Local Hour: Honolulu Izzy Covers a New Team

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz Episode: Local Hour: Honolulu Izzy Covers a New Team
Release Date: August 8, 2025

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1. NFL Season Opener: Miami Dolphins vs. Indianapolis Colts ([01:22] - [04:22])

Dan Le Batard launches the episode by discussing the Miami Dolphins' season opener against the Indianapolis Colts. He highlights the unexpected quarterback situation, noting that Anthony Richardson may be sidelined due to a finger injury, potentially opening the door for Danny Dimes to receive earlier playing time than anticipated.

Notable Quotes:

• Dan Le Batard ([03:07]): "Nothing says football is here quite like one leg pointing in one direction and a pinky pointing in another."
• Stugotz ([01:53]): "Anthony Richardson was a Gator, so you know, it's Florida."

2. Radio Station Transition: AM to FM ([02:33] - [03:10])

The hosts discuss the shift of David Sampson's "The Big Dog, Joe Rose" show from AM to FM radio. They express excitement over the improved broadcast quality and the expansion of the show's reach.

Notable Quotes:

• Stugotz ([03:07]): "You guys sounded so different on FM. It's like a whole different group of people."
• Dan Le Batard ([03:21]): "Game changer."

3. Choosing a New Team to Cover: The "Bucket of Death" Game ([10:00] - [27:05])

In a segment dedicated to selecting a new NFL team for Izzy to cover, the hosts engage in a playful yet strategic elimination game. They painstakingly exclude teams based on criteria such as current performance, popularity, and personal connections to avoid biases.

Elimination Criteria:

• Divisional Exclusions: AFC East teams like the Dolphins, Jets, Patriots, and Bills are eliminated to prevent conflicts of interest.
• Past Performance: Teams like the Chiefs, Chargers, Cowboys, and Steelers are also removed from contention.
• Other Factors: The Panthers, Saints, and Colts are excluded due to quarterback uncertainties and recent performances.

Notable Quotes:

• Stugotz ([12:14]): "It cannot be the Dolphins."
• Dan Le Batard ([13:15]): "The Saints and Steelers."

Despite meticulous elimination, the process faces delays and humorous setbacks, including miscommunications and technical difficulties with the selection wheel.

4. Finalizing Team Selection: Choosing the Detroit Lions ([27:05] - [38:46])

After considerable deliberation and comedic interruptions, the hosts settle on the Detroit Lions as the new team for Izzy to cover. They discuss the team's preseason schedule, key players like Keon Smith, and potential storylines for the upcoming NFL season.

Key Discussion Points:

• Preseason Strategy: Emphasis on attending training camps and preseason games to gather comprehensive coverage.
• Player Focus: Concerns about the offensive line, quarterback performance, and emerging talents like Patrick Paul.
• Coaching and Leadership: Debates about head coach Mike McDaniel and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa's leadership style.

Notable Quotes:

• Stugotz ([16:53]): "You got the Ravens, the Bengals, the Texans, the Raiders, the Broncos, the Giants..."
• Izzy Gutierrez ([38:46]): "I'm going to keep following Stetson Bennett at Georgia is a hell of a situation."

5. Quarterback Dynamics: Tua Tagovailoa vs. Zach Wilson ([38:46] - [42:34])

The discussion shifts to quarterback performances, specifically comparing the Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa with the potential rise of the Jacksonville Jaguars' Zach Wilson. They analyze coaching decisions, player health, and the strategic implications for the Dolphins' season.

Notable Quotes:

• Dan Le Batard ([40:09]): "Everybody's talking about Zach Wilson."
• Stugotz ([42:31]): "It's too much money to pay Zach Wilson to do anything."

6. Player Performance and Team Prospects: Patrick Paul and Jalen Waddle ([42:34] - [46:00])

The hosts evaluate individual player performances and their impact on team success. Patrick Paul is highlighted as a promising offensive tackle who could significantly bolster the Dolphins' line. Additionally, they debate the performance of wide receivers like Jalen Waddle and DJ Moore, assessing their contributions and future prospects.

Notable Quotes:

• Izzy Gutierrez ([39:23]): "Patrick Paul could be, quote, a Pro Bowler."
• Stugotz ([36:29]): "Jalen Waddle is polarizing. People think he's good, others don't."

7. Preseason Coverage Plans and Expectations ([46:00] - [51:00])

Concluding the main content, the hosts outline their plans for comprehensive preseason coverage of the Detroit Lions. They discuss attending games, monitoring player developments, and engaging with listeners for insights and feedback. The segment emphasizes the importance of detailed and unbiased reporting to provide valuable content for NFL fans.

Notable Quotes:

• Dan Le Batard ([49:25]): "You're going to have to be all over preseason week one for the Lions."
• Stugotz ([50:16]): "All right, that way. It's suspenseful."

8. Brief Recap and Closing Remarks ([51:00] - [52:00])

In their wrap-up, the hosts briefly revisit key points discussed and set expectations for upcoming episodes. They highlight the excitement surrounding the new team coverage and encourage listeners to stay tuned for in-depth analysis and exclusive interviews throughout the NFL season.

Notable Quotes:

• Dan Le Batard ([51:00]): "This is establishing the floor. Okay. Which you've done a very good job of. It's only up from here."
• Stugotz ([52:00]): "I'm a newbie right now. I'm just getting into this."

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Conclusion

In this episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, the hosts dive deep into NFL preseason dynamics, focusing on the Miami Dolphins' season opener and the strategic selection of a new team for Izzy to cover—ultimately choosing the Detroit Lions. Through engaging discussions, humorous banter, and insightful analysis, they set the stage for comprehensive coverage of the upcoming NFL season, promising listeners a wealth of sports commentary and insider perspectives.

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Note: Advertisements and non-content segments have been omitted to focus solely on the substantial discussions and insights shared during the episode.

Transcript

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[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast. He's gone. It's all right. You can stop complaining. Happy Friday, everybody. David Sampson's not here. Ah, I am. Izzy is. Tony's here.

[Stugotz]

I thought this was a really good day. I thought he was talking about somebody totally different, but no, we're just talking about in house. Gotcha.

