Hour 1 – Dodgers Dominating…Again, Baker Mayfield MVP Run

Summary

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The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 1

Date: October 15, 2025
Hosts: Covino & Rich (in for Dan Patrick)
Main Themes: Dodgers’ postseason dominance, the psychology of sports predictions, Baker Mayfield’s MVP run, and the ever-shifting media/streaming landscape

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Episode Overview

Covino & Rich, guest-hosting for Dan Patrick, aim their trademark humor and East Coast/West Coast banter at pressing topics in the sports world. They dive deeply into the Los Angeles Dodgers’ postseason performance, the cyclical nature of sports hype and predictions, and the story of Baker Mayfield's career resurgence. Blended with pop culture tangents and relatable personal anecdotes, the episode is a lively examination of why the obvious answers in sports often feel unsatisfying and how underdogs (or written-off stars) like Baker Mayfield can redefine the narrative.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. The Dodgers: Inevitable Dominance and Fan Psychology

(Starts ~03:52)

• Dodgers’ Postseason Run:
  The hosts discuss how, despite speculation and doubt, the Dodgers seem destined for success once again in the postseason.

  • “I feel like the Dodgers have completely screwed with our heads since April... it's fool me once, can't get fooled again.” – Rich (03:52)

• Nail in the Coffin Moment:
  The Max Muncie home run is viewed as the tipping point that ended the Brewers’ hopes, even when the score was still 3-1.

  • “Do we all agree that was sort of the nail in the coffin?... the Brewers don’t have it tonight. It’s the Dodgers.” – Rich (05:21)

• The 'Usual Suspects' of Sports:
  They compare year-to-year speculation (AFC representatives, World Series finalists) and note that, usually, the favorites/top teams end up dominating despite preseason hype for others.

  • “Every year we’re like, ‘oh, we’re such fools, it’s the Chiefs.’... And year after year, yeah, we’re like, this is Lamar’s year... But it’s always the Chiefs!” – Rich (12:07)

• Why Fans Avoid the Obvious:
  Hot take culture incentivizes picking unexpected outcomes, even when the boring answer is statistically correct.

  • “You try to come up with a hot take or something different... and you go away from the truth, and the truth is usually the obvious, and it's a boring answer.” – Covino (13:38)

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⚾ Dodgers vs. Brewers Series Dynamics

(17:47, 18:19–20:27, 23:30–26:14)

• Why the Dodgers Can’t Be Underestimated:
  Noting the health and star power of the Dodgers' current lineup with names like Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Blake Snell, Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow.
  • “Why did we—this team’s gonna sweep everything!” – Rich (17:47)
  • “How could you have ever underestimated them? It’s because... they didn’t have all these players healthy at the same time.” – Covino (17:53)
• Dodgers' Big-Time Pitching Performances:
  Yamamoto throws the first complete game postseason for the Dodgers since 2004, propelling the pessimistic take that the series is done for the Brewers.

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2. Streaming Overload & Sports TV Culture

(05:52–11:23)

• The Vanishing Watercooler Show:
  Lamenting the lack of buzz around quality shows due to streaming fragmentation:
  • References to "Chad Powers" (produced by the Mannings), "Only Murders in the Building", and the new Ozzy Osbourne and John Candy documentaries.
  • “We live in a world now where everything’s so diluted because there’s so many things... everything from Paramount Plus to Peacock to HBO Max...” – Rich (06:15)
  • “Things get lost in the shuffle... when there's 20 different streaming services and everything going on.” – Rich (09:15)
  • “But people always talk about the same things... aren't we more prone to talk about something surface level and goofy like that?” – Covino (08:58)

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3. Faith in Underdogs & Fan Loyalty

(18:19–20:27, 25:38–26:14)

• Fan Resilience & ‘Having Faith’:
  The hosts riff about not counting any team out, even when the series seems over, and acknowledge the ‘have faith’ mentality of sports fans.
  • “You gotta have... some sort of understanding that [the Brewers are] gonna fight back and Yellich and guys like that step up and do something.” – Covino (18:30)
  • “If you're a Brewers fan, even if you're not, you have to have some sort of understanding that they're gonna fight back...” – Covino (18:30)
• Mariners as Baseball's Sweetheart:
  If the anticipated World Series is Dodgers vs. Mariners, the world (outside LA) will pull for Seattle’s underdog story.

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4. Baker Mayfield: From Afterthought to MVP Candidate

(38:32–43:09)

• Baker's Career Arc:
  Exploring how Mayfield, discarded by the Browns and bounced around, ended up revitalized in Tampa Bay.

