The Big Suey: The Basement in Building Three (feat. Dianna Russini)

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: The Big Suey: The Basement in Building Three (feat. Dianna Russini)

Date: November 4, 2025

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Overview

Broadcast live from the Elser Hotel in Miami, this "Big Suey" episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz blends irreverent sports talk, inside media stories, and relentless banter. The show features an extended segment with NFL insider Dianna Russini, who delves into NFL trade deadline drama, insider journalism ethics, and Miami Dolphins turmoil. Tony’s Top Five segment takes a typically chaotic turn, and the crew debates everything from quarterback controversies to the pitfalls of AI video generators, all while maintaining their signature blend of comedy and candor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Banter & Credential Comedy

• [00:11] Dan jokes about the “sameness” of his various podcasts and admits to being tempted to steal fries from strangers in restaurants.
• [01:20] Tony attempts to report live from outside the American Business Forum (site of President Trump’s upcoming visit) but is quickly shooed away for lack of credentials, leading to a running bit about access and “big name” clout.
  • Memorable Moment:
    “Usually you just point to your face. You go, this is the credential. Right, right. That’s what the big dogs do. … Not for me, but I feel bad for him.”
    — Dianna Russini [02:43]

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2. Dianna Russini: NFL Deadline Reporting & Dolphins Disarray

A. Professional Backstory and Building Three Memories

• [03:27] Dianna recalls her humble ESPN beginnings, working digital shows in “the basement” awaiting her SportsCenter “call up.”
  • Dan: “Me and her met in the basement of Building Three. There shouldn’t be buildings… What are we doing with that?” [03:31]
  • Diana: “You would just, like, power through. And you essentially were hosting and doing the analysis for me because I couldn’t handle it.” [04:03]

B. Dolphins Firing Chris Greer & Mike McDaniel’s Future

• [05:22] Diana summarizes the Dolphins’ current situation after firing GM Chris Greer but retaining Coach Mike McDaniel. Despite speculation, she finds no major evidence the locker room has turned against McDaniel.
  • “There is belief that the head coach is still the right guy. They really believe that he has not lost the locker room.” — Dianna Russini [05:24]
• The front office transition is subject to heavy owner Steven Ross involvement, with all moves needing his approval. [21:48]
• Tua Tagovailoa’s future is painted as the major offseason question:
  • “What will they do with Tua? Is this the right marriage? … I think that’s going to be stuff we’ll be digging on over the next few weeks.” — Dianna Russini [16:09]

C. NFL Insider “Source” Debate & Journalism Ethics

• [06:00+] The crew digs into the proliferation of anonymous sources in NFL reporting.
  • Dianna divides fans into two camps: those who just want the info no matter the source, and those obsessed with source credibility.
  • “Woj gave me this advice years ago: ‘Do not waste your time on [the transaction game].’ … Once you’re all in on the transaction game, you can’t get out.”
  • “Most of the time… [it’s] my own little psychotic competitiveness. No one at The Athletic’s like ‘Go beat Adam or you're fired.’” — Dianna Russini [07:10]
  • The deep paranoia of team sources is highlighted:
    “The people I talk to the most… won’t even wave to me. They’re so paranoid…” [08:24]

D. Deadline Market: Trades & Team Strategies

• Dolphins: Taking calls on nearly all players, shifting tone since Greer’s firing—“Active. They’re taking calls. … Not buyers but [willing] to listen on almost every player.” — Dianna Rossini [09:30]
• Commanders: Not a true “fire sale,” still looking to compete despite injuries—“They’re not giving up on this season, but it's been a weird one.” [10:07]
• Bengals: Locker room dysfunction is leaking to the press, trade buzz around Trey Hendrickson (initially a 1st round asking price, could drop).
  • “It’s so bad… When it’s individual players… taking shots at each other, that’s the worst of the worst. The culture from the top down—it’s not good.” [11:20]
• Contenders & Trades: Despite hopes for blockbuster moves, it's “not as sexy as I wanted it to be.”
  • “Maxx Crosby’s unavailable, Myles Garrett’s not available… The ones you want moved, that would be blockbuster, just aren’t there.” [17:11]
  • Dianna acknowledges that GMs hesitate out of fear of losing trades: “There’s a lot of executives who are afraid to make moves. … The best ones don’t care about the report card.” [17:59]
• Cowboys: No desperate moves expected despite Jerry Jones’s reputation.
  • “I can sense he wants to do something, but Micah Parsons isn’t available.” [20:45]
• Jets, Titans: Defensive stars like Quinnen Williams and Jeffrey Simmons have drawn trade calls, but movement is unlikely.

E. Dolphins Next Steps: Champ Kelly, Tua’s Contract, and Offseason Plans

• [21:48] Champ Kelly is “just keeping the ship afloat” as interim GM; no clear path to a permanent internal promotion.
• Debate over Tua’s trade value and Miami’s ability to move on, complicated by guaranteed money and offseason QB market desperation.

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3. Signature Banter & Segments

A. Tony’s Top Five (Location Chaos Edition)

• [25:51+] Tony, booted from his first “live” spot, regroups near the Kaseya Center, though the crew mocks his proximity.
• The Top Five, meandering as always, includes:
  1. Jaguars: “Despite continuously playing terrible football, the Jags are 5-3 somehow.” [26:43]
  2. Bengals Defense: “They’re always in exciting games… We should be saying thank you to the Bengals defense.” [27:45]
  3. Broncos’ Ugly Wins: “No one has more ugly wins than the Denver Broncos.” [28:20]
  4. Bills Chiefs Regular Season Curse: “Bills beat the Chiefs in the regular season. Who cares?” [28:37]
  5. Packers on ‘Fraud Watch’: “The Packers are on fraud watch.” [29:22]
• Tony continues with a bonus “Oli” segment and asserts the Rams and 49ers are quietly at six wins. [30:22]
• A heated debate erupts about whether Jacoby Brissette makes Cardinals TE Trey McBride “better” than Kyler Murray does, with stats dissected ad nauseam. [31:05–40:26]
  • Notable exchange:
    “Kyler Murray doesn’t make anybody better. Jacoby Brissette comes in; Trey McBride looks like an all-world tight end… Marvin Harrison Jr. finally starts getting McBride.” — Tony [32:32]
  • “Let's quit trying to make Jacoby Brissette better than Kyler Murray. It isn't true. Jacoby Brissette’s a career backup.” — Jonathan Zaslo [40:20]

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4. Media & Tech: AI Video Generator Hijinks

• [37:05+] Dan recounts his failed attempts to create convincing AI-generated man-on-the-street videos using the Sora app, lamenting uncanny glitches and the impossibility of AI replicating genuine human interaction or humor.
  • “I just kept thinking about all the people like, ‘They’re gonna replace actors…’ They’re never gonna be able to replace human acting with AI.” — Dan [39:16]
• The digression spirals into a riff about why things have names, from Apple to Zaslo.

