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Dan Le Batard
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Dan Le Batard
He's not wrong that if Clayton Kershaw had Eugenio Ramirez surgery, it would be different than Tommy John surgery. So good point. 305486. Gotts is the telephone number if you want to get in on calls and calls in 20, 25 calls.
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Mike
That was good shit right there, dude. Don't apologize for it. Don't I hear the little shame in your voice. You challenged them. They brought it there. Pioneer or near a pie.
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Dan Le Batard
Diana Rossini is going to be here for all of your football needs in a second. But I just want to pause the show for a second. I didn't do this in the local hour, and I should have, because Ray Hudson is an legend. He's a national legend, and he's a local legend. I mean, he started soccer down here with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and has been one of the most entertaining personalities anywhere in sports broadcast worldwide for, I'm going to say, 30 years, because maybe before that. And I just want to introduce you here with some sound from Ray Hudson so that you hear him calling a messy goal. And all of his calls were poetry. And I can't believe that he's retiring because he's a voice for literally 50 years.
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Tony
Be in sports again.
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Dan Le Batard
The medicine man arrives and sinks his flaming spear into the hearts of Real Madrid. Messi, born in the crossfire Hurricane. And he is jumping Jack Flash. The defenders are left with bees flying around him. Messi. You could drop a tarantula into his shorts and he'll still be cool.
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Diana Rossini
I doubt that.
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Dan Le Batard
Put it on the poll at Le Batard Show. If you dropped a tarantula down Messi's shorts, would he still be cool? You should hear Chris Whittingham, the way he talks about what his face does when he's next to Ray Hudson and he hears something like that break out. And the child in him is mesmerized because he can't believe he's standing next to Ray Hudson.
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Diana Rossini
Yeah.
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Mike
Grew up with Ray Hudson as not just the voice of soccer for what felt like a niche sport in this country for so long. And as the tide rose, his calls became more and more profound. My favorite color commentator in soccer, easily. You mentioned the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, also an impressive run with the Miami Fusion. And not only should you hear Chris Whittingham talk about what Ray Hudson does when he's making those calls, but you should hear Ray Hudson talk about Chris Whittingham when he was on an episode of Goalless, and how he credits Chris Winningham for giving us this little run. We got to hear Ray Hudson call Champions League Soccer.
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Dan Le Batard
Been so cool. I. Man, I cannot tell you how happy I am for winning him because he's climbing around in his dreams and he's helping. He just helped Ray Hudson have his Lee Corso moments at the end of his career because he was genuflecting before someone he knew to be a broadcasting legend. I actually wondered about this the other day when Tony. We were talking about Tony and the idea of getting into radio and what a bad idea I thought it was to get into radio. And I wondered to myself, if we can even build radio stars like that anymore. Can you even have a future Ray Hudson today? Is there somebody today that 50 years from now they're gonna retire and you're gonna be like, that's one of the best voices to ever call games. Can it even happen anymore? Or does that end with Vin Scully and that era of broadcaster?
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Mike
No, I think it happens, but I don't think you have people that come out the gates with this type of energy. Here's another guy, Kevin Harlan. He had to grow that character over time because when you get into play by play, they tell you to kind of zap that stuff out of your personality. Can you imagine if Ray Hudson burst on the scene talking this way, somebody would tell him, hey, cool it with that. Stop making it about you. You kind of have to buy some credibility with the audience over time. But I do think, look, he's a little bit more polarizing. But I think Gus Johnson will kind of feel a similar way for some folks, especially those that I think the best sport he did was college basketball and feel a certain way. Kevin Harlan, as I mentioned before. But it's hard. It's hard for new guys, and Chris Whittingham is one of those new guys. And it was really, really cool to have Ray say such incredible things about Whitty's ability to call soccer. That's a very difficult job. That witty has and it's made easier when you have a partner like that. Same, I'm sure Phil Shane thinks a world of Ray Hudson. Ray Hudson and Lee Corso in a matter of weeks is tough.
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Dan Le Batard
Diana Rossini is becoming a legend in this business. She's the senior NFL insider for the Athletics. She's the host of the Scoop City podcast. And her football information is second to none. She is wildly informed. She spent a lot of time at Vikings camp. We'll get to that story in a second. And football. But I need an update on your son's obsession with eggs. A weird child is growing in your home who, who loves eggs and is putting them all over the house. Have you found any rotting and what, what is happening here with this young boy and his egg obsession?
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Diana Rossini
Yes. First of all, thank you to all the viewers and listeners of the show who have reached out with their theories as to why my 2 year old has an obsession with just holding eggs around the home. He does not eat them. I think we have to make that clear. He just likes to hold them and walk around the house morning and night. We've been trying to talk to him about it a little bit more because my thought is something's up, right? This is, this has been going on for, I think about two months now. It was the summer when it started. And he won't really answer me because he's two. So this morning I was actually putting him in his car seat and he was looking over my shoulder and he said, mom, egg, egg in the tree. And I didn't really have time to stop because I had to get him off to daycare to get back to work. And I actually just thought he was making it up. And so I dropped him off and I came home and I pulled in the driveway and I'm like, you know what, let me just go look at the tree. What was he talking about? And there was an egg in the tree. So he was right. So not. He just has this obsession. He sees them, he wants to hold them.
