Local Hour: Dan Says "The Chiefs Are Dead" Again

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Local Hour: Dan Says 'The Chiefs Are Dead' Again"

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Billy, Chris, Greg Cody, Tony, Mike, Jeremy
Date: October 13, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Episode Overview

This spirited "Local Hour" episode centers on sports' current narratives, with a heavy focus on the Miami Dolphins’ latest heartbreak, the "dead or not" status of the Kansas City Chiefs, and the ongoing drama of bets and friendly jabs among the cast. The hosts blend signature South Florida flavor and self-deprecating humor while navigating the week’s highs and lows in football, local teams’ woes, and the fallout from Dan’s bold proclamations about the Chiefs’ future.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fashion & Aging in the Studio

(01:35–03:11)

• Light banter about Dan’s evolving style, comparing him to Andy Garcia and imagining a scarf/ascot “Cuban elder rebrand.”
• Jokes about letting Tony style Dan, possibly with “QB wristband” levels of beaded bracelets.
• Greg Cody jokes about seeing Dan with a pipe, not in a pipe.
• Sets a playful, light tone before moving into sports.

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2. Miami Sports Roundup

(05:00–06:42)

• Florida Panthers: Impressive 3-0 season start sparks a hypothetical: “If the Panthers go undefeated and lose in the playoffs, is it the same as the '72 Dolphins?” (05:17)
• Miami Heat: Preseason woes, but downplayed (“no big games in October”).
• Miami Dolphins/Jets: Stugotz relishes bashing the Jets’ historically bad passing game (“your team is the greatest laughing stock on earth not known as the Jets, correct?” – [04:26], Stugotz).

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3. The Miami Dolphins’ Latest Collapse & Fallout

(09:57–13:26, 14:17–32:52)

• Dolphins blow another lead to the Chargers—autopsy on all three phases: special teams (“did everything wrong”), defense, late-game tackling, and Tua’s “almost-wins.”
• Tua’s postgame press conference with honest, frustrated quotes about team leadership and missed players-only meetings:

  “We have guys showing up to player only meetings late. Guys not showing up…It’s a lot of things of that nature. To be clear, you’re saying some players were late or missed late. Yeah.” ([15:00])

• Dan and the crew discuss whether this honesty is admirable or a sign of lost locker room faith.

  “That feels like a last resort leadership…you guys snitch on people that way.” ([23:12], Dan)

• Tua’s 8-for-8 “game-winning” drive praised, but immediately undermined by defense and special teams, leading to the recurring theme:

  “He gave you the game-winning drive. Like, we don't have a lot of those to remember. We don't have any against winning teams.” ([24:00], Dan)

• Franchise-wide dysfunction called out:

  “The Dolphins are now 1:15 in their last 16 games against teams with winning records. Mike McDaniel is 11 and 18 in his past 29 games.” ([37:11], Stugotz)

• Speculation that both Mike McDaniel and Chris Grier are “obviously gone” if things continue:

  “We know this is probably going to be it for Mike McDaniel…it probably will, definitely should be it for Chris Grier.” ([16:25], Billy)

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4. Chiefs Drama: 'That Team Is Dead'

(06:42–13:09; 11:06–12:43; 38:00–47:36)

• Stugotz tries to walk back or clarify his long-running “Chiefs are dead” claim, arguing it’s about their offense post-Tyreek Hill.
• Group refuses to let him backpedal—highlights various show bets, including the infamous “white Corvette” bet with Nick Wright.

  “He is a dink and dunk quarterback…That team’s dead.” ([10:41], Mike quoting Dan) “You said team is dead. You said that team is dead.” ([12:19], Dan)

• Stugotz doubles (and triples) down, claiming KC can’t hang with elite teams anymore (“What was dead is the 30-point team… I believe that team and that offense to be dead” – [11:19], Dan).
• Others note Kansas City still leads the AFC in scoring, and Greg Cody advocates:

  “The Chiefs have more cause to win the Super bowl right now than they’ve had all season. I am beginning to believe in the Chiefs. This is a wide open season.” ([12:47], Greg Cody)

• Extended, joking wrangling over whether the White Corvette or $5,000 was officially owed (see timestamps [08:56–10:10], [39:25–43:55]), with multiple replays and a comedic denial/acceptance loop.

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5. Dolphins’ Culture & Leadership Crisis

(15:22–31:03)

• The cast debates the meaning and impact of Tua’s public criticisms.
• Discussion of player leadership, player accountability, and whether Tua’s honesty is helpful or toxic for a collapsing locker room.
• “Desperation” is cited as the undercurrent—one win in six, coach and GM likely out, leadership vacuum, and finger-pointing.

  “It’s desperation. That’s all it is. They’re one in five. They’re going nowhere.” ([32:03], Greg Cody)

• Billy raises the risk of a divided locker room (“once you start calling out your teammates…all of a sudden I miss a block…he could easily get drilled. Pisses off the wrong person”—[32:31], Billy).

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6. Memorable Moments & Bulletin Board Quotes

• Stugotz repeatedly tries to laugh off or rationalize his Chiefs stance as being solely about offensive entertainment or Tyreek Hill’s absence. The group won’t let him sidestep (“You said they were dead!” – [45:55], Dan).
• Multiple callbacks on failed bets, with the running joke of sending Nick Wright a decrepit Corvette instead of $5,000.

  “I'm giving him more value than $5,000 to get that sentimental white Corvette… even if it doesn't have a transmission.” ([40:52], Stugotz)

• Billy’s dry delivery on Tua’s nearly successful drives:

  “This is two weeks in a row the two has had a game winning drive that didn’t actually win the game…” ([22:53], Billy)

• On the ineptness of the Dolphins’ futility:

  “That’s not a skid. That’s a resume.” ([25:11], Stugotz).

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7. Running Gags and Studio Humor

• Recurring bits about Greg Cody’s lack of sentiment for the infamous white Corvette.
• Sarcastic polling “Should Lad McConkey be the mayor of Key West?” ([28:07], Greg Cody).
• Light jabs at Dan's evolving look and the possibility of giving him a beads-heavy 'QB wristband'.