[Dan Le Batard]

Jeremy's here. Roy's here. Chris Cody's here. Nothing says football is here quite like one leg pointing in one direction and a pinky pointing in another. Anthony Richardson not doing anything to dispel the narrative surrounding his health and fitness. And it looks like Danny Dimes may get some playing time earlier than we thought. I know it's weird for me to start a show that's based in Miami with Colts talk, but the Miami Dolphins opened the season with the Indianapolis Colts, and now you may have a different quarterback.

[Stugotz]

And Anthony Richardson was a Gator, so you know, it's Florida. Also, I loved the headline so much on ESPN's stack there where it said, anthony Richardson dislocates finger on big sack. And I was like, what? Do tell. First of all, I thought that ever happened to you. No, I didn't know you had bones down there.

[Tony]

You do have that bad finger though.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

It looks to get a lot of skin.

[Dan Le Batard]

Where'd you get that finger injury?

[Stugotz]

This happened just playing flag football. I don't even know if it even.

[Dan Le Batard]

Looks that getting a big sack.

[Stugotz]

It was on a flagpole of some sort because I just took off the my glove and it was just pointing sideways kind of like that. That's kind of gross.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

They're showing the picture Right now on our video screen. And I don't like it.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, so I've only seen the still, but I was listening to the Big Dog, Joe Rose, Today FM. Big news. We've. We've come right back around 90, guys. Yeah, trying again, Rip.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I drove in today. It was 45 minutes of Hollywood being like, hey, Joe, they can hear you in Naples.

[Dan Le Batard]

And he was like, it was great.

[Stugotz]

Good morning over there.

[Dan Le Batard]

It was great.

[Tony]

So now they're on 104.

[Dan Le Batard]

3.

[Tony]

The shark, but not the shark.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's right, it's QAM. You remember when they took us off the Shark and they didn't tell us as a legacy show, that helped keep the station alive. But now it's QAM, but it's on 104. 3.

[Stugotz]

You guys sounded so different on FM. It's like a whole different group of people.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

That's how I felt about the Big Dog this morning.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, well, it was great to hear an AM lifer explain in the year 2025. Guys, this FM signal, game changer.

[Tony]

Crystal clear.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Hey, Joe, they hear you in Vero Beach.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hey, how you doing up there? Vero Beach. I gotta tell you, this is nutty. I loved every single second of it. But Big Dog told me that Anthony Richardson, that hit came from the front. You gotta see that. You gotta. You gotta be better than that kid. This didn't come from the side. It came from the front. Now, I didn't see the play, but I trust the Big Dog with my life. So it looks like Danny Dimes is going to get some earlier playing time than. Well, I mean, let's be real. We all thought he was going to get really playing time.

[Jeremy]

Well, that was my first thought, was immediately thinking, hey, Tony, told you, you can go and bet on Daniel Jones for mvp. It's. It's almost a sure thing the way that he was talking about it. And hey, before the season, like, plus 20,000 starts.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. You know, QB1 reps. What's the first step, though? Very true. Him being out of the way.

[Stugotz]

Right.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay. I also put a little quit on Teddy Bridgewater. Saw that he signed with the Bucks, and he might just be two injuries away from getting an mvp.

[Stugotz]

Hang on a second, hang on a second. Because if the, like, if Daniel Jones wins the MVP this season, Tony has now taken over Amin's spot as greatest prediction in the show. Because if we remember, he had the Geno Smith saying almost specifically giving him exact numbers for the season. And everybody's like, well, that's crazy. And he almost hit Those numbers to the. To the number. And now we've got Daniel Jones as an mvp, and it's starting.

[Tony]

It's starting.

[Stugotz]

The first.

[Tony]

The first step is Anthony Richardson out of the way. All of a sudden, Daniel Jones comes in, starts looking good, starts building a little bit of momentum. All of a sudden, Shane Steichen and them boys start putting some wins together. Danny Dimes. The reason why.

[Dan Le Batard]

All of a sudden.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

These are my favorite kind of preseason prop bets, though. Like, I'm down to go around the room. Like, 20,000 has this type of prop bet for me. Give me something.

[Dan Le Batard]

Did you not listen to what he just said?

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Did you not listen to what he said?

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Didn't you say Chop Robinson might lead the league in sacks?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, I. Well, like Cleveland Analytics. Yeah. He. He's big on Chop Robinson, and he's like this.

[Tony]

How about Tony Analytics?

[Dan Le Batard]

Did you hear what you did? You could. It could apply to literally anyone in the league. You know?

[Tony]

But the problem is the one that I started on has the momentum.

[Stugotz]

I'm so in on this. What happened when Saquon Barkley left the Giants? The dude turned into the greatest running back in the NFL. So now Danny Dimes gets his opportunity with the Colts. I don't know, man. Dude might be hurdling people ass first next year like that. That's the type of shit that might happen. If Daniel Jones. If he's gonna be mvp, he's got to do some crazy stuff.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right. Let me. Let me tell you what you did, Tony. This is like a word for word reenactment to the best of my ability. Baker Mayfield. Undersized. Could get hurt. Kyle Trask. We don't know too much about him.

[Stugotz]

Gator.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right? Unproven commodity in the NFL. Boom. All of a sudden. Teddy Bridgewater. Veteran presence with a talented team around him. They make a deep run.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. Teddy Bridgewater. Legend.

[Dan Le Batard]

I. I literally forgot that. Oh. Todd. Bulls and them boys. That's the other part that I need to add there. Todd Bowles and them boys. There you go. Mvp. You could literally do that about anybody. It's quite the leap.

[Tony]

Yeah. The thing is, Baker's not hurt. Anthony Richardson is for an indefinite amount of time. So, like, you're theoretical. Yes, for sure. That could possibly one day maybe happen.

[Dan Le Batard]

Have you.

[Tony]

But baked into mine started yesterday.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right? But baked into this whole premise is that it's Daniel Jones still.

[Tony]

Again, you never know.

[Stugotz]

But it's also the New York Giants. I think that's what we're missing out on. Brian Gabal and Those boys are terrible. And so anything that they do in New York could just be, you know, smoke and mirrors. It could be when they go somewhere else. They're absolutely fantastic. And didn't they already announce that there was going to be a quarterback competition in Indianapolis before they even signed Daniel Jones, which is telling you that even if Anthony Richardson was healthy, Daniel Jones could have taken over that job.

[Dan Le Batard]

I like you breaking down the Indianapolis Colts. And this reminds me of something that we were chatting about before the show. You sounded like an authority right now on the New York Giants.