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Dan Le Batard
He didn't put it there. Right. A bird had laid an egg.
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Diana Rossini
It was a bird laid an egg. And he spotted. And by the way, it was tiny. I don't even know how this little boy saw it, but he was right. So he's got some superpower. I don't know what this means for us in terms of what Joey will turn into one day.
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DraftKings Advertiser
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Dan Le Batard
It's, it's not, it's not a great.
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Tony
Superpower like Diane, I'm sorry that Dan asked you if your Kid put the tree, the egg inside the tree, knowing he's two years old and had to climb this.
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Dan Le Batard
Yeah. Well, this is the way. No, the way Diana describes her life, I do envision this child is a bit of a spider monkey. He puts things in the microwave, like the cell phone. I think this child can climb around the house. Well, I look, the way I'm imagining her life is she's picking up the phone and someone's yelling about Vrabel and there's a child climbing on her head.
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Diana Rossini
Yeah, that's close. I had to take them for shots the other day and my husband can't believe I did it. But I knew Joey was going to be scared because his brother was going to get the shots first. So I brought an egg and I just. So Joey held an egg while he got his shots and he just, he didn't break it. He just held it while he had a comfort egg. It's his comfort. It's so bizarre.
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DraftKings Advertiser
An emotional support egg.
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Diana Rossini
The thing is, it's not like he just has one. Like even today at school with show and tell, bring in your, your stuffy and Joey doesn't have one. So I'm like, do I just send them with an egg? It's just there's, I have no understanding of this. But. But yes, we have found more eggs. We found an egg in the back of one of their little trailer trucks and they also have like a lightning McQueen little, little car.
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Dan Le Batard
No smells yet. No smells of rotting eggs have been in the house yet. Okay.
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Diana Rossini
No, no, we're, we're in good shape and someone, one of the listeners messaged me that I need to be careful for ants and bugs. So I'm on high alert here.
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Dan Le Batard
Okay.
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Diana Rossini
Add another thing to my plate, you know.
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Dan Le Batard
Yes. Football is crazy this first week and I, we haven't talked at all about last night's game. That just seemed to me like the Bears would. I'm still not used to first time starters at quarterback winning football games, looking competent and just league wide. None of these guys throw interceptions like I'm just used to. Somewhere there's going to be a Zach Wilson who goes out there and throws five interceptions.
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Mike
But he did throw the interception.
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Diana Rossini
He did. I was going to say he was terrible. J.J. was terrible.
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Mike
He was. The takes were flying, Diana. And then in a fourth quarter in which they scored 21 points, just totally made some tweets. Age poorly immediately. What was your takeaway? That was super impressive.
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Diana Rossini
Yeah, it shifted quick, right? Like, did you see all the people backing it up? Like, oopsie. Like, went a little too hard there. And I have my own fun with the Minnesota Vikings fan base anyways, because we had. We had reported a lot in the off season that there were conversations about possibly bringing in Aaron Rodgers, and fans didn't want to hear it because JJ's the guy. And I spent a lot of time with the Vikings this summer. And look, Kevin o' Connell is sharp. He's obviously a great teacher. He has a true understanding of the position, but he was preaching patience, too. Like, he's never. J.J. mcCarthy's never played in an NFL game, and he's coming off an injury. So what he did last night was just absolutely spectacular and just credit to his moxie. And I just think what he did last night changes the direction of this entire team, because they can say what they want about what they thought of J.J. mcCarthy before the game. Right. Because you heard. How many quotes did you see coming out of Minnesota if you didn't see him? I'll tell you, it was like he was the chosen one. And it was. It almost felt over the top at times. And guess what? You win a game like last night, and he lives up to all of it, and that changes the dynamic of that locker room. And just the way we view this Vikings team, which is a team that is built to win a Super Bowl.
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DraftKings Advertiser
Diana, Diana, how close were the Vikings to. Instead of going with McCarthy, to either paying Darnold or actually bringing in Rogers.
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Diana Rossini
Yeah. So going back to free agency, when they had to make that decision, it wasn't easy, from what I gather. Like, they had serious talks because, remember, they had Daniel Jones there, too. Right. So Daniel Jones, he wanted to be the starter. He didn't want to have to come in there and compete. And the Vikings were like, hey, we're going to sign you. Come back here, compete against jj, and if you win the job, you're the starter. Daniel's like, now I can just go somewhere else, make more money and pretty much have a better shot of winning. Right. Because, you know, for Daniel Jones perspective, competing against the draft pick, the top choice is going to be a tougher challenge, especially when they want JJ McCarthy to work. Whereas the Anthony Richardson experiment had already kind of been out. And obviously Daniel Jones seemed to have made the right decision, as did the Colts. As for Sam Darnold, there were definitely tons of discussions. What do you do? He was fantastic in the regular season.
