Covino & Rich - Ohtani & NFL...Make You Go Hmm

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show — Covino & Rich: "Ohtani & NFL... Make You Go Hmm"

Date: October 21, 2025
Podcast by: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network
Hosts: Covino & Rich (with Rich Eisen, Dan Byer, Danny G, Spot, Iowa Sam)

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Episode Overview

In this lively Monday episode, Covino & Rich break down the weekend’s standout sports moments, focusing on Shohei Ohtani’s historic MLB performance and an action-packed NFL week. The hosts roll through what made them "go hmm" in the world of sports, blend in pop culture riffs, and at every turn, bring their signature humor to the airwaves. Listener calls and relatable banter fill the show as they debate sports history, coaching impact, the mechanics of greatness, and what’s truly "must-see TV.”

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. The Shohei Ohtani Phenomenon (11:28–19:53)

• Witnessing History: The hosts emphasize how remarkable and rare Shohei Ohtani's performance was—hitting three home runs, pitching 10 strikeouts, and tallying the "longest home run at Dodger Stadium this year." Covino notes this is the kind of sports moment you’ll tell your grandchildren about.

  • Covino (11:30): “We need to embrace history as it unfolds. These are the stories your grandkids will ask you about.”
  • Rich Eisen (11:40): “‘Grandpa, did you see Shohei Ohtani?’—‘Bet your ass I did!’”

• Babe Ruth Comparison & The GOAT Debate:

  • Covino pushes for reverence of the present as much as the past:
    • Covino (12:14): “I still think there’s wiggle room for debate between the Babe and Shohei. But what we saw...”
  • They agree it's complicated to compare eras but recognize Ohtani is doing things never before seen.

• Ohtani’s Cultural Impact:

  • The show riffs on how Ohtani is impacting youth, especially in Japanese and Hispanic communities, drawing parallels to Fernando Valenzuela’s impact for Mexican fans.
    • Covino (16:32): “It gave people something to believe in... a new hero, a guy that didn’t look like everybody else.”

• Memes & Mythology:

  • Social media buzz: hundreds of kids in the future named Shohei Rodriguez, the sound of his bat, and how his stats seem mythical.

• Comparisons to Other Sports:

  • A meme tries to translate Ohtani’s feat into golf:
    • “A 63 at Oakmont playing 12 holes right-handed and six left-handed.”
  • Dan Byer (19:30): Joking about his own (much higher) Oakmont score.

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2. NFL Week 7: Questions, Surprises, “Things That Make You Go Hmm” (20:34–24:55; 32:43–36:27; 47:59–54:24)

• Game 7s and NFL Drama:

  • They riff on whether the two best words in sports are “Game 7”; plenty of football moments compete for attention.

• 49ers & Kyle Shanahan’s Coaching:

  • Rich and the team discuss the Niners’ resilience despite injuries, led by Shanahan, and how Christian McCaffrey’s presence is a true game-changer.
    • Rich Eisen (22:25): “Christian McCaffrey, when healthy, could carry a team. He really could.”
    • The importance of George Kittle’s presence—even when stats aren’t flashy.
  • Covino (23:54): Jokes about how standing next to giants on the team skews players’ perceived size.

• Team Inconsistency & Surprises:

  • Falcons described as the most inconsistent team—one week beating the Bills, another suffering puzzling losses.

• Patriots Rebound:

  • Patriots suddenly look like top contenders in the AFC East, a turnaround that stuns both hosts and fans.
    • Rich Eisen (49:24): “You could say at the moment, yes, because they beat the Bills in Buffalo and they are turnaround. Right.”
  • They lament how quickly good teams can “rebuild,” making it frustrating for fans of long-struggling teams.

• System Quarterbacks & Coaching Debate:

  • Are guys like Mac Jones and Brock Purdy just “system quarterbacks,” or is it their individual talent?
    • Rich Eisen (51:28): “Is it really just Kyle Shanahan has such a user-friendly program or is that taking away credit from a first round draft pick?”

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3. Pop Culture, Streaming, and Modern Viewing Habits (06:09–11:09)

• Chad Powers Show Recommendation:

  • Rich assigns “homework”: watch Eli Manning’s “Chad Powers,” a dumb comedy about football.
    • Rich Eisen (06:27): “I don’t know how more of my bonehead buddies aren't talking about this.”

• The “Co-watching” Phenomenon:

  • The team points out how distracted streaming (watching with phone in hand) weights against good content.
    • Covino (10:32): “They’re trying to create such brainless shows with brainless content that you could do both at the same time. You won’t miss anything.”

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4. Listener Interaction & Fun Moments

• Birthday Salute to Iowa Sam (04:39)

• Danny G’s Football at the Party (32:43):

  • Danny G’s habit of bringing a football is lauded as a “clutch move” for any get-together.

• Caller Q&A:

  • Discussion with callers about the Mariners’ season (“a great season, not a wash” for Seattle), MVP moments, and the likelihood of lesser-known QBs getting rings before more hyped ones.

• Jalen Name Origin Story (17:17):

  • Rich dives into how Jalen Rose’s mother invented the name “Jalen”—now common in sports.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On Ohtani’s Historic Game:

• Covino (11:30): “We need to embrace history as it unfolds. These are the stories, I guarantee you, your grandkids are going to ask you about.”
• Rich Eisen (13:27): “When someone does something so extraordinary, I sometimes think we lose how extraordinary it really is.”
• Covino (14:33): “Even the sound off his bat really does sound different. Like you could close your eyes and know that's a Shohei Ohtani home run.”

On NFL Surprises:

• Covino (21:02): “[Shanahan’s] making lemonade out of dilemmas.”
• Rich Eisen (22:28): “There's just so much [McCaffrey] brings to the game. Even if the ball's not to him, just him being in the backfield creates a million thoughts for a defensive coordinator.”

On Sports Culture & Influence:

• Covino (16:32): “It’s like what Fernando Valenzuela did for the Mexican community. It gave people something to believe in... a new hero, a guy that didn’t look like everybody else.”
• Rich Eisen (17:01): “Kids will be named Shohei for sure. There might even be some little American kids with Shohei as a middle name…”

On System Quarterbacks:

• Rich Eisen (51:28): “So is [Mac Jones] a system quarterback which makes Brock Purdy…? Your thoughts on Mac Jones?”
• Covino (51:34): “He was a solid quarterback to begin with and he's getting an opportunity to play in a good system and it works for him.”

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Ohtani Deep Dive, Greatest Game Analysis: 11:28–19:53
• NFL Team/Coach Talk & Inconsistencies: 20:34–24:55
• Pop Culture Picks, Co-watching & Streaming: 06:09–11:09
• Listener Calls & Name Origin Story: 34:14–18:01, 17:17
• Danny G Football Party Bit: 32:43
• Patriots Turnaround & System QBs: 47:59–54:24

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Summary & Tone

The episode is a fast-paced, authentic blend of sports analysis, nostalgia, and playful trash talk—peppered with genuinely insightful moments on sports culture and fandom. It’s for both sports nerds and casual fans looking to feel in-the-know, and for anyone who wants to laugh while remembering that sometimes you really are in the presence of greatness.

