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I'm not gonna 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. I've done it. And now here's the marching man to Nowhere, Fat Face and the Habitual Liar. This episode of the Dan Lebatard show is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The Crown is yours. Zaslo, as we've established, is a judge. He is a journalist. He is. What else? You're a lawyer. I'm a race war expert. You're a race war expert. There's a fifth thing in there that you. Time zone. I don't remember the star of time zones, but during the break he was doing some reporting. Sorry to do this to you, Greg. It may feel like a betrayal, but Zaslo has some breaking news for the audience and for us because I don't think we knew this until Zaslo reported it. Dan, good journalism is never a betrayal. It's always in search of the truth. Okay? So no reason to apologize. And that includes to Greg. Greg fired the special teams coach a few minutes ago. Now, I did a little bit of digging here, and I would like you to confirm. Greg Cody, is it possible that there is a bias in your mind, in your heart that the reason that you fired the special teams coach, we all thought it was because, you know, you were. You were showing some gumption. All right? Somebody's got to pay. Is it possible that this was in response? Well, about seven minutes left in the game yesterday, the Dolphins took the lead 27, 23 on a punt return. Seven minutes, not a lot of time. Dolphins just took the lead. Is it possible that you had just about shaped your column for the game and then the kick was returned for a touchdown by the Patriots and you had to scrap with less than half the fourth quarter remaining after 50 years of writing for an afternoon game with bad deadlines, you had to then scrap your current column because of a special teams gaff. True or false? Closer to true than false. When you're right. When you're right, I admit, was a massive inconvenience to me in the press box when all of a sudden a lead becomes a deficit because of a special teams boner. It was a one o' clock game. Boner. Yeah, I know that's a one o' clock game. What kind of deadline is that? I got a dead a 4:30 deadline. I've got additional reporting done here. Greg Cody, tired of getting texts, went down 12, nothing about, oh, Homer had written the column that was going to be joyously. I'm right. Everyone overreacted. That's the column that had to be scrapped. Okay? I always root for my pick. I picked the Dolphins to win that game, and they should have. They were favored. They should have won. You picked the column that was the better column. The other column, the Column you scrapped was the column you wanted to write. I don't think there was a better column. I think if they had won that game dramatically in their home opener, it would have been fun to write. But if they lose and all of a sudden there's calamity and there's planes flying overhead, that's pretty tasty as well. But you are willing to confirm that you fired the special teams coach because he inconvenienced you? Yeah. I thought we already agreed on that. Yeah, that's good. It's good to have that. A lot of things to talk about from yesterday. What are the games we've eliminated that we're not talking about? We're not talking about the Browns and Ravens game. Nothing to see. Cardinals, Panthers. You guys said nothing on Cardinals, Panthers. But that would have been a pretty stunning comeback. It would have been if Carolina pulled it off, but it wasn't. So we're not talking. Okay, Correct. Are we talking Rams, Titans? Well, Cam Ward's throw, one play. I can talk about Cam Ward throw their built ram. Tough. I told you that because that's going to be. Well, I wanted to get into something with PUK and then we'll put this game aside. Just real quick because I saw yesterday in the Jacksonville game and I cannot believe that I saw it. That Jacksonville game is as inexplicable a loss as I've seen since the one that had the Chargers and Jacksonville in the playoffs. Jacksonville had no business losing that football game. If I'm a Jacksonville fan today, I am furious that my team made the number of mistakes in that game to lose to a backup quarterback who threw three interceptions because they had a ton of them. Well, I heard the announcer at one point. I'm tuning in on the game and I hear the announcer in the end zone. Brown has dropped the ball. Brown has dropped the ball. And the announcer says, that is a catch that you have to make 100 out of 100 times. Every receiver in the league makes that catch 100 out of 100 times. Dropped in the end zone. Trevor Lawrence throws an interception in the end zone. But what I watched in that game is I'm like, oh, that happened fast. Tooton is better than Etienne and looks more athletic and the game has like chewed up Etienne and I'm like, whoa, that happened very quickly to the running back, a disposable position. I'm watching Puka run down the field and I'm like 45 yard runs by receivers usually look fast, but that guy has needs WD40 because what a lumbering. Oh my God. Look. Whatever's happened to his body, Playing as physical as the Rams make their receivers play. He hasn't been in the league that long. He hasn't. He's. He has not been in the league. Speed was never really his game. No, but I'm talking. Talking about the lumbering. I'm not even talking about the speed. A weird thing to say on a 45 yard run. Correct. Understood. Where he catches the corner. Understood. He went off tackle on this one. Yep. I'm. I'm well aware of the observation I'm making and how ridiculous it sounds. And also that sport makes it so that those guys have about five years of that kind of life in their body. You're already seeing it with Mahomes. How, how silly do those throws look now when he's rolling to his right and trying to flip it and they don't have the timing right and he throws a cute. At somebody's feet. Don't do, don't do this with Patrick Mahomes. I'm just warning you right now, that game's on Travis Kelsey. They have injuries. They've had tough, tough opponents so far. Not doing this. Learn from last year. Well, let's do this