Hour 1: The Cat Of The House (feat. Matthew Berry)

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

“Hour 1: The Cat of the House” (feat. Matthew Berry)

December 19, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode, Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and the crew broadcast from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, diving deep into their signature blend of South Florida sports talk, playful banter, and personal stories. The hour balances NFL and college football breakdowns—with special focus on the big Miami vs. Texas A&M game—with offbeat discussions of high school sports glory, pet drama, and holiday party shenanigans. Fantasy football expert Matthew Berry joins for a rich segment of rapid-fire playoff advice. The episode typifies the Le Batard Show’s unique blend of irreverence, nostalgia, and sharp sports analysis.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Tony Kaladiu: “Insights to Mediocrity” & High School Basketball Tales

[01:46–07:18]

• Tony’s Hoops Heyday:
  Tony reflects on his basketball prime at ESPN, playing with ex-pros:
  “My heyday was probably around 2017, 18. I was playing at ESPN basically every day...I led the league in scoring at ESPN.”
• Load Management in Pickup Ball:
  Tony distinguishes between pro “getting paid to play” versus paying his own way:
  “I can’t load manage because I’m losing money, right? …That’s hard-earned money that I’m investing.”
• High School Stats Deep Dive:
  Dan reveals Tony’s senior stats (16 games, 14 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 48% shooting), sparking good-natured ribbing about his injury-shortened season and the Miami small-ball scene.
• Miami High School Rivalries:
  Tony recounts playing against Tim Hardaway Jr.’s Palmetto squad and the talent-laden Miami High teams (Steve Blake, Udonis Haslem):
  “We lost our district championship that year to Timmy, who had 45, shooting from half court.”

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Anticipation for Miami vs. Texas A&M – and Drunk Greg Cody

[07:23–08:51 | 23:03–24:53]

• “Biggest Game in 20 Years” Theme:
  Dan and the crew repeatedly hype the impending Miami vs. Texas A&M matchup, referencing Greg Cody’s drunken Uber pep talk (“Biggest game in 20 years!”).
  Dan: “I can’t fire you up more than that…that is an elder. Biggest game in 20.” [08:17]
• Old-School Media & Memories:
  Fond jabs surface about seeing one’s name in print, newspapers the color of “unbrushed teeth” and the way Miami sports once mattered.
• Greg Cody Segment:
  The group plays (and mocks) Greg Cody’s drunken, repetitive hyping of the game, delighting in his confusion and the show’s habit of turning Cody’s beer-fueled rambling into content:
  Frankie: “Biggest game in 20 years.” [23:03]
  Amin: “He was clearly drunk, but he doesn’t understand what it means when you say, what do you mean by that?” [23:24]

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NFL & College Football Analysis: Rams, Seahawks, and Turnovers

[08:51–13:32 | 25:40–33:14]

• Rams/Seahawks Takeaways:
  • Dan and Amin dissect the previous night’s Rams/Seahawks thriller, agreeing that LA and Seattle are among the NFL’s most complete teams—save for Sam Darnold’s turnover risks.
  • Darnold’s huge win was dubbed his “biggest ever,” though skepticism lingers:
    Dan: “I trust one quarterback, I don’t trust the other one.” [32:33]
• Turnover Stats Matter:
  • Frankie runs through striking numbers: Seahawks’ high number of offensive turnovers, their resilient point differential, and their defensive prowess in causing turnovers.
    Dan: “Do you know how good you have to be to have their point differential, their record when you’re turning the ball over that much?” [29:26]
• Playoff Implications:
  • They debate if Seattle’s penchant for giveaways will haunt them in the playoffs and how the playoff seed race is now wide open due to a Rams hiccup.
• 49ers/Coach of the Year:
  • Frankie wonders how Kyle Shanahan isn’t a Coach of the Year lock, given the Niners’ success with backups, despite injuries:
    “How can Kyle Shanahan not be considered coach of the year with that performance?” [32:53]
• Homorific Analysis:
  • The crew jokingly admits to being homers during Miami and NFL analysis:
    Dan: “This is all homorific.” [12:15]

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Show Hijinks: Pets, Holiday Parties, and “The Cat of the House”

[17:21–22:52]

• Holiday Party Recap:
  • Banter over the holiday party, public displays of affection by pets, and what makes for a properly representative group outing.
  • Comedy around the idea of one of the crew eating spaghetti out of a bag as a Netflix stunt.
• Dan’s Cat vs. Pitbull Saga:
  • Dan tells an epic story of household chaos: his determined, alpha-male cat (named after Otis Redding) asserting dominance when his wife brings in a rescue pit bull.
    Dan: “This cat is grabbing my wrists and wants to fight the pit bull…and I must let you go now because you run things now, because he just shredded me…” [22:16]
  • The result: scratches, tension, and Dan conceding “the cat runs the house.”
• Hilarious Reactions:
  • Zazlow offers his no-nonsense solution:
    “I would have thrown it so far across … just chucked it or punted it.” [23:03]
  • Trista speaks up for animal rights:
    “You can’t declaw a cat…that’s anti-PETA.” [22:11]

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“You Know About That?” NBA Lightning Round

[36:10–41:21]

• Game Segment with Trista:
  Amin quizzes Trista on current NBA rumors and headlines, with quick, deadpan analysis and jokes:
  • Giannis & Zach LaVine:
    “Zach LaVine…is the bucket getter that the Milwaukee Bucks need.” [37:17]
  • Warriors & Steph:
    Trista: “Cutting ties with Steph Curry is…gotta be fake news.” [38:27]
  • NBA Cup Venue Change:
    “Cameron Indoor, smaller venue, harder to get to. Absolute terrible, terrible take.” [38:50]
  • Klay Thompson Trade:
    “It feels actually like Klay Thompson might be trying to push his way out.” [40:03]
  • Trey Young Return/Trade:
    “I think they’re shopping Trey Young…get his value up as high as possible.” [41:14]
• Comic Interludes:
  The group pokes fun at each other’s knowledge, with running jokes about “dump with a p on it” (referring to Cameron Indoor) and wild trade rumors.

