C&R - Health is NFL Wealth, Fight Night Dilemma

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show (Covino & Rich)

Episode: “Health is NFL Wealth, Fight Night Dilemma”

Date: December 17, 2025
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts / Dan Patrick Podcast Network
Hosts: Steve Covino, Rich Davis
Super Producer: Danny G
Regular Contributors: Dan Beyer, Iowa Sam

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Episode Overview

This lively holiday-season edition of Covino & Rich focuses on one major sports takeaway: "Health is Wealth in the 2025 NFL Season." The crew dives deep into how injuries have shaped this NFL year, reshaping playoff opportunities and tilting the competitive balance. Alongside this prime discussion, the guys detour into the etiquette of fight night and holiday party invitations, blending sports insight with their signature banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. NFL 2025: The Healthiest are the Wealthiest

(Start – 24:50, Recap at 28:33 & 29:52)

• Central Thesis:
  This NFL season’s unprecedented wave of injuries has fundamentally redefined which teams can contend. "The healthiest squad out there... have the greatest chances to win." (Covino, 05:38)

• Team-by-Team Breakdown:

  • Buffalo Bills: Consensus pick for most advantageous health scenario.

    "The Bills have to win. This is their season to capitalize on all the unhealthy teams that are falling short in 2025." (Covino, 10:50)

  • San Francisco 49ers & Seattle Seahawks:
    • Niners stayed afloat despite key injuries (Nick Bosa, Fred Warner) due to a stacked roster.
    • Seahawks praised for overcoming injuries on defense due to a team-first scheme.
    • "Your Seahawks... could end up being the one seed and have everything go through the Pacific Northwest..." (Rich, 08:22)
  • Green Bay Packers & General Injury chaos:
    Packers’ injury list "looks like Santa's list." (Rich, 08:03)
  • Notable Health Outliers:
    • Christian McCaffrey (Niners) & Matthew Stafford (Rams) both unexpectedly healthy, providing massive advantage.

    "I would have bet $100 that Matthew Stafford was going to at least miss a game this year." (Dan Beyer, 12:11)

  • AFC as the Window of Opportunity:
    Bengals and Chiefs hampered by injuries; the path is open for the Bills.

• Life Imitates Sport:
  Hosts equate athletes’ injury luck to life’s own aging process and the realization that "health is wealth" becomes more apparent with age.

  "The minute you turn 40, you look around... you realize... when you're 20... you feel like an invincible little jerk..." (Rich, 09:53)

• Philosophical Tangents:

  • On adversity being opportunity:

    "When there's crisis in life, there's often opportunity. Same applies here in the NFL." (Covino, 15:48)

  • “Ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all be having a feast.” (Covino paraphrasing, 06:48, 09:26)

• Listener Feedback:
  Debates about whether hypothesizing about “ifs and buts” is even a useful sports conversation ("I personally just don't like ifs and buts. I like buts, but I don't like ifs and buts..." – Covino, 17:52).

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2. NFL Playoff Implications: Schedule-Watching and Longshots

(19:19 – 24:39)

• Steelers, Ravens, and Playoff Hopes:
  Rich breaks down the remaining schedules, painting scenarios for who might "squeak in" and arguing, perhaps cynically, about whether it even matters:

  "To get in for what?... Five or six teams... would beat those teams." (Dan Beyer, 22:06)

• Aaron Rodgers’ Postseason Ceiling:

  • Covino’s preseason barometer:

    "If Aaron Rodgers came back, took this Steelers team to the playoffs, but then won a playoff game... that shows he's still got enough juice and it doesn't hurt his legacy." (Rich, 23:32)

  • Rodgers’ win provides "slight wiggle room headed into week 18." (Rich, 19:19)

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3. Fight Night Dilemma & Adult Party Invitations

(35:39 – 40:46, 46:53 – 48:23)

• Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua:

  • Fight placed on a Friday creates a "dilemma" for Covino & Rich’s traditional “guys night.”
  • The hosts riff on classic “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” (Elton John/Who) as a theme.

• The “Plus One” Debate:

  • Rich struggles with etiquette:

    "When you invite someone, is that extending to their whole family or is it just the person?" (Rich, 38:42)

    • Does “bros night” require specifying that wives and kids aren't included?
    • Does the host's martial status influence whether families are expected?

      "If you're going to a single dude's place... that might be implied that it's a bro thing." (Covino, 39:46)

  • Listeners weigh in on the proper boundaries and communication needed to avoid unintended plus-ones.

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4. Fun & Pop Culture Moments

(Interludes at 29:19; 29:52; 41:03; 44:12)

• Holiday banter: Festive music, jokes about elf shoes and Christmas specials.
• NFL Halftime Shows: Snoop Dogg on Christmas Day, Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl.
• Playful shots at one another:

  "Rich feels like a guy that has bland hummus at his party." (Listener Esteban via chat, 47:14)

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5. Listener Call-ins and Feedback

[17:02, 18:06, 26:15, 32:17, 37:08, 38:08]

• “Niner boy” nickname sparks more good-natured ribbing.
• Callers chime in on 49ers’ resilience and other team’s “ifs and buts.”
• Listeners join debate on whether hosting a fight night means hosting the entire family.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "This is the most evident season where health is wealth, where the healthiest team is the wealthiest team."
  — Covino (09:26)
• "The Bills have to win. This is their season to capitalize on all the unhealthy teams that are falling short in 2025."
  — Covino (10:50)
• "Ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas."
  — Covino & Rich banter (06:48)
• "I would have bet $100 that Matthew Stafford was going to at least miss a game this year at some point."
  — Dan Beyer (12:11)
• "Healthiest is the wealthiest in the NFL."
  — Covino (29:52)
• "Is there such thing as a boys night if it's not specified when you're a grown up?"
  — Rich (47:00)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 03:50 – 17:52: Main health/injury discussion; Team impact analysis
• 19:19 – 24:39: Playoff scenarios; Aaron Rodgers' impact
• 28:33 & 29:52: Recap: "Health is Wealth" theme
• 35:39 – 41:01: Fight night & party etiquette dilemma
• 44:12 – 45:49: “Tire Rack Play of the Day”: Recapping Steelers victory

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Tone & Atmosphere

• Energetic, playful, banter-heavy: The episode flows with Covino & Rich’s easy rapport and humor.
• Relatable takes on sports & life: Frequent analogies to aging, family life, and relatable holiday stress.
• Listener-inclusive: Regular call-ins and real-time feedback, keeping the show interactive and conversational.
• Holiday-tinged: Sprinkled with seasonal jokes, Christmas music references, and good spirits.