If you only take away one thing: Don’t sleep on witnessing history as it happens, whether it’s Shohei Ohtani rewriting baseball’s limits—or the unpredictable, wonderfully messy world that is the NFL.

Transcript

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[Covino]

Hey, thanks for listening to the Covino Enrich podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday from 5 to 7 Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich Eisen]

Find your local station for kavito [e-mail] or stream us live every day day on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. Oh man, I love doing Monday shows with you, Gus.

[Covino]

Oh, hell yeah. And it's a Monday fun day. Super fun time for sure, because you have a double doozy that we're going to get all hyped for in the NFL. And the two best words in sports. Game seven yesterday was game six. Today is seven.

[Rich Eisen]

Got six yesterday, seven today.

[Covino]

But are they the two best words really? We're gonna figure that out.

[Rich Eisen]

I have some other ones. Do I have to keep it PG 13?

[Covino]

Yeah, we'll get to that later. Plus, last one standing. We do that every Monday. It's the game that's sweeping the nation. Your chance to win some prizes here on the show. But hope you had a weekend. Hope you had a show. Hey, Otani, sort of weekend. Kavino and Rich, we be rocking out. Let's go.

[Rich Eisen]

All right.

[Covino]

Hope you had a rams, Colts, Broncos, 49ers sort of weekend. Not a Giants, we blew it in the fourth quarter sort of weekend.

[Rich Eisen]

Oh, hurts. That's gotta hurt.

[Covino]

CNR broadcasting live from the Fox Sports Radio studio. If you missed any of today's show, any shows last week. We filled in for Dan Patrick last Wednesday. If you miss anything, catch the podcast. Search Covino and Rich, wherever you get your podcast. And after the show, the podcast is posted, the best of is posted. Danny G. Hard at work at that. Rated five stars. And anything less is uncivilized. And then we're streaming live. Hey, live people, what's up? We're live on YouTube at Covino and Rich. FSR. Covino and Rich, FSR. So you can see what you hear. But really hope you had a great weekend. Lots of great games to talk about. Lots of great games tonight.

[Rich Eisen]

You said it, buddy.

[Covino]

Happy birthday weekend to Iowa. Sam.

[Rich Eisen]

Hey, Sammy.

[Covino]

Hey, Sam. You look older today.

[Rich Eisen]

Yeah, yeah, it's inevitable.

[Covino]

Yeah, we celebrated Sam over the weekend. Wish him a happy birthday, dude.

[Danny G]

You look like Aaron Rogers today.

[Covino]

That's fine. Oh, man, he's a handsome man. Overnight, you're like Aaron Rogers. That's okay. He's only a few years older than me. Spot is here. And of course, the great Dan Byer is on standby with your outfit hanging out.

[Rich Eisen]

I heard the Dan Byers update. He mentioned Andy Dalton. In my mind, Andy Dalton's been out of the NFL for a decade.

[Covino]

How did he same.

[Danny G]

I thought the same thing.

[Rich Eisen]

Like when he said Andy Dalton, I had to remind myself, like, oh, yeah, he's still playing in my mind.

[Covino]

Andy Dalton has a sweet high and tight sweet fade going on right now. Ready for that game day, for that opportunity. Ready for the opportunity. So we do it every Monday before we get into all the games in all the greatness. We go over week seven, but we also talk about anything you observed that made you go, hmm. So, Sam the birthday boy might as well hit it, because most of this involves Shohei Ohtani for the most part.

[Rich Eisen]

I mean, Shohei and football, right?

[Covino]

Seriously, let's go, baby.

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Things that make you go.

[Rich Eisen]

Things that make you go. All right, now, before you get to Shohei in the NFL, I said it at the end of the week. So I just want to give everyone a homework assignment.

[Covino]

Homework? Homework sucks. I don't come to Fox Sports Radio to get your homework assigned. Come here to chill out.

[Rich Eisen]

Grab your number two pencil, buddy boy. I have an assignment for you. Hey, settle down.

[Covino]

Homework. Get out of my face.

[Rich Eisen]

Let's get homework. I want everyone to watch Chad Powers. This is not a commercial, I promise you. I don't know how people are not talking about this. It's four episodes deep. If you love football and you love saturated. No. If you love stupid comedy and you love football. I don't know how more my bonehead buddies aren't talking about this again. You're probably right.

[Covino]

People do what they want. Or they just don't respect what you're saying because. No, seriously, it goes both ways. Did you watch Ed Gein Monster on Netflix? Did you watch the John Candy documentary? Did you watch the Ozzy documentary?

[Danny G]

Well, did you see Task on hbo?

[Rich Eisen]

Max, we've been telling you about it now.

[Covino]

So how about you?

[Rich Eisen]

How about you eat one? Eat what, Kavino? How about my little coffee cake I have here?

[Covino]

Yeah, why don't you?

[Rich Eisen]

Some of those things I will like. I'll watch Task because Danny G, you know, that's probably sounds like an HBO fun type of show. I'd like an interesting one. I don't want to watch Ed Gein and Monsters and Serial Killer. So yeah, I will skip only Halloween.

[Covino]

Time and it's the number one thing on Netflix. But the point is, you could scream till the what comes home?

[Rich Eisen]

You could scream till your mother comes.

[Covino]

You can tell everybody they're going to do what they want or whatever. Whatever. Their interests lie.

[Rich Eisen]

Yeah, now that's true. But I'm just saying to our audience and our friends, for the most part, if I said dumb comedy about football.

[Danny G]

But my mom stays home all the time.

[Rich Eisen]

But if I said dumb comedy about football, I just, I feel like everyone in our like group would be like, oh, yeah, that sounds good.

[Covino]

So there's so many. There's so many options. But you know what? That does sound like something fun that I'll check out when the girlfriend's out, you know, because there's certain shows that you designate as couples watching, like Love is Blind or some other nonsense. And then there's other things you watch as a solo. A Han solo Dolo mission. And that's probably.

[Rich Eisen]

But I even think she would love it because it's so silly.

[Covino]

No, no, it's not milking. No. I mean, she likes trashy trash, like Love is Blind.

[Rich Eisen]

But I don't think she know that. Your girlfriend would have liked Kenny Powers.

[Covino]

No.

[Rich Eisen]

Okay then.

[Covino]

No.

[Rich Eisen]

Definitely a little uptight.

[Covino]

No, just not her style. All women were lined up for Andy, what's his name, Danny McBride and Kenny.

[Rich Eisen]

Powers about Stevie and his fixings.

[Covino]

What women like that? Dude. Women that you convinced that they like it.

[Rich Eisen]

So NFL, of course, Shohei. These are all things that everyone's talking about. But I want to give you one more thing and I'll say that I give it a. I mean, it must.

