Covino & Rich - After the NFL Dust Settles

Summary

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The Dan Patrick Show: Covino & Rich – After the NFL Dust Settles

Date: August 30, 2025
Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show (iHeartPodcasts & Dan Patrick Podcast Network)
Hosts: Steve Covino, Rich Davis, Monsie, Danny G
Key Theme: Processing the aftermath of the blockbuster Micah Parsons trade and unpacking sports fandom tropes, NFL narratives, and fan reactions with a signature blend of humor, insight, and pop culture.

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Episode Overview

In this special Labor Day weekend edition of Covino & Rich on The Dan Patrick Show, Covino and Rich dive deep into the ongoing ripples from the stunning Micah Parsons trade to the Green Bay Packers. The episode explores both the sports and emotional angles of the move, the psychology behind rabid fan reactions (especially viral jersey burning and TV-smashing videos), and larger questions about sports leadership, authenticity, and media narratives.

The hosts playfully analyze Jerry Jones’ press conference blunders, discuss broader NFC playoff implications, and offer their signature humorous takes and personal anecdotes—including whether butchering player names is a sign of disrespect or just "old guy syndrome." Regulars Monsie and Danny G join in for laid-back banter, trivia games, and sports news updates, rounding out the episode with contagious Friday energy.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Labor Day Weekend Vibes & Setting the Scene

• [03:14] Covino welcomes listeners into a festive, extended weekend, introducing the cast, setting a "good vibes" tone, and teasing topics from Micah Parsons to weekend viewing recommendations.

2. Weekend Hobnobbing & What to Watch

• [05:27] Rich and Covino share their Friday tradition of recommending sports and entertainment for the weekend, highlighting Mets rookie pitcher Jonah Tong’s debut and competitive baseball action.

3. The Micah Parsons Trade Fallout

• Immediate Reaction and Insider Pride

  • [05:59] Covino: "Can I just say how pumped I was personally and professionally as a broadcaster to have Isaac Lohenkron make that Micah Parsons announcement on this show?"
    • The hosts celebrate being first with the trade news, noting the thrill of processing breaking news live.

• Was It a Good Trade? Was Jerry Jones Inspired or Panicked?

  • [06:43] Rich shares skepticism about spin controlling the narrative: "Is Jerry Jones trying to spin this as his modern day version of getting rid of Herschel Walker?... That's part of the speculation."
  • [07:25] Rich and Covino discuss Madden's rejection of the trade, highlighting its perceived imbalance.
  • [07:50] Covino explores the possibility that Parsons was a tough personality: "Maybe he is a pain in the ass. And do you want to work with a pain in the ass? Imagine paying pains in the asses millions and millions of dollars. Like, yo, you don't like it, beat it."
  • [09:24] Covino: "They had enough time to know what comes with him... And it's not like winning football for the most part. It's not taking them to the promised land. So there is that angle."
  • [10:54] Covino lays out the core question for listeners: Did Jerry Jones drop the ball, or is there a master plan?

4. Fan Reactions: Jersey Burning & TV Smashing – Authentic or Cringe?

• [11:57] Covino: "The dumbest things we've seen... burning of the jerseys and the smashing of the TVs, like the sports baby antics."
• [12:21] Rich compares viral reactions to the "ugly sweater" phenomenon, highlighting how authenticity has been replaced with staged social media antics: "Now you could sniff out how eye-rollingly set up these things are... you never see someone smashing their 85 inch nice new TV... you see a 32 inch older TV that's on a TV stand."
• [15:44] Rich & Covino debate whether the jersey burning is wasteful or just lame.
• [16:14] Covino: "Mark my words, it's all fun and games till some idiot kid burns his house down... Some idiot thinks he's trying to go viral... he's gonna light up the house."
• [16:54] Rich offers advice: "If you see one, scroll past it fast... we're all fueling this."
• [17:19] Covino: "I prefer the move of putting some duct tape over the name and just writing something else on it."
  • [17:25] Rich agrees: "That's funny."

5. Are We Overreacting to the Trade? NFC Rivalry Picture

• [18:48] Covino cites Cam Newton: "They're not going to the Super Bowl. This doesn't make them super bowl contenders or champions. Like, give it three years, maybe."
• [19:12] Covino: Discusses the youth and long-term prospects of the Packers post-trade, asking listeners if the fanbase is being "prisoners of the moment."
• [20:00] Rich tees up a hot take: NFC teams stronger than the Packers this season?

6. Jerry Jones and the Art of (Mis)Naming: Power Move or Old Guy Syndrome?

• [28:06] Covino draws a parallel with Howard Stern's dominance moves: "To establish some sort of superiority... he'd pretend like he didn't know those people just to make them feel lame."
• [32:30] Rich & Covino debate whether Jerry Jones’s repeated "Michael Parsons" gaffe was deliberate or the natural result of aging.
  • Quote: [34:15] Rich: "Jerry Jones saying Michael Parsons... is definitely old guy stuff."
  • Covino is unconvinced: "He's not your dad. This guy's making million dollar moves all the time... He's not dull by any means. There's a strong possibility he did it on purpose."

7. The Old Guy Name-Butchering Phenomenon

• [33:14] Rich gives a personal example: "My dad would always say, 'Oh, Fernando Nieve?' I'm like, that is Fernando Nieve! His name is not Neve."
• [34:02] Covino shares the story of his dad's "Jamboree" mispronunciation.
• [37:56] Rich asks Monsie if her Costa Rican heritage suffers the same from elder butchery: "My dad will always say 'Costa Rica.' Is that an old guy thing?"

8. Sports News & Other Chat

• [38:48] Monsie updates on NFL injuries and MLB transactions, including Walker Buehler's release and Padres’ Xander Bogaerts’ injury.
• [41:03] Rich and Monsie debate whether Walker Buehler is washed or just in a slump.
• [48:08] Covino and Rich present the Giants walk-off win as the "Tire Rack Play of the Day."
• [49:13] Rich teases upcoming segments: "WNBA Player or Chipotle Worker" trivia and the infamous NFL stadium beer price quiz.