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Fantasy Playoff Expert: Matthew Berry Rapid-Fire Segment

[42:11–45:14]

• Fantasy Playoff Gold:
  Matthew Berry swoops in with high-probability starts for the fantasy football playoffs:
  • QB Tips:
    “Jacoby Brissett is the fifth best quarterback in fantasy football…” [42:18] “Jared Goff…averaging 290 passing yards per game…” [42:41]
  • Running Backs:
    “Bucky Irving’s had at least 17 touches in every game…” [43:01] “Since week 11, the eighth best running back in fantasy football is Kenneth Gainwell.” [44:07]
  • Wide Receivers & TEs:
    “Jameson Williams, the sixth best wide receiver in fantasy…” [44:27]
    “Dallas Goddard…give me an anytime touchdown.” [44:52] “Darren Waller for an anytime touchdown week as well.” [45:08]
• Notable Quotes:
  Matthew Berry: “Let’s not get crazy…but you could do worse if you’re desperate than Bryce Young this week.” [43:01]

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Notable Quotes

• Dan Le Batard (about his cat):
  “You are the man of this house…I must let you go now because you run things now.” [22:16]
• Zazlow (on cats):
  “I would have thrown it so far across, like just chucked it or punted it.” [23:03]
• Frankie (on Greg Cody):
  “Biggest game in 20 years.” [23:03]
• Matthew Berry (fantasy QB tip):
  “Jacoby Brissett is the fifth best quarterback in fantasy football…” [42:18]
• Dan Le Batard (on Stafford):
  “I just love the take though that Stafford won the MVP in a loss.” [10:42]

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Important Timestamps

• [01:46–07:18] — Tony Kaladiu’s “Insights to Mediocrity” and high school basketball days
• [07:23–08:51] — Miami-Texas A&M hype; Greg Cody’s “biggest game” drunken speech
• [08:51–13:32] — NFL breakdown: Rams, Seahawks, and turnovers
• [17:21–22:52] — Holiday party recap; Dan’s epic cat/pitbull story
• [23:03–24:53] — Greg Cody segment; drunken motivation replay
• [29:22–33:14] — NFL turnover stats and playoff implications
• [36:10–41:21] — “You Know About That?” NBA rumors lightning round
• [42:11–45:14] — Matthew Berry’s fantasy playoff advice

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Tone and Style Notes

• Irreverent and Self-Deprecating: The crew leans into mocking each other, high school exploits, and their own sports failures.
• Joked-Packed Storytelling: Pet dramas and holiday mishaps are relayed with over-the-top drama.
• Homer Analysis: Miami sports get full-throated, emotionally charged coverage sandwiched with admissions of bias.

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Takeaway

This episode exemplifies the Dan Le Batard Show’s inimitable energy: half wild storytelling, half passionate sports analysis, and all-around irreverent fun. Whether debating quarterback trust, the perils of pit bulls, or who represents the show by eating spaghetti from a bag, the crew’s fast-paced interplay ensures even the most die-hard sports fan finishes smiling.

Transcript

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[Stugats]

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[Tony Kaladiu]

Welcome to another episode of Insights to Mediocrity. I'm Jeremy Tache here with our expert, our superstar, Tony Kaladiu. Good to be here, Jeremy. Tony, can today's player hang with you in your heyday? It's a good question because if. If you want me to be honest, my heyday was probably around 2017, 18. I was playing at ESPN basically every day playing with guys like Ryan Hollins, playing like former pro guys that were, you know, were still pretty active. And I would say that's probably the best I ever was was in that time led the league in scoring at espn. I don't even know if we can find those stats. I think we should. I don't know who's out there. Please find those stats for me. Research team. Let's get on that one. That's where the Myth of the 10 day Tony like really started like, wait a second, this guy who's like, here's like a production guy, like, is just giving everybody buckets. Like, why is this happening? Where is this coming from? Throwing lobster Ryan Hollins off the backboard. And it was like, oh wait, okay, so can they hang with me? Probably, probably. But at that point I could have probably been somewhere on a ten day situation, even on a two way. That's why they call him the man, the myth, the legend. Ten day Tony. Thank you. Tony, how do you feel about load management? There's two schools of thought, right? There's a school of thought that I get paid to play and I pay to play, right? That's what differentiates the athletes. You get paid to do this, I pay to do this. I can't load manage because I'm losing money, right? Like when I play in these leagues, I'm giving money to the league to play. So yeah, you're a great athlete to get paid to play, but I pay to play, right? And that's hard earned money that I'm investing while somebody else is investing because they actually pay for me to play. So but the point is the guy who pays for me to play is losing money if I don't play. Therefore I'm in 40 minutes a game, I'm playing all day. So I don't, I, I'm, I, I don't like load management from the perspective of losing money. I'm not here to lose people money. I'm here to make people money. All right, too long. We've got some massive games in the NFL.

[Stugats]

Dan.

[Tony Kaladiu]

I, I circled this one on the calendar. Jags, Broncos in Denver, a who's who game in the afc and then we've got Sunday night football. Pats, Ravens, Ravens fighting for their playoff lives. Pats need to try and take control of the number one seed. And if you're looking to go to any of these games, I want you to take the guesswork out of buying NFL tickets. With Game time, download the Gametime app, create an account, use code DAN for 20 bucks off your first purchase terms apply. Again, create an account and redeem Code dan. Dan for 20 bucks off, download the game time app.

[Dan LeBatard]

Today I have gotten from a source here. Is this Pablo's people who are sending this to us. They say that Tony played 16 games as a senior at Killian High School. Pablo have. Do we want some stats on this? Do we want some stats on Tony's numbers in high school?

[Tony Kaladiu]

I did tear my meniscus the first, first season or Excuse me. The first practice of the season tore miniscus, so I played only half the games, but yes, I first practiced. Yeah, I rehabbed for the first like six weeks of the year, had surgery, then had to rehab the entire year. So I didn't play the entire year. But go ahead.

[Dan LeBatard]

I mean, as a front office person, what do you want or need to see the stats to be for these. To real. Be real wise insights into mediocrity.

[Zazlow]

So first of all, I want to know, is it meniscus repair or they took it out, no rep.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay.

[Zazlow]

All right.

[Tony Kaladiu]

That a good answer or bad answer?

[Zazlow]

No, it's. Look, meniscus repairs, longer recovery.

[Dan LeBatard]

He's listed as a power forward. He's pretty undersized for a power forward.

[Zazlow]

Yeah, but he can shoot, so he's basically the floor.

[Tony Kaladiu]

And again, this was. You're talking about 2010 was my senior year. We're talking about small ball really not being a thing. We almost initiated small ball in Miami. I've never seen a clip of him in the post. Man, the post is dead, buddy. Like, wake up.

[Zazlow]

That's true. What's the. The. There's an assistant coach on the Heat. It was a former high school coach.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Right, of course, Coach Octavio De La.