[Covino]

Be great if your lead is this lame ass show with all the action with down this weekend. If your lead is we gotta watch this Eli Manning show, then it must be the best show ever.

[Rich Eisen]

Hey, listen, bud, you don't think everyone else on planet Earth is talking about, oh, you have three home runs.

[Covino]

Shohei's three home runs.

[Rich Eisen]

I've heard it.

[Covino]

And if it's better than your 49ers winning a big game last night, I've heard it. Then this must be the greatest show of all time.

[Danny G]

It's from Friday, so no matter if it's greatest performance ever, I'm putting you guys on a four minute Shohei Ohtani timer way, dude. Timer.

[Rich Eisen]

All right, you know what we'll get to show in football.

[Covino]

In all seriousness, I am interested in.

[Rich Eisen]

Checking watch Chad Powers back to Me, I will. Secondly, I just want to give a review because I'm Siskel and Ebert all rolled into one. You gave me the heads up on this. I tried watching on Paramount. Plus Naked Gun, which was just in the theater, is now available at home. I watched it and I. I didn't hate it, but I'll be honest. Like, the reviews made it seem like I was gonna love it. I was like, it was all right.

[Covino]

I was sort of drifting on it myself. I was like, either I'm tired or I'm bored.

[Rich Eisen]

I don't know, funny one liners and stuff. But I feel like, and this is no knock on Liam Neeson or Pam Anderson. It just feels like a very good time and place for Leslie Nielsen. And I loved it back then and there were some laughs.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

But did you guys do the lock in? Because I've noticed this with myself over the last couple of months is I've got the phone in one hand and there's a show I want to watch, but I'm still being distracted by my phone.

[Covino]

That's the indicator.

[Rich Eisen]

Yes, yes.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

Like, even when I started, like, now, I am trying to be cognizant. If there is a recommendation to put it down, sit down and actually look at it. And if it's not good enough, then I'll drift, but I at least have to give it a chance.

[Rich Eisen]

You're like King Joffrey, Game of Thrones. Like, you're waiting to give the thumbs up or thumbs down if the person, like, lives or dies. Like, or like Gladiator. I honestly, you're right. When Kavino's made this point before, if you're. They call it like co watching. That's how you remember that memo from.

[Covino]

A year ago where they're like, they're actually creating shows for that method of watching instead of creating better content. The thought is, well, if we can't beat them, just join them. So they're trying to create such brainless shows with brainless content that you could do both at the same time. You won't miss anything. Counter programming, because that's the way that we consume things nowadays.

[Rich Eisen]

Yeah, that's. That's our show that we were told. Yeah, like you can do whatever you want. I'd still listen to us. No, but if you find yourself scrolling and you're like, oh, I got to rewind 10 seconds, I missed that. That means really not into the show.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Covino]

And that happens far too often nowadays.

[Rich Eisen]

Enough of Chad Powers. I've stroked him enough, but I think you'll love it.

[Covino]

I will check it out though, because how many times do we sit there like, what's next? But thankfully, we have lots of action tonight in the world. I'll put that on the list, Rich. I'm not even just saying a double.

[Rich Eisen]

Doozy in the NFL and a Game 7, but over the weekend, we just have to. I know it's days old now, Danny.

[Danny G]

But I'm starting the four minute timer.

[Covino]

Fine. Because I'll say this. We need to embrace history as it unfolds. Because these are the stories, I guarantee you, these are the stories that your grandkids are going to ask you about.

[Rich Eisen]

Grandpa, did you see Shohei Ohtani?

[Covino]

I sure did.

[Rich Eisen]

Bet your ass I did.

[Covino]

You're going to be there feeding the ducks, telling your grandkid about the time you saw him hit three home runs. And we saw the greatest postseason performance, any performance in all of history. And you know, I still think there's wiggle room for the debate between the Babe and Shohei. And that's a debate for another day. But I do think that the Babe was so far superior from his peers in that time as compared to Shohei. But what we saw.

[Rich Eisen]

But the Babe played against, like, very few people.

[Covino]

Yeah, but I said it on our Patreon today, Rich. He hit more home runs in a season than the rest of the entire league. Right.

[Danny G]

What was it like seeing him in person?

[Covino]

I never saw the baby. But we know how far superior his contemporaries were, right?

[Danny G]

Well, you hear all the inflated stories where people say some of the stories about the Babe are inflated. So it's hard to know, like, what is real and what.

[Covino]

It's hard to compare. But there's still a debate because it's always the goat of their era and of their time. But that is by far, hands down the single best performance we've ever seen. And I'm not downplaying it a bit. It was amazing. And this is why we should all tune in for the next 10 years of his contract or forever or however long he plays, that we were able to witness this greatness because it's a once in a lifetime thing. We may never ever see that again, dude. And it's amazing. And I feel honored, honestly honored to be like, oh my God, I can't believe what I just saw. And you get on your phone with your buddies and your family members, like, are you watching this? These are once in a lifetime moment. So even though that happened on Friday, I'm still thinking about it. It's incredible what he did.

[Rich Eisen]

When someone does something so Extraordinary. I sometimes think we lose. How extraordinary it really is. Like, Shohei's done so many.

[Covino]

Glorify the past while the present is just insane.

[Rich Eisen]

You glorify the past. And sometimes when someone's so remarkable, hey, you know, if someone has one too many, come from behind, wins, it becomes second nature. And you get spoiled when, you know, when a fighter just knocks everyone out when he doesn't have a knockout, you're like, oh, man, was a down fight. We get spoiled. And I think with Shohei Ohtani, the stat line on Friday was more impressive than any Little League kid who bats and pitches.

[Covino]

I know, it's insane.

[Rich Eisen]

Star Little League kid.

[Covino]

And by the way, that would be.

[Rich Eisen]

The equivalent of like when you were 10. You're like, yeah, you know, when I was 10, I, you know, I hit three home runs in one game and I pitched that. We're talking about stuff that you and your best Little League day, not only.

[Covino]

That, couldn't accomplish, that brought you to the World Series, no less. Right? And there's so many things that people say about legends, but with Shohei, it's true. Like Mike and I, you know Mike, who runs this place.

[Rich Eisen]

Yeah, yeah.

[Covino]

We were talking before you got here and we were saying how, like, even the sound off of his bat really does sound different. Like you could close your eyes and know that's a Shohei Ohtani home run. And then the legend gets even crazier. You're like. And get this, when you're talking to your grandkids, not only did he hit three home runs, but one of them went out of the park and into the dark. No way, Grandpa.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

That's right.

[Covino]

Let me pull up on YouTube. And here, take a look, kid. The right hander, Patrick Deals. And Ohtani, towering wall, high drive, right field. He's done it again. Shohei Ohtani to the top of the pavilion in 469ft.

[Rich Eisen]

The longest home run at Dodgers Stadium this year.