[Tony]

And the Colts.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, and the Colts. You know, you could. You could cover this league. Is he. Maybe you can cover that. You play flag football.

[Stugotz]

Just start like one team at a time. But this is. This is exactly. So it actually happened with Joe Rose. Maybe he's just like the through line.

[Dan Le Batard]

We were all listening to the big dog because free base in the big dog today.

[Stugotz]

100%. He was struggling a little bit. He was clearing his throat a lot.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

But at Tequila last night.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

He admitted that.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

He had a corporate sponsored event. A lot of Dolphin fans are how the leading streak. Yeah.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I had to sneak out of there though. You know, I got to be up early.

[Stugotz]

But one of the subjects there was who's going to finish in second in the AFC East. And it made me so sad slash angry to think that we've already cycled through to where the New England Patriots might be better than the Dolphins again. Love the pass. Super exciting. Like they're the quarterback, they've got the new coach and it's just like, wow, they might be something. And already on the side of the road is the bleeping Dolphins. And. And the main storyline is will Tyreek Hill be on the team after the trade deadline? And I hate that shit. It just makes me. It's the opposite of what you should be in preseason football was have some sort of hope. So what I wanted to do. You've done this in the past a little bit when you switched off of the Browns. Right. But you didn't really pick one team.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I. I lean the shield. I. I picked the shield. I loved my free agency year and I tore the league's friendly facilities and I got to enjoy game day experiences. I got to see Patrick Mahomes versus Tom Brady. I got to see Aaron Rodgers versus Josh Allen.

[Stugotz]

This was right money, by the way.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, game time.

[Stugotz]

Oh, that's right.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Unless they're not. Are they on hiatus still? Game time. Still. Do you still the industry leader, Chris.

[Stugotz]

Did it also yeah, right. Sort of.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Yeah. The Chargers. I switched.

[Dan Le Batard]

I have kind of settled, though. I'm a Bucs guy because of Baker. I like the Bills, too. There's also, like a weird kinship between Browns fans and Bills fans because when the Browns first left the NFL, the Bills welcomed displaced Browns fans into Ralph Wilson Stadium. Yeah. And they always treated the Browns fans as like, you know, they commiserate over their bad football team. So there was always something kind of there. And I really enjoyed my time there in Buffalo. And now my algo is already cooked. I got all sorts of Cameron Ward.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Tony]

Propaganda.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. I mean, he's got to be good.

[Stugotz]

When Chris did it, he basically just took the Chargers. Right. Was there a reason for it?

[Izzy Gutierrez]

It was because the two Justin Herbert thing, I was like, I want that quarterback. And then as soon as I did that, the Dolphins got really good. So maybe this might work for you.

[Stugotz]

Well, I. I'm going to do it a little bit differently. Right. I'm not picking a team to just flat out be a fan of because that's going to be hard. Like, if the Dolphins surprise me and are good, then I have to have, like, full fandom for two different teams. That's not the way I want to do it. I want to do it where I'm just diving into this team almost as if I was covering it. Like, I'm going to get subscriptions to whatever local newspapers there are. And anywhere in the world.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're going to do radio hits.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, anywhere in the world. If you want to talk about X team, you're going to think about at least giving me a call because I'm going to have, like, pro football rankings of every pro football Focus. Focus.

[Dan Le Batard]

You got to put it in your bio, too.

[Stugotz]

Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Covers at. You know, I might even NFL team here.

[Stugotz]

I might even reactivate. Reactivate my X account and just change my bio.

[Tony]

Is he back on X?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Your X account is just solely devoted to this team that you are covering.

[Stugotz]

Exactly.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

It's a fan account, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, no, no, we're reporter account. He's got Bonafides fan. No, he's got bonafides. Don't do this.

[Tony]

Oh, wow. Guys, the NFL news. It never stops. According to Jordan Schultz, Colts QB Anthony Richardson, who was declared out last night with a finger injury, had X rays come back clean and will be back on the practice field. How could be clean in the coming days?

[Stugotz]

I'll tell you, Danny. Clean dislocation. Put that photo. It's not a break. And you just sort of pop it right back in and splint it and let the ligaments strengthen up and everything. That's the best news.

[Tony]

You know what they say, you don't lose until you sell. We're still holding tight on those Danny Dimes MVP odds. We'll see you on later in the season.

[Dan Le Batard]

Big Dog was right. This hit did come straight on. He's got to see that he's a righty.

[Stugotz]

And don't protect yourself with your right hand.

[Dan Le Batard]

Also don't poo poo. Izzy Gutierrez. Just activating an X account to cover one team. Pat McAfee show as a Steelers guy that it's at practice. This is. The template's already been set.

[Stugotz]

Now I'm not sure how many of those whatever six figure followers are going to, you know, unfollow me immediately when I pick my team. But. But there's also right there, there's like, I can't just pick any team. So we have to do sort of a little bit of an elimination game. Do we want to do that like now and talk about which teams are going to be eliminated?

[Dan Le Batard]

Exciting. Establish your criteria.

[Stugotz]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

Because it can't be the Dolphins.

[Stugotz]

It cannot be the Dolphins.

[Dan Le Batard]

But we are going to randomly draw this team. So we have to. If we, if we're going to have a potential of teams, we got to eliminate the Dolphins because that wouldn't be fun.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Let's give them the Jets.

[Stugotz]

Well, here I'll eliminate the entire division. No AFC east, because. And here's the. Here's the issue. If I am a fan of the Dolphins. Have been my whole life. No matter. It sneaks up on me when they're good. No matter how much I talk about not liking them. I can't be the Dolphins guy and I can't be the reporter of the guy. The Dolphins play twice a year and.

[Dan Le Batard]

Chris is our Dolphins guy.

[Stugotz]

Right, right. Of course. Nobody that was in the super bowl last year. Too big of a team.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

You don't want to be in the front. Right. No Chiefs, no other teams from Florida.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

You sound like me when I picked a Premier League team and this did not work well for me.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hey, hey, let my boy cook. Because we got a Bucs guy on this show, too.

[Stugotz]

No other team, no Jags.

[Dan Le Batard]

And Tony's a Jags guy.

[Stugotz]

Okay, there you go.

[Tony]

I'm a shield guy. But yeah, Jags are back in a big way.

[Stugotz]

Backup reasons, but also just because it's too close. It's too close to Miami. I want to sort of spread my wings.