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Dan Le Batard
This is what I want to ask you, Diane, and I want to speed her up in a second with the music, but I want to have I want to ask one more Vikings question because you're saying here they're built to win a Super Bowl. I do not believe they are built to win a Super Bowl. I believe that what Sam Darnold did with them last year was a bit of a mirage that then got exposed in the playoffs when Sam Darnold became Sam Darnold. Are you expecting JJ McCarthy to be better this year than Sam Darnold was last year? Because I'm not not assuming that J.J. mcCarthy in his first year can be better than Sam Darnold. So I don't think the Vikings are any kind of super bowl chance.
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Diana Rossini
No, I agree with you. I do think there has to be a bit of a patience at least. The fan base needs to be some be patient here. But when you see what he was able to handle last night in Chicago in the fourth quarter and bouncing back from a pick six back, bouncing back from the turnovers and really just a poor performance for 3/4 and rally his team to win, a guy that just doesn't lose, I look, I don't want to overreact. It's week one, I get it. But for an organization that put all their chips in Kevin o' Connell, quesi ownership, everyone said he's the guy the this gamble seems to be working out based on just this one game. And look at the way Kevin o' Connell can coach. He it doesn't really even matter at this point who the quarterback is. He's able to figure out how to run an offense through his quarterback, even if it's a little simple. Because that was some of the criticism here was that, oh my goodness, unleash this kid like he's got the training wheels on. Well, training wheels came off.
- [15:37]
Dan Le Batard
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Tony
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Dan Le Batard
Dan LeBatard, are you on the fan right now?
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Diana Rossini
Did Mike Greenberg call you yet? Are you ever gonna go back to espn? People think it's so weird you're a writer now. All those years on tv, all those years and now you write. Who reads that?
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Mike
Stugats.
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Diana Rossini
Why did he take a job at the Atlantic Mom, I work at the Athletic. What you. On YouTube.
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Dan Le Batard
This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats. All right, so hold on a second. How many people, Diana, in the league would you assign that trait, which I would believe to be the greatest of all the traits I could ever give a coach? It doesn't matter who his quarterback is. Like, how many people are we giving that to? Shanahan and him? Like, how. How many others are Andy Reid? What? It doesn't matter who.
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Mike
I mean, he had. I understand. I understand. He has the greatest quarterback, arguably, of all time. He also did it with Alex Smith and got more out of Alex Smith and McNabb, too. Yeah. And when McNabb would go out, he would do it with Ty Detmer, Coy Detmer, Doug Peterson, like it didn't matter.
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Diana Rossini
Chad Henny win a playoff game.
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Mike
Yeah.
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Dan Le Batard
Again, though, if we're assigning value to coaches at every turn, I don't believe I can give any team or its fan base a greater coach trait than. It doesn't matter who his quarterback is.
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Mike
People speak with Dynam. Diana can speak to how highly people think of Kevin o'. Connell.
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Diana Rossini
Kevin o'?
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Mike
Connell.
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Diana Rossini
Yeah. I think there are multiple organizations, if they could start from scratch and pick a coach right now in football, Kevin o' Connell is a top two choice.
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Mike
Dan, I get what you're thinking in not really counting them as a Super bowl contender, but they won 14 games, and they did it with Sam Darnold. Your main problem with them was Sam Darnold. They got Sam Darnold out of the equation. Now I know what's at play here, because I thought Michigan won a national title, effectively hiding JJ McCarthy. And for three quarters, getting a lot.
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DraftKings Advertiser
Of those tweets in the first half.
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Mike
And for three quarters, while I wasn't putting it out there on Twitter, I was like, man, this dude sucks. That is a bad pick. 6. And what he did in that fourth quarter shut me the hell up.
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Diana Rossini
Yeah, I'm in. And I think it just. It just adds to what this has been. The storyline all off season was, can he really do it? Kevin o' Connell seems to think this is the guy. And despite the fact that he's had so much success with so many other quarterbacks in the past, I don't know. I think there was some doubt. Like, is he really. Is he really the right guy? Is this ownership forcing Kevin O' Connell to run with JJ McCarthy because they draft. They traded up to get him, and he knew something. And I think they've Got at least something to work with here. Do. Dan, I'm with you. Do I think that J.J. mcCarthy in one performance means that the Minnesota Vikings should anoint them as the super bowl champs? No, but I think he showed enough that they can work with that.
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Dan Le Batard
I understand. I understand what you guys are saying. I'm just saying my history of viewing the quarterback position, generally speaking, this person can't come in and replace Sam Darnold and over the course of a season be better than Sam Darnold. Like just the history of how it is. This sport works.
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Mike
And so Jayden Daniels went to the NFC championship last year.