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• On the Dolphins blowup:
  • “The defense lost that game. Tua, I’m glad you mentioned that. Tua on what should have been the heroic game winning drive, did everything right.” ([21:03], Greg Cody)
• On the Chiefs:
  • “He is a dink and dunk quarterback. ... That team’s dead.” ([10:41], Mike quoting Dan)
  • “You said team is dead. You said that team is dead.” ([12:19], Dan)
• On Tua’s leadership:
  • “That feels like a last resort leadership…you guys snitch on people that way.” ([23:12], Dan)
  • “It's desperation. That's all it is. They're one in five. They're going nowhere.” ([32:03], Greg Cody)
• On the infamous bet:
  • “I'm giving him more value than $5,000 to get that sentimental white Corvette… even if it doesn't have a transmission.” ([40:52], Stugotz)
• On the Dolphins’ futility:
  • “That’s not a skid. That’s a resume.” ([25:11], Stugotz)

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Segment Timestamps

• 00:00–01:29: Ads & Off-topic banter
• 01:35–03:11: Fashion humor
• 04:01–06:42: South Florida sports news
• 06:42–13:26 / 38:00–47:36: Chiefs debate, white Corvette bet
• 09:57–32:52: Dolphins’ collapse—postgame, culture, Tua’s press conference
• 37:11–39:25: Dolphins futility stats, leadership issues
• 39:25–43:55: ‘Dead’ Chiefs and White Corvette bet, plus replay
• 45:02–47:36: Closing out the Chiefs argument

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Final Thoughts

This episode encapsulates what fans love about "The Dan Le Batard Show": the blend of serious sports analysis, sustained comedic bits, and the panel’s willingness to needle each other. Expect ongoing references to the "dead" Chiefs, the white Corvette saga, and the Dolphins’ serial heartbreak as running themes for the season.

For listeners who missed it, this episode serves as a case study in South Florida sports anguish, the art of friendly sports radio feuding, and the staying power of a well-timed joke.

Transcript

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[Stugotz]

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[Billy]

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[Billy]

We're watching NBA TV as one does at this hour, this time of the year. And Iceman's on with scal. And we were saying how Iceman is kind of committed to this hairstyle that we don't think that he could ever change that hairstyle. There's not much of an evolution there. It's just this is his look and he's going to kind of have that hairstyle forever. There's not a ton that he could do with it. And then we looked at Dan and we said, you know what? Dan with a little bit of a salt and pepper going on with the beard. The glass is now rounder version of the glasses. He's got kind of like an Andy Garcia vibe to him. And we think that if he throws in a scarf that it would really take his look to the next level.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's how older Cuban gentlemen age they. They mix in a scarf.

[Billy]

But not like Martin Short type. You know what I mean? Like, there's a. We'd have to get the right scarf, I think, for him. And then it was kind of suggested back here, maybe we soft launch the rebrand with an ascot and then we move into the scarf.

[Stugotz]

I like that idea.

[Dan Le Batard]

Look, I don't think there's any soft launching with an ascot. I actually think that's more aggressive than the scarf.

[Billy]

Really?

[Dan Le Batard]

You have it. Reverse. You soft launch the ascot with the scarf.

[Stugotz]

Now Andy Garcia does a kerchief, though. That's the classiest. Right? Like, you guys. He's doing it correctly. You throw in a scarf with me, it's asinine. It's, like, truly ridiculous. It's a little stuffy for you, but I like it as a character evolution. Old Cuban man with a scarf. Like, I'm going for great style in my late Cuban age.

[Dan Le Batard]

I've seen you wear a scarf a couple of times. It's not a good look for you.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know why.

[Chris]

Yeah, Vegas.

[Dan Le Batard]

They look small.

[Billy]

Did he have those glasses on?

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know. It looks the way a sports coat looked on Chris Farley.

[Stugotz]

You guys think I should let you. You guys dress me? Because I think I might give Tony a shot at it.

[Tony]

I think, Dan, I think I could put you together, get some more beads on your hands, on your wrists.

[Dan Le Batard]

Like you're approaching.

[Billy]

Definitely like 10 of them, though.

[Tony]

Like, it looks like a QB wristband.

[Dan Le Batard]

So many beads.

[Billy]

You got to get the one with the one, like, white beat on it, too. And it's like this is eyes from Antarctica. And this really keeps me balanced.

[Stugotz]

So you guys going to set that up for me? You guys want to style me? Do you want to. Should we have a week where you guys got. Where you guys style me? You're saying I need style?

[Greg Cody]

You got to have styling. I see you in a pipe going to take up pipe smoking.

[Chris]

With a pipe.

[Billy]

No, in a pipe.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, I see you with a pipe. Not in a pipe.

[Stugotz]

I cannot wait to get to your dolphin thoughts.

[Greg Cody]

I can't wait to give them.

[Stugotz]

I think I have a breathless. South Florida the way they used to around an AM radio. As Jimmy Ceffalo and Joe Rose die a syllable at a time on the air. Greg Cody right now has a unique access to dolphin feelings as the author of fins at 50.

[Greg Cody]

Yes. I gotta. I gotta update that book because it would now be fins at.

[Stugotz]

Your team is the greatest laughing stock on earth not known as the Jets, Correct?

[Greg Cody]

Yes. Although the dolphins had more than negative 10 yards passing Sunday, so it was a positive. You know, I'm seeing the glass Half full yesterday.

[Stugotz]

Don't do that.

[Greg Cody]

I know. I'm kidding. At this point. I'm kidding.

[Billy]

I mean, there were signs.

[Stugotz]

At least there wasn't a terrible press conference.

[Jeremy]

This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast.

[Stugotz]

The Panthers are 3, 0.

[Greg Cody]

Damn right. 79 more.

[Stugotz]

They're at the top of the standings. The Panthers. I have to. I'm obligated to start football. Instead of where the real excellence resides. I'm gonna do drama and bullshit at quarterback. Instead of like where greatness resides.

[Billy]

If the Panthers go undefeated in the regular season but then lose in the playoffs, is it viewed differently than the Dolphins going undefeated throughout the entire regular season and playoffs?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Billy]

Huh?

[Greg Cody]

Gotta do it in the playoffs. Inter Miami throwing that out last week.

[Stugotz]

The heat are 0 and 4. The heat are 0 and 4.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Nobody comes.

[Mike]

It's the preseason.

[Dan Le Batard]

No big games in October.

[Stugotz]

Oh, but I thought when they were four and oh, in the preseason with Wade and LeBron and Bosh. I thought back then when it mattered. Like that the preseason did matter. When we cared about seasons like that.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Different expectations.

[Stugotz]

Cared about seasons the way that you care about the Panther season, which opens with three wins at home. But I do feel obligated to get to the jets first. Not even the TUA stuff, because the jets stuff is hysterical. Like the worst passing performance ever in non weather conditions like there. I understand a terrible passing performance if it's like crazy snow and stuff. But you're going to have negative 10 in the passing age. You're going to have negative 10 yards. Your coach is going to be overmatched and fired and like halfway through the season because they don't know what they're doing at the end of halves. And he's getting mad at the media because he's still arguing that what we saw from Justin Fields was professional quarterbacking. When you see what's happening in that league, that's not what quarterbacking looks like. Everything needs to happen a lot faster than that. Caleb Williams had to learn it like that. Justin Fields had to learn it like that. Justin Fields, you're not learning it fast enough. Justin Fields, you're finished as a quarterback in this league.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're avoiding the Chiefs, aren't you?