[Covino]

Again, longest home run. There's so many little stats, like, all in one game, 10 strikeouts. He got the W. Like, everything about this performance was legendary and so were the memes. So let me give you a few memes that I saw, rich. About 250 Mexican kids in 10 years are going to have to explain why they're named Shohei Rodriguez. That's one of my favorites. Because think about, honestly, think about what he's doing to the culture, okay? How many, how many Asian kids, for real too, are walking around with a strut, right? Where, like, they may have not had that same Strut before. How many Japanese kids are like, yo, that's the dude right there. How many little kids are looking at Shohei like he is the goat? You know, we have a whole different perception of what Shohei Ohtani means to baseball.

[Rich Eisen]

You just said something that, I mean, you said it, so I'm sure you thought it was smart. You just said something that I don't want to brush past.

[Covino]

Sure.

[Rich Eisen]

How many kids, especially in the Japanese community, are going to be named Shohei after him? I recently saw something that I don't know if this was.

[Covino]

Dude, it's like what Fernando Valenzuela did for the Mexican community. It gave people something to believe in. You know, it was a new hero, a guy that didn't look like everybody else. You don't think that this. How tall is Shaw? He's 6 foot 5, 6, 6, 6, 7.

[Rich Eisen]

He's not there.

[Covino]

But handsome Japanese dude that does everything is just making it just a different game all around. And, and, and he's such a role, but great role model for these kids.

[Rich Eisen]

I mean, kids will be named Shohei for sure. I bet you there might even be some little American kids with like, Shohei has a middle name or something. I, I brought this up, Shohei Otani, because you, Ohtani. Did you know this when we, we talked about this the other day on our other podcast, how the name Jalen we so matter of factly we can name a million Jalens in the world of sports and kids at your son or daughter's school. Danny, do you know the story behind the name Jalen?

[Danny G]

Because of Jalen Rose.

[Rich Eisen]

So Jalen Rose's mom did a combination of his dad's name and his uncle's name. I think it was like Jason and Leonard and it was Jay Lenny. And Jalen was never a name documented in history. There was no kid named Jalen before Jalen Rose.

[Covino]

And then you see a sky and.

[Rich Eisen]

Then you see like on the, on the baby name registry because he was.

[Covino]

Such a big name in college, you.

[Rich Eisen]

Know, the Michigan and then in the NBA. Like Jalen created that name.

[Covino]

So Jalen Rose can argue that he was one of the most impactful people in sports because so many people were named after him. Shohei is just such a big time role model and has changed, I think baseball forever. Here's another meme that I saw. The Dodgers earned the entirety of Ohtani $700 million contract in his first year alone. So again, just changing the game. The top 66 exit velocities by LA Dodgers hitters since Shohei joined 64 of them are Shohei Te. Oscar Hernandez is the only other two that's up there as far as exit velocity. But, like, just the things that he's doing, they're like superhero like things you hear in storybooks. Almost mythical when we look back. I love how we're getting the privilege to see it live.

[Danny G]

I loved how on social media, people were saying, can you explain this in NFL terms or in golf terms? This guy said, can someone please explain what Shohei did in golf terms? Thanks. And Zach wrote back. He said, a 63 at Oakmont playing 12 holes right handed and six left handed.

[Rich Eisen]

Yeah.

[Covino]

That's insane. It really is. So it's incredible. And because that happened on Friday and we weren't here to talk about it, we got to tell you that there's an update on the guy who caught the third and historic home run of the game. There's an update there, and we'll get to that later. But just so much props to what he did in that game. I think undeniably the greatest sports performance we've ever seen. What up, DB?

[DB (Dan Byers)]

Just as the resident golf guy, the 63 at Oakmont, both right and left handed, is way more impressive than what Ohtani did. Not even close, but just wanted to. I understand it. Yes, I understand.

[Danny G]

What did you shoot at Oakmont?

[DB (Dan Byers)]

I shot 102. Yes. The day after the U.S. open. It was a rough day.

[Rich Eisen]

The fact that you. You've played there.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

Yes.

[Covino]

Yeah. That's impressive to me, db.

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Covino]

But an incredible weekend of baseball and football, and if you have any Shohei thoughts, feel free to share them. But we're witnessing greatness, so just embrace it. Tell your kids, take your kids, show your kids, hey, remember this kid? And let it sink in, because we might not ever see it again. And then, of course, you got the NFL, which is just so much fun again. It was so much fun to hang with you guys. Celebrating Sam's birthday yesterday, watching your Niners, Rich. And just as I came in here today, you know what they were discussing on FS1? You know, your boy, Nick Wright? Maybe he's Nick Wrong. You tell me 49ers better without Purdy. That's.

[Rich Eisen]

That's. But it makes you say. I mean, Mac Jones is what, 4 and 1?

[Covino]

Yeah. Playing tough, playing hurt, you know, and they got a pretty good thing going on right now. Or you could say great coaching. But I wrote down under my.

[Rich Eisen]

Under my. Things that made me go. I think that whether you believe in the Niners to go anywhere Is a different story. But when do you argue that Kyle Shanahan's coach of the year with all the injuries?

[Covino]

Yeah, I'd say that.

[Rich Eisen]

I mean, a depleted team and this team's 5 and 2.

[Covino]

He's. He's doing really well. He looks like Danny G. And I pointed out last night, man, he aged a lot. It's a stressful job, but, yeah, he's. He's making the lemonade out of dilemmas.

[Rich Eisen]

Well, there's a lot of teams. I mean, there's no one that's undefeated, and the jets are the only win. This team. There's a lot of. A lot of teams, you know, hanging around in some capacity, but there's a lot of teams sitting at 5 and 2 right now.

[Covino]

So many things that confuse me. Like the Falcons, though. Well, you know, what are they the most inconsistent team?

[Rich Eisen]

Because, yeah, that was a weird gauge last night. I didn't know how to. Really. Danny, you were all saying that last night. It was hard to read last night's game, Right?

[Danny G]

Same team who lost to the Panthers 30 to nothing, and then the same team that turned around and beat the Bills.

[Covino]

Exactly.

[Rich Eisen]

Yeah, but.

[Covino]

So I'm like, well, are the 49ers better than we think? Are the Falcons just not that good?

[Rich Eisen]

I think there's. There's a couple things. I think there's a lot of five and two teams, which is on pace, or roughly 12 and five. Right. So you're looking at a bunch of teams that are on that 12 and 5 pace, which, you know, they're not all going to stick around. So who's, you know, whose luck is going to run out and what other teams are going to step it up? So we'll see. But as far as the 49ers go, I think it could be summed up simply with one name. Christian McCaffrey. Christian McCaffrey, when healthy, just could carry a team. He really could carry a team because.

[Covino]

He could run and he can catch. I mean, you know, he's. He's. There's double threat.

[Rich Eisen]

There's just so much he brings to the game. Like, even if the ball's not to him, just him. Him being in the backfield creates a million thoughts for the. For a defensive coordinator.