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Summary Takeaways

If you missed this episode:

• The 2025 NFL season is a war of attrition—health is the #1 factor for true contenders.
• The Bills (AFC) and whichever NFC team avoids the injury bug (49ers, Seahawks, or Rams) are primed to capitalize.
• Injuries have created unique playoff opportunities—fans should watch for which dark horses step up.
• The Covino & Rich crew remind us that winning in sports, and in life, sometimes just comes down to staying in the game.
• Party planning among sports fans gets as complicated as a playoff tiebreaker—clear communication is key!

Memorable Theme:

"The healthiest is the wealthiest... in the NFL, but also in life." (Covino, multiple times)

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End of summary.

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[Covino]

It's the holiday season.

[Rich]

Holiday season.

[Covino]

Merry Christmas, Kavino and Rich, Fox Sports Radio. Hope you had a Steelers sort of Monday night. Yeah, buddy. Hope you woke up feeling spry like Aaron Rodgers. 224 yards.

[Rich]

Not bad.

[Covino]

Two tuddies. He's the oldest looking 41 year old I've ever seen. But props to him, man.

[Rich]

Nice yesterday to quote the sandman in the Hanukkah song, not too shabby, not.

[Covino]

Too shabby at all. But come on, keep it real. Don't get all crazy on the Steelers. They beat the Dolphins. Whoopity, Dovino and Rich and we be rocking that. Let's go now.

[Rich]

We're going to get to a lot of NFL today, Rogers. What team could possibly win a Super bowl this year just based simply on everyone else being injured because injuries are playing such a major role in this NFL season. And that's not saying this NFL season's bad. In fact, it's one of the most exciting NFL seasons in recent times. It's just a matter of are some teams being given a window simply based on their health?

[Covino]

Yeah, health as well.

[Rich]

Health as well. But health is wealth is also more monumental than ever before when you take a look around the league. So we'll talk a lot of NFL. I have a, a fight night etiquette question and also a Christmas present etiquette questions. A couple questions of etiquette today since.

[Covino]

Well, it is the holiday season and.

[Rich]

You know, nothing says etiquette like Steve Covino.

[Covino]

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[Rich]

How do Sammy?

[Covino]

I love that Sam wears his curly little elf shoes around the holidays.

[Rich]

That's adorable.

[Covino]

So festive. I love that you get into the spirit. Thank you. SP on the video you could see what you hear, watch what you hear.

[Rich]

It's necessary for Sam to sit on Danny G's laptop.

[Covino]

That is weird.

[Rich]

I don't think that's necessary. But hey, we got Dan Byer here. We're gonna have a Lot of fun. Let's. We're gonna dive right into health as well. NFL season. Here we are, week 16.

[Covino]

Yeah, I think more than ever, Rich, more than ever, you could noticeably see how health is the biggest part of a successful team in the NFL. This season is so important to getting ahead. If you have your health more than ever before, health is always a priority, but more than ever before, that's what's opening the window the widest for you this NFL season because of the significant injuries that we're seeing. So in other words, if you have the healthiest squad out there, you have the greatest chances to win. And who does that benefit the most? I think I have the number one answer on the board.

[Rich]

We've always seen health play a factor in sports, but for some reason, there are certain teams you look at and I said to, you know, Mike, who runs this place?

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

I said, look at my 49ers.

[Covino]

Who they 49ers?

[Rich]

They went out.

[Covino]

Oh, Mike. Yeah, Mike.

[Rich]

If this team wins out and damn by your Seahawks, take care of the Rams this Thursday, the Niners could be the 1 seed.

[Covino]

Niners is a good answer, but I think there's a better answer as far as who health benefits the most.

[Rich]

I'm saying benefits. I'm saying you could do all the what ifs of imagine this Niners team who's somehow hanging in there. Imagine Bosa and Fred Warner hadn't been injured. This team would be a Super bowl favorite. But then Mike said, if butts. And what do you say here, if ifs and butts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas.

[Covino]

We'd all be having a feast.

[Rich]

And then he said, then he also said, if my uncle had. If my aunt had nuts, she'd be my aunt. My uncle, my aunt had anyway.

[Covino]

Yeah, but that's what I don't like about your fool me once. Shame on you. Rich's theory is lame, though. I think, you know, hey, imagine if Bosa didn't get hurt. You could say that about almost every team in the NFL.

[Rich]

I'm just saying there's some that benefit more, and it's shocking that some are hanging in there. But I think the guy that I look through the glass at every day, the best update guy on planet Earth, Dan Byers. Seahawks, knock on wood. If they stay a healthy, they're a team that could surprise everyone. And I'm not saying they're not the best. It just key players are in the lineup they are playing. So many other teams have notable dudes like the Packers. Everyone was so high in the Packers. Did you see the injury list that came out of last game on the Green Bay Packers?

[Covino]

I mean, not only the last game.

[Rich]

This entire game, it's like as long as, like Santa's list. It's ridiculous. What's up?

[Covino]

Weekend was flooded with injuries, so they lost.

[Dan Beyer]

Micah Parsons, we know.

[Covino]

Yep.

[Dan Beyer]

Josh Jacobs has been dealing with a. Or knee. Kind of popped up again after the Bears win two weeks ago. He didn't practice much last week, but still ended up playing. Christian Watson was seen on the turf.