9. Listener Calls: Is Jerry’s Gaffe Calculated?

• [49:23] “McKinney in Ohio” and “James in Alabama” call in, with consensus favoring the “power move” interpretation.
  • McKinney: "It's a powerful man's way of saying, you're unimportant to me. I don't care what your name is." ([49:31])
  • James: Emphasizes Jerry’s business acumen but recognizes his age as a possible factor ([50:04]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Covino: "Maybe he is a pain in the ass. And do you want to work with a pain in the ass? Imagine paying pains in the asses millions of dollars. Like, yo, you don't like it, beat it." ([07:50])
• Rich: "Now you could sniff out how eye-rollingly set up these things are... you never see someone smashing their 85 inch nice new TV..." ([13:01])
• Covino: "Mark my words, it's all fun and games till some idiot kid burns his house down." ([16:14])
• Rich: "Jerry Jones saying Michael Parsons... is definitely old guy stuff." ([34:15])
• Covino: "He's not your dad... There's a strong possibility that he may have done it on purpose." ([36:31])
• Caller McKinney: "It's a businessman’s way of saying, you're unimportant to me. I don't care what your name is." ([49:31])

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Important Timestamps

• 03:14 — Show opening and cast introductions
• 05:27 — Weekend recommendations (hobnobbing)
• 05:59 — First reaction to Micah Parsons trade
• 07:50 — Was Parsons just too difficult to keep?
• 11:57 — Sports fan viral antics (jersey burning/tantrums)
• 15:44 — Is jersey burning wasteful or just lame?
• 17:19 — Alternative moves: taping over jersey names
• 18:48 — Cam Newton's perspective on the Packers’ real prospects
• 28:06 — Power moves in misnaming: Stern vs. Jerry Jones
• 34:02 — The classic “Jamboree” mispronunciation story
• 38:48 — Monsie’s sports update
• 41:03 — Walker Buehler debate
• 48:08 — Giants’ walk-off win: "Tire Rack Play of the Day"
• 49:23–50:41 — Listener calls: Jerry Jones “power move” consensus
• 51:12 — Teasing upcoming trivia/game and NFL preview

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Episode Tone

Conversational, playful, irreverent—with a genuine love for sports and a sharp, satirical eye on sports culture’s quirks. Regular teasing, quick analogies, and personal stories amplify both the humor and relatability.

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For Those Who Haven’t Listened

This episode offers a fast-moving, fun deep-dive into sports news—especially the shocking Parsons trade. The hosts’ banter, cultural analogies, lively debate, and powerful listener engagement make it a compelling listen for any sports fan eager to understand both the facts and the feelings after NFL blockbuster trades. Whether you want nuanced sports takes or banter about old guys’ mispronunciations, Covino & Rich provide the laughs and insights of a Friday happy hour.

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Transcript

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[Rich]

Be sure to catch us live every.

[Covino]

Weekday from 5 to 7 Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich]

Find your local station for Kavito and [e-mail] or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. Oh, hey, hey. What's going on, buddies?

[Covino]

We made it. Labor Day weekend officially began Friday. Friday, Friday. Hell yeah, man. Super pumped. And we got Sagar here. Sagar with the good vibes on the videos. You can stream it live on YouTube. Covino Enrich FSR YouTube.com covinoenrich FSR. We got sexy Ryan, Sexy Moncy.

[Rich]

Yo, what's up, Balanos?

[Covino]

Hey, Mon.

[Monsie]

What's up, guys?

[Rich]

Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday.

[Covino]

And of course, Danny G. Is the super producer and host of Chipotle Worker or WNBA player. So we're giving away prizes. We're talking Micah Parsons. But first and first. Mostly we be rocking now. Let's go. Broadcasting live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. Hey, Rich.

[Rich]

Yes?

[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

Why not? Well, no, just don't try me.

[Rich]

You don't like to put anything in your head to mess up your hair.

[Covino]

That is true. Yeah. Yeah, that's true.

[Rich]

Hey, we're gonna get to a lot today again. Just a lot of fun on a Friday. I. I thought about how you all. You're the only one that gets excited when your team has a new rookie come out. But have you seen this guy that's pitched for the Mets tonight? Tong?

[Covino]

I'm excited to see him and I'm rooting for him.

[Rich]

But here's what I'm hoping. He looks like such a fun kid.

[Covino]

Rich and I have this bet. Who has the better record for a thousand bucks, and for every game more, another hundred bucks. Yankees are Mets and they're so close. Every time the Mets lose, Yankees lose. But the Yankees finally pulled two games ahead. So I'm rooting for this kid because he seems so damn likable. Jonah Tong. I've seen him interviewed. He got his change up from Instagram. He looks like he's 12 years old.

[Rich]

He does look young.

[Covino]

He's like skipping around the ballpark, just happy to be there. So I'm rooting for him to have a good start. Then I'm rooting for your bullpen to blow it.

[Rich]

Oh, thanks. Okay, cool.

[Covino]

You can't have this kid in his debut go deep into the game. He's, he's got to be on the clock, I think.

[Rich]

Jonah Tong. Ta tong tong.

[Covino]

So, hey, speaking of what to watch this weekend, we're going to get you into it with weekend hobnobbing. We do that every Friday. Of course there's some great baseball, but there's some random fights and other things you need to watch in world of sports and entertainment. So we'll get you all set up for the holiday weekend. Let's have a great extended weekend. Let the wild rumpus start. And it starts where we left off. Can I just say how pumped I was personally and professionally as a broadcaster to have Isaac Lohenkron make that Micah Parsons announcement on this show?

[Rich]

Yeah, it was fun.

[Covino]

Got the first reaction right. We got to process it together. Us, you, everybody, the callers, 877-99 on Fox. Danny G. And then for the rest of the day you get to hear everybody else saying the things you already speculated on and said. So that's kind of fun.

[Rich]

You were first to it.

[Covino]

Yeah, yeah. Because a lot of times when we're doing the show it's like, yeah, a lot of those things happened early on and yeah, we got to say it first. We get to let it process live. And man, what are your thoughts today? Because there's a few things that I've seen since that got me thinking how.

[Rich]

Let me get the obvious out of the way. This, this trade is. Some people are trying to swing it like cowboys did the right thing.

[Covino]

I still believe, like I saw Schefter say what we said yesterday when it happened. Is Jerry Jones trying to spin this as his modern day version of getting rid of Herschel Walker? He did say that. He did. Even though in the documentary Jimmy Johnson takes credit for that. Yeah, that's a whole drama in itself, right? According to America's Team on Netflix. But that's also being speculated, like, hey, Jerry Jones is old, but he might have something up his sleeve. That's part of the speculation.

[Rich]

I did see people say that on Madden. That trade is rejected.

[Covino]

Yes.

[Rich]

It's funny, a video game would be like, no, no, no.

[Covino]

Because it's not, it's not realistic. Not a fair trade, not a fair Trade.