[Zazlow]

There you go, Kel.

[Tony Kaladiu]

To play or used to coach F. At Florida.

[Dan LeBatard]

What did you say, Dale?

[Trista]

I need that you to run that one back.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Octavio De La Grana. Coach. Coach.

[Frankie]

Bless you, everybody.

[Zazlow]

Yeah, I. I heard he was around, you know, the high school scene a lot like taking notes and he said, hey, Coach Spo. You know that new sound you're looking for? Well, listen to this.

[Dan LeBatard]

Tony. 16 games, 14 points per game. Six. Six and a half rebounds, 48% shooting.

[Frankie]

Not bad.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wow.

[Tony Kaladiu]

And again that. I mean, I was 17, 18 years old. Like, I. You get better as you get older.

[Amin]

I shot 40 my junior year.

[Zazlow]

From where?

[Trista]

Everywhere.

[Amin]

From Where?

[Zazlow]

The court. 40.

[Dan LeBatard]

From the field. Somebody find me as his. Stat the court. I need to. I mean. You shot 40? Yes. What were the team records, Killian? And what were.

[Amin]

How did you enemy.

[Tony Kaladiu]

We spanked that ass.

[Amin]

All right, whatever, man.

[Trista]

We.

[Tony Kaladiu]

We went to the. We went to.

[Dan LeBatard]

You were playing against Zazlow's team?

[Amin]

No, no.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Hell no.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, but I'm saying, like tournament.

[Frankie]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

The equivalent of playing against Zaslow as a junior. North Miami beach versus Killian. I don't know what those schools are now in basketball. North Miami beach has any kind of basketball history?

[Amin]

No, no, we're not good.

[Dan LeBatard]

It was you.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Killian has a very rich Basketball history. And in that time we had actually our rival school, Palmetto High School, literally separated by two and a half miles from the schools. Timmy Hardaway Jr. Was their best player. And so we went against Timmy three, four, five times a year in different tournaments and district games, whatever. We lost our district championship in that, in that year to Timmy, who had 45, was shooting from half court the entire time.

[Amin]

We played those Miami High teams that had their championship stripped. Steve Blake, you donna go to teams we played against.

[Dan LeBatard]

Those I have aired okay in a number of different ways over the course of my career and recent weeks. And today most of all, as I stumbled to the finish line, I was.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Going to say, man, you're, you're bringing out all the tricks.

[Dan LeBatard]

Just talking about Killian, North Miami beach and your high school years before the biggest game in 20 years for the University of Miami and probably for Texas A and M as well. I have not played enough. The sound of a drunk Greg Cody trying to bring this game to life from the seat of an Uber on a long drive home with his son, badgering him in the middle of the night wearing holiday clothes that he doesn't like to be in because he wants to be wearing a baseball cap. Drunk breath. After a surgical strike of about 40 straight beers brought by a high powered lawyer, a founder of a media company and several other assassins, including a sniper, here's Greg Cody lifting us into the sky before the big game.

[Frankie]

Biggest game in 20 years. The years.

[Dan LeBatard]

How much more can I fire you up? I can't fire you up more than that. Look at that. That's old wisened. That is an elder. Biggest game in 20. Brandon Marshall called him pops the other day. Listen to me. This is the voice of the Miami Herald.

[Frankie]

Because gave me 20 years.

[Dan LeBatard]

Newspapers used to matter because game. This program used to matter.

[Frankie]

Biggest game in 20 years. Tony just said a little while ago that he was 17. And you get better after 17. You know who else is 17 years old? Malachi. Tony. Bro. Imagine how good that brother is gonna be.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes, I think he's 18 now. I think he is. I, I think so. But still, it's still ridiculous. Marcel Reed has thrown six interceptions in the past five games. He makes mistakes. Like I, I really, I, I know we analyze this stuff. I don't know what the assessment is supposed to be. Zaslow off of last night's Seattle and Rams games. They're very good teams. They're excellent. If they play each other. I expect Donald to turn the ball over more than Stafford and I'd like to watch them play the rest of the season. You can get rid of all the other teams if you want. You really can. I'd be fine watching those two teams play because I think those are the two best teams most complete team.

[Amin]

Do you feel any better about Darnold after last night?

[Dan LeBatard]

No. But they can overcome it. They almost have against the Rams twice. Like obviously they're good enough to be able to overcome it. And that's not even what Smith and Jake would do in the anything yet last night.

[Amin]

Like they had no business winning that game last night. The Seahawks. I mean Darnold throws the interception down two scores, down two scores with two two point conversions. They're down with nine 10 minutes left and he throws the interception. A terrible interception on the goal line. And they still managed to come back and win.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wherever it is that you can't predict turnovers but you can predict more probable for Darnold to turn them over than for Stafford.

[Frankie]

Yeah and Stafford had 457 yards last night without Devonte Adams and and imagine coming up with that on the fly finding guys like David Zelling. Finding guys like Tony Ferguson. Whatever brother. Ferguson name is Terrence Ferguson.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Terrence Tony Ferguson, UFC fighter.

[Zazlow]

Yeah.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Oh yeah. He.

[Frankie]

But yeah bro. I think Matthew Stafford he might have cemented himself into the MVP conversation with the loss. With the loss as well as the Sean McVeigh. It's going to be hard pressed to name this coach of the year this year. Imagine the Seahawks. Imagine what they doing in Chicago. Who was the coach of the year? I can't tell you.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Right. Bull two is doing a great job.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, I just love the take though that Stafford won the MVP in a loss.

[Trista]

Semen.

[Frankie]

Right. And also too that people not talking about enough. The 49ers right now have an opportunity to win out and play every single game including the super bowl at home throughout the playoffs. Never been done. Amazing.

[Dan LeBatard]

The other thing I was going to say though about however you analyze things that are as random as turnovers, what do you do? Zazzle as a college football expert, insider and journalist with Marcel Reed throws a lot of interceptible passes. He not all of them have been intercepted. He's got 10 turnovers. He's good for one a game and in the last few games he's had more than you would think he should have. Miami's got a good pass rush where it is that this game is obviously going to be decided like all games are. Who's going to turn the ball over. Miami lost when it turned the ball over four Times against Louisville. That's how they're going to lose. I imagine it's going to be very hard for anybody to blow out Miami given how balanced they are both sides of the ball.