[Dan Le Batard]

Fair enough.

[Stugotz]

Move around. No Browns, no Chargers already did those.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

Okay. No team that's too newsy. Slash. No Aaron Rodgers. All right, so that eliminates the Cowboys.

[Dan Le Batard]

Cowboys and Steelers.

[Stugotz]

And Steelers. All right, and then the last one. Not the worst.

[Dan Le Batard]

You don't want to cover a bad.

[Stugotz]

I just don't want to cover the worst because nobody's ever going to call me.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I have the team.

[Stugotz]

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

[Dan Le Batard]

Who do you think is going to be bad?

[Stugotz]

Are you saying.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I have a team that I think fits all these criteria? Like, it's a perfect team.

[Stugotz]

Okay, but we're going to do it randomly, though.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, we got to. Randomly.

[Tony]

I've got the wheel ready.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to hear your team. But also I want. This is subjective. There have been plenty of teams in NFL history that people assume are going to be bad. The Saints are one of those teams that everyone assumes is going to be bad.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

This is the team I would want if I. If I was doing the bid again of leaving the Dolphins, this is who I would choose.

[Stugotz]

I'll see if it's still on the list, which.

[Dan Le Batard]

We're the bad teams, according to Izzy.

[Stugotz]

To me, the three teams and one of them we already talked about, although he's going to be mvp, they might be good. The Colts, the Saints and the Panthers. And I know the Panthers ended last season strong, but I'm not going to be fooled by it. I've watched Young play too many times. He's too little. I'm not following.

[Tony]

Good takes. Good takes.

[Dan Le Batard]

My man started playing better. Better when he stopped looking so little. I'm not sure what happened there. Guy like, basically doubled in size. They played well.

[Tony]

And remember, size, not stature.

[Dan Le Batard]

And guys. One important thing that you need to know about the Carolina Panthers, if you're doing predictive analysis, who do they open the season with?

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I don't know.

[Stugotz]

See, I don't.

[Dan Le Batard]

They open the regular season with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In their history, they go to the super bowl every time they play. The Jacksonville Jaguars, week one.

[Stugotz]

Wow. I had to argue with 100%.

[Dan Le Batard]

That is 100% success rate. 100%.

[Tony]

Saints are going to be terrible, though.

[Stugotz]

But it's my team. It's my season of covering a team. I'm not picking the Panthers. I'm sorry. The Saints. Yes. And the Colts. Just because of quarterback uncertainty. They might have an mvp. They might have a terrible quarterback.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I'm confused. Why the team I'm about to say wasn't available. Which criteria? Like the Bengals. Why can't you pick?

[Stugotz]

They're very much.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

They're in contention I think you said three teams.

[Jeremy]

So you've eliminated the Colts, the Saints, the Panthers, the Jets, the Patriots, the Bills, the Steelers, and the Cowboys.

[Stugotz]

I'd rather just tell you the team that I still have alive.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right.

[Tony]

Easier way to do that.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Stugotz]

It leaves half the league. And I also eliminated the Titans because that's Mike's team. Like, it's just the Cam Ward thing. It's. It's too. Too much.

[Jeremy]

And we have a Bucks guy, so. The Bucks.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

Right, right, right. So I already limited the Florida team. That leaves me with you ready? 16 teams.

[Tony]

Guy's also the bucks guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm also the Bills guy. The Bills guy.

[Tony]

No, juju's the Bills guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, that's right. Well, we got split jersey, though.

[Tony]

He split jersey.

[Dan Le Batard]

Multiple Bills guys. Okay.

[Stugotz]

I mean, that's why they're called the Bills and not the Bill.

[Jeremy]

Bills, Bills, Bills.

[Stugotz]

The Ravens, the Bengals, the Texans, the Raiders, the Broncos, the Giants, the. The Commanders. The Bears, Packers, Vikings, Lions, Falcons, Seahawks, rams, cardinals, and 49.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

This is easier.

[Tony]

A lot of good teams there. A lot of good.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

The Lions, it's commanders, or Bengals.

[Stugotz]

That's it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Ooh. So not the Lions are.

[Stugotz]

I can have a favorite. Like, if I were to just choose one, probably be the Commanders. Wow. Because they're just. I mean, toward the end of last season, that's a team that I always wanted to tune into and got the.

[Tony]

Plus A Jaden Daniels.

[Stugotz]

But I wanted it to be random. I wanted it to be a team that I didn't already maybe have a connection to. And if it does end up being the Commanders, great. It's meant to be.

[Dan Le Batard]

Room for it to be San Francisco.

[Tony]

San Francisco is also going to be fun.

[Stugotz]

That one's tough. I don't want to.

[Tony]

I have the. I have the wheel if you want to spin it. Do you want to spin it now.

[Stugotz]

Or do you want to spin it later on?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, well, you did eliminate the Bills.

[Stugotz]

Let's. Let's spin it a little bit later.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

We could also put all the teams available in our bucket of death. And you pick.

[Stugotz]

You want to do it that way?

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I'm just saying we could.

[Stugotz]

Want to go old school or do we want to go computer generated?

[Dan Le Batard]

I do like analog.

[Tony]

I have the wheel, but do we.

[Stugotz]

Have all visual Isn't as great.

[Tony]

It isn't.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, let's get. Let's. Let's get the bucket.

[Stugotz]

Let's do it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Let's do the bucket.

[Stugotz]

Tony's got the list of teams. Just make sure those are the Only ones left. I swear, if the Big Apple went.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

In, I think Fuentes may have already.

[Stugotz]

Oh, wow. Not like Sony. Look at you, producer.

[Tony]

Come on.

[Jeremy]

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[Stugotz]

Boom.

[Jeremy]

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[Stugotz]

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[Izzy Gutierrez]

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[Stugotz]

EBGLIS Librekizumab LBKZ, a 250 milligram per.

[Tony]

2 milliliter injection, is a prescription medicine.

[Stugotz]

Used to treat adults and children 12.

[Tony]

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[Stugotz]

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[Tony]

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[Stugotz]

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[Stugotz]

Don Levitard Sugar daddies.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

These things, I'm telling you, love sugar daddies. I like stuck in your teeth. Like you can't chew them. They're, like, impossible to chew. They are impossible.

[Stugotz]

That is every day.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stugats. This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugach.

