C&R - Harbaugh, Warner, Hot Chocolate

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show (Covino & Rich Edition)

Episode: Harbaugh, Warner, Hot Chocolate

Date: January 15, 2026
Podcast by: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Dan Patrick Show features Covino & Rich (C&R) at the helm, as they dive into the week’s hottest sports stories. Their focus is the brewing drama around NFL coaching vacancies, with particular attention to Jim Harbaugh and the New York Giants. They also spotlight the high-stakes return of Fred Warner to the San Francisco 49ers, intense NFL and NBA rivalries, and the power of morale in sport—blending sports talk with their signature humor, pop culture references, and raucous studio banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. NFL Coaching Carousel: Harbaugh and the Giants

• Rumor Mill Heating Up
  • "The Harbaugh story is a big story. And if the Giants get them, then, hey, tough luck to Danny G’s Raiders” — Covino (07:18).
  • The guys discuss the aggressive courtship of Jim Harbaugh by the New York Giants, the potential domino effect on other teams (notably the Raiders), and Harbaugh’s demanding nature.
  • Raiders fan Danny G weighs in: "I never thought the Raiders were in the running for Harbaugh. I don't know that list of demands and how much control he wants" (07:26).

2. Fred Warner's Potential Return: A Morale Boost for the 49ers

• Modern-Day Willis Reed Moment?
  • Rich’s excitement centers around Fred Warner’s potential comeback from injury for the Niners-Seahawks playoff game.
  • Rich calls Warner "the modern day Willis Reed... the modern day Daniel LaRusso" (08:39). The group riff on inspirational sports comebacks, from real-life moments to movie magic.
• Morale vs. Impact
  • Covino: "Even if Warner's not a difference maker, I think it's a morale booster" (13:06). Rich insists "Why can't it be both? Why not both?" (13:54).
• Historic + Movie Parallels
  • The segment explodes into movie and sports nostalgia—Daniel LaRusso in Karate Kid, Kirk Gibson’s World Series home run, Michael Jordan’s flu (or “tummy ache”) game, Kerri Strug’s Olympic vault, and even fictional comebacks (e.g., The Waterboy, Mighty Ducks, The Best of Times).
  • Notable quote: “Daniel LaRusso’s gonna fight! Daniel LaRusso’s gonna fight! He comes out. Yeah. It's the best.” — Covino (14:47)

3. NFL Rivalries and the Power of Trash Talk

• 49ers vs. Seahawks: An Electric Playoff Showdown
  • “Rivalries. Yankees, Red Sox. The greatest rivalries in all of sports are what? Drive sports.” — Rich (09:48)
  • C&R hype the Saturday night Niners-Seahawks game, framing it within the tradition of legendary rivalries and emphasizing the entertainment of trash talk both online and on the field.
• Morale, Intensity, and Stakes
  • “Don’t we all want a battle on Saturday night?” — Rich (11:18)
  • Covino: “That’s what sports is about. Smack talking. I love it.” (10:11)

4. Fred Warner Injury Update

• Real-Time News and Analysis
  • Isaac Loincron provides a crucial update: “Just him returning to practice in any capacity on the Wednesday of a game week... could you have imagined that this would even be something we are discussing on the eve of the divisional playoff round?” (37:36)
  • Direct sound from Warner: “We're taking it day by day... the expectation is to continue to take it day by day and see where we’re at.” (36:27)
  • The crew deliberates the risk of rushing Warner back (citing examples like Kevin Durant and Yankees’ Nestor Cortes), recognizing that moments like these don’t always deliver a fairytale ending.

5. Weather Watch for Divisional Round

• Potential Play Factors
  • Rich provides a “weather boy” breakdown for key playoff locations, particularly highlighting:
    • Mild forecasts for Denver, Seattle, and New England (sunny or only light rain).
    • Chicago is potentially dicey, with “18 degrees... 20% chance of rain.”
  • They riff on how cold affects player performance—with lots of laughs at Rich's over-caffeinated, morning-person energy.
  • “No quarterback likes to play in the cold, wind or conditions. It’s just some are maybe more adaptable.” — Rich (49:01)

6. Listener Engagement and Pop Culture Banter

• Saved by the Bell References
  • Early back-and-forth about Jesse Spano’s band (“Hot Sundae” not Hot Chocolate!) showcases their signature humor and nostalgia.
    • Rich: “Hot Chocolate did Everyone’s a Winner.”
    • Covino: “Not to be confused with Rich’s favorite band, Hot Sundae from Saved By the Bell.” (30:00)
• F-Bomb Hilarity
  • Memorable moment as Rich is so hyped about Warner’s return he accidentally swears on air, leading to a joke about catching “what Rich said” on the podcast (31:07).
• Interactive Sports Trivia
  • Danny G quizzes the crew on Willis Reed’s famous game-winning return: “Do you guys know how many points Willis Reed scored in that game?... Two field goals.” (14:14–14:21)

7. Additional Standout Segments

• Harbaugh’s Plane Watch
  • Isaac Loincron tracks a private plane flight from New Jersey to Baltimore “owned by Giants co-owner Steve Tisch” for updates on Harbaugh’s coaching interview—a novel, tongue-in-cheek moment reflecting modern sports reporting (38:37).
• Impact of Inspirational Comebacks
  • Callers and listeners contribute stories: Kerri Strug’s Olympics vault, Curt Schilling’s "bloody sock," Terrell Owens’ Super Bowl return after injury, and Cubs’ Schwarber in the World Series are all mentioned as real-life comebacks paralleling Warner’s possible return.

