The Big Suey: Dianna Russini vs. Dan Le Batard (feat. Dianna Russini)

Summary

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

The Big Suey: Dianna Russini vs. Dan Le Batard (feat. Dianna Russini)

Date: September 2, 2025

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Episode Overview

Broadcasting from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, this "Big Suey" episode sees Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and their crew welcoming NFL insider Dianna Russini (The Athletic, Scoop City podcast) for a lively and revealing conversation. The episode fuses NFL news analysis—chiefly the shocking Micah Parsons trade—with candid discussion about the pressures of insider journalism and work-life balance, plus the usual blend of irreverent banter, personal stories, and sharply funny crew interaction.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Parenting Anecdotes and Comic Relief

• Opening up: Dianna shares her feelings of relief as her kids (ages 2 and 4) head back to school.
  • “It was more of a joyful morning. My husband kissed me... it was just pure joy that they're off to school and we don’t have to deal with them.” (03:24)
• The ‘Comfort Egg’: Dianna’s son Joey walks around holding raw eggs for comfort, leading to widespread confusion and amusement.
  • “My son just goes up to the refrigerator and asks to hold an egg... He doesn’t eat it, he just wants to hold it.” (04:30)
  • The show warns about the “stink house” risk from unrefrigerated eggs. (06:09)

2. NFL Breaking News: The Micah Parsons Trade

• Industry Shock: Dianna details widespread disbelief among NFL execs before the trade was finalized.
  • “How many head coaches and general managers on Thursday... told me Micah Parsons was not getting traded.” (08:03)
• Why It Happened: The crux was a breakdown in trust between Parsons and Cowboys’ leadership.
  • “Once some people in that building were able to convince Jerry [Jones] that this could be the right move, they... went ahead.” (10:08)
• Health & Future: Dianna quashes rumors that Parsons’ back injury played a major role.
  • “The back thing, from what I can gather, isn’t gonna be something serious... nor are the Green Bay Packers [concerned].” (10:08)
• Trade Timing & Value: Debate about whether the Cowboys could have received a better deal earlier or from different teams.
  • “A lot of questions about how much better of a deal they could have received if they just pulled the plug earlier.” (19:51)
• Who Was Really In?: Dianna doubts Jerry Jones’ claim of 15 interested teams, saying, “The number I got was not 15.” (18:12)

3. Inside the Insider’s Life: Dianna vs. Dan

• On-Air Friction: They unpack last week’s on-air tension, when Dianna abruptly left for breaking news.
  • Dianna: “You made me feel bad for wanting to be good at what I do.” (22:49)
  • Dan: “You seemed distracted... I was trying to make sure you were okay.” (23:08)
• Mental Toll: Dianna opens up about the anxiety and demands of being an NFL insider.
  • “The competition is at a level that it’s never been at. I’ve never had so many people I’m trying to beat on a daily basis.” (21:19)
  • “If you lack total perspective because your job as an insider is so consuming... I don’t think it’s sane or healthy for you.” (25:06)

Notable Quotes

• Dianna: “So send me Xanax. Like, don't make fun of me. Get me on meds, get me a therapist...” (25:21)
• Audience & Crew: Support for Dianna, poking fun at Dan’s ‘mocking’ maternal tone.
  • “I'm your mother. I'm your mother.” (Dan, 23:57)
  • “This is supposed to be an unconditional love relationship here.” (Dianna, 24:21)
  • “Sometimes you just need to hear from the people you care about and that love you unconditionally.” (Dianna, 24:21)

4. Belichick, Media Joy, and Petty NFL Storylines

• Dan notes the “sheer delight” people are taking in Belichick’s struggles.
  • “I wonder if Belichick cost himself more with this relationship than it did with Tom Brady winning a Super Bowl elsewhere...” (26:16)
• Dianna points to media payback for Belichick’s long-standing coldness.
  • “There’s a bit of a revenge feeling here... It seems very petty right now. I can’t believe how harsh people are being on him for one game.” (26:16)

5. Insider Logistics: Doing NFL Live Hits from Starbucks

• Dianna lets listeners in on her chaos during the Parsons trade, bribing Starbucks staff for quiet so she could record.
  • “Money talks, right, guys? I just put the 50 bucks on the counter. Music goes off, blending stops, it was awesome.” (32:15)

6. Fast Football Insights: Rapid-Fire NFL Takes

• Eagles:
  • Will repeat because of Jalen Hurts’ growth and confidence. (39:08)
  • Might not: Health, and possible regression of Saquon Barkley’s impact. (39:35)
• Chiefs: Expect return to offensive form with more speed and improved protection. (40:08)
• Broncos Love: Sean Payton’s enthusiasm for Bo Nix, but Dan brings up Bill Barnwell’s skepticism—Dianna stands firm Payton is “obsessed with Bo Nix.” (41:49–42:13)
• Surprise Playoff Team: New England Patriots. (41:30)
• Dolphins Outlook: Dianna’s most “concerned” team due to youth and instability.
  • “They are the team I am most concerned about this year... The vibes are not good.” (43:27)

7. Personal Stories and Show Banter

• Crew and Dianna laugh about recording shows from stranger places—Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, even a neighbor’s master bedroom. (33:42–37:14)
• “Have you ever done a radio show from your neighbor’s master bedroom?”—Show poll-worthy absurdity. (37:11)
• Dianna wryly declares lemonade stands a “grift by the parents” for dinner cash. (44:22–44:31)

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Most Memorable Quotes (with Timestamps)