[Covino]

You know, I saw a funny clip of him over the weekend, too. It was like, there's a lot of people. There's a weird perception that a lot of people have of Christian McCaffrey who think he's like, just like a small running back, like one of those smaller type, and he's like, dude, I think a lot of people have this idea of me that I'm just this small guy that really can't do a whole lot because I always played with Cam Newton and I was always seen next to Cam Newton and people don't realize how big is.

[Rich Eisen]

But not only that, you see him and he's always like standing next to Trent Williams. He's always just standing next to a bigger guy. Which is why Covino refuses to hang with really tall guys.

[Covino]

Yeah, yeah, I don't want that. I don't want that reputation.

[Rich Eisen]

I remember we would be forget like.

[Covino]

He'S a bigger powerful guy, you know, so even when he's not carrying the ball, he's doing something productive.

[Danny G]

And Rich Kittle needs to get a lot of attention because when he's out injured, those holes aren't opening the way they were last night.

[Rich Eisen]

Kittle, even if the numbers aren't there, Kittle's just pure presence and blocking and just creating diversion. So. No doubt. And by the way, we used to do occasional shows with our pal Ryan Hollins and Covino's like, yeah, I don't want to hang with that guy socially because it just makes me look like a. Makes me look like tattoo from Fantasy Island.

[Covino]

I mean he's. How many percentage of people? Like 1%.

[Rich Eisen]

Like we had not.

[Covino]

No, no, no. Like, I mean like a point.

[Rich Eisen]

There's like 1200 people in the world that are seven foot or taller.

[Covino]

We worked with a sky who was over 7 foot tall. You hang out with him, take pictures with him all the time. Great guy, but it made me look terrible. Calvino, he can never take off your Timberlands. Like George Costanza in India can never take off his. Take off his Timberlands. It's crazy working with a guy over 7 foot tall. But yeah, I mean, I think a totally different vibe. Rich with Kittle back on the team. Nice win for your 49ers last night. And again, I don't know how to feel about the Falcons other than they're just. I saw a lot of comments of Heckle and Jekyll and Hyde sort of team. Just very inconsistent team.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

Take this with what you will. The Falcons came off of a big emotional, physical win over the Bills on Monday Night Football.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

Had to travel across the country on a short week and play San Francisco. I'm not taking anything away from from what CMC did last night because he was a one man show, but the deck was stacked against the Falcons.

[Covino]

Yeah, that definitely has something to do with it too.

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Covino]

So your thoughts from Shohei to the game tonight, the matchup and everything you saw this weekend in the NFL. We do it every Monday. Anything that made you go? We'll take your phone calls at 87799 on Fox. And we do it all next. Cavino and Rich.

[Rich Eisen]

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[Covino]

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[Rich Eisen]

We'll find out what you need from your next they'll keep you updated on job openings and help you land your next role. Choose Express Employment professionals for your 1 connection to dozens of local jobs with more than 870 locations. As always, an office in your area. The best part? Once Express has your information, you'll be the first to hear about new opportunities that match your skills.

[Covino]

Start by finding a [e-mail] and contact your local office today.

[Rich Eisen]

Hey, it's me, Rob Parker. Check out my weekly MLB podcast Inside the Parker for 22 minutes on the Piping Hot Baseball Talk, featuring the biggest names and newsmakers in the sport. Whether you believe in analytics or the eye test, we've got all the bases covered. New episodes drop every Thursday, so do yourself a favor and listen to Inside the Parker with Rob Parker on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast.

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[LEGO Star Wars Announcer]

Does anything go better than Lego and Star Wars? I don't think so. Kids will love becoming a part of the galactic action while playing out their favorite adventures like with Jango Fett Starship. I mean this LEGO set is fantastic. It features a detailed recreation of Jango Fett's starship with four stud shooters, a seismic charge dropping function and wings that that rotate with gravity. Plus it has three Jango Fett with two blasters and a jetpack, Young Boba Fett and Llama sue. Perfect for endless play. Now for the big fans, there's Jango Fett's Firespray class Starship from the Ultimate Collector series. Packed with details and surprises for fans, this large scale set is perfect for anyone hunting for a mindful building escape. Plus you end up with a fantastic display piece. You can build this while your little ones build the kid set. You'll be like Jango and Boba building an adventure shop. Now for Star wars lego sets on lego.com or in lego retail stores.

[Rich Eisen]

What's up everybody? This is Snax from the Trap Nerds Podcast and we're bringing you the Horror Every week all October long. Kicking off this month I'll be bringing you all my greatest fear inducing horror games from Resident Evil to Silent Hill. Me and Tony bringing back Fireteam on Left 4 Dead 2 and we just.

[LEGO Star Wars Announcer]

Gonna be going over some of the greatest.

[Rich Eisen]

Also in October we'll be talking about our favorite horror and Halloween movies and figuring out why black people always gotta die first.

[Covino]

The Umbral reliquary invites any and all fool brave enough to peruse its many curiosities. But take heed, all sales are final. Weekly horror side quests written and narrated by yours truly with a full episode read and a commentary special.

[Rich Eisen]

And we will cap it off with Horror Movie Battle Royale Jason vs. Freddy Michael Myers Vers, the Alien Thing with the little Tongue Monster October we're doing it Halloween style. Listen to the Trap Nurse Podcast from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the AHA Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Whenever I got through the windmill I tried to pick him up and his body was stiff. I'm Ben Westoff and this is the Peacemaker, a true crime podcast investigating a string of mysterious deaths at a prestigious Missouri university and the fraternity brother at the center of it all. A few years back, two fraternity brothers died by suicide just weeks apart in shockingly similar ways. Both were discovered by the same student, Brandon Grossheim. I laid him down and proceeded. I tilted his head back and proceeded to be mouth to mouth in cpr. At first, people gave Brandon the benefit of the doubt. But when three more acquaintances died the following year, the tide turned. The lawsuit says Gross Heim was one of the last people to see each victim before their deaths. Was he profoundly unlucky or was something much darker at play? Listen to the Peacemaker podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Sad Oligarch Narrator]

The Rich Russians Falling out of Windows podcast is back. Sad Oligarch Season 2 Since we left you in 202023 after season one, many politically motivated Russian millionaires have continued to die in suspicious circumstances. We dig deeper into these odd deaths, which include everything from mushroom poisoning and mysterious heart attacks, the window clumsiness and suicide by decapitation. One thing we have found since we started back in 2022 is the information on the suspicious deaths has become much harder to find. Not just that, it seems as if state controlled media in Russia is being utilized to purposely confuse and contradict the reporting that gets put out. As you can probably imagine, season two gets very weird. Listen to Sad Oligarch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Covino]

Little is it EMF for Shohei Otani? Oh, unbelievable. You know that's the Dice man. It's unbelievable. They use a sample from Andrew Dice Clay in this song.

[Rich Eisen]

That's true.