part. The news from yesterday is Burroughs injury. Okay. And very high up on the list. I don't know what else it is that you guys would put on this list. It's not just the Chiefs falling to 02. It's not just the season they had last year where they won all the one score games and now they've lost the one score games. It's that also when they're hurt and Patrick Mahomes needs help. Taylor Swift's fiance last week injured one of their deep threats running a route. And this week at the goal line where they got the defending champs, where they want them at the goal line, the Mahomes Kelsey timing, which is like it's the sweetest thing except maybe St. Brown and Goff. Like it's the sweetest thing in the sport in terms of two players who have a timing that has been for five years made him the greatest statistical tight end we've ever seen. At the goal line. Their timing is off. He throws it too early or. Or the route's not right. It hits Kelsey in the arm late and then the Eagles pick it off, run the other way and take the whole game. If it hits your hands, you catch the ball. Timings not off. If it hits you in the. Travis Kelsey's messing up there. It's not Patrick Mahomes is timing. That play by the Chiefs tackle to chase that guy down might have been the most impressive thing I saw yesterday. You know what's funny about you saying that? I'm going to go ahead and say neighbors was that for me, like in terms of the two catches when he's double teamed and you got Diggs punching like he's cleanly punching at the ball. The strength of these human beings in their hands. I want, I want something to be noticed here from yesterday that I find legitimately breathtaking every time I see it because of how fast everyone is. And the field isn't big enough for all those human beings, which is why so many things have to be done by inches. The number of, of receivers who are 40 yards down the field catching a ball with one arm against their helmet or shoulder pad. They hit the ground and the ball doesn't move. Doesn't move. When I'm sitting there looking at it, I'm like, that's 40 yards from the quarterback. How does that ball in that space not move when it's in the crook of your elbow or they've got just one hand on it? It must have happened like six times yesterday. And also what happened. These guys are getting a lot better at punching the football. The immortal Mark Andrews yesterday had one punched out of his hands because of how good these gu. Diggs had neighbors. He had him. Diggs is punching at the football in neighbors hands, but his hands are too strong. The ball doesn't move in his hand. I could see them changing that rule at some point because I mean, like, you're literally just allowed to punch a player. Hopefully you hit the ball, but if you miss the ball, it's still okay then to punch a player during the game. Isn't that how Josh Allen got his nose broken? Like, isn't that how it happened? They're going to change that rule. They should. They've gotten really good at that Peanut Tillman thing where they, they just punch the football. So Chris, you're not wrong when you say an offensive lineman chasing down a DB when he doesn't have the angle was super impressive. But I mean, this Tesla guy in Detroit has made two of the greatest catches I've seen in the first two weeks of the season. And he's not one of the best receivers in the league yet. But, but he's made two catches and I'm like, oh my God. That there was no space for him to make either of those catches. The news from yesterday though, Burrow Chiefs 0 and 2 and Kelsey being at the center of the loss. Taylor Swift was never shown on the television. Right. This team, Mahomes has never lost three straight. That's where we are right now. And on offense, they're constipated. He made one deep throw, he missed another deep throw. And they needed a bailout yesterday against the champions, the Eagles. How about this stat? The Eagles four times have passed for under 100 yards. They're four. No under 100 yards passing. The Eagles have taken the entire offensive league and they're like, nope, we're just going to do this one and a half yards at a time with Saquon Barkley, and we're just going to ground you to dust, punching you in the face. And. And they've eliminated the gulf that the Chiefs had between the rest of the league and them with a kind of football that's barbaric, it's primitive. Jalen Hurts does not care whether or not he gets any stats or not. How do you go on the road and beat the Chiefs and become four and, oh, in games where you have fewer than 100 passing yards in the modern age, yeah, I have Jalen Hurts on my fantasy team, so believe me, I know when you say he doesn't care about his stats, he's not a great fantasy quarterback, but all he does is win because all he has to do is hand the ball off to Saquon Barkley. What a great. And that offensive line is everything that the bad offensive lines like Miami's is not. They cheat on the touch push, though, like we've. We've seen. You see Chase Daniel put it out there like they're. They're leaving early. They're just going in early. They're hidden defensive line, and I think sometimes they're also starting over the football before the snap. There's just no integrity in this game anymore. Isn't it funny to you guys, though, to see the Eagles winning that way while Tinsley is sitting there making us ask again, hey, is one shin worth two feet? One shin. There was like four of those yesterday where it's one shin is worth two feet because all they're doing is getting a shin it. Did you see the video of when Jalen Hurts was kneeling down at the end of the game? And, you know, under 100 yards, they keep winning games. And Chris Jones on the other side of the ball was trash talking. Jalen Hurts that like, oh, you didn't do. You had under 100 yards. Hertz is like, we won the bleeping game. All right, relax about A hundred yards. You didn't even have 100 yards. Oh, but it is so frustrating if you're the Chiefs. I mean, it was Chris Jones and Tyree Kill saying we're going to win seven or eight of these and now it's just these giant guys saying we're going to push you back at the end of