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5. Classic Le Batard Antics

• Running gags about “humanizing” sports figures (“Stop humanizing!” — Jeremy [04:49])
• Quick jabs at sponsors and each other (e.g., Tony touting Smirnoff and Monarch finance apps with tongue-only-half-in-cheek).
• End-of-show bickering over meaningless stats and the hypocrisy of football talk radio.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Big Name Media Clout:
  “Usually you just point to your face. You go, this is the credential. … That's what the big dogs do.” — Dianna Russini [02:43]
• On News Sourcing Madness:
  “I feel like there’s two camps right now. … There’s people that just want the information…and then there’s another camp obsessed with who’s giving it.” — Dianna Russini [05:58]
• On NFL Trade Games:
  “There’s a lot of executives who are afraid to make moves. … The best ones that I’ve been around…they don’t care about the report card.” — Dianna Russini [17:59]
• On Dolphins/Head Coach McDaniel:
  “I know last time we talked about this and Greg was asking me for specific examples… I made some calls after the show… The players were still bought in.” — Dianna Russini [05:24]
• On Tua’s Tumultuous Standing:
  “What will they do with Tua? … I think that’s going to be stuff we’ll be digging on over the next few weeks.” — Dianna Russini [16:09]
• On AI Video Fails:
  “This dumbass app could never get that to happen. … The interviewer would then answer his own question. … All of a sudden he’s got glasses on.” — Dan Le Batard [37:09]
• Classic Banter:
  “Stop humanizing!” — Jeremy [04:49]
  “Jacksonville is my city. … Stand up, Duval County!” — Tony [27:05]
  “Let’s quit trying to make Jacoby Brissette better than Kyler Murray.” — Jonathan Zaslo [40:20]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:11 – Restaurant fry-stealing analogy, opening jokes
• 01:20–02:29 – Tony's live reporting attempt & denied access bit
• 03:27–04:43 – Dianna Russini reminisces about ESPN “building three” start
• 05:22–09:59 – Dolphins, Coach McDaniel’s status, and deadline philosophy
• 09:30–11:00 – Commanders’ strategy post-injury
• 11:00–13:16 – Bengals infighting, Trey Hendrickson trade rumors
• 16:04–16:44 – Tua's future as Dolphins QB
• 17:01–19:16 – Deadline day expectations ("not as sexy as I wanted…")
• 20:21–21:23 – Cowboys’ inaction and Jerry Jones insights
• 21:48–23:59 – Dolphins restructuring, Champ Kelly’s role, Tua market
• 25:51–35:37 – Tony’s Top Five segment; studio/location shenanigans
• 31:05–40:26 – Jacoby Brissette vs. Kyler Murray, Trey McBride debate
• 37:05–39:16 – Dan’s Sora AI video misadventures

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Conclusion

This episode encapsulates the unique, unpredictable blend of sports analysis and comedy that defines Le Batard’s show. Dianna Russini provides inside scoops on NFL chaos, while the crew’s relentless tangents and friendly feuds keep things fast-paced and unpredictable. Highlights include newsroom war stories, trade deadline gossip, and a laborious but characteristically hilarious debate about backup quarterbacks and AI’s failed takeover of sportscasting humanity.

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For listeners and non-listeners alike, this rundown offers a vivid slice of the Le Batard Show’s signature wit, wildness, and sports insight.

Transcript

[Dan LeBatard]

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?

[Tony]

I'm sorry.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm not going to apologize for that. 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.

[Mike Ryan]

I've done it.

[Dan LeBatard]

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

[Greg]

This episode of the Dan Lebatard show is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The Crown is yours.

[Dan LeBatard]

Jumped the gun a little bit there.

[Greg]

I didn't jump anything, man.

[Tony]

Jumped the gun.

[Mike Ryan]

I was excited.

[Jeremy]

That was well done.

[Dan LeBatard]

Did it.

[Greg]

Right on point.

[Dan LeBatard]

The mic didn't pick up that this.

[Greg]

Pretty sure it did.

[Dan LeBatard]

It just got the episode is.

[Mike Ryan]

It's like on a buzzer beater where you're looking at the replay and you're seeing if the ball was still on the fingertip.

[Diana Rossini]

Check the tape.

[Jeremy]

You'll be wrong.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Little, pretty, little false start.

[Greg]

I'm sure you would be the one to know, Greg.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Well, you know, I'm a radio professional. Not that this is radio, but you get my direct.

[Dan LeBatard]

Close enough. We're gonna welcome in Diana Rossini from the Athletic. She joins us for her weekly hit. Diana, usually you come on, you give us lots of great knowledge, and then Tony does his top five later on in the show, and he claims that you've stolen all of his material. And so today we're gonna do something a little different.

[Diana Rossini]

Okay.

[Dan LeBatard]

We're gonna let Tony do his top five first. But Tony, Tony right now is going to deliver it live on location from outside the America Business Forum. That's where President Trump is going to be here tomorrow. That's why there was all the traffic that made Greg late. Uncommonly late today. So, Tony, you're out there right now. The crowds still haven't started arriving, but you know it's happening. You ready to give our top five?

[Tony]

Yeah, I mean, I'm ready. There's a couple people camped out right now here in the parking lot waiting for.

[Dan LeBatard]

Sir, you can't be here. Need credentials.

[Tony]

Saying, I need credentials to be here. I'm out. I'm outside of the casa center.