• “My son just goes up to the refrigerator and asks to hold an egg... He doesn’t drop it. He doesn’t throw it. He just wants to hold an egg.” — Dianna Russini (04:30)
• “Once some people in that building were able to convince Jerry [Jones] that this could be the right move, they... went ahead.” — Dianna Russini (10:08)
• “You made me feel bad for wanting to be good at what I do... That was the issue.” — Dianna Russini (22:49)
• “This is supposed to be an unconditional love relationship here.” — Dianna Russini (24:21)
• “There’s a bit of a revenge feeling here… I felt it even before this North Carolina situation. Felt like people wanted to box him [Belichick] out, to punish him.” — Dianna Russini (26:16)
• “Money talks, right guys? I just put the 50 bucks on the counter. Music goes off. The blending stops.” — Dianna Russini (32:15)
• “Sean Payton would buy Bo Nix a private jet, take him to his house in Cabo and spend the entire summer with him if he could. He’s obsessed with Bo Nix.” — Dianna Russini (41:49)
• “They are the team I am most concerned about this year... The vibes are not good.” — Dianna Russini (43:27)
• “Lemonade stands are a way for parents to make money off their children and use that cash to get dinner.” — Dianna Russini (44:22)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• 03:14–06:40: Dianna’s parenting anecdotes: kids, eggs, and back-to-school
• 07:55–14:04: Micah Parsons trade—analysis, sources, ramifications
• 20:42–25:37: Dianna and Dan unpack last week’s on-air drama and discuss insider stress
• 26:16–27:34: Media and public joy over Belichick’s “downfall”
• 31:33–35:40: Chaos of reporting NFL news from Starbucks; crew shares stories
• 39:08–44:31: Fast NFL analysis—Eagles, Chiefs, Broncos, Patriots, Dolphins, Lemonade stand grifting

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Tone and Style

The episode is classic Le Batard: sharp, vulnerable, and mischievous. Dianna’s openness about the demands of insider work blends with the show’s gleeful absurdity—comfort eggs, Starbucks bribery, radio shows from bedrooms. There’s tension and real talk about ambition and guilt, but the crew ultimately reinforces Dianna’s value and camaraderie. The NFL analysis is informed, fast, and opinionated, seasoned with the show’s signature skepticism and wit.

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Final Thoughts

This episode is about both the spectacle of modern sports news—and the people inside it. Dianna offers both breaking NFL insight and relatable candor, while Dan (and the crew) mix accountability, empathy, and their usual delightful chaos. The result is a must-listen blend of sports, life, and the very real cost of chasing “the scoop”—all filtered through the unmistakable Big Suey lens.

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Transcript

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[Diana Rossini]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Welcome to the Big Sui presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show, the podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBatard podcast?

[Stu G]

I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that.

[Dan Le Batard]

In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries that if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys.

[Diana Rossini]

I've done it.

[Dan Le Batard]

And now here's the Marching man to Nowhere Fat Face and the Habitual Liar.

[Stu G]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you. I'm very excited here. Katie Nolan is gonna be on Sirius xm, according to Jimmy Trainor announcing that Katie Nolan will host the 1 to 2pm slot on Mad Dog Radio. So they're putting together an old style radio lineup at Sirius XM with Adam Shine nine to noon, Katie Nolan noon to one, Stephen A. Smith one to three and Chris Mad Dog Russo three to six.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

We've talked about Howard Stern in a little bit. I also want to ask you guys how to handle what's going on with the President of the United States, the White House, and an announcement being made later today that might be made, Diana, during the show.

[Mike Ryan]

First question for Rossini.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's not where we're going to start with Diana Rossini, who is here with us now. Diane is the senior NFL insider for the athletic, and she is the host of Scoop City, the Scoop City podcast. Last time she was here, she had to rush out of the room because Adam Thielen had been traded. I thought it was a gross overreaction and that her life as a parent and adult lacks perspective. But that's what she does for a living, and she's very good at it. The kids are off to school. How do we feel about. Is there relief? What's happening now with the. With the age of the kids? Does your life get any easier now?

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I don't. I don't think it would. To go from dropping the kids off at school to now going into full face into the football season, seems like your life's going to get crazy again, just a different way.

[Diana Rossini]

No, I would say it's better now. I enjoy today. I'm not one of those moms that is crying as they take them out of the car seat to put them into the classroom. It was more of a joyful morning. My husband kissed me this morning, actually. And I know it had nothing to do with romance or love between us. It was just pure joy that they're off to school and we don't have to deal with them because it is so hard to, you know, have them around all the time. They're little. They're little guys. They're four and two, and they like to bite and play dinosaurs with each other. Meaning, like, they actually like to be the dinosaur. So I'm glad that it's somebody else's problem today because now I can truly lock in and do all this. But it was good. So if you guys remember, I came on the first day of school last year, and I think during the show we realized that I put Joey's shoes on wrong. Like, the wrong, you know, the left on the right and the right and left. But I did not do that today. So big win. We're starting off. We're starting off on top. So it's all downhill from here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is Joey the one who microwaved the iPhone?

[Diana Rossini]

Yes. Yes. Joey is the one who microwave the iPhone this morning. You know, when you fill out those chalkboards and the kids hold it up, like, hi, my name's Joey, you know, I'm two. I like this. I said, joey, what do you like? He said, I like eggs. And the thing is, he doesn't like eggs. Like to eat for some reason. I don't know. It started about a month and a half ago. My son just goes up to the refrigerator and asks to hold an egg. And he walks around with an egg. He doesn't drop it. He doesn't throw it. He just wants to hold an egg. So you guys can figure out what that means and what poor parenting skill or thing I'm doing in my house. And my son needs an egg to feel loved, a comfort.

[Dan Le Batard]

A comfort egg. What is he doing there? What have you asked?