the game. Just two yards at a time. What are you, what are you going to do? Chris Jones is going to be jumping over the top trying to paw at this dumb play, this incredibly dumb play that is short circuited all of the offense in the league. I do think people should look at it though. It's one thing that it's unstoppable, it's another thing that it's unstoppable. And they're getting unfair advantages if they're lining up over the football. If they're starting early. Those go against the rules of the game. So they got to call that. Let's just be clear on one thing here though. Going against the rules of the game for just a second, okay? Because this is the, this, this play is stupid. Because whenever the rules of the game are Brock Osweiler is the offensive guy throwing 4 yards at a time, you know what happens? They change the rules of the game when it's not entertaining. This is shitty to watch these guys eat up clock. When you've got 10 minutes of action in a game running a yard at a time. That's not, that's not, it's not for the customer. It's already an iconic play and I like to see someone stop it before we put it to bed. But if they're not stopping it because they're cheating on it. Not entertaining. Not entertaining. On top of that, you can't be unstoppable and cheat at the unstoppable play. So do something about the play. How do they actually know where the ball is? There's 10 guys on top of Hertz there. How do they actually know where to spot the ball? Because one of those touch pushes yesterday was really close. It's like I first down. This episode is supported by FX's the Lowdown, starring Ethan Hawke. Allow us to introduce you to Lee Raybon, a quirky journalist slash rare bookstore owner, unofficial truth seeker who's always on the tail of his latest conspiracy. 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Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. Don LeBatard, a woman who was out swimming with her friends is believed to have been swallowed whole by a 13 foot shark without any of her friends noticing. That's the weirdest part about that story. You're swimming with friends, you're having a good time and then all of a sudden people are looking around going, where's Shelly? Like nobody screamed. Every friend group has a Shelly though, that if they go missing because a shark ate them whole, you wouldn't notice. Classic Shelly. Exactly right. Yeah. Stugats. She went quietly. Apparently. If I'm sw. Swallowed whole by a shark, you're gonna know it. This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats. By the way, if. If the Dolphins were tanking right now, and if Kansas City was serious about maybe wanting Tyreek Hill back because they desperately need them, now would be the time. I heard that before. Optimum value right now. Who would want to bring that guy into your locker room? Well, we already discussed this last week. Let's leave that alone. Because we left the Dolphins alone. Well, the Chiefs lost Worthy, though. I mean, there's not crazy. They're desperate. This is a good idea by you, Greg. The Eagles are 18 and one in their last 19 games. And when I say that play doesn't care about the customers, neither does this. Okay, here is what, what I'm going to read here from Dennis Dodd, just from this weekend. The FBS games. If you wanted to watch them Saturday, you needed ABC, Fox, CBS, CBS, SN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Plus, SEC North Plus, ESPNU, FS1, Paramount Plus Peacock, HBO, Max, YouTube, TruTV, TNT, Spectrum Sports, Big Ten Network, SEC Network, SEC North Plus ACC Network, Mountain West Network, the CW Network, NEC, Front Row. Who is this Dodd guy? Does he have 37 TVs in his house? Like, what is this article even? You can't possibly watch all those games. You wanted to watch them all. That's what. You can watch them all. Well, somewhere here, real quick, when did it become our right to be able to watch every game that's happening? Half of the games that are on now didn't even used to be televised. That's what I'm saying. Like FIU games were not on every single week. That's what I'm saying 10 years ago. It's when you make it free and then charge people. That's when. But it's never been free. It has been free. It has never been free. Every game has never been free. No, not every game. Football has been free before. You're used to getting the games that you want. Network television. Well, network's not free. I mean, it's still free. You want to watch Foxy. Well, that. That's. Yeah, those are still free. That's broad. Like, network is free. CBS, the. The FS1, TNT. Well, not network, not cable. That's cable. That's network is abc, NBC and CBS and Fox, I guess. Yeah. Stuff that you can get with an antenna. Okay, it's four now, I guess. Right? It's not. It's not Big three anymore, Greg. I think it's four. Is someone peeing? That's streaming. Whenever we're talking about streaming, they play, okay? They play the streaming sound. Did you guys enjoy the CW's biggest game ever. Because I. I really enjoyed. Because these things are hard to do and we've gotten spoiled at how professional they look everywhere. And so the CW getting in the game, it does look a little cheaper. They're trying their best, but you can see that the broadcast quality is. Does not have. When did you notice it? I noticed it during the pregame show. That's when I noticed. Ridiculous. That's when I know during the pregame show. I'm looking. That's. I'm like, that studio is not well. You're not lit well enough. That's what I do. And I'm like, it's funny. They're giving the games now to some networks that are quite ready yet to do the games. The Canes deserve better than cw. Come on. How the hell did that happen? Why was that Keynes game a game between ranked teams? Not on a. That's my fault. That's my fault. That is my fault. No, I dropped the ball there. He's dressed like a, you know, an executive with the program. I just. The ACC and CW have a. An agreement for some games. Sad. Did you guys watch. Did any of you watch the Jacksonville game? I'm telling you that the way they lost that game. The people who are listening to this in Jacksonville are