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Dan Le Batard
I know, but this is. I have not gotten used to. Guy gets there immediately and can be someone who's actually better than what Sam Darnold was last year. I still am not at a point where I expect rookie quarterback. That's a great expectation. I know it's still Sam Darnold, but the numbers Sam Darnold put up last year were worthy of winning 14 games.
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Mike
Understood. But also what we're doing here, calling him a rookie quarterback. Remember, he was in that system for a full year. He didn't play last year. So he did get valuable experience. He's not working at it from the same level of experience your typical rookie would have.
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Diana Rossini
Correct. I mean, they really like. When I was with them at camp, it was as basic as it can be in terms of how they were managing him. To me, because he's a rookie. Right. He did not play much. He didn't play. He's never obviously played in an NFL game. You know what I was thinking about, though, like over the weekend, because we saw Aaron Rodgers look good, Sam Darnold look good. Daniel Jones looked fantastic. He was the best quarterback in football. MVP over the weekend. I think that's that. That added to the excitement of Monday night for what JJ McCarthy could do. Because look, all three of their options looked like they were playing well. So the fact that they were able to also come out of this as winners, I just think it's great momentum for the team.
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Dan Le Batard
Forgive my interruption. I just need to speed all of this up because we've got so much to get to. And she just. She just casually said that Daniel Jones was better than Aaron Rodgers.
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Tony
Somebody told you a couple of months.
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Diana Rossini
Ago, Daniel, seven possessions, seven touchdowns. So it was like ridiculous.
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Dan Le Batard
No, no, it wasn't seven touchdowns scores. It wasn't seven touchdowns. Nor was it like. Nor was it as many points as Aaron Rodgers put up.
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Diana Rossini
But by the way, how have we not already built in A segment of like rotten Eggs, like we should be doing every, every Tuesday, the rotten egg segment. And we just pick out the worst football.
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DraftKings Advertiser
Aaron Rodgers scored one more point than him.
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Dan Le Batard
That's right, one.
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Diana Rossini
It's Daniel Jones we're talking about. By the way. Why are you acting like you're not impressed by this?
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Mike
I mean, Dan's such a jilted lover. He's just begging for Aaron Rodgers to give him a reason to come back.
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Dan Le Batard
It was one more point than them on the 60 yard field goal and it was one more point than Daniel Jones scored.
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Mike
They took their gas, put it on the poll.
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Dan Le Batard
Who was better Sunday, Daniel Jones or Aaron Rodgers? He want.
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Mike
You want Aaron Rodgers back so bad.
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Dan Le Batard
He was back. There's no disputing that he was back.
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Mike
He wanted to be back in his loving.
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Dan Le Batard
Wait a minute, wait a minute. No, I do not. No, I most certainly do not. Over here you got to admit that it's funny to see the four time MVP swallowed by jet sewage look like that in his first game. Returning to the jets in Pittsburgh, giving them hope on offense. So first question. Diana Rossini, Was it real.
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Diana Rossini
Aaron Rodgers.
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Dan Le Batard
Or Week 1 Aaron Rodgers, is that what he's going to be? Is that what he's going to be this season?
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Diana Rossini
Yes. I heard he had a great camp, that he looked like he was 30 years old. That was from someone that was around him all summer.
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Dan Le Batard
Explain what we just saw then. How is Aaron Rodgers looking like that there when he looked like that there?
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Diana Rossini
He's healthier and he's got a better surrounding cast at this point. And maybe there's something about coaching. I know no one wants to talk about it, but maybe the coaching setup for Aaron Rodgers wasn't spectacular.
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Dan Le Batard
The Giants quarterback situation.
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Diana Rossini
I think it's, I mean not think it will be Russell Wilson starting against the Dallas Cowboys, but I don't think the leash is very long. They love Jackson Dart. I think his personality matches up perfectly with Brian Dabel. They believe in him. I just think they're waiting for the right moment here. Knowing that their schedule is brutal. It's just a matter of when at this point.
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Dan Le Batard
20 extra seconds on Micah Parsons fallout that you didn't report before.
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Diana Rossini
He wanted the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay packers and this wasn't something that he started to think about just, just a week before the trade happened. This had been going on for months. Apparently they knew it was over way before we did. They were just going about their business, waiting for this thing to come together. You had asked me to go Find some teams that were willing to trade with the Dallas Cowboys with better draft compensation. And it was the Philadelphia Eagles. They had a lot more on the table, but of course, Jerry Jones did not want to make that deal. Obviously. Obviously. Trading to the enemy.
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Tony
Diana's Jared Goff done without Ben Johnson, Sean McVeigh or Matt LaFleur.
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Diana Rossini
No. Even spending some time in the summer. I heard the Detroit offense was definitely going through a little bit of transition, but they were fast. And that John Morton, the new offensive coordinator there, is a veteran. Like he's been around the league forever. And there's just a little bit of an adjustment period. They definitely took a step back. There's no doubt like the Detroit Lions did not look like the same team that we saw last year with those two coordinators. But. But I'm not panicked about it yet.