[Diana Rossini]

So my brother said he's hungry. He's like, he's asking you to make him an egg. What is so hard to figure out? I said, he doesn't want to eat the egg. He just wants to hold it and it's with him. So if you come to my house right now, there are just random raw eggs in my house, because I'll for. You know, he'll put it somewhere and I'll forget I can't eat it.

[Zas]

Easter.

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah, it's like Easter in my house, except they're not dyed and they're not cooked. It's very bizarre.

[Dan Le Batard]

But wait a minute. Does this make sense to anyone else? And should this go unchecked? Do we have to do it? Does. Do we have to get some help for. For. Are you going to have a house full of eggs?

[Diana Rossini]

I mean, it's going to get gross at some point, Right? Because eggs can't be out of the refrigerator. Like, how long. If you could put this up, please, and let the world.

[Guest Caller]

There's going to.

[Dan Le Batard]

There's going to be a smell, isn't there? Because if you don't find all the eggs.

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah. How long can an egg stay raw? I guess, outside of the refrigerator? Like, how long can it last?

[Stu G]

You're going to be the house that. That smells like rotten eggs.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's right. That's what's going to happen.

[Guest Caller]

I'm seeing. Eggs should not be left unrefrigerated for more than two hours.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. You're going to have a stink house. That's what's going to happen.

[Diana Rossini]

To prevent dangerous hours, try to weed.

[Guest Caller]

To prevent dangerous bacterial growth.

[Dan Le Batard]

Ouch. Diana, look, you got to get a hold of things. Football's crazy and the season's about to start.

[Guest Caller]

Salmonella and yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

And those kids are walking petri dishes for disease. Just. And. And they're going to join a bunch of other kids who are petri dishes for disease.

[Zas]

Right.

[Dan Le Batard]

And you sent them out of the house and your husband kissed you because you were so happy to get them the hell out of the house.

[Diana Rossini]

We were so happy. And look, they can put the eggs wherever they want as long as they are healthy enough to go to school. They're going to school because the phone call I get and guys on the show that have the little ones know you get that call from school, I want to. I want to red button it. Like, I want to ignore it sometimes because I'm like, I know what this is. Joey has a boo boo. Or Mikey fell and has a scratch on his cheek and you have to come get him. And it's like, I get him. And then soon as Mikey gets in the car, he's like, hey, mom, can we go for a lollipop? I'm like, you're fine, but now you're gonna make my life crazy. But it's all part of it. So I. I actually enjoy it because last week they were home and I'm sure you guys were paying attention to the news in the NFL. It was absolutely absurd from. Obviously, it started with the Adam Thielen thing, which is now laughable compared to what the trade turned out to be. The trade of the summer, if not the year, depending on how we see how this shakes out with, of course, Micah Parsons going to Green Bay. So it has not stopped. It's been a reluctant.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to ask you what was the most interesting thing to be said or shared on Micah Parsons? Everyone's got an opinion. Everyone's got an opinion. What's the best one you heard?

[Diana Rossini]

I enjoy how it was a little bit of a. No pun intended. A little bit of an egg in my face. How many head coaches and general managers on Thursday afternoon I either spoke to over the phone or over text who told me Micah Parsons was not getting traded. It was not happening. And these were teams who even spoke to the Cowboys about potential trade. They knew the team was open to it, but nobody believed that it would actually happen. So I've actually enjoyed a little bit of the post trade fodder more than the lead up. Just because so many people are questioning the timing of it. A lot of people believe that he could have received. He meaning Jerry. The Cowboys could receive so much better compensation either closer to the trade deadline or if they just did this earlier in the season, what they could have.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, Diana, everyone shocked, and everyone has a lot of questions, but what's the best analysis you've heard? Because all the analysis seems to gloss over what I just read. What I just read, which is Micah Parsons needs a shot to his spine to make sure that his back's okay. Now, like, do we know that he's healthy and you didn't. Like, I'd like to know in the opinion business who's giving the opinion on this? That you're like, that's a really astute point that's being made.

[Diana Rossini]

Like. Like, who did I speak with? You're saying, like, in football, that was, like, giving me a thoughtful reaction to this, or I'm.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm trying to understand. Nobody understands this trade. Everything you said is so. And it seems to me like it's just Jerry Jones's precedent. Oh, he always does this. He's just fooling around. He just likes the attention. He'll sign him. You don't trade that. Everyone knows. Everyone knows you never trade, that no one's trading that net. Never gets traded, ever. And then Jerry Jones trades him. So in the analysis afterward, I hear a lot of people talking, but I don't hear a lot of people knowing much of anything. And then I read today he needs a shot in his back. And so I'm asking you, why am I reading that? And what's interesting in the last few days that you've read or heard that you would say, I hadn't thought of it that way.

[Diana Rossini]

