]

I am excited. Yeah, I am. I'm sad, but I'm excited.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, why are you sad? Because you love football so much? We only have one game left.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, I mean, we only have two weeks left, and then what do we have to do? Pretend to care about basketball? Like, geez, this is just that time of the year.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. I have a new game for you guys if you want to play it. I'm not. I'm not certain you want to play this early in the proceedings, but I do have a new game for you.

[Stugotz]

What is it?

[Dan Le Batard]

I read you stats and you react.

[Billy Gill]

Okay. Okay.

[Stugotz]

All right.

[Billy Gill]

That's a thing?

[Stugotz]

Yeah, it's. Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're good with that?

[Stugotz]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right. Here's a stat. Patrick Mahomes has trailed in the fourth quarter in nine playoff games. He's come back to win six, forced two overtimes and two others before losing. He has a 132.2 rating with five touchdowns and one touchdown run in those games.

[Stugotz]

What just happened?

[Dan Le Batard]

I read you a stat.

[Stugotz]

No, but it was really long.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, that wasn't a stat. I have a different one. I have a different, different. You're right. You're right. It's fair criticism. It's. It. Listen, it's early afternoon.

[Stugotz]

It's championship Monday. We just had.

[Billy Gill]

We iron this out.

[Dan Le Batard]

Patrick Mahomes versus the Bills. In his career regular season, 1 in 4.85.9 rating, 10 combined touchdowns, 8 turnovers. In the playoffs, 4 01.23.7 rating, 12 combined touchdowns, 1 turnover.

[Stugotz]

This is a bad game.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're supposed to react to it.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, this is a bad game.

[Billy Gill]

Get it done in the regular season. Stop winning in the playoffs.

[Dan Le Batard]

Show.

[Billy Gill]

Show you could do it when it doesn't count.

[Dan Le Batard]

I appreciate the reaction. The Chiefs have won an NFL record 17 straight one possession games.

[Stugotz]

I have a stat for you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay. Go ahead.

[Stugotz]

Godless football is presented by Smirnoff. We do game days. Police responsibly. The Smirnoff Company. New York, New York.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's an ass. I know. It's a great stat.

[Stugotz]

It's just. It's word.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's a great stat.

[Stugotz]

Here's the thing. Your. Your stat game I think works better as graphics.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay. Most playoff wins is a starting quarterback. Brady 35. Mahomes second 17. Montana third 16. My reaction to that is Brady had 35 quiet 35. You see him throwing the ball to Gronk before the game?

[Stugotz]

No.

[Dan Le Batard]

Little catch with Gronk before. Before the game. Could still zip it.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Again, I have him coming back.

[Stugotz]

Do you?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

Where's he going?

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm not sure yet.

[Mike Ryan]

He's got to play for Vegas.

[Stugotz]

Well, his team needs a quarterback. Yeah, he might as well.

[Dan Le Batard]

North Carolina. There you go.

[Stugotz]

Oh, man.

[Mike Ryan]

Brady, North Carolina.

[Dan Le Batard]

Does he have a year left?

[Stugotz]

He has his Covid.

[Billy Gill]

By the way, what a great idea for a movie.

[Mike Ryan]

That graduate year, that one Graduate year.

[Stugotz]

I saw that. 80 for Brady, I think is either on Netflix or coming to Netflix like real soon. And I had no interest in watching it. I think I might on Netflix. Not to pay for, but 80 for Brady. I think I might watch it on Netflix.

[Dan Le Batard]

I have a question for you guys.

[Stugotz]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

Did you feel bad for Josh Allen 100?

[Stugotz]

No, I felt so bad.

[Dan Le Batard]

Did you really?

[Stugotz]

I really did.

[Billy Gill]

Not even a little bit.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why, Mike? What? I mean, the guy is clearly. He's. He's clearly an elite quarterback. He's clearly a special player. They've won a playoff game in the last five playoffs and have it advanced to the Super Bowl. How do you not feel bad for that guy?

[Billy Gill]

Because this is. This is something that happens all the time in sports. There is a great person. There is a greatness that every other team must overcome. And when you can't, that's. That's how it works.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right?

[Billy Gill]

This is. This is Michael Jordan with the Bulls and the Knicks can't win the championship. Is it because Patrick Ewing wasn't great? No, it was because Michael Jordan was there.

[Dan Le Batard]

You got to beat my homes.

[Billy Gill]

You can't do it.

[Stugotz]

So you. You mentioned Michael Jordan. I saw this stat. Here's a stat for you to react.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay. All right.

[Stugotz]

And this is courtesy of at sick highlights on Instagram. So this is a comparison between Josh Allen and Michael Jordan. This is 2024 Josh Allen, 1991 Michael Jordan season number seven for both of them.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right.

[Stugotz]

Franchise title zero for both of them. Opponent for Josh Allen, the Chiefs. Opponent for Michael Jordan. The Pistons playoff record versus the opponent over four for Josh, zero for three for Michael Jordan. Opponent seeking a three peat. Yes and yes. So 2024 Josh Allen and 1991 Michael Jordan were facing very similar circumstances and had the sim the same result. Then Michael Jordan obviously goes on to win six championships. Retired in the middle to go play baseball. Maybe a suspension. Secretly, we don't know what was going on. Right.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

So there's still time for old Joshi the problem is the Chiefs. And the Chiefs did that thing. The Chiefs, Chief.

[Dan Le Batard]

My stats were wordy. Anyway. Go ahead.

[Stugotz]

This is a comparison. I mean, it's on this thing. It's better.

[Mike Ryan]

It's more like a story.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, it's a good step, right? It's. It's a good story.

[Stugotz]

Well, anywho, the Chiefs did kind of what the Chiefs have been doing the past two seasons, which is one score games, playing possum the entire regular season.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right.

[Stugotz]

And then they turn it on when they need to.

[Mike Ryan]

They, chief. They cheat at the right time.

[Stugotz]

100, Chief. At the right time.

[Dan Le Batard]

But we all knew they could do it, right? Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, we all knew it was there.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

Oh, Kansas City Possums.

[Stugotz]

I mean, hey, how do you guys feel about possum versus opossum? Because it's opossum. Right? But everyone says possum.

[Dan Le Batard]

I like possum.

[Stugotz]

I do, too.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

All right, let's keep the O silent. We don't need.

[Mike Ryan]

That sounds Irish.

[Stugotz]

It's extra.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't need Billy Opossum.

[Stugotz]

Dude, that sounds like a pub that I would love to go to. Billy Opossums.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hey, where you at?

[Billy Gill]

I think we ate there in. In Arizona.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow. Possums.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, we went there. Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

Billy Opossums.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, that's right, Mikey. So you hear about that?

[Dan Le Batard]

Billy Opossums.

[Stugotz]

Travis. Kelsey.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wait, so hold on, hold on. I want to react to your stat. You're saying that at point in their careers, Josh Allen, Michael Jordan have had similar careers, but Josh Allen has something to overcome that Michael Jordan or that Patrick Ewing did not, you know, Or Michael Jordan did not.

[Stugotz]

Well, he had the Pistons.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, but it was an aging Pistons team. This is a Chiefs team in their prime.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, that's the thing. Like, Mahomes is only 29 years old, right? We have at least another seven years.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Stugotz]

You know what's crazy is we would say before this, it's impossible for Patrick Mahomes to catch Tom Brady. And now I ask, is it?