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Notable Quotes

“The Harbaugh story is a big story. And if the Giants get them, then, hey, tough luck to Danny G’s Raiders. You got to pivot and get somebody else.”
— Covino (07:18)

“Fred Warner, there is so much trash talking going on with the Seattle Seahawks. And I love it. It’s great for football.”
— Rich (09:31)

“Even if Warner’s not a difference maker, I think it’s a morale booster, and I think that can only help the team when they need it most.”
— Covino (13:06)

“Daniel LaRusso’s gonna fight! Daniel LaRusso’s gonna fight! He comes out. Yeah, it’s the best.”
— Covino (14:47)

“Not everything is terrible. We repeat, not everything is terrible. The Ripple Effect is proof that the Internet hasn’t ruined humanity entirely.”
— Covino (27:07)

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Important Timestamps

• 03:10 – The guys riff on the show’s energy and announce focus on the NFL.
• 06:24 – Covino & Rich, Danny G, Isaac, and Spot introduce themselves on-air.
• 06:47–08:27 – Harbaugh-to-Giants rumors, team fit, and personnel implications.
• 09:31–10:11 – Trash talking and rivalry hype for 49ers vs. Seahawks.
• 13:06–14:47 – The Warner morale factor and the “Daniel LaRusso is gonna fight” analogy.
• 36:27 – Isaac plays Fred Warner’s “day by day” return soundbite.
• 37:36 – Discussion of Warner’s rapid recovery and its significance.
• 46:32–47:17 – NBA Play: Lakers blow out Hawks; referenced in Tirrack’s Play of the Day.
• 48:45–51:09 – Divisional playoff weather preview & debate about player adaptation to cold.
• 32:44–35:39 – Listener calls in with Kerri Strug example; crew runs down more real and fictional comeback stories.

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Tone and Style

The tone is lively and bantering, mixing analytical sports talk with quick-witted pop culture references and plenty of fan-centric enthusiasm. The crew handles serious sports topics (injuries, coaching moves) while injecting irreverence and nostalgia—especially through movie allusions and running gags. The show feels communal, often looping in listeners and fellow crew members for trivia and shared memories.

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Conclusion

This episode is a perfect blend of up-to-the-minute NFL intrigue (Harbaugh’s coaching destiny, Fred Warner’s surprise practice appearance), reflections on the intangible power of sports morale, and the crew’s dynamic, comedic rapport. Anyone tuning in is brought up to speed on the week’s big storylines—plus gets to relive legendary “comeback” moments in both sports and cinematic history.

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For listeners looking for more than just box scores and rumors, this episode captures the heart and camaraderie of sports culture—on the field, in fiction, and among fans.

Transcript

[Covino]

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[Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Rich Davis]

Hey.

[Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Covino]

Broadcasting live from the Fox Sports Radio Studio. It's the show. We're gonna snap into it Covino and Rich style. And I'm the show. We're gonna talk a lot of NFL for sure and keep you posted on the biggest stories in the world of pop culture and sports and foosball and more midweek because gonna turn your hump day into a hump night. It's hump day. And remember, if you miss any of the show, catch the podcast search Kovino and Rich wherever you stream. And right now we're streaming live on YouTube.co and rich fsr. I did say it, Buster Brown. And you know what?

[Rich Davis]

I think there's a story that we. A dramatic pause we need to start with because I'm trying to contain my excitement.

[Covino]

I'm excited.

[Rich Davis]

I'm trying so hard.

[Covino]

Are you excited about the Yankees getting Ryan Weathers? I'm excited.

[Rich Davis]

No. Maybe by the end of the show for baseball fans, I know we're deep into football. We're like, can I say nose as deep as those.

[Covino]

No.

[Danny G]

Giannis getting booed by his fans. And then he booed them back.

[Rich Davis]

We're so deep into the NFL and people are, you know, check out the NBA. Baseball's on the back burner for now.

[Covino]

Are you excited about the TFP Mo Shakur fight later this month?

[Rich Davis]

They're on the back burner of the hot stove.

[Covino]

Are you excited about Ryan Garcia and Mario Barrios in February?

[Rich Davis]

But I think perhaps by the end of the show or maybe at some point today or tomorrow, maybe Isaac bust in with a Kyle Tucker update. Cause I know he's narrowed it down to a couple teams and are you.

[Covino]

Excited like Jesse Spano on Saved by the Bell.

[Rich Davis]

I'm so excited. I'm so scared.

[Covino]

You should be scared, man, because your team is hurt. But I'm hearing things.

[Rich Davis]

Big things. Before I get to why I'm so excited, I got a quiz. Isaac Loincron, a man of many things. What was the name of the girl band Jesse Spano is in?

[Isaac Loincron]

Oh, no, that's the one. I'm literally wearing a Saved by the Bell T shirt today. KKTY Bayside. And the only band I remember is the Zach Attack.

[Rich Davis]

They were my favorite bands in the Casey Kasem episode. I'm Casey Kasem who used to work in this room, this studio. Yes.

[Isaac Loincron]

Spot.

[Rich Davis]

Do you remember? I feel like you're Saved by the Bell expert.

[Covino]

Of course I do, Rich. What was he doing? What do I do all day? I make you look good on YouTube. The microphone was out of reach of Evazar.

[Danny G]

His hand. His hands are on the video buttons.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, he just doesn't listen to us.

[Covino]

It's a weird setup over there. I have to reach the microphone when.

[Rich Davis]

I'm doing other things. The band is saved by the bell. Jesse Spano. You don't know. All right, then you're no man.

[Covino]

I'm really. I'm really.

[Rich Davis]

But I want to.

[Covino]

Really glad I brought up that reference. Girl power or something.

[Rich Davis]

Hot chocolate. Oh, wow. Not chocolate.

[Covino]

They already existed.

[Rich Davis]

That's.

[Isaac Loincron]

No, apparently it was Hot sundae.

[Covino]

You didn't even know. Exactly. That's why I didn't answer. Because I knew he didn't know. There's only one reason out of nowhere that he went to me.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Covino]

And I knew it was because he.

[Rich Davis]

Didn'T know to include you in the conversation. Hot Chocolate did every. Everyone's a winner.

[Covino]

And you Sexy thing.

[Rich Davis]

Which we will bounce back with one of those.

[Covino]

We really need to get an edible sponsor here for Rich because he's losing his short short term and his long term. So. Anyway, I'm really glad you brought up that excited Jesse Span already. Sugar in his system. Well, you could watch Rich forget things. You could watch our show. You could see us live. The greatest ensemble ever on Fox Sports Radio. Cavito and Rich with Danny G. And.

[Rich Davis]

I was Sam and Lowen Cron today.