[Rich]

So Madden rejects this trade. The 49ers, you know, my team, they have escaped so much criticism for what they gave up for Trey Lance. Because Brock Purdy worked out. Brock Purdy saved Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch's ass. As far as like being humiliated. Niners gave up more for Trey Lance than the packers gave up for Micah Parsons.

[Covino]

And you're seeing this spin too, which could be true. I get it. It's a business and you got to deal with egos and personalities. But there's a lot of people are like, hey, man, Michael Parsons, pain in the ass. They had their chances with him. They didn't win. I understand he did great. Two time Pro Bowler, only missed like five games while he was there. And he did everything he could, but they didn't win with him. And maybe he is a pain in the ass. And do you want to work with a pain in the ass? Let me tell you, I hate working with pains in the asses. Imagine paying pains in the asses millions and millions of dollars. Like, yo, you don't like it, beat it. You know, it's been too. But again, like at the detriment of maybe winning games.

[Rich]

Yeah, I can only, you know, when there's a woman that's a real pain in the ass. Not you, monsieur. You're like perfect. I can only imagine your boyfriend Sean just sings your praises to everyone.

[Monsie]

You know, sometimes. Sometimes.

[Rich]

But there have been.

[Covino]

She drinks a lot too.

[Rich]

I've been there. You've been there, where you're dating, you.

[Covino]

Get a few drinks and Sean, her boyfriend, he starts giving you the juice. Oh, yeah, man, that Monty's cute and fun and all, but my God, what.

[Rich]

A pain in the ass. That's what I've heard. Costa Rican women are jealous and crazy.

[Covino]

Yeah, yeah.

[Monsie]

And lucky for you.

[Rich]

So we've all been there, we've dated, you know, maybe an attractive crazy girl. And people. And people will say, like, man, you guys broke up. And it's like, yeah, it's not all about what's on the surface and looks and maybe Micah Parsons behind closed doors. Maybe I'm just trying to think of the other angle. Maybe he was a pain in the ass. There are a few.

[Covino]

I've been given that excuse.

[Rich]

There are some outliers that are saying, like, maybe the Cowboys are better off and they get a fresh start.

[Covino]

I know. The exes have told me, like, you're a pain in the ass. And I know what comes with you. They had enough time to know what comes with him. And it's not like winning football for the most part. It's not taking them to the promised land. So there is that angle to at least explore. Again, you got to have the spin, right? Jerry Jones has to say something. And the whole, like, you know, stopping the run game. Yeah, that just sounds like BS to me. Like he's just looking for any answer to make it right. But maybe the truth is the guy's impossible to deal with. Maybe it's Jerry Jones who's impossible to deal with. Or maybe that, too. Look, that's why we speculate. Right?

[Rich]

Hold on. Again, not trying to make this dirty, but when a guy leaves a woman and he doesn't seem that bummed about it, and she's super hot.

[Covino]

Whoa.

[Rich]

There's got to be like. Again, she's probably, like, a real pain in the ass.

[Covino]

Are you trying to say that something's wrong with that famous saying for every hot chicken guy that.

[Rich]

No, I don't think that. I think it's. I'm not using old cliches. I'm saying, like, maybe there's something you just don't know. You just got a stinky butt or something. Or, like, you know, you know, bad hygiene.

[Covino]

Or she. Or she has, like, chops. No.

[Rich]

Or she has, like, overbearing family or.

[Covino]

Something that you high maintenance.

[Rich]

That you don't see on the surface. Because people be like, how could he leave her? I don't know. Maybe. Maybe it wasn't always cracked up to be.

[Covino]

We're just saying.

[Rich]

I'm just trying to think of reasons why. Because there's got to be a reason why Jerry Jones didn't try to come to some type of agreement with the agent. He said he threw a great offer out there.

[Covino]

It was like, what, 40 plus? And then he ended up getting 47 plus per year. So I think that was the difference. You're seeing all this stuff come out. You're seeing the truth, the spin. Yeah. And you try to figure out what's. What's real to you and what's not. And what are your thoughts? We're gonna speculate more and more. We just want to get the phone calls going at 877-99-FOX. Now that you had a day to hear lots of commentary on this, and you get to, you know, process it yourself and figure out your own thoughts. But one of the dumbest things we've seen in the past 24 hours because, again, this happened during our show yesterday. The whole Michael Parsons to the Green Bay packers trade was speaking of cliches, something that needs to stop. Yeah, Rich has a major ick about this, I guess. Major problem with this. And that is the burning of the jerseys and the smashing of the TVs, like the sports baby antics. It was fun. And I'm with you, it was fun. Like the first 10 years we saw this on social media.

[Rich]

You're giving away too much credit. It was funny when the first couple people did it and it was real.

[Covino]

Now it's now when you see someone.

[Rich]

Take a 32 inch old flat screen that is worth 50 bucks.

[Covino]

Well, Danny G called it too. That's why it's corny, because it's so predictable. Yesterday Danny G. Said, you know, just wait until we see all the Cowboys fans burning jerseys, throwing things, having tantrums. And sure enough, that's what you see all over your timeline on social media.

[Rich]

Originally, the first person that did it. You know what it's like, I'll compare it to something. Ugly sweaters. Follow my ridiculous analogy, Danny. I have an analogy for everything. You know this by now. Remember when people would have ugly sweaters at a Christmas party and you'd be like, oh, wow, that is like a hideous sweater. Because it was a sweater they found in like their grandparents house or in the attic. Mom or dad put it up there. It was from like 1983.

[Covino]

Yeah. It was Uncle Bart's sweater.

[Rich]

And there was something authentic, there was authenticity about, damn, this is an ugly ass sweater.

[Covino]

Now you got tipsy elves on shark Tank. And then. Yeah, now there's people where they sell them.

[Rich]

Yeah, now people design ugly sweaters. And I'm like, that's not an ugly sweater. If you designed it to be ugly, that defeats the purpose of the ugly sweater. I could design an ugly sweater. The point of the ugly sweater was, oh, they didn't realize it was ugly. They tried to actually sell it for real.

[Covino]

And what does this have to do with Micah Parsons? He's getting there.

[Rich]

I'm getting there.

[Covino]

Okay.

[Rich]

In the beginning, the first guy that burnt his jersey or smashed his TV did it out of genuine craze mo like it was a crazy moment.

[Covino]

I think my dad invented this. I saw my dad blow a fuse when I was a young man. My teenage sisters would drive him crazy. I remember him pulling the TV out of the wall.

