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Dan Le Batard
Chris, I don't have confidence in what it is that I just saw. And I walked into a room where it didn't seem like Billy had much confidence in what he saw playing out on video. And then when I came out, I looked at your father, and he was grinning ear to ear while watching something, and he was watching himself. He was watching whatever he was doing, whatever he had orchestrated. Billy, where are you with whether this going to succeed or not?
Billy
Oh, I mean, I have no idea if this is going to succeed or not. I just know when we walked in, you and I separately, we had the same experience where we were quickly ushered out of where our normal was. Just like, hey, hey, pick up the pace. Get out of this room. Get. You can't be here. You can't be there. Go hide in this corner going, we can't have you here. There was a live, active music video shoot going.
Stugats
SUI Week. It was not a music video. It was a rehearsal, like we did in the New York show. We try to rehearse things with my dad. I'm sure we screw it up.
Dan Le Batard
You can't rehearse things with him. They don't work when you rehearse anything with him.
Stugats
Well, that's what, like, as we learned with New York, you're right. We tried to practice this once or twice before. We're about to go lie to it.
Dan Le Batard
It's Suey's week, okay? You're trying to bring the enthusiasm to sui's week, and this is how we're doing. Like the adornments on Sui Week. We're doing a taped thing that required your father to rehearse for me.
Stugats
The best award shows start with an opening number. And that's what we're trying to prepare here for the audience.
Dan Le Batard
Is that true? Put it on the poll at Lebatard show. Do the best award shows start with an opening number?
Jeremy
Oh, yeah.
Billy
Don't they all are. Any award shows that don't start with an opening number?
Dan Le Batard
I'm not. You know, I haven't tuned into award shows in probably 15 years, but I don't assume that you. I guess, yeah. Did Conan start. He. Conan started dancing around with like in the last one. He did a bit of a musical. Right.
Mike Ryan
I don't believe you.
Billy
Yeah, I don't think so either.
Mike Ryan
I think you watch all the. The award shows.
Dan Le Batard
15 years. You guys are now accusing me? We talk about every award show after every award show.
Mike Ryan
We did two weeks of Shane Gillis talk. You watched every award show?
Dan Le Batard
I didn't watch any of the watches. All I saw was the 10 minute monologue.
Mike Ryan
You watch them.
Dan Le Batard
Okay. I don't know what to do with being accused of being a liar. Now that's your move.
Mike Ryan
Now out of here.
Dan Le Batard
Look, it's su. I will be. I will tell you that the last award show moment I remember was my W waking me up because Will Smith had slapped Chris Rock.
Greg Cody
It's Suey's week.
Mike Ryan
That was 2022.
Dan Le Batard
Caught you. Is your dad. I wasn't watching.
Greg Cody
I was asleep. It's Sui's week. Howdy folks.
Mike Ryan
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Billy
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Dan Le Batard
That kind of thing. All right. All right. The timing on the lip sync was slightly perfect, but lip sync pretty good, all things considered. And Sui week is here and I heard you taping stuff. Put on your headset like a professional.
Stugats
He's actually got earpods in.
Dan Le Batard
Really?
Greg Cody
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Dan Le Batard
Yeah. I'm sorry. Forgive me for underestimating you. You look great. I haven't seen. Seen. There are only two times that I've ever seen Greg Cody dress this way. Two times when his boys got married. That's it. That's. That's the list. This. This outfit does not get worn except on these most special of occasions.
Greg Cody
That's right.
Dan Le Batard
Is this the only suit that you own? It's also for funerals.
Greg Cody
Yeah, it's weddings and funerals and special occasions. This is probably one of three suits I own, and it's the one that's the closest to being new and clean.
Dan Le Batard
It is great. You look great and thank you for getting us on this awards week. Off to a rip roaring start. We're going to open with Uncomfortable Moment, because I imagine I've got a few of those in there. I'm the reigning champion here. Correct. This is my category. When you guys agree that like stugats has mispronuncifications, Greg Cody has. Back in my day, most Uncomfortable moment or biggest mistake. Those are. Those are my categories.
Stugats
Well, I'd like. I put up a good fight and biggest mistake, so don't. Don't take that.
Dan Le Batard
Okay. But you would agree that if I were the better. I've got to be the betting favorite on uncomfortable moments.
Stugats
You know who actually had a great performance this year in terms of person you're going to see pop up in a lot of categories? David Sampson. Yeah, I mean, he can make us uncomfortable. I would say. No, you are in here, but David Sampson brings it in uncomfortable. I believe Amin has a good one. So it's pretty widespread, actually.
Dan Le Batard
We'll get to that in a moment. But speaking of uncomfortable moments, I want to play some video for you. This is from Mike Bibby's podcast. And Shaq is making an appearance on the podcast and he's told parts of this story. Story before. Okay. Of how it is that Shaq and the Miami Heat broke up. It included Shaq being escorted out by security wanting to fight Pat Riley. His things were taken outside and they were not to see each other. And Shaq has told those portions of the story before. But I want to present to you this story as he told it to Mike Bibby. Where his anger was. And I just want to bring it to the Dolphins to ask you how it is that they're going to handle situations like this. If things escalate this year and you do not have somebody like Pat Riley at the helm of your organization, how do you handle this? One day Jason Williams came late. Like, remember used to have that clock?