[Covino]

And Spotty boy.

[Rich Davis]

Don't give Spot.

[Covino]

Everybody's invited.

[Rich Davis]

He just wants to be the cameraman. All right, let's talk about the hot story. I know you're here for the hot story.

[Covino]

No, we're here for the hot Sunday. Maybe you'll remember it next time.

[Rich Davis]

Sorry, Weird Al's on the plane. I know you're here for the hot story. Fred Warner practicing today. Like he is the most excited. Wait, who said. That's fine. 49ers breaking news.

[Danny G]

Wait, it's not John Harbaugh.

[Rich Davis]

Headlines.

[Covino]

The practice window is open. We're gonna get to predictions and coaching later on. But you're right, Harbaugh. The story today, Rich, is the Giants are pursuing aggressively. And, you know, it's a matter of how the dominoes.

[Rich Davis]

Sicilian pizza. Fred Warner changed his socks. That was the story for the national headline.

[Covino]

Let's hear it.

[Rich Davis]

I think I've never wanted to take you and Spot's heads and bang them.

[Covino]

Together like, say a word.

[Rich Davis]

Like the bushwhackers in the 80s or something.

[Covino]

A double noggin knocker. Yeah. Well, look, here's how we look at it.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Covino]

The Harbaugh story is a big story. And if the Giants get them, then, hey, tough luck to Danny G's Raiders. You got to pivot and get somebody else.

[Danny G]

I never thought the Raiders were in the running for Harbaugh. I don't know that list of demands and how much control he wants.

[Covino]

Look, it depends who gets who, right? And where the. Where the pieces fall. But he makes.

[Rich Davis]

He.

[Danny G]

He does make sense for the Giants.

[Covino]

But, you know, when we're talking over the show, you see that look in Rich's eye. He's all excited. He wants to talk about Fred Warner. It's our show, and I want you to feel excited about what we talk about.

[Rich Davis]

Is John Harbaugh the guy for the Giants? I don't know why he called John boy for some lip reading. Didn't Jackson Dart say, oh, Stefanski or Harbaugh?

[Covino]

Right. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

So we'll see. I mean, Harbaugh to the Giants does make a hell of a lot of sense. Big name, big city. They have the money, the resources. They have players in place. And even though that team stunk this year, we all said at times when they were healthier, before the injuries to Jackson Dart, at times, Scatterboo, Malik, neighbors. There were moments where you're like, ooh, this Giants team, remember the beginning of the year were like they could make a run, and then it just fell apart.

[Danny G]

Yeah, they got some great core players to build around.

[Rich Davis]

They have some defensive pieces, too, so they have the structure for a Harbaugh to take over. But you might care about Harbaugh. I care about the modern day Willis Reed.

[Covino]

Modern day Willis Reed.

[Rich Davis]

The modern. Let me speak more your language. The Modern Day Daniel LaRusso.

[Covino]

I get it. I get it.

[Danny G]

Oh, you're talking about Luca and LeBron limping out to the court last night.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

This Saturday night. If I'm a Seahawks fan, if I'm damn buyer, if I'm our buddy Wes in Vegas, if I'm Chris Pratt. I don't know any other Seahawks fans. Rainn Wilson. Rainn Wilson.

[Covino]

Brian Bosworth.

[Rich Davis]

I don't know people. High with mustaches. And that's part of the country. That's how I picture everyone in Seattle. Hipsters, hipsters.

[Covino]

Chris Pratt.

[Rich Davis]

High, high, bad haircuts and pure septums. You said it, buddy. Beautiful part of the country, though. My goodness. Glorious. The shades of green you see when you drive through. Very verdant. When you. When you're in Seattle, when you're in Washington, Oregon. Any part of that country. Any part of that country. That part of the country. Beautiful.

[Covino]

He's not Lying.

[Rich Davis]

But Fred Warner, there is so much trash talking going on with the Seattle Seahawks. And I love it. It's great for football. We talked about it yesterday. Fred Warner post like, yeah, my practice window opened. Seahawk players were commenting like, yeah, don't worry. The party ends this weekend. Like, I love this battle. We talk about the Bears and the Packers.

[Covino]

We saw that last weekend, man. Yeah, we need them.

[Rich Davis]

Rivalries. Yankees, Red Sox. The greatest rivalries in all of sports are what? Drive sports. Lakers, Celtics. Without these rival Devil's Tar Heels. I mean, Buckeyes, Wolverines, bro. You're naming them all. I mean, would. Would Michigan and Ohio State be the same if the fan bases didn't hate each other? And the super fans. This is what sports and built on.

[Covino]

Yeah. We should never shy away from them. We should only lean into them. It's. It's good clean fun. That's what sports is about. Smack talking. I love it.

[Danny G]

That's why we were so excited for Chicago Green Bay last week.

[Rich Davis]

That was. That was the primo game. That was your Saturday night game. And this weekend, on Saturday night, we go up to Seattle Washington talking trash.

[Covino]

Come on, chump. Come on, chump. There's love. Trash talk.

[Rich Davis]

Nothing more exciting than 49ers versus the Seahawks in Seattle Washington Niners one in week one on a ton. Just catch in the end zone.

[Covino]

Remember that?

[Rich Davis]

What? It should have been intercepted. He catches it and the Niners win. Final week of the season, the Niners offense, which was scoring like 40 points a week and looking unstoppable, gets shut down by the elite Seattle Seahawks defense. Now, two weeks later, they meet again for the third time. And you saw it with the Bears and Packers. I think even just as a football fan, I'm going to take away my Homer 49 or vibes for a second and say, just for the good of football, don't we all want to battle on Saturday night?

[Covino]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

Don't you want to see Sam Darnold and Purdy slinging? Don't you want to see defense? Don't you want see. Yes. Fred effing Warner.

[Covino]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

Riling up that team. I do. If Fred Warner comes out there, do you see the points, Fred? I'm. I'm. And it's not just me laying heavy on the Niners. It went from seven and a half to seven. I would not be shocked if it went to six or six and a half. If Fred Warner plays, you could say, dude, is he really? 100%. This guy is arguably one of the best players in all football I mean.