[Rich]

Your dad.

[Covino]

And he threw it down the steps. He blew a socket because my sisters drove him mad.

[Rich]

Your dad had three teenage girls at the same time?

[Covino]

Yeah. I don't think he was ever the same.

[Rich]

I really don't.

[Covino]

But I think my dad invented this A long time ago, thanks to my.

[Rich]

Sisters, that's when big Steve Covino went cuckoo.

[Covino]

Yeah, the same guy, he's still pacing around.

[Rich]

So my dumb analogy is authenticity, right? Authenticity. The first person to burn a jersey of a player they didn't like anymore probably did it out of pure in the moment. Like I hate this guy, I'm going to burn his jersey. Or can you believe this team missed a game winning field goal. I'm going to punch my tv and someone happened to be recording it. Now you could sniff out how eye rollingly set up these things are because you know what you never see? You never see someone smashing their 85 inch nice new TV or the nicely mounted, you see a 32, it's a.

[Covino]

Projection TV from 2000.

[Rich]

You see a 32 inch or a 42 inch older TV that's on a TV stand, they pick it up and smash it. And you know that if you go to Walmart you could buy a brand new one of those for like 200 bucks. So I am not impressed by you smashing a $200 old ass TV.

[Covino]

And I don't know, there's something about me that rubs it the wrong way. Just in the sense that like I understand it's a Michael Parsons jersey. So there's not a lot of value there with his name on the back anymore. That's still like a $200 plus J. That's an official NFL jersey most of the time. And you're just going to burn it like that. To me, jerseys, even if they're players that are long gone, are things you keep in your closet. Like you don't recycle them, you don't donate them, you sort of keep them because they're your jersey as part of your fandom. Right.

[Rich]

Give it to a big Bang Theory actor, Jim Parsons.

[Covino]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The player may come back someday. I still have an Amari Cooper jersey in my closet.

[Rich]

With hope.

[Covino]

Yeah, you never know. But like, I mean Brock Bowers has his number now. You don't get rid of those things because it was just part of your, your journey as a f. But you're burning. Like how wasteful is that to me? Like to me the whole thing is just off.

[Rich]

I don't think it's wasteful.

[Covino]

Why not?

[Rich]

I just think it's my problem that.

[Covino]

You burned down your house. Being an ass, it's like. And that's bound to happen, I guarantee it. Well, you see, what does it always start with any G? Lighter fluid. Oh yeah, right, yeah. We call it pulling a left Eye. Yeah. You think that's safe? Dude, just like every Thanksgiving, there's some jabroni that burns his house down.

[Rich]

Deep frying the turkey.

[Covino]

Deep frying a turkey. You always hear it because there's. Mark my words, it's all fun and games till some idiot kid burns his house down.

[Rich]

Come on, Monty. Give me a turkey.

[Monsie]

That was pretty good. Yours was really good.

[Covino]

You got to let the turkey. No, I can't. Yeah, you don't. Monty's turkey needs to be shot. Guaranteed. Yeah, guaranteed. Someone burns their patio down or house down because they don't know how to do it right, they're not balancing out the. The levels of the turkey and else up in flames. Some idiot thinks he's trying to go viral with his lighter fluid. He's gonna light up the house. Well. And it's just so dumb and so predictable. And when Rich and I agree, and Danny G. Agrees, it's factamundo.

[Rich]

But we find another.

[Covino]

Find something else.

[Rich]

We are, pun intended, fueling the fire by watching these stupid videos. So if you see one, scroll past it fast. Don't watch some, as you said, jabroni burning jersey, smashing a tv, throwing something through his tv. We are all fueling this. So, again, yesterday, the big trade happened right at the beginning of our show, which was awesome.

[Covino]

You know what I prefer? I prefer the move of putting some duct tape over the name and just writing something else on it.

[Rich]

That's funny.

[Covino]

Yeah. I'm a bigger fan of that move than burning it. So now that you had some time to process, what has stood out to you? What are you believing? And do you just believe that? Is it as simple as it seems? Does Jerry Jones have some master plan? Was Micah just a pain in the ass? Michael. Micah, Whatever. Or is it as simple as he just dropped the ball on this one? Because it could be, like, the obvious, right? It could be. The obvious is he just dropped the ball on it. Couldn't make it happen. Couldn't make it work. He lost the key player. End of story. Because he could have got a lot more from Michael Parsons earlier on last year. Whatever. They didn't get a whole lot for the dude. Did he just drop the ball here, or is this a bigger play at hand? What are your thoughts now that you had time to process, now that you heard everybody talking about it? Now that you heard, you know what Cam Ward was saying?

[Rich]

Cam Newton.

[Covino]

Oh, that Cam. Cam.

[Rich]

Cam Ward has said nothing, and he has gone under the radar. And Cam Ward, you know what Cam Ward is saying? He's saying, no one cares about me right now, and I love it. This kid is the number one pick. He's on a. You know what? Is arguably one of the still weaker teams in the NFL. And no one's going to bother Cam Ward all year. So you know what?

[Covino]

You know what Cam from Modern Family had to say about it? I mean, Cam. Cam with the big hat. Yeah, Cam, the guy, the one with the big hat.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Covino]

Cam Newton was basically implying that Sir Isaac Cam Newton. Yes. That. Yeah. There's a lot of buzz about him going to Green Bay, but settle down. Like, reality check. They're not even the best team in their division. Like, they're not going to the Super Bowl. They're not super bowl bound. This doesn't make them super bowl contenders or champions. Like, give it three years, maybe. Yeah, there's a lot of talent there.

[Rich]

Very young.

[Covino]

But he's like, they're not even the best team in the division. It's not that big of a loss that you're making it out to be. So it's also maybe, hey, are we all prisoners of the moment because he's such a big name and Dallas comes with so much expectation. Like, how did the packers have had success even last playoffs?

[Rich]

Yeah. Jordan Love just didn't have the best game in the playoffs.

[Covino]

They ran into the Eagles, who won the Super Bowl. Yeah. So he kept. Cam kept saying, they're young. They're one of the young teams. Yeah. Yes. They're one of the young teams. That doesn't mean they're not good just because they're a young. But they still got to get past the Lions. Right. So you heard everybody talking about it. You heard us talking about it yesterday for a good hour. Pl. Hour and a half, at least. And if you missed it, catch it on the podcast. Search Covino and Rich wherever you stream. Because it was fun breaking news, and it's fun to hear us process it live. Like, whoa. All right.