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Dan Le Batard
But Jason Williams came a half a second late, and he was like, hey, man, you need to get out. I told Jason, we're not doing that, cuz, you know, that's when.
Greg Cody
When.
Dan Le Batard
When he got rid of Antoine and all my guys and I had a regular team, so we was.
Greg Cody
We was losing like crazy.
Dan Le Batard
So he told J Dub to get out. I said, no, we're not getting out. He said, well, you get out. I said, mother, put me out. So we got into a little scuffle, and then the next day I was traded.
Stugats
A little scuffle.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah. So I ask you, mother bleeper, you put me out. Obviously, with Shaq, how do you do it? But let's make it Tyreek Hill. Let's make the season start. And now the focal point of everything you do offensively in your job and your future all rely on. I kind of need the deep threat. He kind of makes everything happen, and you know he's not going to behave if it goes poorly at the start. Right? You guys. You guys understand that there's a volatile chemical in the Dolphin locker room that was shouting at the end of last season, get me out of here. In public.
Greg Cody
And they didn't trade him. And that. And that spoke volumes. Mike McDaniel's job is teetering, and he needs Tyreek Hill, who's still arguably his best player and his biggest threat. He had not as much trade value as he had a year ago, but in the past offseason, he still had some trade value. They didn't put him on the market because they need him too badly. And so therefore, if Tyreek is this version of what Shaq was, then they've proven that they're not going to trade him just because he's petulant or refuses to go.
Dan Le Batard
I want to ask you guys about the hypothetical, though, about, like, what do you do when things escalate to that point where you've got more than any team in the league right now? And Asante Samuel's father gave voice to this. Asante Samuel, Jr's father, Sante Samuel.
Mike Ryan
Crazy. Where we are 20 years doing this show, we have to clarify that's correct. It's Asante Samuel.
Dan Le Batard
I think. I think for Fernando Tatis Jr. Is the junior of a junior. I'm not totally sure. I think so. I think I've got that right. But when I tell you of the Dolphins and the chemical ingredients in their locker room, and I say to you that no team in the league, none. Comes with the reputation. I don't know if that guy's in control of all that. I don't. And that happened quick, Greg. That. That happened. He went from expectations Mastermind to show us something boy genius. And, oh, is he overwhelmed? Wait a minute. Are these people too strong for him?
Greg Cody
Right?
Dan Le Batard
Are these personalities too strong for him? All of that happened quickly. Show me where else in the league it exists, because I've got the Dolphins here, everybody gathered around saying, how do they go quickly to irrelevant if this thing blows up early in the season? Because. Because the joint practice that they had that echoed from sea to sea is indicative of. Yes. Things are actually falling apart there before it's even started.
Greg Cody
Right. Well, I think that's why they traded Jalen Ramsey as symbolic of. Of the need for a culture reboot. Jalen Ramsey spends the entire season being petulant, being late. And they said, enough already. And they traded them. And you don't see many teams that go public with the idea that we're not tough enough. That's why we're always fading late in the season. We need a culture reboot here. And they've done that. So let's see, you know, because a couple of their terran arms.
Dan Le Batard
What does that mean? Hold on. They've done that? No, they. What do you mean they've done that?
Greg Cody
I mean, they've got.
Dan Le Batard
They've said they've done that.
Greg Cody
They've said that.
Dan Le Batard
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Wait a minute. That's not the same thing at all.
Greg Cody
Right?
Mike Ryan
I mean, how do we judge that?
Greg Cody
Right? Exactly. The season. Just know it's a goal of theirs.
Mike Ryan
We know what they're aspiring to. I guess we'll lay out and see the results.
Dan Le Batard
This is the reason that I asked you guys the question, because when you start this way with the expectations and everything that happened there, what usually doesn't happen is that the audience is sitting there watching. The customer is watching and being like, coach, I don't think they respect you. And then coach comes out and says, well, we're doing this different with the time and this different with the time and this different with the time. Hey, Coach, I don't think they respect you, like, just because you made a whole bunch of different rules. You're still the same guy they didn't respect before now just with rules.
Mike Ryan
So you're skeptical at their ability to pull this off. But I mean what. But what are they supposed to do in the public space to convince you?
Dan Le Batard
I'm saying they've got a problem at the top of their food chain with a volatile chemical that says I want to be the leader. And the quarterback says no you're not. We don't trust you. Kansas City wouldn't let you get in front of microphones. There are great reasons that no one around here trusts you.
Mike Ryan
Just to play devil's advocate arguments against. They didn't just have one malcontent atop their food chain. They had Jalen Ramsey too, and they got him out of here. And to seems to have asserted himself publicly more as a leader, more publicly considered a guy that can maybe reign Tyree Kill in. I think that's right to be met with skepticism.
Dan Le Batard
It's. It's a super interesting dynamic when that receiver got to a paid and now TUA has to go the other way on no, I'm the big dog here. I'm the leader. But what happens when I take you out of the offense? Now Waddle's my number one and no one thinks he's a number one. No one.