[Covino]

We'Ve seen some He's a game stories. I always think Kevin Durant, when it came back too soon, coming back too soon, rushing it just to soon be there for the team and, you know, to. To. To try to do the right thing. It's too soon, bro. I mean, I hope it's a. It's one week difference, right, because that's what they're saying. But I. I don't know if that's too soon. I. I don't know. I'm not a doctor. I don't know if that's a bad idea or a good idea, but I'm all for it if he wants to play. They're not ruling it out. That's the update before the show.

[Rich Davis]

Isaac Lonecrown goes, rich, I want to show you something. And I'm like, isaac, we're at work. Don't show me that. And he goes, no, it's a Fred Warner video. I was like, okay, bring it on.

[Isaac Loincron]

I showed you the other thing afterwards, though.

[Rich Davis]

Yes. Yeah, but portrait mode, huh?

[Isaac Loincron]

Using my own joke against me.

[Rich Davis]

So, Isaac, the video you showed me looked like a pretty mobile, spry, fun, excited Fred Warner didn't seem like he was, you know, favoring anything.

[Isaac Loincron]

We're waiting for the official designation, whether he was a full participant or a limited participant, because there's a big difference there. But the fact that he's out there on a Wednesday, which is essentially the first day of the work week in the NFL, I can't lie. That's a optimistic sign.

[Covino]

You know what's cool about this, though? You lose Kittle. Right? That's. That's a gut punch. That's tough. How do you win? How do you move forward? So even if Warner's not a difference maker, I think it's a morale booster, and I think that can only help the team when they need it most.

[Rich Davis]

The next man up. Yeah, the Kyle Shanahan. This team's. You know, I know you got. You feel like you got to say this, but guys like McCaffrey say, like this, my. You know, this team, we're. We're like brothers. This is the most close team he's ever played for. These guys all love each other. The core of this team.

[Covino]

Use.

[Rich Davis]

Check. McCaffrey, Kittle.

[Covino]

They are.

[Rich Davis]

They've all been together for a little bit now, and I. I just think all these guys are stepping up. And Kyle Shanahan, as you know, is arguably a coach of the year candidate just for what he's done with this team.

[Covino]

Is this a difference Maker or just a morale booster.

[Rich Davis]

Well, why can't it be both? Why not both?

[Covino]

It could be both, but he might be a little rusty. What up, Rusty Griswold style.

[Danny G]

What up, Danny G. Rich mentioned Willis Reed, but it's the folklore of it. Like, this is good bar trivia. Do you guys know how many points Willis Reed scored in that game?

[Isaac Loincron]

I got it.

[Danny G]

After he limped in, I thought maybe Lone Cron would know.

[Isaac Loincron]

What do you mean by that?

[Danny G]

Because you're.

[Isaac Loincron]

Am I some sort of loser? Some sort of nerd? Yeah, fine. Four. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Two field goals.

[Danny G]

Yeah. Wilt Chamberlain scored 21 and had a great game. It was the hyping up the crowd in the team by just simply walking in and being able to go.

[Covino]

And that is, even though he wasn't.

[Danny G]

Much of a go once he got.

[Rich Davis]

To the court, that is what Fred Warner could provide. And think about Daniel LaRusso. He wanted an illegal Crane kick. So all these stories of great comebacks. I mean, this is right.

[Covino]

One of the best theatrical moments, though, when they're like, Daniel LaRuss is gonna fight. Daniel Lewis is gonna fight. He comes out. Yeah. It's the best.

[Rich Davis]

Can you picture big Trent Williams with the boombox?

[Covino]

So this is real life. This is life imitating art imitating life. Fred Warner's gonna play. Fred Warner's gonna play. Fred Warner might play. Not ruling them out. And want to know your thoughts. Clearly, one thing is true. Whether or not he's going to be impactful on the field, we don't know, a LA Willis Reed, 4 points. But morale wise, look how excited Rich is. And he's just a fan.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Covino]

So it's only going to affect the other teammates to be like, yo, man, this is great. We got to get pumped up. And maybe they are a team of destiny. We'll see. I think this is only a good thing, unless, of course, he's pushing it too soon.

[Rich Davis]

Our pal Joel McHale, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, other Seahawks fans. I was saying, I don't know many Seahawks fans.

[Covino]

That's right. Joel McHale.

[Rich Davis]

Shout out Rick from Pawn Stars, who you love.

[Covino]

Hey, Rick. What? What up to Chum Lee. All right, so your thoughts? This is a big story, developing story as we speak, because again, if you weren't following like Rich said, it was going to be next week. If they were ever to get to next week.

[Rich Davis]

Well, listen, if you're just a fan of the NFL and neither one of these are your teams, I'm invested emotionally because I'm a Niners fan. But like for an Iowa Sam or Kavino or Danny G or an Isaac or anyone listening, the millions of possible people hearing my stupid voice right now, doesn't it add a little more fun to that game if he does play?

[Covino]

Oh, hell yeah.

[Rich Davis]

It's a divisional matchup. And to be like, man, they lost Kittle, but, yo, Fred Warner's one of your best players out there. Absolutely.

[Covino]

Yeah. It's only a good thing for the fans for sure. You know, I wish Fred Warner the best as far as pushing it. But are there other, like, great examples that come to mind? I mean, Willis Reedy went back pretty far. We have to go to movies before.

[Danny G]

We were all Kirk Gibson limping out.

[Covino]

Kirk Gibson limping.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, Tommy was sore game.

[Covino]

He was never, like, not gonna play. Right. He was just sick.

[Danny G]

Yeah. And the legendary story of Kirk Gibson being in the clubhouse, seeing on TV and hearing, yeah. The announcers talk about how he wasn't gonna bat, and he's like, damn it, I am gon a batting limped out there and told the sort of, you better get me up to the. Up to bat.

[Rich Davis]

And just the theatrics of not only him running around the bases, as we all picture, after the home run off Eckersley, even in the batter's box, he looked like, in pain. Like, he just like. Like a grizzly. Like, you just picture Kurt Gibson just being like, a grizzly. Like, I feel hurt or something. Great moment. That's definitely got to be up there. Other moments. Yeah. And by the way, the. The flu game, didn't we learn in Last Dance? It's really more of like the I had the poops game.