[Dan Le Batard]

It is. Only from this standpoint, unless Brady comes back, and again, he still has it. He's got some zip left in that arm. I'm telling you, he's got some life left. But unless Brady comes back, he always has this over Mahomes. Unless Mahomes gets to eight.

[Stugotz]

That's what I'm saying. Before, it seemed impossible he could get to seven. But he. I mean, he's a 29. He's going to be halfway there if he wins.

[Dan Le Batard]

So what do we do with this? That Mahomes face Brady in a Super bowl, lost to Brady. Does Mahomes have to get to eight or nine to eclipse Tom Brady? I'm serious. Nine?

[Stugotz]

You're serious? No, I'm asking if that's an actual thing that you're saying.

[Dan Le Batard]

What if they each have seven, but Brady has beaten Mahomes head to head.

[Stugotz]

I mean, it depends.

[Billy Gill]

I'll have the 3P.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, right.

[Billy Gill]

If my home says three people, would.

[Dan Le Batard]

You rather have the 3P to the head to head is what I'm saying.

[Billy Gill]

Three, Pete.

[Mike Ryan]

I think I'd rather have the 3P.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'd rather have the head to head.

[Stugotz]

No, you wouldn't.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes, I would.

[Stugotz]

You'd rather be Eli man.

[Mike Ryan]

Brady lost the Nick Foles.

[Stugotz]

You'd rather be Eli Manning than Patrick.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, but as it relates to Mahomes, I'd rather to always be able to tell.

[Stugotz]

Would you rather be Eli Manning or Patrick Mahomes?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I'd rather be Patrick Mahomes.

[Stugotz]

Okay, then story's over because Eli did it twice to Brady.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I understand that, but if you're giving me the option of win three straight, they each have seven. And on your course to seven Super Bowls, you beat the guy head to head. Right. And the other guy won three straight. But none of those three were against you. I'd rather have what Brady has.

[Stugotz]

But Brady never did three in a row.

[Dan Le Batard]

No. Yeah, I know.

[Stugotz]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

But Mahomes never beat Brady.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, if you think about it, Brady lost some stinkers. Wow. Two times. Eli Manning, Nick Foles.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Really bad. And had some Super Bowls. He had no business with it. Seattle, Atlanta. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, that's right. He was off the field for the Seattle one.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right? Yeah. Pete Carroll back, huh? How about that?

[Stugotz]

Mikey called it the other day.

[Dan Le Batard]

He did. He actually called it. 73 year old Pete Carroll in Las Vegas. I mean, you think tear that town apart.

[Stugotz]

You think it Pete's like, oh, Mikey's so right.

[Dan Le Batard]

If you don't think Pete Carroll at 73 years of age is going to tear Vegas apart, you don't know Pete Carroll.

[Stugotz]

I mean, do you think Pete like in his interview process, like, Tom, you owe me one. Remember the Super Bowl? Yeah, you owe me one.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, I handed you one.

[Billy Gill]

Did they have this planned all the way back then?

[Stugotz]

Oh, wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right? I gifted you a Super bowl, you gift me a head coaching job.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

At the age of 73.

[Stugotz]

Just a couple years, cup of coffee just to feel alive.

[Dan Le Batard]

Seems fair. It's a good trade for Brady. It is. He got a Super bowl and you know, Carol gets a year of head coaching, maybe two.

[Stugotz]

Hey, the Commander season was cute.

[Dan Le Batard]

It was nice while it lasts.

[Stugotz]

That ended very poorly for them.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nick Sirianni, huh?

[Stugotz]

Against all odds. Look at him.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is it really against all?

[Stugotz]

It is. He's gonna be the toast of the town in Philadelphia. They're gonna fall in love with him again.

[Dan Le Batard]

They don't deserve him.

[Stugotz]

They don't deserve Nick Sirianni.

[Dan Le Batard]

No. They booed Nick Sirianni. They wanted Nick Sirianni fired. If Nick Sirani. Sirianni lost that game yesterday, they'd be calling it the WIP as we speak. Early afternoon show. And they'd be telling. Listen, whoever's hosted, I think it's Spike Eskin. They'd be telling him, hey, we gotta fire him. The guy can't get to the big game. Can't win the big game.

[Stugotz]

Why does Big Dom need a headset on the sideline? I saw him in the mix again yesterday. He was there making sure that scuffles wouldn't break out, doing big dumb things. And he's wearing a headset as though he's a coach on the sideline. Hearing everything that's going on. Seems unnecessary for the head of security to have that.

[Billy Gill]

Do we know if it's plugged into anything?

[Stugotz]

Oh, you think he brought his own?

[Billy Gill]

Just walking around with a headset?

[Stugotz]

I do. I do. Kind of like.

[Billy Gill]

So that it looks like he is.

[Stugotz]

I do like that as maybe being what's going on there.

[Dan Le Batard]

You have them plugged in, do you? 20, 25. Not wireless.

[Billy Gill]

Sure.

[Mike Ryan]

It's like. It's like a kid playing video games.

[Billy Gill]

Is it attached to anything?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, I'll plug in the controller. Just give it to me.

[Stugotz]

That's. Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are you maintaining he's just wearing headsets to wear headsets? Because I'm with you if you are. I mean, the same thing like when.

[Billy Gill]

When. When I. My kids were toddlers, I'd give them a remote with no batteries and they'd think they were doing everything. Yeah, you. Oh, look, you changed the channel.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

Same thing with Big Dom here' that.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

Don't worry. We'll talk to you when we need you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yep. So the commanders. Billy, I want to tell Jaden Daniels he'll get back to that game, but, I mean, it's football. I have no idea.

[Stugotz]

You don't think he's ever gonna get back to the NFC Championship?

[Dan Le Batard]

No. I mean, Dan Marino thought he'd get back to the Super Bowl. He never got back to the Super Bowl. I don't know.

[Stugotz]

I mean, you know, who I'm worried about is the Lions.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why are you saying it like this?

[Stugotz]

So the. I'm yeah, a little worried about the Lions. So the Lions, you know, obviously they were very close to the Super Bowl. Yeah. Last year. They didn't make it to the NFC championship game. This year. Last year. Last year Dan Campbell was, you know, crying and said, you may never get back here. This year he didn't get back there. He was crying again, but he didn't get back there.

[Dan Le Batard]

Go to move is now.

[Stugotz]

Now he's lost his OC and his DC I wonder what the Lions are going to look like next year.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are you saying the window closed or I'm. Has the window closed? Billy? Has a window been closed? Oh, boy. Wow.

[Billy Gill]

Clothes not locked.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hold on. He's thinking about it.

[Billy Gill]

I'm trying to help him out a little bit.

[Stugotz]

I'm not saying that. It's just, it's the wind's kind of pushing it down, I think, you know.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

It's one of those windows that you need like a stick to hold it up because like whatever, the mechanisms that hold it up are a little creaky on the side. So it just slides down and it's. This one's begging to be shut.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Stugotz]

And that stick is missing and it's sliding down very slowly here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Huh.

[Stugotz]

I don't know why we're talking about the Lions today after the championship game yesterday, but.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I mean, perhaps because we watched that game play out and it was a good game in the first half, a good game early. But we all probably. I know I was. Was thinking about it should be Philadelphia at Detroit. Like that's, that's.

[Stugotz]

Well, I mean, I. After seeing the Eagles, I wonder if Detroit would have hung with them. They looked really good yesterday.

[Dan Le Batard]

They are really good.