[Stugotz]

It is a big deal.

[Dan Le Batard]

There's six.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I mean, we're just trusting that Fuentes.

[Jeremy]

Could have all the right. Funny.

[Dan Le Batard]

He was motivated by the right things. Wizard of Oz helmet to get camera time. Appreciate it. Thank you for your service.

[Stugotz]

I think I trust Fuentes. Any Fuentes?

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm a little nervous.

[Tony]

Give a good rummage, Izzy. Give a good rummage.

[Stugotz]

City. That has four newspapers. Because that's gonna be.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do we want to play a game?

[Izzy Gutierrez]

You pick like, two, and you have.

[Stugotz]

To put one back.

[Tony]

Do we do like Bucket of Death?

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, yeah. You get some gas. Bucket of Death rolls to put it back.

[Stugotz]

All right, all right. That way. It's suspenseful. Here's the first one.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's a good one. You might be going to a Super Bowl. You got. Oh, wait, here's. Here's the cons, though. Let's talk this out. Bad ownership. How golden. That's. I rest my case.

[Stugotz]

Defense is bad.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Joe Burrow's hair.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's a good. No, that's a pro.

[Stugotz]

I get to look at Joe Burrow all year long.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

You know?

[Stugotz]

How long do I have to make this decision? What kind of clock am I on?

[Dan Le Batard]

This is end of the segment.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Dude, you put that back. You're getting the Broncos. Hope you know that.

[Tony]

Broncos are good.

[Dan Le Batard]

Broncos are a good team. Broncos are good team. That might be a wagon.

[Tony]

Broncos a good team.

[Dan Le Batard]

Might be a wagon.

[Tony]

Bo Nicks, turn the corner.

[Stugotz]

I'm putting it back.

[Jeremy]

And you get to Colorado.

[Stugotz]

I'll tell you why.

[Tony]

Oh, my God.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

They're really good.

[Stugotz]

They're not coming to me. They're just gonna talk about them all the time.

[Tony]

No, he's right. I get what he's saying. I get what he's saying.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know anybody else that's a Bengals guy.

[Stugotz]

Here's the thing.

[Tony]

Dan's gonna steamroll Izzy, and he's gonna be like, oh, we're gonna talk about the Bengals.

[Stugotz]

Right here. Yeah, right. I kind of. All right.

[Tony]

Give a good romance.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Still not following this.

[Stugotz]

Izzy wants to be the expert. With all due respect, Chris, you were lost at the very beginning.

[Dan Le Batard]

But he could pick the Ravens, and the same thing could be said. All right, here it is. You're stuck with this team to give.

[Stugotz]

Birth to this team. Right? It is contraction. That's not supposed to be in the building.

[Dan Le Batard]

That was a cold. That's too bad.

[Stugotz]

Now I don't trust you at all, Fuentes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Now Fuentes going to have to pick that off the floor to a team.

[Stugotz]

It's not even mine. How is that possible? All right, we're back.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

See if Fuentes screwed this up again.

[Stugotz]

Again. Oh, my God. Tony. Tony, you're hired. Can we get a gen.

[Tony]

He's such a.

[Dan Le Batard]

All the integrity of this game.

[Stugotz]

I've given birth to two teams now that are not mine. Okay, it's the Lions. Ah, I knew it's fun.

[Jeremy]

Get a good head coach, by the way.

[Stugotz]

Oh, man.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Before Fuentes screwed this up, I heard he was in the back saying, can you tell these talentless fools to use the bucke? And then he comes in here and screws it up.

[Stugotz]

Can I get fanfare? Oh, okay.

[Tony]

Do you want to hear what the.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wheel would have chosen? The stance.

[Stugotz]

Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Tony]

The 49ers.

[Stugotz]

Oh, I think I'm happier with the Lions.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Can't believe you put back the Bengals.

[Stugotz]

I know, man. That was tough. I think it's just going to be. I don't know. I think I was probably going to be like, hypnotized.

[Dan Le Batard]

Everyone's going to be alliance guy.

[Stugotz]

I think so.

[Tony]

They're on a down year this year. Remember, Ben Johnson's not there anymore. They got a new offensive scheme. Aaron Glenn's not there anymore.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Who is their offensive coordinator? Who replaced Ben Johnson?

[Stugotz]

Let's look. I'll look it up.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, yeah, I will be the expert.

[Stugotz]

Is he starting?

[Dan Le Batard]

Give him tomorrow. All right. How many lines can you name? Let's start. Let's see where you're starting and to see how, like. Because we need to chart your progress.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. And we need some, like, some storylines early on. Right. So offensive coordinator. Right. Obviously.

[Tony]

Defense, too.

[Stugotz]

Like the story of just their return. Right. That AFC Championship, NFC championship game loss, was it. I'm stuck. First round loss before that divisional loss.

[Dan Le Batard]

They did get hurt, but Aiden Hutchinson, I mean, but he's broke his leg. He's coming back, but he's back a depoy candidate for sure.

[Stugotz]

Easy. Not relatively easy. Injury to return from. Right. Didn't he just break his leg?

[Tony]

It wasn't like he was running like a couple months after.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, he's going to be all right.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. What else do we have? Is there going to be a decline in Jared Goff's play?

[Dan Le Batard]

Throws a lot of picks. In fact.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

You're asking us.

[Dan Le Batard]

I took a future on him to throw the most picks.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I'm just lost today.

[Dan Le Batard]

You want to get a guy like Goff to play that pro because his job security is pretty safe and he throws a lot of picks. And it's a unexpected pick because people have kind of settled in on Goff's all right. He's a good quarterback and that's a good team. So you go counterculture to. Why would a good team throw so many interceptions? So I think Jared Goff is a really good pick from the.

[Stugotz]

What do we think of St. Brown in general as a number one fun story? Strong. Number one.

[Dan Le Batard]

Very strong. Physically.

[Tony]

His dad, even stronger.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, they got a lot of weapons there. Man, this is fun.

[Tony]

Jameson Williams, breakout, Canada of the year. Maybe.

[Dan Le Batard]

You do appear to be a bandwagon jumper, though, because.

[Stugotz]

But we can always go back to the video. It was a complete random draw.

[Dan Le Batard]

So you are. You do get a sick uniform set.

[Stugotz]

I love it. I love the blue.