The back thing, from what I can gather, isn't gonna be something serious that the Dallas Cowboys were actually really concerned about, nor are the Green Bay Packers. So he's expected to be out there. So this wasn't one of these injuries where Jerry's laughing internally in the building, well, wait till Green Bay sees what injury they're going to have to deal with. That's not the case from. From what I understand. I think just the fact. The timing of all this, the fact that Kenny Clark, obviously the player that was involved in this trade from the Green Bay packers, who's now Dallas Cowboy, practiced on Thursday, tells you where the Cowboys were at in this trade. So while I'm sharing with you that Thursday afternoon, no one thought this was happening because there was a reality where maybe this wouldn't happen. About a week and a half ago, someone texted me, who I trust, not that I have to preface that I trust this, but sometimes there's just better sources than others that you have in the league. And this person said to me, there are people in the Dallas Cowboys building trying to get Jerry to sit down and have a conversation that a trade needs to be on the table, that you cannot continue to say, I'm not doing this. I have all the leverage. I can tag him. We have to. We have to talk about this and what that trade would look like. And so between a week and a half ago and Monday, things change. They were able to convince Jerry to have a conversation to say, we may need to do this. And once some people in that building were able to convince Jerry that this could be the right move, they. Jerry went. Because there were some people there that didn't want to trade Mike, and there were some people who did. And that's part of. This isn't all Jerry. And it's just because we don't know of those people, and those people aren't going to come out and say it. So I just think the fact that this went from being a story that was just going to be business as usual in Dallas to really being a story that got very personal. And soon as on August 1, when we reported that Micah felt that the relationship was so tarnished that he no longer wanted to be a Dallas Cowboy. And then hours later, he tweeted out that he didn't want to be there. This was deeper than just, I don't want to play there, right? When we talked about Trey Hendrickson on the show here a few weeks ago, I said to you, trey has said consistently he wants to be a Bengal. He never said he wanted to leave Cincinnati. Terry McLaurin always wanted to be a commander. It was the most obvious thing in the world. He may not have been as vocal as Trey, but everybody knew that Micah did not want to play in Dallas anymore. Once it got personal, once the shots were being made, once Jerry disrespected his agent. So this just felt that Dallas. I always thought that Dallas could handle this, even though it felt like it got ugly. But in the end, sometimes these relationships can't be repaired, and this one did not.

[Stu G]

Diana, Micah mentioned that he didn't have a say in where he was going to go. So how did it go down, do you believe, as far as him signing the huge deal then with the Packers, I mean, the packers must have said, hey, we have a deal in place for you. Do you want to play for us? Right.

[Diana Rossini]

Well, it's money, right? It's who's going to be the team that's given. Going to give him the contract that he wants. And he went from making for what he thought he would make with Dallas at around what I think Jerry and him had that conversation around 41.5 a year to 47. You know, I don't really think there's a lot of decision that has to be made there and that was part of this too by the way. So Thursday afternoon when the trade was agreed to at least was was heating up. The contract had to get worked out and from what I gather Green Bay was had no issue giving him that money and I do believe that there are other teams around the league who would have had no problem paying him the number that contract that he received.

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[Diana Rossini]

Don LeBatard Daddy says you're doing a live show on the draft. Rick, is it Channel 7?

[Dan Le Batard]

Stugats.

[Diana Rossini]

Those girls on Eyewitness News, they look good. They're mothers. They look good though. This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats.

[Zas]

How much more should they have gotten? Dallas because the, the, the two first round draft picks they're getting aren't even likely to be high picks. They're probably in the 20s.

[Diana Rossini]

That's the problem with all of this is they picked a team which, first of all, they have a history with a history that, that they don't like. Jerry's been very open about that. We've seen how many, how many times, how many games have we seen where the packers are the reason why the Dallas Cowboys can't get knocked out. Whatever, whatever it is. But, but furthermore, it's the nfc. I had a head coach text with me that day was why not the afc? Why would you do that if you're Dallas, if the packers are the reason why you haven't been able to get over the hump in several different seasons?

[Dan Le Batard]

Let me ask that question a different way, actually. How many Teams in the league wouldn't make that trade for Micah Parsons. Like, would have given. Would have given up more for Micah Parsons because Micah Parsons is never available.

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah, I don't know how many teams at the end really were serious. I know there were a handful. Right. Jerry said 15. I think it's a little less than that, just because as a reporter, you have to go call every team and say, where you in? You know, and I try to get almost every team, and the number I got was not 15. But I can tell you that a lot of teams were looking at this as, yes, an opportunity to improve our team immediately. And, you know, the most common sense way to go about this was to call the teams that have rookie quarterbacks. Right. Because they've got the money, they've got the draft capital, they're in better positions. So those teams all make a lot of sense. I did. I did find teams, though, that have quarterbacks on rookie deals who are not interested. And some of it is because they either like what they have. They don't want to give away that draft capital. This morning, Mike Vrabel was asked in New England, a team that could certainly use a guy like Micah Parsons, and his response was essentially without saying, and throwing the former regime under the bus. They just, you know, they did not draft very well. We need our draft picks. We have to build one player. Can't do it all. So I don't know how many teams were not in. There were just definitely some that. That were lurking once they heard that Jerry was actually truly open. But again, back to the business side of this, and this is where the feedback I've been receiving around the league is. I think there's a lot of questions about how much better of a deal they could have received if they just pulled the plug on this earlier. If they just made the decision to actually trade him earlier in the summer when teams were weak, few days out when this.

[Dan Le Batard]

You need to find out. Like Pablo Torrey finds out. Diana Rossini. Diana Rossini needs to find out.

[Diana Rossini]

Give me the full name. You said Diana Marie Rossini.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes. Diana Ruri ruining finds out what was going to be the max trade offer for Micah Parsons. Please find out what could have been possible so we can stop speaking speculatively and actually know it.

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[Dan Le Batard]

So, Diana, I want to. Because I have aired here, right? And I want to spend some time here with you on Belichick, but there's a lot happening, right? Micah Parsons is something that just explodes in your face. And now here comes football. College football. Crazy weekend, lot of fun. The whole sports thing is escalating. And last week, your exit here was controversial, and Chris and I were trying to get you on to get back on the show because during our conversation or your appearance, you got the Adam Thielen news. You left for 10 minutes, you came back, and then people thought I was yelling at you. What's the final fallout on that?