[Ad-Lib Announcer]

Like, I'm good.

[Tony]

I got to pack it up and go. I like. I. I'm not good here. Not at all. Okay, seems like there's. Okay. Seems like credentials are needed for this spot outside on. On a Public street to move guys.

[Dan LeBatard]

You're. I know where you are. You're across the street.

[Tony]

I'm across the street.

[Dan LeBatard]

Tell them. Yeah, it doesn't matter. You gotta leave now.

[Greg]

Mention my name.

[Tony]

Okay.

[Ad-Lib Announcer]

All right. Wow.

[Tony]

Zaslow.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, no, no. That's not my name.

[Tony]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

It's not my name.

[Tony]

Okay. All right, guys.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, all right.

[Tony]

Go to Diana.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay.

[Dan LeBatard]

I guess Diana's gonna have to do hers first, then. Wow. Yeah.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

That was great.

[Dan LeBatard]

Shocking. Shocking. So, Diana, he doesn't have the clout that you had. You were in the lobby of a hotel yelling, had your. Your volume on high. Nobody told you anything. Tony can't even ask.

[Diana Rossini]

He just kept working, moving, knew, and I was doing my thing. He needs some type of credential there. Usually you just point to your face. You go, this is the credential. Right, Right. That's what you're supposed to do. That's a famous story in sports. That. That's what the big dogs do. They just. This is it. This gets me the access. Not for me, but I feel bad for him. I've been there a million times where you're just trying to do your job. Tony's just trying to give us the news, but I'm going to come save him. So this actually worked out good.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah. Awesome. So we're here in Miami. Obviously, the big story this week was the firing of Chris Greer, the trading of Jalen Phillips. What can you tell us as far as the. Not necessarily the timing of the firing, but the fact that it wasn't a clean sweep with him and Mike McDaniel?

[Diana Rossini]

First of all, this is the first time I've ever done a show without Dan.

[Dan LeBatard]

Really?

[Jeremy]

Wow.

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Congrats.

[Diana Rossini]

The vibes are very different, guys.

[Dan LeBatard]

You know what? You guys know this. Diana Rossini's first day at espn. Me and her met in the basement of Building Zero. Was it or building.

[Diana Rossini]

It's like Building three. There shouldn't be buildings run.

[Mike Ryan]

Right.

[Diana Rossini]

Like, what are we doing with that?

[Dan LeBatard]

So me and Diana go way back. That's why the vibe.

[Jeremy]

Hold on. I'm writing. I'm writing down that piece of trivia. Thank you for sharing.

[Diana Rossini]

Way back. Yeah, you. You were so. By the way, you were. You were great. You're so nervous on your. Nervous. Your first year at ESPN for. Forget your first day.

[Dan LeBatard]

Right? It was your first day. You were nervous. I was there.

[Diana Rossini]

So they had me doing these, like, digital shows, which at the time was considered, like, the lowest level of. Of, like, appearances. And they had hired me for SportsCenter and I was just, like, waiting for, like, the call up. So they put me in, like, the basement. Like, literally the basement. And I'd be like, what am I doing down here? And you would be so nice and be like, the guest after. You would do the big shows. Yeah. To just sit with me. And I didn't know what I was doing. And you would just, like, power through. And you essentially were hosting and doing the analysis for me because I couldn't handle it. So thank you for doing two jobs at once. I somehow made it upstairs, though eventually my part.

[Dan LeBatard]

Your talent got you upstairs. You're awesome. Also, Mike's like, it's deadline day. What are we doing? You know what we're doing? We're humanizing.

[Jeremy]

Stop humanizing.

[Dan LeBatard]

These are people. These are human beings.

[Jeremy]

She's an NFL insider, and right now NFL insiders are the most popular people on the planet. I'm not sure if you've seen your timeline, but the discourse is crazy and people are supporting Diana's line of work. Diana, what do you make of this? It's been a week worth of dialogue here. Pablo actually did make some sense in the clip that I saw about journalism. And my main takeaway is. Yeah, why are we just so accustomed to every source being anonymous? We know where this is coming from. This seems like a ridiculous practice. So where are you on the current discourse?

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, first, a deadline question.

[Diana Rossini]

For those that were listening and heard the Miami question, I can sum it quickly. Right. So Chris Greer gets fired. There is belief that the head coach is still the right guy. They really believe that he has not lost the locker room. I know last time we talked about this and Greg was asking me for specific examples on why I thought the team was giving up on him, and I didn't have any good ones. And. And I wound up making some. I was actually really glad he pinned me down on it because I made some calls after the show and even I wrote about it in my column that week that the players were still bought in and he hasn't and they still think he's the right guy. So, look, it's going to come down to Steven Ross making this decision. But this isn't one of these situations where I have a date circled on my calendar, like, oh, if he doesn't win this many games, he's getting fired. They're trying to get him through the season, and I think when the new GM comes in, then. Then they'll have heavier discussions. But so far I' not super concerned about Mike, so I don't know how you feel about that, but that's the intel I have for now. As for the narratives, the conversations, these very strong opinions from. From hot takers and analysts and consumers of news, I feel like there's two camps right now. There's people that just want the information, and they don't care if I say per my mailman or, you know, per my dog, right? They don't care. I have really good friends of mine that I respect who like the fake accounts too. They're like, whatever, if they know something and they have a scoop because the, you know, the guy at the deli told them, great, they just want the information. And then there's another camp of they don't really care about the information as much as who's giving it to the reporters. That seems to be the hang up. And I think agents are the most hated people in our space because they're trying to control, obviously, the money and the perception of their clients. And they use us. But. But most of us don't just rely on. On agents. The transaction game is vapor, right? Like, you guys know that. It's so stupid. Like, Woj gave me this advice years ago. He's like, do not waste your time on that. And it's true. And by the way, he was the king of it, right? Like, he was like Mr. Transaction, but. But he was sharing that as a. Hey, I learned that once you're all in on the transaction game, you kind of can't get out. I think it's good to do transactions because it shows the audience and the fans that you know people and you get. You can get the scoop. But I think that the better kind of journalism, and obviously Pablo is a wonderful example of that right now. And really, the stuff that we do at the Athletic, not to be all promo of my own company, where we dig a little and we take a little bit more time and we're not as pressed to. To get it out in that exact moment. Most of the time, what I'm tweeting that stuff about transactions, things in trades. It's. It's my own little psychotic competitiveness. Like, no one at the Athletics, like, go beat Adam or you're fired. They don't care at all. They're like, tell us why. Explain the. Pull back the curtain a bit. So from the luxury of that, that's a wonderful place. It's why I love working where I do. But at the same time, there is a rat race to this. People love the info, and it's awesome to win. So I think the original Question was, Mike, do we have to keep saying per source when it's so obvious who we're talking to? Right. I think until people are comfortable just admitting that they talk to us because that's the problem. Like, I was at a game on Sunday. I was at the giant San Francisco 49ers game. It's the people I talk to the most from both those teams won't even wave to me. Like, they won't. They don't even want to look my way because they're so paranoid and to be seen as the one that talked to me. So that's why I always laugh. Like, if you see me talking to somebody, they definitely don't text me. Like, they don't talk to me. They don't give me any scoop. Like, it's almost like you're better off being around me because then, then, you know, it's a way of protecting yourself.