Greg Cody
Well, but he's a really good number two. And Malik Washington is fast rising so they have a good wide receiver room. But they do need Tyreek. You're right. But the thing about Mike McDaniel, the.
Dan Le Batard
Way they need him though is interesting. It's like a linchpin on everything. It's a really dangerous chemical to have near the detonation.
Greg Cody
Right. And they're relying. A big part of their hope is relying on a big bounce back year from Tyrique whose yardage almost went in half and Waddle and Waddle as well. But the thing about criticizing Mike McDaniel too much, he's the same guy who made the playoffs two years in a row and scored 70 points against Denver. And then he's the darling of the league. He has one eight and nine season and everything blows up.
Dan Le Batard
But Greg, it's an optics problem very obviously. A young man who looks like a young man and who looks like he could be thrown by his ankles into the crowd by any of the people who play for him has the reputation of not being tough enough because he's compassionate and empathetic and he's a nice guy and he doesn't look the part of football coach, doesn't talk the Part of football coach. And now they need him to act like a football coach. And he's here at every point saying, got to be me. I got to let my players be them. Look how that got you in trouble. You let them be them and then they started showing up late and they do what they want on your time. Like there's. There's a functional lack of respect that's out in public.
Greg Cody
Okay. But. But I think he earned back an inch of that respect when he traded Jalen Ramsey. I think there was respect earned when. When TUA on the first day of camp says Tyreek Hill has to learn, earn back our trust. I think that was huge for TUA to say that. And that's a leadership thing that you said.
Dan Le Batard
Let me ask the group the question. What did you find there, Jeremy? Did you locate something that made your eyes light up?
Jeremy
Fernando Antonio Tatis is the father of Fernando Gabriel Tatis Medina Sr. Who was the father of Fernando Gabriel Tatis Medina Jr. So, Dan, you were in fact right. Fernando Tatis Sr. Is not actually Fernando Tatis Sr.
Dan Le Batard
So does that mean that the present day Fernando Tatis in the major leagues is Fernando Tatis Jr Jr so Fernando.
Jeremy
Tatis Jr has the exact same name because the maternal name is included. So, yes, Fernando Tatis Jr. Is the third. Third Fernando Tatis, but he's only the second. Fernando Gabriel Tatis Medina Jr.
Billy
But they have different middle names, right?
Jeremy
Yes. I didn't know that senior versus Junior had to also include the middle name. I don't know if that's the case for everybody. Is it. Is that the rule?
Greg Cody
That's the rule.
Jeremy
Okay.
Dan Le Batard
I don't think that's the rule.
Mike Ryan
Because you use a middle name to differentiate.
Jeremy
Well, that's it. That just becomes a nickname or a different way to say a name.
Greg Cody
Right.
Dan Le Batard
You go by the middle name is just an appendage that had no real clout in any way. It was just dangling. There was second place on your. On the choices of your parents.
Mike Ryan
I think that there were three previous Will Fuller's and that was just their name.
Dan Le Batard
I know, but that became Will Fuller.
Mike Ryan
Senior than junior than the third.
Dan Le Batard
Fernando Tatis junior Junior is not going by Fernando Tatis iii. Put. Put this on the poll at Lebatard show. Does the middle name have any clout? And put on the. Put it on the poll as well. At Lebatard show. Is the middle name just second place for the first name?
Mike Ryan
Right. He's not going by the third because he's not a third. Because the first in line wasn't a Medina Tatisa.
Dan Le Batard
I don't believe the middle name is in play here, but I don't know what the audience would register there. I didn't think that the Junior Junior had to have the identical middle name.
Greg Cody
I think middle names are significant in a lot of families to a lot of people in my family, both of my sons have middle names that are there for a reason. And I can't speak for everybody, but I don't. Don't disrespect the middle name. That's all I'm saying.
Dan Le Batard
Well, but what clout does it actually have?
Greg Cody
Clout? Nobody uses it.
Dan Le Batard
But give it. Okay, but give. Well, not. Look, Stephen Smith is not the same Stephen A.
Greg Cody
Right.
Dan Le Batard
Like Stephen Smith. There's an A there for a reason.
Greg Cody
Yeah, but nobody knows what it stands for.
Dan Le Batard
There are people who know what it stands for.
Greg Cody
I don't think so. I think he made it up.
Dan Le Batard
What clout does the middle name have? I want you to give me one thing. The middle name does one thing. You know the middle name to be. Give me something. Greg, I'm looking at you. I'm asking you these questions, you know, you're telling me you think the middle name is something. I'm asking you give me one thing. The middle name is.
Greg Cody
The middle name is a continuation of family history and legacy to some. In. In my case, Christopher's middle name was my father's given first name. Michael's middle name. My other son is my given first name. And so there's something there that makes me feel good.
Dan Le Batard
So it's just you, is what you're saying. It's your name being passed down. It makes you feel good that your youngest son has your middle name. It's just you giving your son something that he has to hang on to after we've written your tombstone.
Greg Cody
I'm just. My tombstone's too full.