[Amin]

Yeah, that's the part that probably I'm most comfortable with. Or even if like Texas A and M gets out to, you know, 10 nothing lead. I, I, I, I think the Canes, I think Canes are going to score on them tomorrow. I think the Canes have way more firepower than Texas A and M. I don't really believe in Texas A and M. Didn't love them at the end of the season. Didn't love the way they looked against Texas especially. Didn't love the way they looked in.

[Dan LeBatard]

The second half against Texas or South Carolina before that.

[Amin]

Like, and by the way, the, the game against LSU too. Like they ended up beating the hell out of LSU in the second half. But that first half, like LSU was in that game. I think the cans are gonna be too much for them.

[Dan LeBatard]

This is all homorific. As we bring up on the screen. Look at, look at Amin just amused by the yellowing of the newspaper. Wow, there it is. What do you have? American 79 North Miami Beach.

[Amin]

Well, don't pay attention to the score there, all right? Because that was a, that was a. James Jones led American high. All right, what are we going to do against all county James Jones? But look right there in the box score. Zaslo two.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's right. You scored two against James Jones.

[Amin]

You see James Jones right there. You're 17 or 14. I don't know which one was him. But yeah, James Jones had himself a game me right there. So I, you know, I countered his, his 17 with two.

[Dan LeBatard]

You know, this is something Greg Cody loves to write of newspaper. That looks like that's me. The color of unbrushed teeth.

[Frankie]

Biggest game in 20 years.

[Dan LeBatard]

Listen to me through. Through teeth that are unbrushed because gaming 20 years. That SM40. Miller lights brought by sniper media founder and his high powered lawyer wife.

[Frankie]

Biggest game in 20 years.

[Dan LeBatard]

Texas A and M. And U M is what? Biggest game for which of the two teams? Texas A M doesn't win 10 games a season. Zazzle. Not even with Manzel.

[Amin]

Tony, do you have your name in a newspaper like that?

[Tony Kaladiu]

I do. Back in the day. That's before the Internet. We would have the names of the newspaper. Let's actually have my name as like an eighth grader, you know, kaleid you 28 points. Whatever. It's the holiday season and the 50th anniversary of Miller Lite. The holiday is all about spending time with friends and family. Why don't you sit back and toast a few Miller Lights? Make your holiday time. Tis Miller time. And with the 50th anniversary of Miller Lite, you get to remember and reflect on all the good times that you had with your trusty buddy by your side. Miller Lite. Brewed for flavor with simple ingredients like malted barley, rich balanced toffee notes and that iconic golden color. And at 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces, it lets you enjoy the season without weighing you down. The original light beer since 1975 and still hitting different 50 years later. The best holiday beers are the ones you don't expect. Miller Lite great taste. 96 calories. Go to millerlight.com dan to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. Tis Miller time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. Marty Supreme Christmas Day. Marty Supreme Christmas Day. Marty Supreme Christmas Day. Marty Supreme Christmas Day. You know what I'm gonna be doing on Christmas Day? And it's gonna be watching Marty Supreme. Because I didn't even need to know that critics were calling Marty Supreme a full throttle masterpiece and the best movie of the year. I already knew that was gonna be the case. From A24 and starring Timothee Chalamet alongside powerhouse cast Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessa Azion and Tyler Akoma. Marty Supreme Christmas Day Only in theaters. Alright, so apparently everyone is launching their own AI agents. Now. You get an agent. No, you get an agent. They're automating tasks, running workflows, making decisions, and occasionally absolutely wrecking your day. You know what I'm talking about? An agent deletes the wrong files, changes something you've never approved or just goes completely off script. Like it's trying to improvise its way out of a paper bag. And suddenly you're the one stuck trying to figure out what went wrong. Unless you're using Rubrik Agent Cloud. Because here's the thing. AI is moving fast. Like, really fast. Rubrik Agent Cloud is the only platform that lets you monitor, govern and rewind AI Agent actions. One platform that lets you unleash more agents faster without fear that they're going to burn the place down. You get full visibility into what your agents are doing. You can enforce guardrails. You can actually quantify the risk and if something breaks, you just rewind it like an undo button, but for AI. And that rewind happens in minutes, not hours or days. And if your business relies on AI agents, you need the ability to monitor, govern and rewind their actions. Right now, Lebatard show listeners get exclusive early access to Rubrik Agent cloud. Head to rubrik.com that's R U B R I K.com rubrik.com Don LeBatard my.

[Amin]

Algorithm on Instagram is Dan. It's all boobs.

[Frankie]

Stugats.

[Amin]

It's a good algorithm.

[Dan LeBatard]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the st.

[Zazlow]

They pulled up Tony's stats here. And the more of a thing about it. These are pretty good stats, man. First of all, shot 40% from three on good volume. 60 attempts in only 16 games. Second of all, when you take out those three point attempts, guess what your field goal percentage is? 55% from the field. This guy was an efficient player. And he bangs on the boards too. What's that? Six and a half rebounds a game.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Somewhere I had a double double somewhere. Maybe I didn't go after him as much.

[Dan LeBatard]

But you know, again, one of the great failures of my career that before this game we are talking about Tony's Killian high school sports stats instead of our beloved mentor explaining to us from every angle how important this college football game is within 24 hours, 25 hours, 20 years.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Not a lot of assists for Tony in that stats. But I mean, somebody needs to score. Somebody needs to score.

[Dan LeBatard]

Damage said that Amin is one of these cools. Why didn't you respond to that?

[Zazlow]

Because he was. I was laughing. It's funny. It was really funny because he just. He described it as grab ass. Like what they were doing.

[Stugats]

They were.

[Amin]

They were.

[Trista]

Is PDA appropriate at a holiday party when there's a new person there that's just trying to get a sense of the playing field.

[Dan LeBatard]

Why were there public displays of affection between you and your dog? It's what I was asking before. Like, it's why I was. I thought it was strange that somebody who had been here for two days brought an animal around. Food.

[Zazlow]

I'll tell you right now, that dog had some PDA with that laptop.

[Trista]

He was licking the mouse, going to town.

[Dan LeBatard]

What is happening? And I want real honesty from you here because I don't know what the strangest thing was from a careening holiday party. I don't know whether it was the Greg Cody surgical str strike of beers.

[Frankie]

Biggest game in 20 years.

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't know whether it was Frankie dressed as Dominican Blade. That's great. And yes, that's our security. Like, he has to go to the fight with you guys. If you go, right. Frankie's got to go.

[Trista]

If you go.

[Zazlow]

What does. Does that mean you're not going now?