[Greg]

Diana, how active are the Dolphins still today after the Jalen Phillips.

[Diana Rossini]

Active. Active. They're taking calls. They're obviously not buyers.

[Dan LeBatard]

But.

[Diana Rossini]

But teams are around the league, have an understanding that they are willing to listen on a lot of players, almost every player. I don't think they're going to make all these deals, but. But I think the tone there has changed over the last few days or so where more teams are calling them, knowing, okay, maybe it's a different business venture now that Chris Career is no longer there.

[Dan LeBatard]

Diana Washington is dealing with injuries. Jayne Daniels is hurt again. Do you think we're going to see a fire sale from the Commanders?

[Diana Rossini]

I don't. I think they're. They're going to definitely sell. I don't think they're selling at a cheap price to just move on to next season now. You know, they were looking for a pass rusher over the last few weeks. They're not giving up on this season, but it's been a weird one, right? Like they're that team that, that we're going little black cloud right between them and the San Francisco 49ers. It just feel like they can't, they can't catch a break. Especially, you know, in terms of the injury situations there. They've got these older players. Obviously, you know, we've discussed Dan Quinn and his decision to keep Jaden in the game. Yeah, they're just for a team that was so electric last year and I think had a lot of potential to be good. Things are just not swinging their way. But, but I don't, I don't think this is an organization that's like let's just sell it all off. I think right now they're trying to keep this thing intact.

[Dan LeBatard]

Another team that seems to be falling apart is the Cincinnati Bengals. Me and Zaz had a lot of fun yesterday listening to ja' Marr Chase.

[Greg]

Offense and defense are gonna fight.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah. Like, they hate each other. They hate each other. They're openly war of words in the media against each other. There's no way that this whole thing stays together. Right. In Cincinnati.

[Diana Rossini]

It's so bad. That's, to me, like, forget reporting and press conferences when it's individual players essentially taking passive aggressive and sometimes just aggressive shots at each other, that that's. It's the worst of the worst. Right. Because that just tells you the culture. And that means from the top down, it's not good and they know it. I talk to people in Cincy, like, the players know, like, it's, it's, it's. Things are. It's been a hard year for them. And obviously Joe Burrow is the center of all of this and, and he kind of represented the hope of, oh, if we could just get through. If we could just get through, and Joe will get back, you know, in time with, with. With injuries, as you guys know, it's so hard to predict, like, great, awesome. In most cases, coming off a turf toe injury. You're. Excuse me, Surgery, you're back in this many weeks. But look at Brock Purdy. He didn't even have surgery. He's got the turf toe. He was expected to be back, like four weeks ago. He's still not playing right. So, like, you just never know. So I never liked this theory that, oh, let's just get through these games, then Joe can save the day. Because it was never. That wasn't a permanent. That wasn't a fact. So I think for now, Cincinnati is listening. They're taking calls. Trey Hendrickson's the biggest name right now in terms of teams calling, trying to get, you know, gauge the scenario. As of yesterday, they were still looking for a first round pick in exchange for him. But I can tell you, other teams that I've been talking to this morning, they. And even later yesterday afternoon, they think they're going to lower their price. They think they're going to drop that on Trey. We'll see if they do it. You know, this is other teams predicting what the Bengals will do. This isn't the Bengals telling me this. So we'll. We'll see. If they change their price for Trey and move on from him, it would make. It would make sense for them to do.

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[Tony]

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[Diana Rossini]

Don LeBatard are you on the fan right now? 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?

[Jeremy]

Stugats.

[Diana Rossini]

Why did he take a job at the Atlantic? Mom, I work at the Athletic. What you on YouTube. This is the Dan Levatar show with the stug.

[Greg]

Diane, I got one more on the Dolphins and Mike McDaniel. The fact that it appears that Mike McDaniel could be the coach still next season for the Dolphins.

[Tony]

It.

[Greg]

Is it possible that Steven Ross believes that two is the problem?

[Diana Rossini]

Oh, yeah, I think that's very. I think it's very fair. I think that's going to be without a doubt the story of the off season, of what will they do with Tua? Is this the right marriage? Right. Is he the right quarterback for. For. For Mike McDaniel? If this is the direction they want to go in, Right. Like, what I want to know is what happened, right? Like Tua got paid, which he deserved it. And something. Something changed. And I want I. What happened internally. And I think that's going to be stuff we'll be digging on over the next few weeks.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'll tell you exactly what happened. These hardware. 13 times 3 equals panini sandwich. Hello. Oh, sorry. CTE kicked in again. It's a function, though. It's the fun kind.

[Jeremy]

What are we seeing today, Diana? It's deadline day.

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah.

[Jeremy]

Occasionally over the last couple of years, we've seen some wild ones. Which contenders are going to make moves. Is there a surprise name out there that might get moved?