[Dan Le Batard]

The Hawaii blue. Honolulu blue. Honolulu. Honolulu.

[Tony]

Thai food.

[Stugotz]

Thai food.

[Dan Le Batard]

What are your biggest concerns entering the season, outside of the coordinators? Because that is the big storyline surrounding.

[Stugotz]

I'm going to guess, the offensive line. I feel like Jared Goff needs a good amount of time back there.

[Dan Le Batard]

They got a good offensive line, right? Penne Sewell and them boys.

[Stugotz]

Then they have a retirement. Tony, back me up.

[Tony]

Yeah. Frank Ragnow retired.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

They'll be all right.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Tony backed me up on this.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I'll wait for Izzy to tell me that, but we need to reshape your. Your ex count.

[Stugotz]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

Lions. Lions. Lions.

[Tony]

Honolulu Blue at Honolulu.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Izzy, your profile should be Lions, Tigers and Bees.

[Dan Le Batard]

Izzy.

[Tony]

Honolulu.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Just kidding. Just Lions.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't think anyone knows how to spell Honolulu.

[Tony]

Honolulu. It's very.

[Dan Le Batard]

Izzy. Lions. Is that available? Probably not.

[Stugotz]

Man, I love the Honolulu Blue, though. Like, that's. That was probably the best color choice for me. I don't love having to dissect that coach's.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, color scheme shouldn't really matter. You're not gonna get merch, right? You're not a fan.

[Tony]

You should get a couple shirts.

[Dan Le Batard]

You gotta uphold journalism here.

[Stugotz]

You're right. But if you. If you look at. It's going to be, you know, dressed in the color of the team that I'm covering.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, yeah, understood. But you can't buy merch or anything like that. You're not a fan. You have to, like, be impartial. We could probably get you a press credential.

[Stugotz]

Do they play anywhere near here?

[Tony]

I'll check the schedule.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're the expert.

[Stugotz]

No, I will be the expert. I am just a newbie right now. I'm just getting into this.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, this is establishing the floor. Okay. Which you've done a very good job of. It's only up from here.

[Stugotz]

You know what? The only thing I maybe could have eliminated the Lions because Jemele Hill might be the Lions person.

[Dan Le Batard]

She's a 40.9ers fan.

[Stugotz]

49Ers?

[Dan Le Batard]

Her husband's a Lion.

[Stugotz]

Her husband's a Lions guy. Okay, so we're good.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

All right.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm also a maintenance guy, apparently, according to Dan Lebatar.

[Tony]

Fumigator.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Fumigator.

[Jeremy]

Izzy, I think your best options are going to be at Washington in early November.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Oh, I thought that was, like, your handle. I'm like, that's the terrible.

[Stugotz]

No, no, no.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's got to be taken.

[Jeremy]

I'm trying to figure out how to get you to somewhere that's not.

[Stugotz]

I think I want to avoid D.C. particularly at night.

[Tony]

You've got Philly. You got Philly in mid November.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm pretty sure federal government's taking over. You're all right.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I'm pretty sure the Dolphins are heading there straigh after Chicago. The Dolphins have like a two week road trip. So you could head there next week and do a whole like preseason.

[Tony]

Dolphins are playing at Lions August 6th.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

And they're practicing there.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, full week of practice against the Lions after their Chicago. They're. The Dolphins are just touring.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

We're gonna send you up there. I just decided.

[Stugotz]

All right, that's a good way to get the background information in. Right. Because I have to establish myself. So if I show up to a game say in like late November, early December, then everybody in the press box.

[Jeremy]

Best game is October 12th at Kansas City. It's Sunday Night football.

[Stugotz]

Too soon, too early in the season that involves the Chiefs, which is, you know, six.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I love going out to practice. They give you the training camp roster and you're just like looking out at the practice.

[Jeremy]

Monday Night Football the following week, home against Tampa Bay.

[Stugotz]

Jeremy, give me a late season game for the Lions that doesn't currently seem like a banger, but that other team is going to be surprisingly good. And right now it's going to surprise teams or surprise people and be a really good game. Wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

October 5th, Lions at Bengals.

[Stugotz]

That's too early.

[Dan Le Batard]

What a storyline. No, no, the storylines there.

[Stugotz]

That's true.

[Dan Le Batard]

And you have Lions at Ravens two weeks prior to that.

[Jeremy]

But their early season schedule is. Is sexier in terms of the matchups. I would say December 14th.

[Tony]

Yeah, that's what I was looking at.

[Jeremy]

At Los Angeles Rams. Oh, you can go to LA. It's a 425 game on Fox.

[Stugotz]

There are fireworks in that game. Offensively, I think that's the game we got to lock that one in. December 14th.

[Jeremy]

So you're not going to cover them until week 15?

[Tony]

No. He's building up. He's building up.

[Stugotz]

According to Chris Meadowlark is already committed to sending me to Dolphins Lions in Detroit preseason next week.

[Dan Le Batard]

By the way, how do you feel about working on holidays?

[Stugotz]

Ooh, what holiday?

[Dan Le Batard]

Thanksgiving, famously.

[Stugotz]

I'm good.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right. By the way, your beat starts tonight. You got to be all over preseason week one for the Lions.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Who's starting?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. What can you tell me about the Atlanta Falcons?

[Stugotz]

Michael Penix.

[Dan Le Batard]

And then boys.

[Stugotz]

And then boys. Is he a Jr? Pennick Jr.

[Tony]

Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is he a junior? I thought he was a dash. Like a couple dashes.

[Tony]

Oh, no Dash.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Just.

[Dan Le Batard]

The other day someone Said Carl Anthony Towns. He swings a baseball wall. I'm like, he's a Dominican. What do you think? He's a Dominican athlete.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Good baseball player.

[Stugotz]

Except I'm terrible at baseball. Aw. I've played softball one time. I've told this story on the show before, but I've played softball one time in my life. I was, I want to say, 19, 20 years old in college, and they put me in left field because I looked athletic. Yeah, you do. And I. There was a fly ball and you.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Went in the glove up?

[Stugotz]

No, it just hit me in the chest. It just went straight beneath the glove.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

So the hand died.

[Tony]

What was the noise that came out when the softball hit you?

[Stugotz]

It probably like. And then I blew out my quad trying to beat out a single and it was gone for the rest of the year.

[Dan Le Batard]

I like that.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

In the meantime, are you feeling more.