[Stugotz]

I owe Nick Wright white Corvette that.

[Dan Le Batard]

We changed it after the bet was made. I don't think. No, no, I owe him.

[Stugotz]

No, I owe him a white Corvette.

[Greg Cody]

Or $5,000.

[Stugotz]

No, I. Or $5,000.

[Dan Le Batard]

That was the bet made.

[Billy]

The bet was $5,000. We decided to joke. Corvette.

[Stugotz]

No, I I was. I asked Arlene, your wife, for the VIN number of your. I'm trying to buy your white Corvette to give it to her.

[Chris]

Efforting. Because we're efforting to find that original Corvette, the white one that my dad got.

[Greg Cody]

That would be so funny.

[Stugotz]

I lost. I lost the bet. And it's not even a bet. I understand. Like, the reason I don't understand the bet is why am I now the guy who's against the Chiefs? All I've said is that their offense has been bad for a year and a half.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, that is rich, pal. Are you serious?

[Stugotz]

What? No.

[Dan Le Batard]

You own that?

[Stugotz]

What do I own?

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, stop.

[Stugotz]

What's wrong with the offense?

[Dan Le Batard]

He's a dink and dung quarterback now.

[Mike]

Pretty sure you said it was done.

[Stugotz]

You guys put that.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no, no, no, no, no. This is rich. This is something special.

[Stugotz]

You okay? So.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, yeah. No, it's me. It's us. It's everybody else.

[Stugotz]

I owe Nick Wright a white Corvette. It is now three outstanding debts. We should do sports trivia. Maybe we should do it at this crappy watch party we got to do for the world's crappiest game, sponsored by Miller Lite. This is going to be a blast.

[Chris]

We're going to. Might be crappy, but this event.

[Stugotz]

We're going to do a block party. We. We haven't had a party around here in a while. We need one. We need a party around here and we're going to do it around the Ravens and the Dolphins, no matter how many losses there are between them. Come watch Lamar Jackson, maybe. And a defense for the Ravens that has given up more points than Ray Lewis. Ravens gave up the entire super bowl season. Come watch it with us. October 30th as part of a Halloween celebrations. There's going to be costume stuff. I'm trying to get Greg Cody's white Corvette that I now owe. It's three outstanding debts and I'd like to do sports trivia. Do you guys know what my three outstanding debts are? Because I don't know. I know what the three are. I only know, though, what two of them are about the white Corvette I now owe Nick Wright. Do you know the other 2? 2 debts I have not paid?

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't.

[Stugotz]

Maybe we'll leave it unsaid for a while. If you guys don't know, then it's a difficult trivia question because I like to pay my debts and I've got two that are outstanding on this show that surely listeners will remember even if you guys don't. But Billy, how mad are you at TUA today? How mad are you at the Dolphins? How mad are you at everything? Miami, before we get to Greg Cody, as the author of Fins at, you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Have to do a Prince Fielder photo shoot.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, well, see, that's the one. I don't know why I owe that. Like I. You guys have said that, but it's kind of like this Chiefs thing you just did to me.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, it's nothing like that.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, yeah, you guys made it so. No, no, you guys made it so.

[Dan Le Batard]

We are flatly holding the line here. We're not going to let you do that, you weasel. That is the most weasely thing you have done in a long time. You thought the Chiefs offense help you. We kept throwing you a lifesaver. Don't do this. Don't do this. They got guys coming back. Don't do this. And you're like, rashid Rice is coming back this week.

[Stugotz]

They're de.

[Dan Le Batard]

They're dead.

[Greg Cody]

Okay, he's over Dink and dunk.

[Stugotz]

Now we've got some stakes with Nick Wright, don't we, when we've opened with a white Corvette. He's the big Chiefs guy and you guys are putting something on me that's already cost me a white Corvette.

[Dan Le Batard]

You asked to make that bet. You're like 5,000. I'll give you points. These are direct quotes.

[Stugotz]

That's correct. But the bet that I am now stuck with, if you guys can find the sound, I'm happy to take the L on this. I'm already owing a white Corvette, which is why I'm spending the weekend with Greg's wife trying to get a VIN number to a white Corvette. I may just send him the one that Billy found, though that doesn't have a transmission. So I can have the joke of he's just got a burden and a responsibility in front of his brownstone.

[Dan Le Batard]

You are walking back your your Chiefs take so hard. Jeremy found a quote. Jeremy, can you please inform Dan in the audience quote.

[Mike]

He is a dink and dunk quarterback. I don't believe that. If Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson you mentioned Worthy's out, I can have them lose guys and they'll have a variety of game. They'd have a versatility required in today's game that wouldn't make them look as unaesthetically pleasing as what I'm watching from the Chiefs. You assumed every game that they were going over 30 points. That team's dead. Dan LeBatard.

[Dan Le Batard]

Ah, that team is dead.

[Greg Cody]

Own that.

[Stugotz]

That team last night had one play.

[Billy]

Of 30 yards in fairness.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, look at, look at the pivot.

[Billy]

They also didn't go over 30 points. They stopped at 30 yesterday.

[Stugotz]

So he wasn't wrong about the team. That is dead and I will remain believing is dead. I don't want to start with the Chiefs, but since we're here, I owe a white Corvette. That's the starting on the bidding. And now I'm going to up the stakes because I'm going to bet Nick Wright all season on whatever this is because I don't believe the Chiefs are going to be a champion again. And I believe their offense and I'm saying something factual and empirical here. Over the last year and a half before the last two games, the Chiefs offense has been dreadful to watch. And what was Dead is the 30 point team that you bet the beginning of games. That's that game's going over 31 and a half on the Chiefs. I believe that team and that offense to be dead. You guys have been saying, well, when Rice and Worthy are back, you will see a difference. And we have obviously seen a difference. But it is not the team that won the super bowl with Tyree Kill flying down the field. 50 yard plays, they do it in one drive. They require precision right now that I believe still puts them well behind the top teams in this league. But you guys are going to make me. Patrick Mahomes was done. That's what you guys are gonna do.

[Dan Le Batard]

You said team is dead. You said that team is dead.

[Stugotz]

That offense is dead.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay? And the entire time we're like, wait, there are guys out. And once those guys came back, as you mentioned, that's what we were warning you against because like the results you were taking was because they didn't have those guys.

[Stugotz]

The results you're taking after two games is to say the Chiefs are something I still don't believe them to be.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, so you double down. Cool. They still think they're dead.