Dan Le Batard
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Greg Cody
Right. I'm just saying that right now I have a granddaughter. I don't have any grandsons. So, you know, the Cody last name.
Stugats
Wow.
Greg Cody
Maybe in trouble. That's all I'm saying, you know, oh, there's a Chris.
Stugats
There's a lot in Canada.
Greg Cody
Well, I mean, my, the elongation of my family.
Stugats
You go into Canada, everyone's like, oh, Cody, Hey, Cody.
Greg Cody
It's like Smith or Jones. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. No, that's. But, but here in my case, you know, but, but why can't. Why can't my granddaughter take my last name?
Mike Ryan
Maybe she will.
Greg Cody
Yeah. There you go. I'm gonna have to talk about that.
Dan Le Batard
I want. Yes, please. Let's talk more about you. I know you enjoy doing that and putting your name wherever it is that you can.
Greg Cody
Thank you very much.
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Greg Cody
They call him Puka. His quarterback is not named Tua.
Dan Le Batard
This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats. Getting back to the question I was asking you guys. If a coach loses respect optically and actually can he get it back when he doesn't actually have job security or clout or when an overthrow, if you start in adversity will end up with them swallowing you because they don't respect. Oh, now you change the rules. It was okay for us to be everything that we were before, but now you're changing the rules because you and the GM are on the hot seat now. And because we have a reputation as a team league wide as being soft and the great combination of soft and unmanageable.
Greg Cody
Yeah, but soft is on the players. That's not to me, that's not on the head.
Dan Le Batard
No, but it's the style of play as well. It's not. No, it's their style. Their offense doesn't travel in December. It's also the style.
Greg Cody
It's because they rely on speed more than any other team in the league and nobody was complaining about that in the middle of two seasons ago.
Dan Le Batard
When they're the rep, that's where the reputation comes from. Like to me, it's unfair to ever call a football team soft. But this one has that reputation, does it not? Am I just Is anyone going to dispute me on this?
Greg Cody
I would say it did have that reputation, but let's see about this year.
Dan Le Batard
Okay, so they haven't played a game, but they may have changed it. Even though, you know Chubb and Phillips are hurt and you know, like they're signing Judon for $6 million.
Greg Cody
Good signing.
Dan Le Batard
Yes, a good signing. Like I when you guys tell me, forgive me for bringing up what his rehashed subject matter on chemistry, respect, leadership. But as we head into a football season that risks the job of the GM and the coach and as the coach's reputation has gone up in flames in a way that needs to be rescued by this season, and even if they start 8 and 2, no one's going to trust them because of everything that December has brought to this franchise this entire century. They go into this season with him needing to be a leader. And he needs Tyree Kill because Chris made a face when I said Jaden Waddle wasn't. Jayden Waddle wasn't a number one. He's not a number one. He came here and it looked like he was a number one. Tyree Kill made him look like a number one. Then the drop started. And you know that offense is not going to look the same if I take Tyreek Hill out of it. You all know it. No matter what a mastermind the coach is, you that if I don't make Tyreek Hill perfectly healthy, if he looks banged up or slower like he did last year, look what happens to the offense. It all falls apart. I don't know if TUA is their most important piece. I really don't.
Greg Cody
He is on offense. Devon Hn the reason I say it.
Dan Le Batard
Is because I think TUA needs Tyree Kill more than Tyreek Hill needs tua. I think Tyree Kill gets open against anybody. I think Tua needs Tyree Kill to run that offense so he can throw the ball every time two seconds in.
Greg Cody
Well, Tyreek Hill's got something to prove too. He's an aging wide receiver coming off an extremely disappointing season. So he's got something. Everybody's got something to prove. Devon HN averaged 8 yards of carry as a rookie last year. It was more of a standard 4 point something. Everybody on that offense has something to prove. Patrick Paul, the left tackle has got something to prove.
Dan Le Batard
Do you guys disagree with what I'm saying? That Tua needs Tyreek more than Tyreek needs tua?
Billy
They need each other, I think. But I don't. I don't. I mean, we've seen what this offense looks like without Tua and it's an absolute disaster with a healthy Tyreek Hill. So. But we've also seen the Dolphins last year didn't really do anything when Tyreek was injured all season. So they seem to need each other at this point in their careers. But I don't think one can necessarily succeed without the other.
Mike Ryan
There was that report from a Dolphin insider that cited sources that said the offense goes to hell when Tua's not out there.
Dan Le Batard
So would you guys agree with me and I believe that that is also so. But when Tyreek has not been quite right and Tua's out there, I've also seen them constipated and no longer looking like the offense they look like. That gave us enthusiasm, a fourth quarter against the Ravens and 70 points against the Broncos and put the expectations where they did. Whatever your expectations for the season are seven and a half is the number for their season, the betting number. Greg Cody, the homer has written a column saying go over there. We will get to his column in a moment if we want to do a dramatic reading. I would love anyone to give me the most homorfic parts of Greg Cody's most recent column beyond beyond the Paywall. But if I tell you right now whatever your expectations for the season are, I'm not even going to maybe you've got it at 12 wins. Take just Tyreek Hill out of that now. Where are your expectations? We know that you can't trust their quarterback to stay healthy. But now just take Tyreek Hill out. He can't play. He's suspended. He's hurt. He's traded. Where do your expectations go on this season? Because I believe all the expectations for the Dolphins weren't just that they could win. Win. No. They had the explosive offense. It didn't look like what the Chiefs looked like last year. They had the guy that made them a big play threat and it's not something they've had since Marino.