[Covino]

Yeah. Yeah, that's kind of what they said.

[Rich Davis]

Like, we are totally mislabeling that, you know, how we mislabel things sometimes. Like, he had bad pizza or something. But, yeah, it's not the flu. The flu, yeah. Is a sickness people think of. They call, like, a gastrointestinal issue a stomach flu. But flu is influenza, where you have the fever and you're coughing and, you know.

[Danny G]

How did you phrase it, Rich? A tummy ache.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, yeah. Like food poison. Michael. Michael Jordan. He should have called that I had this game.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Really, what it is feverish and, you know, febrile, you know, and lethargic. You know, maybe he was all that. I don't know, dude. Nothing flew about it. He had bad pizza, some bad deep dish or something. Yeah.

[Covino]

Any other surprises like that come to mind? Honestly, Daniel LaRusso is going to fight is the best example. I. Well, after Kirk Gibson.

[Rich Davis]

Based on.

[Covino]

I think Kirk Gibson's also based on.

[Rich Davis]

Kirk Gibson.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Willis reed and Daniel LaRusso and Michael Jordan. Wouldn't you argue that we are due?

[Covino]

I'm just surprised there's not more.

[Rich Davis]

Wouldn't you argue that we are?

[Covino]

What's that movie? I always bring it up and I forget when they don't think Patrick. I think it's Patrick Swayze. Right. Or is it. No, it's not Patrick Swayze. I'm sorry. It's. It's. Come on, come on, help me. No. Big trouble in Little China. Kurt Russell. It's Kurt Russell. And he comes out and he's wearing his white cleats. It's with Robin Williams.

[Isaac Loincron]

Yeah.

[Covino]

The Best of Times. I love that they don't think he's gonna play. And Kurt Russell comes out there with his white cleats on like, oh, there he is.

[Rich Davis]

Is.

[Covino]

There he is. He's gonna play and it's a big deal.

[Danny G]

The end of the Natural, they think that he's not gonna be able to play.

[Covino]

Yeah. You know, it's funny is we could think of more movie references than actual references. Sorry. Oh, no, go ahead. I was gonna say, you said Patrick Swayze. What about the end of Dirty Dancing? You didn't think he was going to dance?

[Rich Davis]

And then he dances. I never saw it. How about the End of the Water Boy, where Bobby Boucher gets knocked out and he drinks the Arctic water, blessed by the. The.

[Covino]

The.

[Rich Davis]

You know, the Eskimos, and then comes.

[Covino]

Back to life very much like a movie because I feel like we've seen it more in movies than on the field. So, yeah, Kurt Russell, Daniel LaRusso, Bobby Boucher.

[Rich Davis]

What about in Mighty Ducks? When Adam Banks decides to play, he decides to play for the Ducks.

[Covino]

So, yeah, this is very much a movie script, and I am pumped. It does get me pumped. When you have no kiddo and half your team was hurt all year long. And Fred Warner's coming back. He's a team leader, period. So even if he doesn't produce, Allah, Willis Reed, like you said, I think just him being there is going to be a huge presence for the team.

[Danny G]

Covino, sorry to bring it up, but how about Freddie Freeman against your Yankees?

[Covino]

Oh, you had to bring it up.

[Rich Davis]

Fred Duarteau. It's a good one.

[Covino]

That isn't. That's another one. So, yeah, there you go. But, Rich, any final thoughts and final words on Fred Warner? I mean, when are we going to know if they're not rolling it out.

[Rich Davis]

When are they going to as Isaac, game time thing. As Isaac said, the good sign is that this is when your usual practice week starts. And the fact that we don't know what level participant he was, but based on the footage you're seeing like he was, it wasn't like he was just on the, on the sideline playing patty cake. Like you know, sometimes the lineman will be banged up, he's questionable and he suits up, but he's seems like Fred Warner is actively out there. So just a good sign, not only for Niners fans, but just for people that want to see the best game possible.

[Covino]

And listen, I want to see the best of times.

[Rich Davis]

I can't be as shit. The Seahawks have a dominant defense. Who knows what the Niners could do against them anyway. But it makes it a hell of a lot more exciting if you ask me and I said it yesterday and I'll say it again, you guys didn't buy into my going to Vegas roulette theory. If you see red hit 12 times in a row, you're gonna start betting black because you're like, black's gotta hit eventually. I feel like we are so overdue for a Sam Darnold stinker.

[Covino]

He like four Texans loss. When you, when you put it that way, that's what I'm thinking. I'm like, they got 10 in a row now, they're bound to lose. Unless they're like a team of destiny, a team of dreams.

[Rich Davis]

I mean I, but then, but then I said last week that the Texans got away with what should have been a loss because the Steelers were just not very good. But when you say my roulette theory from yesterday, if the Niners have Fred Warner back and Sam Darnold is due for a stinker, like, I mean, I respect Sam Darnold, great guy, but you know, Sam Darnold's tendency is every so often he'll have a game where he throws a couple ill advised picks. He has great. He'll survive those games though with his defense. Like that happened against the Rams.

[Covino]

He's been living by the sword. Is it's due for him to die by the sword and maybe it's this weekend.

[Rich Davis]

It's like the Yankees, right? The Yankees at one point were hitting home runs. Home run. And then when they, when they get cold, they're not manufacturing any runs. And the Yankees would score like no runs for games in a row. Like the batches go cold if you live and die by the home run. So hey, we'll see Saturday night. I got plans, you got plans.

[Covino]

Makes it more exciting. That's for sure. Fred Warner might be. Might. Might be coming back. Not ruling them out for this weekend. Your thoughts and other examples. And do you think it's going to be of any significant impact? Like we said, at the very least, it's a moral impact.

[Rich Davis]

I have a Randall question.

[Covino]

Go ahead.

[Rich Davis]

Being that I'm a fan, it's even more so. But if someone randomly, like, parent at the school, neighbor frenzy. Your wife or someone like, yeah. What are you guys doing this weekend? Is it a fair answer to be like, what do you mean, what do we do? I said it's divisional round. Is that an answer or is that like.