[Diana Rossini]

No, it's. It's. It's. It's not as sexy as I wanted it to be. I thought it had a shot, like two weeks ago. I thought maybe there'd be a big name player, you know, if. I don't know if A.J. brown maybe kept tweeting, who knows? You know, like, I was thinking maybe there would be an opportunity, but Philly has shut that down despite teams calling. So that, that. That story's over, you know, and other than that, I mean, pass rusher is. Is the position that a lot of teams are looking into. There was a time where I thought maybe Minnesota would make a move at quarterback, depending on how J.J. mcCarthy played. Obviously he played very well. So. So that's off the table. They're sticking with him and sticking with who they've got there. But I had this conversation with the general manager a couple of days ago. The needs are there on every team. Every general manager is. Is swimming in the waters today and they're casting their pole in the water, try to catch something, but if there's no fish that are worth it, you just don't do it. And I'll tell you, there's a lot of executives who are afraid to make Moves they are. They're afraid to look bad. They're afraid to lose the trade. The best ones that, that I been around over the years, they don't care. They don't care about the report card that they're just trying to make their team better. And the teams that, that are already very aware of what they are right Team that we assume are going to be making the playoffs and by math, by those calculations are pretty. Almost guaranteed at this point. Close to it. You know, they're trying to get better in any area. There's no like, specific team, excuse me, specific position. Just like if there's a good player that we can find, we're gonna go get them. I just don't think there's anyone. Max Crosby's unavailable, Miles Garrett's not available. The ones that you want to see get moved, that would be blockbuster, just aren't there. So we've got a few hours left. You never know, right? I feel like I gotta always put that out there because God knows what the luck of this show. While I'm on it, you know what would be the trade that I would just quit? Like, I probably would never come back on? Like, what could happen right now that would make you go, oh, man, she just looked bad.

[Dan LeBatard]

Mahomes.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Mahomes. Wow.

[Dan LeBatard]

Mahomes getting moved for tua.

[Mike Ryan]

Semi realistic.

[Diana Rossini]

But to where? To Cleveland?

[Dan LeBatard]

No, Mahomes for tua. And then TUA blowing up with the Chiefs and then running the table that you should quit after that. If that happened, I would quit. I would be like, nevermind.

[Diana Rossini]

If it was during the show too.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh my God, how great would that be?

[Diana Rossini]

It happens. In fact, I thought about it last night. I'm like, I think I'm going to text Dan and cancel and push it to Wednesday. Because something always happens when I'm focused on this show and see as my phone rings, don't worry, it was a good one.

[Mike Ryan]

No, no.

[Jeremy]

There could be the opportunity for something crazy happening because the Cowboys lost late last night and Jerry Jones said at the beginning of the season he wouldn't put it past himself to actually use what he received in the Micah Parsons trade to go out and acquire somebody else. So if there is a team to go out and do something desperate at the deadline, Dallas season teetering on the edge. Do you see them doing something drastic?

[Diana Rossini]

No, I don't. I don't. And you know, they made that move this morning. It's funny, you look at the Cowboys defense and they're like, oh, you know, let's do this. Let's trade with a team whose defense is worse than ours. Doesn't make any sense to me. But look, Jerry said to my face he wasn't going pass rush like on the record and I know like, well that can take it for what it.

[Dan LeBatard]

Is in that case. Right in stone.

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah. It doesn't mean anything. It's not like other people when you get them on the record, you know, it's just like he could change his mind today. So look, I don't know a name right now that they're targeting that they've been calling. I know the jets have been receiving a bunch of phone calls for some of their players on defense. Quinn and Williams is a name I've been hearing a lot over the last few hours as someone a bunch of teams are targeting. Jeffrey Simmons is a guy that teams want. Titans aren't moving him. So again, I think Jerry would like to make a I can sense he wants to do something, but Micah Parsons isn't available.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Diana two part follow up on the Dolphins again, Champ Kelly's interim GM fairly inexperienced at the job. Any chance he can work his way into that job or are they definitely going to replace him? And number two, what is the how does the TUA conundrum play out? Is there a trade market for him? Aren't they stuck with him next year based on the guaranteed money? How does that play out?

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah, from what I understand, Champ is there right now to keep this ship riding and to keep them afloat. He obviously has experience doing it before he's been in interim. But as I'm sure you guys have seen reported, you know, Steven Ross has a heavy hand in this and he's part of all the conversations that are being had. Not that he wasn't before, by the way. Like, you know, he's always, he's one of those owners that likes to know what's going on. But but I definitely think it's more of a he needs to approve all of these trades. From talking to some teams that have talked to Miami over the last few days of like there's a little bit more of a process there than what it was before. So I do think they're going to go try to find a general manager. You look, you never know. Maybe Champ does some great work over the next few weeks, but I don't think they're in a position right now where they think anyone internally. By the way, this goes back to the head coaching situation. There was a time where, you know, when things were really bad for the Dolphins and I was having a conversation with someone there and they were like, well, who's going to be the interim here? Like, everyone wants us to fire people, but it's not like you've got these great coaches all over the place. It's not easy to find to just fill in that gap. So to get to the two part of this, Greg, this is going to be what the new regime is going to have to discuss and figure out what they want. Right. And look, I think there's people in that building that have already made up their mind about them, which I think there's some people there that still believe in them. And I think there's some people there that that would be fine with moving on from to if there's a market for him, if it's available and if there is a team that would trade for two. Every time I've done these kind of stories where, you know, it's, you know, mid fall and then you think, oh, this guy stinks. No one's going to want him. Well, it changes a lot in the off season when you've got these teams desperate for a quarterback and two, it doesn't seem so bad. So we'll see how this plays out. Plays out in the off season. But that is for sure outside what the futures of this head coach and you know, what the general manager will be, the two, a question is holding them back for sure.

[Dan LeBatard]

She's a senior NFL insider at the Athletic and the host of the Scoop City podcast. New episodes drop every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, wherever you get podcasts. Diana, thank you for joining us.

[Diana Rossini]

Thank you. And thank you for being so nice to me on my first day. And I got to say, I don't think I missed Dan today.

[Dan LeBatard]

Humanizing, that's what we do here.

[Tony]

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[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, wow.

[Diana Rossini]

It's in there.

[Tony]

Think you haven't been practicing st?