[Diana Rossini]

I think you understood that when I'm in the middle of a story and it's my job to gather as many details and to get as many people on the phone to not only report it, you know, for myself, but to support my teammates, my, you know, the Athletic reporters that are on the ground every day with these teams. I think you saw. You know me well enough to know when I'm overwhelmed. You when I come on the show, most of the time, outside Robert Sala getting fired, it's always a fun conversation. It's easy. We love talking football. I'm an open book with you guys about my ridiculous life that I've chosen. But at times, I have to be serious and I have to do my job. And the competition is. Is at a level that it's never been at. I've never had so many people I am trying to be on a daily basis. So while the Adam Dylan story was happening, there's layers that I'm going to get asked from my own bosses of how this trade came together. And really my anxiety that day was trying to support my. My fellow reporters at the Athletic in that moment, knowing they were working and had tons of intel and we just needed a piece of together. So in terms of your behavior towards me, you did make me feel bad, because you guys are part of. You're some of my favorite people. You've opened your arms to me for years, but you made me feel bad for wanting to be good at what I do. And that was the issue.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, my God.

[Diana Rossini]

Because it. Because I sat in it all afternoon, and you. And I texted a little bit afterwards, and I remember thinking, I think I let the guys down. I let Dan down by leaving. But then it was a little bit of a difficult mind war. I had in my brain a Tug of war of I have to do this job, so. Oh.

[Dan Le Batard]

But for me, all I was doing. It wasn't even because you were a little overwhelmed. You seem distracted. And when you're always here, you're super focused. Focused on what we're doing or we're fooling around with where you would get distracted. But it seemed like you seemed panicked, and so I was trying to make sure that you were okay. Because you were.

[Diana Rossini]

No, that's what it is. It. I know you understand what's going on, but sometimes when you talk about what I'm doing, you make me feel bad that I chose this life, and I don't want to feel bad about myself.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, okay. Because I feel bad.

[Diana Rossini]

You're mocking me. That's what it is. It feels sending.

[Zas]

Like.

[Diana Rossini]

Like you couldn't be better. You couldn't shoot higher. You couldn't get a job on SportsCenter. You had to become an insider and have this stuff consume your life that you're running off a great television.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm your mother. I'm your. I'm your mother.

[Diana Rossini]

Exactly. This is. If I was on Good Morning America.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm your mother.

[Diana Rossini]

You would be happy.

[Zas]

Yeah.

[Diana Rossini]

This is what's happened through these years. So Dan is turned into Camille Rossini.

[Audience Member]

Dana, can I just tell you, you're enough. And I'm proud of you and everything that you have become.

[Zas]

Yeah. We love you. Not Dan, but the rest of us.

[Diana Rossini]

Thank you for saying that. Sometimes you just need to hear from the people you care about and that love you unconditionally. Because this is supposed to be an unconditional love relationship here. I am good with the tough love, but, Dan, I just think we're on television.

[Dan Le Batard]

How is this unconditional?

[Diana Rossini]

This is. You just need to give me a little bit of grace at times.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Zas]

Respect.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is. You're. You're correct. But I. I did not mean to be neither mocking nor condescending.

[Diana Rossini]

I worry that ADAM Thielen was 35. You're like, who care? Like, your whole attitude of it was like you were annoyed that I cared about a trade that wasn't very significant in the. In the grand scheme of things, but in the moment, it was.

[Dan Le Batard]

If you lack total perspective because your job as an insider is so consuming and everyone is competing in a way that makes mental health challenges a daily conundrum, because information has to be gotten to first and fast, and I don't think it's sane or healthy for you.

[Diana Rossini]

So send me Xanax. Like, don't make fun of Me. Get me on meds, get me a therapist, get me someone I could talk to to get this off my chest so I can be superwoman and I can be a wonderful wife and a wonderful mom and the best at this, because I'm trying to do that this year.

[Stu G]

If you send to the Xanax over state lines, it could be troublesome for you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay. Thank you, Zasl. I appreciate the law enforcement over here, but we haven't talked enough about Belichick, and there seems to be a glee in the air, and I have been a bit surprised. I wonder if Belichick cost him more with this relationship than it did with Tom Brady winning a Super Bowl. Elsewhere, the sheer delight people are taking in watching him unrobed this way on television. Like, what's more responsible there for people really enjoying a demise? Is it the. The fact that we all saw that Tom Brady could win without him, or is it his relationship?

[Diana Rossini]

Well, I enjoyed your take yesterday. I repeated that and retweeted it. I was very psyched to see how supportive you were and the belief of Bill Belichick. But, no, I'm with you. I. It seems very petty right now. I can't believe how harsh people are being on him for one game. But I think sometimes this is what happens. When you put so much out there, you immediately put the target on your back. And I do. The way Bill treated the media for so long, there's a bit of a revenge feeling here. And I felt it even before this North Carolina situation. I felt that even when he was interviewing for jobs or at least looking for jobs in the NFL, it felt like people wanted to box him out to punish him for the way he treated people. In terms of this, though, and before I got on the show, I was talking to some people around the league to just get their feelings about Bill. And even last night, some people were texting about it. Look, it's one game. I don't think anyone's sitting here thinking Bill is going to be an absolute failure at the college level. I just think it's going to be. It's going to be a bit of a learning curve here. It's not the NFL. This roster is not very good at Chapel Hill. Like, I think there's still. We got to give a little. But I'm with you. The world seems pretty excited to watch him fail.

[Dan Le Batard]

The audience has spoken. And for being an asshole to Diana and making her feel bad last week and make her feel condescended, I have been given by the audience.

[Diana Rossini]

So.

[Mike Ryan]

Minor penalty, two minutes, Peste, tremenda, coma, mierda.

[Audience Member]

Crazy about that.

[Mike Ryan]

And this is how you show your support for women? I apologize for you feeling that way.

[Diana Rossini]

Good. See, I. I don't like that line. I'm sorry you feel that way. I can't. I had someone do that to me recently. Like, that's basically putting it back on me.