[Rich]

All right there, hotshot. If it's. If it's not the Packers, Cam Newton, let me ask you guys in the nfc, can you make a short list of teams that you think are right now on paper going into the 2025 season? We are, what, six days away from the NFL kicking off? Who in the NFC do you think is stronger? The Eagles than the Green Bay Packers? Think about it. Besides the Eagles. Think about it. We'll go over that next. We'll talk a little bit more about Jerry Jones because Covino thinks Cavino. Actually, you're not sure if it's if it's a diss or an old guy.

[Covino]

I just watched America's Team so this is all fresh. A lot of people have his top 10 on Netflix. It's really great. America's Team, the whole Jerry Jones story. So I do have my thoughts on the things he said, how and why he said them. Okay, I want to know your thoughts on what he had to say at the press conference. I'll give you my spin on it.

[Rich]

Okay, we'll do that all next Friday. Covino and RIT show right here on Fox Sports Radio.

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[Rich]

Talk about stepping up.

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[Covino]

Find yours Hi, I'm Buzz Knight, the host of the Taking a walk podcast. And join me for an upcoming episode with Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy, talking about his new Frank Sinatra music project.

[Buzz Knight]

Anyone who loves music would salivate over something like this. The biggest question for us was, what's in these boxes? Boxes. There were a few unplayed gems that we had been alerted to by Charlie Pinion of Sinatra Enterprises. So we knew that certain songs like shadow of your smile, which actually is not on this record, it'll be on the next one.

[Covino]

Seth MacFarlane, Don Rickles went up to.

[Buzz Knight]

Frank Sinatra and he said, listen, I'm going to be having dinner with this lovely woman and I, you know, would you come over and say hi? And just so you know, because I feel like if she sees that I know you, it's going to make me look really cool. And, you know, I might have a good night. During the middle of dinner, Frank walks over and says, don, hi, how are you? And Don goes, frank, please, I'm in the middle of dinner.

[Covino]

Seth MacFarlane on the taking a walk podcast. Listen to Taking a walk on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, it's Rich's favorite Billy Joel song.

[Rich]

Don't you dare say that.

[Covino]

Doris Day, Red channing, January, Joe DiMaggio. All right, Covino and Rich. We didn't start the fire. Was the idiot who was lighting up the Micah Parsons jersey.

[Rich]

Billy Joel, that documentary on HBO Max. And so it goes. Fantastic. You guys beat me to it. You forget that. That he admits that's like his cheesiest song. But I Think every kid did that social studies project where you went through the lyrics of We Didn't Start the Fire.

[Covino]

And it.

[Rich]

You know, they even talk about it in the documentary, how it became a national social studies type of thing.

[Covino]

Big Sexy Ryan's playing that because we were talking about. You're gonna burn your house down, you little jerk. You big dummy. Trying to go viral. Burning your jersey. Stop it. It's stupid. Smashing TVs. Burning the jerseys. I don't know. Think of something else. We've seen it. We've done it. And Danny G. Called it yesterday when it was announced. Here on this show, we are Covino and Rich. Before I forget, while it's on my mind, Rich, we are filling in for the great Dan Patrick on Labor Day. So wake up with us on Monday, early, like Mr. Furley. Like the old guy. 6am out here on the west, 9am on the east. For Dan Patrick on Monday.

[Rich]

Be your last chance to wear white pants.

[Covino]

Yes. Yeah. And everybody's talking about my white pants.

[Rich]

You can't wear white pants.

[Covino]

I'll have my white pants on.

[Rich]

Can't wear white pants after Labor Day unless you're pit bull. Right. You know what that comes from? I looked that up because that was, like, something you heard as a kid. I don't think people care about that.

[Covino]

Anymore, but, Jesus, do we really care?

[Rich]

Yeah. I'll tell you why.

[Covino]

Okay, fine. Who has white pants anyways, besides Tom Brady?

[Rich]

What do you want to talk about Micah Parsons? More Jesus Christ. White pants. Back in the day. Back in the day, you would hear, like, old ladies, like, you can't wear white after Labor Day, because apparently in old timey times.

[Covino]

Yeah, my white pants.

[Rich]

See, I think even before that, like.

[Covino]

Old timey times, super swing of my step and a nickel in my white pocket. Doodle doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.

[Rich]

Back in the day.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

Super wealthy people, like, remember watching, like, Spartacus, like, the Buxton's, like, they would bathe in rainwater with, like, leaves and stuff. Like, back in the day, if you were wealthy, if you were a Rockefeller this time of the year, they would pack away all your summer garb and you would. And they would, like, have to bring it somewhere else, like on a horse and carriage. And you would get different wardrobes. And apparently that's where it derives from, because if so, if you had such an extensive wardrobe, you had to be rich.

[Covino]

Well, thank you. I feel so much cooler knowing that fact. Now, speaking of white pants, how about that old guy with the white polo on with the blue Star on it. Jerry Jones.

[Rich]

You're jonesing for some Jerry.

[Covino]

I saw Richard Sherman chirping again. Everybody talking about it, right? They're like, Micah Parsons. No longer a cowboy. He was a four time Pro Bowler, led the NFL and quarterback pressure since 2021. He only missed five games, and Jerry Jones still refused to pay him. Jerry Jones also pulled a move out of. Well, who's the first person I've ever seen do this? First person I ever saw do it. And I saw it and I knew it was Howard Stern. I used to work at KROC New York. For years I worked at Kroc New York, and I would see Howard Stern. Howard Stern. Howard Stern, the Antichrist. Howard Stern would be saying hello to other colleagues. Hey, what's up, Mike?

[Rich]

How are you? By the way, before Camino hung out with me, he used to just hang out with Beetlejuice and High Pitch Eric all the time.

[Covino]

Yes.

[Rich]

Those are his friends.

[Covino]

High pitched, Yep. I was one of the Wag pack. Yeah. Me, Beetlejuice, Yeah. Elephant Boy.

[Rich]

Yeah. That was Camino's crew when I first met him. I saved him.

[Covino]

Picked up more girls with that crew. Yeah, true. My point is, I'd see Howard Stern in the hall.

[Rich]

If it wasn't for me, he would have turned into JD and he knew.

[Covino]

The people we worked with. I would see him call him by name, but to establish some sort of superiority. Dominance, dominance, assertiveness, whatever you want to call it. I don't know, when it came to on air antics, he would pretend like he didn't know those people just to make them feel lame, like, yeah, just because this guy's a so called boss. No, I'm the boss. What's that guy's name again? And I'd be thinking, you mean the guy you see every day and I see you say hello to, you know, his name.