[Dan LeBatard]

I didn't realize we had a substitute. Complicated legacy brought to by headquarter Toyota.

[Tony]

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[Diana Rossini]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the ST.

[Ad-Lib Announcer]

Right.

[Dan LeBatard]

We go straight from Diana out to Tony on location, different location to give us his top five. Tony's top five. Tony, where are you joining us from? They made you move. That's.

[Tony]

I mean, I am probably the closest.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, I'm.

[Tony]

Closest part that we could be here to the Kaseya center, where we do not need a credential, which is literally in the corner of the office.

[Dan LeBatard]

Mike.

[Tony]

But seeing the Kaseya center over my left shoulder, you're.

[Dan LeBatard]

You're.

[Greg]

Laughing at.

[Dan LeBatard]

He's literally standing right there, right outside that door.

[Greg]

No, he's not.

[Mike Ryan]

No, he's not.

[Tony]

That's not true.

[Dan LeBatard]

That is not true. I could tell that window anywhere. Oh, my God.

[Tony]

Can you read me? Can you read number one?

[Jeremy]

Dispute. Continuously playing terrible football. That says dispute.

[Tony]

Not dispute. Autocorrect.

[Jeremy]

Despite continuously playing terrible football, The Jags are 5 and 3 somehow.

[Tony]

True or not true?

[Jeremy]

I can't get over the spelling.

[Tony]

Yeah, it's autocorrect. I was. Whatever.

[Greg]

Tony. I was at that stadium this weekend where the Jaguars play Everbanks team. I place a dump.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, hard.

[Tony]

Yeah, it's bad. But. But make sure that you connect with my people when you're in my turf. By the way, Jacksonville is my city.

[Dan LeBatard]

You gotta check 904.

[Tony]

Stand up, Duval County. Stand up. Yeah, you got to check in with my people.

[Mike Ryan]

Let me tell the people that.

[Tony]

Making sure you know that player.

[Mike Ryan]

This top five is presented by Smirnoff, the official vodka sponsor of the National Football League. Smirnoff.

[Tony]

Please drink responsibly.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan LeBatard]

All right, Tony, what's.

[Tony]

Yeah, that was just a little taste of the oli.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay.

[Tony]

Yeah, that Was just a little taste of the Oli. Here's. Here's the rest. I got three OIs after that and then after my top five. Okay, so we'll get one, two, three O lies. Quick. Here we go. Say what you want about the Bengals defense. They're always in exciting games. I know Zaz wanted the pit the offense against the defense yesterday with Chase Brown's comments.

[Greg]

I didn't want him just for the Bengals.

[Tony]

Okay, that might be your truth. Not my truth. My truth is the Bengals are always in exciting games. Thank you to the defense. We should be saying thank you to the Bengals defense, not chastising them. Jonathan Zaslo.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Interesting.

[Jeremy]

Can hardly see the.

[Tony]

Nobody's having that.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, you can. Right there over his left. Don't be ridiculous.

[Tony]

It's right there.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, we see the Port Miami science.

[Tony]

Okay, all right, whatever.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, Go on.

[Mike Ryan]

Oli.

[Tony]

Number three. No one has more ugly wins than the Denver Broncos.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, sure.

[Tony]

I don't think that can be disputed.

[Dan LeBatard]

Disputed or despite it?

[Tony]

Or despite it?

[Jeremy]

He said disputed.

[Dan LeBatard]

Next to a lie.

[Tony]

Guys, guys, I'm rattled. My bad. All right, Stop me if you've heard this one before. Bills beat the Chiefs in the regular season. Who cares? Biggest who cares of all time. Beat the Chiefs in the regular season. Good. Yeah, sure. Good game. It's always a good game. They always win by seven. They win by three.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, great.

[Tony]

Then they get beat in the playoffs. It's the same thing.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Greg]

Bills are 5 and 1 against Mahomes in the regular season. With Allen, they're winless in the playoffs.

[Mike Ryan]

Tony's rattled like Mike Ryan after bet.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Money on the Bills. Everybody who bet money on the Bills.

[Tony]

Yeah, exactly. Thank you, Jim. All right, number five. Number five. The packers are on fraud watch. Oh, keep an eye on the packers are on fraud watch.

[Dan LeBatard]

You lose to Carol.

[Tony]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

At home. Right.

[Tony]

Even though Carolina's sneaky 5 and 4.

[Mike Ryan]

Sneaky decent 3 and 1 since Dan said their season was over.

[Tony]

Look at the throw that John that. No, they're not for real, but they're. They're dead. As Dan said after they won, they've gone 3:1 since I. Like Jeremy said, look at the picture on the screen right now. This is a throw that Jordan Love had to nobody.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah.

[Tony]

To somebody. To somebody in the opposite jersey with the game on the line. Packers. Jordan Love throwing an absolute prayer. A goose up. Yeah. They're on fraud watch for me.

[Mike Ryan]

When does Toyota thon start though? Because that's when we know Jordan Love going on.

[Tony]

It has no. It's it starts. I think it starts late October.

[Mike Ryan]

Then I'll check those dates. But if that's the case, they're screwed.

[Tony]

Next to number four.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay.

[Tony]

Rams and the 49ers quietly at six wins each. Nobody's talking about these teams. Quietly. Rams and 49ers. Both Rams and 49ers quietly at six wins.

[Mike Ryan]

Rams might be the best team in the league.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, I'm not going quietly, though. I feel like every week you talk about McCorkle doing something like, oh my God, he's got him going.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Stafford, quiet. Mvp.

[Tony]

I know.

[Dan LeBatard]

Conversation.

[Tony]

I'm telling you, he walked in the bar and guess what he ordered.

[Dan LeBatard]

Bottle. Yeah, he's in it.

[Mike Ryan]

Huge news.

[Tony]

Tony got a couple bottles of Smirnoff.

[Mike Ryan]

Huge news for the Packers. Toyota thon starts mid November.

[Tony]

Oh, wow. Mid November. I thought it was mid October. Okay, good to hear. Number three, Oli. Top.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Excuse me.