[Zas]

Yeah. It's not an apology.

[Diana Rossini]

It's not an apology. The apology should just be. We are so happy that you're part of our family and we know that you're trying your best to get us the most information. And at times, things are gonna happen when we're on the show. And if you have to do your job, you need to go do it. And you are always welcome here, whether it's that day or another day, because you've. You've consistently been loyal to this show and we love you unconditionally, top to bottom. And you're also beautiful.

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[Dan Le Batard]

Stugarts.

[Diana Rossini]

Why did you take a job at the Atlantic? Mom, I work at the Athletic. What? You on YouTube?

[Audience Member]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

[Guest Caller]

Dad, what's the passive aggressive thing you. You say to mom all the time when you're in an argument with her? Like, it's like a diffuser.

[Zas]

If you say so. Oh, yeah, she hates that. If you say so.

[Guest Caller]

I thought it's like, you may be right. I thought it was.

[Zas]

I know she hates that.

[Diana Rossini]

It's almost like the text. My husband. I do this when we're fighting. Just K. Oh, the k. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Don't pay me.

[Diana Rossini]

That. That's. That's essentially.

[Guest Caller]

It speaks volumes.

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah. Yeah. It's the middle finger.

[Zas]

What's wrong? What's wrong with. If you say so as a diffuser, as an argument.

[Dan Le Batard]

I thought you also do.

[Guest Caller]

You may be right.

[Zas]

I do, because I may be crazy. The great Edwin Pope taught me that you may be right is the way to defuse an argument without admitting the other person.

[Audience Member]

Those are detonators, not diffusers. You're getting the person more ramped up.

[Zas]

Okay.

[Diana Rossini]

I do a lot of. I see where you're coming from on that. I understand that I probably needed to put myself in your shoes a little bit more in that scenario, and maybe that's what Dan needed to do. Maybe Dan needs to sit here in my little office with my phone buzzing. Cause God knows, every time I'm on this show, something's happening.

[Zas]

Right.

[Diana Rossini]

By the way, I was. I was thinking about that on the day the Micah Parsons trade was happening. I'm like, thank God I was not with Dan.

[Zas]

Oh, God.

[Diana Rossini]

So I was having Internet issues, and we wanted to do a quick live reaction show for Scoop City. And, of course, everything always happens at the worst times, right? It's like, no Internet, no technology, all this. So I have to go to Starbucks. Only place I can think of to just sit somewhere to, like, to get Internet, right? And I had to go up to the barista and, you know, basically ask him politely, can you not blend Frappuccino? Can you kill the music? The biggest trade in the NFL in a long time just happened, and I have to go live, and I just can. Whatever you could do. And I realized there's only one way people will do things that. That you ask, which is money. And I just put the 50 bucks on the counter. Music goes off, the blending stops. Like, it was awesome. Like, shout out to those guys.

[Zas]

Were there people in there? Like, did you have an audience when you were doing this?

[Diana Rossini]

It wasn't a large amount like, normally you see in Starbucks. It was like, a decent amount. And they were working, too. And I did see one guy. He was live watching. Like, he was just like. He was probably a football fan, actually, now that I think about it was like, oh, this is great intel. This is all happening in the moment. But that was just like, another example of where you're like, are you. You Kidding me. Is this happening right now? But it, But. But it happens. Money talks, right, guys, Were there other.

[Audience Member]

Customers that, like, now are not getting their drinks because you bribed the barista?

[Stu G]

I don't know.

[Diana Rossini]

I. They were in my peripheral, and if you remember, it was a little. It was later in the day and they were sweeping and collecting garbage. And I'm thinking, is Starbucks closing right now? Is this going to happen in the middle of the show? They're going to try to close. Which, by the way, this is happening where, like, you're looking straight on camera and everything around you is just, like, craziness on top of the fact that I've got text messages flying in, you know, because I'm trying to throw out as much intel as I can to make the show better. But it was. It was. It was a lot at one time. So, by the way, what's the answer if your Internet goes down and you have to go somewhere that's decent? Because I was thinking, do I get a hotel room? Like, do I just go to a hotel and be like, give me a room that's sketchy.

[Audience Member]

Explain to your husband you got a hotel room in the middle of your.

[Diana Rossini]

He sees on the credit card thing. Holiday inn on Route 4 in Parabas.

[Dan Le Batard]

Greg was dying to tell you the story of the time he had to do that, though. Like, you were.

[Zas]

I've had to do that. I have had to do that. But, yeah, the hotel rental, not only that, but for one hour. I only need the hotel room for one hour.

[Audience Member]

That's even sketchier. Long for you, but sketchier.

[Zas]

No, but, Diana, the coincidence is I have done that same thing in a Dunkin Donuts near my house when my power is out and I have to finish a column or something. I've gone there and set up to finish a column.

[Dan Le Batard]

And you don't listen. You. He just said that. That was long for you.

[Zas]

An hour. When did.

[Audience Member]

When did Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks close? Because, like, you were saying you're worried is going to close? It's a good question, because I think they close. At least dunkin closes like 5 in the afternoon or something.

[Guest Caller]

And Starbucks, like 6 or 7pm I.

[Audience Member]

Don'T know if you guys have caught on to this Starbucks. The A team is the one that's working at like the crack of dawn. If you go to a Starbucks and it's like 6:00am man, you're in and out. But if you go at like 1:30 in the afternoon, you're waiting like, they.

[Diana Rossini]

Have like a draft. I Think they're like the depth chart.

[Audience Member]

I think you have to work your way up. So if I were to work at a Starbucks, I would kind of want to slip a little bit because like I don't want to be up at 4:30 making people frappuccinos. You know the slow shift. Yeah, exactly right. You want to be the one in the afternoon. The morning people seem to really have it together because if you go through like a drive thru it's like boom, boom, boom, boom. You're in and out, afternoon you're waiting.