[Rich]

Yeah, I mean, I mean, talking about a lot of key players, your team, you know, has stayed relatively healthy and they're so under the radar that the Seahawks could end up being the 1 seed and have everything go through the Pacific Northwest and it would be like, wait a minute, what, the Seahawks?

[Dan Beyer]

I don't want to put anything out into the universe, but I think that another key thing about the Seahawks is there are players who are better than others on defense, but they went through. They had some injuries in the secondary this year. Now, that may be normal stuff. I think is Gavino is saying everybody deals with injuries, which I totally agree. But they're so based, their defense is such a team effort sort of thing that they can absorb some of the losses. Like Ernest Jones missed a couple of games, but that wasn't necessarily missing. Maybe it's different on the offensive side of the ball. We talked about Charles Cross, but the left tackle maybe being in jeopardy of missing Thursday's game. But I think for the way that their team is constructed, that they're able to maybe navigate if they were to miss certain pieces.

[Covino]

So basically what we're saying is, yeah, ifs and buts. If butts were candy and nuts, we'd all be having a feast. This is the most evident season where health is wealth, where the healthiest team is the wealthiest team, whoever has the most health heading into the playoffs probably has the greater advantage. It's more visible, more noticeable than ever before.

[Rich]

Just the phrase health as well. There's something you hear a lot. But I'll be honest. The minute you turn 40 in life.

[Covino]

But especially this season in the NFL.

[Rich]

The minute you turn 40, you look around at your parents, your friends, people you know. As we all get older, oh, we.

[Covino]

Take it for granted.

[Rich]

You realize when you're 20 something, you feel like an invincible little jerk, to be honest. Like you're walking around, you're walking around like nothing could go wrong. You hit your 40s, you know, mortality and thoughts and injuries and all these things are more visibly in your face. And in sports this year I feel like NBA, you're seeing it. But the NFL this season, my goodness.

[Covino]

Yep. The healthiest is the wealthiest.

[Rich]

I give you one of the most key elements of this Thursday's crucial Seahawks Rams game is hey, is devonte Adams going to play?

[Covino]

So you could play all the what ifs if you want Rich. Right? All the what ifs. Well, what if. So what if Mahomes had a, you know, a better season and better protection.

[Rich]

Yeah. But the thing is those are what ifs based on like if they did better. There are teams that injuries like the Buffalo Bills.

[Covino]

Well, I'm glad you said them because.

[Rich]

Pause.

[Covino]

All right. They by far. I know you're going to say your Niners. You could say Dan Seahawks. I think by far it's the Bills that benefit the most. You got the Bengals. Joe Burrow has been banged up all year. So count out the Bengals. Count out the Chiefs. The Ravens stink. The Steelers are average. This is the Bill's window to finally do it. This is their season and this is their chance to win. And if they don't, then they're the weakest. Honestly, this is the Bill's greatest opportunity to benefit on healthiest being the wealthiest and cashing in on a relatively healthy team led by Josh Allen even though he was barfing at the end of the game this past game based on the fact that the Chiefs have dealt with injuries, the Bengals have dealt with injuries. The Steelers are good, but I'm not buying that hype. They're average and the Ravens are assigned. The Bills have to win. This is their season to capitalize on all the unhealthy teams that are falling short in 2025.

[Dan Beyer]

I would also say that your guys argument, which I think is a is a very fair argument, is highlighted by two players who have not been injured this year that we expected and One is Christian McCaffrey who has been magnificent this season like he has been the rock for the 49ers and knock on.

[Rich]

What people thought, he'll never be the same and he's going to arguably have thousand yard rushing, thousand yard receiving season.

[Dan Beyer]

Yes, I think that that is a key part. And then the other one is the guy that we weren't sure if he was going to play week one and now he's your MVP and that's Matthew Stafford. So for like I would have, I would have bet $100 that Matthew Stafford was going to at least miss a game this year at some point.

[Rich]

Oh yeah.

[Dan Beyer]

Remember, the Rams didn't even really want him back.

[Rich]

My. My grandfather used to say, I'll bet you dollars to donuts, whatever that means. Yeah, but. But I bet you dollars to donuts that he'll get injured. McCaffrey and Stafford, clean slate. Knock on wood, right?

[Dan Beyer]

Yes.

[Rich]

And the season's not over, so I don't want to put the jam boozy on anyone because I never want to root for injuries. But if you think injuries are done, there's still three plus weeks of NFL football, so God forbid something else happens.

[Dan Beyer]

We didn't know if Stafford was going to play week one, week two, or week three, or whatever, because remember, they were. They were kind of in limbo. They weren't saying about what he was going to do. And so then you're expecting the worst. And then he's just gone out there and is now minus 250 to win the MVP.

[Rich]

And when you think about. And I was saying my Niners, and it's an interesting thought because the Niners lost two of the best players on their whole team, Nick Bosa and Fred Warner. What I was saying is when they lost those guys, it was like, season's over. But then they somehow stayed afloat. And you watch other teams around the league losing key guys as well. So it's almost, dare I say, starting to become a push.

[Covino]

Well, if healthiest as well. You know, I'm just trying to make sense of this conversation. AFC is open for the taking, and I think the Bills have to take it and capitalize on this theory. Right. As far as the NFC, Rich, you and your 49ers and Dan and the Seahawks have to battle it out.

[Rich]

I think that game, which damn higher. That's the one day the 49ers are going to wear those black uniforms. Those ones that we thought were. Some thought were hideous, some thought were cool. They're rocking those week 18 and people said, why would they wear them then? It might be a meaningless game. Meaningless game.

[Covino]

That.

[Rich]

That could be for all the Tostitos, as you say, that could be for all the marbles, 49ers, Seahawks. If your team wins on Thursday against the rams that Week 18 matchup, there can be multiple Week 18 matchups that are like playoff games.