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Dan Le Batard
Diana, have you reported exactly how much more the Eagles were willing to offer than the packers for Parsons?
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Diana Rossini
I did not report the exact amount, but it was more than the Green Bay Packers.
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DraftKings Advertiser
Wouldn't have to be like double what the packers were offering for Jerry to send it to Philly.
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Diana Rossini
Oh, I don't even. I don't know if there's a package that Jerry would have agreed to, like, unless it was like every player on the Philadelphia. You know.
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Dan Le Batard
But what, what. But what is that exactly? Given that the Packers. I know they're not in the division, but the packers are, while not quite as much of a rival, you still traded it to a team that's going to. That can beat you.
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Diana Rossini
Dan, you know how many teams told me that, like, why would you trade to the nfc, you know, and from what I can gather too, just from. From calling around, no one from the AFC really gave a big offer.
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Dan Le Batard
But wait, what are we doing with the division there? Diana, what do I like, like the packers are the team they can't get past in the playoffs. It's not the Eagles.
- [27:17]
Diana Rossini
The documentary showed it. Like, that's the irony of all this, right? Like it was in front of our faces. Jerry put the show together and you saw how many times the Green Bay packers stood in the way of the Dallas Cowboys taking that next step. And then they trade their best player and their best player is flourishing. The Green Bay packers look unstoppable.
- [27:37]
Mike
Diana. The other quarterback that played last night, he flashed some impressive pocket movement, but then towards that second half, he was missing high, maybe like Cam Ward putting a little too much on those passes. What was the takeaway from Caleb Williams performance?
- [27:51]
Diana Rossini
Yeah, I think this is still growing pains. This is like another organization where all you hear is people say, just give them some patience. We all want everyone to come out. And Dan, kind of how we started the segment, right, like, everyone expectations these young quarterbacks that come out and just stink. And Caleb had some good stuff. He's better than what he looked like last year. So I. I'm. I'm all in on the Chicago Bears fixing this, Diana.
- [28:18]
DraftKings Advertiser
The Bills won or the Ravens choked?
- [28:21]
Diana Rossini
The Ravens choked. That wasn't even. Those two weren't even in the same weight class. The Ravens were so much better than the Buffalo Bills and they just weren't able to come up with it at the end. Right. Their defense let them down. They weren't able to come up with any turnovers, and Josh Allen finds ways to win. So to me, this is just the Ravens. They got to sort out how they can win these big games. Because to me, when it's the defense, that's the problem in Baltimore, that that's bad. Because that's what you think of with this Baltimore Ravens team. You think defense. Right. Historically.
- [28:54]
Dan Le Batard
I'm going to see if I can trap her, though, here. The best team in football this weekend was blank. The best.
- [29:01]
Diana Rossini
The Philadelphia Eagles.
- [29:03]
Dan Le Batard
If I'd asked you that question with four minutes left in the Bills Ravens game, what would your answer have been?
- [29:09]
Diana Rossini
Ooh, probably the Ravens.
- [29:11]
Dan Le Batard
Okay. Because they are.
- [29:12]
Diana Rossini
Yeah, I think so, too, because the.
- [29:14]
Dan Le Batard
Last four minutes of that game are not like, that's not a thing.
- [29:17]
Mike
That's not something is a thing for them, Dan. It's a thing for them way more than it's a thing for anybody else. And you have to start baking that into your analysis because they've shown you at a much higher cliff that they do that. How often are the Ravens going to keep doing this? They also losing games that they shouldn't be losing.
- [29:32]
Tony
They build leads better than most, so they have more leads because they're the.
- [29:36]
Dan Le Batard
Ones gotta win the game because they're the best team.
- [29:39]
Mike
Yeah, they're super loaded. Super. The excuses are out. There are no more excuses for this team. They have to do it.
- [29:45]
Diana Rossini
Diana, since 2021, there are nine different times where they had a 90% chance of winning the game and they lost all of them. To just support your. Your case there, Mike, like, they have to figure out how to get over that hump. What is it, right? Like, is that attitude? Is it effort? Is it. Is it leadership? Right? Like, who. Who's the Ray Lewis on this Baltimore Ravens defense? Who's the guy making sure that these Guys are going to finish these games. I don't know that answer. I don't. And I think that's something we're to discover this year.
- [30:18]
Mike
They should count their lucky stars for what's happening in Buffalo. Buffalo. Because everyone's just looking at Buffalo. Hey, you guys can't get past the Chiefs. The narrative here is what the hell are the Ravens doing? The Ravens are the most offensively loaded team in that entire conference and they're not getting past Buffalo. Who can't get past Kansas City?
- [30:34]
Dan Le Batard
Chris, why is it that you're laughing at him? Thanking lucky stars.
- [30:37]
Tony
Count your lucky stars.