[Stugotz]

I mean, obviously they won the turnover battle, which was a big part in it. It was, it was a fairly close game except Washington kept fumbling the ball and poor Austin Eckler. Oh, I felt so bad for him. Luckily, I would say luckily for Austin, his fumble was somewhat inconsequential. It wasn't when, you know, it was like a tight game. But Phil, it was a two score game though.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, they were driving down the field to try to make it a one score game.

[Stugotz]

That two point conversion that they threw to him had absolutely no chance of succeeding. It was a little, little play action. Pass over to him off to the side at like the seven yard line, no chance for success.

[Billy Gill]

I have never seen a Play like that where it was a trick play, but everything was based on the fact that the defense had to be tricked or it was like, oh, we give up. And it was.

[Dan Le Batard]

It.

[Billy Gill]

It. The Eagles were absolutely not fooled by.

[Dan Le Batard]

That play at all.

[Billy Gill]

But I've never seen enough a play without another option. That was it.

[Stugotz]

He. I mean, I think it was the only look that he had and he went, he threw to him and he knew right away. And it like, there's nothing Austin could have done in that play.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no.

[Billy Gill]

There were like three defenders.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, but the fumble was. I know what you're saying. It wasn't in the worst spot possible, but it was still a bit. It was the end of the game. It was the nail in the coffin. It was a two score game at that point. Yeah, I felt terrible for it.

[Stugotz]

I did too.

[Dan Le Batard]

Knowing how much it would mean to him to get to his first super bowl and knowing he doesn't have many years left to play.

[Stugotz]

Whoa.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, that's him saying it. No, I mean he lost his memory this year. Yes, well, his wife ain't having it right.

[Stugotz]

There's some memories I could afford to lose.

[Dan Le Batard]

I have a question.

[Stugotz]

Yeah?

[Dan Le Batard]

You think the Bengals win that game?

[Stugotz]

Which one?

[Dan Le Batard]

The AFC championship.

[Billy Gill]

So do I.

[Stugotz]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Stugotz]

Season's almost over.

[Dan Le Batard]

It is.

[Stugotz]

I'm sad, but there's. There's some good news.

[Dan Le Batard]

What?

[Stugotz]

Light at the end of the tunnel here, really? Yeah, well, somewhat. It's. It's delayed, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

Masters?

[Stugotz]

No, no, no, we'll get to that. But it's delayed.

[Dan Le Batard]

The draft.

[Stugotz]

We don't know that is. That is coming down. Coming down the pike, as they say.

[Dan Le Batard]

NBA.

[Stugotz]

No, definitely nothing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Just making sure.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, no, it's we don't have any more big board bets. There's no more games on Monday. So I don't have any more predictions for you guys this year. What I do have, though. What do you have is Winners and Losers presented by Screen off, the world's number one vodka. Please drink responsibly. Would you like to play an edition of Winners and Losers right now?

[Dan Le Batard]

Of course.

[Stugotz]

All right.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you.

[Stugotz]

Oh, this might be the last one.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, no. Super bowl winners. Super bowl losers.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. Well, okay, I have. I have a predicament here. Winners and Losers presented by Smirnoff, the world's number one vodka, Please drink responsibly. I'm gonna call myself a loser.

[Dan Le Batard]

Really?

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why?

[Stugotz]

Well, lots of reasons in this game.

[Billy Gill]

Don't say that.

[Dan Le Batard]

The reason you turn the music up.

[Stugotz]

Winners and losers. No, no, It's.

[Dan Le Batard]

It gives me energy. I love it.

[Stugotz]

No, that's way too loud. You're not gonna be able to hear.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's early afternoon.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

And I can't hear it.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. All right, so I'm a loser. And here's. Here's why I'm a loser. I have jury duty the day after the Super Bowl. Day after the Super Bowl, I have jury duty. And here's the thing about me almost saying, oh, yeah, and here's the thing about this particular jury duty. I have already rescheduled it. This is the third date that they've sent me because I've rescheduled it twice already.

[Dan Le Batard]

I didn't realize you had options on that, like a reschedule.

[Stugotz]

Well, you can. You can put in and you could say, I'm unavailable that day for XYZ reason. And it's almost impossible to believe. And it's why I didn't reschedule it the day after the super bowl, even though we have Goblets football, we're gonna have a Super bowl reaction show. I don't think I'm gonna be able to be part of it because I'm gonna have jury duty.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right.

[Stugotz]

The past two dates that I've had when we were in Chicago for the Watch along, and then when we were in Arizona, and every time I called, I'm like, I have a work event. I'm not gonna be in town. If I get selected, I'm gonna have to go that Thursday, that Friday out of town, so, like, I'm not going to be able to serve on the jury.

[Dan Le Batard]

Football keeps getting in the way. Yes.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

It.

[Stugotz]

It's crazy how this thing keeps aligning.

[Dan Le Batard]

Which I think the court would Understand?

[Stugotz]

Well, they. They did.

[Billy Gill]

You're an off season juror, Billy. You're an off season.

[Stugotz]

So they understood the first two times. And this third time, I thought, there's no way they're going to believe this again. So I'm just gonna have to bite the bullet. I'm gonna have to go to jury duty the day after the Super Bowl. So the first loser. Winners are losers. Presented by Spirnoff Me, because I have jury duty the day after the Super Bowl. And the last time I got it, the note said, this is gonna be a long one. This might be a three week trial. And I was like, oh, boy. And I'm not down for that. Not down for that.

[Billy Gill]

Do you think that there's one person taking these phone calls, like, that'll be like, I remember you. I remember you. You're not counting Clerks.

[Mike Ryan]

No, this is definitely automatic.

[Stugotz]

No, no. I had to call one of the times and then I wrote a letter the second time. And I just think that it'd be on file, right? That it gets moved. So then they pull up my juror number and my file and they're like, I don't care. Sir, you have moved this so many times. I saw, I saw a video.

[Mike Ryan]

They just want you to eventually.

[Billy Gill]

They don't want you anyway, right? You work in the media. They don't want you.

[Stugotz]

That's never worked for me. I've never been dismissed for that reason. Never once I do this in the.

[Dan Le Batard]

Past, I have walked in there and said, I'm a member of the media. And they said, we're sorry we sent you this. You're good.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, I've never, I've receive that now. I saw a video and, and again, it's. I. And this is my fault because I brought us here and, and we had two championship games, and I don't know why we're talking about jury duty, but.

[Dan Le Batard]

We'Re doing winners and losers.

[Stugotz]

I saw a video that, that said the best way to get out of serving on a jury is just tell them, I don't want to be here. I'm. I, I just have no interest in this process. I don't want to be here. That would never work for me, right? Absolutely. Never work for me. And I feel like I'd somehow be held in, like, contempt and, like, arrested if I was like, nah, I'm good. I don't want to be here today anyways.

[Dan Le Batard]

Your loser is you.

[Stugotz]

My loser is me. To start off. Yeah. Kick things off. My loser is me.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right.

[Stugotz]

I have some winners I have a winner here.

[Dan Le Batard]

You have a winner.

[Stugotz]

I have a winner here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Mikey. Do you have a winner and a loser? Because I'm going to you next. Billy has a. Has a winner here.

[Billy Gill]

Gotcha.

[Dan Le Batard]

Billy is the loser. According to Billy.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. That I was one of the losers. And winners and losers presented by Smirnoff. Okay, world's number one vodka, please. Check response.

[Dan Le Batard]

Who's your winner?

[Stugotz]

The Kansas City Chiefs.

[Dan Le Batard]

They won.