[Dan Beyer]

Yeah. Steelers, Ravens. It was even, you know, highlighted last night of what all could happen. Bucks, Panthers, a lot of different things that could happen to. To allow that. But, you know, to Cavino's point about the Bills and Josh Allen, I thought it was that way at the start of the season, even before the injuries kind of came in because the Chiefs got off to that 02 start. The Ravens weren't winning, and then they lost to the Chiefs with Lamar Jackson having his injury. And at the time, guys, it was the Colts. We were saying, yeah, Buffalo could go to Indianapolis and win a game. Now look at what injuries have done to the Indianapolis Colts that they have to bring in Philip Rivers, who to be their starting quarterback. And it wasn't just the season ender with Daniel Jones. It was the fracture in his leg prior to that. That was an issue for them in having such a great start to the season and then them kind of scaling back and now being on the outside looking in. CJ Stroud was knocked out for the Texans. Now he's back in. So that's good fortune for them. And now they're making a push for the. For the top of the spot in the AFC South.

[Covino]

I like how you use the term good fortune. And yeah, the Texans could be right in that mix too, with their defense, the way C.J. stroud is good fortune. Because I saw this in a meme one time, Rich, so it has to be true. Of course, I think the Chinese symbol for crisis is the same as opportunity.

[Rich]

Well, you see that a lot with the stock market. A lot of times when there's a lot of red, people are panicking. I'm buying.

[Covino]

When there's crisis in life, there's often opportunity. And the same things apply in here with the NFL, with all the injury, with all the crisis for these other teams, this is great opportunity. Who benefits the most is really the question. And Dan Byer mentioned the good fortune of having C.J. stroud back and healthy and they're playing well. Yeah, I think the Texans benefit, but I truly believe it's either in the NFC, your 49ers, or the Seahawks and the Bills in the AFC. Those are the teams that benefit the most because they have the greatest opportunity based on the crisis of injury that the other teams are dealing with.

[Rich]

Yeah, I'm looking at our feedback. Someone called me niner boy.

[Covino]

You are niner boy. But the Niners are solid, okay?

[Rich]

They're.

[Covino]

The only thing I agree with is Rich saying that, hey, man, imagine if Bosa and you know, they had all this, because you could say that for every team in the league, most teams are dealing with injuries, significant injuries.

[Rich]

Because by the way, I mean, just.

[Covino]

Yesterday, just this past weekend alone for the packers, we talked about all the injury.

[Rich]

But what I'm is the Niners are a team that lost two mega stars, two Pro Bowlers every year. And you thought, well, they're still playing well.

[Covino]

My team's lost big players and they stink. They're done.

[Rich]

That's what I'm saying. Like, it is interesting. Like, if that hadn't happened, the Niners might be like, dominating everyone.

[Dan Beyer]

I think that you look at Nick Bosa and I just, at some point he was going to get hurt.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Dan Beyer]

I don't think Fred Warner is that case. Like, I think the Fred Warner one is the one where you're like, oh, what could have been? But the way that. Honestly, the way George Kittle missed the first five, six games of the year for the 49ers, was that a shock? Right? Like, no, it wasn't. Because George Kittle not. And I'm not saying that he's injury prone and gets hurt all the time. The way that these guys play, he's.

[Rich]

A little reckless and he's getting older.

[Dan Beyer]

Yes, yes. Like, it's been injured a lot. It's going to happen. Like, it's. And so it happened to Kittle early. It happened in Nick Bosa, the Warner one. I don't think that you can expect. But then that goes back to Christian McCaffrey in saying, man, this guy is touting the rock as well as he ever has in his career at this age.

[Covino]

I personally just don't like ifs and buts. I like buts, but I don't like ifs and buts when we're talking about health in the NFL part of the game. Right. Like, you can't predict that. You almost have to assume that someone's going to get hurt.

[Rich]

Could take niner boy.

[Covino]

Hey, Rick. Niner boy.

[Rich]

What's up, Sam?

[Caller/Listener]

In some alternate universe where your 49er coaches didn't do such a great job job coaching this team back up. I wish your record was actually 4 and 9 so I can call you the San Francisco 4 and Niners.

[Covino]

Oh, take that. Could have been. Could have easily been the four.

[Caller/Listener]

You're winning.

[Covino]

Winning. Thank you. Thank you. So your thoughts, ifs and buts.

[Caller/Listener]

Four and niners.

[Dan Beyer]

Come on.

[Caller/Listener]

And then Dan had the 40 whiners.

[Covino]

Right.

[Dan Beyer]

Was that a couple of weeks ago? That's an old one. Like the Seahawks get sea chickens. Yeah. Because the chicken is not as ferocious as the hawk. So you see sea chickens, we get complaino and bitch.

[Covino]

What we're really is that healthiest is the wealthiest in life. In life. We need to view things from that perspective a little more. Right. As long as everybody's healthy, we're all Doing great. Because people love to complain. Like, you said, complain own bitch. But. And we're not actually in the NFL more than ever before. The healthiest is the wealthiest.

[Rich]

You ever talk to your parents? I talked to my mom today. She's like, oh, my legs are sore. I'm like, mom, do you stretch? Do you, like, do any cardio? Take a walk around the neighborhood? Oh, I should. I think, like, everyone's parents are on the I should bandwagon. Like, your dad's looking great now, but how many years were your dad just, like, taking trash care of himself? You always say that like you lived on a diet of pretzels and coffee.

[Covino]

He still needs to stretch, though.

[Rich]

Like, our parents. Like, yeah, my knees hurt. You like, are you active? No. What are you doing? Do you. Do you drink enough water? Who wants water? You know, health is wealth. And I want to point out one thing. Last night, you brought up the. Ageless is not the word to describe him playing well, but does not look ageless. Aaron Rodgers. That was a huge win last night. I don't think we liked every.

[Covino]

I liked his victory yesterday. I love him palling around with Zach Wilson. I. Dude, I totally forgot about Zach Wilson for a minute until I saw.

[Rich]

Him at the game.

[Covino]

Exactly.

[Rich]

You remember his mom? You remember his mom more than him?

[Covino]

No, but he's a guy we talked about a lot, and I'm like, oh, yeah, that's right. He's on the Dolphins. Forgot about that.

