Covino & Rich - "LoogieGate" & Extra Sauce

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show: Covino & Rich – "LoogieGate" & Extra Sauce September 6, 2025 | iHeartPodcasts & Dan Patrick Podcast Network

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Episode Overview

This lively episode with Covino & Rich covers the opening of football season, a dramatic “LoogieGate” controversy involving Jalen Carter and Dak Prescott, reactions to the incident and game analysis, plus lighthearted reflections on NFL rituals and food, fandom, and sports betting. Listeners get both humor and sharp sports commentary, with some classic heated debates about respect and player behavior.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Season Kickoff & Personal Updates

• The hosts open with excitement about the return of football season, joking about “Wild Wing Friday” and the joys of watching the weekend’s games.
• Covino shares a string of personal setbacks – tire issues and a broken AC during a heatwave, with estimates over $16,000, underscoring the “when it rains, it pours” trope.
  • Quote (06:30): Covino: “16 plus. That's not including taxes. And you know they have to break the ceiling open. That's more money just to get this done...And now I'm getting estimates while sweating my ass off every night. 16 GS on top of the tire, on top of my daughter busting my chops because she's a pain in the ass teenager.”

2. "LoogieGate" – The Spitting Incident

• Focus shifts to “LoogieGate,” the highly controversial incident during the Eagles–Cowboys game’s opening moments.
• Initial reaction portrays Jalen Carter as the villain, spitting at Dak Prescott before a snap has even occurred.
• As the story develops, it’s revealed (much later in the broadcast and primarily via social media) that Dak Prescott may have spit in Carter’s direction first, fuelling the controversy.

Host Analysis & Debate

• Covino & Rich dissect intent and perception:

  • Covino argues context changed public perception, as many felt too quick to judge Carter.

  • Rich makes clear that spitting back is different and far more egregious.

  • They agree Carter’s actions were “uncalled for and atrocious,” but also try to understand the emotional escalation.

  • Quote (10:00): Covino: “...the fact that I think it was a retaliation spit does change it a little bit. A little bit.”

  • Quote (11:24): Covino: “What Jalen Carter still did was uncalled for and atrocious and disrespectful. It was gross...but I could see where it was coming from because he thought that Dak was spitting at him.”

  • Quote (14:01): Covino: “I think it's a gross look for the NFL, for Carter, who apparently is a great player and a great guy. I love how Dak Prescott handled it.”

Jalen Carter’s & Dak Prescott’s Voices (16:03 - 17:38)

• The hosts play soundbites from both Dak Prescott and Jalen Carter addressing the incident post-game.
  • Prescott: “I probably spit a thousand times throughout the game...I wasn't gonna spit on my lineman, I just spit ahead.”
  • Carter: “I heard the ref talking, and then I heard him say, this is a tossable offense or something like that. And that's when I knew...I walk off the field calmly. I was not mad...the rough decision is the rough decision.”

Broader Themes

• The hosts reflect on respect and team-first behavior:
  • Carter’s action is deemed “not a team-first move,” and Dan Beyer suggests this could be symptomatic of deeper issues for the Eagles’ season (20:06).
  • Speculation arises whether the Eagles’ cohesion last season was an “anomaly.”

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3. Game Analysis & Key Moments

• Quick recap of the Eagles vs. Cowboys game:
  • Eagles ultimately win, with the LoogieGate incident leading to Carter’s ejection.
  • Cowboys’ CeeDee Lamb has high yardage but crucial drops.
    • Quote (22:23): Rich: “It was catchable, man. And [Lamb]’s a superstar. And you got to give credit to Dak, too, for putting it there.”
  • Discussion on how critical plays could have shifted the result.
  • Both hosts give Dak Prescott credit, arguing he played well and handled the post-game gracefully even when it would have been easy to lash out.
    • Quote (23:56): Rich: “That for Dak, that was like, dude, I put the ball in the money.”

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4. Social Media & Meme Culture

• Rich observes how quickly memes and reactions to sports events flood social feeds.
  • Quote (33:49): Rich: “the minute the Jalen Carter spit happens, there's people rushing to their MacBook and they're making photoshops...It's amazing how people are so motivated to be the first with the meme…”

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5. Listener Reactions & Calls (35:37 – 53:09)

• The hosts take spirited phone calls on Dak, Carter, and wider NFL subjects:
  • Debate over whether Carter genuinely misunderstood Dak’s spit as directed at him.
  • Discussion on whether Jalen Hurts is more of a “game manager” vs. a dynamic quarterback (with quotes from Cam Newton).
  • Light moments about being a school mascot and fandom rituals.
  • Parlay picks and upcoming weekend games are previewed for listeners.

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6. Extra Sauce: Football Food & Rituals

• The gang jokes about how football season brings overeating (“get fat time”), with wings and pizza feeling justified during games.
  • Quote (45:37): Rich: “It's the time of year where beers go down smoother, wings go down easier. Pizza is easier to order.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (Chronological Timestamps)

• 06:30 Covino on his stacked-up home expenses: “16 plus. That's not including taxes...now I'm getting estimates while sweating my ass off every night. 16 GS on top of the tire, on top of my daughter busting my chops...”
• 10:00 Covino on the impact of new information: “...the fact that I think it was a retaliation spit does change it a little bit.”
• 14:01 Covino on Carter’s actions: “I think it's a gross look for the NFL...I love how Dak Prescott handled it.”
• 16:03 Dak Prescott: “I probably spit a thousand times throughout the game...And something I guess I'm not proud of...I wouldn't spit on somebody. I'm damn sure not trying to spit on you.”
• 17:08 Jalen Carter: “I heard the ref talking, and then I heard him say, this is a tossable offense or something like that. And that's when I knew...I walk off the field calmly. I was not mad.”
• 20:06 Dan Beyer on team impact: “That's why...if the Eagles don't have the season that we think they should be having...I think that this is a point we can look back to...maybe last year really was the one off.”
• 22:23 Rich on Lamb’s dropped pass: “It was catchable, man. And he's a superstar. And you got to give credit to Dak, too, for putting it there.”
• 33:49 Rich: “the minute the Jalen Carter spit happens, there's people rushing to their MacBook and they're making photoshops...It's amazing how people are so motivated to be the first with the meme...”
• 45:37 Rich on football food: “It's the time of year where beers go down smoother, wings go down easier. Pizza is easier to order.”

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Segment Timestamps

• 03:44 – 05:36: Personal mishaps (tires, AC, LA heat); football weekend kickoff
• 09:02 – 14:53: “LoogieGate” breakdown – incident, reactions, motivations, debate
• 16:03 – 17:38: Dak & Carter soundbites responding to controversy
• 19:01 – 24:44: Immediate and season-long consequences for the Eagles, analysis of game flow, Cowboys’ missed opportunities, praise for Dak
• 33:49 – 34:54: Social media’s instant reaction and meme economy around “LoogieGate”
• 35:37 – 53:09: Listener calls and additional NFL takes (Hurts as “game manager,” parlay picks)
• 45:20 – 46:35: Food rituals and “extra sauce” on wings – how NFL season disrupts healthy eating

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Tone & Style

• Energetic and conversational, oscillating between impassioned debate and playful banter.
• Humor is woven throughout, even when addressing serious moments (“body shaming” during food talk, for example).
• The hosts strive to maintain balance and nuance, especially in assigning blame or defending perspective around heated controversies.

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Conclusion

This episode is a quintessential slice of Covino & Rich: equal parts sports radio, barroom debate, and friendly banter. The "LoogieGate" saga kicks off the season with a bang, giving listeners a fresh controversy, a lesson in snap judgments, and a reminder that in sports – as in life – often the full story comes out only after the rush to hot takes. The rest of the show offers forecasts, food talk, and interactive caller segments that round out the classic fans’ pre-game experience.

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Transcript

[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Rich]

Be sure to catch us live every.

[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

All right.

[Rich]

It's that time of the year where.

[Covino]

Every day it's that time of year.

[Rich]

Well, there's just so much stuff to talk about.

[Covino]

No, it's when the world falls in love. Cause it's football time. Hell yeah. Football. It's Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday. Wild Wing Friday. It's Wild Wing Friday. As we're eating, we're celebrating football weekend and we're Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio, broadcasting live from the FOX Sports Radio studio. For over 40 years, Tire Rack has been helping customers find the right tires for how, what and where they drive ship fast and free. Backed by free road hazard protection with convenient installation options like mobile tire installation. Tirerack.com the way tire buying should be. I'm Covino, that is rich and we be rocking now. Let's go.

[Rich]

Now if you want to see what you're hearing, we stream the whole show show live spot throws videos up that we're talking about.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

YouTube.com richfsr we're here. Join us. And by the way, speaking of tire rack, you got to be calling tire rack. I saw you sent me a picture this morning that you have a little bubble on your tire.

[Covino]

Well, my run flat did its job because you're here. Bubbled out and yes, I'm here. But when it bubbles out like that, it means you hit a curb or you hit a pothole and, and it protected the rim, but it bubbled out like, like a blowfish and it's about to burst at any second. So right after this show. Yeah, I got to get my Pirelli P0 tire rack style. But it's like everything happens at once now. I'm not complaining. I'm just explaining because we got football and that's exciting. We have exciting things to talk about and prizes to give away, but everything happens at once. Got the blowout about to happen.

[Jonas Knox / Commercial Announcer]

The tire.

[Covino]

You know what that costs, right? Good. Five, four to five hundo easy.

[Rich]

Got those high performance tires.

[Covino]

Yeah. For a nice run flat, brand new. It's expensive, it's not cheap. And you know what happened? This is great. And this is not to say, oh, woe is me is to say, hey, at least your weekend's going better than mine. It's a heat wave here in Los Angeles. It's Les Miserables is batwing weather. Sweaty ass weather on the forecast.

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

And.

[Covino]

And my AC is out. My unit's done. Stick a fork in it. And guess what estimate I got this morning. Ooh, ooh, let me say for a new AC unit in my place. All right, I'm not talking window air conditioning. I'm talking a full on unit.

[Rich]

10 grand up.

[Covino]

Again, we're in Los Angeles. Yeah.

[Dan Beyer]

Somebody quoted my mom recently. 14. For a new.

[Rich]

So let's go 14 grand up. Oh, Costa Joe Montana. 16. 16 grand.

[Covino]

16 plus. That's not including taxes. And you know they have to break the ceiling open. That's more money just to get this done. I live in a condo here in Los Angeles and it's done, it's over. And now I'm getting estimates while sweating my ass off every night. 16 GS on top of the tire, on top of my daughter busting my chops because she's a pain in the ass teenager. So just know the beauty of a football weekend. Appreciate it.

[Rich]

Better pay attention. Pay attention to my parlays later.

[Dan Beyer]

I will, I will say this, Cavino, because we were in a similar situation last year where ours went out. We had to have it replaced. I couldn't wait for summer, like the nine months to actually use it. If your unit is old, yeah, it's.

[Covino]

Like 25 years old.

[Dan Beyer]

You will save the amount that you were spending. You will save for however you want to. If you're gonna do it on a yes payment plan or whatever. Yes, you can. You will save the amount with the new unit.

[Covino]

And sometimes there's rebates, but yeah, everything sort of happens at once. So enjoy the football, let your mind go free, and just enjoy the red zone that I'll be tuning into. Commercial free. Right. Oh, and there's commercials. Our pants heads are falling off. Yeah, well, anyway, at least there's ball is my point. And I'm excited about it despite all the hassles and hoffs life throws your way. But yeah, they pay me in, in, in wild wings and meatballs here at Fox Sports.

[Rich]

So you should be good.

[Covino]

So I should be fine. But 16,000, that's just one estimate, man. So we'll see what happens. Interestingly enough, life, am I right or what?

[Rich]

To show you how Covino is sick of me once we're done with the show, I said, hey dude, if. If you want to stay in my guest bedroom so you don't sustain the heat. He rather stay in the heat of his. He'd rather sweat in his own place than have to spend time with me on a weekend.

[Covino]

It's the cost that bothers me the most for something that's going to sit on my roof and I'm never going to see anyway. Like Dan Byers said, I won't reap the benefits until next summer.

[Jonas Knox / Commercial Announcer]

Probably.

[Rich]

Yes.

[Covino]

But right now it's hot in Los Angeles, so got to figure this out soon. Either way. Last night I sat there in my own stank, in my own sweat and I enjoyed the game. And we got to talk about it now we're going to give away prizes. We got Rich's solar power parlay that returns weekend hobnobbing because it's Friday. What you need watch this weekend. What games, what shows will fill you in. But last night, man, it was controversial right from the get go.

[Rich]

Talk, talk about the NFL providing content from, from the first, from the first freaking play. The an offensive snap hadn't been taken yet and here we are with loogie gate.

[Covino]

You know what I was saying? Oh, snap. Now I gotta say man, everybody was pretty hard on Jalen Carter and I guess deservingly so. But we only saw one side of the story. And don't tell me with all the footage and all the replays and all the access that people have, they didn't know that Dak Prescott spit first. They saved that for the very end of the game like because we watched the whole thing, whole thing thinking Jalen Carter was a villain.

[Dan Beyer]

Yeah.

[Covino]

Now I'm saying he's not.

[Rich]

I'm not saying he's not.

[Covino]

I'm saying when you get the full story, I feel like there's a different understanding.

[Dan Beyer]

Yeah, Deck spit was different though.

[Rich]

Not even different like deck spit on the ground. And it could have very well been like.

[Covino]

Yeah. But they couldn't have explained that during the broadcast because there was a good hour, two hours plus where I was like, this guy's the worst dude. Ever. And I'm not justifying it, but the fact that I think it was a retaliation spit does change it a little bit. A little bit.

[Jonas Knox / Commercial Announcer]

I'll explain.

[Rich]

Now, if I were to spit on the ground and, like, make a look at you, and then you walked up to me and spit on me, that's like, not even close.

[Covino]

It's not the same, but not even close. Again, I got to start it off by saying we were led to believe that Jalen Carter spit on Dak Prescott out of nowhere, and that's the ultimate insult, the ultimate disrespect to get spit on. So you automatically thought, like, what an a hole. He's jeopardizing his own team, his own reputation to do that to Dak Prescott. The game hasn't even started. You totally blew it. What a terrible look for your friends and family and for the team. And you think, like, what a. What a mistake to make before the season even starts. But then the details slip out. I saw it first on social media, not on the broadcast, that the first spit was from Dak Prescott. Is it the same? No, but it was in the direction. You could see the misunderstanding, because it looked like Dak was antagonizing him to me.

[Rich]

Dude, if I spit on the grass or floor in front of me.

[Covino]

But it was in the direction.

[Rich]

Yeah, but it's not even, like, it's not the same.

[Covino]

I agree with you. I'm not. I'm not debating that at all. What Jalen Carter still did was. Was uncalled for and atrocious and disrespectful. It was gross. Especially for young fans. It was gross. He should apologize to his young fans. But I could see where it was coming from because he thought that Dak was spitting at him.

[Rich]

But didn't Dak then follow it up after the game with, yo, I spit, like, a hundred times a game. It's gross, but that's what we do.

[Covino]

Like, they all. Yeah, they all do. But you could see at least where it was coming from. I'm not making excuses for the guy. I'm saying I have a different understanding as to why it happened, not excusing the fact that it happened. I'm saying he saw Dak Prescott spit in his direction, whether it was at his feet or just, like, at his direction. He's like, are you trying to spit on me? And then you see Dax sort of antagonizing, like, yo, what's up? What's up? Looking at him, you could see where it got under his skin. Did he Jump the gun and spit on him. And that was uncle for yes, but at least I understand why it happened. Not justifying the fact that it happened, man. Just saying. I understand.

[Rich]

I thought 2024 was the year of the hock to.

[Covino]

Well, would you. Would you be okay if someone spitting you in your direction.

[Rich]

Yeah, it doesn't matter.

[Covino]

In your direction.

[Rich]

I mean, that's on me.

[Covino]

I know it's not on you, but, like, in your direction. Because it did look like it was.

[Rich]

In his direction, but it wasn't. Like, he pointed at Jalen Carter made some big gestures like, yo, you clown.

[Covino]

He was looking at him, though.

[Rich]

He was like.

[Covino]

He was kind of staring, antagonizing the dude.

[Rich]

If I looked at. I was Sam right in the eyes, and I spit out my face mask, literally a foot in front of me, and I was just like, look at. Did a little.

[Covino]

Yeah, I said it was kind of provocative. It could have been interpreted as, I spit at you. I spit at you, man. It could have been interpreted that way. I don't think that Prescott meant it that way, but I think that's how he interpreted it.

[Rich]

I'm not. I'm not playing dumb here, but I really think. I believe when I. When I see Dax saying, like, dude, I don't know what this guy's doing. I was just. I spent 100 times a game.

[Covino]

I believe that, too.

[Rich]

Like, I don't.

[Covino]

I also believe that Jalen Carter thought something else. That's all I'm saying. I don't believe. I don't believe that Dak was spitting at him intentionally, but I believe it could have been interpreted that way. Like, you're spitting in my direction. You're spitting at me.

[Rich]

That would be like you looking in someone's direction and grabbing your junk and then being like, yo, he made a gesture and coming up like, boy, grab my junk a hundred times a day.

[Covino]

Why are you discrediting the expressions and antagonizing afterward then? I think that's what adds to it. It doesn't make it okay. Like I said, I can't defend it. I think it's the worst disrespect ever. I think it's a gross look for the NFL, for Carter, who apparently is a great player and a great guy. I love how Dak Prescott handled it.

[Rich]

Sure about it. He's a great guy. Well, I don't think he's a very bright individual, personally.

[Covino]

They were saying he's a great teammate. Jalen Hurts was speaking very highly of him, and Dak Prescott even spoke Highly of him after the game. So I feel like he handled it really well. But I'm not making excuses. I'm saying I could see how it was misinterpreted.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Covino]

That's all. And we didn't get that story till like almost after the game.

[Rich]

Be honest. No one was hurt. Nothing bad happened. I almost feel like I'm over it. Let's. Let's move on because there's other storylines. But it was, it was a big thing last night. But the reality is Jalen Carter was ejected from the game. Dax, like, yo, I spit a lot.

[Covino]

I'm sorry, I didn't mean the game. Cause that's what we're talking about.

[Rich]

Eagles won, no harm, no foul for losing a great player early on. I think it's sort of becoming a non story a day later. But in that moment, it was big deal.

[Dan Beyer]

I still want to know what Dak said because the Bruder film style, there's tape of Dak mumbling something, saying something to Carter and people were trying to read his lips, but he obviously said something that triggered Carter.

[Rich]

Sorry. John Boy only does baseball now.

[Covino]

He does cricket and other weird things too. But your thoughts. 877-99-FOX. And it is unfortunate that that's what we're talking about. But that's how the game started and it was a close game. And Rich talked about that yesterday. Like, hey, this could be one of those games that is a lot closer than we think it's going to be.

[Rich]

As I even said last night on Instagram, I posted during the game. It was, it was exactly what I said. It was why I didn't want to bet on that game because the Cowboys kept it close. And you, you could have seen that happening. But couple things bounce a different way. The Eagles could have covered that eight and a half.

[Covino]

So. It's so hard.

[Rich]

It's so hard to predict.

[Covino]

Not only do I commend Dak Prescott and how he handled the press conference after the game. Right. Well, do you want to hear the situation? But I also want to say he played a pretty decent game and it was not on him.

[Rich]

Yeah, no, I agree with that. But this is Dak speaking about the spitting incident.

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

I probably spit a thousand times throughout the game.

[Covino]

I mean, especially game day, maybe even in general.

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

And something I guess I'm not proud of.

[Dan Beyer]

But in that case, he was trolling.

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

I guess you could say, trying to.

[Covino]

Mess with Tyler Booker. I was just looking at him. I was right here by the two.

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

Linemen and guess I needed to spit And I wasn't gonna spit on my lineman. I just spit ahead.

[Covino]

But I would say he was back.

[Dan Beyer]

There where Jory was in that sense.

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

And he asked. Or he goes, you trying to spit on me? And at that point, I mean, I felt like. Like.

[Covino]

Like he was insulting me. Like, I. I don't.

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

I wouldn't spit on somebody. I'm damn sure not trying to spit on you. Like we're about to play a game.

[Covino]

I believe that.

[Rich]

I believe Dak. Believe it or not.

[Covino]

I do believe Dak. I. I think he handled it with class afterwards, speaking highly of Jalen, because I would not speak as highly as he did of j. Spit on me afterward. But I do understand where Jalen could have misinterpreted the situation. I do. Doesn't justify it, but I get it.

[Rich]

Let's hear from the spitter himself. Jalen Carter.

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

I heard the ref talking, and then I heard him say, this is a tossable offense or something like that. And that's when I knew. Did you have a conversation with Nick?

[Dan Beyer]

And if so, what did he. What kind of message did he relate to?

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

I didn't have a conversation yet. I know we're going to have that conversation. They have to focus on the game still. I don't want to distract them from the game. You know, Are you worried you might be suspended? If I get, you know, that text or that call, and by that conversation, then we'll handle that. You know, I walk off the field calmly. I was not mad. That's pretty much. I couldn't really do nothing else. You know, the rough decision is the rough decision on the situation. When things started to come out and you start seeing things, then we can go off that, but I don't got nothing to say about it.

[Covino]

You know, Now Rich and I have a rule. We never defend people for things that we would never do. I would never spit on somebody. However, emotions are high. Yeah, right. It's your first game of the season. You're probably getting your teammates all pumped up. Nationally televised game, you think someone's spitting at you? Let's say someone spit on you, Rich. Does that change how you feel about it?

[Rich]

I still don't think I would spit back, really, if something spit on, then maybe I would push him, punch them, do so. I don't think. I'm not saying it's not in my nature. Oh, yeah.

[Covino]

I'm not certain I wouldn't if someone did it to me first. I'm not certain that I wouldn't. If someone. Or if I thought someone did it to me first.

[Rich]

If I'm Jalen Carter in that scenario, I'm getting a 15 yard penalty but not getting kicked out of the game. Because if I thought someone spit at me, I'd probably.

[Covino]

Well, that.

[Rich]

That's. I probably would have. You know, you might have been aggressive and got like a unsportsmanlike penalty, but spitting is.

[Covino]

It was a selfish move. There's no question about that. And he put his team in jeopardy and there's no forgiving that moment. I'm just saying that we didn't get the full story.

[Rich]

Yeah, I don't think we didn't get.

[Covino]

The full story until at the end. And yeah, it's gross.

[Rich]

I don't think it's the biggest deal in the world either, though. I think we can move on and I think. I think you'll forget about it rather quickly.

[Covino]

But Luki Gate was interesting last night because you're like, what?

[Rich]

Already? Huh?

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

What's up, Dan Buyer, I know you.

[Dan Beyer]

Think that we're going to move on, but I'm not going to let you.

[Covino]

Yeah, no, that's fine.

[Dan Beyer]

Because. Do you think that last year was the anomaly with Philadelphia where everybody was on the same page and they went together as a team, or do you think it's the opposite?

[Rich]

Because it was only a year, it was months before that, that they were calling for Nick Sirianni's job. The team was in disarray, things were not good. And then. You're right. Last year it seemed like everything lined up.

[Dan Beyer]

Yes. And I would tend to think that last year was the anomaly.

[Rich]

Yes. I think last night they were, as I was going to bring up next, they were a couple CD Lamb plays away from letting that game slip away at home, week one.

[Dan Beyer]

Sure. And there's, I think, a legitimate reason why a team would win a Super bowl and maybe not have that same desire. Maybe the team goal has now been met. So there may be individual goals that maybe like these are all things that come into a team when you end up winning a Super bowl, let alone a team that has been known to have individuals and people kind of doing their own thing. And that's, that's what stood out to me about last night, was we're five seconds into a title defense and Jalen Carter is doing his own thing. And so that is. That's why I know we're going to move on from it. But if the Eagles don't have the season that we think they should be having, where people are putting them back in the super bowl, maybe Going back to back, I think that this is a point where we can look back to. To be like, okay, maybe last year really was the. The one off. And this is a team that has just got too many big personalities to it.

[Covino]

Yeah, it's not a team first move. There's no question about that. And that is letting your emotions get to you.

[Dan Beyer]

Did any of us pick the Eagles yesterday to go to the Super Bowl? I don't think so.

[Covino]

Oh, to go.

[Dan Beyer]

Yeah, to even go.

[Rich]

I think you did.

[Covino]

I did.

[Dan Beyer]

Did you? Okay, so one of us. Yeah, I think. I think the play last night immediately took the wind out of their sails. This is supposed to be a coronation, a first quarter. The Cowboys are coming to the town again. The. The Micah Parsons last Cowboys. You're the champs. You're ready to dominate them, and all of a sudden your best defensive player gets kicked out. I thought that.

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

That.

[Dan Beyer]

Then the Cowboys go down and score on the first drive. I thought it immediately took the wind out of their sails.

[Rich]

I think it. Well, listen, a wins a win and you move on and you look forward to the next week. But that. That wasn't a. Wow. Eagles look great on their. You know.

[Dan Beyer]

No, they're missing a couple of pieces on defense, and that defense looks stout last season.

[Rich]

Either either the Cowboys are a little better than we thought, or the Eagles just slip by because they have better personnel at the end of the day. And the Cowboys aren't great, but you expose that. The Eagles aren't as good as we think either. I feel that CD Lamb last night, and you don't want to get down on one guy. Guy caught for over 100 yards. He's a star player.

[Covino]

I'm sure he knows. He knows that.

[Rich]

That last drive, that first one, the first big miss over the middle, that's an obvious drop. But even the other one, when you get paid 30 to 40 million dollars and you're a top five guy and that you are an elite wide receiver. Receiver. You're CD Lamb. You're a baller.

[Covino]

It was tough.

[Rich]

I feel like you. You make that catch in that moment. I really do. I know Chris Collinsworth was sort of like, well, that's a catch that. I mean, you can't really count that as a drop. I think I did. I counted that as a drop.

[Covino]

It was catchable, man. And he's a superstar. And you got to give credit to Dak, too, for putting it there.

[Rich]

It seemed like he was aggravated.

[Covino]

That was a perfect placement for that.

[Rich]

It seemed like he was as aggravated with that one his hands went to his helmet. He was not happy.

[Covino]

And that's how close the Cowboys won. If they would have caught the first one, they would have won that game.

[Dan Beyer]

They just had it on the NFL Network 30 seconds ago because they're replaying the game as he started there when Ricochet. That was almost an interception as well. That first one could have been a crucial turnover, could have been even worse.

[Rich]

And that's a moment where, again, no one's saying Dak looked bad, but that's a moment where Dak put a ball on the money. When you watch that slow motion replay, how he hit CD Lamb on that slant and put the ball in a place where he could only get it.

[Covino]

Yeah, that's a tough loss for him.

[Rich]

That for Dak, that was like, dude, I put the ball in the money.

[Covino]

He did everything.

[Rich]

And then on 4th and short, I gave you a little out route.

[Covino]

So do you give Dak a little grace moving forward? Because, like, he should have had that one. They would have beat the defending champs in the first game of the season. He did everything he could as a Cuban. Yeah, you could argue and you know, everyone loves to take a dump on the Cowboys and on Dak Prescott, I think he got a. Yeah, give him a little, little breathing room moving forward because he did everything he did.

[Rich]

There's no guarantee it's a touchdown, but you, you assume like, oh, maybe that's momentum. They get in the end zone and for all you know, the Eagles then get the ball back with a minute, kick a field goal, tie it. Who, who knows how it turns out? But CD Lamb took the. Took the wind out of the sails of everyone, hoping that the NFL would have a nail biter Week one opening that. It was a great game. It was close. It was not a blowout.

[Covino]

24:20.

[Rich]

But I'm saying you. If they had caught one of those passes, if CD Lamb pulls down one of those, that's again, another legendary week one Game one, like, damn, the NFL is bringing it.

[Covino]

Colin coward called him C.D. lame. C.D.

[Rich]

Lame.

[Covino]

CD Lame.

[Dan Beyer]

Yeah, that tweet was lame.

[Covino]

He came up lame yesterday. Man, your superstars got to step up because that could have been a big moment for the team. A big momentum. I don't want to say shift. It's the first game, but great momentum, just moving forward.

[Rich]

If you could steal Game 1 in Philadelphia as Cowboys, you lose Michael Parsons, the morale is down. Everyone's sort of laughing at you now. Like, man, Jerry Jones. The documentary's out. We're getting a glimpse into the heritage of him owning the team. The Cowboys could have come away last night looking awesome.

[Dan Beyer]

And I'll say this, not that social media is a fair place because it never is, but the shots that they were taking on Jerry of boy, this, this Cowboys team could use a pass rusher. Yeah, totally. Like, well, they don't have first round picks. Can't play in a game right now. Like that's, that's of course they're going to miss him. We knew that one of the reasons why we supported Jerry was we didn't feel the team was good enough to pay Micah Parsons yet. Everybody was grabbing that low hanging fruit.

[Rich]

Yeah, I saw, I saw it. I saw Nick wright was he FaceTimed Dan Patrick and he was like saying, man, it looks like you're this team's just a pass rusher short. That was one of the. Hey. Oh. That was one of the social media punchlines last night. Like wow, if they only had a pass rusher.

[Dan Beyer]

I think the Cowboys to DB went away from the run too soon. Only down by four. I felt like they should have kept trying to pound the rock a little bit more. They started just going past Happy in the fourth quarter. Yeah. And then I don't know if it's because of the fumble with Miles Sanders and that point or, or what Javante Williams had the two touchdowns, but I'm not sure on how much juice he's going to have for the entire season. But it is a team, especially with the Eagles as well. You'd want to, you'd want to keep your offense on the field and run the football. So I don't think Danny's wrong.

[Covino]

So you had loogie gate, you had some drop passes, you had some funny content, you had a delay, you had lots going on night.

[Rich]

East coast must have really hated that.

[Covino]

They stayed up late watching that one.

[Rich]

I always laugh at that because that was us most of our lives. Then you moved to the west coast.

[Covino]

And you're like, so those are our takeaways. What are yours? 87799 on Fox. And remember, just a reminder, come Monday we do something called things that made you go. Hmm. Where we go over all of our observations from every game. So looking forward to that. But speaking of football, we're also going to talk some quarterbacks and people's bad takes on quarterbacks and should there be repercussions, accountability, maybe even punishment for bad takes? Especially when you're talking about quarterbacks.

[Rich]

If it takes very specific take. Is that bad? I think there should be some light funny punishment and we'll get to that. And of course, I got some parlays, I got some picks I want to make. We got some good stuff coming up. It's a Friday. We have a game tonight. That's another thing.

[Covino]

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[Rich]

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All right, we got Danny G. Super producing on the phones at 87799 on Fox, Iowa. Sam on the ones and twos. Dan Byers got your Update in about five minutes. We're Cavino Enrich and we're streaming live on YouTube, our new YouTube channel, YouTube.com so if you're on YouTube, just search CovinoEnrich FSR. You could watch what you hear. We appreciate it. And of course our podcast and our best of the week drops tomorrow. There's a best of every day, but our best of the week drops tomorrow. Danny G Works hard on that. So follow the podcast Kavino and Rich.

[Rich]

How how quickly yes do people post on social media when something crazy happens?

[Covino]

That's why you hop on.

[Rich]

But it's so funny because it's like the minute the Jalen Carter spit happens, there's people rushing to their MacBook and they're making photoshops of Hawk to a girl and spitting and this. It's amazing how people are so motivated to be the first with the meme, first with the picture. If everyone had that work ethic across the board, world would be A different place.

[Covino]

That is true.

[Rich]

But there's a lot of funny content that comes out of these big games. And last night was as big as it gets. And now you look at tonight, you got Chiefs, Chargers, and Dan Buyer pointed out during the break, the end zones look great. They did it super bowl style tonight. Where?

[Covino]

Well, again, because the game's in Brazil.

[Rich]

Each team gets an end zone and they got that sweet powder blue end zone for the Chargers. And I guess the Chiefs go with that yellow with the red. Maybe it dates back to their early super bowl appearance appearances, but you'll see that tonight as we hit our second game.

[Covino]

Let's take a few quick phone calls. Now. We're going to talk about bad takes in sports. You know, we're all guilty of them, but some people, like, really lean into them and there's no repercussions or accountability. We'll talk about it.

[Rich]

And as we take these calls, could I let it be known that I. Yes, I am mildly distracted by the reports of Christian McCaffrey as a Niners fan. Like, everything was a okay on Wednesday, then Thursday you see a okay, okay. And then Thursday he was a mild participant and now today he didn't do much at all. And listed as questionable according to Adam Schefter. And like questionable.

[Covino]

How does that happen?

[Rich]

Let's talk about Dak with Mike in Seattle. What's up, Mike?

[Covino]

Mikey.

[Dan Beyer]

Hey, Mike.

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

Hey.

[Rich]

Hey, what's up, bud?

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

Hey, long time listener, first time caller. Jasmine. You guys are great. Appreciate it.

[Rich]

What's up?

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

Yeah. Oh, I liked your guys's take on Dak. You know, I feel like he gets a lot of flack obviously as a qb, but clearly it's a team, a team game at the end of the day. Yeah, he kind of did everything to win, but, you know, I think the play that nobody's talking about or that we're not really talking about that much is how he saved that fumble recovery by laying out, you know, for a guy who's been out with season ending injuries a couple times in the last couple years, he's still putting it on the line, you know.

[Covino]

All right, you could say he had a great game. You know what he did? He baited Carter and got him kicked out. I think he baited him and Carter took the base like a dumbass. I think he made a few great plays. Unfortunately, CD Lamb wasn't on the receiving end of him and he, he had a nice fumble recovery and he handled the press well. He had a good night.

[Rich]

He really did as good a night as he could have had for a loss when he could have very well had a win. We would have been, we would have been praising how the Cowboys responded to the Micah Parsons thing. It would have been a big it would have been a different narrative.

[Covino]

Now we're going to take the rest of your phone calls 87799 on Fox. So hang tight and at Covino and Rich on social media. But we got to go to the main damn man with the plan.

[Dan Beyer]

Dan by Dan so here's the situation with Christian McCaffrey of the San Francisco 49.

[Rich]

Let's, let's give me the, give me the goods.

[Dan Beyer]

You laid it out perfectly. Practiced Wednesday, calf injury, pops up yesterday, doesn't practice today except does some work on the side with the team. Head coach Kyle Shanahan called him officially questionable after the DMP today. McCaffrey within the last 15 minutes spoke with reporters, says that he feels great and plans to play against the Seahawks on Sunday. That was the word from the running back. But again, he's probably not going to have final say on whether he goes or not. But that's the latest. He says he feels great, plans to play Kyle Shanahan saying that he's questionable.

[Covino]

That's weird.

[Rich]

Until they labeled the questionable on the, on the injury report, I felt like it was going to be a probable based on a lot of 49ers things I follow or like, yeah, the 49ers are just being cautious. It's going to be fine. But the questionable was like, what?

[Covino]

You got to be on the same page with this because it's a big deal. Money's on the line. Rich's heart is on the line. Season start is on the line. This happened recently with Aaron Boone and Aaron Boone and Aaron Judge where they're like, yeah, Judge, how's the elbow? He's like, feels great. You're like, well, Boone says otherwise.

[Rich]

Is that what he said?

[Covino]

You saw that.

[Rich]

So, gee, so I and I'll add.

[Dan Beyer]

This, I do think that last year scenario plays into this where we're very skeptical and Christian McCaffrey really wants to be out there. But it's a long season. Niners went to Seattle, won their last year without Christian McCaffrey. So like those things, Christian McCaffrey is questionable. That's what we'll say.

[Rich]

And if you want more Aaron Boone alerts, Askavino, he's got boonie alerts on his phone.

[Covino]

Well, that was a big story because they weren't on the same page.

[Rich]

On the same page.

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I got a Booner listening to him. Packers list Micah Parsons is questionable to face the Lions coming up on Sunday. Again limited in practice today. Chiefs Chargers tonight no Charger Scar Makai back to listed as questionable to play because of an illness. Patriots 1F corner Christian Gonzalez against Danny's Raiders. He's out because of a hamstring injury. Saints want to have Chase Young or left guard Trevor Penning. They're out against the Cardinals. Eagles signed defensive end Zedarius Smith to a deal today and the Bills place kicker Tyler Bass on ir. They signed Matt Prater to their active roster. He'll start kicking Sunday night when they face the Ravens. DAY BASEBALL Cubs top the Nationals 11 to 5. Mets option pitcher Kodai Senga to Triple A Shohei Ohtani is actually going to start for the Dodgers on the moun today. He had his start pushed back because of an illness, but then moved up because Tyler Glasnost not going to pitch tonight. Glasnow dealing with some tightness in his back. Dodgers start a series with the Orioles and at the US Open, Carlos Alcaraz currently up two sets to love on Novak Djokovic in their semifinal match. In fact, Alcaraz right now up 52 in the third set. So ready to close it out in Queens. Back to you guys.

[Rich]

Straight up passing of the torch recently, the last year or so with Alcaraz. All right, thank you Dan Beyer. Now coming up, we are going to talk a lot of NFL Week 1. I got some parlay picks. We're going to go over everything you need to watch this weekend of the world of sports and entertainment. So hang tight. More next on Cavino and Rich now.

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[Rich]

Oh, speaking of fat boy Slim, as you play. Praise you. I was Sam on the ones and twos. I actually wrote that. I wrote that in my notes for today. We're one game into the season. It's like get fat time if you don't watch yourself.

[Covino]

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[Rich]

Yeah. No, I'm just saying it's. It's the time of year where beers go down smoother, wings go down easier. Pizza is easier to order. So.

[Covino]

And we were the good time guys today.

[Rich]

I'm just saying, like, just.

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[Rich]

Oh, and it was so good. But I'm just saying, like, it's a good treat, but I feel like now's the time.

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[Rich]

Now's the time of the year where it's very easy to be like, you know, I'm wearing hoodies and you know.

[Covino]

Hey, don't you think that's intentional, though? Football season starting, right? You don't think the managers are like, hey, extra sauce, like, just to hook them for the rest of the season.

[Rich]

That's Good sauce.

[Covino]

Yeah, it is good sauce. Put some stank on it today. So those wings were tasted nice for lunch. We brought him in. That's Danny G with the voice Iowa Sam with the fat boy slim. We got spot on the videos. And now it's time for the tire rack play of the day fireworks in Philly even before the first snap.

[Rich]

This game couldn't have started worse.

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[Rich]

The very first play from scurvy.

[Covino]

Now again, if you just joined us, I said I understood but that doesn't mean I'm making excuses for this guy. It's a pathetic move. That's Jalen Carter ejected. And that's our Fox sports radio tire rack play of the day courtesy Merrill Reese.

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[Rich]

Merrell Re I was Sam, me and Ryan Burschking.

[Dan Beyer]

Who's in the back.

[Covino]

We have a joke. We always do Meryl Reese impression.

[Rich]

Yeah, somebody give that guy a stone eagles.

[Covino]

He needs an old school handkerchief.

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[Covino]

Now we want to go to your phone calls at 87799 on Fox. A lot of people chiming in about the game last night. It's just great to so pumped about the weekend. So before we get into your solar power parlay and all that fun stuff, Rich want to take these calls?

[Rich]

Yeah, let's go to Marshall in the berg. What's up, Pittsburgh?

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

Hey, how you doing?

[Rich]

What's up, buddy?

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

So I'm a Steelers fan, so nobody has more disdain for the Cowboys than I do. And I'm a. And I'm a Georgia Bulldog graduate. So nobody likes Bulldog players more than I do. There's no way in the world that Jalen Carter could have have perceived that. That Carter, that Dak Prescott was spitting at him. It just wasn't that way. He wasn't. He may have said something to him and I don't doubt that, but he. There's no way he could have perceived that Dak was spitting at him. It was just an uncouth thing to do and you can understand it. I don't And I'm glad he got suspended.

[Covino]

Did you see the footage? I mean, I think it's vile, and I think he's wrong, and it's horrible to do, and it's selfish and all that, but how do you not see that Dak was spitting in his direction and antagonizing him? I'm not saying that Dak did anything wrong. I'm not. If anything, that did everything right. He pissed that guy off and got him kicked down. So I don't know. The footage is pretty clear to me that it's in his direction. I think that knew what he was doing. It's just like.

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

It's.

[Rich]

It's. It's a stretch. Zach in Arizona.

[Covino]

I don't see that much of a stretch at all.

[Rich]

I. Dude, if I don't, I'm not. Hold on.

[Covino]

I'm not saying they're the same. Same thing. What Carter did was atrocious.

[Rich]

You and I are about 6ft from each other. If I looked at you and I in my.

[Covino]

Toward my feet, that's still disrespectful.

[Rich]

If I. It was like a dribble. Spit out of his mouth, and then you walk up to me and spit on my chest.

[Covino]

I watched it. Hold on.

[Rich]

No, no, no, no. Hold on. I never said they were two of me.

[Covino]

You're changing the conversation. I never said what that conversation did was at the same level as what Carter did at all. But you don't see how Dak baited him into that? You don't see how that's possible?

[Rich]

It's given.

[Covino]

You ever, like, do one of these.

[Rich]

To someone and they're not expecting it, and then they freak out? It's like, that's what it is. Was it Romeo and Juliet?

[Dan Beyer]

It's like you thumb your.

[Rich]

Your tooth.

[Dan Beyer]

Your thumb at me.

[Covino]

Sir.

[Rich]

Or whatever it is.

[Covino]

What Carter did was way wiser. Thumbs up. There's no way. Okay, Right.

[Rich]

I haven't.

[Covino]

Sorry.

[Dan Beyer]

I haven't looked at Shakespeare in a while.

[Rich]

You're such a thespian. All right, let's go to Zach in Arizona. Hey, Z. Zach.

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

What's going on, boys? How y' all doing?

[Rich]

We're good, man.

[Covino]

What's your thoughts, man?

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

I couldn't help but ask myself the question of if is Cam Newton's assessment of Jalen Hurts being a game manager, right? Because after looking at the throwing chart and where he was completing his passes, I can't help but think he was a game manager. Not saying that's a bad thing, but he may be the Most ultimate game manager we've ever seen based on his talent and skill set. But I don't think he's a dynamic down the field thrower or quarterback.

[Rich]

I mean, agreed.

[Covino]

He.

[Rich]

He got that first down in the fourth quarter on that final drive. When needed, he scrambled. Use his legs. Great, great line still. But Danny, you hit us up with the. There were memes going around last night.

[Dan Beyer]

Saying his passing chart.

[Rich]

Yeah, yeah, look at this. Real people out there calling this man A top five quarterback. Good night. And it's hurts. 19 for 23, 152 yards. He did rush for two tutties, but.

[Dan Beyer]

Most of the passes were 8, 10 yards. 11 down the field like an intermediate throw, but other than that. But hey, he gets the job done and he wins.

[Covino]

Dude, I'm more about so the first game of the season.

[Rich]

I'm more about winning, man.

[Covino]

I know that.

[Rich]

You know, Mahomes is a great example of a guy whose numbers are not even close to what they were a couple of years back. Five years ago, Mahomes has put up circus numbers. Now what does Mahomes do now? He just wins. You know, what do you rather do? Do you rather have your quarterback throw for 180, no turnovers and win? Or do you want your guy putting up 400 yards but he's three touchdowns, two interceptions? I just think winning takes precedence. Let's not be wrapped up in fantasy numbers.

[Covino]

Winning, winning. He was in the news today, by the way. Whole other story, dudes. So trip. Make it snappy. Trip in Vegas. What's up?

[Rich]

What's up, Tripp?

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

Hey guys, real quick. Watching y', all, I was disappointed that Rich is not wearing a mascot outfit today.

[Rich]

I did this morning. I did this morning at my kids school. Only two.

[Covino]

Tell you.

[Rich]

I'm so good at it.

[Covino]

I. Oh, mascot. I thought you were wearing an ascot. My bad.

[Rich]

I want to go. I want to do this at an NBA game and go on a trampoline and slam dunk. I. I love Rich.

[Covino]

If you know, if you missed it. Rich was the mascot at his kids.

[Rich]

School today at my kids school assembly. And yo, it was fun. Dude. Those things are hot as hell.

[Dan Beyer]

Line of circus performers.

[Rich]

Danny, it's 100 degrees in LA. I'll be honest. Some. Someone else may have passed out in that thing because I almost did.

[Covino]

I'm like, so.

[Rich]

Yes.

[Covino]

Probably smells like Fritos inside that thing.

[Rich]

Sounds like ass. You know, I'll post a picture at Covino. Rich, how about that trip?

[Jalen Carter (guest) / Caller]

Hey, thank you. And then Carter can do that. He's a leader. He's not like Big Mike. If y' all lost him, I don't know what he does around that place. And then the final thing was this. I wish you guys were in the casino last night with me. Everybody had the over 41 points at halftime and the game went under. They were all screaming six.

[Rich]

Oh yeah, I bet. Yeah, that was, that was even like the Mike Tirico Collinsworth assessment. Like, yo, this game was popping. Then all of a sudden it was like the defense, three points in the second half total. It was just the Eagles with one.

[Dan Beyer]

Field goal, 21:20 at halftime, wasn't it?

[Rich]

Yeah, correct Amunda.

[Covino]

So hey, we got the first game in Chiefs Chargers tonight and more feedback and phone calls. Next we got your solar power parlay, Rich.

[Rich]

Cool. And you know what? My other interest tonight, Go Blue Jays.

[Covino]

Get out of here.

[Rich]

Playing your Yanks. All right. More CNR next.

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[Covino]

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