[Stu G]

But maybe you want to be in the morning crew because they get better.

[Diana Rossini]

Tips and more often knows. I've noticed with them the greetings are different. At least in my area. The morning people don't give me the big hello, good morning, welcome to Starbucks. How may I help you? What can I get for you today on this beautiful Monday afternoon?

[Dan Le Batard]

People don't want that.

[Guest Caller]

Yeah, come on, you don't want that.

[Audience Member]

Early afternooners are stalling because they know they take forever to do stuff. So they just talk to you to keep you distracted.

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah, maybe that's what it is. Like I can't complain.

[Guest Caller]

They hooked me up that my dad was able to hook up his Internet at a place like that. Like the idea that you know how to hook up your WI fi at a Starbucks.

[Zas]

I mean somebody had to give me the, the WI there password. You know, I didn't know.

[Diana Rossini]

So wait, I, I really need an answer because this is going to happen again to me. I have some Internet.

[Stu G]

Diana, why can't you, why can't you go to your neighbor?

[Diana Rossini]

You know, because they're, they're working from home too.

[Guest Caller]

If my neighbor shows up on my house looking for Internet, I'm like, like this is the worst neighbor ever.

[Zas]

Yeah. Really Intrusion. Yeah.

[Guest Caller]

You know, I better be really close with you if you're showing up at my house needing Internet.

[Stu G]

I've done a radio show. My Internet went out. I did a radio show at my neighbor's house.

[Guest Caller]

That better be close with your neighbor.

[Diana Rossini]

Covet is the reason why this all became acceptable anyways. Right? Like we would never be doing it.

[Guest Caller]

Like that neighbor hates you.

[Stu G]

No, he's my friend.

[Audience Member]

They definitely hate you. How long was your radio show for?

[Stu G]

3 hours.

[Audience Member]

So you were three hours at your neighbor's house just screaming.

[Stu G]

Yeah, I'm loud, I'm loud.

[Diana Rossini]

Yelling.

[Audience Member]

And you're. Was this like the afternoon one? Like what time was it?

[Stu G]

Midday. 10 a to 2pMidday.

[Audience Member]

Were they there?

[Stu G]

No, wait, hold on.

[Audience Member]

You went to your neighbor's house. And you were alone in your neighbor's house just screaming, yeah, that's crazy.

[Stu G]

In their bedroom too.

[Audience Member]

What?

[Diana Rossini]

Why?

[Stu G]

Because that was where the better connection was for the Internet.

[Zas]

Yeah, I'm sure.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll at Levitage show. Have you ever been in your neighbor's master bedroom at Lebiton show? Have you ever done a radio show from your neighbor's master bedroom at Levitage show? Would you want your neighbor looking around your master bedroom when you're not home? At Levitation?

[Audience Member]

Did they know that you were in their bedroom?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Audience Member]

How did this work? You call and said, hey, Fred, you know, my Internet's down. Can I go to your house?

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah.

[Stu G]

I said, I'm about to go on the air here, and I just lost Internet. Like, can you help me out? He goes, yeah, here's my garage code. You can enter through the side of the house.

[Audience Member]

And then did he say, go into the master bedroom? You decided that?

[Stu G]

No, I said, where should I. Where's a good place?

[Dan Le Batard]

Very personal.

[Mike Ryan]

You snooped.

[Audience Member]

You snooped a little bit.

[Stu G]

He said, you'll be able to connect best if you go set up in my bedroom. So I set up in the bedroom. I did the show, and when I got done with the show and I was getting ready to leave, I walked out, and his in laws were in the house now in the living room. I was like, oh, hey, I didn't know you were here.

[Guest Caller]

More like snoop city. Am I right?

[Audience Member]

Oh, boy.

[Dan Le Batard]

You lost confidence on that one. Cue the music. So that I.

[Mike Ryan]

That was a good joke.

[Guest Caller]

Heard her podcast called Scoops.

[Audience Member]

We got it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, we all got it. You just didn't have the confidence in it.

[Guest Caller]

I was gonna say, am I right, Diana?

[Dan Le Batard]

But I figured you tripped over the finish line.

[Diana Rossini]

One hour in a hotel room, though. We're gonna.

[Dan Le Batard]

We're gonna speed Diane up here for a second here and get all the fast football information we can get. But do you have any opinions on Zaslow's go to order at Duncan? Since we were talking about Dunkin and Starbucks?

[Stu G]

I get that plain stick.

[Dan Le Batard]

Just the plain stick. The plain stick.

[Audience Member]

I don't know what that is. It sounds weird. What's a plain stick?

[Stu G]

What do you mean you don't know what it is?

[Diana Rossini]

It's.

[Stu G]

It's a it.

[Dan Le Batard]

How am I supposed to describe a.

[Stu G]

Plain stick other than say it's a plain stick?

[Audience Member]

Well, donuts around.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, but it's a stick.

[Audience Member]

It's a stick.

[Zas]

It's a elongated donut.

[Stu G]

Yeah, it's like, rectangular, like that made.

[Mike Ryan]

For dipping in that coffee.

[Diana Rossini]

I don't know. I'm at Dunkin Donuts three times a week with my boys from Munchkins. I've never seen the plain stick.

[Stu G]

That's because they're always sold out. It's so good.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't believe that that's true. I believe you're strange in eating this thing. Put it on the pole. Do you know what a plain stick is at Duncan. And do you like the plain stick? Let's speed up the music here and go through this as fast as you can, Diana, because now we want the fast information as fast as you'll give it to us. Cause this football is here. Why will the Eagles repeat?