- [30:38]
Mike
They are. There's the guy's a multiple time mvp Lamar Jackson skating here. He's got to do it the same way Josh Allen's got to do it.
- [30:47]
Dan Le Batard
But why are there lucky stars?
- [30:48]
Tony
Why am I counting?
- [30:49]
Dan Le Batard
Why? Like why are there. Patrick Mahomes is making people crazy.
- [30:53]
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- [31:27]
Mike
Stugats.
- [31:28]
Diana Rossini
Those girls on Eyewitness News. They look good. They're mothers. They look good though.
- [31:33]
Dan Le Batard
This is the Don lebatar show with the Stugats. Patrick Mahomes. Since Tyreek Hill left, only one quarterback in the sport averages fewer yards per attempt down the field. It's Daniel Jones. Is the Patrick Mahomes down the field thing done with the Chiefs? Like they're not a team that can win 17 straight one score games again.
- [31:56]
Diana Rossini
Yeah, I'm not. I'm not as panicked. Look, they're dealing with with some issues there on offense, trying to find a rhythm but again, this is like another team where they always come out of the gate like this. They are the rotten eggs in September and then they find their momentum. So look, I'm not freaking out yet on the Kansas City Chiefs, but.
- [32:18]
Dan Le Batard
What are you freaking out about? You keep saying you're not freaking out. What are you freaking out?
- [32:22]
Diana Rossini
Dolphins. Because I'm an adult.
- [32:23]
Dan Le Batard
The Dolphins.
- [32:24]
Diana Rossini
The Dolphins.
- [32:25]
Dan Le Batard
The Dolphins.
- [32:26]
Diana Rossini
And it's week one and the Miami Dolphins.
- [32:30]
Tony
I'm an adult.
- [32:30]
Diana Rossini
I told you they were my rotten egg pick for the year a couple of weeks ago. And they were exactly what I expected to see, which was horrible. And I don't know how this gets better. Right. This isn't a team that was bad. And I think that's where a lot of people are forgetting. You know, they led the league in completion percentage last year. What happened? This is a high powered offense. Yes. Credit to the Colts defense and Luana Rumo and everything that they did to confuse Tua because he looked confused, but they forced him, you know, for the second read and that appeared to be the key for them. How are they not prepared for that in Miami?
- [33:07]
DraftKings Advertiser
How many?
- [33:07]
Diana Rossini
Obviously good.
- [33:08]
DraftKings Advertiser
Diana. How many teams are worse than the Dolphins right now?
- [33:14]
Diana Rossini
To the Panthers.
- [33:19]
Dan Le Batard
Faster, faster.
- [33:22]
Diana Rossini
Saints faster, faster. I don't know. Actually, I'm taking that back. I'd say. I'd say it's close. I say it's the Dolphins and the Panthers right now. I.
- [33:31]
Dan Le Batard
The 49ers, more injuries.
- [33:33]
Diana Rossini
Oh, man, they can't catch a break. Brock Purdy, he's dealing with. With turf toe right now. A shoulder situation. The turf toe is a bigger, bigger deal. We've seen the past quarterback shoot it up before. I'm not sure what they're gonna do, but there's probably a chance he's gonna miss the game. George Kittle is going to be out for multiple weeks. He's got a hamstring issue. Juwan Jennings is dealing with the shoulder situation, but he's expected to be okay. It's just. It's just bad vibes again. I mean, I mean, every year.
- [34:03]
Tony
Chargers, best team in the AFC West.
- [34:05]
Dan Le Batard
We ran out of music right when Tony was going to ask his question. It needs the support of the music.
- [34:10]
Tony
Otherwise it was going to rattle off like six or seven.
- [34:12]
Dan Le Batard
All right, let's do this. Fast, fast, fast.
- [34:14]
Tony
Chargers.
- [34:15]
Diana Rossini
Diana, how much we've been doing this, like very fast.
- [34:18]
DraftKings Advertiser
Pretty fast.
- [34:19]
Dan Le Batard
Faster.
- [34:20]
Diana Rossini
But here's the funny part. I have to go fast, but you guys go slow.
- [34:23]
Dan Le Batard
All right, well, speed it up, Tony. Speed it up. I was trying. Tony. Chargers.
- [34:26]
Tony
Best team in the.
- [34:26]
Dan Le Batard
Let's go. All of us.
- [34:28]
Diana Rossini
Yes.
- [34:29]
Tony
Are the Jags back?
- [34:30]
Diana Rossini
Yes. Yes. Thank you, Atlanta.
- [34:33]
Tony
Michael Penix. Interesting.
- [34:35]
Diana Rossini
Yes, very interesting. Can't wait to see what that's going to be, superstar. Yes.
- [34:41]
Tony
Kelsey, put a hit on Xavier Worthy.
- [34:44]
Diana Rossini
No.
- [34:45]
Mike
Okay, fair.
- [34:47]
Tony
Are you tired of Kyler Murray?
- [34:49]
Diana Rossini
No, he.