[Covino]

Unbelievable. Cavino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio were unbelievable. Diabolical, as the kiddos say. We got Iowa Sam on the ones and twos, the birthday boy. We got super producer Danny G on the phones, Always super producing. 87799 on Fox. And Spotty's got our video up streaming live. Covino and Rich FSR on YouTube. Dan Byers got your update in about eight minutes, so stick around for that. We got your phone calls coming in. Anything that made you go, hmm? We do it every Monday here on the Covino and Rich Show.

[Rich Eisen]

You know, Danny G. Made me go. There's something Danny G. Does that I want to point out as a good move. Danny G. Travels with a football.

[Covino]

He does.

[Rich Eisen]

And I feel like it's a clutch move. Like anytime Danny G. Comes over for a barbecue, little birthday dinner always brings a football. And I think it's a great move because who doesn't want to like dip outside for a second or just toss around the football? It's like, Danny G. It's your patented move. I Think.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Danny G]

I've always had at least one football in my trunk, and if there's a gathering, I always bring it in. And the only thing I felt bad about last night is your two kids started tackling each other with the football, and they got into a little bit of trouble.

[Covino]

Of course. I mean, I'm not going to tell Rich how to parent, but he needs to control these little rugrats.

[Danny G]

It's a party starter, though.

[Rich Eisen]

No, it's my ball. Smack punch.

[Covino]

It's a service ball.

[Rich Eisen]

You know, it's a comfort ball. Yeah. Like, it's there to, you know, provide.

[Covino]

Comfort and service to Danny.

[Rich Eisen]

And as the old joke goes, someone breaks out, any type of ball. Tennis ball, football, baseball, another guy in the room's bound to be like, yo, let me say throw. Yeah, let me say.

[Covino]

You know which one I can't resist. Like, if you're holding it right now, I'd be like, pass off if I saw a racquetball, because it just has a good feeling bounce to it. Like a blue. Hey, give me that. Looks like a stress ball. Yeah. Hey, speaking of balls. Balls to the wall. There's an update on Shohei's third home run ball to me the weekend. We'll get to that. Plus, last one standing. We have prizes to give away, but the NFL, anything you observed over the weekend, we'll get to your phone calls.

[Rich Eisen]

Now, let's say hi to Carlos in Fresno. What's up, Carlos?

[DB (Dan Byers)]

What are they.

[Covino]

Carlos.

[Rich Eisen]

Hey, bud. Carlos. Danny. There he is inside. Hey, bud. There you are. Questions, I guess. Hello. Hello. Yeah. What's up, man?

[LEGO Star Wars Announcer]

What's up?

[Rich Eisen]

What's up?

[LEGO Star Wars Announcer]

I have two questions and two comments, I guess.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Eisen]

Basically on.

[LEGO Star Wars Announcer]

On Seattle.

[Rich Eisen]

If the. If the big dumper doesn't come through. Is.

[LEGO Star Wars Announcer]

Is it a lost season?

[Covino]

Ooh, lost season. No, I don't think so. Man, that was a great season for Seattle.

[Rich Eisen]

This is far as they've pretty much come, so.

[Covino]

Absolutely. Yeah. I mean, they say that Ken Griffey saved Safeco in 95, I believe, in the playoffs. And what have they really done since then? They've had some great teams, but this is the farthest I've seen them. So is it a wash? No, I mean, I think they had a really great season, but, hey, we'll see what happens tonight. I know Vladi Guerrero is playing on a different level. Anything can happen tonight.

[Rich Eisen]

Big dumper, though. This could be a moment.

[Covino]

Yeah. And the moment doesn't make or break his MVP chances and doesn't win any. Yeah, it doesn't take away from his accomplishments.

[Rich Eisen]

What else did you have? Carlos? Yes. You said you had two things. That was one.

[LEGO Star Wars Announcer]

Yeah, that was one football. Is someone like Mayfield Darnold, someone else.

[Rich Eisen]

Going to get a ring before Allen or Jackson? I mean, it looks like it, right?

[Covino]

Yes. Yeah.

[Rich Eisen]

Yeah.

[Covino]

That always seems to happen, though. We talked about that last week. How, like, you know, we were singing Joey Flacco's praises and we're saying he was always the guy that. Can you believe he got one and other greats didn't? It just happens all the time. There's going to be another team that sneaks in there. Maybe it's because of their defense or maybe we just underestimate their leadership.

[Rich Eisen]

Yeah. Let's say hi to Mitch in Jersey. What's up, Mitch? How you doing, guys? A couple of things on USC and one on Tiny. Oh, Tiny.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Eisen]

Usc. We had talent on that defensive line, but we had a good set of running backs. I think a possible Heisman in Myaba and Mikhail Lemon. But he tries to be pretty cute. Is with your great. Your children, your little kids. I mean, that's cute. Your dog. But I could hardly hear him. I.

[Covino]

He was speaking another language. I don't know what he was. I only very fast. He. Even though I was gonna defer to.

[Danny G]

You guys because you're from the East Coast.

[Covino]

Did he throw in the Ohtani point? Because that was. He spoke really quickly.

[Rich Eisen]

Honestly, I heard Ohtani and Heisman.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

I thought he was upset with USC's performance against.

[Covino]

Yeah, he did say the quarterback was cutesy. And he doesn't like the word cutes. Designated for dogs and babies. Not for your quarterback's performance.

[Rich Eisen]

Man. I really, honestly, I was like, is anyone else hearing him?

[Covino]

Because, I mean.

[Rich Eisen]

I'm like, am I having a stroke right now?

[DB (Dan Byers)]

If you guys ever get rid of Big Mike's words of wisdom, just replace it with that and try to decode that.

[Rich Eisen]

Mitch, I love you, Mike.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

Never give out a koozie or a water bottle for your entire life.

[Covino]

Hey, call anytime.

[Danny G]

It's words of Jersey.

[Covino]

Words of Jersey. I'm fluent in Jersey. You know the connection here. What? I'm sorry, What?

[Rich Eisen]

It was like. It was like Pee Wee when he called. Dottie.

[Covino]

We're going to take the rest of your phone calls at 877-99-NOX. Want to hear your thoughts on the Giants collapse? Want to hear your thoughts on the Patriots? Are they the best in the AFC East? That's what everybody's saying. Things that made you go, hmm, we'll get to your phone calls next. But first, an update from the great Dan Byer.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

Thank you very much. Mariners and Blue Jays game seven ALCS tonight in Toronto. You'll see it on Fox, 8 o' clock Eastern Time. George Kirby goes up against Shane Bieber. Albert Pujol is no longer in the running to be the next manager of the Angels, still a candidate for the Padres managerial opening. According to reports tonight there is a Monday Night Football double header. Mike Evans and a Mecca Buca active tonight for Tampa Bay as they face the Lions coming up at 7 o' clock Eastern time. Both dealing with hamstring injuries. Texans and Seahawks coming up at 10 o' clock Eastern time. Now some quarterbacking news. Panthers quarterback Bryce Young suffered a high ankle sprain in their win over the jets on Sunday. This was Panthers head coach Dave Canales earlier today.