[Caller/Listener]

Still gainfully employed.

[Covino]

Yeah. No props to him. But they're pound around because they're pals and they're jets days.

[Rich]

Aaron Rodgers winning that game last night meant that they have slight wiggle room headed into week 18.

[Covino]

Let me.

[Rich]

Let me. Sam, schedule watching, please. Thank you.

[Covino]

The rich loves to look at the schedule.

[Rich]

Game, schedule watching.

[Covino]

Damn. By the way, you always talk about this wiggle room. Is that by Mike's office somewhere?

[Rich]

Oh, no, that's in our new contract. We're getting a wiggle room. Where is it?

[Covino]

Where is this wiggle room you always talk about?

[Caller/Listener]

Right next to the champagne room.

[Covino]

Oh, wiggle it.

[Rich]

So the Steelers schedule for the remaining three games. Let's forget week 18 because that's head to head against the Ravens. They play at the Lions, and the Lions are fighting for their dear life. It looks like the Lions are out, but you know they're not going to give up. So let's say the Steelers lose to the Lions. They're 8 and 7. They beat the Browns. They're 9 and 7. So they go into that Final week against the Ravens at 9 and 7. The Ravens, however, they play the Patriots and the Packers. If they lose both of those games, week 18 doesn't matter. So the Ravens are. The Ravens are playing desperate. Every game for the Baltimore Ravens moving forward is desperation mode. And you could have dropped. You could have dropped both of those games and hope that the Steelers lost the one game against the Lions and still been alive for week 18. But if you're the Ravens and you're a Ravens fan, you better be saying a couple extra Hail Marys and Alfathers tonight because it looks very daunting. Their final games are against the Patriots, the Packers, and then they got to play the Steelers for the division, if it even matters at that point.

[Dan Beyer]

And I don't know if it's going to matter if those teams get into the playoffs. Like, that's. And that's the other.

[Rich]

Like, to get in for what?

[Dan Beyer]

Yeah, right. Like. And I hate that. I hate to think like that. But when you are talking about these two teams with an Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers and their history and the Ravens being so close the past couple of years, just making it to the playoffs and bowing out early is which. I think that there are five or six teams that would beat those teams.

[Covino]

I could agree with you more, Dan Beyer, everyone was raving about that victory last night and how good Aaron Rodgers looked and how well they played against the Dolphins. And I'm thinking to myself the whole time, look, I get it. You have to talk about it. The game just played out and we're watching it. This is the focus of conversation here. But does anyone really buy into them winning anything? I don't. Not at all.

[Dan Beyer]

No.

[Covino]

What if I, you know, if it happened, would I be mad about it? No, not at all. I'd be a cool story.

[Rich]

Well, but I mean, in the beginning.

[Covino]

See that at all.

[Rich]

Let's. Let's rewind. Let's go back to August. By the way, that was not. That was me doing that.

[Covino]

Pretty good.

[Rich]

I think we all agreed that if Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers won one playoff game, you said, I believe Steve Cavino, you said that would be the barometer of success. Like if Aaron Rodgers came back, took this Steelers team to the playoffs, but then won a playoff game and made it to the divisional round, you said.

[Covino]

Yeah, he's already shown me he had more than I thought he did.

[Dan Beyer]

So.

[Rich]

So I remember you saying that that would be sort of your gauge. Like, you can't. No one expected the Steelers to really do much, but I remember clearly you saying, dude, if he wins one playoff game for the Steelers, that, that shows it. Like, you know, he still has got enough juice and it doesn't hurt his legacy and you know, he's showing that he's still a winner.

[Caller/Listener]

And that would be the first playoff win for the Steelers in like nine.

[Covino]

Seasons, if I'm not wrong, which would show of all winning seasons by Tomlin.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, yeah, they haven't had, they haven't won a playoff game in like almost a decade.

[Covino]

That would be a great, I don't want to say send off, but I'd say a great comeback for Aaron Rodgers.

[Rich]

Man, it's going to be a wild postseason. I can't wait. I'm, I'm salivating at the next few weeks. We're going to go over all the games that mean a lot this weekend coming up in a little bit. Plus again tonight, something else is going on in the world of sports that I don't think anyone cares about even a little. We'll get to that. If you don't know what I'm talking about, hang tight. You're going to be like, wait, what's going on tonight? We'll get to that. Plus, I have a question for you guys. I need your help. Has to do with a little holiday. Thanks for the bell. Bell sound effect. Jingle vato. Thanks for the bells. And we're going to go over a holiday hypothetical that I need your help on. So we'll do that and a bunch more. A lot of fun today. Appreciate you hanging Cavino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio.

[Covino]

Quick timeout. Holiday upgrade check. Are you still watching the games on an old small tv? If you are, everyone's talking about you behind your back. You're failing in life. You need to step it up. And you're only seeing about half the game.

[Rich]

And you're only seeing about half of the RSVP show up to your party.

[Covino]

Yeah, exactly.

[Rich]

I'm going to skip this one, guys.

[Covino]

I think people want to watch Jake Paul on your weak ass TV.

[Rich]

So hey, here's the deal. TCL QM8K. They got the QD mini LED. It's the real MVP. Ultimate brightness, ultimate black levels for the ultimate experience. Picture so clear you could taste the turf.

[Covino]

And it's not just football. Like I said, Jake Paul and AJ this weekend. Movies look cinematic. The Beast in Me on Netflix. Oh man, you got to watch it on the tcl.

[Rich]

Are you investing in Jarvis Yards, by the way?

[Covino]

Or I might be, yeah. But games feel smoother. And yes, your company your in laws. Everybody notices. Even mine.

[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Covino]

Happy holidays. And if you just joined us right now, would you miss so far? Well, we could sum it up by saying the healthiest is the wealthiest. Bro, that's really it.

[Rich]

What is this?

[Covino]

This is What? Quad City DJs Christmas special.

[Rich]

Oh, you know what I thought it was? I thought it was from the same artist. Remember that club song, Danny, when you were DJing from the clubs? Shake that ass. Let me see what you got. Remember that song?