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm trying to think of what the group should be. I'm not sure what. I think it should be a surprise who ends up going, but I think somebody in our group should be going and representing the show. And somebody needs to eat spaghetti out of a bag.

[Zazlow]

Guys, this sounds like a foist. It went from Dan's gonna eat spaghetti out of a bag to someone from the show needs to go eat spaghetti out of a bag.

[Dan LeBatard]

You need a fat guy to do it. So it's either me, Zaz, or Chris. Zaz says it's too late for him. I don't know what's going on with Chris. I need five people, one of whom is funny. Eating spaghetti out of a bag.

[Frankie]

I'm not calling anybody the F word, but I think we should get stunt Dan. Stunt Dan definitely needs to be there. Danny. I got to be there. I think also brother Robert, they'd be sitting back there with the collar shirt. Bob, he got to go, bro. And we got to see Ethan Badowski.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Yeah.

[Frankie]

I mean, come on.

[Dan LeBatard]

What?

[Tony Kaladiu]

Star turn. Look at that.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, these are terrible. That's not representing our show. Correct.

[Frankie]

Yes, it is.

[Stugats]

Dan.

[Frankie]

Everybody here. The holiday party last night showed me everybody is so valuable here. That, man, it don't even matter. Send five of any of us. We gonna get it done.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wait a minute.

[Trista]

It.

[Zazlow]

But Dan has to go. I'm not going to allow this. Or we're going to legislate this way. Like, oh, the show was represented. Like, no, you have to go, because that's the whole point. Netflix wants to say, and there's Dan Levitard and he's eating spaghetti out of a bag. As opposed to there's a guy who kind of looks like Dan Levitar, but he's a little shorter.

[Amin]

Dan Lebatard sitting next to a guy eating spaghetti out of a bag. I think is funnier.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Just you next to Danny B.

[Trista]

It should be Dan and then Dan's double with a gray beard eating the spaghetti.

[Stugats]

Let's take Dan's double. There he is.

[Dan LeBatard]

I think you guys should have Danny go and just say, used to be with espn. Doesn't look the way that he used to. Ladies and gentlemen, Dan Levittart. And we should pass it off as it is. Me as an imposter. Like, we should give him my clothes, allow him to go, maybe sit next to Valerie.

[Trista]

Bring Valerie.

[Dan LeBatard]

Bring Valerie Lebo hat. Maybe public displays of affection between him and Valerie and Tristan's daughter.

[Tony Kaladiu]

He just said, I'm in.

[Dan LeBatard]

Tristan's dog should be there for sure.

[Trista]

Valerie wanted Ollie. She was lobbying for another dog, and somehow, which I don't know if anyone else knows the story. Two seconds into her meeting Ollie, I found out there was, like, a vicious dog attack and a cat that almost died inside of the Lebatard household. It was. Her leg was viciously injured.

[Zazlow]

The dog almost died. That was a crazy night. Damn the dog.

[Dan LeBatard]

No. So one of the worst decisions my wife has ever made is to bring a pit bull into a home that's got two cats and have me stand behind when they want to fight, like.

[Trista]

A foster or like a rescue. Right?

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, well. Yeah, well, here's the thing. Oh, Trista, this is gonna break your heart as somebody who loves animals. Like, they just dump them off to live for themselves and fight in the wild in the Redlands, and they're beautiful animals, and they just dump them in the wild to survive. So this is a super anxious one, but a really bad decision. Him into a house full of cats when the cat thinks he's boss, and he's right. The male cat named after Otis Redding doesn't like me and runs the house and didn't like a pit bull being in the house. And so there was a fight, and they had to settle it, and my wife got bit, like, in a place that was dangerous. But the worst of it was me and the cat. I'm holding the cat. You cannot get between these animals. And the cat's got me on the wrists, and I'm starting to bleed, and it's screeching at the middle.

[Amin]

So it's not even declawed.

[Trista]

No, no, that's. That's anti PETA. You can't declaw cat.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, it's. It's a terrible thing to do to a cat.

[Stugats]

But.

[Dan LeBatard]

But. So I'm looking at this cat in the eyes, and this cat is grabbing my wrists and wants to fight the pit bull. And I say to him. And I didn't say it out loud. No, you are the man of this house. I'm sorry for everything that's happened here. And I must let you go now because you run things now, because he just shredded me and wanted to kill that pit bull. But my wife got bit by the pit bull because you're not supposed to get in the way of those things thing.

[Amin]

Imagine A cat thinking it runs a Zazlow mansion.

[Dan LeBatard]

I. I get it. I understand exactly why it is you would mock me on this.

[Trista]

Somebody's declawed in the Lebitard house.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's what happened. I saw it happen. I looked into that cat's eyes and I'm like, you're more of a man than I am. I was bleeding. I mean, I was bleeding down my elbows. Like, I didn't have claws.

[Zazlow]

I would have thrown it so far across, like just chucked it or punted it.

[Dan LeBatard]

You think I couldn't? Or you think I didn't try? Like, it. No, it embedded itself in me. Didn't you guys see I was having a Greg Cody bad arm day when I came in here, My. My whole. My arms were all bloody. How have we not played the sound of your father drunk more today?

[Frankie]

Biggest game in 20 years.

[Amin]

I just don't understand how your dad was like, okay, he was clearly drunk, but he doesn't understand what it means when you say, what do you mean by that? Well, no, whisper. Biggest game in 20 years. What do you mean?

[Dan LeBatard]

No, let's play the entire thing. I do want to marvel at this because this is the toddler Lean married and this is the toddler who raised Chris Cody. Once he gets a dozen in, he doesn't understand does anything.

[Tony Kaladiu]

All right, so whisper fake pregame show. I don't know what you mean. Fake pregame show.

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't know what that means.

[Frankie]

Fake pregame show. Fake pregame.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Whisper it. Do it.

[Dan LeBatard]

Fake pregame show. Again.

[Frankie]

Fake pregame show.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Biggest game in 20 years.

[Frankie]

Biggest game in 20 years.

[Dan LeBatard]

University of Miami.

[Frankie]

University of Miami. Texas A and M. Texas A and M. That kind thing.

[Trista]

That kind of thing.

[Dan LeBatard]

Whispering. That kind of thing. That kind of thing. Just do again. Fake pregame show.

[Trista]

Both the level of God.

[Frankie]

Fake pregame show.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Fake pregame show.

[Frankie]

Fake pregame show. Pregame in it. Pregame in pregame in it. Pregaming it.