Mike Ryan
I mean there's a lot of data points that you can pick at. Tyreek Hill didn't look like himself last year. It got off to an inauspicious start.
Greg Cody
But.
Mike Ryan
But it's it's baked into the fabric of this franchise is to his health. He just can't finish a season healthy.
Dan Le Batard
But what's the answer to my question.
Billy
On Hill without Tyre? I mean they have weapons, right? It all depends on is Jalen Waddle going to be healthy. Malik Washington has looked okay. It's preseason so far. You have no idea what Darren Waller is going to Be at this point in time. Ollie Gordon has looked good. If he's the number two, he's good in college.
Mike Ryan
Just the Dolphins are more likely to win a game if Tyreek Hill is out injured as opposed to if Tua's out injured because the fall off is crazy.
Greg Cody
Yeah. And the Dolphins are not alone in relying super heavily on their best player. What is JJ McCarthy's chances if Justin Jefferson gets hurt in Minnesota? I mean, there's a dozen teams in the league like that.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah. But usually the risk is of health. And that one's random. This one's got more in it. This one's not just health. This one. You can lose everything that was your head coaching career in the first four games if he doesn't actually have control of Tyree Kill and if he doesn't actually have the respect of Tyree Kill. And furthermore, if Tyree Kill has actually lost the respect of that people, of those people in the locker room because he did what no one does at the end of last season when it was down. When Tyree Kill tells you he's just a winner, all he's known is winning. He loses poorly and throws a temper tantrum in public that every player feels. And no player acts on because no other player is quite the baby that this person is.
Mike Ryan
I'm afraid it feels pretty predictable how the Dolphins season is going to go. It's going to get undone by an injury to their quarterback, and that'll be that. And then they'll have to reevaluate how they want to move forward with this franchise. I know they tried for so long to get somebody with the production of Tuas, but every season there's some sort of scare that makes you wonder if this guy can continue playing football. You have to almost include it in your projections that he's going to miss a few games.
Greg Cody
I wouldn't. I mean, he has had one season in five where he played all 17 games.
Mike Ryan
That's bad.
Greg Cody
It's bad. But there's, you know, the law of averages. Right. I mean, there's no reason why he can't do it again. One of the reasons there is his head.
Mike Ryan
His head. I think that there is plenty of reason why he can't do it is because of all the other injuries that he took.
Stugats
I'm with my dad. He's due.
Greg Cody
Okay.
Mike Ryan
That's not how the law of averages works.
Greg Cody
He holds the ball a shorter amount of time than any other starting quarterback in the league ever. Right. So, you know, there are things in that offensive formula designed to prevent his getting future concussions. But the reason I think more highly of the Dolphins chances this year than some do is the first half schedule is really easy, okay? And then it gets really tough with three games in a row. But all three of those games are at home. So I think there's a favorable schedule here for them to get off to an encouraging start. That foments hope.
Dan Le Batard
Billy, were you making faces at the ability to do one loss on the Dolphins schedule?
Billy
No, I would love to do one loss. You can go over right right now if you would like. I was just going to say and I don't know if you guys caught the preseason game on Saturday, but to a still decides to scramble sometimes, which is kind of like what are you doing sir? Why do you continue to do this knowing especially in a preseason game that means absolutely nothing?
Dan Le Batard
Here is the most homorific paragraph from the cody column on miamiherald.com if you want to go behind the paywall. Tua. Yes, Tua. Those are exclamation points. He rarely uses those.
Greg Cody
It's true.
Dan Le Batard
It's when he really means it.
Greg Cody
Okay, yeah, itals exclamation points.
Dan Le Batard
Greg Cody does not often use the exclamation point. If I number of times in your historic 50 year column career that give me a number that you have used the exclamation point. Do you believe?
Greg Cody
Well it's a long ass career so I would say less than 100 and usually I use it in an ironic sense like I use it to over dramatize how I imagine people are receiving this.
Dan Le Batard
To yes to the quarterback is a cornerstone reason for optimism and hope. If you believe he can stay healthy. I do. I really don't know how you can believe that like how anybody can. It's not you. I just don't know. I don't know how you can have faith in that. But okay, I do, says Cody. 2 is 38 and 25. 6:03 winning percentage as a starter. Justin Herbert, drafted one spot later, is 41:38.52% winning percentage. Tua in his career has led the NFL in passing yard completion percentage and passer rating. QBs who have not led in all three categories in their careers include Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Herbert, Josh Allen, Aaron Rodgers and Dan Marino. None of this is to put TUA at that level, but to say when healthy he has the skills to be a top 10 quarterback.
Greg Cody
Yeah, every, every word of that. I believe. I believe when you lead the league in three categories, passing yards, accuracy and passer rating. It shows you have the skill set.