[Billy]

They've also scored the second most points in the afc. That's right behind only the Colts.

[Greg Cody]

The Chiefs have more cause to win the super bowl right now than they've had all season. I am beginning to believe in the Chiefs. This is a wide open season. There's no super teams. Bills have lost, Eagles have lost, the Ravens are what they are. There are no super teams. And I'm not going to trust a team that's been to the last six Super Bowls or whatever that crazy stat is with Mahomes.

[Chris]

I mean, you trusted the Dolphins about.

[Greg Cody]

To get Rashi Rice back, by the way, when you say I trusted the Dolphins. I predicted them to go 9, 8 and have a chance to make a.

[Chris]

Wildfire 15th best team.

[Greg Cody]

Don't act like I ever pushed them for the Super Bowl. Hell no.

[Stugotz]

Can you get me the Dolphin sound? I will continue to argue this with you guys for as long as you'd like to argue it. But I do want to get to what's happening with the Dolphins because it's interesting. Because of course they're seen as done. Again. Again. Again. As we could have said at 0 and 3 as you six games in, there will be no bouncing back from this. When you lose games like the one they lost yesterday, where you get the two, a comeback like this is all going to get lost in the press conference. It really is. But to beat that Chargers team and someone zaz is saying is the greatest coach of all times better than Belichick because he can win on any level, you got exactly what you needed at the end of that game. Those charges were tired in this South Florida heat. They had no pass rush left. That team was done. You finished them to a had the play you needed to have to waller in the back of the end zone. The game is one. All you've got to do is make a tackle. You could choose which one you'd like to make. You can make it of Herbert or you can make it a McConkey. But all you have to do is make one tackle and neither of you can do it. Because now for this season, you guys are losers. Like you're going to be losers all season. There's no bouncing back from this. And as the Flames climb, the quarterbacks at the press conference saying, well, it's not me who doesn't care. It's not me who's not showing up to the meetings. The problems with leadership, but it's not me. We had a players only meeting and this is what happened. I think it starts with the leadership in, in helping articulate that for the guys. And then what we're expecting out of the guys, right?

[Chris]

We're expecting this.

[Stugotz]

Are we getting that? Are we not getting that? We have guys showing up to player only meetings late. Guys not showing up to player only meeting. Like there's a lot that goes into that. Do we have to make this mandatory? Do we not have to make this mandatory? It's a lot of things of that nature. To be clear, you're saying some players were late or missed late. Yeah.

[Jeremy]

Thank you.

[Chris]

Can you mandate a players only meeting? Who's in charge of a players only meeting? Dad? Who if like, let's just talk this out.

[Greg Cody]

Well, who's the captain of the team? Who are the captains of the team?

[Chris]

That's a great question.

[Greg Cody]

And by default, let's say the team had no captains. Your default captain is your starting quarterback, Zagak. Like I don't mind that Tua said what he said. He's ripping himself, he's ripping the entire.

[Stugotz]

It'd be funny if he was the one that was late.

[Billy]

Well, there were tweets of players that said like I was on the Dolphins for three minutes which wasn't a very long time. But Tua was late to the first players only meeting, the only one I was part of in training camp. So it seems as though. So we might be leading by example if we're to believe that that's a real person. But two as a team captain, Alec Ingold, Zach Seeler, Bradley Chubb, Aaron Brewer and Jordan Brooks are the team captains this season for the Dolphins. So when he's saying that leadership is failing and then points out a players only meeting, he would be the leadership in that situation, which is failing. Which is not a good thing for him to be pointing out. And I've said before that I think he needs lies theorem because he's a little bit too honest and he's comfortable in his honesty, but it's not doing him any favors because I think that, you know, as the season's gone on, we know this is probably going to be it for Mike McDaniel. It probably will, definitely should be it for Chris Greer. But now, you know, anyone who was kind of a to a defender was like, well, let's see what 2 is with new coach and new. Now you're like, this guy is also not working. Not that there were many people that still were saying he was working, but I don't know how you can get rid of him if you even wanted to. But it seems like they need to completely clean house.

[Tony]

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[Stugotz]

Don Lebitard.

[Chris]

All right, we got to go back out there.

[Greg Cody]

That was big. Wake him up.

[Stugotz]

Oh, he doesn't want. He doesn't want to be bothered anymore. Now it's getting tense because he didn't need that. As a result, he needs something that happens.

[Chris]

Mother, can we bother? Are we bothering you right now?

[Stugotz]

Turn on your microphone.

[Greg Cody]

My microphone's on stage.

[Chris]

Paint the scene.

[Greg Cody]

The paint the scene is. I gotta go to work. Good night.

[Stugotz]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats.

[Chris]

Tua said last week and he made news for just being like, you know, my. I'm actually in a decent mindset right now because I'm not on social media. I go home and my kids are still happy to see me. I would argue that his kid. We should show his kids that interception on that last play of the game. They need to see it. They deserve to see it.

[Stugotz]

Wait, this is going to happen to Tua today. Greg, let's see where your homer is on this because this is going to happen to Tua today because it's three interceptions. He won the game, people. The interceptions on Waddle, the first one, the third one's irrelevant. You've coughed up the game he just won for you and he threw a pick. But also 27 at home should be enough to beat those Chargers. 27 at home with two game winning drives where the pass rush can't get near you and you're thrown to Waller in the back of the end zone. He won the game. The game was won and then it wasn't one because you've got all the advantages at the end of the game. Make a tackle. Make a tackle. You've got the quarterback, you've got Herbert in your hands. Jalen Phillips, you're the king of almost.

[Greg Cody]

It starts before they miss that tackle. It starts before Jalen Phillips missed the sack. It starts before the pass to McConkey. It starts with the special teams allowing a long kickoff return. Okay, here you're facing a Chargers place kicker who's got all kind of length on his game. He can kick a 60 yard field goal and you're giving up a kickoff return past the 40 yard line. They did everything wrong. The special teams lost that game. The defense lost that game. Tua, I'm glad you mentioned that. Tua on what should have been the heroic game winning drive, did everything right. He was as good as I've seen him on that drive. He was 8 for 8, 8 for 8 for 57 yards. He gave them a lead with 46.

[Stugotz]

With a very limited offense against a very good defense. That was gutted. It was gassed.

[Greg Cody]

If the special teams and the defense finish that game, we're having a whole different conversation. About Tua right now. And he doesn't say what he says.