[Rich]

It's a power movie.

[Covino]

He's the boss. I would see him pull legitimate, deliberate power moves. And it was funny to me, but. And it could have been just like a fun antic. Like, you know when we say, mike, who runs this place? Who? I mean, I hope Danny G. Knows who he is, but Howard would be like, yeah, I don't know that guy.

[Rich]

Like, who's the guy we replace? Like DJ Bell or something?

[Covino]

Yeah, I don't know. BJ Bell or something like that. I don't know. So my point is, I would think in my mind as a youngster coming up in Radio Man, I know Howard knows that guy. This is his way of saying, I'm more important than the boss.

[Rich]

Yeah, it's, it's.

[Covino]

What's his name? John. Yeah, John. What's his name? Hey, Gary. What's that guy's name? And Gary would be like, oh, you know, you know. So yesterday during a press conference, Jerry Jones, who's the center of all this controversy, keeps calling him Michael Parsons. Like Michael Parsons. Is he just old? Here's the question. Is he's as old like your dad who just gets everybody's name wrong. Like my dad, like everybody's dad. Like Ted Kennedy. When he said Mike McGuire and Sammy Souser.

[Rich]

Do you remember that we have that Mike McGuire. That was a great special pleasure for me to introduce our two home run kings for working families in America, Mike McGuire and Sammy Sousa of the White House. It's a pleasure to introduce the them. First of all, our friend Al Gore. Let's give him a Boston welcome. By the way, why does that sound like it's from 1920? Ask not what you could do for your country. So is it old guy syndrome or is it disrespect? That's the question.

[Covino]

Was Ryan in the studio, like cranking that out of an old time record player? What the hell was that? That sounds like JFK. That's, that's Ted Kennedy talking about Mike McGuire and Sammy, by the way. Mike McGuire and Sammy Suesser, when like the whole world stopped to watch them hit home runs. Like your, your grandpappy and your Nana knew Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa. But he got it wrong. So is, is Jerry Jones that out of it where he's calling him Michael Parsons publicly on a, at a big stage where the world is watching? Or is it a old school power move, subliminally, maybe intentionally, I don't know. Because here's why I brought up the America's Team thing. When you watch America's Team on Netflix, the guy's still sharp. He's with it. He's making moves. He wants to win. Now you're going to tell me he pulled an old guy move and he kept saying Michael Parsons.

[Rich]

I think the older you get, he's.

[Covino]

The guy spending millions on.

[Rich]

I think the older you get, you just start mispronouncing things and you don't care anymore. It's dad syndrome. I think it.

[Covino]

You're gonna spend $40 million a year on a guy you don't even know his first name.

[Rich]

Michael Parsons.

[Covino]

You're gonna tell me you know Micah.

[Rich]

Dad, it's Micah.

[Covino]

This guy is so invest. Was investing in the guy. You're gonna tell Me? He doesn't know. His name is Micah.

[Rich]

My dad says everything wrong, and I think it's you. You hit 60 something. You hit 70, it's over. I'll give you a great example. Every Latino baseball player. My dad Americanizes his name in the weakest way. And I'll make fun of my dad. I remember there was a Mets pitcher, middle reliever that pitched, like, every day. Fernando Nieve. My dad would always say, oh, you see last night, Fernando Nieve.

[Covino]

I'm like, that is Fernando Nieves.

[Rich]

His name is not Neve. I promise you his name is not Neve. Oh, I'm pretty sure it is. No, it's Nieve.

[Covino]

Okay, but that's your dad, and that's my dad who says everything wrong. I'm with you.

[Rich]

What did your dad call that place? Jembro. What was that?

[Covino]

It's so stupid that we know each other's stories. There was a store. I'm from Union, New Jersey. There's a store called Jembro which was like, I don't know, like a stupid. I don't know why my dad would ever go there. For years, my dad would say, yeah.

[Rich]

I gotta go to jamboree and pick some stuff up.

[Covino]

And for years I'm like, where's this jamboree that dad goes to all the time? Yeah, Jamboree. Right up Morris Avenue.

[Rich]

Jamboree.

[Covino]

And then one time I'm with him, I'm like, this is Jamboree. It says, gem, bro, G E M B R O. Jambro.

[Rich]

Jamboree.

[Covino]

Yeah, Jamboree. I'm like, it doesn't say Jamboree. And he would always call job lot, odd lot.

[Rich]

And, like, he.

[Covino]

Everything would be wrong. Yeah, so. So is this. You're gonna tell me that this guy's pulling old guy moves? He's not your dad.

[Rich]

Jerry Jones saying Michael Parsons of the Dallas Cowboys. Him saying Michael Parsons is definitely old guy stuff.

[Covino]

He's on a radio show weekly or Power move. For how many decades now has he been in front of the world on camera?

[Rich]

One of the most popular broadcasters who's around our parents age does this all the time. You ever heard of Mad Dog Russo, one of our pals?

[Covino]

No. You know what?

[Rich]

Mispronounces everything. Not out of disrespect.

[Covino]

This guy's playing. I think he's playing chess. This isn't a hot take. I'm saying there's a strong possibility that he's trying to minimize the importance of this guy. But, yeah, Michael Parsons. Yeah, it didn't work out. Michael Michael. Michael Parsons. Everybody knows, and he knows more than anybody. He was writing checks to this guy that it's Micah Parsons. You only do that. And powerful people only do that when they're trying to minimize the situation. My dad, speaking of, my dad told me a story. I'm like, damn, dad's cold blooded. My dad said that there was this guy he went to school with when he was a kid. And this guy always, you know, he's.

[Rich]

Guy will bust my chops.

[Covino]

He would bust my chops, this guy. You know, the guy would bully my dad as a high school dude. And my dad said he saw him at a grocery store years later. And my dad recognized me. Like, there's that guy that I had beef with when we were kids. And the guy came up to him, hey, Steve Covino, it's me, John, from Irvington. Remember we graduated Ticket? My dad stone cold stared him in the eye. You know what he said? I don't know you. And he's like, it's me, it's John. My dad's like, yeah, I don't know, man.

[Rich]

I don't.

[Covino]

He's like, are you Steve? He's like, yeah, I'm Steve. He's like, remember we were in history class and graduated? He's like, I don't know you, man. Sorry.

[Rich]

But hey, have a good one.