[Rich Eisen]

We're going to go day to day.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

On that right now and you know.

[LEGO Star Wars Announcer]

Just really look at him. Each day just test, test the ankle.

[Rich Eisen]

In different ways to see if we can't get him back out there on.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

Wednesday in some way, shape or form. Now the NFL Network said Andy Dalton is to expected expected to start Week eight for Carolina against the Bills. Because of that injury. Jets head coach Aaron Glenn wouldn't name a starting quarterback for their Week 8 matchup in Cincinnati.

[Rich Eisen]

I want to make sure that I make the right decision and I don't want to make rat decisions either.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

Aaron Glenn making the choice to replace Justin Fields yesterday in the second half of their loss to the Panthers. With Turrod Taylor, commander's quarterback Jaden Daniels does not have a serious hamstring strain, but it is a strain. So his status for Week 8's matchup on Monday Night Football against the Chiefs is up in the air. Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. Is day to day with a bone bruise his foot. They have the Falcons coming up. Falcons head coach Mike McDaniel says that he is sticking with Tuatanga Vailoa as their starting quarterback for Week 8 against Atlanta. As for Darren Waller, the tight end is a pec injury not torn, but strained so he could miss some time. Finally, Nuggets and guard Christian Brown agreed to a five year extension. Hawks guard Dyson Daniels gets a four year $100 million extension in Atlanta. Guys, back to you.

[Rich Eisen]

Thanks DB. You said pool hall's out of the running for the Angels, but where?

[DB (Dan Byers)]

Padres?

[Rich Eisen]

Padres? You know, it's interesting. We're so closed minded is the wrong word. We assume when a guy played for a team or if a guy's career Spanned three, four teams. We assume they would be the only ones interested in them in a coaching position. How many people do you think admired Albert Pujols from afar?

[Covino]

Everybody.

[Rich Eisen]

How many GMs, how many scouts, how many front offices said, well, we just couldn't get like. So you always assume that the guy's going to coach the team he was on, but there's 29 other teams that probably admired what that guy was capable of doing. And I did see a recent clip, if you want to tie it all together, that Albert Pujols talks about. Was it he that taught Ohtani a different move with his front foot? Have you seen that clip that's floating around like the way almost like a little pigeon toad. How pool. Hulse had that front foot. He said, I taught that to Ohtani. And then all of a sudden, it totally just made it swing even better. So Albert, big, big, you know, big student of the game. So that should be interesting to see him land somewhere. All right, now back to things that made you go, hmm, let's take one call now. We'll take the rest in a little bit. Paul in Minnesota wants to talk about one of the big games of the season so far that goes down tonight. Lions and Bucks. What's up, Paul? Hey, guys. Longtime Lions fan. I live in Minnesota now, so that kind of sucks. But just, just wanted to get your thoughts. I think the Lions are going to make a statement tonight and put themselves back in the league of the nfc. But I wanted to know what you guys thought. I mean, I don't, I don't think what you're saying is, is unlikely. They're almost a touchdown favorite in Vegas. They're six and a half point favorite. So the sentiment that the Lions do make a statement at home is, is likely. Again, that's what Vegas is sort of thinking as well. Will it be a double digit? You know, we're the Lions, you know, biting your kneecaps, you know, Dan Campbell type of night. It very well could be. Baker Mayfield's not going to go 16 and 1. So there will be other L's on that schedule. Maybe tonight on the road in Detroit is one that if you lost, you don't look back and say, man, we let that one slip. That's. To me, that's better.

[Covino]

Believe this Monday Night Football game is both, you know, both teams want it bad, so that's what makes it exciting.

[Rich Eisen]

Yeah, I mean, four and two Lions, five and one bucks. I mean, the reality is, if the Lions do win, remember earlier in the show, I said. There's a hell of a lot of teams that are five and two, which is on pace for around 12 and five. And you wonder are there really that many 12 win teams or a lot of these teams? Simmer down, who knows. We'll take your feedback and more observations from week seven and of course World Series right around the corner. All coming up right here on Fox Sports Radio.

[Danny G]

You.

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[LEGO Star Wars Announcer]

Does anything go better than Lego and Star Wars? I don't think so. Kids will love becoming a part of the galactic action while playing out their favorite adventures like with Jango Fett Starship. I mean this LEGO set is fantastic. It features a d detailed recreation of Jango Fett's Starship with four stud shooters, a seismic charge dropping function and wings that rotate with gravity. Plus it has three Jango Fett with two blasters and a jetpack, Young Boba Fett and Llama Su. Perfect for endless play. Now for the big fans, there's Jango Fett's Firespray class Starship from the Ultimate Collector series. Packed with details and surprises for finish, this large scale set is perfect for anyone hunting for a mindful building escape. Plus you end up with a fantastic display piece. You can build this while your little ones build the kid set. You'll be like Jango and Boba building an adventure shop. Now for Star wars lego sets on lego.com or in lego retail stores.

[Rich Eisen]

What's up everybody? This is Snax from the Trap Nerds Podcast and we're bringing you the Horror every week all October long. Kicking off this month I'll be bringing you all my greatest, greatest fear inducing horror games from Resident Evil to Solid Hill, me and Tony bringing back fireteam on Left for Dead two and we just gonna be going over some of the greats. Also, in October, we'll be talking about our favorite horror and Halloween movie and figure out why black people always gotta die first.

[Covino]

The Umbral Reliquary invites any and all fooling brave enough to peruse its many curiosities, but taking indeed all sales are final. Weekly horror side quests written and narrated by yours truly with a full episode read and a commentary special and we.

[Rich Eisen]

Will cap it off with Horror Movie Battle Royale Jason vs. Freddy Michael Myers vs. The Alien Thing with the Little Tongue Monster. October we're doing it Halloween style. Listen to the Trapper Nurse Podcast from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast. Whenever I got through the window I tried to pick him up and his body was stiff. I'm Ben west and this is the Peacemaker, a true crime podcast investigating a string of mysterious deaths at a prestigious Missouri university and the fraternity brother at the center of it all. A few years back, two fraternity brothers died by suicide just weeks apart in shockingly similar ways. Both were discovered by the same student, Brandon Grossheim. I laid him down and proceeded. I tilted his head back and proceeded again, mouth to mouth in cpr. At first people gave Brandon the benefit of the doubt, but when three more acquaintances died the following year, the tide turned. The lawsuit says Grossheim was one of the last people to see each victim before their deaths. Was he profoundly unlucky or was something much darker at play? Listen to the Peacemaker podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Sad Oligarch Narrator]

The Rich Russians Falling out of Windows podcast is back. Sad Oligarch Season 2 Since we left you in 2023 after season one, many politically motivated Russian millionaires have continued to die in suspicious circumstances. We dig deeper into these odd deaths, which include everything from mushroom poisoning and mysterious heart attacks to window clumsiness and suicide by decapitation. One thing we have found since we started back in 2022 is the information on the suspicious deaths has become much harder to find. Not just that, it seems as if state controlled media in Russia is being utilized to purposely confuse and control contradict the reporting that gets put out. As you can probably imagine, season two gets very weird. Listen to Sad Oligarch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Rich Eisen]

Yo CNR Covino Rich Fox Sports Radio Live from the Fox sports radio studio. And it's time for our tyrack play of the day. And I felt so bad for Jackson Dart and Scatter Boo. But people are still buzzing about what happened in Denver.