Stugats
When you say all those guys haven't done it though, I go, that must not be that important then because it was like Burrow Mahomes.
Greg Cody
Yeah, I just. No, it's just to illustrate.
Mike Ryan
But are you living in an echo, Greg? Because you could say some of the same things. Like every, every team that had Carson Wentz.
Dan Le Batard
Not, not, not an echo, echo chamber.
Mike Ryan
Every team that kicked the tires on Carson Wentz as a possible solution was saying similar things.
Greg Cody
Okay, I get that. And Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl. I know there are anomalies in every formula you use to judge quarterbacks. What I'm saying is, and we saw it when he was healthy two seasons ago and made the Pro Bowl. Wintua is healthy. And granted it's the biggest, if the biggest asterisk in all of sports. Wintour is healthy. He's really, really good. I'm not saying he's, you know, Joe Burrow.
Billy
It's not cold.
Greg Cody
Well, you know, you lose a game in sub temperatures in Kansas City. You know, I'm not.
Billy
Well, they lose all those games. They lose the game in Kansas City. They lost the game in Green Bay. They lose the game in Buffalo. They do have a cold problem.
Greg Cody
Well, so do a lot of teams. Look at Kansas City and Buffalo's home record in December and January. Pretty good. You know, it's not just Miami that, that goes from hot weather to ice cold and struggles.
Billy
The good news is is they play Buffalo Week 3 at Buffalo so they're not in the cold. What do you think of that one?
Greg Cody
I think that's could be the Thursday nighter. I think that could be the only game they lose the first half of the season.
Dan Le Batard
Oh, my God.
Billy
Win versus New England. A lost Buffalo win versus the Jets.
Mike Ryan
Dan. Dan and Greg, why don't you think that the upset here would be if Tua just finds a way to stay healthy the rest of his career?
Dan Le Batard
Yes. I don't know how Greg can say with any degree of conviction if it was something you could bet on, he'd be a favorite to get hurt.
Mike Ryan
Doesn't this one feel obvious? I feel like we've seen this guy on a field scare us enough times and we've seen some fairly innocuous hits that have led to him being out for extended periods of time. I feel like we can say with certainty at some point that dude's going to become such a liability to put out there that teams are just going to decide he can't be QB1 anymore.
Dan Le Batard
I want to go over with you guys some of the thoughts that I have on a Cowboys documentary here that ended up being big and empty. But one of the things that was in it that was interesting and was one of the few things, actually I was hoping to learn more during it that I learned during this. Troy Aikman's concussion problem that made him retire was so bad that he played an entire NFC Championship game that he doesn't remember. He still doesn't remember playing in it, played well in it, won it, got to the super bowl because concussions were something that were so primitive back then that if you had four in 14 months and he was getting hit a lot in ways that weren't getting concussed.
Mike Ryan
We didn't do enough with the close of two of those the faces of that position in that generation, Steve Young and Troy Aikman. This was before concussions became a big thing. They were faces of franchises and literally walked away from the game and we just kept on moving. And it wasn't until Ben and Amalu and them boys started cooking it up.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, but now we're going to have with Tua some things that are presented throughout the entirety of his career. Like, we're not that far removed from wondering whether he should retire or not. But let's move on to other things because there was a lot of stuff from over the weekend.
Mike Ryan
Dane, we have closure on something, too. An investigative report. Jeremy has scoured the Internet to get us answers on junior seniors, treys and fours.
Jeremy
Ultimately, the way that this works is if you're going to be a junior, you do need the middle name to be a part of it. This is to decipher between people with entirely the same name, first, middle and last name or multiple last names. If the father is deceased, that's when you would go with II over junior. And then obviously if you're going with further Roman numeral numerals, it's ultimately further generations. But you would also go with II if it's going to be someone who is named entirely after another relative or person that you know. So there's all of your information.
Dan Le Batard
Can you give me some more information on tour without Tyreek and Tyreek without.
Mike Ryan
Two yes, I can.
Jeremy
To attack of Iloa has a passer rating of 90.1 with 4,691 yards, 28 touchdowns and 15 interceptions in 24 games without Tyreek Hill. In his career, Tyreek hill has had 50 catches for 567 yards and one touchdown in the 10 games for the Dolphins. Without Tua so five catches for 56 yards and a 10th of a touchdown per game.
Greg Cody
In other words, Tyreek needs Tua more than Tua needs Cyrik. It's irrefutable. Thank you, Jeremy.
Jeremy
One is stinky and the other is truly terrible.
Billy
Now look up Tyrique's numbers with and without Patrick Mahomes, and then we can see if 2 is better than Patrick Mahomes.
Dan Le Batard
Eczema isn't always obvious, but it's real.
Greg Cody
And so is the relief from Epglis.
Dan Le Batard
After an initial dosing phase, about 4 in 10 people taking EPGLIS achieved itch relief and clear or almost clear skin at 16 weeks. And most of those people may maintain skin that's still more clear at one year with monthly dosing.
Stugats
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Greg Cody
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Greg Cody
A massage chair might seem a bit extravagant, especially these days. Eight different settings, adjustable intensity. Plus it's heated and it just feels so good. Yes, a massage chair might seem a bit extravagant, but when it can come with a car, suddenly it seems quite practical. The all new 2025 Volkswagen Tiguan, packed with premium features like available massaging front seats. It only feels extravagant.