[Stugotz]

Winners.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Stugotz]

Yes, they did win. Shout out to our friend Ed and. And his entire family. Now, here's the. Here's where things are interesting. They won. With Travis Kelsey having two receptions for 19 yards, he has been a non factor in many of the games this season. Now last week was a totally different story.

[Dan Le Batard]

He was great.

[Stugotz]

He carried the Chiefs.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes. He was a winner last week.

[Stugotz]

He was a winner last week. And I'm not saying he's a loser this week. I know. And in fact, I said the Chiefs are winners because they don't even need to activate him most times. Like, they'll just. Here's a little pass. He had four targets. Didn't need him yesterday. Didn't need him to beat the Bills.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yep.

[Stugotz]

Super Bowl.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, they might need them.

[Stugotz]

I think they're gonna need them.

[Dan Le Batard]

But they might not.

[Stugotz]

They might not. Do you think that when. When he does his things, like, you gotta fight for the right to party and the one that he. He was chanting yesterday on the thing, like, Taylor doesn't seem embarrassed, but, like, if you were dating someone and every time they had a microphone, they just chanted to get the crowd to sing along with you, you'd be embarrassed, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

Perhaps. Yeah.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

He had real, like, I didn't do any work on the group project, but I still celebrate the A energy yesterday.

[Stugotz]

Tony energy.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's earned that, right?

[Stugotz]

I mean.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, yeah, yeah, he's done.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, but he's earned the right.

[Stugotz]

It was kind of like, honest.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, you might be thinking to yourself, why is Kelsey on the podium?

[Stugotz]

I was gonna say it was definitely like, why is he even on the stage right now?

[Mike Ryan]

But he's. He's. For past performances.

[Stugotz]

I think he just goes up, like, out of habit. Yeah, he just walks up there and they're like, okay, who's gonna tell him?

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, it's a fair point. Like, Xavier Worthy should have been on the stage.

[Stugotz]

Hollywood Brown should have been on the stage. Juju Smith Schuster should have been on the. On the stage.

[Dan Le Batard]

Kareem Hunt should have been on the stage.

[Stugotz]

Right.

[Billy Gill]

Any of the running backs.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, the Way the Chiefs resurrect these guys to, like, have them have a few pivotal plays, like juju Smith. Schuster, like, has two huge plays.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

You know, Huge. Yeah. Kareem Hunt off the street, your starting.

[Dan Le Batard]

Running back, you know, who was on the stage, but no one wanted to talk to him. And they should be ashamed of themselves. Spags bags. I mean, Spags is on the verge of carrying Patrick Mahomes to three consecutive Super Bowls.

[Stugotz]

I. I heard this.

[Billy Gill]

You were a little worried about Spags there for a minute, weren't you?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, but he dialed up where the.

[Billy Gill]

Bills just ran it.

[Stugotz]

Stutz. I have replay.

[Dan Le Batard]

He dialed up the corner blitz, though. It was magical. Oh, my God. Was it good?

[Stugotz]

So I was listening to the Dominique Foxworth show driving in, and they came up with an idea that.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's a regular on a Monday for you, huh? Yeah, it's a great show. We love them.

[Stugotz]

I think you're gonna love this idea that the Bill Barnwell put out there.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay.

[Stugotz]

All right. So Charlie Kravitz said, is it time for the Bills to just shake things up?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Stugotz]

With McDermott like they do. They do something. They shake things up. You got to do something different. Yeah. And then they were going back and forth. Well, shake them all. Like, what's the plan? Do you have a coach in mind? Like, what's the point of shaking things up? And then Bill Barnwell had the best idea.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think I've said this idea before, but go ahead.

[Stugotz]

Hire Spags.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, wow. Not the idea. I was thinking.

[Stugotz]

You bring in Spags, and you bring in the guy that has prevented you from getting to the super bowl so many times and secretly.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, I like it.

[Stugotz]

Secret assassin there for the Chiefs. You take him away from your competitor. You bring him in on your own side.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes. You weaken your competitor, your main competitor. You make yourself stronger. And Spags is simply walks in and says, yeah, I could stop that offense.

[Stugotz]

Then ne next year. Next year.

[Billy Gill]

Why didn't you guys do this?

[Stugotz]

Next.

[Billy Gill]

We wouldn't be able to stop it.

[Stugotz]

You know who draws up or dials up the blitz or who's getting the blitz dialed up against them? Patrick Mahomes. Not Josh Allen.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

He knows all the weaknesses.

[Stugotz]

Dude, I don't know. I. I don't know how we've gone so far. How Dalton Kincaid dropped that pass.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's my loser. Yeah, he was my loser. Listen, Mahomes chucked it up. It was a prayer. But that prayer went right into Concade's hands.

[Billy Gill]

Allen chucked it up.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, Allen Josh Allen chucked it up, but that prayer went right into Dalton Kincaid, by the way, I get those guys mixed up. Knox Kincaid. I'm. Oh, yeah.

[Stugotz]

They were saying Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes. Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I don't get that mixed up. All right. But it was right in his hands. He should have caught it. If he caught it, the Bills wouldn't probably.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, he had to come back for it. But it hit him right in the, like, bread basket, and it's just, like, terrible.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Just a bad drop.

[Dan Le Batard]

You could tell from his reaction, he was like, man, I should have.

[Mike Ryan]

Should have had that. It was just a prayer of a pass, right?

[Stugotz]

No. Yeah. Josh is throwing and hoping it was close to anyone, and it was. It was right there.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

I have a loser. Oh, Joe Shane, general manager of the New York Giants.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, because not for long, dude.

[Mike Ryan]

Saquon Barkley, as good as he's been playing, they're gonna play that clip of him. Well, first of all, they're gonna play the clip of him on the phone with Saquon forever, especially if the Eagles win the Super Bowl.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

And then they're gonna play the second clip of his son telling him to draft Jaden Daniels.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

So those two clips are gonna haunt him.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. His son, My big winner.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's all right. I mean.

[Mike Ryan]

You can always be like, you know, this guy just goes on a tangent. We don't even like to give him a microphone.

[Dan Le Batard]

You know, it's. It's hard to argue that Taekwond Barkley is not the MVP of the NFL.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

After watching the Eagles the last couple of weeks.

[Mike Ryan]

First play from scrimmage, just like, rip.

[Dan Le Batard]

Unbelievable.

[Mike Ryan]

Touchdown. Insane.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's crazy, Mikey. You had a winner and a loser.

[Billy Gill]

I. I got. I got a. I got a loser.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay.

[Billy Gill]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, man.

[Billy Gill]

They thought they got their offensive coordinator back, and then he snuck off and then met with his side chick again and ended up signing with Jacksonville Jaguars.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

They were like, oh, no, he's back, and we're gonna give him this big contract. He's like, nah, they got rid of the guy. I don't like. I'm just gonna go there.

[Dan Le Batard]

I have a loser.

[Stugotz]

Oh, okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

The Dallas Cowboys.

[Stugotz]

Wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

What are they doing?

[Stugotz]

I don't know.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, I'm serious. Shoddy.

[Billy Gill]

Shoddy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Listen, they hired Dallas. Jerry Jones never does this. Their head coaching hire was part of a Friday news dump because he's so embarrassed about the guy he hired. It's insane.

[Stugotz]

I think he got his guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, his Guy. Yes, the guy who will say exactly what it is Jerry wants him to say.

[Mike Ryan]

Correct.

[Dan Le Batard]

So Jerry's the winner. Cowboys. Losers.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

I have one more loser.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, another loser.