[Covino]

You know Quad City DJs?

[Rich]

Of course. Come on, ride the train.

[Covino]

Yep. Yeah.

[Rich]

And ride it.

[Covino]

Well, Iowa, Sam is playing all the Christmas classics. He's on the ones and twos. He's our sound architect. We got Danny G. Super producing. We got the best holiday team here. Spots on the videos, Covino and Rich, fsr.

[Rich]

Speaking of music and sound architects, Snoop Dogg gonna be doing the halftime show at the Christmas Day game for the NFL.

[Covino]

Can't wait. Which is pretty cool.

[Rich]

Listen, NFL's been slaying it with the halftime shows, right? You had.

[Covino]

Did you say slaying it because it's a holiday show? Ho, ho, ho. And Dan Byers got your updates in about 8, 9 minutes.

[Rich]

Jack White and Eminem Post Malone. Now Snoop Dogg and then Bad Bunny for the halftime show at the Super Bowl. So you're going to get all the different genres over those three big days, right? Christmas, Thanksgiving, Super Bowl, Sunday.

[Covino]

Well, again, healthiest is the wealthiest in life, but more so than ever, just keep saying it. In the 2025 NFL football season, I will keep saying it because every time I do, you interrupt me.

[Rich]

Healthiest is wealthiest.

[Covino]

Healthiest is the wealthiest in the NFL. And I'm saying it's got to be the Bills, Niners, Seahawks, the teams that stay the healthiest will be the wealthiest when it comes to winning. Right now, we're winning live from the Fox Sports Radio studio. Every Olympic dream starts with the first glide. Do you remember your first glide? I think mine was across the kitchen floor. Mom used a fabuloso that day. And you could do that again. Through Learn to Skate usa, kids build confidence, strength and joy on the ice. Learn to Skate USA offers programs for skaters of all ages and abilities. Find a program near you@ learntoskateusa.com I.

[Rich]

Just have to correct the hell the 49ers thing because I never said they stayed healthy. My point was the fact that they've stayed afloat and now other teams have matched their level of hurt.

[Covino]

I never said they stayed healthy either. What I'm saying is they can capitalize on these other teams that are suffering.

[Rich]

But when the 49ers stayed afloat after those injuries and Kyle Shanahan somehow found a way for this team to win. Yeah, they put themselves in a position where like, it's almost like.

[Covino]

Yeah, but you know what it's like, Rich.

[Rich]

You were so hurt, at a disadvantage, and then everyone slowly and surely around.

[Covino]

You, but you had so many star players that a few went down. You still had more star players.

[Rich]

Yeah, I got you.

[Covino]

So you benefited from having a stacked team, stars.

[Rich]

But a team like the Seahawks or the Bills, I think are the two that stand out to me. And there's a few AFC teams like the Texans that have gotten healthy and looking good right now. So we'll see. We shall see.

[Covino]

Hey, and if the Steelers, who had a great game last night, but again, I look at it like against the Dolphins, if they can keep moving forward with that momentum. I'm not hating, I'm just stating what's up.

[Rich]

Db.

[Dan Beyer]

The one thing that I would say is you could say that the Bills lost their best defensive player in Ed Oliver. But everything rides so much on Josh Allen that it's just if Josh Allen's healthy.

[Rich]

Yeah, that's true. I'm looking at some of our feedback, someone actually agreeing with you on that sentiment. That Josh Allen, just such a game, game decider, just how he, how he shows up, it sort of sets the whole tone of the game.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Dan Beyer]

And if they don't have them, they don't have a chance.

[Rich]

Yeah. Blind guy creation. Say hi to him. Tammy. Balance to Esteban, Joey Elbows, everyone chiming in on the intro chat. Some of them I can't repeat. But I do want to say that Mikey 1748 said, I don't know what you guys are talking about. My Bears have the most games missed with injured players this season and look at them. The Ben Johnson effect is real. Is that true? They have the most injured team, Mikey. I'll take your word for it.

[Dan Beyer]

It may be there was no practice today for Roma Dunes or Luther Burden, so those wide receivers were out of Dunes. They missed their game against the Browns, but could very well be. But Caleb Williams has been under center for every single one of them.

[Rich]

So that's helped when QB1 is healthy all year. It's such an advantage. Yeah, you're giving away. Not like no freebies to anyone.

[Covino]

Yeah, that Stafford point you made before Dan Byer, that was a good one.

[Rich]

I mean, that's the biggest, the biggest surprise. No one thought that in the off season. I remember db, we speculated, would he retire? We speculated, is his back injury going to be one of those things where every other week or so it's like, Matthew Stafford questionable with lower back nothing.

[Dan Beyer]

Also just the fact that the Rams were like, go ahead and look elsewhere. Kind of like the what do the Rams know that we don't know? And they went and they allowed him to look around. He ended up going back to la, then ended up not being healthy in the preseason, which we thought was another red flag. And then having this MVP sort of season. I mean, now without Devonte Adams, we'll see what they do. They lost Pukin Akua for a couple of games middle of the year.

[Covino]

But I want to make this point too. You know, I didn't leave the Rams out of that conversation because I forgot they're 11 and 3. Dan Meyer brought him up and I'm like, yeah, damn, he's right. They've been solid. And Stafford being there all year, really not expected. They've won. Right. When I say opportunity, like, you got to capitalize. Josh Allen, this is his chance. Stafford, this is his chance. I mean, not Stafford. Darnolds, this is his chance. Purdy, this is his chance. That's what I was getting at. Like, this is their opportunity to capitalize on these injuries on these teams. So the healthiest is the wealthiest. And we'll take your feedback at 87799 on Fox. There's another big thing going on this weekend.

[Rich]

It's like if Taylor Swift doesn't put out an album that year, some other pop star has a chance to be like the it girl or guy that year.

[Covino]

Absolutely.

[Rich]

You know, you have the chance.