Dan Le Batard
Don Lebatard.
Stugats
All right, we gotta go back out there. That was big. Wake him up.
Dan Le Batard
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.
Greg Cody
You can see.
Stugats
Mother Effing.
Dan Le Batard
Can we bother?
Stugats
Are we bothering you right now?
Dan Le Batard
Turn on your microphone.
Greg Cody
Gr my Microphone's on St.
Stugats
Paint the scene.
Greg Cody
The paint the scene is. I got to go to work. Good night.
Dan Le Batard
This is the D?
Greg Cody
Ler show with the stuff.
Dan Le Batard
Among the things that happened over the course of the weekend is Avery Johnson, the quarterback for Kansas State, that we learned together in an embarrassing public apology from Mike Ryan that he is mixed and not Scandinavian. It was a very confusing controversy from last week. Greg Cody doesn't know about it. So if you guys in the back room want to get Avery Johnson and that. That photo that had him looking like Dolph Lundgren really, like, Nordic really in nature. And then we learn that, no, he's mixed. And not only is he mixed, but. And this one is going to be something that we can't play the video because there are a couple of videos from this weekend in sports that we simply can't play. One of them is Rampage Jackson's son. And a video that's, you know, might end up looking like you're witnessing a murder, a snuff film, because it's not even funny. It's just. Just violence of the highest order. And then this story is, I think, just kind of funny and reminded me of Zaslo, who doesn't have any control over his kids because Avery Johnson's father. It was an amazing headline to see. Honestly, I didn't even understand it. I had to reread it a couple of times when I saw it. Avery Johnson's father in fist fight with other son. And so the video is of a father and a son just fighting outside of the game. Football's back, people. Violence is back. Kansas State lost. Kansas State lost with their quarterback. What are you shrugging your shoulders about and moving away from the microphone for?
Greg Cody
No, I'm looking at that photo and trying to process it. Like, who's hitting who?
Dan Le Batard
We can't play. We cannot play the video here. We introduced you to Avery Johnson last week. We can't play the video because of. Again, violence concerns. But it is a father, and that father appears to be beating up the son. Right. The other son is getting beat up. The other Avery Johnson's brother is getting beat up.
Mike Ryan
There resets a clock for six months according to the Zaslow mansion rules.
Dan Le Batard
I texted Zaslow this weekend because Zaslow's son, 16 years old, referred to him as sugar tits the other day. And I just texted him, zaz, when your son says to what you think looks like the father that you are, Sugar tits, you are now the older brother. You have ceased being the father. Do any of you have parental Relationships that would end up in a fight with one of your kids? My brother and I were always afraid of my father. We were afraid of his old man burst. I'm still a little afraid of it. He's. He's in his early 80s, and my father has a burst in him of rage, of old Cuban rage that if I were going to fight him, I. I better make sure to take out his stamina because he's going to come at me and I'm still a little afraid of it.
Greg Cody
Yeah, you're going to outrun him. That's what will take out of the stamina.
Dan Le Batard
I'm going to have to do something. But do any of you have the relationship that would escalate to a physical one under any circumstance with your father?
Greg Cody
No.
Stugats
My dad's never wanted that noise.
Greg Cody
I mean, I haven't had a fist fight since middle school.
Dan Le Batard
No, but I've seen you when you get upset, and I've seen you when you and your son get physical. And I know you to be thinking that you're 20 years younger than you are, so you probably. Who wins a fight? You or your son?
Greg Cody
I mean, I think he. Hopefully he would let me win if he cares about his inheritance, but I do possess old man strength. That's a thing. Oms. That's like a thing which I. I.
Dan Le Batard
Asked you a question.
Greg Cody
Who.
Dan Le Batard
Who would win a fight between you and your son? You're 70, okay?
Greg Cody
I cannot envision anything happening that would have us come to blows.
Stugats
You've gotten really mad at me.
Dan Le Batard
I've seen it. I've seen it when he grabs your elbow. I've seen it when you grab his elbow and it gets.
Stugats
We're elbow grabbers, okay?
Greg Cody
The. The only time I would be physically violent with either of my sons is if they have me in an arm lock and I say, let me go twice, and they don't. And then I'm gonna come at him with an elbow that might aim a little bit high.
Stugats
My dad's thing always been when we like rappy cack around, that's what he calls it. Rappy kacking. He'd be like, I'll break your arm. I'll break it off. Yeah, that's his thing. I don't know. What is a rap.
Dan Le Batard
What is a rappy cat? Put it on the poll, please. Juju at Lebaton show. Have you ever used the word rappy cac. Do you know anyone who has ever used the word rappy cat?
Greg Cody
I did.
Dan Le Batard
And. And thank you, Greg.
Greg Cody
We're clear on that not just me. I got it from.
Billy
How would you spell rappy?
Greg Cody
R, A, P, P, Y, C, A.
Dan Le Batard
C, K. And what is it? It's wheelhouse, baby. The rappy cat wheelhouse. And. And what can you tell us is the formal definition of to rappy cat?