[Tony]

Tony's top five. Number three. Weird how the Cardinals look so much better and more competent with Jacoby Brissette. It's weird, isn't it? Can I tell you that Kyler Murray sucked like five weeks ago and now just the fruit are bearing the. The fruit are bearing everywhere it's abundance of Jacoby Brissette even though he won their first game since they're like five game skid. The point being they look better. They look more competent.

[Dan LeBatard]

Fruit or berry Everywhere.

[Jeremy]

Fruit or bearing dispute.

[Tony]

Everywhere.

[Jeremy]

Dispute. Jacoby Brissette's incredible performance on Monday night. Do have a franchise quarterback there that hasn't done anything to really lose the job.

[Tony]

Have you not. Do you have eyes? Do you have eyes like he's. He hasn't been good in like a couple of seasons? If you want me to be real honest with you.

[Dan LeBatard]

What more does Jacoby preset have to do? He's done it so many places now. It's like, is he ever going to break out of that backup kind of brick glass in case this might be the final spot?

[Tony]

I mean your hometown team. Your hometown team, the Arizona Cardinals. Right. In Phoenix. Right. The big toaster. Okay, this might be the stop where Jonathan Gannon says, you know what? I kind of like the way that the offense moves with Jacoby Brissette better than it does with Kyler Murray. Who does Kyler Murray make better? Is it Marvin Harrison Jr. No. Is it Trey McBride? No. Like Michael Wilson. Does he make Michael Wilson better? The second wide receiver?

[Ad-Lib Announcer]

Sure.

[Tony]

Okay, great. Kyler Murray doesn't make anybody better. Jacoby Brissette comes in. Trey McBride looks like an all world tight end Marvin Harrison Jr. Finally starts getting McBride.

[Jeremy]

Yes. McBride was made better by.

[Tony]

Guys, Guys. No, no, no. You. No, no. Oh, Mike. Oh, no, Mike, don't do that to yourself.

[Jeremy]

One of the more productive tight ends. He's just getting into the end zone.

[Mike Ryan]

No, Tony's right, Mike.

[Diana Rossini]

You know, guys, McBride's always been great.

[Tony]

Splits are terrible. Mike. You're showing your ass, Mike. I didn't want to do that.

[Dan LeBatard]

You're doing it to yourself.

[Mike Ryan]

Terrible.

[Jeremy]

He just doesn't get into the end zone.

[Tony]

Kyler.

[Jeremy]

But he. He. He's one of the best tight ends in the league with Kyler.

[Dan LeBatard]

You know, this is Tony's top five. I don't want to hear from you, Mike.

[Tony]

Thank you, Mike. Thank you, Mike. All right, number two. Uh. Oh. Kalawasa. Kalawasa. For our favorite Cinderella qb. Put him up on the screen. Danny Dimes. A terrible, terrible game against the Steelers. Calawasa. Calawasa for my. For my gringo family members over there in the. In the studio. Means pumpkin. Pumpkin. Oh, and the saying in Spanish is calawasa, calabasa, tolomundo, palacasa, which means pumpkin. Pumpkin. Everybody home. Right, and that's obviously a play on Cinderella where the pumpkin to the carrot turned into a pumpkin. So we're looking at pumpkin time right now instead of apple time. Pumpkin time for Danny Dimes.

[Dan LeBatard]

You know, the Kardashians live in Calabasas. Calabasas, California.

[Ad-Lib Announcer]

They do?

[Tony]

Good for you. But the thing is, I didn't. I didn't mean that for you, though. You're honorary Cuban, of course.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Congrats.

[Tony]

You've been to the Kendall Flannies.

[Jeremy]

You know what's up.

[Mike Ryan]

God, take me back.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, one more time, man.

[Tony]

You've been to the Kendall Flannies.

[Dan LeBatard]

I need, like, a zip line from the top of the Elsa straight to Kendall. Just all the way down there. Land at the planet.

[Mike Ryan]

Be a crowded zip line. It's like, where.

[Tony]

Where is the mean. Oh, there he is, flying down the Dolphin Expressway. All right, number one, Mike McDonald, coach of the Year. I'm saying it here in week nine. Coach of the year, Mike McDonald. Shout out Yamo.

[Greg]

Be there.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Coach of the year. Okay, good.

[Tony]

Shout out to the Seahawks. Playing really good ball. Mike McDonald, coach of the year. That's Tony's top five, gentlemen.

[Ad-Lib Announcer]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's presented by Smirnoff.

[Mike Ryan]

Shout out to Smirnoff for Tony. I have the split, so under Jacoby Brissette, Trey McBride, stat.

[Dan LeBatard]

He's not going to be here.

[Mike Ryan]

Average of just about seven catches per game for 64 yards and almost one touchdown per game.

[Greg]

And who was that with?

[Mike Ryan]

That's Jacoby Brissette. Under Kyler Murray. The average is about five catches per game for 52 yards and 0.1 touchdowns.

[Jeremy]

Touchdowns.

[Mike Ryan]

So it's. It's about a 15 yard difference. A couple more catches and obviously like the touchdown rates way higher.

[Greg]

That's a lot.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's a lot.

[Jeremy]

I mean, it's.

[Dan LeBatard]

You did it to yourself.

[Mike Ryan]

Two catches based off those stats you guys oversold.

[Jeremy]

You did. It's a. You're talking about a three game sample which.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Yeah, he's not good.

[Mike Ryan]

Sample my five games.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

How many games does Kyler Murray.

[Jeremy]

The touchdowns will come down. Like if the argument is Kyler Murray does not just Trey McBride waste away with Kyler Murray. It's not true.

[Mike Ryan]

Wildly overstated. How about Kyler Murray right now? Today? Within the next couple of hours, the Washington Commanders trade for him.

[Ad-Lib Announcer]

Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know why they would do it. I like this game.

[Jeremy]

How about Bird go to Spain? We're playing the Dolphins.

[Diana Rossini]

They built the offense for Jaden Daniels.

[Dan LeBatard]

You can run around, right?

[Mike Ryan]

It's better than Marcus Mariota.

[Dan LeBatard]

And then maybe they got a shot in that division. Long flight. You know what you do?

[Mike Ryan]

You learn the playbooks.