[Stugotz]

Fulfilled now that you're back to work on August 15th?

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I need a vacation. See the movie that critics are saying is an awesome. Look at that crowd pleasing, fist pumping.

[Stugotz]

All out brawl of a film. Right about that. They're coming after our family.

[Dan Le Batard]

Go fix this.

[Stugotz]

Oh, my. Nobody 2, rated R. Holding in theaters.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

August 15th.

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[Stugotz]

Don LeBatard.

[Dan Le Batard]

Kiss me where you bruise me. Taste me on that fleshy part. Really?

[Stugotz]

Yeah, really.

[Dan Le Batard]

Taste me on that fleshy part. Taste me not touch me. Taste me on that fleshy part.

[Stugotz]

Wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow.

[Stugotz]

Bruce.

[Dan Le Batard]

Bruce is talking about the clitoris. I'm talking about the clitoris. Yes, I am. Now we're out here riffing and I'm going to try to find it if I can.

[Stugotz]

What wonderful rendition.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the D. Levitar show with the ST guys. So you got Atlanta Falcons, NFL preseason week One now your team has already played. So how much did you watch at the hall of fame game?

[Stugotz]

00% of the hall of Fame. I wasn't established on this, as we mentioned, until Joe Rose let me know just how sad this Dolphins season is going to be like if Tyreek Hill gets traded mid season. I think I'm taking like a five year break from the Dolphins. Like when I used to do Zaslow show weekly when he was on with Joy Taylor locally. Like that was the peak of when the Dolphins had just sucked all the fandom. For me, I was legitimately not a fan. And then, you know, Tyree Kill and Tua and all this stuff happened and they got me back. But if this year is a. Is just. If they don't finish second in the AFC east this year, five years vacation.

[Dan Le Batard]

How quickly can we onboard you as a, as a Lions aficionado? Because I would like to do a standard old school radio hit as we preview the NFL. You know, 32 teams, 32 days, type of.

[Stugotz]

Let's take a look at the preseason schedule here because it's either going to be as early as this coming Monday or it's going to have to be the following week. Depends on what we're looking at.

[Dan Le Batard]

We'll play it. We'll play it totally straight. The audience will assume that we've just been covering all the NFL teams. We'll present it as such. And Izzy, you're going to be our Lions guy.

[Tony]

Perfect to give Izzy a second. Is it worse if Tyreek Hill gets traded off the team or he's just not good and stays on the team? What's worse?

[Stugotz]

I think dissecting why he's not good and breaking down whether they need to, you know, get rid of Mike McDaniel because he's got all these weapons and can't do anything with it. Or maybe Tua, if you say, hey, why can't he get Tyreek the ball? I think that's a lot more fun than if he's gone and you're just like, I mean, the next logical step in conversation there is Jalen Waddle a number one, which I think we can still have that conversation. But is it fun?

[Dan Le Batard]

Did we ever get around to what Jalen Waddle was last year? Was he hurt? I mean, he was always hurt. Yeah, but I thought Jaylen Waddle was good. And last year, conversation around the water cooler over here was, is Jalen Waddle?

[Izzy Gutierrez]

He's polarizing. Like around here there are people that think he's good, people that think he's not. I'm trying to think who did we. What was the debate, Tony, that we were doing the waddle versus who last year? Was it McLaurin, DJ Moore? Oh, no, it was DJ Moore versus waddle. That was the big debate in the office. And after last year, DJ Moore is clearly the better receiver, right?

[Stugotz]

Well, they. When he was coming out of Alabama, I just remember the quote that I forget who it was, but they said of all those Alabama receivers, right, that's group of what, what three or four guys?

[Dan Le Batard]

He's one of them.

[Stugotz]

He was called the athletic one. And I was like, wow, that's crazy. Of all those receivers, he's the most athletic.

[Dan Le Batard]

They also canceled Henry Rugs.

[Stugotz]

I was going to say. I don't see it though. Yeah, he would have been like the speedster anyway. He would have been more like the Tyreek Hill of the group. But I don't really see it. Like, I don't see the crazy athletic stuff. Like, I see. Was it Dante Smith? Like, he looks like a deer out there. He's very super light on his feet. He's got a very specific like Devonte Smith. Excuse me. When I see him, I was not an Eagle guy.

[Tony]

He's not an Eagles guy. He's an Eagles guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's like when Joe Rose said Keon Smith this morning. He's been here for a long time. We got to find out if he can play football. I'm like, I don't even know. I'm just learning about this.

[Tony]

Find out.

[Dan Le Batard]

Find out for me. Joe Rose, Cam Smith.

[Stugotz]

I believe he meant if you do that.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is that what he meant?

[Stugotz]

The third year corner? All right, so there isn't same page there.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Is there a Keon Smith? I know there's a Cam Smith. You're the Dolphin guy, third year corner who hasn't played. I don't know who Keon Smith is.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I'm gonna confuse. I'm trying to find out who everybody is. He did have a corporate event.

[Stugotz]

You know, they should do this in wide in the NFL. Like do the silhouette of the receivers and just like take their team away. Just do the silhouette of them running routes. See if you can tell who's who. Wouldn't be able to tell Jalen Waddle from any looks. Absolutely average in terms of the way he moves Tyreek Hill. I'd be able to tell.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Dolphins have an offensive tackle named Keon Smith.

[Stugotz]

All right, we got to figure out how he's doing.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

He's not. He's low on the depth chart.

[Stugotz]

Devontae's that's the one. But yeah, I just, I'm not. I want him to be great. Like, I love Jalen Wilder. He's a big Panthers fan. I love the dude. I want him to be great. So in a sense, maybe if they do get rid of Tyreek Hill, we get to see that once and for all. But it's not going to mean the team's going to be any good.

[Tony]

Career lows across the board for Jay Lewana. Last year, after 3,000 yard seasons, he had 58 catches for 744 yards and two touchdowns in 15 games.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, I'm worried about your Dolphins vibes also seem to be a little weird around the head coach. It doesn't help that we were told, like, I heard Kevin Clark on part of my take the other day, and he's like every former player that I work with at ESPN hates Mike McDaniel. Daniel just as a head coach. Like, they, they hate Mike McDaniel.