[Covino]

I mean, you don't gotta be rude about it.

[Rich Davis]

No, but is it a.

[Covino]

Like, what do you mean?

[Rich Davis]

You have to pad it with something else, like let's say your wife's friends, like, let's go on a double date. Saturday night, dinner. Can you be like, games on? Or do you have to be like, oh, we're busy. Is it a fair excuse to be like, is this person kidding me?

[Covino]

Busy doing what? I think being a 49ers fan, that gives you more reason to be able to cancel any other plans for sure. Okay. Fair.

[Rich Davis]

Thank you.

[Covino]

All right.

[Rich Davis]

I was. Sam, Danny G. Isaac. We're have a good time today. I feel it. We're only 20 minutes into the show.

[Covino]

Good news for Rich.

[Rich Davis]

Fired up.

[Covino]

All right.

[Rich Davis]

Spotty's on the. You are fired up there. YouTube.com rich I brought up your name spot because I love you so much. We got more CNR coming up. We're going to get to Sean Payton. Is this guy a jerker or is he just calling out a dummy?

[Covino]

Predictions.

[Rich Davis]

Giannis is in the news.

[Covino]

We'll do midweek. Major. Yeah. We have lots to get to.

[Rich Davis]

All coming up right here. Kavin on Rich on Fox Sports Radio.

[Covino]

So it all comes down to this one game, the best of the best, playing for the Lombardi.

[Rich Davis]

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[Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

That's right, you can now watch the Odd couple live on YouTube every day.

[Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

Hot chocolate.

[Covino]

Hot chocolate.

[Rich Davis]

Yummy.

[Covino]

That's fine to eat. That's Rich Davis, that sexy thing.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, Spot.

[Covino]

What is it, Spot? Huge fan of hot chocolate, Spot. We got Iowa Sam the sound architect playing some 1975 hot chocolate. The actual hot chocolate, not to be confused with Rich's favorite band, Hot Sunday from Saved by the Bell, we got on the phones at 877-99-NOX, the super producer. And Spot, who's on the videos, Covino and Rich fsr. If you want to stream in live and chat live covino and rich FSR on YouTube. He's getting ready for midweek major. But I do want to remind you we are giving away prizes with Mike's Wednesday words of wisdom. So stick around for that. Low income's got your updates in a few minutes. What up, Danny?

[Danny G]

Oh, I was just going to say, don't forget, Iowa Sam. Part of his job is also to man the dump button.

[Covino]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Games on. Did I really drop the F word? Yeah.

[Danny G]

Rich was so hyped up about talking.

[Covino]

About the Niners, he's so excited about Fred Warner possibly coming back that, yeah, he can't control himself. But you know what it is? Here's the old expression. If you want to hear what Rich said, by the way, catch it on the podcast.

[Rich Davis]

Games on. Damn.

[Covino]

The old expression is art imitates life. But I feel like there's more examples in art and in movies of people making this miraculous comeback out of nowhere than an actual life.

[Rich Davis]

So you say it's actually life imitating art at this point because so many more movies and because a lot of.

[Covino]

Times if you're hurt, you're hurt. Fred Warner's pretty much ready to play, so they're going to rush him a week early, potentially against the Seahawks, because it's for all the Tostitos here. And I thought of another film example of, like, the feeling of, oh, he came. Am I right? I feel like Iowa Sam would know in the movie the Outsiders. Do for Johnny. Do for Johnny. Dallas, right? Matt Dillon's character.

[Rich Davis]

It's been a while.

[Covino]

Isn't he also in the hospital? And they don't think he's gonna show up to the Rumble, but it's not.

[Rich Davis]

A Rumble without me to do a vagina.

[Covino]

And he comes there in the R Fumble when they need him most. I feel like even in that movie, there's that the part where, oh, he showed up, you know he showed up when they needed him and that's what Fred Warner is going to do potentially this coming weekend. And we already made it clear, if it's not an impact on the field, it's still a morale booster for the team and for the fans because Rich can't even control himself.

[Rich Davis]

Well, I told you that. I told you that. He is the modern day Willis Reed. Kurt Gibson. I want to add another one to the mix, not Daniel LaRusso. I'm looking at our feedback. Who hit us up here? I gotta, I want to give credit where it's due because we got a lot of great feedback and it was. Who said Kurt Shilling with the bloody sock? Oh, yeah, that's a great example.

[Covino]

We're getting such a Hall of Fame sock.

[Rich Davis]

I'm sorry. We're just getting so much feedback and we appreciate it.

[Covino]

There's people that like to discredit.

[Danny G]

I thought it was ketchup.

[Covino]

Yeah, I know. I'm a Yankees fan and I'm like, come on. He had the bloody sock.

[Rich Davis]

He did his save for later in my sock. I'm gonna eat this out of my sock. I'm gonna put it in there.

[Covino]

It was pretty amazing. It's in the hall of Fame, the bloody sock. So any thoughts? Will Fred Warner be impactful? It's yet to be seen, but it is a cool story. It's what they make movies about. That's really it.

[Danny G]

We also talked about the Michael Jordan what'd you say?

[Covino]

Poop.

[Danny G]

Tummy ache.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, tummy ache game.

[Covino]

Really is. It really is. What, what, what movies are made of. So it's really cool to see.

[Rich Davis]

By the way, that chat echoes to Greg Chap and Greg hit us up. Let's go to New York and say what's up to Art. What's up, Art? How are you, man?

[Covino]

What's going on? Don't judge me on this one, but.

[Isaac Loincron]

Because it's from way back in the.

[Covino]

Day, I was just a kid learning.

[Isaac Loincron]

To like, get into sports or whatever. But in the Olympics, way back in the day, there was a really close competition between the U.S. and I think it was Russia or Romania or something and gymnastics. And Carrie Strugg was one of the. One of the players on the team that got hurt. She hurt her ankle real bad. She had it all taped up and they weren't sure if she was going to go out and play or not and do a vault.

[Covino]

And she ended up going out there.