[Covino]

That's like when Jordan retired. That gave opportunity for a few teams to sneak in there for a few years. These injuries have given opportunity to other teams to really step up. This weekend, Aside from week 16 beginning, we have a big fight on Friday. Does everybody realize the fights on Friday? We're not used to Friday night fights anymore. Grew up loving Friday night fights, but big pay per view and big events, I become a Saturday night thing. Saturday nights, alright. Saturday night's a night for fighting. That's what Elton John told me. But I like the fight version. You like the who version of what?

[Caller/Listener]

Saturday Night's all right for Fighting.

[Covino]

That's a cover song?

[Caller/Listener]

No, no, the who do cover it, and it's fantastic.

[Rich]

They.

[Covino]

You're saying the who's version is better than Elton John's?

[Caller/Listener]

I like it more.

[Rich]

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday.

[Covino]

It's really good.

[Rich]

I thought you were doing Bay City Rollers.

[Covino]

S A T U R D A Y. But the name of the song is Saturday Nights A Night for Fighting.

[Caller/Listener]

The Saturday it's all right for Fighting.

[Covino]

The Jake Paul AJ fight is Friday and Rich has a dilemma, and we want to turn dilemmas into dilemma.

[Rich]

Let me pose the question. We'll go to DB for an update, and then we'll take some fun feedback. Now, Friday night is fight night. I invited all you guys. I invited the show spot. Danny G, Sam Covino, Dan Byer, you know, if you guys are part of the show, come over. I'll order some food, we'll watch the fight, have a little cocktail up by the fire pit afterwards. And Sam, you pointed out it's also some college football playoffs.

[Covino]

Oh, yeah. Tonight, huh?

[Rich]

We got some action.

[Caller/Listener]

I'm excited for this, too.

[Covino]

The song isn't Saturday Nights a Night for College Football Playoffs.

[Rich]

So we got college football playoffs and a fight night. Friday night.

[Covino]

Friday night.

[Rich]

And I have a question that has to do with when you invite someone. Who does that invite extend to? I'll explain, but let's go to DB for an update. Dan Byer. What's doing? What's up?

[Covino]

What's up, Dan?

[Dan Beyer]

We'll see if Dolphins ed coach Mike McDaniel invites to a Tongue of I Loa to the starting quarterback party in week 16 because apparently that job is up in the air.

[Covino]

We're in the process of game planning for the Cincinnati Bengals, so we're trying to determine who will give us the best chance to win. I'll probably give you more clarity on that tomorrow.

[Dan Beyer]

As for the quarterback play last night, which was handled by Tua, McDaniel said, quote, it was not good enough, end quote. Rams head coach Sean McVay said wide receiver Devonte Adams could be a gametime decision for their game in Seattle on Thursday because of his hamstring strain. Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh speaking with the Dan Patrick show today and DP asked him about his connection or conversations with Sharon Moore, the former Michigan coach who was arrested last week.

[Covino]

When's the last time you talked to Sharon Moore?

[Rich]

Early December.

[Covino]

But I have texted him nothing since he was arrested.

[Dan Beyer]

Just text.

[Rich]

How are his spirits?

[Covino]

I think. I think It's a tragedy. It's the worst days of his life.

[Rich]

And, you know, keep it together and.

[Covino]

Take care of your family. That's, you know, that's the message. And getting spiritual guidance is really critical.

[Dan Beyer]

Harbaugh was asked by DP if he has any role in firing or hiring Moore's successor at Michigan. Harbaugh says his focus right now is on the Chargers and their Week 16 opponent, the Dallas Cowboys. Sesame street helped raise all of us. Now it's our turn. Donate the this holiday [e-mail] because the world needs sesame and sesame needs you. Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban has purchased a minority stake in the Nashville Predators championship game of the NBA cup in Las Vegas tonight. Nixon Spurs, 8:30 Eastern Time. When the warriors play on Thursday, they won't have Pat Spencer. He's been ruled out for personal reasons. Guys, back to you.

[Rich]

Thanks, Dan Beyer.

[Covino]

Thanks, Dan.

[Rich]

All right, now here's my question, and we'll go quick with this, and we'll get into some more NFL, maybe a little baseball. Hot stove. Any moves that you see that you're interested in, we'll get to a fun, fun show today. When you have a fight night, when you invite someone, when you're a grown man, when you invite someone, is that extending to their whole family or is it just the person?

[Covino]

What if you specify that it's guys night, is that, like, really lame for an adult to do?

[Rich]

Because I, for instance, it's just a bro. And in my mind, like, hey, listen, I would never want anyone to not feel welcome at my house because everyone's always welcome if you're, you know, part of my fam. But if I invite, for instance, my, my, one of the coaches I coach Little league with, Ponyball with, if I say, hey, man, fight night Friday, come by, we'll have some food, is he thinking that's to him, him and his son? Because I coach our, we coach our boys together. So it's like. But bro's night. Like, him and his son come. Is he bringing his wife and other kids? Like, if I say Danny, fight night, is he like, yeah, Brenda and the kids are coming to same with koa.

[Covino]

Is that on you, Rich? Do you need to specify. How do you specify that? There's a lot going on here.

[Rich]

Like, yeah, like, for a fight night, right. Is it, is it also sexist to assume that it's like, guys night because it's a fight?

[Covino]

Also depends who the invite's coming from. Meaning, like, Rich, you're a married guy, right?

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Covino]

So it's implied that your wife's gonna be there and so are your nose picking kids. Which means, which means, like, okay, bring yours. Like bring my wife. Cuz your wife's there, right? If you're going to a single dude's place. If Carl's like, yeah, yeah, I'm having some people over for the fight and Carl lives by himself with no other woman. That might be implied that it's a broken no.

[Rich]

So you're saying it lies in the host scenario?

[Covino]

I think it lies in the. Yeah, in who's inviting you. But there's no shame in asking questions. But it is an interesting thought. Like, what are you supposed to assume?