[Zazlow]

I did not hear the first time around, though. For the love of God.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's exactly how my dad became at the end of his career where it's like we're badgering him for the last bits of drunken breath we could turn into content. It's like, get out of here. Just do again, fake pregame show.

[Trista]

Both of the love of God.

[Frankie]

For the love of God, I would like the whole world to know right now. And pre. I'm predict. I'm in the predicting game since I'm here in Miami. The New England Patriots will lose their first playoff game this Year. They are the biggest frauds in the NFL right now. They done beat up on the Dolphins, the Titans, the Browns, the Bengals, the Jets.

[Trista]

Didn't they beat your Bills?

[Frankie]

Yeah. And what happened last. What have you done for me lately, young Trishna? Exactly. Is that the moment though? They're frozen.

[Trista]

Wait, Giants, the last game that you guys played against the Patriots, you were on the ropes until the very last second.

[Frankie]

You're line stepping, I think. And the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bruh, just, just mock my words. It don't sound right right now, but they will lose their first playoff game this year.

[Dan LeBatard]

I do believe that after last night's game, most of us are feeling that whatever is being played for in terms of trying to discern whether Josh Allen will get to the championship game is who's the third best team in the league. We just watched the two best, the two most balanced football teams playing football and the only problem Seattle has is, is their quarterback going to turn the ball over? Sam Darnold's got the best percentage in the sport the last two years. He wins a ton. Like that game's ridiculous. They you get down 16 plus and you lose that game 155 out of 155 times before this. Buddy won it and he won it and there was fluky stuff that happened but he like I understand that there was a special teams touchdown but at the end when. And there was a weird two point conversion but the game got won by the quarterback. And that quarterback has the best winning percentage in the sport the last two years. And nobody cares because they don't trust him.

[Trista]

The tough thing is he's just never done it in the postseason. Regular season. Sam Darnold for the Vikings. And then it's just, oh, pumpkin.

[Amin]

I mean this was the biggest win of his career for sure, but still like you're gonna get to the postseason. All you gotta do here.

[Trista]

And it wasn't like dominant, it was like, oh, this is a weird two point conversion. It looked like you. Yeah, it felt like you just kind of squeak wind.

[Amin]

Right?

[Frankie]

He got three two point conversions. I don't like. Is that a record?

[Amin]

That might be a record.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, help me with, with the, I'm going to call it Achilles heel or fatal flaw of this. The Rams have lost four one score games. Ridiculously like four one score games where you're like yeah, I kind of know they're still better. It's oh, obviously they're better than Carolina on the road but wow, that's weird. Stafford with three turnovers that never Happens. That's never going to happen again.

[Tony Kaladiu]

I would say. Just football though, right? Like the Chiefs last year were, were great in one score games and now this year they were terrible. But like that happened.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, but then the Eagles game, they're up 247 or whatever it is on the. And then it's blocked field goals and absurdity at the end where you're like, Philadelphia's not better than them.

[Zazlow]

It's kind of like the Broncos, the Broncos long winning streak or whatever. I think it's like the margin has been like something like 75 points that entire time. Every game has been incredibly close for them.

[Trista]

Grit.

[Dan LeBatard]

Is that what it is though? Or is it like this? If this were not Stafford, if, if this were happening to a team that was led by a quarterback you doubt, you'd be, you'd be like, what's wrong with them? What's wrong with them that they're clearly better than everybody in four? Didn't we just do this to Jordan Love by just merely losing to Carolina and Cleveland, where we're like, oh, I don't trust them. They can't. Yeah, that's football. But nobody, nobody that's really good has its, has its ability to get the number one seed and a buy in the playoffs affected by losing to Cleveland and Carolina.

[Tony Kaladiu]

The team you're talking about is literally the opposite team of the Rams who played last night. You're talking about the Seattle Seahawks. You're talking about a quarterback that you kind of really trust. They lost to the Niners by four, they lost to the Bucks by three, and then they lost to the Rams by two. Those are their three losses. So you're talking about six, seven points between all those games and you don't trust the quarterback. And you're looking to be like, oh, that's a weird team. They should be undefeated, yet they're not.

[Dan LeBatard]

Can you give me, please, when we talk about these turnovers, how many does Seattle lead the league in offensive turnovers? Like, is there another team that has turned the ball over more than Seattle? Because I saw that Sam Darnold said that and it must be so right. If Tua's got 15 interceptions, I assume they've got fumbles here and there as well. But I think that Seattle has turned the ball over like 24, 25 times. And Chicago led the league as recently as this weekend with causing 29 turnovers.

[Trista]

Vikings with 27, Seahawks with 26. As per statmuse.

[Dan LeBatard]

Do you know how good you have to be to have their point differential, their record when you're turning the ball over that much they're playing better than their quarterback's deficiency. They're balanced beyond their quarterbacks deficiencies. Last time they played the Rams in Los Angeles they had four turnovers and were trying for a 61 yard field goal to win the game at the end.

[Amin]

That shit's going to kill you though in the playoffs. Like I understand they had one of those nights yesterday and they still ended.

[Dan LeBatard]

Up but what if you only have to play two games as opposed to the Rams now have to play three. What if you get a buy this is it's what's how the Patriots cheat code was for 20 years they just had to play two games and two oftentimes they're playing a of a beat up bad team that did an upset and so they're no good going on the road.

[Amin]

No it feels like that's the way like you better only have to play.

[Dan LeBatard]

Two games but that's what that's what caught last night was giant like I don't know if if I don't know if Seattle will cough this up from here because football is weird but the best team in the sport to to most people's eyes just took the hardest possible path when football's random and we trusted that coach and that quarterback and they bleeped it up last night.

[Trista]

Well what's crazy is if Seahawk is Seahawks offensively are second in turnovers defensively in terms of cause turnovers they're second as well. So it sort of balances itself out.

[Amin]

At panthers and at 49ers are the Seahawks final two games so kind of tough and the Rams at Falcons and Cardinals really easy. So Seahawks are game up and I don't know if I look in the division would be the tiebreaker then for the two of them. Seattle is is 3 and 2 in the division Rams are 3 and 2 like it could totally come down to the very end.

[Frankie]

What are the 49ers though like because the 49 have something to say.

[Amin]

Yeah the Niners are even in the lost comment the Rams one back of Seattle and yeah so it might come into play.

[Tony Kaladiu]

We're looking at Sam Darnold and they're.

[Amin]

Four and one in the division.