[Stugotz]

I have another loser, too.

[Dan Le Batard]

Really?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, the Buffalo Bills, but not because they lost. They traded out of a spot where they could have drafted Xavier Worthy, and then he came back, had a huge game against them in the AFC Championship.

[Stugotz]

Well, I mean, they also traded the pick that landed the Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, really?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

They've just, just handed the Chiefs this dynasty.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's insane. I have a winner.

[Billy Gill]

Next time the Bills call the. The Chiefs call the Bills.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, they should just unplug the phone. They just unplug it, rip it out like, no, we are not giving you.

[Billy Gill]

And if you're the cheers you call every year. Yeah.

[Stugotz]

Oh, you got it.

[Billy Gill]

Just to get in their head.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, it's the Chiefs again.

[Stugotz]

I think. I think last year they may have done that. I think last year they may have done that. Like, guys, let's just. Let's just see. Let's just. It's like. It's almost like they're crank calling the Bills. Like, let's see. Let's see if they do. They'll never say yes. They'll never say yes. Panic. No.

[Billy Gill]

Watch them wonder who it is.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. Then they say yes and like, oh, my God, they did it again. Who do we take here?

[Dan Le Batard]

I have a winner and a loser now.

[Stugotz]

Okay, Winner. Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stefan Diggs. No, I mean, whether you have me, whether you don't have me, it's not about me. You can't beat Patrick Mahomes with or without me.

[Stugotz]

All right, I'm going to vote.

[Dan Le Batard]

No day for him. It's not bad. It's a decent day. That's all I'm saying. A decent day.

[Stugotz]

But no matter who his quarterback, they went further.

[Billy Gill]

Not here.

[Stugotz]

They went further in the playoffs than he did.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, but you know, he was injured and Josh Allen didn't make it to the Super Bowl. That was the whole thought.

[Billy Gill]

Stefan Diggs calling the Chiefs Addition by.

[Dan Le Batard]

Subtraction, you take away Stefan Diggs. Yes, he is. By the way, that's a. That's a great take by you. Addition by subtraction, you take digs away, you spread the ball out more, you're going to beat the Chiefs. You did it. Okay, I have a loser.

[Billy Gill]

I, I hold up. I can see Diggs calling the Chiefs, them going to the super bowl and him saying, see, I was the missing piece the whole time.

[Dan Le Batard]

What if Spags calls Buffalo, though.

[Stugotz]

I mean, I have. Unless we have like NFL contract shenanigans, right, where like money just disappears. I. I have Stefan Diggs slated to join the Chiefs in 2026 or 2027.

[Dan Le Batard]

Got it.

[Stugotz]

Just mark that down. Now, if we're still doing the show, then 2026, 2027 for their fifth or.

[Dan Le Batard]

Sixth consecutive Super Bowl.

[Stugotz]

Somewhere in there, Stefan Diggs ends up in Kansas City because next year he's making 16 or his cap. It is 16 million, right. But 26, 27, 28, it's 4.1 million. The Chiefs will move things around and slide that in there somewhere. Okay, 26, 27.

[Dan Le Batard]

They'll make it work.

[Billy Gill]

I thought they had. I thought they had agreed.

[Dan Le Batard]

Restructure.

[Stugotz]

Well, there you go. See, if there's, if there's contraction and against, then I mean, Mahomes will restructure, right? No, he's not going to restructure. Mahomes should restructure to make more money because now he's probably like the 10th highest paid quarterback and it's crazy. Yeah, at the time it was like, oh my gosh, 10 years, $450 million. Like, this is insane. And now he's a bargain.

[Billy Gill]

Now Daniel Jones is making that.

[Mike Ryan]

He should hold out.

[Stugotz]

Hold out. Mahomes hold. That would be great.

[Dan Le Batard]

Super Bowl.

[Mike Ryan]

For the Super Bowl.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, for the Super Bowl.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm not stepping on that field for practice this week unless I get a.

[Dan Le Batard]

Renegotiation that would create a Carson Wentz revenge game.

[Stugotz]

Well, here's. Here's the situation.

[Dan Le Batard]

I almost want to see that more.

[Stugotz]

Can I tell you why he's not. Can I tell you why he's not going to hold out before this Super Bowl? He's got like a three week old at home. The guy is doing anything. He's volunteering to go to the Pro Bowl. He's like, I'll do anything, anything to get away from a crying three week old. We have any games overseas? I'll be an ambassador. I'm there. Let's go tour Europe and something. I'll be a goodwill ambassador to take the game over there. Whatever.

[Dan Le Batard]

I have a. Another loser.

[Stugotz]

Do you?

[Dan Le Batard]

The Saints. No one wants to coach him.

[Stugotz]

I won last loser. Even though we've ran out of music. Do you want to know. You want to know my loser?

[Dan Le Batard]

I do.

[Stugotz]

It's me again. You know why?

[Dan Le Batard]

Why?

[Stugotz]

I took the commanders in our weekly fantasy contest for defense. Yeah, sure thing. Hey, you sold that car yet?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, sold it to Carvana.

[Stugotz]

Oh, I thought you were selling to that Guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

The guy who wanted to pay me in foreign currency, no interest over 36 months. Yeah. No. Carvana gave me an offer in minutes, picked it up, and paid me on the spot. It was so convenient.

[Stugotz]

Just like that. Yeah. No hassle?

[Dan Le Batard]

None.

[Stugotz]

That is super convenient.

[Dan Le Batard]

Sell your car to Carvana and swap. Hassle for convenience. Pickup fees may apply.

[Stugotz]

There's something interesting that's happening here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

And it's. We're talking so much more football off air in the breaks than we have been on air, which is an odd choice by us. Like, we were just breaking down play calls by McDermott. We were talking about Zach Ertz.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

And then. And look, my fault. I brought up jury duty. That was on me.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's okay.

[Stugotz]

I've derailed us from some. From some of these situations. But we've been doing so much more actual football talk off air than we have been during the show.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

Just ranting against Zach Ertz, please.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, like, why are we ranting against Zach Ertz? He did nothing wrong. He had a great game, right?

[Stugotz]

Well, no, because he was like, oh, I wish that I could restart my play my whole career with Jaden Daniels. I'm so old. Buddy, you're 34. Okay, like, enough. Wah, wah.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're just getting started, right? The end is not anywhere near.

[Stugotz]

Oh, my God, what a horrible life you have. You get to retire at 34 years old, and you never have to work a day in your life again. Oh, I feel so. My heart cries for you, and you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Want a Super Bowl.

[Stugotz]

Must be so difficult, right? Oh, wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

So wait a second. Mikey is right. Because what was happening during the break is we weren't criticizing Zach Ertz. You were criticizing.

[Stugotz]

I was not criticizing.

[Dan Le Batard]

And then you dragged the rest of us into it.

[Stugotz]

I did not criticize.

[Dan Le Batard]

We didn't say anything about Zach Ertz.

[Stugotz]

Other than he had a great game, 16 targets. I mean, come on.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, Mikey was making the point that Zach Ertz is towards the end of his career. You're right. He's at the start of life, but towards the end of his career. And it's hard to walk away from a quarterback like Jaden Daniels. That's all. That's all he said.

[Stugotz]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

And then you started going off on Zach Ertz.

[Stugotz]

Zachary, professional athlete. His wife's a professional athlete. His kids will be professional athletes. Like, professional athleticism is not out of your life. Zachary. Just wait, like, 10 years. Your kids will be all professional athletes.