[Isaac Loincron]

And doing a vault with her ankle all wrapped up and stuck. The vault and the US Ended up winning that year.

[Covino]

That's awesome.

[Rich Davis]

That was a good one. Wasn't that Bella Carosi?

[Covino]

Yeah. And that. That's the theatrics we're talking about. That's so cool. That's a really cool story.

[Rich Davis]

Hot sundae. All right.

[Covino]

Hot chocolate.

[Rich Davis]

You know, thinking of the Olympics, another one didn't. I mean, am I wrong in remembering Greg Louganis hitting his head and busting it over on the diving board and they still competed and won the gold.

[Covino]

It's the worst.

[Danny G]

How about that time Michael Phelps smoked a bong and then still won a gold?

[Isaac Loincron]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Going against all odds, man.

[Covino]

Yeah. That's what movie.

[Rich Davis]

Someone told them there was a Taco Bell at the other end of the pool.

[Covino]

No, but it's really cool to see and it's a really cool storyline and I'm hoping for it because again, who doesn't want to see the best out there? So Fred Warner. Not ruled out but not ruled in yet either. Rich. Rich has Google alerts, so don't worry about it.

[Rich Davis]

2016 Cubbies Kyle Schwaber played in the World Series after tearing his ACL earlier in the year and made a little dramatic comeback. You know what happens? You see this a lot, right? Danny? You could probably think of other examples in past years where it's like Aiden Hutchinson, for example. If my team makes it it to the NFC championship of the Super Bowl, I'll be eligible. But the team usually never makes it to that that point or you don't.

[Covino]

Want to fill a roster spot with that person.

[Danny G]

Rich, this player should be on top of your mic. He also played for your squad. One of the most unbelievable come to quick comebacks from a major injury. Terrell Owens had that broken leg and he still played in the play in the super bowl for the Eagles.

[Rich Davis]

He wasn't even like a hyperbole from. He like did all this crazy recovery.

[Danny G]

I remember everybody was just their minds were blown that he was on the field for that game.

[Covino]

But we still call it the Daniel LaRusso is going to fight theory and can't wait to see it. Daniel LaRusso is going to fight. And that leads us to Isaac Loincron and more feedback, by the way. More feedback. COVINO and RICH FSR. COVINO and RICH FSR on the YouTube. But Isaac, what are the updates? Anything on Fred Warner?

[Isaac Loincron]

Well, it's funny that you should ask because. Let's hear straight from Fred Warner. This courtesy of Matt Lively of KPIX Television. This is before he returned to the practice field this afternoon.

[Rich Davis]

Listen, we're taking it day by day.

[Danny G]

You know, I think they said last week they weren't going to open my.

[Rich Davis]

Window and, and my window's now open.

[Danny G]

So, yeah, we're taking it day by day.

[Covino]

So what is your expectation? Is your expectation to be able to.

[Danny G]

Say what you do day by day? What's the expectation? The expectation is to continue to take.

[Covino]

It day by day and see where we're at. Warner then promising.

[Isaac Loincron]

Warner then went on to beg Fox Sports Radio's Rich Davis to, quote, stop blowing up my dms, unquote.

[Rich Davis]

I'm going to hit him up a little bit. You know, we, we saw him at the super bowl and, and not only is he a competitor, Danny G. What a nice guy.

[Covino]

Right.

[Danny G]

He was probably the coolest athlete we met that week.

[Rich Davis]

No doubt.

[Covino]

So hearing it, hearing the audio and hearing from him didn't sound as promising as reading that. They're not ruling it out.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, but seeing him jump around the field and even the entrance from practice, his teammates were fired up and he's like, let's go Dub City. And doing his, you know, doing his Fred Warner thing.

[Covino]

So maybe he just doesn't want to overhype it if he's, if he's ready.

[Rich Davis]

Isaac, I mean, there's no reason why the 49ers wouldn't in this moment want him out there, even if it is a Willis Reed decoy esque situation.

[Isaac Loincron]

Just him returning to practice in any capacity on the Wednesday of a game week. And who would have thought this when he first got injured, when he said, well, maybe I could make it back by the Super Bowl. Now, could you have imagined that this would even be something we are discussing on the eve of the divisional playoff round elsewhere?

[Covino]

I'm sorry to interrupt. You know, you don't want to happen, obviously that Kevin Durant, but remember when the Yankees rushed Nestor Cortez would happen. Hadn't pitched in months and like, oh, he's going to pitch. No way. Comes out and lays, lays a stinker. Don't put your, put some people out there.

[Rich Davis]

Don't put your dirty nest.

[Covino]

It doesn't always have a happy movie ending is what I'm saying.

[Isaac Loincron]

I don't like, I don't like it when mommy and daddy argue.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, nasty nester. Remember you loved him so much. Yeah, sounds like a dirty move in the bedroom. I gave her the nasty nester.

[Covino]

And why did they, why did they give him the old he ho? Because they run, rushed him out there because they needed him. And he lets Up a grand salami.

[Rich Davis]

I'm sorry, we're totally cramping Isaac's update.

[Covino]

Sorry, it's your show.

[Isaac Loincron]

No, I was just going to say there was also a member of our industry who was a host who went by the term nasty nester in our business, maybe. Yeah, it was back in the day. Anyway, elsewhere, another situation, we're monitoring former Ravens head coach John Harbaugh meeting with the New York Giants today at their facility. And I hate to be creepy, but I'm tracking a private plane owned by Giants co owner Steve Tisch. This morning it went from New Jersey to Baltimore, was in Baltimore for 45 minutes, flew back to New Jersey. That was over seven hours ago. The plane is still in New Jersey, so it must be going okay.

[Rich Davis]

Hankering for crab cakes or is that.

[Isaac Loincron]

Why he was hey, man, you know the rich people with private jets, they literally will fly across the Atlantic just to get to have dinner at their one favorite place in Paris and then fly back. Like they say in the Great Gatsby, they're different than you and me. Meanwhile, Harbaugh's former team, the Ravens, interviewed Brown's defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz and Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter for their head coaching job today. The Steelers have requested interviews with Minter, Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores, Rams passing game coordinator Nate Shieldhouse and Rams defensive coordinator Chris Schulen. College football Oregon quarterback Dante Moore announced today that he will return to the Ducks next season. And finally, in Major League Baseball, the Boston Red Sox signing left handed pitcher Ranger Suarez to a five year, $130 million deal. We got Suarez, Red Sox.