[Tony Kaladiu]

28 and six in two years. Right. Like that's where on the door if they win these last two games they went 14 three last they're gonna go 14 three this year. That's 28 and six is we thought the NFL had figured out Sam Darnold. Right. Like we had the conversation With Danishek about has Tua been figured out by the NFL? Defensive coordinators have figured him out. He's now dust. That was Sam Darnold three years ago, two years ago, before they, before they picked him up, when he was in San Francisco. Can we see something like this happen with Tua where somebody else gets him and then all of a sudden he has a revitalization of his career? Like the book is closing? Yeah, Sam's brain still works.

[Dan LeBatard]

This, this is the part though. No, see this, this is the part where everybody distrusts Sam Darnold. This is super rare, what I'm about to say. Sam Darnold's playing in a Giant football game last night and we're now making the ones that Sam Darnold loses, the Giant ones because he's won all of the others. And we still question Sam Darnold because he hasn't done it in the playoffs. As soon as Darnold, when that game was 14, 13 or whatever it was, and Darnold throws that ridiculously stupid interception that gives the Rams an easy touchdown, everybody looked at the television and said, yep, that's what Darnold's going to do. That's how they're going to lose. And if Stafford does it, you think a spaceship is landed on the fence field because you're. And, and, and that's the analysis of those two teams. I trust one quarterback, I don't trust the other one.

[Amin]

Juju's right, by the way. The Niners are still totally.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes. That's what's going to. They're going to sneak in here with that broken ass team.

[Amin]

Like the Niners can finish first in the nfc. The Rams could finish third in that division, still make the playoffs, but third in that division. Because the Niners won the first game against Seattle and they're playing the last game of the season, which is destined to be Sunday Night Football.

[Frankie]

And without those injuries, they had Fred Warner and such, just people like that and the Brandon IUK saga. How can Kyle Shanahan not be considered coach of the year with that performance?

[Dan LeBatard]

Boza too, is supposed to be out on the defense. The only one who's always out there are McCaffrey and Trent Williams. Those are the Jones won games this year.

[Tony Kaladiu]

McCorkle was great for a couple games, by the way, and Purdy's been playing really good ball.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's absurd. It really is absurd that the 49ers, after five years of being like second of the Chiefs on what's the best organization in the sport, can get there with any quarterback them doing it with this team quietly. With this team quietly where even more injured right because Kittle missed a bunch of games at the beginning of the season.

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[Frankie]

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[Dan LeBatard]

Don LeBatard the Hoy is Captain Slappy. Stugats is this chum bucket.

[Frankie]

This is the Dan LeBatard with the stugach.

[Dan LeBatard]

Zaz who is your favorite person to play? You know about that with? You've played it with.

[Amin]

Oh, I mean Amin's really good at it, you know, because I like doing it for NBA, but I'm thinking a little Bit something different today. Can we do a little bit of.

[Frankie]

You know about that?

[Amin]

Come on now.

[Dan LeBatard]

With who? With your. With the mean.

[Amin]

Patience, Dan. Let's let the music kick in. Get excited. Waited for a second. Oh, God. I mean, I see why a cat controls your house. We're gonna do. You know about that?

[Dan LeBatard]

I was bleeding from the elbows with Trista.

[Amin]

That's right, Amin. Don't be offended. I can see a little bit in your eyes. You're like, man, I'm offended because I like doing. You know about that? I'm doing it with Trista today, Howard. All right, Trista, you ready? Do you know how this game goes?

[Dan LeBatard]

No.

[Trista]

No. Explain it to me.

[Amin]

Okay, Trista, I'm gonna throw some NBA topics at you, and you're gonna tell me if you know about that. First, up here. There are rumors that the Milwaukee Bucks, they may not be trading Giannis. They may actually still try to impress Giannis so that he stays. And they may do that by trading four. Zach Levine. The Kings want to trade everybody. Trista, you know about those Milwaukee Bucks, Zach Levine rumors?

[Trista]

Yeah. Apparently the Milwaukee Bucks think that they can entice Giannis to stay. Giannis also is very shaky in terms of whether he's 10 toes down or on his way out. Zach LaVine, though, is the bucket getter that the Milwaukee Bucks need. This is what the Chicago Bulls thought. Zach. As this is what the Sacramento Kings thought. Says they should just throw in DeMar DeRozan while they're at it.

[Amin]

All right, Sounds like Tristan knows about that. Zach lavine. Trista, the Sporting News. I don't know about this report, but I saw this a Sporting News put out there that the warriors should consider cutting ties with Steph Curry.

[Tony Kaladiu]

You know about that?

[Trista]

According to some random person on Sporting News and then re reported on Yahoo, which made me feel like, is this verified table? Steph Curry is going to be on the moves. They're cutting ties with him this year to maybe send him to the Houston Rockets.

[Amin]

God, when she said, huh?

[Tony Kaladiu]

I thought the same thing.

[Amin]

Oh, my God.

[Tony Kaladiu]

I heard.

[Amin]

It was so close to me. Heat.

[Dan LeBatard]

What?

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Amin]

What?

[Tony Kaladiu]

I was.

[Dan LeBatard]

I thought it, too. No, that's not the part. I'm saying. What, to cut ties?

[Trista]

What? That part's fake news. Gotta be fake news.

[Amin]

All right, Sounds like you know about that fake news, Trisa. The NBA cup was a. I think it was a success, you know, and for the third year in a row, they did in Vegas. But they're considering moving the NBA cup final to maybe college venues like Cameron Indoor Stadium. You know about that?

[Trista]

Apparently Adam Silver just wants to change everything that's good or that we've started to like into something that we, we absolutely hate. Cameron Indoor, smaller venue, harder to get to. Absolute terrible, terrible take to go into a college. I think Vegas is the ultimate place to go, especially with the weather as bad as it is this time.

[Amin]

I mean, Chris, when she said like it was, I was so excited. Me too.

[Dan LeBatard]

I mean, they've turned on Silver, everyone. Now he's the clown commissioner.

[Trista]

Yes, yes.

[Dan LeBatard]

Now he's the fool. Now he's the fool.

[Zazlow]

I'm not going to say that, but that is a fool ass idea. Cameron Indoor, it's a dump and it.

[Amin]

Holds like 6,000 people.

[Zazlow]

It's a dumb with a on it.

[Dan LeBatard]

Put it on the pole at Le Batard show. Is Cameron into a dump with a puh on it.

[Trista]

Everybody knows that. Everybody knows it's a battery.