[Stugotz]

I'll go a step further, I'll go a step further than that. If the apocalypse that somehow never happens in that sport. And I don't get why this never happens. Dicker is insane. Okay. The stat that he's 100 from A. He has 100 of 106 and five of the misses are from 50 plus. That snap was terrible to win the game. Like terrible what the Holder did and I don't even know who the Holder is, was rescued the game. Like that's as bad a snap as you will ever see on and no one remembers it. And if that snap had been botched, none of this comes to the surface. We never see any of it. The game's over right there. And Tua did win the game.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. And he's the hero today. All of a sudden we're saying, you know what? 2 is 3 and 1 head to head now with. With Justin Herbert who is better.

[Stugotz]

And I don't know how that holder got it down.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, it was. It was high and inside.

[Billy]

Well this is two weeks in a row the two has had a game winning drive that didn't actually win the game because then the defense came and immediately gave up the lead.

[Greg Cody]

Yes.

[Billy]

I also don't understand though like to his complaints in the thing. I don't know what a players only meeting would have done to like teach them to tackle on the last drive that would have won them that game.

[Dan Le Batard]

But it does sound like it speaks to a larger issue which was kind of hovering around this team over the off season which was reshaping the culture. Right now Tyree Kill is away from the team because he's injured. You still have this culture problem. I think you guys did a really great job at framing that. This is not all to his fault. To had some moments. That is a disastrous clip from your leader, from your quarterback. I don't know what's worse, the fact that he's putting that business out there or the fact that it actually happened. I don't know if that's. That feels like a last resort leadership. You guys snitch on people that way.

[Stugotz]

Oh but it's not even that though. Like this. This is the apocalypse. Right. They could have denied like Cody for four or five games. Oh well it was. We're still in it. It was almost against Carolina. You know we look good against the Jets. Whatever the arguments would be on behalf of the structure of this thing that is clearly dying. Right. Like we've Been saying for a month it's all over. This is the longest tenure a GM has ever had without a playoff game. Anyone. There's no playoff win. Without a playoff win. There's not. There's not a GM in the league who has had more time and done less with playoff victories than Chris Greer. So worst in the league. When you're talking about spending like $900 million, $900 million in free agents, what is it? 21 first and second round picks and what you have to show for it. A player like Jalen Phillips could have won the game for you. And now the Flames are climbing so high on everyone that Tua got his money, but he's got no protection on his career anymore. Like, these two people are clearly gone. And he gave you the game winning drive. Like, we don't have a lot of those to remember. We don't have any against winning teams. Like, the reason this thing is broken. They can't beat anyone good. They're like 1 in 15 the last 16 games against teams with a winning record.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. I think the exact stat is he's now 3:16 on a 3:16 skid against teams.

[Stugotz]

That's not a skid. That's a. That's a resume.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, that's. That's who you are. That's not even a trend. That's who you are.

[Stugotz]

That is not a skid. You can't beat good teams at the end. We know we're getting that interception and we know to fear Herbert those last 50 seconds. We know to fear Herbert those last 50 seconds. Why do we know that he doesn't. He doesn't have a bunch of playoff victories.

[Greg Cody]

He's got none.

[Chris]

I would argue we don't know we're getting that interception at the end. I have never seen the play where there's no timeouts left and you have to go the full length of the field to get a touchdown. Usually you just throw it and then it's just a bunch of laterals.

[Stugotz]

He intercepted the pat.

[Chris]

The easy pass. I've never seen that pass intercepted before.

[Dan Le Batard]

The defense usually gets scenes. All right, there's got to be some silliness here.

[Chris]

There's just one linebacker there. Like, I'm going to go stand near the guy they're going to throw to and he just throws it right to the linebacker.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. We're going to establish that you can catch this easy one and then you do your circus play down the field. I. That's a great point by Chris.

[Stugotz]

I've never seen that.

[Dan Le Batard]

You never see that the Charger, the prevent pick, you don't see it, but.

[Stugotz]

The Chargers did go to the huddle before that play and they just all go hi Jinx. Right? Like do the thing.

[Chris]

And the one guy's like I'm going to go cover the guy. Don't worry about me. And then he almost picked six.

[Stugotz]

Six.

[Dan Le Batard]

Don't over pursue.

[Tony]

In Tua's meager defense, how many of.

[Dan Le Batard]

A lot of meager Tua defense.

[Tony]

Okay, this is a meager one of those. One in 16 against winning teams. How many game winning drives has he almost had?

[Chris]

Right?

[Tony]

Because it feels like there's been a lot of almost game winning drives. He leads the league in almost game winning drive. And then the defense lets it up and you're like oh, Tua had the moment. He has seven of those and then it's just not there.

[Stugotz]

I love Jalen Phillips. I love his story. He's such a nice man. How do you miss that right now in sp to me locally, he's almost. He's almost. He's almost gotten 14 sacks this year. He's almost as caused a gain of.

[Chris]

40 yards right there.

[Stugotz]

The only problem with that is that I don't think that people realize that Justin Herbert is kind of bigger.

[Tony]

He's a gigantic almost bigger than Jalen Phillips.

[Dan Le Batard]

Justin Herbert is.

[Stugotz]

I don't think people know that. I don't think. I think they just. I think they just see Jalen Phillips missed tackling. They don't understand that Herbert's bigger than Jalen Phillips. Isn't Herbert like 66260.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's a giant person to a.

[Mike]

Has never 245 and will never make that play. Right like that. It's that simple, right? The entire conversation can be distilled down to this which is that Justin Herbert is physically capable and mentally capable of switching hands with that football, avoiding the sack, making the throw. That leads to the huge gain to.

[Chris]

Win to a guy named Lad Monkey.

[Mike]

And we can say all we want, he's good.

[Dan Le Batard]

That guy's got a shot.

[Chris]

He's really good.

[Dan Le Batard]

He shouldn't be that he's got shot at.

[Chris]

White shouldn't have that name.

[Stugotz]

He shouldn't. He shouldn't be good with that name. Put it on the poll at Le Batar show. In games of violence, do you ever fear someone named Lad McConkey?

[Dan Le Batard]

How is a Lad McConkey fast?

[Greg Cody]

He should be the mayor of Key West.

[Stugotz]

That's. That's enough. Put it on the poll at levitate show. Should lad McConkey be the name of the mayor of Key West. It doesn't make sense. I mean it. They target him 10 times a game. Like, I'd prefer to throw the ball to Keenan Allen, but it's because. Oh, you guys do realize how insane that juke was, right? You guys. You guys realize that there aren't that many players in the league who can actually blake break free in the open field when all the DBs in that huddle have been told, hey, hijinks.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, prevent pick. You never see it. I want to talk about Stephen react Steven Ross's reaction on the field because he knows that the cameras are fixated on him and he almost played up his. His frustration there. The guy went down on the field to celebrate a season saving victory and it all unfolded in front of his eyes the way that most people at home thought it would. Most Dolphin fans in that stadium, I kind of felt like knew that was going to happen. And he was visibly frustrated. This image captures it. But after he walked off, he was playing up the fact that he was really pissed off.