[Rich]

Like if Dan Beyer were to say, hey guys, party at my place, I assume Dan. Dan's got a wife and a beautiful little son who's close to my son's age. In my mind I'm like, is that like a bring the family thing?

[Sophie Cunningham]

Yeah.

[Covino]

What if you had a big family though? Bring everybody.

[Rich]

What if, like, what if one of my buddies I coach with has like three kids and a wife now all of a sudden, like, inviting him to fight night's like inviting five people over my house.

[Covino]

Exactly, yeah.

[Rich]

Your thoughts on how do you work this? Think about it. We'll take your feedback on that. Next we'll get into some more football, NFL and of course tonight, how could you forget about the NBA Cup? We're going to get to that. More CNR next, right here on Fox Sports Radio.

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[Covino]

Oh, is this the who version? Saturday night's all right. Friday night is fight night, but Saturday night's all right. Going out to all the who's in Whoville.

[Rich]

There you go.

[Covino]

It's their favorite band, the who, going out to Cindy Lou who because who? Well, we all know the Grinch is terrorizing them, Max, so they need something to have fun, too. And that's Covino and Rich and Iowa Sam playing the who. Covino and Rich who? Us. Covino and Rich, live from the Fox Sports Radio studio.

[Rich]

Ever see a girl with a bad nose job and she looks like she lives in Whoville?

[Covino]

Yeah, that's where she got the nose job. I always assumed that. So it's time for our tire rack play of the day. Rodgers and Metcalf. Sounds like a law firm. Rodgers and Metcalf.

[Rich]

Hey, if you get a fender bender, call Rogers and Metcalf.

[Covino]

Occidentes. Rodgers and Metcalf were on the same page last night.

[Rich]

Rodgers in the shotgun, taps both sides of the helmet. One on the play clock gets a snap. Dolphins bringing pressure. Throw over the middle. It is complete. The DK Metcalf hurls aside one defender stiff arms another into the end zone for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Touchdown. What an effort by DK Metcalf.

[Covino]

Both guys having a game last night and that's courtesy of 1025 WDVE Steelers Radio Network. That's our Tyrack play of the day.

[Rich]

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[Covino]

So hey, I like that who version. Sam, good job. Thank you. Now he played Saturday nights at night for fighting because we're used to Saturday night fights at this point, but used to be Friday night fights, man. And on Netflix this Friday night you got Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua. And word on the screets is, well, two things. We'll be breaking it down on our bonus pod this week over promised with Covino and Rich. We're going to welcome boxing analyst two Tone the superstar. He's going to break it down, tell us his pick. Probably going to be Joshua. But why? You'll find out on over promised right here on our YouTube page. Covino Enrich FSR. And word on the streets is Anthony Joshua already looking ahead.

[Rich]

You say FS yar.

[Covino]

FS yar. Number one channel for pirates C and R on FS Yar. Pirates love us.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Sophie Cunningham]

Huge.

[Rich]

With Andy Van Slyke and Sid Bream.

[Covino]

AJ looking ahead of Jake Paul. So that shows you where his head is at. Do you say that he's so confident or is that bad? Because they're saying that he's working out a fight with Tyson Fury following this Jake Paul debacle.

[Rich]

If Anthony Joshua, he said, if I don't destroy Jake Paul, I'm disappointed. Like he, he pulled like an Ivan Drago. Like I will destroy him.

[Covino]

Well, again, as far as analysis, Covino Norch FSR will do that on Thursday. Yeah, right on over promised. But as far as the invites and how we're going to handle this Friday night spectacular, there's lots to keep in mind. Holiday parties, ugly sweater parties. Do you combine them? Who do you invite? Like if you're inviting families, do women, wives and I'm sorry to be sexist here, but do wives and children really care about the fight? Does that interrupt the festivities?

[Rich]

Is there such thing as a, is there such thing as a boys night if it's not specified when you're a grown up?

[Covino]

Yeah, but add the holiday layer to this too because if you're have people over on a Friday night, they might be assuming like, hey, it's Christmas time. Yes, Christmas time. This is holiday party. Like, no, this is a fight night.

[Rich]

And by the way, it takes such offense to Esteban on our intro chat.

[Covino]

What do you say?

[Rich]

Because Rich feels like a guy that has bland hummus at his party. I have. Oh, no, I have all the. I have all.

[Covino]

I have. No, you're the guy that thinks like, it's spicy, but it's not.

[Rich]

I have all. Rich is the guy that licks.

[Covino]

He licks his fingers and he goes afterward because he thinks it's so spicy. Spicy. Oh, garlic. Yeah, but it's not this guy, but.

[Rich]

The guy the guys go home with. The guy that goes home with a full belly every time he's in my house now he's lying about pumice. Get out of here.

[Covino]

Guys gone mild in the 2000s. Guy's gone mild.

[Rich]

Good one.

[Covino]

True guy's gone mild. Rich has the bitchin sauce set out. Dude. I love bitching sauce, dude.

[Rich]

I will say, though, hey, I didn't.

[Covino]

Say I don't appreciate the fixings in the food.

[Caller/Listener]

Rich has pickled jalapenos for us.

[Rich]

But I bring it all, you know.

[Covino]

Actually, you don't bring it spicy.

[Rich]

What do you want?

[Covino]

You gotta bring the spice.

[Rich]

You want some, like, something to burn your bunghole.

[Covino]

But the question, the question is, guys, just to, you know, give it to you straight, can you have a guys night or is that just lame?

[Rich]

What does that to be specified? Like I said, if I invite everyone over Friday night and I invite some of the dads from, you know, the pony league with their kids, am I assuming wives and kids and other kids and does everyone just at this stage.

[Covino]

Of the game too? Are kids and wives always implied?

[Rich]

I think they might be.

[Covino]

Are we schoolboys?

[Rich]

Because I didn't think about it until one of my buddies said, is it everyone or just like me?

[Covino]

I'm like, oh, I notice if. If my girlfriend's working. I. It's. It's a bros night when people come over.

[Rich]

Hey, your thoughts at Kobe and on Rich. We got more. Next.

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