saying to themselves that they've never lost a game quite like that because of the number of things they did wrong. First of all, Trevor Lawrence is good. I told you 10 minutes of live action per game. It's not a lot of live action. He is good for one dropped snap a game. Like just waste, throw up, throw a play away. He's also good for. Why did he throw that over someone's head by 10ft as a rocket shot when like every other quarterback in the league makes that throw accurately. He did mix in a throw the ball. What? You're three yards beyond the line of scrimmage. Yes, he. Well, he. He's the most likely to do that too. Yes. Put that on the poll at LeBatard show. Is Trevor Lawrence the quarterback in the league most likely to throw the ball 3, 3 yards past the line of scrimmage? Because he's a galloping horse paying no attention to what's happening at the yard. Mark Mahomes always Deeks Hilts like Mahomes will fake a throw like nine yards out. People fall for it. That's good move. I can't even blame Trevor Lawrence because he did make the two throws in that game that you have to make. But Brian Thomas dropped one of them, they had it. They're up 27, 24. It's fourth and two. They're not kicking the field goal. They're no, we're going to end the Bengals here by making it a two score game. We trust our offense that much. And then your best wide receiver drops the easiest of balls and then you allow the backup quarterback who has thrown three interceptions to convert a fourth down and drive all the way down the field. It's as bad a loss as a team had yesterday. And I watched that Arizona Carolina game and I'd still be saying that even if Carolina won, the almost loss is as bad a loss as you can have in that sport. They were going to do that too. That game was just a little bit longer. Can't talk about that one has been taken off the board. My bad. My bad. Steelers Seahawks Aaron Rodgers threw the interceptions and had another one that should have been an interception. That DB is going to be haunted by his inability to catch a ball that was thrown right at his face mask. But the Seahawks go on the road and all of a sudden the Steelers don't look like they looked in Week one. And when I'm watching this game, this is what I did. I'm like, hmm, yeah. One of the analysis I haven't done before. If you're in your 40s and you have eight months to prepare for a game, your body probably feels a little bit different than if you've had, you know, five days and it probably after 40. That would be a decent place for a quarterback to age when the defensive linemen are 25 years old and 100 pounds heavier than you and faster. And where's their defense? The Steelers are giving up over 30 points both games this year. The week one was very scary because while we were saying we haven't seen their offense do that, we haven't seen hadn't seen their defense do that. And two weeks worth of sample here doesn't look like that. Jets defense is nearly anywhere near as good as people expected. So maybe some fools go gold in that week one performance from Aaron. The first two games out of Aaron Rodgers. The jets fans are nodding their heads because they've seen it. What you're going to get from him at his age is 3 mediocre games in a row and then a brilliant game and then another bad game and then a brilliant he's just so inconsistent right now. He still has it in him but he can't bring it up all the time because he's old. That's part of it. But I would say Also he was 3 for 11 for 36 yards and an interception whenever the Seahawks sent pressure. So his decision making is not old. We're in agreement on that. Right. It's his body that's old. Where the sacks too. Like the point was made like last week. Physically very different quarterback. It's going to have to do it a different way. The evading pressure not happening. I think he was sacked three times. I thought the thing that stunned me the most about Week one was the Steelers off. And the reason that it stunned me because they. They got lucky that the jets fumbled a kickoff to get them back in the game. We wouldn't have been talking about MVP Aaron Rodgers and his four touchdowns if they had not. But the thing that was stunning to me about Week one is I was expecting them to do four yard slants like they did with Roethlisberger at the end and control the ball and play defense. I didn't expect sling it all over the field and throw it to DK Metcalf who can't be guarded by a cornerback or anybody. A cornerback size if he just puts his body on you. I thought that's what they were going to do all season, watching them lose at home against Seattle. Nobody's expecting anything from Seattle, correct? No. Yeah. Mediocre. Not bad. Mediocre. But bottom half of the league. Playoff team maybe like last year. I'm not expecting Geno Smith to be. I'm not expecting Sam Darnold to be better than Geno Smith was. Just like I'm not expecting JJ McCarthy to be better than what Sam Darnold. Darnold was in Minnesota. We're not talking about Minnesota. Atlanta either though. Saints this weekend, which is an easy one. Cardinals will be a little tougher. The following. No saints 49ers then. We're not going to talk about that game. He's on the. Yeah, we're talking Seahawks right now. I think that's a game we shouldn't be watching. Which one? Saints. Saints 49ers. It'll be two and one. Oh, no. There's stuff to talk about. Like Christian McCaffrey is so good. But right now we're on week three. Yeah. Yeah. Week three. St. Seahawks right now. Then at Cardinals. Anybody's game. That's a Thursday. Thursday night or two. Toss out the records. When? Thursday night then versus the Bucs. Wow. Put the kids to bed. Potentially 4:00' clock early bedtime. But I know what you mean. He's smart. He can. Game plan. Yeah. Jags 1:00pm following week. Dan's going to be locked in. We know that. Yep. Texans. That was a good Jags game. You guys are sleeping. Late one, huh? Anybody who's watching that Jaguar, call Tony. Can you guys call Tony? Thanks. I'd like to call Tony and find out how Tony is feeling about how the Jags lost that football game. And when I mentioned Greg to you that the Miami Dolphins haven't faced stars yet. James Cook is a star. I know a lot of you love him in fantasy and I know that we're not doing that really with running backs unless it's Saquon Barkley. But that dude's balance. What cometh this way for the Dolphins with that offense where James Cook is their what, third, fourth best skill guy? Like maybe you put him. Yeah. With a large goal. You got till the end of the segment to take action. I just think we got Keon Coleman in there. No, I got Coleman. We're going to attack you. We're not going to stop until you apologize. I think that Shakir and Coleman over the next four years will grow more than James Cook. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What? James Cook may be retired. Yeah, he's a running back. You said right now he's their third or fourth. I'll take that back. Apologize. I will take that back. Second best. I will take that back and I will put him second. I will just also add that those wide receivers, I believe are also going to be stars playing with the mvp. And so now I think you've got basically four of the five best offensive players that the Dolphins have seen through three weeks and a defense who can't do anything about it. Yeah. Jonathan Taylor certainly ranks. I said four or five. Okay. All right. But I mean, Daniel Jones, the MVP candidacy is actually a thing for Tony. Like they haven't punted. Okay. But okay, they haven't punted. Does Brian Dayball get more heat for his current quarterback situation or the Colts quarterback situation? His current quarterback situation got a career high from Russell Wilson while he was playing Jackson dart. And it would have been even more of a career high if he hadn't been platooning quarterbacks in the game and giving Jackson dart plays. But Daniel Jones completed 16 of 25 passes from 265 yards in a touchdown against the blitz. That's the fourth most passing yards against five or more pass rushers in a game in the Next gen Stats era. That's since 2016. That's how good Daniel Jones was in his decision making against the blitz. He's been spectacular the first Two weeks. I think the thing you guys are forgetting though is he's Daniel Jones. And this is going to go the way Daniel Jones. The ebbs and flows with Daniel Jones. You know, it's also the Colts too, because they can do this occasionally. What is it? What do they have? They inject their quarterbacks with something when they get there, right? Like the first time, like, oh, this quarterback has been a long time. This is like, you know, a veteran quarterback. And then they give them something at the start, you're like, oh, wow, like this person might be the mvp. And then by the end of the season, whatever it is wears off. They're the first team in NFL history to not punt in their first two games. Yeah, they score their first 10 drives. First game. Steve Martin also did that one time. You know what nobody tells you about being a new dad? It's not just the diapers and the wipes. 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Because it was pretty good. I feel like there's legs. Yeah, I tried at the beginning and then I lost confidence in it. Good. It was good. You got this. Nothing official. Yeah. So conversations are still ongoing. Stugats it is trending towards Nick Sirianni remaining the head coach of the Eagles. This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugach. You guys say that the blitz. He's been good against the blitz. The Dolphins have a problem in that when they blitz their corners have to cover. Yes. That's why they should never blitz. And so that's part of why Daniel Jones looked like that week one. I don't believe he will be that against the blitz all season. I believe he's been that against the blitz over two games. And none of you remember what happened the first two games of last year because the Eagles started slow and they've won 18 of 19. Well, I mean the Colts do have the Titans next at Tennessee, but what do they have after that? I'm glad you asked that. I printed out the entire schedule for every team. Then they are. They're at the Rams. Okay. Then they host Vegas. What time is that? Because I may put the daughter to bed. That one. I gotta look that one up. Yeah. To get all on one page. We're losing the times here. Do you guys think that the Lions fans found it funny that St. Brown fakes a hammy injury as part of his touchdown? That was not a cool celebration. Not cool. Especially now with Baltimore coming up. What are you doing there? What kind of celebration is that? Faking falling to the ground. There's karma around the corner. Faking a hamstring injury seems not a great idea. Did he start twerking after? That was a thing where you fake your hand. That same thing. Twerking work. That same dude from the Colts that did that last week had a great celebration. An all timer with the. The Colts mascot. I thought I saw that going around. I didn't think that was. He put the football in his belly to make the. His belly the same size as the mascot. And then they both. That's at best a fine like that. You just called it an all time celebration. Mascots are funny. It's not Joe Horn taking a pen out of the thing like Chris. It's a grown man. What are you you talking about? It's a grown man. It's a grown man dressed as a phone. He's dressed as a horse and he's. He does always funny. That's right. Joe mascot puts his hand behind the belly and does a hip thrust. When the mascots get involved, everything goes crazy. And so he had Joe Horn pulling a phone. Not a phone, but a pen out of the goal post. But it was to who pulled the pen out of his sock again. Watch how guys Are finding this much space to get their shin inbound because everything's moving so fast and somebody on the field had a pen in their sock. A butt is two feet, right? Yeah. Well, so is it knee. We already did this. Yeah, we did, but the mascot, we left it open. There was some confusion. Mascot was in the end zone, though. Yeah. Well, the thing that I wanted to say about that is I stopped the television only once every month or so for my wife because the only part of football that she likes is when the mascots are involved in the celebrations