[Stugotz]

Guys, just so you understand that these are human beings, no matter how rich they are. This is the end of the end of his life and career in business and sports. Like he's. His window is what Jerry Jones's window is. And he does care about winning. He doesn't want to be this 25 year embarrassment. I replaced Robbie Huizenga Shula, and this is an unholy mess on my watch. I'm making tons and tons of money. It's been a great business deal, but most people think I don't care, don't know what I'm doing. I always hire clowns. They always embarrass me. That yesterday in every way was an apocalypse that comes after the four before it. For people who care, don't want to be embarrassment. Mike McDaniel will rebound somewhere as an offensive coordinator, but he doesn't want to be known as somebody who can't handle this job. Tua doesn't want to be known as someone who was gifted $250 million by a coach who made him a marionette who can play and lead the league in passing. Back when we believed the Dolphins were good. Now the whole thing is falling apart, like, in a way that's super obvious and super embarrassing. And your quarterback in the press conference says, not me. It's leadership. Like that can mean anything.

[Dan Le Batard]

While he's one of the leaders.

[Stugotz]

No, but it's not. He's one of the leaders. Like, you can't say it's a players only meeting and it's leadership. And when you said leadership the first time, we thought you were going to take out your coach.

[Dan Le Batard]

Leaders don't look around for other leaders. Yeah, he's not, he's, he's not the leader that the team named him to be. If he is around a microphone openly questioning leadership.

[Billy]

Team's missing Tyreek Hill. When he was a captain, a lot of this stuff wasn't going on, to be honest. That's why we said before, hey, if he was a real leader, he wouldn't be a captain this year. And look, not a captain. And as soon as he's out of there, everything seems to be falling apart.

[Greg Cody]

I think I'm the only one here apparently who does not blame and in fact credits Tua for speaking out like he did. It was the frustration speaking. If his team doesn't blow that that win that he had earned with an 8 for 8 drive. He's not saying any of that in the post game. That was frustration speaking. And if he's right, if there were teammates who were late for the players only meeting and just blew it off and missed that meeting, why shouldn't they be called out? Why shouldn't the player who missed that meeting be angry right now because he's looking in the mirror going, you're right, I did miss that meeting. Should have been there.

[Billy]

But do you think that now those players after Tua has publicly called them out are like, you know what, I need to prove something to Tua because like, like Tua took out both the leadership. So we're thinking maybe coaching staff, maybe, you know, front office, whatever. He took out them and he took out the players. So he's really kind of taking everyone out but himself when he's having that conversation. And you're saying had they not blown that lead, he probably wouldn't have said that? Yeah, he probably wouldn't have. Which is why it looks even more like an excuse.

[Greg Cody]

It's desperation. That's all it is. They're one in five. They're going nowhere. They just had a heartbreaking. Think of the last two games. They blow a 17 to nothing lead.

[Dan Le Batard]

Against bad Carolina, who Dan ended their season after a victory.

[Stugotz]

It's still over.

[Dan Le Batard]

Even though they had back to back, it's still over.

[Stugotz]

Did you see what Baker did? They can't win that division. There's not a circumstance under which they'll win that division. If they don't win that division, they're season two.

[Dan Le Batard]

Rattler looks good too.

[Billy]

And on the tour Front, too. Like, I mean, not that anyone would, because they're all professionals, but, like, once you start calling out your teammates, and all of a sudden I miss a block. You know what I mean? And then, like, he could easily get drilled. Pisses off the wrong person, and then we're back in concussion territory. Like, I don't really understand what he gains from what he did.

[Amin]

What's up, guys? It's Amin. And those of you that listen to the show religiously know that I always talk about. I'm not going to movie theaters anymore. There's nothing that can get me to the movie theaters. Just let me know when it comes out on streaming. Well, turns out I'm a big fat liar, because one of the things that I watched in the movie theater this summer, just a couple of months ago, was the Naked Gun, and I laughed my ass off. I enjoyed it so much, being there in a movie theater full of people, everybody laughing, the communal experience. But now it's on Paramount plus, and I get to do it all over again from the comfort of my home. I'm gonna grab my family. We're gonna gather around. We're gonna watch it. That's what you should do. You should grab your friends or your family. Watch the Naked Gun. It's hilarious. Liam Neeson kills it as Frank Reben Jr. Yes. Frank Drevin Jr. They're continuing the legacy. There are a lot of little callbacks and Easter eggs from the old Naked Gun movies. This one right here captures that spirit, captures that comedy. And why wouldn't it? It's Produced by Seth MacFarlane. You know how much I love Family Guy and American Dad. He's a producer. The director was Akiva Schaefer. You know him from snl. He directed Pop Star Never Stop Popping. He's hilarious. You got Pam Anderson in it. You got my man Danny Houston, AKA I'm surprised. Oh, my God. You have to go catch this movie on Paramount. And why wouldn't you? Who doesn't like to laugh? It's fun times in your household. Tonight, Paramount plus the Naked Gun.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hey, Jeremy, old buddy, old pal.

[Stugotz]

Hey, Mike.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike]

That's right.

[Dan Le Batard]

A great partner of our show for practically its entire existence.

[Mike]

It's been a partner of this show since I was 10 years old, and.

[Dan Le Batard]

It'S been around for 50 years, and they've been a part of our show for almost 20. We're approaching incredible partner status with Miller Lite.

[Mike]

I mean, to think that people were celebrating at my bar mitzvah with Miller Lite as they were a partner of this show is pretty incredible.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Greg Cody]

What's that?

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike]

I still can't believe that we say it every week. I can't believe it.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugotz]

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[Billy]

It one step further.

[Stugotz]

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

[Chris]

You're getting sexier by the moment.

[Stugotz]

Slow down. We haven't even gotten St. Jason Sanders. You're unnoticed.

[Chris]

Wow.

[Stugotz]

Oh, my God.

[Billy]

What?

[Dan Le Batard]

In spite of him.

[Stugotz]

Oh, wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

I love you, Duke.