[Billy Gill]

Also, Zach Ert's the one that sent you jury duty notice. Like, because you're big mad at Zach Ertz.

[Dan Le Batard]

You really are.

[Stugotz]

I'm not. I'm not mad at Zachary.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's an odd place.

[Stugotz]

I love the earth's.

[Mike Ryan]

I think it was just like a way of him complimenting Jaden Daniels, like, he's so good. I wish I could have played more with him. I don't think it's yourself.

[Dan Le Batard]

He was just saying, the end of my career is near.

[Billy Gill]

See yourself.

[Dan Le Batard]

I wish I could play my quarterback. Right. This entire. Keep it to himself.

[Stugotz]

Keep your compliments.

[Dan Le Batard]

He had a torn life, Zachary. Yeah, right.

[Stugotz]

16 targets. I mean, would it kill us to get Terry McClure on the ball once or twice? Jeez Louise.

[Dan Le Batard]

So you're mad that he hogged the ball. You're mad because he. He impacted your fans.

[Stugotz]

I mean, some. Some would say. Some. Some would say maybe we're here, we compliment, you know, Jaden Daniels. I'm sure he was saying that in person, too. Jaden's like, oh, you know what? I like this Zachary. I gotta get him the ball more. And boom, you lose by 32 points.

[Mike Ryan]

To be fair.

[Stugotz]

So all you're doing is targeting Zach Ertz all day long, making sure he eats, make sure he goes out on top.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's Jaden's fault.

[Stugotz]

He's the one that has the ball.

[Mike Ryan]

To be fair to Billy, you know, when you're down three scores, a check down to Zachary isn't going to help you.

[Stugotz]

Thank you.

[Mike Ryan]

You know what I mean?

[Stugotz]

Thank you.

[Mike Ryan]

Get the ball to Terry. Thank you.

[Stugotz]

Thank you.

[Mike Ryan]

You needed 12 yards.

[Stugotz]

What. What are we doing?

[Billy Gill]

All I hear is you saying Jaden Daniels is overrated.

[Stugotz]

No one said that.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right.

[Stugotz]

But he's got to put on some weight.

[Billy Gill]

That's what I heard.

[Stugotz]

Got to put on some LBs.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, yeah, yeah. And Zach's. Zach Ert should just zip it up. Just so we're clear on everything. My life.

[Stugotz]

I didn't say any of that. This is one of those things that now you make Zach Ertz an enemy of mine and then we're walking around.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, he's going to be on the show. Ready.

[Stugotz]

Exactly. Right now we have to talk intelligence level.

[Dan Le Batard]

I know Zach Ertz is going to be there. He's coming on the show next week.

[Stugotz]

Zach Ertz is in the subway. Athlete. It's just really, you know, reserved for Josh Allen. A listers respectfully to the earth's. But Subway is bringing around Zach Ertz. It's an off gear. Respectfully.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm so sad that we're gonna have to see Josh Allen on Radio Row again, he shouldn't be on Radio Row.

[Stugotz]

So I was. I was thinking about that and I was conflicted because while I'm watching the game, I was like, well, if he wins, we're not going to see him super bowl week.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, no way. And we have a better chance of seeing him now.

[Stugotz]

We have a better chance of seeing him now. And also, and this is where I think we might run into him is unless things have changed. I was told that we're covering the red carpet of the NFL honors. So we'll be on the red carpet interviewing, like, the players as they go by. Okay, so he's nominated for mvp. If he had the super bowl, he may not attend that event. I mean, he may, but he may not attend the event. If he had the super bowl in two days. Now, if you're going to win the mvp, he's going to be at that event.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Stugotz]

So he'll walk that red carpet, maybe run into him there if we can't get him through somewhere else.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. I think Josh Allen likes the Radio Row thing. I think he likes doing media. I think he likes the money that comes along with not making it to the Super Bowl. And I expect to see Josh Allen.

[Stugotz]

You think that he likes the money that comes along with not making it to the Super Bowl.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, last year he was all over Radio Row.

[Stugotz]

When you make $50 million a year, right. And someone's like, I'll give you 10 grand to walk around and talk about subs for two hours, you think he's.

[Dan Le Batard]

Doing that for 10,000?

[Stugotz]

Well, whatever. Whatever the number is, they know it's.

[Dan Le Batard]

A number that has to make Josh Allen excited about walking around there and doing it.

[Billy Gill]

Bullock makes more than that about diabetes, so.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right. Just one side of Radio Row.

[Stugotz]

What do you think it is?

[Dan Le Batard]

Forget about what he makes for promoting Subway the next thing.

[Stugotz]

Like a hundred, $100,000?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, he's.

[Stugotz]

What do you think it is? Like?

[Dan Le Batard]

I would say it's more than a hundred thousand dollars for Josh.

[Mike Ryan]

When you have a six year, 258 million dollar contract, you're probably not doing it for ten grand is what I'm saying.

[Stugotz]

Well, but even a hundred thousand dollars, like little. Yeah, I'm not saying it's that. Obviously that's crazy money. But I'm saying if you're him and you just have like a, you know, very disappointing end to your season, and you know that everyone's gonna ask you about it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right.

[Stugotz]

Do you want to take that money for that exchange you want to be.

[Dan Le Batard]

Loyal, I guess, to the. To the sponsor who's been loyal to you. It's a good question, Billy, that you're asking. I don't know. I don't know the answer. He has a week to kind of figure out how to answer those questions, to get away from it and then just come back and do the Radio row thing. He enjoys it. I mean, that was obvious to me last year.

[Stugotz]

At least 10 grand get you Zach Ertz.

[Billy Gill]

Got a wedding to plan.

[Dan Le Batard]

Does 10 grand get you Zach Ertz? If you're Subway, should we pay Zach Ertz to walk around and do a promotional tour for God Bless Football?

[Stugotz]

We don't have $10,000.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, we don't. You're right.

[Billy Gill]

I'd be very upset if you did.

[Stugotz]

Can't even get Mikey to go.

[Dan Le Batard]

Mikey.

[Stugotz]

Can't even get Mikey to go to the Super Bowl. You think you're gonna.

[Dan Le Batard]

Jeez, if I personally had $10,000, you be mad at me? No.

[Stugotz]

Any who.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, it's a good qu. I'm wondering how much it would take to get Josh to do that. I would say a half million dollar, maybe.

[Mike Ryan]

For one day.

[Dan Le Batard]

For a day?

[Stugotz]

Really?

[Dan Le Batard]

Josh Allen going on every radio station in America promoting Subway.

[Stugotz]

It's not every. It's like eight in the span of like, two hours. And they're like, hand picked.

[Mike Ryan]

Josh, he's still a. He's still a human being, right? So, like, if someone tells you, hey, you're gonna go to radio for Row for four hours, gonna give you half a million dollars, you might say, yes.

[Stugotz]

That's crazy, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

For a day's work. So I have to go on eight shows, you're gonna pay me a half mill?

[Stugotz]

What do you think Stephen A did if for? Because he. He came with us for Subway two years ago.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, that's right. That's right.

[Stugotz]

Same client. They did not pay $500,000.

[Dan Le Batard]

A lister. Right?

[Stugotz]

He's. I mean, yeah, yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

More than Earth.

[Billy Gill]

Steven's A list.

[Dan Le Batard]

Now you got me trashing Earth. This is what he does.