and. And taking the football, putting it under your stomach, and then doing a sexual thr. Trusting with the mascot. I don't think it's an all time celebration. Thank you. But I just. Fine. I will remember it forever. But when you involve the mascots, you've made any celebration a great deal more memorable. But since we're here now, let's do it. What are the greatest celebrations you've seen in sports? What ranks is number one if you can only pick one? Brandi Chastain has her moment. I'm gonna go the. The. My favorite of all time is Prince Fielder after a home run jumping on home plate and all of his teammates falling down like bowling pins. Because I've got a bias toward the fat guys. So when a fat guy can do a celebration, that is my favorite. But you have plenty to choose from here, man. Randy Moss pulling his pants down. Joe Buck getting furious about his moon pantomiming a moom. Oh, yeah, boys, this is the good shit. What is it? July? I had to check the calendar. Best celebrations in sports. Whoa, whoa. You said it was an all timer. It's your fault. Oh, yeah, yeah, I'd parse up that. Greg, did you go, what was your favorite celebration ever? And then what's your least favorite? Spikes. Overrated. Nobody spikes the ball anymore. How about you just spike the ball and that'd be a celebration. Celebration. Nominate. Somebody argue with the demon of debate. Nominate. A best celebration of all time. I prefer the individual celebration, so I want Jalen Waddle to bring back the waddle. That's a good one. What about the. What about the icky shuffle? Oh, I love that. How about Jaylen want to stay on the field, man? Geez Louise. That gets blown by air and he's on the ground. The July ass topic, you brought it up as you had. I didn't. I didn't bring anything up. No, you. You brought up best celebration of all time. You made it. No, you made it. You want to give time and Temp, huh? You made it. You're that basic. You made it an old. Where's the other guy? I don't know why the angel nuance hasn't been around in a while. I thought you guys worked this stuff out before it started. The angel. Because he's gonna find the sound in time, so I don't want to put him in a bad spot. Always a bad sign when he just like, off mic goes. He's been doing it a lot lately. Can you not find the angel of nuance sound? Is that the problem? Chris, we've been. You have a media touch there or one of the hot buttons. Oh, my God. It's been. I would reach it with one of my hooves. It's good, though, that when you're producing the show, you have time to yell about the topic I've chosen as a July topic when your character brought it up as one of the all time celebrations. Well, you know, trying to mix it in. We've got a couple sales proposals that are like, can we get the demon? I'm like, what? What? How much do I get paid? Good accountability today. What the hell is that? Said angelic music. I took a shot. That's not it. That's not what? Good try, though. You're doing a really great job. You're trying your hardest. It's pretty good. No, it's a good line, Dan. Billy Crit, kudos to you. You ran with it. Sloppy shot. Look, Chris Cody. Chris Cody sometimes stumbles around. I went away, pal. Just don't. Just. You know what? Forget it. We can't even sell this. It's over, Chris. It's been sabotaged. But I will point out to the audience, please get me the Ken Rosenthal video, because before the show, Cody is very good at telling others how it is they should be doing their job. Except sometimes his job comes up for display. And you see what just happened there. What happened here with Ken Rosenthal that had you, Chris, ripping him the way that you were ripping him for being maximum. Ken Rosenthal with the bow tie. He's a sideline reporter for baseball. Has been for many years. The. Probably the most famous that there is in all of baseball. I. I've always thought Ken Rosenthal, nice guy. And in this video, he is doing a sideline interview with a Brewers player. And it's after a game they've just won. So then the water, you know, they do this thing where it lets me spill water Gatorade on him. And Ken Rosenthal backs up to get out of the way, and he just runs over. I Don't know if it's a social media person, somebody holding a phone, crotch, like, crouched over. Someone doing their job. Yeah, someone doing their job. And he backs into them. And Ken Rosenthal, look at that. Give this. Gives this guy a look. Let's run the whole thing back, guys, because you kind of just see him give this dismissive look of, what are you doing messing up Ken Rosenthal's shot? Look at him. He's like, what are you doing there? And they give. And then he kind of gives a smirk. Shakes his head. Shakes his head. But the guy not, like, reach out a hand, oh, hey, can I help you? Like, zero effort to help him up on double back. And stared him down again, then nods his head in disgust. I can't believe this. And gets back in front of the camera and puts his smile back on, like, ah, this was fun kind of behavior is that everyone is enjoying themselves smiling, but Ken Rosenthal was afraid that he was going to get fall down backwards into the dugout. Ruins it for me. His eyes are saying right there, you don't do that to Ken Rosenthal. That's like Sarkeesian behavior. Wait, you're blaming the photographer for this, Dan? No, I'm not blaming anyone. I'm looking at what's happening here, and I'm saying everyone is happy. And I think Ken Rosenthal was probably afraid. Look, I've almost got afraid. Oh, boy. Okay, he was afraid. An angry man, right? He assaulted a man and then blamed the victim. I have noticed my dog, okay, misbehaves at stoplights in the backseat, sometimes barks. And what I get from people who are afraid is a lot of looks like that after they've been scared by something. And that's how they react by wanting to fight me because my dog scared them. And that look to me is, what the hell are you doing there? What'd your dog bite someone? Also, I see why you'd be afraid of that dog. Yeah, that's Billy. So you're. You're throwing to video there, though, that has everyone in it being happy. Everyone's thrilled. Except for a Ken Rosenthal. We've