[Stugotz]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stuga. If I can, what I would say to you is when you're asking a leader to be a leader in the hardest of positions, which is it's everyone for themselves now, who's to blame for this? Everyone's going, everyone's embarrassed, everyone's laughing at us. Who's to blame? Generally in these spots, the quarterback just eats it, toughs his way through the headlines of I'll lie to your face. My protection has to be of my place. But this is why this is happening. I'm just going to read this to you because these are stats for why all of this is happening. The Dolphins are now 1:15 in their last 16 games against teams with winning records. Mike McDaniel is 11 and 18 in his past 29 games. Two are, like Billy said, 6, 17 all time. In the 23 games against teams with winning records. The Dolphins haven't topped 30 points in any of their paths. 13 Tua games against winning teams. They're 2 and 11 in those games. So that's one set of stats. Now here's the other. The Dolphins were 19 and five coming into the season when scoring three touchdowns in the McDaniel era. They're now one and four this season when scoring three touchdowns. They need to score four touchdowns a game and be the best team of all time to beat Lamar Jackson in Baltimore and win a game on a miracle. Because unless they have the best offense in the league. League, the whole thing is broken. Like none of it works. You don't have value at quarterback anymore. You don't have the fast wide receiver anymore. You're going to use up waddle and whatever's left of Waller. So the whole thing's broken. If you're not a perfect offense, it's because the defense will allow any running back in the world to have 200 yards. Like any running back in the world you can put back there. I bet on the wrong one yesterday, knowing the Chargers were going to have 200 yards. I thought Haddock was the starter. I didn't know. Whatever.

[Mike]

Looking at TUA as the leader, it's crazy to think that ultimately he just said a couple of weeks ago that he drinks water to prevent concussions. And that's the third worst thing that he said in the last two weeks. But speaking of bad things said Chris, we have anything with Dan on the Chiefs?

[Stugotz]

They have ruined the entertainment value of Patrick Mahomes. Ruined it. But he is a dink and dunk quarterback. I'm watching a quarterback who looks like all the other quarterbacks. That team's dead. Wow.

[Greg Cody]

Back to life. Back to life.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stop from that.

[Billy]

You're going to force this car on Nick Wright that he doesn't even know that he's winning. Which wasn't the bet. And I'm hilarious. Actually I'm wondering what it's going to cost Nick Wright to pay for parking.

[Stugotz]

For that car in New York for the entire great joke. That's why I want to give him the car without the transmission. The bet was a white Corvette. That was. Was the bet.

[Jeremy]

No.

[Dan Le Batard]

Factually inaccurate. No, no.

[Chris]

We agreed to that after he left but said at the same show. I'm with you, Dan.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, we can. That's funny. Just between us. So you know you're changing the bet.

[Stugotz]

But I'm. I'm unlikely. I'm unlikely to save money here. Like shipping a white Corvette to him if it's Greg Cody's, which I thought was the bet. No.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean I would be so pissed if I were Nick Wright. So pissed. Because I have five grand coming my way. Not a car that becomes a problem.

[Chris]

He'll get the joke. I think he'll laugh.

[Stugotz]

It's a great joke.

[Greg Cody]

It's a great joke.

[Stugotz]

And it'll cost me more than $5,000 to send the car without a transmission to ship it to him from. Where was it? I gotta found it in Ohio. Billy. Where'd you find it?

[Billy]

Illinois, I believe.

[Stugotz]

That's not gonna be cheap. That's all gonna be worth more than $5,000.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm sure when he hears that it'll be like okay then, then, then that's fine. It does cost him more than 5,000.

[Stugotz]

I'm giving him more value than $5,000 to get that sentimental white Corvette Because Cody and Cody's means so much to him.

[Greg Cody]

You're to find my.

[Billy]

It wasn't even sentimental to Greg.

[Dan Le Batard]

He hated it. This is sentimental value to this.

[Chris]

This is good PR though. Alpha announcing I'll be like. Cody sends Nick Wright a white Corvette.

[Stugotz]

The reason. It's the reason everything in my head. You guys experienced a different thing than.

[Dan Le Batard]

I did with that common theme from this segment.

[Stugotz]

I asked Nick Wright something about why he's such a Good gift giver. And he said he had gotten his father for his 75th birthday a beautiful old car that had all the thoughtful details in it. And then we started talking about Greg and white Corvette. And that's how we landed on Nick Wright's coming on. What's the bet on the game? A white Corvette that we didn't think we could get. And then he's like, well, then just make it $5,000 if you're bored and have no creativity.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I don't think that's how.

[Stugotz]

That's how I remember.

[Dan Le Batard]

He remembers it.

[Chris]

It was like, let's get some action. And you're like, I'll do some action. He's like, five grand. And then you were just like, fine.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, I'll give you points.

[Stugotz]

Where'd the white Corvette. I'll give you points. So the white.

[Dan Le Batard]

The white Corvette came up after where we're like, hey, that would be a really funny joke. Too bad he didn't agree to that.

[Billy]

The white Corvette came up before. Because Greg was complaining before the show about the white Corvette. Then we were trying to get started.

[Stugotz]

The segment started with him deciding that we should start the segment talking about whether or not he chose. I had the clumsy beginning where I'm telling him, what are you first? An old timey radio guy. Right. And so I was asking him to make a content decision on should we go to Orlean on a bad line? And he said, yes, talk about this white Corvette. And so in my head, I thought we were betting a white Corvette. That's why I was asking early in this week. And what's the VIN number? Number on your. The old car so I can get him that white Corvette.

[Greg Cody]

She didn't tell me that. When are you calling my wife about a VIN number? How does that work?

[Billy]

What else are you talking about?

[Greg Cody]

Seriously?

[Stugotz]

I asked your son as well. I'm trying to get. I know nothing. I woke up. I woke up this morning knowing. Grateful for a brawl that distracted people and knowing I owed. I hated this, that I owed Nick Wright $5,000. And the way I'm going to pay it is with a white Corvette, whether he wants it or not. And I hope it doesn't have a transmission because I could say I could pay my. I could say legally, rationally that I paid my debt.

[Greg Cody]

I don't know about that. I think when you bet somebody $5,000, it's pretty much a cash bet.

[Chris]

What's pretty much mean? And Dan's taking that pretty much. He's taking that little leeway that's it.

[Stugotz]

To send him something that's going to cost me more than $5,000.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nice rationalization there.

[Billy]

What year would you guesstimate your Corvette was the white one?

[Chris]

I asked my mom this. I believe she was a little unsure, but it was either 98 or 99.

[Stugotz]

Earlene said we were looking for a 2000 VIN number and that she. We're still looking for it because that is the sentimental Corvette. I will tell take and send him if I can. But if I can't, then I'll be obligated to just send him the bad one because it's the only one I've got left.

[Greg Cody]

You know what else you could do is send him $5,000 in pennies.

[Billy]

The only person.

[Tony]

That's funny. That's funny.

[Billy]

The only person who may have sentiment about this Corvette is the current owner of said Corvette because Greg didn't have sentiment towards it. It means absolutely nothing to Nick Wright. You seem to really have some sentiments about this Corvette.

[Amin]

For whatever reason.