[Stugotz]

He got you your words. His words, not mine. I didn't say that. Zach Ertz.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think Stephen A is less than Josh. Well, Stephen A thinks he should be more than Josh Allen, but I think he takes less than Josh Allen. You have to take less than Josh. Well, what am I talking about? It's Stephen A.

[Stugotz]

You. You gotta ask if you. If you do Josh for. So you gotta ask how much they pay you to do this. I'll give you a dollar if you do that. $1.

[Mike Ryan]

He's gonna give you a non answer.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wait, talk about things that aren't worth it.

[Stugotz]

I mean, what are you talking about?

[Dan Le Batard]

A dollar? For me to ask that question to Josh Allen.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

100K.

[Mike Ryan]

How much would you do it for us there?

[Billy Gill]

$2 off air.

[Dan Le Batard]

I would do it if. If Billy paid me.

[Stugotz]

A dollar is all I can afford.

[Dan Le Batard]

The money he gave away at one of our watch parties that he took out of my pocket and gave it to one of our listeners.

[Stugotz]

You don't even remember how much it was.

[Dan Le Batard]

It was like $62.

[Billy Gill]

That was more than that.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, I think it was like 140 or something.

[Dan Le Batard]

180, that's my number. You give me $140. Okay, I will ask Josh Allen that question.

[Stugotz]

Nah.

[Dan Le Batard]

What is the question? How much do you get paid for Subway for doing this?

[Stugotz]

How much are they paying you to do this? It's such a question. It's so awkward.

[Dan Le Batard]

And no one loves awkward more than Billy.

[Stugotz]

Well, no, because now I know what you're going to do is you're going to say Billy wants me to ask you how much you're getting paid to do this because that's your move.

[Dan Le Batard]

If I do that, you don't pay me though. Okay?

[Stugotz]

What? To ensure that I don't do you anything.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no, you're going to pay me $140.

[Stugotz]

No, I'm not.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm fine. I'll take the dollar.

[Stugotz]

I'm not doing that. Taekwond Barkley, good negotiating master right there.

[Dan Le Batard]

I took the dollar.

[Stugotz]

When we come back, Mikey.

[Dan Le Batard]

Mike Puerto is another winner and a loser. But anyway, what were you saying?

[Stugotz]

When we come back, we're going to rank where Jalen Hurts would fit all time as a Super bowl winning quarterback.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugotz]

Well, no, I was just saying we try to figure out where he would go on the all time list of super bowl winners as a quarterback.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why are you thinking that he might be one of the worst super bowl winners if the Eagles in terms of quarterback play, is he like in that Trent Dilfer category in terms of bad or.

[Stugotz]

Your words, not mine. I didn't say. I just said we'll figure it out. There's only been 59 Super Bowls won. You know, obviously there's quarterbacks have won multiple. Just saying. Maybe we figure out where he would land on that list. I didn't say bad. You said I. I didn't say bad.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay.

[Stugotz]

You said bad.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right.

[Stugotz]

Not me.

[Billy Gill]

Oh, I say bad.

[Stugotz]

I didn't say Dilfer. I didn't say Brad Johnson.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right.

[Stugotz]

I didn't say Mark Rippen. I didn't say Hos was great.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, he really was.

[Stugotz]

I didn't say Plunkett. I didn't.

[Dan Le Batard]

You didn't say any of those guys.

[Stugotz]

None of those. I didn't.

[Dan Le Batard]

Joe Namath. Right.

[Stugotz]

I didn't.

[Billy Gill]

The second Peyton Manning.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, the second Peyton Manning is a great one.

[Billy Gill]

That was a bad one.

[Dan Le Batard]

The second John Elway was not great either, by the way. First one, still pretty good. Second one, not so great. That was Terrell Davis.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

So what are you saying?

[Stugotz]

I'm. I didn't say anything. I just said that we'll figure out where he would rank on the list, that's all.

[Dan Le Batard]

And where do you think, if they win the super bowl, where do you think he's going to rank on the list?

[Stugotz]

Still tabulating, are you? Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

He has 2,900 yards passing. He missed a couple of games. He has 18 touchdowns, five interceptions.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Not great, but not, you know, not.

[Stugotz]

Exactly leading the team.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, no, Saquon is.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

And that offensive line, is that fair? I look, he has another 14 touchdowns rushing, so he has a combined 32 touchdowns and just five interceptions. Pretty good.

[Stugotz]

Don't. No, I mean, come On a lot of rushing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Now I got him saying it.

[Mike Ryan]

No, a lot of rushing touchdowns. I didn't realize he had that many.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, because it's all tush push cheating. It's that. That's not real. The tush push is not a real touchdown. Speaking of that, that's like, come on.

[Mike Ryan]

That's my winner, my final winner and loser. The Tish push.

[Dan Le Batard]

Really?

[Mike Ryan]

That whole sequence there in the command.

[Dan Le Batard]

Terrible.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, my God.

[Stugotz]

I thought we were gonna kill it.

[Mike Ryan]

In the office Bandit just based on that sequence. Oh, my God. It was terrible.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, it was bad.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. What a horrible watch.

[Billy Gill]

But it's starting to get stopped now. Like, teams are stopping. They. They. The. The. They stopped it when Josh Allen tried to run it.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, maybe one out of every.

[Billy Gill]

Maybe we don't need to ban it because maybe it's not as good.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, they got Josh Allen twice. They did.

[Mike Ryan]

Hurts.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, if it's Brady, they never stop it.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

No.

[Billy Gill]

Josh Allen's supposed to be better than Jalen. Hurts at it because he's so much bigger.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's not.

[Mike Ryan]

Once the official came up and said, if you try to stop it again like that, it's going to be on sports.

[Stugotz]

Well, that's because Frankie Luvu decided, I'm just going to jump over everyone all day long.

[Mike Ryan]

You can't even try to stop it. Like, what am I supposed to do? Like, you know, and then the guy goes, we're going to award a score.

[Stugotz]

That's crazy.

[Mike Ryan]

So you're just going to give them a touchdown? I was like, oh, my God.

[Stugotz]

We can. Well, the way that I usually do that for the cheats we advised, we could do this if we want to. We could do it. I. Look, we're amongst friends, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

Stugots.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes. Sure.

[Stugotz]

Mikey A. Fuentes audience. We're amongst friends. Let's not. We can't. This is just. Can I trust you guys for this question here?

[Dan Le Batard]

Maybe.

[Stugotz]

Okay, well, then forget it. You can run to the next.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm joking.

[Billy Gill]

You can always trust me for this question.

[Stugotz]

Can I trust you guys for this question and it can't be repeated and can't get back to anyone.

[Dan Le Batard]

Sure.

[Stugotz]

We all agree to these conditions? Yes. Yes. Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Stugotz]

In the off season, we said, oh, is it Twitch Fish gonna work without Jason Kelsey? Like, yeah, hall of famer, greatest center of all time. It only works because of Jason Kelsey and. Nope, not the case. Just another center.

[Dan Le Batard]

Who do you think Jason Kelsey's rooting for? He's got his brother Travis. He's got his Former team in the Eagles.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

You think Jason wants to see his former team with a Super bowl without him? No.

[Mike Ryan]

I gotta remember his brother.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

And Donna. Donna, Kelsey's all in on the Chiefs.

[Billy Gill]

Now.

[Stugotz]

Really no need for be the Eagles fan. That's true, that's true.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right. But Jason's gonna play it like he's rooting for the Eagles, right?