never seen the side of Ken Rosenthal. I mean, it's actually Ken Rosenthal's fault. He almost ran over that guy, and the guy fell. Like, Ken Rosenthal should be apologizing. Jeremy. Tashay, you are an up and coming sideline reporter who wishes one day to be all the things that Ken Rosenthal is. Except for that. You are kind. You are sweet. Thank you. You are nice. How should he love to catch Jeremy doing this? Is there an explanation can we forgive, can we be compassionate for Ken Rosenthal in these trying times? I think that the backing into the photographer and then giving that look is a, like, what were you doing in my space? How do you not know to get out of the way? The look is a bad look for him. The, the going back and shaking his head, I think is more of a, oh, man, these guys and their celebrations. I can't believe that happened. I don't think he's shaking his head as like continuing to shame this photographer. But overall, how do you bump into someone and then not offer a hand to help them up? That's the part where it's like the look, whatever, but you've bumped into someone, you've knocked them over, even if they were in your space. Like, is everyone supposed to know that the, you know, there's a 20 foot radius surrounding Ken Roosevelt. That is his area. There's also a universal sign for my bad. Yes, you throw the hand out there just like any sort of like, like, hey, like you're good. No, any gesture of hey, that's on me. I gotta go back to doing TV here. No, I gotta defend Bow tie here. The guy behind him was too close. Oh, wow. And almost tripped him up and flipped on this. And furthermore, baseball should, all sports should outlaw the whole ice bucket thing. Wow. When the player, when the player is in proximity to a working member of the media. So it was the player, his teammate, and the, the photographer's fault. None of Ken Rosen. Ken Rosenthal's doing his job. Bow tie, as you call him, he's, he's looking the part. The photographer was doing his job as well. And you know, he's got a mic. He could be electrocuted by all that Gatorade. Nope. You know. Nope. Live. Live television. When people are doing live television, they think they are in the middle of the most important thing. But Jeremy's telling you that there's not going to be an electrocution. Our engineer just happens to be in the studio and he's shaking his head at how stupid been. Imagine Ken Rosenthal being electrocuted to death. You don't have to imagine it. It wouldn't happen. He just dismiss it. That would have been possible. That would have made news. That would have been something. If his last act had been to be furious with that guy. Die electrocuted on live television during a Brewer celebration. That video would be gripping. Can you guys go to Tony here? Yeah, let's call him real quick, Tony, real quick and find out how he just get all the Jags Analysis here. I know. No, I'm telling you, Jags fans today are crushed by that loss. I don't understand how that happened to the Jags. Like, just maximum jagging. Hello, Tony. Tell me how you're feeling in general today physically, based on what it is that you're doing and also what happened with the Jags. You know, I almost didn't answer this call, right? I was on the verge of looking at this number, and I was like, I think that's the number. I may have the number. And then I decided to pick it up. Dan, how am I feeling? Not great. Am I. Am I a little upset that the Jags lost to Jake Browning? A little bit. I also am a little excited because I think Jake Browning could be a serviceable. Here we go. We go again with this point. The point is that nobody grabs defeat from the jaws of victory quite like the Jacksonville Jaguars. I don't know what I can express to Trevor Lawrence to get him to stop doing things that cost him the ball game. Right. Brian Thomas Jr. Are you shying away from the ball? Do you want to be a number one receiver? Are the. Are the balls hospital balls? Is it everybody's fault? Like, what are we doing here? What are we doing here? Joe Burrow goes down. Okay. He's got people. The. The. The news is crazy. Is an Achilles. Was it a broken ankle? What happened? It's his toe. Oh, we don't know what's going on. All of a sudden, Jake Browning comes in, who hasn't played in 17 years, right. Since the last time I said he would been two years ago. And then all of a sudden, he comes in and looks better than Joe Burrow. How does that happen? How does that happen where you have a guy like Jake Browning come off cold and then continue to kick your ass? Right. How does that work? It's under Anthony, not Tony. Sorry. We're ordering a Chick fil A. And by the way, the weekend was great. I had a great time at the bachelor party. Tired. But again, when you're kind of the biggest voice in Jags nation, Duval County. It's. It's. They just laughed. They just laughed when I said Anthony. They left because they knew it was me, and they laughed about the Jags losing. So that's how I'm feeling. Dan. Howdy, folks. It's Mike Ryan. It's football season. That means I'm going to be traveling to watch some quarterbacks I love in the NFL. I got my eyes on Tennessee. I got my eyes on Tampa. They're not where I I'm from, I gotta go to them. Thankfully, there's an app that can help me go to these unfamiliar markets, navigate these stadiums and come away with the very best deal. The GameTime app gives the advantage back to football fans. It's a hack for unlocking amazing tickets and experiences in just a few taps. It's incredibly easy to use and the Game Time guarantee means you can Trust you'll get 100% authentic tickets on time and at the best price. Plus plus fees are always included. See what you pay at checkout. No surprises. It's huge Zone deals, favorites, panoramic seat views, the low price guarantee and again, the best customer service policy. The most flexible in the ticketing industry. Take the guesswork out of buying NFL tickets with GameTime. Download the GameTime app, create an account and use code DAN for $20 off your first purchase terms apply. Again, create an account and redeem code dan for $20 off. Swipe tap ticket go download the Gametime app today.