[Diana Rossini]

The Eagles repeat because Jaylen Herz is going to be the best version of himself at quarterback now that he's won a Super bowl and also lost one. I think his confidence is at an all time high in terms of operating this offense and just feeling good at the position. He knows how to do it. He's done it already. And I think Jalen Hurts is probably going to be the reason why. Why we'll see the Eagles back in the Super Bowl.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why will the Eagles not get back to the Super Bowl?

[Diana Rossini]

Health. I hate saying health because it's a horrible thing to put out there. But Saquon Barkley carried a lot of this offense last year, runs, long runs as well, and they gave him the ball a lot. Not just in the regular season, but of course in the postseason. I just think it's hard to imagine that Saquon's going to be able to have another season like that again.

[Mike Ryan]

Last year was shocking when it came to the king Kansas City Chiefs offense. And then in the playoffs they kind of fooled us a little bit. But then we saw how outgunned they were in the Super Bowl. Will the Kansas City Chiefs offense get back to what it once was or is this a new reality?

[Diana Rossini]

Oh, no. They are going to be getting back to what they were just based on what the conversations I've been having with people there and the way Patrick has has looked and the way they're using these weapons. I'm expecting a lot of speed once again with this chief Chiefs offense, but also protection that that was what they have focused on all offseason, knowing that that did not look very good in the Super Bowl. So I'm expecting big things for the Kansas City Chiefs, not doubting them.

[Dan Le Batard]

More speed on this. More speed. Why is everyone in on the Broncos?

[Diana Rossini]

Because Sean Payton is a good salesman and also because Bo Nix has already taken that next step in terms of understanding the playbook and what's expected of him. He put it best on Scoop City with us when we talk to him. He said, last year was just about memorizing. This year is about understanding the why as to why I am doing the things I'm doing on the field. He actually understands the position at a better, at a better level. And I think for that reason and the fact that they probably have one of the best defenses in football.

[Stu G]

Diana, the Chicago Bears are going to.

[Diana Rossini]

Be watching very good this year.

[Zas]

A team considered out of the playoff race that's going to surprise and make the playoffs.

[Diana Rossini]

A team that was out of the playoff race last year that could be in the playoffs this year.

[Zas]

Yes. An underregarded team that you expect to.

[Diana Rossini]

Make the playoffs, the New England Patriots. I think they're going to make a bounce back this year. I think they're not going to be exceptionally good, but I think they're going to be able to squeeze in to that point.

[Dan Le Batard]

Bill Barnwell says on Dominique Foxworth's show, quote, I believe Sean Payton would drive Bo Nix to the airport and dump him in front of departures if he could get Drake May at quarterback.

[Diana Rossini]

Not true at all. Sean Payton would buy Bo Nix a private jet, take him to his house in Cabo and spend the entire summer with him if he could. He's obsessed with Bo Nix.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, wait a minute, though. Why would you and Bill Barnwell have such a different opinion on this?

[Diana Rossini]

Well, has Bill Barnwell been to the Denver Broncos? Practice is.

[Zas]

Whoa.

[Audience Member]

Yikes.

[Zas]

Shots fired.

[Stu G]

That's a shot.

[Diana Rossini]

No matter what I said it was gonna be a shot at Bill. I love Bill, but where is Bill getting that Sean retracted? He's just, he's just using that as an, like, he's just. That's a theory, right? He's not saying that's what Sean Payton told him. Right.

[Audience Member]

Diana Rossini colon. Bill Barnwell is a liar.

[Diana Rossini]

Dan, I, I think I said it on the show this summer. I had a missed call from, from Sean Payton, and when I checked the voice of voicemail, all the voicemail said was, I love my quarterback.

[Audience Member]

Let's call him right now and ask him.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, but he could love him and trade him for Drake May. What Bill Barnwell is saying is that Drake May is better.

[Diana Rossini]

I, I don't think Sean Payton believes that. I don't. I don't think Sean Payton believed Drake May was better. I think during that whole draft process, it was Bo Nicks, the whole time. I think Jaden Daniels was a different story. I think we said Jaden. Yes. I don't think that he thinks that Bo n Knicks, that, that the thing that Sean Payton loves about Bo Nicks is the experience he had at the college level. Right. Bo is obviously, what, 25. He is comfortable at the position already. There is not that much of a learning curve that we're seeing with so much of these younger guys. Drake may still needs time.

[Dan Le Batard]

Greg Cody. I stop you just because we need to speed it up. Greg Cody says the Dolphins are going to win eight games this season at least.

[Diana Rossini]

You're drunk. No, I, I, I, I have. They are my cons. They are the team I am most concerned about this year. Injuries are always a problem with this team. They went from old to young, which I'm fine with. Like, I'm okay that they decided to go. All right. We got to get rid of some of the veterans here and bring in some youth, which is what they did. But anytime you see a team that's this young, they need time. And I'm not sure if this regime has a lot of time left left here to turn this around. Obviously, there's been drama off the field with Tyrique. The back and forth. Tyrique is going to be there, obviously out on week one. He was not a captain. That tells you some of the story as well. I just. The vibes are not good.

[Zas]

I have to give you credit because I am drunk right now.

[Diana Rossini]

Thank you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

Cash.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you, Diana, for your time. On your way out. Just very quickly, our lemonade stands.

[Diana Rossini]

Yes, yes. It is a way for parents to make money off their children and use that cash to get dinner.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll at Lebitard. Show our lemonade stands a grift by the parents $28 scheme. Thank you. Thank you, Diana. Thank you. Good talking to you.

[Diana Rossini]

Tough times, guys. Thanks. Love you.

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[Diana Rossini]

Howdy, folks.

[Mike Ryan]

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