[Stugotz]

Even Tua as like a leader, it's a little bit divisive. Like, I could see people that just go sort of blind and say, yeah, yeah, I'll follow this guy. Like, he seems to rah rah. And there's probably other people that are just like, I don't know, it's just kind of empty. Like, what is this? It's just like, rah rah for no reason. There's nothing to it. And you could probably see the same thing with Mike McDaniel, right? Like, there's probably people that are just like, okay, I get this guy. I like the vibes. And there's other people that are just like, no, I need something a little bit more, I mean, for lack of a better term, militant. Somebody who can just force me to do these things instead of somebody that I buy.

[Jeremy]

So 2 has got a little bit of Russell Wilson in him then, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

That'd be a huge story.

[Stugotz]

I mean, I could see that in terms of like, in what way?

[Tony]

Hold on, in what way?

[Stugotz]

What do you mean?

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Please go into detail. I'm with Jeremy, though. It's just a vibe. There's just something about two when he's at a press conference. I'm just like, is he? I just don't know. I. I know exactly.

[Jeremy]

The question is, is it genuine?

[Stugotz]

Right?

[Jeremy]

Like, is it like. Like Izzy just said rah rah just for the sake of being rah rah?

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Are you talking about Tua tag o Valia?

[Dan Le Batard]

You see those new numbers? Impressive.

[Stugotz]

Tua tag o Valia.

[Dan Le Batard]

It felt like, well, remember, he Was very reserved. Brian Flores.

[Stugotz]

Who? Tua tag o Valia.

[Dan Le Batard]

Brian Flores made work hell for our boy. That's your cue.

[Stugotz]

Tua tag o Valia. I'm not gonna lie. If you just look at it. I've never given this man credit before, but that kind of like the way it should be pronounced.

[Tony]

There's no n, but everybody says n.

[Dan Le Batard]

But there's no n. It's a dialect, of course. An entire family.

[Stugotz]

Ovalia.

[Dan Le Batard]

An invisible N. An entire family just decided we're leaving Hawaii and we're gonna go to Tuscaloosa before nil. Nuts. How did they do that?

[Tony]

Long trip.

[Stugotz]

Great place to raise a family.

[Dan Le Batard]

You know, growing up and following the recruiting beat, it was always hilarious to me to see how many local South Florida recruits would have dads that would just get jobs as car dealers in Tuscaloosa. It boggles the mind. Let's put that guy in charge of everything, too, and maybe pay him to be a lobbyist.

[Stugotz]

Oh, no.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Alabama Jones.

[Dan Le Batard]

That was still a bar of a joke. All right, so we're worried about the Dolphins. We're worried about the corners. We're. We got to find out if Keon Smith can play ball. That. That. That's it on the big dog agenda. That's pretty high up there.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Positive thing that I am hearing. I'm hearing Patrick Paul could be, quote, a pro bowler.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, shit. And I've already. I don't know who that is, but I've already heard left tackle replacing.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

They drafted him last year. He sat all year, watched Armstead, and now he's gonna be starting.

[Dan Le Batard]

That directly affects our Keon Smith narrative.

[Stugotz]

So I'll keep.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I just saw Keon Smith is the backup right tackle behind Austin Jackson.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, he'll get some playing.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

The Dolphins are fine if Patrick Paul is fine. I think the Dolphins are fine at tackle and center. They have a left guard rookie, and they have James Daniels at right guard. So the guards make me nervous.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right. But we also have. We have a quarterback situation because you always have tua, tua tag o Valia. And the questions around his health. You brought in Zach Wilson. There's no way to tag Ovalia plays this preseason, right? No shot.

[Stugotz]

I hope not.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I think last year they gave him a series. I could see them giving him a series.

[Stugotz]

Don't give him a series in the first game.

[Dan Le Batard]

Don't give him a series. Don't do that.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

A lot of teams are bringing the starters out for the first game.

[Stugotz]

Like give him a series. Hand. Hand the ball off.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

We didn't see that at all in previous seasons. I know Joe Burrow, Kyler Murray. There are a handful playing this offseason.

[Dan Le Batard]

This preseason, but we're going to see a lot of Zach Wilson.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

And when yours.

[Dan Le Batard]

When yours. Everybody's talking about Gwen, yours making the throws.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I've seen a package put together of some plays where you know what gets me excited about him is outside of the pocket.

[Stugotz]

Wait, wait, wait. So you're bypassing Zach Wilson altogether?

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I'm just. I have not seen them put together a montage of practice plays where he looks the way.

[Stugotz]

Because in terms of being out of the pocket and flipping your hips, I mean, that's what got him drafted so high. Like he can do that.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

I'm just saying he. The montage I saw looked nice of Quinn Ewers.

[Stugotz]

Yes. Like it. I don't know what. I don't know if it's a Texas thing. I don't know if it's a. Is he taller? I don't know if it's a big white quarterback thing, but I don't remember him being average size.

[Tony]

He's average size.

[Stugotz]

Okay. I think it's much his thing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Six foot two, which means he's about six one. Yeah, about six.

[Stugotz]

Which still makes him, what, two full inches taller than Tua.

[Jeremy]

What are the odds who's about 6 that Quinn ewers. Brock Purdy's to a. The way that, like Brock Purdy overtook Jimmy Garoppolo, where everybody thought that his job was safe and then he missed a little bit of time and then Brock Purdy just stepped up into an offense that was kind of perfect for him and unlocked some skills.

[Stugotz]

Manning, who was potentially the number one.

[Jeremy]

And he was a highly touted recruit who, you know, wasn't probably quite as successful as people thought he would be in in college, but was a really good college quarterback and then shows up here in the NFL. I mean, look, it's probably unlikely, but it's not impossible.

[Dan Le Batard]

There were two guys, two passers in the NCAA last year that I think people were generally unfair. And there's a weird narrative around them when you see their numbers. Especially I know Quinn Ewers went out and arch, that's a hell of a situation. But also following Stetson Bennett at Georgia is a hell of a situation. I think Carson Beck and Quinn Ewers were really undervalued last year because of just the narrative. The guy breathing down the neck back and in Georgia, the guy that he was following. But Quinn Ewers. Is there a quarterback battle between he and Zach Wilson. Zach Wilson's firmly entrenched.

[Tony]

They paid him 10 million bucks.

[Izzy Gutierrez]

Six million, I believe.

[Tony]

Six million. Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's too much money to pay Zach Wilson to do anything.

[Stugotz]

Tag Ovalia.