[Covino]

I'm like, you did that? That's cold and blooded. You don't think a guy who just got dissed nationwide to be on the Cowboys, you don't think there could be a chance that he was like, yeah, Mike, Michael, hey, whatever. So do you also think Al Davis was dissing Lane Kiffin back in the day? Remember when he famously called him Lance? What I'm saying is there's a possibility. That's what I'm saying, there's a possibility. These guys are businessmen. They're powerful people. They don't want to be humiliated. So guess what? Oh, yeah. He's never going to admit that, but he minimized them.

[Rich]

Our parents say everything wrong.

[Covino]

He's not your dad. This guy's doing. Making business million dollar moves all the time. Building stadiums, building a brand. He's not. He's not your dad. He's not my dad. He's Jerry Jones. And if you watch the thing, he's getting old. But he's not. He's not dull by any means. He's still pretty sharp. So that's just my theory is there's a possibility that he may have done it on purpose. And part of owning someone in that way is you never admit it.

[Rich]

You know where I noticed this?

[Covino]

You're just not important enough for me to know.

[Rich]

It's been like a decade now, but I remember when my wife and I got married. You know how out of respect, you invite some of your parents, friends. Like you invite a couple of your dad's best buds or, you know, your wife has family. I remember sending invites to my dad's friends. And my dad's just said their names wrong forever. Like last names. He's just completely mispronounced. I'm like, my dad had a butt.

[Covino]

Nothing for nothing, dude. But my dad, your dad, they're not Jerry Jones. Working class heroes, blue collar guys, they don't care. They just don't, you know, they're just not living that life. Jerry Jones cares. This guy's living to win one more before he dies. He doesn't know his name is Micah. All I'm saying is think about it. That's all I'm saying. And your phone calls on that next 87799.

[Rich]

Hey, monsie, I have a question for you. Your heritage is what again? Your family's from where?

[Monsie]

Costa Rica.

[Covino]

My dad.

[Rich]

My dad will always say Costa Rica. Is that like an old guy thing too, or is that.

[Monsie]

I think it's an old guy thing. Costa Rica. I've heard it before.

[Rich]

I love Costa Rica. Costco.

[Covino]

I love Costco. Oh, yeah.

[Rich]

Costco. Rico. All right, Monsie, what you got going on, buddy?

[Covino]

Nieve.

[Monsie]

Do you know what that is in Spanish?

[Rich]

Fernando? Nieve.

[Monsie]

But do you know that's something.

[Rich]

Key, right? No, no, that's what it's.

[Monsie]

Snow. Snow.

[Covino]

I said it. Yeah.

[Monsie]

Good job. Good job. There we go. Where you learned, we also learn here on Camino.

[Rich]

Do you like the new Buffalo Bills nieve uniforms?

[Monsie]

I do like the Nieve.

[Rich]

They look pretty cool, right? Those snowed out rivalry jersey, it works.

[Monsie]

Perfectly for them in Buffalo.

[Rich]

I think the Bills have the coolest one. And I think the Dolphins matte helmets are pretty cool, too.

[Monsie]

I have not seen the mat helmet.

[Rich]

Check them out.

[Monsie]

Okay, I will. I will. All right, we'll start here in the NFL, guys. Tampa Bay running back Rasheed. Rashad White. Excuse me, Rashad. Here I am saying wrong names. Rashad White, seriously dealing with the groin injury return to practice. He's expected to play in Week 1 against the Falcons. Chiefs rookie wide receiver Jalen Royals dealing with a knee injury, unlikely to play in their Week 1 matchup against the Chargers. The Patriots have released safety Jabril Peppers. Kind of a bit of a shock when it comes to college football. Wisconsin quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. Suffered a non contact injury in the first half of the Badger season opener on Thursday, but he had a clean mri. His status is week to week. In baseball, the Red Sox have released pitcher Walker Bueller. Also, Padre shortstop Xander Bogarts has been placed on the 10 day il with a non displaced fracture in his left foot. He's going to miss the rest of the regular season, could return for the postseason. And lastly, here at the US Open, number six seed Ben Shelton retired with an apparent shoulder injury after playing four sets of his third round match. Three seed Carlos Alcaraz headed to the fourth round. On the women's side, four seed Jess Pegula, she's headed to the fourth round as well. Back to you guys.

[Covino]

Yo. Oh, Alcaraz. Oh, Alcaraz. He's one hell of a player.

[Rich]

That is something my dad would say. My dad loves tennis. He still plays. He's 77. He plays tennis. He would say Alcaraz. Oh, he's good. It's Alcaraz, Dad.

[Covino]

Oh, that's why I said Alcalra.

[Rich]

So don't think Jerry Jones is dissing Michael Parsons. I just think all guys say what they want.

[Monsie]

Also, he's from Arkansas and I feel like there's like a bit of an accent.

[Covino]

It's such a power move. You're so unimportant to me that I don't even know your name.

[Rich]

Okay, fair enough. By the way, can we talk about something else besides Michael Parsons? One real quick? Maka, you're all, dude, Walker, Bueller, Danny.

[Covino]

G. We were doing the show, but.

[Rich]

I'm saying he was, but I don't know. And I'll tell you why. Because when we first started doing the show, we've been at the network here almost five years. Geez. Walker Bueller was 16 and 4 with a 2.47 ERA. Led the league with 33 starts. He was a hot commodity. Missed a year with an injury. His two years since he's been back 20, 24. Last year with the Dodgers, his ERA was 5, 3, 8, and he was 1 and 6 on a Dodgers team that won like 100 games.

[Covino]

And then this year, I mean, I'm sorry, you skipped apart where he was a hero.

[Monsie]

Yes.

[Covino]

Yeah, he closed it out.

[Monsie]

He closed it out for the World Series.

[Covino]

So you go from closing out the World Series, you're a superstar in the middle of the celebration to being released by the red side. I would scoop him up for the postseason.

[Rich]

He did have a big moment. You're Right. But this year is ERA again.

[Monsie]

Series moment, he says.

[Rich]

But listen, I don't know what World Series moments are. I'm a Mets fan. But I'm just saying you're a hater.

[Covino]

That's what you are.

[Rich]

His era, his ERA is in the fives again.

[Covino]

No.

[Monsie]

Yeah, he's had a rough time in.

[Rich]

Boston, so maybe sometimes people just lose it. I'll, I'll give you a guy that was on my Mets, Noah Synderd. He found his way to your Dodgers, your Angels, everywhere. Sometimes a guy never fully is the same after an injury. I guess the outlier would be his great postseason performance. But take that away, you would assume he just lost it, but someone will pick him up. I wonder if one of the playoff contenders is thinking what you're thinking. Like maybe this guy in the postseason.

[Monsie]

Could still avoid, you know, he's not going to get nervous from it.

[Covino]

Yeah, he's definitely got the composure. Been there, done that. Maybe it's a little tweak. Yeah, I would take the chance on that.

[Rich]

And guess what? Only 30 years old. So it's not like he's a 37 year old pitcher. He's 30 years old. All right, listen, we got more coming on Rich. We're going to play WNBA player or Chipotle worker. We'll talk some more NFL as we are a week away, less than a week away and a bunch more right here. Camino Rich on a Friday show at Fox Sports Radio.

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[Rich]

Talk about stepping up.

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[Covino]

Hi, I'm Buzz Knight, the host of the Taking a walk podcast and join me for an upcoming episode with Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy, talking about his new Frank Sinatra music project.

[Buzz Knight]

Anyone who loves music would salivate over something like this. The biggest question question for us was what's in these boxes? There were a few unplayed gems that we had been alerted to by Charlie Pinion of Sinatra Enterprises. So we knew that certain songs like Shadow of your Smile, which actually is not on this record, it'll be on the next one.

[Covino]

Seth MacFarlane Don Rickles went up to.

[Buzz Knight]

Frank Sinatra and he said, listen, I'm going to be having dinner with this lovely woman and I, you know, would you come over and say hi and just so you know, because I feel like if she sees that I know you, it's going to make me look really cool and. And you know, I might have a good night. During the middle of dinner, Frank walks over and says, don, hi, how are you? And Don goes, frank, please, I'm in the middle of dinner.

[Covino]

Seth MacFarlane on the taking a Walk podcast. Listen to Takin a walk on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Hope you had a Kyle Schwaber sort of day yesterday.

[Rich]

Damn, that guy's tearing it up.

[Covino]

That dude had a month in one day. Four bombs. What a stud.

[Rich]

Almost. Almost like the All Star Game home runoff at the end. Remember? He just looked unstoppable.

[Covino]

Yeah, same thing. Unbelievable. Except this was during an actual game. Four home runs yesterday. I don't know how you missed that. 21st time it's ever happened. Right now we're Cavino Enriched Live from the Fox Sports Radio studio. And remember, if you miss any of today's show, any show ever. Search Covino Enrich on the podcast Follow Rate Review give us 5 stars because anything less is uncivilized. Remember, our best of the week goes up every Saturday morning. Danny G Hard at work every night by candlelight. Danny G. Working hard editing.

[Rich]

I picture him wearing like an Ebenezer Scrooge nightcap. By candlelight by candlelight editing our box.

[Covino]

Get ready for you the best of the week tomorrow morning, 6:00am Eastern Standard Time. So please listen because Danny G. Works hard on that turning our tin cans into gold every week again. Subscribe to Cavino and Rich and now it's time for our Tire Rack play of the day. It's not Kyle Schwarberich even though he had a hell of a game. Giants fans have been through a lot of ups and downs this season, but got to see some fireworks yesterday. Swing light drive into right field. Base hit. Here comes cross heading home. Here comes the throw and it's way offline.

[Rich]

The ball game is over.

[Covino]

The Giants have swept the Cubs and.

[Rich]

The wins keep on coming.

[Covino]

They've won five in a row.

[Rich]

That is courtesy of KNBR Giants Radio Network. And that was our Tire rack play of the day.

[Covino]

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[Rich]

Be and shout out to Our affiliate up in the Bay Area. What's up, Bay Area? AM960KN. I know that's a big stick up there. So what's up, Bay Area? Let's go Niners.

[Covino]

I love the Bay Area. Let's go there. Let's do it live. Thank you, guys. Appreciate it.

[Rich]

So I got two questions for you, and then we're going to get into some Chipotle worker or WNBA player. I know Danny wants to play a game with us, and it has to do with beer prices at NFL stadiums.

[Covino]

No, he wants to play Hungry Hungry Hippos and Connect4.

[Rich]

Can't wait.

[Covino]

I'll whoop you on Uno.

[Rich]

Let's take two quick phone calls. And then a baseball. Thought to mix it up. McKinney in Ohio. What's up?

[Covino]

Gotta be you. This is.

[Rich]

How y' all doing today? What's up, man? So do you think Jerry Jones is pulling old guy? I just don't pronounce things the right way. Or do you think it's a power move?

[Covino]

It's. I think it's a power move. For the record, even Sager said Jerry Jones, very calculated guy. And it's a. It's a businessman. It's a powerful man's way of saying, you're unimportant to me. I don't care what your name is.

[Rich]

Like, Michael Parsons.

[Covino]

What do you think, man?

[Rich]

What's up, bud? I. I think that it is a pure power move. It's a way. If you remember when rock used to.

[Covino]

Say, what's your name?

[Rich]

And he goes, I don't care what your name is.

[Covino]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's his way of doing it without saying, like, yeah, he's unimportant. He can't. He can't stop the run. Yeah, Michael. Yeah, whatever. Whatever. We're moving on. I think there's truth to that.

[Rich]

James in Alabama. What's up, James? Hey, thanks, guys. I listen to you all the time. I'm on the road 50 weeks out of the year. Listen to you all the time. Great show. Thank you. Hey, listen, it could be a combination of both, but Jerry's old. Jerry's a master about putting the brand together, growing that from 150 million to an $8 billion brand. And he's a master at that. What?

[Covino]

He is not.

[Rich]

We're getting that. A sense of that more and more every. As every year passes and people like, maybe they should hand over the GM spot to someone else. It's more and more apparent that it needs to happen.

[Covino]

Right? I mean, they addressed that in the last episode of America's Team and it's kind of sad and emotional. So I think you guys need to watch that to get a true sense of what's really happening or what could be happening with this move this week.

[Rich]

So let me hit you up with a few things that are coming up. We're definitely going to talk about week one of the NFL. Danny G. Also wants to give us a stadium beer quiz. So we're going to get to that. We'll give away some prizes, play around of WNBA player or Chipotle worker. And I have two baseball Deep thoughts, Deep thoughts. Deep thought.

[Covino]

Deep thoughts are like warning track.

[Rich]

The maybe like maybe like early warning track.

[Covino]

He's got like a little number thoughts.

[Rich]

Like a squibbler sort of thoughts next right here. Kavino and Rich Friday on Fox Sports Radio. Love that you're hanging.

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