[Stugotz]

Yeah, he's gonna do that whole thing just to get the access, you know what I mean? Like he was there one on one with Nick Sirianni, like right before the game. He's gonna be in there like, yeah, I'm rooting for you guys. Go Philadelphia, whatever.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's gonna expect a race game.

[Billy Gill]

All Philadelphia during the game, in the.

[Stugotz]

Box with Taylor Swift, 100.

[Mike Ryan]

Have that big chief's coat on.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, yeah. If he was a man of principle, he. He wouldn't be in that booth.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're right.

[Stugotz]

With his own family, right? He would say, no family, journalistic integrity. I'm a man of principle. I can't be compromised.

[Dan Le Batard]

You.

[Stugotz]

This is where I draw the line.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, my God. By the way, I was thinking with the tush push, that if we're going to keep this rule intact, that the guy who's doing the pushing should get at least a half a touchdown, if not the entire touchdown or an assist.

[Stugotz]

Like how we do half something.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Billy Gill]

I mean, not a terrible idea, especially in fantasy, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

They don't get in unless he's pushing, you know?

[Billy Gill]

Not a bad idea.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right. You start picking the pusher.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm gonna pick up Gainwell just so I can get half a touchdown a game.

[Stugotz]

How did we feel. How do we feel about Will Shipley yesterday?

[Dan Le Batard]

What about him?

[Stugotz]

We felt good for him, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

I didn't feel anything more.

[Stugotz]

Really?

[Dan Le Batard]

Why. Why would I.

[Stugotz]

Hey, a nice 57 yard run. Poor guy could. He just couldn't.

[Billy Gill]

Got caught.

[Stugotz]

He couldn't outrun the defenders. But then they made sure to give him that touchdown anyways.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right?

[Mike Ryan]

There's a guy out there who's like, I'm, you know, Will Shipley. Three yard, three and a half yards over. I'm gonna take this, you know, I'm gonna put on the end of the parlay and a hit for him. There's a guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yo. Yeah, you're that guy.

[Stugotz]

Yes. You did it yesterday.

[Billy Gill]

Yo. I did.

[Stugotz]

Wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

Huh?

[Stugotz]

Look at you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can you. Can you take us through the. The 57 yard run by him? Like, what was going on with you?

[Billy Gill]

No, I'd already lost the parlay by then because Gainwell was out.

[Dan Le Batard]

When you lose one leg of a parlay, do you start rooting for the rest of your legs to lose?

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

You don't. You don't want to miss by one. You're like, I hope it all falls apart. And I was just not close at all.

[Billy Gill]

I feel like such a genius putting it together. And then. Yeah, I just feel so bad. Once the first leg is completely gone.

[Stugotz]

You guys will be shocked to find out I got yet another text from K. Funk about a parlay that he won yesterday.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, I mean, all he does is win off the show.

[Stugotz]

Well, and it just is always telling me about all the ones that he's won, not any of the ones that he's lost.

[Dan Le Batard]

How about you win on the show? I mean.

[Stugotz]

We'Re still up for debate, folks.

[Billy Gill]

Never lost a bet that he sent us.

[Stugotz]

That is very true. That is very true.

[Dan Le Batard]

So, Billy, we're going to New Orleans next week.

[Stugotz]

We are?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yep. I would say we're gonna sit down with the Saints head coach, but they don't have one, so we'll be in New Orleans. I'm looking forward to it. I'm gonna spend some time with you.

[Stugotz]

What if it is Spags?

[Dan Le Batard]

It's not going to be Spags, okay? Spags is not going to leave Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid and the chance to win four consecutive Super Bowls. Unless it's the Buffalo. Right?

[Mike Ryan]

So did you just say, are the Chiefs winning the Super Bowl? Is that what you just said?

[Stugotz]

That's what he said.

[Mike Ryan]

That's what he just said.

[Stugotz]

He predicted the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl.

[Dan Le Batard]

I do think the Chiefs are going to win the Super Bowl.

[Stugotz]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

I do. Sorry.

[Stugotz]

That's fine. You don't have to. Why would you apologize for that?

[Dan Le Batard]

Pretty good at this thing.

[Stugotz]

I mean, why do you. What do you apologize?

[Mike Ryan]

They finally last week.

[Dan Le Batard]

I will say this, though. If the. If the Chiefs think they could play that way, the way they played yesterday against the Eagles and still win the super bowl, they got another thing coming.

[Stugotz]

Got another thing coming.

[Dan Le Batard]

And who's the bill's head coach? What is his name? Scott Linehan. What is that guy's name?

[Billy Gill]

Doug Marone.

[Dan Le Batard]

He should be fired.

[Mike Ryan]

Schottenheimer kicking around somewhere. I'm sure.

[Dan Le Batard]

That flipping play call. I'm serious. In the second half where Josh Allen, fourth and inches, runs the same exact play they just ran on 4th and inches. You can't take these things flippantly against that team. They're prepared for everything. Spags is prepared for every situation. So Is Andy Reid. So is Patrick Mahomes. They had him on the ropes. They don't get that. The Chiefs take the ball down, they score a touchdown, game's over. Even though it wasn't really over, but the game was over. And I'm just telling you, you can't make those mistakes against that. You have to play a perfect game. You have to.

[Stugotz]

They seem to have Josh Allen shook kind of early when he almost threw back to back interceptions. Both were dropped. But first drive, he almost threw two interceptions.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

And then when they were there at the, at the goal line, I think it was a two point conversion. He did like a weird toss backwards. Like it seemed like old Josh was making. He tried to come out a reappearance yesterday and. And by the way, he got lucky that like it didn't happen. He didn't need to. He was still in that game. But like almost threw away the game a couple times because it, it felt like, you know, like the ghosts we talk about sometimes. Yeah. Around and like people are talking like the ghost and the, you know, the Celtics.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. The ghost at Sam Darnold.

[Dan Le Batard]

Word association goes Sam Darnold.

[Stugotz]

It. It felt like maybe at early on Josh was. Was seeing those ghosts and he was like, oh, no, I can't let this happen again. And almost put himself in a worse position trying to get out of that.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're right. Yeah. You're right.

[Stugotz]

Do you want to know the parlay that K Funk won that he sent me?

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, Jesus.

[Stugotz]

It was a one rushing touchdown in each quarter of both games.

[Dan Le Batard]

Really?

[Stugotz]

Yeah, that.

[Billy Gill]

That was on Twitter.

[Stugotz]

It hit. Well, nobody on FanDuel did. Well, he did it too, apparently.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, but he just bought someone else's parlay.

[Stugotz]

That's possible. It's very possible.

[Mike Ryan]

Also, he just screenshotted it and sent it.

[Stugotz]

That's. That's possible.

[Billy Gill]

It is such a K Funk thing to do.

[Stugotz]

That's probably what he did. Now that. Now that you mentioned it. He probably didn't have his winning bet. He stole someone else's winning bet. Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Anyway, we'll. We'll talk to you in New Orleans next week. I regret starting the show.

[Stugotz]

We have a show on Friday.

[Dan Le Batard]

I read a.

[Billy Gill]

We have a show Friday.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugotz]

Yeah, sure thing. Hey, you sold that car yet?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, sold it to Carvana.

[Stugotz]

Oh, I thought you were selling to that guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

The guy who wanted to pay me in foreign currency, no interest over 36 months. Yeah, no. Carvana gave me an offer in minutes, picked it up and paid me on the spot. It was so convenient.

[Stugotz]

Just like that.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yep.

[Stugotz]

No hassle. None that is is super convenient.

[Dan Le Batard]

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