Date: September 15, 2025
Featured Guests: The Dirty Demon, Tony Calatayud
Broadcast from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, this episode of the Big Suey dives deep into the weekend’s NFL drama, the quirks of sports broadcasting, the evolution of celebrations in sports (prompted by some memorable and questionable examples), and a healthy serving of Miami sports talk. The hosts – Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and company – blend expert analysis with signature banter as they recount controversial plays, gripe about broadcast quality, and debate the best (and worst) celebrations in sports. Frequent guests, like The Dirty Demon and Tony Calatayud, chime in with their unique perspectives, especially as the show pivots towards listener favorites and local color.
[06:30]
Zaslo’s "journalistic betrayal": Zaslo uncovers that Greg Cody's critique of the Dolphins’ special teams coach may have been shaped by a personal inconvenience — specifically, a last-minute scoring play that forced Cody to rewrite his column.
Meta-sports commentary: The panel agrees that often, coverage is determined by what’s easiest to write about publicly and what fits print deadlines, especially in “deadline games.”
Tone: Self-deprecating, playful, insider-y.
[12:00]
Jaguars’ inexplicable loss: The Jaguars’ defeat is called “as inexplicable a loss as I’ve seen.” There’s focus on how running backs become disposable and how quickly a player's prime can pass (Etienne vs. Tooton).
Chiefs/Eagles/Quarterback Play:
Catching & Defensive Techniques:
Receivers are lauded for their ability to catch 40-yard passes one-handed while going to the ground; defenders are getting better at “Peanut Tillman” punch-outs.
Memorable Player Performances:
[26:30]
Dennis Dodd's exhaustive network list:
Dan reads a list of all the networks needed to watch FBS games, illustrating how fragmented and expensive sports viewing has become.
CW’s new foray into football:
The panel laughs about the “cheap” feel of the CW’s presentation, joking about poor lighting in the pregame and the oddity that major games are now sometimes relegated to minor networks.
[35:00]
Trevor Lawrence Critique:
Hosts poke fun at Lawrence's tendency to throw beyond the line of scrimmage, noting his rollercoaster decision-making.
Jets, Steelers, Seahawks:
Aging quarterbacks and the risks of relying on stars past their primes (“in your 40s, 8 months to prepare means your body probably feels different than after 8 days”).
Other teams:
Lots of quick conversational pivots: McCaffrey's brilliance, the Saints-49ers game, Daniel Jones's highs and inevitable lows, the Colts’ bizarre no-punt streak.
[47:45]
Prompted by a Colts mascot/ball-under-the-shirt celebration, the discussion turns to legendary celebrations.
The group debates: Are team celebrations better than individual? Does involving a mascot always make it better?
[54:00]
The show plays and critiques a video of baseball reporter Ken Rosenthal, who, during a postgame sideline celebration, backs into a photographer and gives a dismissive glare without helping him up.
Dan notes the disconnect between television “importance” and the chaos/joy around live celebrations.
[1:03:10]
On inconvenient sportswriting:
“Closer to true than false… massive inconvenience to me in the press box when all of a sudden a lead becomes a deficit because of a special teams boner.” – Greg Cody [07:20]
On the Eagles’ football style:
“The Eagles have taken the entire offensive league and they’re like, nope, we’re just going to do this one and a half yards at a time… punching you in the face.” – Dan Le Batard [21:52]
On celebrations:
“Mascots are funny. It’s not Joe Horn taking a pen out of the thing… When you involve the mascots, you’ve made any celebration a great deal more memorable.” – Dan Le Batard [50:20]
On Ken Rosenthal:
“How do you bump into someone and then not offer a hand to help them up?... Is everyone supposed to know that there’s a 20-foot radius surrounding Ken Rosenthal?” – Jeremy Taché [55:55]
On the Jaguars’ heartbreaks:
“Nobody grabs defeat from the jaws of victory quite like the Jacksonville Jaguars.” – Tony Calatayud [1:04:15]
| Time | Segment/Topic | |-----------|------------------------------------------| | 06:30 | Greg Cody's column bias exposed | | 12:00 | Jaguars’ inexplicable loss; AFC recap | | 17:55 | Chiefs’ stalling offense; Mahomes talk | | 21:12 | Eagles win ugly, win often | | 26:30 | Fragmentation of televised football | | 32:45 | The CW’s awkward football debut | | 35:00 | Trevor Lawrence roast | | 41:09 | Discussion of Jets, Steelers, Seahawks | | 47:45 | Commencing “Best Celebrations Ever” | | 54:00 | The Ken Rosenthal sideline dust-up | | 1:03:10 | Tony Calatayud vents about the Jaguars |
For listeners who missed this episode, the summary provides key highlights, best quotes, and a sense of the lively, clever energy that defines the Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz.