Covino & Rich - MLB & NFL Week 6...Make You Go Hmm

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show: Covino & Rich – MLB & NFL Week 6... Make You Go Hmm October 14, 2025 | iHeartPodcasts & Dan Patrick Podcast Network

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Main Theme / Purpose

This episode is a lively sports talk covering NFL Week 6 and MLB postseason, with Covino & Rich diving into the big moments that made them say "hmm." The show blends sharp football analysis, baseball playoff chatter, and plenty of good-natured humor, alongside candid debates about pop culture and social quirks (like bringing pets everywhere). Fans are invited to weigh in on stand-out moments, surprise performances, rampant injuries, and how cultural habits influence our experiences—on and off the field.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Weekend Recap & Social Observations (01:00–11:00)

• Holiday Chatter: Covino & Rich riff on Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day and Canadian Thanksgiving, giving thanks to Canadian sports contributions.
• Social Pet Peeve: Rich describes seeing someone at Chipotle with a live cat on his shoulders—a launchpad for a humorous, heated debate about pets in public spaces, etiquette, and the LA lifestyle.
  • Quote – Rich (07:32): “What do you do if you see someone at a fast food place...and some jabroni in front of you has a cat crawling on their shoulders?”
• Consensus: While animal lovers, they draw the line at pets in food establishments and public venues, citing public health and respect for others.

2. MLB: Mariners vs. Blue Jays and Playoff Surprises (11:40–12:45, 22:31–23:00)

• Game Update: Julio Rodriguez hits a 3-run homer for the Mariners in the ALCS, triggering reflections on postseason magic and the "intangible" qualities teams like the Mariners show.
  • Quote – Covino (12:12): “As a Yankees fan...it makes me go ‘hmm’...what sort of magic are [the Mariners] made of here?”
• Baseball vs. Football Primetime: Brief debate about MLB’s postseason drawing stronger ratings and interest—even against NFL matchups.
  • Dan Byer: Positive note on how MLB excitement now rivals NFL on big nights (29:29).

3. NFL Week 6: Injuries Galore & Their Impact (12:45–19:30, 31:39–36:29)

• Injury Epidemic: Long discourse on rampant injuries to key players—Fred Warner (49ers), Nick Bosa, etc.—and what it means for playoff hopes.
  • Quote – Rich (14:12): “If you’re a Niners fan...no Bosa, no Warner, no playoff run.”
• Baker Mayfield’s Moment: Baker’s heroics put him in “MVP” conversations following a statement win.
  • Quote – Covino (18:14): “Is this the weekend where [Baker] gets the credit? ...Baker Mayfield is the Tom Brady of Johnny Manziels.”
• Team Resilience & The "Push" Theory: The hosts wonder if the rash of injuries means it’s “a push”—all teams are banged up, so adaptation and depth are more critical than ever.

4. Quarterback & Team Performances (19:30–31:33)

• Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, and the Baker Effect: Is it time to put Baker Mayfield among the game's elite? His underdog story and fiery playing style energize the Bucs and the fans.
  • Quote – Producer (Spot): “Every team in the NFL had a shot at Baker…and they looked at him like damaged goods.” (20:58)
• Dak Prescott's Quiet Success vs. Dallas Defense: Statistical deep-dive showing Dak’s impressive stretch overshadowed by Cowboys’ defensive struggles.
  • Quote – Covino (31:09): “If you’re giving up 90 points in those three weeks...Cowboys defense—ass.”

5. The Injury Epidemic: Causes & Consequences (31:39–36:29)

• Listener Calls & Theories:
  • Extra game (17th), players being bigger/faster/stronger, less rigorous practices all cited as causes.
  • Nostalgia for “old school” football, but agreement that today's athleticism brings new risks.
• Jon Gruden Soundbite: (36:02) Laments lack of padded practices and over-protectiveness leading to less game readiness.
  • “Nobody plays and nobody practices...then when you don’t practice, you can’t play good.”

6. Viral Moments & NFL Overseas Games (41:47–43:13)

• Chiefs-Lions Brawl: Brian Branch punches Juju Smith-Schuster after a heated exchange, leading to suspensions and debate.
• NFL Exporting Bad Games?: Jets vs. Broncos in London panned by fans/comments; hosts joke that even a sub-par NFL experience is thrilling for first-time international audiences.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Rich (On seeing a cat at Chipotle, 07:32): “Some jabroni in front of you has a cat crawling on their shoulders…”
• Dan Byer (injuries, 16:00): “You just name them…it’s a who’s who. And you’re talking about a quarterback. Like the Cardinals yesterday. Somehow they compete with the Colts. They lost Marvin Harrison Jr. in the game…”
• Covino (Baker Mayfield meme, 18:14): “Baker Mayfield is the Tom Brady of Johnny Manziels.”
• Producer (On missing elite players, 32:41): “Name any team and you’re missing a guy…every team. There’s elite superstars missing from every team.”
• Dan Byer (Old vs. new athletes, 33:38): “I think it’s a different game right now…now it’s transitioning to a point where you just have…a bunch of guys like Randy Moss.”
• Gruden (On practices and injuries, 36:02): “I’m just pissed off…nobody practices. When you don’t practice, you can’t play good.”
• Covino (Cowboys’ defensive woes, 31:09): “Cowboys defense—ass. Letting up 30 points to the Panthers…”

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Timely Highlights & Timestamps

• 01:00–11:13: Cold opens, intro, pet peeve (live animals in stores/Chipotle story)
• 11:37–23:00: Transition to sports talk, MLB playoff updates, NFL Week 6 “Things that made you go hmm”
• 14:12–19:20: 49ers injuries, Baker Mayfield’s resurgence, QB meme comparisons
• 29:14–30:13: Ratings debate—MLB Postseason vs. NFL Primetime
• 31:39–36:29: Injury trends, team depth, listener/Lou’s call, Jon Gruden’s practice rant
• 39:47–41:39: Chiefs-Lions post-game fight recap, tire rack play of the day
• 41:47–43:13: NFL’s London game (Jets-Broncos) critique, American football abroad

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Tone & Style

• Fast-paced, conversational, and irreverent. Hosts blend sharp sports insights with side conversations about culture, food, and social trends.
• Frequent humorous asides (“Cowboys defense—ass”), pop culture references, and a welcoming, “call us up” vibe.
• Even heated moments (like practice/injury rants) are handled with humor and self-awareness.

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Takeaways (For New/Future Listeners)

• The episode expertly balances in-depth sports discussion (injury trends, player breakdowns, playoff hopes) with relatable, funny takes on everyday absurdities.
• It offers a broad but penetrating look at football and baseball through the lens of fandom, toughness, and the unpredictability of sports.
• Listeners are encouraged to chime in on social media or by phone, making the show an ongoing community riff on the week’s biggest (and weirdest) moments.

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Transcript

[A]

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[B]

Hey, thanks for listening to the Covino and Rich podcast.

[C]

Be sure to catch us live every.

[B]

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

[C]

Find your local station for Kavito and [e-mail] or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR oh man, a Monday. Don't feel like you need a weekend from the weekend sometimes, like all the time.

[B]

Absolutely. And our job is fun, so I can't imagine how everybody else feels on this Columbus Indigenous Peoples Day and happy Canadian Thanksgiving. In fact, we're gonna do a little Canadian Thanksgiving tribute today. We're giving thanks to Canadians, but the rest of you maybe the kids had school, banks were closed, market was on confusing day. Columbus or indigenous? What are we celebrating?

[C]

Come with both?

[B]

Yeah, I guess.

[C]

I mean we wouldn't be here without Columbus, but he wasn't a good man, right?

[B]

So I'm Kavino, that is Rich. Sam is here. Danny G's the super producer spots on the videos with our new cameras at Covino and Rich FSR Dan Byers hanging and we be rocking out. Let's go.

[C]

The new cameras are looking crispy. YouTube.comino and rich FSR crispity crunchy.

[B]

Hope you had a Panthers, Raiders, Danny G's Raiders sort of weekend. Colts, Buccaneers, Steelers, Chiefs and Mariners sort of weekend. So hope all your teams won. We have lots to get to in the world of the NFL and mlb. We do it every Monday. We call it things that made you go hmm. We're giving away prizes. Last one standing. And as far as today, Rich, you said you're exhausted. Gonna be more exhausted with all this action we got going on tonight. You got a double doozy of NFL football, you got two great baseball games. So we're going to tell you what matters most later today. Lots to get to.

[C]

Like I said before we get into all that, I just have something I wanted to bring up because I feel like I'm a pretty casual laid back guy when it comes to, like, you know, people going to stores and places with their pets. I understand. You go in and get takeout, you're walking your dog.

[B]

It's more of a thing. And by the way, Rich isn't talking yo yo tricks, Iowa. Sam, when he says walking your dog.

[D]

Oh, man, I thought we're talking about yo yos.

[B]

We know Sam's a Duncan master. He's a champion, but we're talking la, which is next level different. It's not. No. It's way worse here in Los Angeles because every walks around their foofy dog and they think they could do whatever they want.

[C]

Nope. Social media change that. Everyone's foofy dogs and people.

[B]

I do when I go back to Jersey. Even Jersey is nowhere near as bad as it is here in California as far as people bringing their doggy into every establishment because they think they can. There's signs outside of the mall here, right? Right outside of the mall.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Signs don't bring fluffers into the establishment, and people don't give a diddly squat. And they do it anyway.

[C]

They're gonna use the phrase mangy mutt.

[B]

They still bring their mangy mutt in regardless because they think it's their baby.

[C]

I will roll my eyes at a lot of people, but I understand it.

[B]

Yeah, I love my dog.

[C]

You're going to get takeout. You're going to get, you know, food somewhere, run an errand. Oh, man, I got to go get some batteries at cvs. But I'm walking my dog. I'm not a jerk about it. I roll my eyes at you, but I saw something at Chipotle that I can't allow in my mind, but I did.

[B]

You have to get it off your handsome gentleman's chest.

[C]

If you look at my Instagram story, if you think I'm BSing you, I go to Chipotle last night after my daughter's softball game.

[B]

Oh, I believe that.

[C]

And down for some Chipotle. Let me get a little burrito bowl, feel good about myself. The best of the fast food out there, right? You don't feel bad after having Chipotle?

[B]

You're like, oh, I do, actually, because it's heavy. I feel like I eat all that. I'm like, oh, you feel heavy after.

[E]

There's a lot of sodium, too.

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

After a giant burrito bowl, Taco Bell is more sodium. Don't get it twisted. I'll house that.

[C]

Of all the fish foods.

[B]

But I feel heavy afterwards.

[C]

I don't know. You asked me. I say brown rice.

[B]

I'M not saying it's not the healthiest. Of course it is. But it sits heavy on you, I think.

[D]

Yeah, I'm with Rich. I think Chipotle is. You feel much better after eating that than, like, anything else.

[B]

Because, you know, it's not that bad for you. It's more.

[D]

It's a lot more fresh.

[C]

Right behind them, they're cooking the chicken on the grill. And you got chicken and guac over rice.

[B]

Like, that's like saying it's not healthy. I said it feels heavy.

[E]

And a lot of us, Rich, ruin it with 45 chips and guac and.

[B]

Sour cream for every tortilla chip. For every four tortilla chips, that's one tortilla queso.

[C]

Don't get all that corn lettuce. I'm in line waiting. I take a double take the guy in front of me. Did you just chug a Monster energy drink? What are you, 25? Going to the club?

[B]

I'm the beacon of health. Continue.

[C]

He's telling me about Chipotle. This guy is ruining his insides. His insides are rotting.

[B]

Sugar free, bro.

[D]

That stuff's corrosive, which is if it's sugar free.

[C]

What do you think's in there?

[B]

I don't know. I found it in the fridge.

[D]

You found it in the fridge?

[B]

Huh?

[D]

Interesting.

[B]

Yeah. So many. Somebody probably missing one right now.

[D]

I think they are.

[B]

So go ahead, tell me about your Chipotle's.

[C]

Like, finders keepers. I'm like, dude, it was in the fridge.

[D]

Losers weepers.

[C]

So anyway, long story short, we're gonna get to Edison.

[B]

Sponsored by Ed Gein.

[C]

Stop it.

[E]

Sponsored by Bo Benson.

[B]

Mother says not to drink energy drinks. They're for Jezebels.

[C]

I.

[B]

But I couldn't swear on that.

[C]

That Ed Gein is the number one stream show around the country and world right now. And I've yet to watch Monster.

[B]

It's called Monster. It's. It's good for the spooky season. About the guy who inspired Silence of the Lambs. Psycho. Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This guy did some crazy things, but it's more of a fictional story than anything. What up, Dan?

[G]

Yeah. Where it happened is not too far from where my sister lives and maybe about a little more than an hour from my hometown.

[B]

Plainfield, right?

[G]

Yes. Smack dab in the middle of the great state of Wisconsin. And you could take a shortcut on a highway to go to my sister's town to go right through. Plainfield always gives me the willies. A little.

[C]

Covino has been doing that impression off the air for like two weeks now. Mother thither. I don't know what he's doing. I didn't know.

[B]

Well, he had like a very Bobby Boucher mother situation going on.

[C]

Well, let me tell you, Charlie Hunnam, women love that dude. Apparently it's like award winning performance. Again, I digress. I'm at Chipotle in front of me. I posted on my Instagram story, Rich Davis. If you want to see some young 20 something year old kid is ordering his food and he has a cat on his head. He has a like a cat crawling from shoulder to shoulder over his head and he's lean over like, I'll get corn and sour cream and guac and.

[B]

What are you trying to detract from the fact that you steal so much from that place with your utensils and napkins. Now he's the bad guy.

[C]

They're there for the taking.

[B]

Legitimate video. That was AI Sam.

[D]

No, it was legitimate video of Rich stealing napkins and forks.

[H]

I saw it.

[D]

It was real.

[C]

But my point is, what do you do if you see someone at a fast food place like a Subway or Chipotle, where the food is literally out in, out there exposed and open and some jabroni in front of you has a cat crawling on their shoulders?

[D]

They're not in a carrier, not in a little kennel.

[B]

I think you call them. I really do. If you're a grown adult and you try to do things the responsible way, you're a good guy. I think you have the right. They say it takes a village, right? You see some young idiot doing young idiot things. I don't think you need to be mean about it and overstep. But you call him out and just say something that addresses the fact that you recognize that he's an idiot.

[D]

So agreed.

[C]

We're going to move into the NFL now.

[D]

Hold on.

[C]

But I would love for your thoughts at Coveenonrich if you want to hit us up if you see someone. Have you seen the picture on my Instagram story?

[D]

I saw the story and the, the, the cat was. Yeah, on the shoulders. And I don't even know if that violates health regulations, but I went to a movie. I went to a movie last Thursday and someone brought their dachshund puppy into one battle after another, which is full of explosions. And I'm like, that poor dog just had ptsd. And on the way out, I'm sorry, the Karen and me emerged and I walked up and I said, hey, did your dog enjoy the movie? And there's this young woman. It was a young woman and her.

[B]

Boyfriend who was like, you got her, Sam.

[D]

Who's like in their early 20s. And she turns around, she's like, ha ha. And I'm like, yeah, I don't know. It's a little loud in there. I just walked off. I couldn't help myself because that dog just suffered through three and a half, three hours of explosions.

[B]

That's the adult in you. What are you doing exactly? You're an adult. And you addressed it like, why are you being such an idiot?

[D]

That's idiotic. That's a young screw up, I think.

[B]

You don't have to be rude about it. You don't have to be a Karen or a Darren.

[D]

I couldn't help myself.

[B]

No, Sam, I think that's fine, you know. Hey, what's going on? What's going on? Hey, Cat Stevens. What's up? And he turns around like, what? Like, yeah, I mean, I just noticed you here with a cat, you know. Yo, what's up? Cool for cats. What up, cat man? What a cat man? Don't. Catman, don't. Why you calling me that? Because you're not supposed to do that. Catman, don't.

[C]

Did you cool for cats? You're not here.

[B]

You're not cat man. Do. Catman, don't. And then he's like, what are you doing? And it's like, nothing. I just don't know why you're here with a cat. Like, you don't need to be rude about it, but it's like, I see you with your cat and we're here trying to eat. So I think you just call him out for being an idiot cat guy in public. Like, you call him out, you address him any way you want, whatever comes.

[C]

Make it brief and get out.

[B]

You're an idiot and you shouldn't be doing that.

[D]

Learn something.

[B]

And since everyone's tippy toeing around these situations today, because no one wants to be filmed on social media, you know? Yeah. You don't have to humiliate me at Chipotle. I'm recording it.

[D]

You don't have to do that.

[B]

Don't be you catch shaming me. You know, one wants to get involved in that. That everyone's scared to speak up. But if you're a responsible adult with some sort of wherewithal and head on your shoulders, you call them out. Yo, man, what are you doing with a cat? We're eating here.

[C]

What are you, Jug Zotic, yo?

[B]

Yeah, who are you? Tiger king?

[D]

Can I add something here? Yes, I think it's both. Maybe it's an LA thing.

[B]

Hey, Gunther Gable Williams.

[D]

People are all. People treat their, their pets like their babies in LA more than other places. That's what I said.

[B]

He's debating it.

[D]

It's something I've seen more in the last 25 years. The animals, especially pets, are showing up in places they never used to because people are getting very comfortable with that.

[B]

Right.

[D]

And I think that's something we need to kind of. We need to rewind a little bit. We need to bring it, haul it back and be like, this is not a place for your pet to be in the movie theater at Chipotle just hanging on your shoulders. It's just not, it's not okay. Because there's other people who have objections to that.

[B]

People chat about that.

[C]

People treat it like, oh, don't you think it's cute?

[D]

No. Just leave your cat at home. Your cat's fine.

[B]

And by the way, for the record, we're all animal lovers. No one's here.

[D]

It's not about being anti animals.

[B]

What's appropriate and how do you make that point heard without feeling like a jerk about it? You're.

[C]

You're allowed to oppose things, but still be a nice human. Like, I, I got two little kids. Guess where I don't think little kids belong? Formal events and weddings and people that bring their kids, like late night to a bar.

[B]

Hey, Siegfried and Roy. What are you doing?

[C]

What are we doing?

[B]

What'd you say? I don't know. You're here with your cats. I don't know what you're doing. What are you doing?

[C]

All right, well, hey, let's get into it. NFL. Things that made you go.

[I]

Baby.

[B]

Things that make you go.

[D]

Things that make you go.

[C]

What's up? Dan Buyer, Julio Rodriguez.

[G]

Three run, home run. Top of the first inning, Mariners lead the Blue Jays. Randy Rosarena was hit by a pitch. Cal Raleigh walked. And then J Rod. The three run shot. Three nothing. Now there's an out recorded, but it was three nothing with no odds recorded at one point.

[C]

Wasn't that the pitcher that schooled the Yankees?

[B]

Yeah, hold on. I'm glad you said that. Dan Beyer, thank you for the update. Your thoughts on this too, because as we get into things that made you go, it's usually mostly primarily about football and we'll continue with that. Right. Week six of the NFL. But there's a lot of great baseball. That 15 inning game. We'll talk about it. A lot of things made me say, hmm. As a Yankees Fan. I find it amazing to see what the Mariners are able to do against the Blue Jays, right? How they're able to shut them down or have these role players step up when it's necessary, doing things that the Yankees couldn't do. It's just amazing. It makes me go, hmm, like, wow, what sort of magic are they made of here? This is great.

[C]

Well, it is only the first, but still, a three spot in the top of the first really is a nice little cushion for Seattle. All right, now, things that made you go, hmm. I mean, I'm in a really good mood today. You wouldn't think that, because the first thing that made me go, hmm. Fred Warner, the heart and soul of the 49ers defense, one of the most likable guys in football. Forget that I'm a Niners fan. Danny G. We met him at the Super Bowl. Just a delight. Like, just a great guy. Him and his wife were fantastic. Like, everything about Fred Warner is football. We could all agree one of the.

[E]

One of the top defenders was one of the friendliest guys that entire week at the super bowl, you know, what.

[B]

Made me say, I mean, so many unfortunate injuries this year. Add him to the list.

[C]

You say injury like you were for Munther. Injury.

[B]

You can't stop, huh?

[C]

Mother.

[B]

Man, I can't wait for you to stumble on something. Injury. Mother. Mother said injury. They're just a part of life, but I can't swear on it. What I noticed was how composed he was.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

After a gruesome injury, like, the guy breaks his ankle and he's sitting there like. Like, just chilling. Like, wouldn't you believe it? Like, no sort of grimacing. At least not when they were carting him off. He was sitting there, just thumbs up, like, hey, what are you gonna do? Like, his whole demeanor and attitude about the whole thing was just sort of like, hey, you know, I'm hurt. What's up? What, you know, happens? Which is kind of amazing because he had to be in pain.

[G]

Not.

[C]

Not only had to be in pain, they threw the air cast on, right. My thought was, if you're a Niners fan, like I am, and we're going to get to every game in every team. But my first thought when I saw.

[B]

Why so many injuries, bro?

[C]

When I saw that was all right, you were trying to overcome the Nick Po. You were trying to overcome the Nick Bosa injury. There was rumors of, like, oh, the Niners, one of the teams that might go after Hendrickson on the Bengals and maybe try to fill that void. Who knows. But you lose Fred Warner now and your defense, no matter how effective Robert Salah is, no Bosa, no Warner, no playoff run. Like you might, you know, soft schedule.

[B]

You might sneak in, but you're push. It's a push when everybody's team has people hurt. Like the Buccaneers. You just got balled out by Baker Mayfield. Just give him the credit because he had no receivers and he made something of nothing. Foo fighter style. He made some something of nothing. Made superstars out of the Johnsons, made some great plays. But I feel like it's kind of a push when you play some of these other teams down the line because everybody's hurt.

[E]

Yeah. And we've seen all the key positions in the NFL as soon as week two, week three, we were having major injuries. Rich, I feel your pain because I haven't got to watch Brock Bowers catch and run all season. There's been o linemen down for my favorite team. Key positions we've been seeing. You talked about why you think these are happening, these injuries a couple of weeks ago.

[C]

I feel like that conversation is more relevant than ever before. Everyone's just so big and strong and because of that, a little fragile. The burst of energy, the.

[B]

Maybe you're just messing with your fast twitch muscles too much with all this extra workout. Overly pumped, too muscular. I don't know, pushing too hard. Too explosive. Too many injuries.

[G]

And I'm glad you guys are saying that because I think that the 49ers have recognizable injuries.

[B]

Right.

[G]

You just name that. It's the who's who. And you're talking about a quarterback. Like the Cardinals yesterday. Somehow they compete with the Colts. They lost Marvin Harrison Jr. In the game. They're down there. Two running backs, James Conner and Trey Benson weren't playing no Kyler Murray yesterday. Danny just read off his litany of players for the Raiders. Seahawks were out three starters, 40% on their secondary. Moment the lines alliance last night against Kansas City, five defensive backs. They had five defensive backs out when they lost in the playoffs to Washington.

[B]

It's just, I mean, and we mentioned the Buccaneers receivers.

[C]

The Buccaneers, no Godwin, no Evans, no Bucky Irving. Like nothing. And then you could go through each roster and Cavino is right. Is it one big unfortunate push? Because it's like I'm injured. Well, so are you.

[B]

I think it will be when you get Purdy back, you know, because everybody is missing somebody important. It seems like this year the amazing.

[G]

Thing about Rich's team is that Christian McCaffrey hasn't been hurt like the old.

[C]

It's the old switcheroo.

[G]

Yeah.

[B]

Able to pivot, receiving a little more, you know, switching up his gameplay as a result. So it's how these teams pivot.

[C]

Oh, I'm sorry to add to the list because he's such a great guy. That's been on our show as well. I felt bad. It's not a long injury, I think, but Pookin the cool down yesterday could be weak. So when every.

[E]

He was on pace for a 2000 yard season.

[C]

When every notable player and Dan Byers. Right. And. And non notable. You know, it's wild to think that there's not one team that's not banged up. It just. It's got to be saying something about the state of football right now.

[B]

So is it 49ers done or is just injury in the water is just more part of the season than ever before? That's really the question. But it makes you go. It's a two part. Hmm, Niners done. And why so many injuries? Yeah, a lot of big names going down. Well, you know what? 49ers got a lot of big names. We mentioned, we mentioned Baker Mayfield in that conversation. Yes, I said mentioned. I saw the look of Rich's face. He said, mentioned.

[E]

How about how the Ravens entire team imploded after the Lamar Jackson injury.

[B]

Oh, well, you know what, let me tie that into what I was going to say.

[C]

You mean the one in five Ravens?

[B]

Everybody likes to talk about Lamar Jackson and how he works the pocket, how he scrambles, how he moves. People want to talk about Josh Allen all the time. Now he's just setting a different sort of bar. As far as quarterback. How about Baker Mayfield? Is this the weekend where he gets to credit? Because after that game, you heard the chance. There was some confusion. I saw Johnson thought it was for him. MVP was for Baker Mayfield. It went from Baker Mayfield. Wow, man, what a turnaround to mvp just like that. And I read something over the weekend I thought was so great and it was just a meme, but it's so true. It said, Baker Mayfield is the Tom Brady of Johnny Manziels. Baker Mayfield is the Tom Brady, Johnny Manziels. And for whatever reason, that just hits so perfectly because you understand what that means. He has that way about him. Right. He had that recklessness of a Johnny Manziel. Same sort of guy in a lot of ways.

[D]

He's an S talker.

[B]

He's undersized Tom Brady.

[D]

He's the best at all of them.

[C]

Yeah. And I saw another related meme. It said don't blame the young quarterback. Blame the crappy franchise. And it was a picture of Baker, Daniel Jones and Sam Darnold. It just again, that's why.

[B]

Oh, when do we start putting him in that category of. It's not just Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen. Like, there's guys like Baker Mayfield that are really leading their team because you could see how contagious his play really is. He might be the most exciting player to watch in football. And now I think everybody's taking note when he's doing it against your 49ers. And week after week, did you guys.

[E]

See how his rookie wide receiver, Tez Johnson scored a td? He heard MVP chance. And he looked. Or he said he looked around. He's like, oh, really? And then he's like, oh, I realized they were chanting for my quarterback.

[B]

That was so funny. And that was one hell of a catch, dude. He caught the. The bottom half of the football. The bottom of it. I don't know how he caught that. Perfect pass. Perfect catch. And, you know, it took some perfect plays, Rich, to beat your 49ers. But then they ran away with it. 30, 19. But again, we went from, man, he's unbelievable, to he's mvp. Just like, you know what? You know, it's really interesting as of now, week six.

[C]

Hey, Spotty. And you, new setup. Does he have a microphone in his new little setup over there, spot?

[B]

I do.

[C]

What's your favorite Freddie Prinze Jr. Rachel Leigh Cook movie from the 90s. She's all that. Remember when she was, like, hot and we had to pretend she wasn't because she had glasses on? And then, like, they're like. And Freddie Prin Jr. Took over glasses.

[B]

The old Clark Kent sort of thing.

[C]

Like, she took over glasses and, like, shook her hair. Oh, my God, she's super hot now. Oh, she was a nerd. You realize that every team in the NFL had a shot at Baker Mayfield.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And they looked at him like some sort of damaged goods or, you know, the Rams took him up on that one game where it was like, ah, yeah. And every team. And you could say that about every draft, right? Well, you passed on this guy. But Baker Mayfield showed signs in Cleveland even as a young man that he took that bunk organization brought him to the playoffs a couple times.

[B]

You could also say that's. That's what fuels that fire, man, because he just plays an aggressive style of football.

[C]

There was.

[B]

That anyone could get down with.

[C]

There was a great clip last night. There was a. It was floating around social media. It Was Chris Collinsworth hanging from the huevos of Patrick Mahomes like he always does. And it was Mahomes, you know, did some sweet move, deked the runner, you know, gained a first down. He's like, man, I don't know who could make a play like that.

[E]

What other quarterbacks are doing that?

[C]

What other quarterback could do that? And it cuts to Baker Mayfield on a third and 14, juking like 50, you know, 12 defenders of the 49.

[B]

Yeah. Making a sweet run for. And then ridiculous pass. So Baker Mayfield's in that conversation now, and we gotta keep that in our forefront because there's more than just two great quarterbacks, three great quarterbacks in this league right now. So things that made you go, hmm, we still gotta talk cowboys, we still gotta talk some baseball. I made some baseball observations over the weekend and we get you involved next, Fox Sports Radio Nation. So write this down, 87799 on Fox or hit us up at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio on social media and we'll get to you next.