[DB (Dan Byers)]

An attempt of 39 yards for the win.

[Covino]

Snap placement kick on the way it is good.

[Rich Eisen]

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[Covino]

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[Rich Eisen]

So. Oh, jinx.

[Covino]

Jinx. So Patriots rich. After this weekend, the talk of the town.

[Rich Eisen]

What town?

[Covino]

Lazy town, crazy town, Electric city, flavortown.

[Danny G]

Name was being chanted.

[Covino]

Yeah. Are they the best in the AFC east again? 31:13 over the Titans just looking good.

[Rich Eisen]

Listen, you could say at the moment, yes, because they, they beat the Bills in Buffalo and they are turnaround. Right.

[Covino]

Man, they stink to all of a sudden. Wow, they're right back in the mix.

[Rich Eisen]

It's almost unfair. And it happens in all sports, right? Where like you're like, oh man, it's time to rebuild. And when the team rebuilds quick, you're almost mad at them for it. Like, well, you were supposed to suck for a. You're good again. That's not fair. Like when your team sucks, you just mad that they suck for longer. And they really suck for what, three years? Maybe they've turned it around quite quickly.

[Covino]

That's why I'm still trying to process like, yo, they're they're back. Huh? Okay, I guess so. We got to start taking them serious.

[Rich Eisen]

Their suck was not long lasting.

[Covino]

No. Or it was more fast.

[Rich Eisen]

Fast acting.

[Covino]

Danny G. And I at Sammy's. Sammy sweetheart's birthday party yesterday. By the way, I love the magician and balloon guy you hired Sam. That was great. My Sammy sweetheart. 16. Yeah. @ Sam's birthday celebration yesterday, Danny G. Was like, hey, man, did you see how the Vikings were defending the Tush Push? That was kind of wild. That made me Say new things. Yeah, I mean, looked effective. It did. It looked effective. It's like, all right, don't work harder, work smarter. There's a, there's a way to do it. And they were like laying sideways.

[Danny G]

It's almost like a V shape. And they were able to get to the quarterback.

[Covino]

Flying V made me say for sure.

[Rich Eisen]

You know what made me say? You said it earlier. Mac Jones. I saw funny clip. I saw a funny clip and it was a 49er fan fighting with someone. It was a little comedy skit. It's like, so would you say since Kyle Shanahan's been there they, you know he's coached in a good system? Yes. So you're saying if you play in his system, you're effective and it's his whole slippery slope too. So Mac Jones wouldn't be this good somewhere else. So is he a system quarterback which makes Brock Purdy. Your thoughts on Mac Jones, Is it really just Kyle Shanahan has such a user friendly program or is that taken away credit from a guy that's a first round draft pick?

[Covino]

Yeah, I think we forget that he was a solid quarterback to begin with and he's getting an opportunity to play in a good system and it works for him.

[Danny G]

Yeah, it's similar to the Vikings. You can go there and be in a great offensive scheme for a quarterback.

[Rich Eisen]

Easier for some than others.

[Covino]

And there's some things that Mac Jones can't do. He's not going to take off and pick up a first down with his feet. Usually.

[Rich Eisen]

I think that there's certain things they use, certain plays in the playbook that.

[Covino]

They, they would use Brock Purdy that they won't use with Mac Jones.

[Rich Eisen]

I'm not quick to be like, well, Purdy's a system guy that lucked out and now makes $50 million a year. But you know what I do look back at now, we've had enough time. You know, when a president, you can't really tell if his term was good until years later.

[Danny G]

Later.

[Covino]

How about when a president puts AI videos out.

[Rich Eisen]

Stop it. Of dumping poo.

[Covino]

How about that? How about when the president tweets out really random videos of what I, I.

[Rich Eisen]

Think like a presidency. It's hard to tell until, you know, they always say until a decade or so later when you could really look back. I think that applies to sports too. Looking back, man, like Jimmy Garoppolo is the definition of like someone that like benefited. Benefited solely from being with the Niners in that time period. With Mike, Kyle Shanahan playing with McCaffrey, Kittle, Debo Iuk. Like, do you think Jimmy Garoppolo? And that makes me think of that. Anyone but him, they probably would have won two Super Bowls.

[Danny G]

Speaking of quarterbacks, and we go back to the Denver celebration really quick. Jackson dart. And we were talking about this at the party last night when he first laid out and it was early in the, in the drive in the series because of the penalty. It was almost better when he was called down because the clock would have ran and because he actually extended and got the ball in there. Do we need to see more of Higgins we talked about at the end of last week with that high iq and you know the quarterback on the other side of the field is just chomping at the bit to get that ball back.

[Rich Eisen]

You don't want to give these guys the time.

[Danny G]

No, anything above 30 seconds.

[Rich Eisen]

And ever since Mahomes and the Chiefs took the ball downfield, what they started with like less than 20 seconds in the chat in that championship game or divisional, whatever it was a couple of years back. Ever since then, I feel like no time is short enough. Like, in my mind, if you get a quarterback and one bad pass interference, call something like, you're, you're there. It's. Oh.

[Covino]

We did learn though, officially that the Giants have their quarterback of the future. Like, that dude's exciting to watch. He's a gamer. They just need a new kicker and their defense is a little ass. But other than that, Giants look like they got some fire. That was a heartbreaker. They do. So we'll get to the rest of your feedback and phone calls. I guess there's still more things that made you go, hmm. Plus, last one standing, lots to get to next hour. We gotta talk about the two best words in sports. Are they really? Game 7.

[Rich Eisen]

Game.

[Covino]

Are there other really sexy words?

[Rich Eisen]

Game 7.

[Covino]

We'll break it down.

[Rich Eisen]

We'll get to that and a bunch more. Having fun on a Monday. Kavino and Rich, Fox Sports Radio.

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[Rich Eisen]

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[Covino]

Show Exciting quest written and narrated by yours truly. We'll also be doing a full episode.

[Rich Eisen]

Reading with commentary and we'll cap it off with a horror movie battle royale. Open your free aha. Radio app and search Trap Nerds Podcast.

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[Covino]

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[Rich Eisen]

I'm Bridget Todd, host of the Tech.

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[Rich Eisen]

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[Rich Eisen]

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[Covino]

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[Rich Eisen]

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[Rich Eisen]

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