[Amin]

Same way everybody knows that Derek Jeter bad guy. Sounds like Tristan knows about that. Cam and indoor being a dump.

[Dan LeBatard]

Tristan up game doesn't work if she knows about everything.

[Amin]

Do you know that the. The Dallas Mavericks, they may be considering trading Klay Thompson? Maybe trading him back to the Warriors. You know about that?

[Trista]

Oh, also Anthony Davis. Apparently Klay Thompson said this wasn't this. I didn't sign up for all this ass. I signed up for Gary Irving. I signed up for Luka Doncic. It feels actually like Klay Thompson might be trying to push his way out versus the man Mavericks shopping him.

[Amin]

You know about that, Dan?

[Dan LeBatard]

I, I would have assumed that Klay Thompson was spent as a basketball player.

[Trista]

Well, he's with Megan the Stallion. The.

[Zazlow]

I'd be spent too, Tony.

[Trista]

He is spent, Dan. Spent like somebody else I know.

[Amin]

You know about that. Megan the Stallion, buddy.

[Stugats]

I know.

[Tony Kaladiu]

All right, buddy.

[Amin]

You know, I mean, I got it confused one time with like Nicki Minaj, so I did.

[Tony Kaladiu]

It's embarrassing.

[Frankie]

Sucker move. Whatever ever.

[Amin]

I can't know everybody finally. Trista. Trey Young made his return last night in a loss for the Hawks. You know about that? Trey Young?

[Trista]

Do I know about Trey Young? Didn't know until this morning as that he actually returned. But I think they're actually shopping Trey Young still. I think this is a move to get his value up as high as possible and figure out a way to maybe get Giannis to the Atlanta Hawks.

[Amin]

You know about that? Dan.

[Dan LeBatard]

Trista thinks that the whole thing.

[Trista]

With he didn't tell me what it.

[Dan LeBatard]

Was is soap opera. It's marriage, couple counseling, trying to make it work after three efforts and that Giannis is just gonna stay there and we're wasting our time talking about it.

[Amin]

I don't believe in marriage counseling. I told my wife years ago, if we ever get to a place case where you suggest we should go to marriage counseling, just give me a divorce.

[Trista]

What? That's. Wait, hold on, hold on. Stop the segment.

[Amin]

I don't do that.

[Trista]

What? Yeah, I think everyone. Everyone in a healthy marriage. Everyone in not a healthy marriage needs marriage counseling.

[Amin]

I think therapy is good.

[Trista]

Isn't that the same thing where we.

[Amin]

Both go and we're explaining all the things that we're mad at each other about? No, that's not for me.

[Dan LeBatard]

Matthew Berry is here. It's unfortunate because I want to talk about this with Zaslo, but we don't.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Have running out of time.

[Dan LeBatard]

We need fantasy. We need him to make us some Matthew Berry. Please take Matthew Berry.

[Trista]

Roll Tide.

[Dan LeBatard]

Matthew Berry.

[Trista]

Roll Tide. Roll Tide.

[Stugats]

That is right. Roll Tide.

[Tony Kaladiu]

Dan.

[Dan LeBatard]

My.

[Stugats]

My son's a junior there. Roll Tide. Big game for us tonight. I don't think. I think. I don't think Oklahoma beats him for a second time. Here's what. What else I think, Dan. That since taking over, this starter, Jacoby Brissette is the fifth best quarterback in fantasy fall. He's had at least 18 points in all nine of his starts under Brissette. No team in the NFL has a higher pass rate than the Arizona Cardinals. And four of the last five quarterbacks to face Atlanta have scored at least 19 fantasy points since week nine. The eighth best quarterback in fantasy is Jared Goff. Over that stretch, he's averaging 290 passing yards per game over that stretch. Only Matthew Stafford has more touchdown passes in golf, not counting last night, by the way, the last six quarterbacks to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Ball scored at least 18 fantasy points. And since week eight, no team has given more passing yards per game than the Buccaneers.

[Trista]

They.

[Stugats]

They're playing Bryce Young, so let's not get crazy. I have Young at Cubo Quarterback 20. But I'm just saying you could do worse if you're desperate than Bryce Young this week. By the way, Bucky Irving's had at least 17 touches in every game he's played this season. I mentioned the touches because seven of the nine running backs that have seen at least 15 touches against the Panthers have scored at least 16 fantasy points since Week 8. By the way, Panthers bottom five in rushing yards per game, in yards per carry allowed to running backs in each of his past three healthy games. Tyrone Tracy has finished as a top 13 running running back. He's averaging over 19 points a game in those games. Vikings have allowed an opposing running back to score in seven of their last eight. You're not going to get this one Dan. But believe it or not, since week 11, the eighth best running back in fantasy football is Kenneth Gainwell. He scored at least 16 fantasy points in four of the last five games. He's averaging 18 points per game. He's got a 16% target share. That's fifth among all running backs in the over under in the Steelers Lions game is 52 and a half as of this moment. That's the highest in the Week 16 slate. Speaking of that game, since Week 9, Jameson Williams, the sixth best wide receiver in fantasy. He's at least 16 fantasy points. 6. Last 7. He's had three straight games with a 26% target share or more. Steelers allow the seventh highest completion rate on passes of 15 plus air yards or more. I like Jameson Williams over on his longest reception on Sunday. Only the Dallas Cowboys have given more touchdowns to opposing wide receivers than the Detroit Lions. Just so you know as as well, in the first game back last week, Mike Evans had a 37.5% target share targeted on 43% of his routes. Panthers have allowed at least 18 plus fantasy points to an opposing wide receiver in four of the last five. How about this one? Over the last two games, Dallas Goddard has a 30% target share and only two teams in the NFL have allowed more touchdowns to opposing tight ends. Then my beloved Washington commanders give me an anytime touchdown for Dallas Goddard. They've also given up at least 10 fantasy points to a top and seven of the past eight. Last one. Now we talk about tight ends against the Bengals. That's the only team that get the Cincinnati Bengals have allowed 15 touchdowns to opposing tight ends this year. That's five more than any other team. Five more. Darren Waller has seen 58% of Miami's end zone targets when he's healthy. So give me Darren Waller for an anytime touchdown week as well.

[Trista]

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[Dan LeBatard]

Matthew Perry, roll time. Fantasy FantasyLife.com if you want more Matthew Berry information. Thank you Matthew. Happy holidays, sir.

[Stugats]

I appreciate it, Dan. Happy holidays everyone. Roll tide and yeah. Fantasylife.com let's go.

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