[Dan LeBatard]

Lot of no Call of Duty, baby.

[Diana Rossini]

Murray, what are we doing?

[Tony]

Did we look up the splits or no?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, it's two more catches per game. About 19 more yards per game. And the touchdown rate is a lot.

[Tony]

Plus all across the board.

[Mike Ryan]

Better in every single category. Five games with Brissette.

[Tony]

Okay.

[Dan LeBatard]

Do you want to. Tony, you know what they're doing?

[Jeremy]

What?

[Dan LeBatard]

They're doing it to themselves.

[Tony]

I'm so.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm trying to continue to do 39.

[Mike Ryan]

Games despite being warned he was a five.

[Tony]

How many touchdowns? How many touchdowns?

[Jeremy]

Yeah, but my argument was it's just a touchdown.

[Tony]

But then why isn't Kyler Murray looking for his best weapon in the red zone? In the red zone to score touchdowns? Why is that not happening? Why did he have a touchdown last year of a fumble recovery before he caught it?

[Mike Ryan]

Athletes of especially.

[Dan LeBatard]

Especially in that stadium where they have a big sign that says red zone.

[Mike Ryan]

Kyler Murray has like 1, 2 touchdown game. The numbers like fly up.

[Jeremy]

I'm. I'm.

[Tony]

He's not good, guys. There's a reason why he's not.

[Mike Ryan]

But you overstated this.

[Jeremy]

The splits.

[Tony]

You know what?

[Jeremy]

I'm bored.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, so let's talk about.

[Jeremy]

I'm out.

[Dan LeBatard]

Let's say because I downloaded Sora and it sucks.

[Greg]

What is that?

[Dan LeBatard]

Sora is the. The people who make Chad made this app where you can create AI videos. You scan your face, you say some. Some phrases, and now you can make AI videos of yourself. You can make AI videos of anything, really. And so I was messing around with it, and I said something along the lines of, hey, man on the street. Interviewing three Miami Heat fans. Ask them, what do you want the Heat to do? They all yell out, get Ja. And then I said. The interviewer follows up with, why do you think they should get ja? And one fan says, because this is Miami, and we get stars, baby. The second fan says, because he's got the hottest shoe in the game. And the third fan says, because you can always use more shooters. Pretty simple, right? This dumbass app could never get that to happen. I kept getting, like, the interviewer would then answer his own question. I got a guy who had glasses up here. Midway through his answer, I'm talking about just. He's talking, and all of a sudden he's got glasses on.

[Mike Ryan]

I like it.

[Dan LeBatard]

I've got one where the interviewer's asking the question and the third fan is mouthing the question as the guy saying it.

[Greg]

I like it.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's so goofy. I'm like, this is never going to replace anything of note.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Well, it sounds like it was so bad that it was good, though.

[Dan LeBatard]

I mean, I did laugh. Yeah, I did laugh. I also had one where I sit in courtside and I threw up on media row, but.

[Greg]

And you threw up? Yeah, I made it like Tracy Morgan.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, yeah, like that. But on media row. Right. So everyone's laptops are there or whatever. You puked on people's computers in this AI video. Yes.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Was it realistic vomit?

[Dan LeBatard]

The vomit was realistic. The depiction of me was not. They have me, like, £225. Yeah, I could. I could show. I'm not gonna. We're not gonna do this on air. I'm not gonna give them. I'm not gonna give them that kind of.

[Greg]

I wanted. I want to see a meme puking on Meteor Row.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, no, it's a good one. You know, I'll show you in the break. I don't want to. I don't disrupt the flow, but, like, I just. I just kept thinking about all the people are like, they're gonna replace actors and stuff. I'm like, they're never gonna be able to replace human acting with a. With AI.

[Tony]

Sora is good if you give it the. The grace that it deserves for a very low Kind of Phi app.

[Greg]

Why is it called Sora?

[Tony]

I don't know.

[Dan LeBatard]

Why is anything called anything? Why is Apple called?

[Tony]

Why are you called Zazzle?

[Dan LeBatard]

Why are you called Zazzle?

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Seriously?

[Tony]

That's your name, right?

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Why is it called a microphone?

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Really?

[Greg]

That's what we're doing?

[Tony]

That kind of thing? What do you not get?

[Jeremy]

It's been a weird show. I don't know what to tell you.

[Tony]

Yeah, you are doing it to yourself.

[Mike Ryan]

The gymnastics that these two behind me are trying to get, the splits, you know, like six games. No Jeremy put in this season, but minus the last two games, alas, it's just like. Like it's close this season. The stats are better in every single category for Trey McBride with Jacoby Brissette. But in five games, it's 29 catches with Kyler, 34 with Jacoby Brissette. It's 275 yards of Kyler. It is 320 yards with Brissette better. And one really big one is one touchdown in five games with Kyler for four touchdowns in five games with Jacobe Brissette better. It's better in every category. I will say the difference of five catches is not gigantic, but it is a catch game.

[Jonathan Zaslo]

Let's quit trying to make Jacobe Brissette better than Kyler Murray. It isn't true. Jacobe Beset's a career backup.

[Diana Rossini]

He was bad with the Dolphins.

[Mike Ryan]

He had him down here.

[Tony]

He was our backup.

[Jeremy]

I'm bored.

[Tony]

You were just interested for a second.

[Dan LeBatard]

We had you the hook got.

[Jeremy]

The interesting part is that right now they're. They just won at Dallas and, you know, they're not maximizing now. They lost a game that didn't have much to do with Kyler, that had to do with DeMarcato's drop and the insane play that Tennessee made. But, you know, it's a. They're at a. Appears to be a crossroads with Kyler Murray where they have to decide. And truthfully, like, Jacoby Brissette historically has been a solid enough quarterback that everyone's like, this is a prime backup if he's ever given the opportunity to be QB1 again. I know he briefly had one in Cleveland, but if he's able to take that from a young quarterback and you fully endorse him, it'd be interesting to see where they go.

[Dan LeBatard]

Juju, put it on the poll. Who's better, Jacoby Brissette or Kyler Murray?

[Tony]

Objection. You're only leading the witness.

[Mike Ryan]

Just a question.

[Jeremy]

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