[Rich Davis]

That's big. Sorry, KOF.

[Covino]

Hey, the Yankees got Ryan Weathers, man. David Weathers son, Ryan Weathers. They're saying.

[Isaac Loincron]

Wow.

[Covino]

Well, he was touted as one of the greatest high school pitchers of all time. He was 2 and 2 last year at Miami. But it's something. It's about time I read something about.

[Isaac Loincron]

The Yankees in the 96 Yankees all at the same time. Have Weathers, reigns and wetland all the same team.

[Covino]

You know, I never thought of that ever.

[Rich Davis]

Because you're not as clever as Isaac. Thank you.

[Isaac Loincron]

And you have a lot of.

[Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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Well, you know what, I figured I want to throw this out there. I'll be your weather boy. Four games this weekend. I had to take a look at the weather, right?

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Cause I saw you're like Ryan Weathers, bro. New York Yankee.

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You said weather. Talking about Ryan Weathers. You're so excited.

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Dude. I'm just excited the Yankees made any move so far.

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Well, if you're a baseball fan mixed in with all this amazing football, college championship. Before you know it, divisional this weekend, NBA is in full effect. So baseball is on your mental back burner for now. But Kyle Tucker is going to be a big one. Rumors the Mets offered this dude $50 million a year, but it's a shorter term deal. But other teams are offering him less money, more years. So Kyle Tucker is, I would say, would you guys agree? The big free agent that we're waiting on right now, Other pieces will fall around Tucker. All right. Weather. You said weather. So I was thinking what does the weather look like for the four games this weekend divisional round? Because I saw an interview with Steve Young where they were talking about does any, any quarterback actually like playing in the cold and wind? And know what it reminds me of when we fill in for the great Dan Patrick and Cavino or some jabroni will say, yeah, bro. Rich, you're more of a morning guy, man. You, you pop out of bed, you're.

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Gonna tell me there's not a difference. I'm gonna strangle you. I'm gonna have Danny G hold you down as I karate kick you in the chest because you spring out of bed right into your socks like something out of a cartoon. Some. Some people's engines take a lot longer to rev up. You're not that guy. Good morning.

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Good morning.

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You're gonna tell me Rich Davis's energy level levels not different. You're hyped up snorting pixie sticks first thing in the morning. I don't know what you do.

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My, My point is even people that are lively in the morning or up.

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But there's certain people that are better than others.

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I'm saying people that do a tv. I know Kelvin Odd Couple does a TV morning show. If you're doing Dan Patrick, if you're doing morning radio or tv, I promise you, no one likes to do it. Some people are just better at it. No quarterback likes to play in the cold, wind or conditions. It's just some are maybe more adaptable, but there's not a quarterback that's like.

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More experience in those conditions.

[Rich Davis]

I love sub, you know, sub zero temperatures. Well, this weekend, three of the four games are pretty mild. Just so you're not going to see any rain or snow games for the most part. Bills and Broncos. The weather forecast out of Denver, 45 sunny, no chance of precipitation. So you look at it, just a chilly Saturday afternoon in Denver.

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Okay.

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Then in Seattle, even More mild, about 50 degrees, no chance of rain. So a mild night Saturday night.

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You know what Sean said about that. What do you know about weather? Shut up, weather boy.

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You know what? We're going to play Sean Payton in a second. And then the Texans play in New England and New England, which could be susceptible to rain and conditions and snow. It's expected to be about 35, might be light rain, 30 in the 30s, light rain. So a cold, but not terribly cold like east coast day, little chance of rain.

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Right.

[Rich Davis]

It. It's in Chicago, where it gets a little dicey. The Rams, you got to ask yourself, Puking, the kua, Kyron Williams, Matthew Stafford, are these guys.

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Do you think anybody likes to play in the cold? No, but who has the cold advantage here? Not the LA guys, but not Puka Nakua, who grew up in Hawaii, wherever he's from.

[Rich Davis]

Well, they're saying it's going to be 18 degrees we have a 20 something percent chance of rain. But then I ask you all when this always comes up, like whether who has an event manage? You tell me. Caleb Williams. Southern California boy, Caleb Williams. All of a sudden he plays for Chicago now.

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He's like, he's a little more used to it.

[Rich Davis]

Not at all.

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Yeah, he would become more adapted to.

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Southern California, to Chicago. So he's, he's had it all.

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Yeah, I know.

[Rich Davis]

I just, I find it funny when people forget where kids grew up, where they went to college.

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But I. Look, I like your thought though. Right. It's like when you have friends are like, yeah, man, I don't like funerals. Like you would think people actually like going, dude, we go because we gotta go. Yeah, I don't like them. Yeah, nobody likes some people. You gotta go pay your respect.

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Some people say, oh yeah, I skipped funerals.

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It's just not like, don't like them. Well, yeah, well, you think I'm going because I had fun there. So anyway, I get your thought, but I do think that certain players are more adaptable or more, More, more. More skilled at playing in the cold way.

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Isaac gets a more behind the scenes.

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There are better morning people than, than others.

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Isaac, when you, when you do a lot of your poor Isaac's done it all in the sense industry.

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Do.

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Do you think there are players that are just. They don't want to admit it, but they suck in cold conditions. Like, do you think there's guys that are just cut from a, like almost a wimpy or cloth, even though they're. They're freaking professionals?

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Absolutely. But we'll never know it. And it has to do with where they grew up, experiences and various technical things, literally the fine motor skills of their sport.

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In the cold, there are guys that you could tell like again, this is never something you would admit, but there's guys like a tua. Like there's guys that you could tell like they're just off.

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Like people have strengths. That's really it.

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I always thought as a kid, Joe Montana, Joe Montana, every time it was cold, would wear like a turtleneck and gloves. And I was like, he stinks today. Remember Montana would wear that thing where his head would stick out of the hole.

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