[C]

And by the way, your boy George Springer just missed a leadoff home run by inches. Foul. And then he just hit one off the fence on the next pitch.

[B]

So he my boy.

[G]

Yeah.

[C]

I mean, the guy, you loved him when he was on the Astros, but.

[B]

Yeah, you gotta, you gotta battle back this. Mariners are up three nothing.

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[B]

Yo postseason go season. Nice weekend.

[C]

Look at that sweet angle. If you're watching [e-mail] FSR our video guy has hidden microphones in here so he knows when we're talking about them.

[B]

Absolutely.

[C]

Yeah, I thought so.

[B]

We have two more days of Hispanic Heritage Month, so Vatos Locos forever. Yeah, you guys had a nice weekend.

[E]

Really quick, I just want to make us a suggestion. When the show is ending, before Odd Couple gets in, walk around the studio and unplug cameras and make sure everything's unplugged from the outfits.

[C]

By the way, that was Spot's biggest pet peeve, right? People touch things around here. Touchy, everyone.

[B]

That's a whole conversation for another day. I don't even understand what goes on after hours here, but it needs to stop. And I don't want to sound like the old cranky veteran, but it's like, I don't get that at all.

[C]

Don't touch.

[B]

So get off my equipment. Don't touch the equipment.

[C]

Don't touch equipment. And don't go to Chipotle with cats on your head.

[B]

Get off my.

[C]

That's the lesson today.

[B]

Yeah, and stay on for loans. All right, let's get we got last one standing in a. Well, I'll say a few minutes, but during the show. So your chance to win some prizes. We're going to give thanks to the Canadians on Canadian Thanksgiving Day. But first and first, mostly. Let's see what's up to DB Dan Byer, the greatest in the land.

[G]

Hey guys, we saw the Mariners jump out to that three nothing lead. Julio Rodriguez, the three run home run. But give the Blue Jays credit they have bounced back right two on the board. In the bottom half of the first inning. It's three two mariner heading to the second inning. You can see it on Fox and on FS1. It's game two of the ALCS with the Mariners up one oh in the best of seven series. And up on the scoreboard right now, three two over Toronto again in the second inning. Brewers finally settled on a starting pitcher. It's going to be Aaron Ashby tonight. He'll face the Dodgers Blake Snell in Game one of the National League Championship Series. That's on TBS Just after 8 o' clock Eastern Time. Padre skipper Mike Schilt has announced his retirement after spending just two seasons in San Diego, signing the mental and physical toll of the job as the reason he's stepping as Titans have fired head coach Brian Callahan. Just 4:19 where the Titans under Callahan's leadership, former Chargers head coach Mike McCoy is going to serve as the interim head coach for the rest of the season. There's a Monday night doubleheader tonight. Bills and Falcons, followed by the Bears and Commanders. CD Lamb could be back for their matchup with the Commanders coming up in Week seven. That was the message from Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones to 105.3 the Fan. There's a doubleheader next week as well. One of the games Buccaneers taking on the Lions. Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles has already ruled out Buccaneers Bucky Irving and Chris Godwin for that game. While a mecca, Buca is going to have more testing done on his injured hamstring. The Lions right now will be without defensive back Brian Branch. He was suspended one game for hitting JuJu Smith Schuster of the Chiefs during the post game handshake. Branch has the opportunity, opportunity to appeal that suspension. And that was in the post game. In the pregame, Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson suffered an eye injury working with exercise bands. Colts placed him on IR today with the fractured orbital bone from that incident. Guys, back to you, Dan Beyer.

[C]

That is a freak injury and I'm telling you, I had a very similar klutzy thing happen to me ever during COVID When the beginning of COVID like gyms were even shut down, I was like, how can I work out at home? So I bought those resistance bands. And you know when you could attach things to like a closet door or something, I had one snap right on the top of my head and I fell to the floor like my wife's like, are you okay? I swear I was scared if I had a blue tent in my house I would have went in the blue tent.

[B]

I was like.

[C]

But, hey, wish him well. And interestingly enough, that's a big test of a game next week. Lions, Bucks. That. That could be a preview of something right there.

[B]

Well, I'll tell you what. Dan Campbell wasn't happy at the end of that game yesterday. And how his team reacted with that fight, that was completely uncalled for. So I don't know how you appeal that. You know, we all saw what happened. But thank you, DB thank you, Dan Buyer. Now we go to you, Fox Sports Radio Nation. Danny G. Iowa. Sam. Hey, Ray Body, whoever wants to chime in any of your observations this weekend in the world of football, baseball, entertainment. Maybe you went to see Tron in theaters. I don't know. Whatever's on your mind that made you go, yeah, rating. Break it down.

[C]

Ratings prediction from you. You got a double doozy. NFL and you got Dodgers. Big market team. NFL wins. But by what margin do you think Bears, commanders. And that's also abc. Right. So we're going to network versus TBS and tnt. And that game's also available on hbo.

[B]

Max that it's funny, Dodger man. Because you know what? I think baseball wins that we're even having this conversation right now because years ago we would have never chose postseason baseball over any football game. And now you're seeing so much excitement, you can't help but go back and forth.

[C]

I think it's going to be perhaps closer than you think. I'll say that.

[B]

Closer than it used to be. That's for sure.

[C]

I mean, Dodgers, Dodgers, brewers hold some excitement there.

[E]

Yeah, it does.

[C]

And it's not like I'm going to.

[E]

Be flipping back and forth, back and forth.

[G]

Yeah, but I don't think.

[C]

I mean, listen, NFL is still king.

[B]

But I don't think that you're even thinking about switching back and forth. We weren't thinking that way years ago because football was so on top of things.

[E]

Can really quick. And I give you guys one quarterback that impressed me yesterday.

[B]

Yeah. Please do.