- [34:51]
Tony
He stinks.
- [34:54]
Diana Rossini
Wait, why are you.
- [34:56]
Tony
I'm so tired of watching him play by the way he runs around. Doesn't know who to throw to. Never throws the right ball.
- [35:03]
Dan Le Batard
I hate.
- [35:04]
Mike
Never throws a white ball.
- [35:05]
Tony
I don't like him. Rather have him than tua.
- [35:07]
Diana Rossini
His stomach hurt before the game, and he was.
- [35:10]
Mike
He had diarrhea.
- [35:11]
Tony
Stomach hurt.
- [35:12]
Diana Rossini
Have you ever done anything in your life with diarrhea? It's not fun. Have you, Tony, come to work when you have diarrhea? I do. And how does that go?
- [35:22]
Tony
I do great. I stand in the pocket and I look exactly where I'm gonna throw, and I throw the ball and I deliver it.
- [35:27]
Dan Le Batard
Tony, he has diarrhea right now. Thank you.
- [35:30]
Diana Rossini
Do you think it's selfish to show up to work with diarrhea? Because I'm sure your colleagues don't like it that you have diarrhea.
- [35:35]
DraftKings Advertiser
It's not contagious.
- [35:36]
Mike
I mean, he's not poop and.
- [35:37]
Diana Rossini
What? It's not contagious, but it's not pleasant to be around someone, especially if you have to use the bathroom after them.
- [35:43]
Tony
And Kyler Murray sticks.
- [35:44]
Dan Le Batard
I'm sorry to do this, Tony, to you.
- [35:45]
Diana Rossini
Don't. Don't.
- [35:46]
Mike
Dan.
- [35:47]
Tony
Don't do that.
- [35:47]
Mike
Yeah, it's really for the Kelsey question.
- [35:49]
Dan Le Batard
I have a penalty I'm trying to hit here that doesn't seem to be working. It's the verbal diarrhea penalty. It's not working. You told me to go fast. No, I do want you to go fast, but when you say things like that. Okay, when you say that, one of those mvp, one of the most electric plat players to watch in the league at quarterback.
- [36:11]
Diana Rossini
Please, please.
- [36:12]
Tony
The jig is up with him, okay? He runs around the back of the backfield. Where am I gonna go? Over here, over there. Let me run for six yards and.
- [36:19]
Mike
Put the ball out.
- [36:19]
Tony
Please, man, I'm tired of it.
- [36:20]
Mike
Do you not have to serve a penalty if the imaging doesn't work?
- [36:23]
Tony
No, I don't think so. I don't have to leave.
- [36:24]
Dan Le Batard
I. I don't know why it's not working.
- [36:26]
Tony
Wild Tony Tuesdays. Here it is.
- [36:28]
Dan Le Batard
No, we're not doing Wild Tony. Oh, all right.
- [36:32]
Mike
That one's working.
- [36:33]
Tony
Dana, let's talk about the Jags again. Liam Cohen really changing things over there, huh?
- [36:37]
Diana Rossini
Yeah. Come on. When was the last time you saw the Jags that happy? Like something as basic as that? Like just watching them celebrate their touchdowns. I just think they have a plan. They know what they want to be. And Liam Cohen's obviously getting more out of Trevor Lawrence than we've seen in the last two, three seasons. So stock is up on them.
- [36:55]
DraftKings Advertiser
Diana, why does Bill Belichick think he's banned from the Patriots facility?
- [37:00]
Diana Rossini
I think this is all high school. I think they obviously have hurt feelings. I think the Patriots have had their feelings about Bill. Bill's had his feelings about the Patriots. But I think what makes this a little difficult for Bill is I don't think Bill has any problem with the new regime of people. Right. Like, he obviously likes his former player, the head coach, and he likes the gm. I don't know if he likes the gm, but he's fine with that. And this is like Robert and Jonathan Kraft versus Bill Belichick. And so the fact that Bill is not allowing the New England Patriots scouts to scout unc. I know you can probably make an argument, who were they going to scout anyway? But look, it's all petty. I don't know why feels high school.
- [37:45]
Dan Le Batard
But go the next step on this, though. Excuse me, Diana, for interrupting you yet again. It's been an affliction. I've had this particular segment when I'm watching Woody Johnson with the jets and everyone now knows, oh, the kids are running the place and I'm watching Jerry Jones in Dallas and the kids are running the place. When Belichick says, and he never says stuff like this, I'm just glad to be out from under. No, there's no owner here. There's no owner's son. Like, what the hell's going on in your league where the owner's son keeps thinking that the team is his plaything? They work hard.
- [38:21]
Diana Rossini
Well, first of all, Woody Johnson's kids are 19 and 21. Right. So that's a. I think that's different when you don't have a lot of life experience and professional experience and you're allowed to weigh in and make decisions for football. Yeah, that's bizarre. Jonathan Kraft is a grown adult. I don't what's wrong with having your son who's part of the ownership group weigh in? I mean, what makes Robert Kraft a good owner? You know, it's like he's just allowing his son to be part of it. I don't see a problem with that.