[Stugotz]

It's a good gift. It's a good gift. You can't dispute that it's a good.

[Chris]

The audience would like it.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, I should have appreciated it more than I did.

[Stugotz]

Well, but. And. And we could go double or nothing here with a number of really high for two Corvettes we could keep. We can make this bet be more and more d dangerous all the way up until the super bowl, where I will continue to question whether Patrick Mahomes can be the offense he was with Tyreek Hill. That team's dead. You guys. You guys like the last two games. And I'd understand why it is. You would say it's more representative of what this Chiefs team is than the last 18 games of Dink and dunk that they gave us. But when they get hurt again, inevitably, because that sport hurts.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is spectacular from you, man.

[Chris]

Man, I'm gonna win the rare denial and doubling down.

[Stugotz]

I'm gonna win the bet because I'm.

[Dan Le Batard]

Not banking on injuries.

[Stugotz]

Look, I saw the.

[Dan Le Batard]

To prove our point, by the way, which was always. It's the injuries.

[Stugotz]

I saw the packers offense look awfully good against that Detroit team on the road.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean.

[Stugotz]

The Detroit team on the road.

[Greg Cody]

Okay.

[Stugotz]

I'm gonna end up being right here.

[Dan Le Batard]

They're gonna get hurt again about proving.

[Stugotz]

You'Re gonna be right.

[Mike]

Which bre.

[Billy]

The Packers.

[Chris]

What do the packers have to do with it?

[Stugotz]

You said. You didn't say it. Now you're going to be right.

[Billy]

The cheapest Corvette I see from the year 2000 is $13,000. So this, this fun game of yours is getting more pricey.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's right, Dan. I found a lot of personal growth in admitting when I'm wrong.

[Billy]

No one does it more than Mike.

[Dan Le Batard]

No one.

[Stugotz]

I will not admit I'm wrong after two games.

[Greg Cody]

You know what you're doing? You're obsessing on the fact that they can't be the same offense they were when Tyreek was flying down the field in his prime.

[Stugotz]

They can't be the big play offense.

[Dan Le Batard]

You said they were dead.

[Greg Cody]

They also want to be a winning offense. They, since he left, they got a great coach. They got a really good underrated defense. They can win a Super bowl without Tyreek.

[Stugotz]

So that. So this. So this is what you guys are doing now? I just want to be clear on this.

[Dan Le Batard]

What are we doing?

[Stugotz]

Well, I want to be clear on this. I don't. I believe that if I take the field right now, I'm going to look really better than everyone in this room. Making the argument on behalf of this is.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Coming from the maker that changed a $5,000 bet to a white Corvette.

[Jeremy]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Go ahead and play with the rules in this 18 game stretch, by the way. Way they made it to a Super Bowl.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. Because they're really, really good at the precision of working around their limitations. They've had a great many limitations and twice they've gotten to the super bowl and had those limitations exposed. Once because the offensive line didn't work. I. You have not heard me say that Patrick Mahomes has been made a lesser quarterback by anything other than everything that's happened over the last eight years.

[Dan Le Batard]

I also heard you not agree with us, as we warned you, Dan, that's the issue. And you kept pushing and said, quote, this team is dead.

[Stugotz]

That team's dead. Yeah, that part hurts me. I meant the offense.

[Mike]

I also have details.

[Stugotz]

That's the point we were making.

[Greg Cody]

Our group in the other room, by.

[Mike]

The way, said that Dan and Nick agreed to a $5,000 bet. And then Dan said, want to throw in a Corvette? And then Nick just laughed in your face. So. No.

[Stugotz]

What do you mean? He laughed in my face? So he laughed.

[Mike]

And then Mike suggested a host swap. And neither of you agreed to that. So the only thing agreed on is $5,000.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, but the laughter is tacit approval.

[Chris]

I'm being told we have a one minute replay of it if we'd like to watch it and dissect it. All right, let's hit it.

[Stugotz]

Gotta go. On that note, you think a lot of people Think that right now. You think that a lot.

[Chris]

Two and a half point favorites, Dan. They're at home. They have the best player in the league.

[Jeremy]

I.

[Billy]

You know.

[Chris]

Right now, Dano. Right now, Dano.

[Greg Cody]

How about this?

[Chris]

Just Chiefs, Lions, straight up set the amount. I'm doing a little arbitrage with your friends at DraftKings.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'll.

[Chris]

I'll bet it on the other side. Plus the two and a half.

[Amin]

Half.

[Chris]

Look for a little juicy middle.

[Stugotz]

All right, let's.

[Greg Cody]

What do you want to do?

[Stugotz]

Let's do it right now. Tell me what the stakes are on this. Make the bet right now. Let's do it. Let's team up right here. We're going to tell me how I have to do that so that I can make the stakes something that's worth it to you. I believe that Detroit is going to beat Kansas City.

[Chris]

They're all putting up five.

[Greg Cody]

So five grand. Okay.

[Stugotz]

All right.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay.

[Chris]

Really?

[Stugotz]

Yes.

[Chris]

Five thousand. I get the Jeeps even.

[Billy]

It just.

[Greg Cody]

It just went.

[Chris]

Straight winner.

[Stugotz]

Yes.

[Chris]

Chiefs, Lions.

[Stugotz]

Yes. I'll give you the point points.

[Greg Cody]

No, no.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're such a bad negotiator.

[Billy]

What's going on?

[Greg Cody]

I don't get points.

[Chris]

They're the favorites. We're just doing straight winners.

[Greg Cody]

Straight winners. 5K.

[Stugotz]

Yes.

[Jeremy]

It's done.

[Stugotz]

You want to throw in a white Corvette? Yeah. I thought the white Corvette was the bet.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, I mean, I think he approved when he smiled.

[Chris]

I. I remember that being after he was gone, so.

[Stugotz]

But it can be 5, 000 and the white Corvette. I thought that that's the. I thought we were making the white Corvette bed.

[Chris]

I thought that's what we were doing is a laugh. Is accepting a bet.

[Billy]

So now you owe him a car and $5,000. It seems like that video.

[Mike]

Can we have bonuses instead?

[Dan Le Batard]

Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Cuervo, what are you doing here?

[Stugotz]

Cuervo? Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I do know that to be true. But even during ad reads like Cuervo, I think he could lay out especially for one of our great partners.

[Stugotz]

Sweet, delicious Cuerv.

[Dan Le Batard]

Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots. The same family, the same land, the same passion.

[Stugotz]

Cuervo.

[Dan Le Batard]

So enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuervo, Cuervo, the tequila that invented tequila. Proximo Cuervo.

[Billy]

Com.

[Dan Le Batard]

Please drink responsibly.

[Stugotz]

Cuervo.