[E]

And I have to give him some props because when he's in the news, I always tell you guys, I'm gonna put you on a timer. Can only talk about him for two minutes or four minutes. Aaron Rodgers, those passes he was throwing yesterday, I was really impressed. Man, he does not look his age right now.

[C]

That one to DK Metcalf. Yeah, that would. He had touch on that old school Aaron Rodgers touch Rogers. And he's sitting pretty at 4 and 12 games ahead of everyone else in the AFC North. No one saw that coming.

[B]

Speaking of quarterbacks, Danny G sent me a meme, so it has to be true. But it really points out the Cowboys defense.

[E]

I double checked the Dak stats, Dak.

[B]

Prescott, the last three weeks. 817 passing yards, 11 tutties, one int. Yeah, so Dak Prescott is putting up some good numbers.

[C]

He's doing his part.

[B]

He's doing his part that the Dallas defense is ass. They've given up 90 points in those three weeks. So, you know, regardless of how good your quarterback's playing, how good your offense is clicking, and if you're giving up 90 points in those three weeks, you're asked the defense is ass. Not might be ass. Cowboys defense. Ass. Letting up 30 points to the Panthers yesterday and that win for them if.

[C]

They only had an elite edge rusher or something.

[B]

Right.

[C]

All right, let's go to Lou in Tampa. Lou, you're on with Kavino and Rich. Your thoughts, things that made you go.

[B]

Hey, buddy.

[J]

Thanks, guys. Good talking to you. I just wanted to get the word out there that I think these injuries are happening because of this extra game. And, you know, it's been a couple years now with 17 games, and it's not just one team playing another game. Might be just your team, but that's a lot of games, a lot of players. And look at the injuries. I don't know how it could be refuted.

[C]

I mean, it could be the extra game, but I'll go with a combination of a few things. Lou, I said it last week. You can put Lou back on.

[B]

Lou?

[J]

Yeah.

[C]

Last week we were talking about how as players and athletes and humans. I know it sounds like a stoner thought, like, yeah, we're all just getting bigger and stronger, but as we do get faster, bigger, stronger, these, these twitch muscles and the way. The way these athletes move at the size they are, there's no surprise that we're like, you can think of. Name any team and you're missing a guy. Giants, malik, neighbors out. 49ers, Bosa, Warner. Name Burrow, Lamar Jackson. Every team. There's elite superstars missing from every team.

[J]

Absolutely. And then like the, the jumping and the landing and the twisting and everything like that. The weight. I don't know the muscles or joints are supposed to do that. It's happening in basketball, too.

[C]

Yeah. It's the athleticism.

[J]

The practices are like less, you know, so that they're not getting warmed up, they're not getting trained the way they were while back.

[C]

Yeah. Dan Buyer, you. You. And I love to Talk about the history of the NFL. And I'm thinking you like, you know, even a wide receiver like Jerry Rice Elite or your dude, Steve Larchant with his face mask with the smaller bars. I remember good old Steve Larch.

[B]

Yeah, but look at their physique. They had the same physique as your dad did in the 80s.

[C]

Thinking of, like a Mark Duper or. Yeah, these guys were athletic, but were they jumping and twisting and tiptoeing on the sideline the way the guys are now? It just am. I just remembering incorrectly, but I feel like they were athletes. But what athletes are doing now is so different.

[G]

I think it's a different game right now because I'm just. Just even going back to the 90s and trying to think of, like, the wide receivers that we had there. I felt like there were athletic guys, there were size guys, like, remember Herman Moore with the Lions? Big size guys. But I feel like things changed a little bit with Randy Moss coming into the league because of how freak of an athlete that he was. And now it's transitioning to a point where you just have not a bunch of guys like Randy Moss. But, yeah, it just. It felt like, to me, like there was a time where, like, the big receiver. You weren't looking at the best athletes at that time, being at the wide.

[C]

Receiver position and even the tight end position. And again, usually people love to glorify the past and make it seem like nothing good is happening now. I'm telling you the opposite. I'm thinking of tight ends that were great, like a Brent Jones or a J. Novicheck or even a Tony Gonzalez. It might have been one of the first guys that was doing more. But now tight ends are acting like wide receivers with their size, strength, and everything. It's just a different game. Jimmy Graham comes to mind as one of those first guys. That was just huge.

[G]

There was a time when tight ends, it was a bonus if they could catch.

[B]

Right.

[G]

Right. Like you were hoping that they would be able to maybe catch touchdown here.

[B]

There.

[G]

Now there are tight ends who don't even play the tight end position. They're not even called on to block.

[C]

So just a really interesting start to the season. And Covino, you. You and I were saying, and I like your thought on the. Is it a push right, if every team is hurt?

[B]

I think so. I think everybody's dealing with the same problem. So it's just a matter of how these teams pivot and how they. How they. How they win. Like, it didn't stop Baker Mayfield yesterday You know, it looked like he made the adjustments. What up, Danny G?

[E]

Listen to Jon Gruden on this topic for 30 seconds here.

[H]

I'm just pissed off.

[B]

Okay, all right.

[H]

That's my hot take. You know, I'm tired of all these injuries. We're talking about the fourth game of the season.

[B]

Season, okay?

[H]

And injuries at quarterback, wide receiver, tight end, running back, corners. All these players are not playing. Nobody plays and nobody practices. And then when you don't practice, you can't play good. You can't practice in pads either because the collective bargaining agreement, so you don't practice. And when you do practice, you can't practice in pads. And then they don't let you practice long enough because if you practice two hours, hours, you could be fired with cause.

[C]

So he's, he's going like old school approach. Like they don't. He's saying, you know, not enough practice.

[B]

I don't know.

[C]

That sounds like angry old guy, you know, John Gruden, the guy that's going to own the NFL soon.

[E]

It's interesting to hear all the different angles on this.

[B]

Yeah, but if you're not practicing full out the way you should be, right. It's like going 0 to 60, you're bound to hurt yourself during the game.