Greg Cody
If a head coach goes, we're going to rapicac that team. Are you kidding me?
Jeremy
The very first thing that shows up on Google when you search for it is a Lebiton Reddit post from six years ago asking if Rappy Cac is a reference to a 1992 Buffalo Bills fan group. But I will keep looking.
Greg Cody
Rappy CAC originated.
Stugats
I have it as horseplay not to cut you off.
Dan Le Batard
I've never heard the word before rappy cat.
Stugats
I've never heard you say it in context of like, that team's going to rappy cack them. It's always like, quit playing around. Stop rappy.
Jeremy
Like, next one is a tweet from Greg Cody in November 21st of 2017. Lobos update Greg's Lobos Rappy Cack Allison 109.9 to 93.4 so you go, you're.
Dan Le Batard
Telling me you're searching the entirety.
Jeremy
This is all of the Internet of.
Dan Le Batard
The Internet as our information guy. And the only two proofs that you have that there is a word that it's not a word.
Mike Ryan
What do you think? English origins? Who did.
Stugats
Who did you hear from? You were about to tell.
Dan Le Batard
Can't find on the Internet any references to anyone using the word was found.
Mike Ryan
As evidence that Greg is keeping it alive.
Stugats
This another. Is this another Alan Cherry joint?
Billy
No, I found one from December 11, 2017. Also, Greg stunning. Dolphins beating Patriots 27 20. Yeah, that too, I guess. But I met number eight seed Greg's Lobos, rallying behind Jarvis Landry to Rappy cat Chris Cody 120 to 117.4.
Mike Ryan
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Date: August 25, 2025
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Mike Ryan, Greg Cody, Billy, Jeremy
Broadcasting from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, this "Local Hour" kicks off Suey Week—a signature moment for the show, centered around the annual Sui Awards. The crew dives into their behind-the-scenes chaos, South Florida sports, especially the Miami Dolphins' simmering issues, and oddball banter ranging from family naming conventions to made-up words like "rappy cac." Amid festive award show prep, they debate the Dolphins’ team culture, Tua Tagovailoa’s durability, Tyreek Hill’s indispensability, and the optics of leadership—all peppered with Le Batard Show’s classic snark and blustering affection.
[01:09–08:47]
“Do the best award shows start with an opening number?” – [02:31]
"You guys are now accusing me? We talk about every award show after every award show." – Dan, [03:00]
[09:13–29:58]
Dan introduces Shaq’s infamous Miami Heat exit and brawl as a metaphor for what could unfold in the Dolphins’ locker room, especially with Tyreek Hill’s volatility.
“You guys understand that there’s a volatile chemical in the Dolphin locker room…” – Dan, [10:53]
“Are these people too strong for him? ...Coach, I don't think they respect you.” – Dan, [12:59 & 14:16]
“I think he earned back an inch of that respect when he traded Jalen Ramsey.” – Greg, [17:17]
“What do you mean they've done that? ...They've said they've done that.” – Dan & Greg, [13:54–14:02]
They dissect whether Tua or Tyreek is the more essential Dolphin, weighing injury history and on-field impact. Dan’s assertion:
“I think Tua needs Tyreek Hill more than Tyreek Hill needs Tua.” – Dan, [25:53]
Mike Ryan and Billy push back, referencing games where the offense sputtered in Tyreek or Tua’s absence, and Jeremy provides stat breakdowns at [37:19]:
= Both see significant drop-offs, but “Tyreek needs Tua more than Tua needs Tyreek. It’s irrefutable." (Greg, [37:48])
“Even if they start 8 and 2, no one’s going to trust them because of everything that December has brought to this franchise this entire century.” – [24:33]
[17:41–21:36]
“So does that mean that the present day Fernando Tatis in the major leagues is Fernando Tatis Jr Jr?” – Dan, [17:59]
“Does the middle name have any clout? ...Is the middle name just second place for the first name?” – Dan, [19:14]
“So it’s just you, is what you’re saying. It’s your name being passed down. ...after we’ve written your tombstone.” – Dan, [20:36]
[29:58–34:32]
“Tua! Yes, Tua! ...He has the skills to be a top 10 quarterback." – Greg Cody, [32:08]
“If it was something you could bet on, he’d be a favorite to get hurt. ...Doesn’t this one feel obvious?” – Dan & Mike, [34:32 & 35:02]
[40:15–46:16]
“Do any of you have parental relationships that would end up in a fight with one of your kids?” – Dan, [43:18]
“What is a rappy cac? ...Do you know anyone who has ever used the word rappy cac?” – Dan, [44:24]
This installment weaves pure Le Batard Show chaos—Suey Award shenanigans, sports takes, and affectionate ribbing—grounding it in Miami Dolphins anxiety as the NFL season looms. The team dissects the fragile power dynamics between coach and superstar, the statistical case and emotional risk of trusting Tua, and the singular importance of Tyreek Hill. Meandering into family legacy and language (with “rappy cac” as the episode’s running joke), the episode combines sharp football analysis and familial absurdity, all with the show’s trademark wisecracks and Miami flavor.