- [38:53]
Dan Le Batard
Oh, no, you don't have to. But Belichick clearly has one. Cuz it's the first time I've ever heard him say anything interesting about the dynamic when. When he's talking in North Carolina. Let's play some of the sound here for Diana. Let's start with Belichick and what it is that he was alleging about his ban from the Patriots facility.
- [39:09]
Mike
Yeah, well, no it's clear that I'm not welcome there around their facility and.
- [39:13]
Dan Le Batard
So welcome in ours.
- [39:15]
Mike
Very simple.
- [39:16]
Diana Rossini
So it's not true, though, because he went to Tom Brady's hall of Fame event, and no one there has ever said, like, someone from Belichick's camp said to me that a Patriot staffer was wearing a UNC T shirt in the weight room, and somebody from the Patriots said, you can't wear North Carolina gear. Like, they're just caught up in this petty stuff. Which is not true because Drake May went to North Carolina and he wears the gear. Like, there's no. The drama is being built up by Belichick, I think, at this point. And look, it's obvious that it's almost like he needs them more than the Patriots need Bill at this point. And, you know, because that variable kind.
- [39:58]
Dan Le Batard
Of spoke to this, and he kind.
- [39:59]
Tony
Of just seems just over it. He kind of, like, rolling his eyes.
- [40:02]
Diana Rossini
And he's rolling his eyes because his team is not good. Right. Like, Mike Rabel doesn't care about Bill Belichick right now. He cares about trying to put on a team that looks improved because they didn't on Sunday. It didn't look any different than it did with Jaron Mayo. And there was so much hype about this Patriots team being good, and it just didn't look that great, especially in the second half. So, you know, just. Just knowing him well, I don't think he has patience or time for any of this. And I don't think the New England Patriots even really care as an organization at this point.
- [40:35]
DraftKings Advertiser
From the Belichick side, I just don't understand how this is okay, where. And I know Diana said obviously what anyone could say, which is, why would anyone want to scout UNC players at this point? But the reality of it is, for kids who want to go pro on UNC, there's only 32 of those jobs in the world, and he's deciding to check one of them, one of those boxes off. We're not going to allow these kids to have an opportunity with one of those 32 teams. That's bullshit to me.
- [41:02]
Dan Le Batard
Well, let's hear Vrabel talking about what bullshit it is that Belichick's not allowed at the facility. Again, nothing surprises me. I would imagine that Bill. I mean, he came back, for the best of my knowledge, Tom's ceremony, so that I would. I guess he's welcome back based on the fact that he was there. So I'll just go by that. Since his departure as the head coach, Here he's been back and I'll. I'll leave it at that.
- [41:28]
Mike
How much does Mike Vrabel hate this?
- [41:29]
Tony
He's like, my evidence is that he was there.
- [41:32]
Mike
Yeah, he hates.
- [41:32]
Tony
I rest my case.
- [41:33]
Mike
Yeah, he doesn't want to deal with these questions.
- [41:36]
Diana Rossini
Yeah, I don't think it's. I don't think he doesn't. He obviously wants his scouts to be able to go to the places that he probably wants them to be. But I just think when, when you're the new head coach returning to a place where you had so much success and there's all this pressure for you to turn a team around and then you lay an egg against the Raiders. Yeah. Imagine coming in Monday morning and that's what they want to talk to you about. Probably not. Fun.
- [42:02]
Dan Le Batard
Diana, it is nice seeing you. I remind everybody she's got a hip podcast, Scoop City, and she is the senior NFL insider for the athletic. Thank you for joining us. Always nice to see you. We will talk to you again next week. The thing that I wanted to say though, about what Vrabel did there, because I mean, you were in Tennessee, you mixed and matched and you showed us you're a good coach by that one time that you outdoor clocked Belichick at the end of a game and we saw you like waste six minutes on Belichick and Vrabel is, you know, that's a bad loss that got swallowed under all the other games this weekend. The Patriots losing at home to a Raiders offense that's going to be improved. But Vrabel staring straight ahead, dead eyed with the choices he's made at life, hoping that Drake May works out and just saying straight to your face, nothing surprises me. That's exactly what you want your coach to say. You want him to look you in the face and lie to you and just say there will be no surprises. I'm incapable of being surprised. It does not surprise me that Bill Belichick, who used to be my coach and leader, is dating a 20 year old who's running his life. Evidently, I am not surprised because again, nothing surprises me. Look, he's bored. Look how again, nothing surprises me. Again, nothing. You guys know this about me. I'm incapable of being surprised. Again, nothing's surprised. Not surprised that I lost 20 to 10 in my home office opener. Not surprised. Nothing surprises me.
- [43:27]
Mike
Nothing walked into my own birthday party.
- [43:30]
Dan Le Batard
Again, nothing surprises me.
- [43:34]
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