[D]

Jason Stewart, Doug Gottlieb's producer, he says that these guys are getting injured because they're not practicing enough.

[B]

It makes sense. It does make sense to me. And something's got to be said about it because it's a problem everywhere, like we said. Now there's another stat that involves the jets that we have to get to and that miserable game and what are we sending overseas? It looked like they had fun out there. Yeah, I saw a lot of. Actually I follow these people and they're like, dude, they had a blast watching that game overseas. But I'm like, really? Because that was like an asset game.

[C]

Sending London, the Jets and the Broncos was like fire festival.

[B]

But there's some stats about that game that make you say, hmm. Plus some baseball observations and more of your football observations. We wrap it up and we play Last one Standing. We do it all here on the Covino and Rich show, Fox Sports Radio.

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[C]

Little daft Punk, we getting lucky.

[B]

You know, Iowa Sam's on top of it because I noticed you said bigger, better, faster, stronger as well. When you were talking about players of today, I thought little daft punk, little Kanye West. It's Covino and Rich. We got super producer Danny Garrett. We got Dan Byer, the great Dan Byer. We got Iowa Sam. We got spot on the videos at Covino owner jfsr. We got the best team in the land. We're just happy you're part of it. We're live from the FOX Sports Radio studio on an action packed Monday. We're going to wrap up your phone call. I mean as far as made you.

[C]

Go, our team goes. My shoulders a little sore spot. Do you have any injuries? Are we banged up at all like every other team in the NFL?

[B]

Yeah, my knees are kind of whack. It's got a big crack in its butt.

[C]

Well, you know what, there was some controversy. I don't know if you saw as far as the things that made you go. Kavino, Juan Jennings on the Niners who I hate that there's almost drama because at the super bowl he was the one guy that was the coolest to us when we were walking around with the press. Juwan Jennings, really nice guy. But apparently he was bitching and complaining like he's banged up. And then big Trent Williams was quick to be like, yeah, well guess what, my ribs, my foot, my this. And you know, Mac Jones had an injection into his ribs. Like yo, like almost like you're not alone. Stop being a little B. Yeah, everyone's banged up.

[B]

Everyone's banged up again. Live from the FOX Sports Radio studio, it's time for our tire rack play of the day. It actually took place where there were no more plays left in Kansas City with the Lions. Take a listen.

[I]

But the Chiefs now is there an altercation? A Lion went after a Chiefs player. He went after juju Smith Schuster alliance player Brian Branch took a Shot juju Smith Schuster took a shot to his head from Brian Branch. And now the two teams. Teams are locked up.

[F]

Wow.

[I]

And they're trying to get order restored. But it was Brian Branch who took a punch at the head of Juju Smith Schuster. The Chiefs have won the game 30 to 17.

[B]

Wow.

[I]

But they're trying to get order restored.

[B]

Here on the field. Yeah.

[G]

That was blatant dirty play by Brian Branch.

[C]

Did you see juju look like he was had a towel on his face. He bleed and cut up a little bit or what?

[B]

Bloody nose definitely got hurt on that. Branch just showing an ugly side of him. It was uncalled for. I'm sure there was some taunting going on. But he went to shake his hand, ended up punching him. And that's courtesy of 96.5 the Fan Chiefs radio network. That was our tire act play of the day. Got a little sticky. You saw Mahomes there too. He went running in trying to break it up.

[D]

Was he like going for a high five and then he stiffed him?

[G]

Branched.

[C]

Yeah. He left Mahomes hanging. And I'm sure there were words after that. So it probably all ties together, right?

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[G]

Just a couple of things that may have led to the incident. There was a kind of a crack back block, you know, when the wide receiver comes down and about three minutes left in the game. And JuJu Smith Schuster kind of lit up Brian Branch, which may have been the reason why Branch, Mahomes and Branch also I think were jawing during the game. I don't think there was anything really between them. But that hit by juju seemed to really set off Brian Branch.

[C]

I want to challenge I was Sam to something real quick. I was Sam. Write down the following sentence and say it fast three times. Okay.

[D]

Is this going to be dumped?

[C]

No, no.

[D]

That was a sentence. No, go ahead.

[C]

Juju Smith Schuster sells seashells by the seashore. I want to see if I was. I could say that three times whenever.

[B]

You'Re going to make him gobble because it's Canadian Thanksgiving.

[C]

Dad. I was him. Juju Smith Schusters.

[D]

I didn't get done writing it down yet. Juju Smith Schuster sells seashells by the seashore. Juju Smith Schuster sells seashells by the seashore. Juju Smith Schuster sells seashells by the seashore.

[C]

Holy crap. Well done.

[B]

Okay, juju Smith. Thanks, Mike.

[C]

Oh, Big Mike.

[B]

Thank you.

[D]

That's Wednesday's words of wisdom.

[G]

The words of wisdom. Big Mike's here.

[B]

So something that made us go. If you saw the social commentary on social media, it's everyone saying, why in the world, if we're trying to expand the game, make it international and we're trying to prove that, you know, American football is where it's at, why would we have the jets and the Broncos play overseas? And like I said before, I follow a bunch of different accounts. And the people there were saying the NFL didn't let down because they all had a blast. They were probably drinking, loving it, not even really caring.

[C]

People are tailgating and loving the fact.

[B]

That it's there, had a great time, but it wasn't the best product. Right. The jets are ass.

[C]

Let me give you an analogy. When you go away to college for the first time, if you, you know, live away, you could go your first party, even if it's. You don't know if it's bad or not. Yeah.

[B]

And I feel like everyone's happy.

[C]

They're just happy to be there.

[B]

We all know we sent them an inferior product that they Broncos on top there. But Justin fields had negative 10 net passing yards against the Broncos, which means you had more yards than Justin Fields.

[C]

Perfect. I knew that. All your calls and feedback. Next Kavino and Ra.

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