  • “Here's a guy that was tossed around... poor Baker Mayfield tries to find the home—doesn’t work in Carolina, has that one game with the Rams where everyone’s like, ‘oh look at him, that guy’s got balls.’” – Rich (38:37)

• Narrative Flip:
  Mayfield’s turnaround forces new questions about how we judge elite quarterbacks who “should” win but haven’t.

  • “What does that say when we talk about the narrative of Lamar Jackson and Burrow and Josh Allen and these elite quarterbacks... that are—oh they'll win one, one day. Will they?” – Rich (40:51)

• Not All Stars Get Their Ring:
  The hosts reflect on history—Marino, Rivers, Barkley, Ewing—where greats never won. The new crop (Lamar, Burrow, Allen) might be next.

  • “Probably not. When you look back in history, just as a kid growing up, we grew up watching legends who never won, and we're gonna see a lot more of that in our future, because not everybody gets one. That's life.” – Covino (40:51)

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5. Sports Media, Predictions & 'Usual Suspects' Logic

(13:38–14:52, 21:32–22:49, 24:33–25:53)

• The Trap of the Sexy Prediction:
  Hot takes rarely pay off; the steadfast favorites win more often than not.
  • “If you stick with the usual suspects, you're probably going to be right. Because we speculated all year that it's so-and-so’s season. And look, it's gonna come down to the Dodgers. Guess what? The team that won last year—big surprise. 60% of the time, it works every time.” – Covino (21:32)
• Sports Calendar Congestion:
  October is a “sweet spot,” making it difficult for fans to keep up with both games and shows.

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6. Pop Culture & Personal Anecdotes: Keeping It Relatable

(14:00–15:03, 32:41–36:20)

• Tangent on Brad Pitt, Movie Icons, & ‘Peak’ Performances:
  Fun banter about actors at their career-high (Brad Pitt in "Fight Club," Stallone in "Rocky IV," etc).
  • “Was anyone more ripped and in their prime than Brad Pitt in Fight Club?” – Covino (14:25)
• Parenting as a Sports & Music Education Mission:
  Rich describes introducing his kids to classic songs and sports teams, blending pop culture wisdom with daily routines.
  • “There's two things you gotta do... introduce your kid to classic songs, and make sure they know sports logos.” – Rich (34:19)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

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On Dodgers Hot-Take Fatigue:

“We've all been dopes that got duped... Like how every year we try to figure out who's going to represent the AFC, and every year we're like, 'oh, it’s the Chiefs.' Why do we pretend it's going to be anyone other than the Chiefs?”
— Rich (12:01–12:07)

On the ‘Hot Take’ Culture in Sports Media:

“You try to come up with a hot take... and you go away from the truth, and the truth is usually the obvious, and it's a boring answer.”
— Covino (13:38)

On Baker Mayfield’s Redemption Arc:

“Every team had a chance... Everyone had the chance to get Baker Mayfield. And everyone's like, pass. No thanks. Baker Mayfield goes to Tampa, rejuvenates his whole career, and now we're looking at a team that is arguably the top team in the National Football League.”
— Rich (39:53)

On Why Not Every Star QB Gets a Ring:

“Probably not. When you look back in history... we grew up watching legends who never won... not everybody gets one. That's life.”
— Covino (40:51)

On the Predictability of Winners:

“If you stick with the usual suspects, you're probably going to be right.”
— Covino (21:32)

On Streaming Shows & Pop Culture Buzz:

“Things get lost in the shuffle... when there’s 20 different streaming services and everything going on.”
— Rich (09:15)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Time | Topic Description | |-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------| | 03:52 | Dodgers’ psyche, Muncie’s home run, ‘fool me twice’ rhetoric | | 05:52–11:23 | Streaming overload, lack of show buzz, Chad Powers series | | 12:00–14:52 | Chiefs/Dodgers as ‘usual suspects’, sports predictions | | 17:47–26:14 | Dodgers’ postseason dominance, series breakdown, Mariners talk| | 32:41–36:20 | Parenting, pop culture education, classic music trivia | | 38:32–43:09 | Baker Mayfield's resurgence and NFL MVP speculation | | 40:51–43:09 | Why not all star QBs will win a Super Bowl, historical lens |

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Tone and Style

• Conversational, irreverent, and playful
  The hosts riff off each other, jump between sharp sports takes and silly asides, and keep discussion light, even along more critical topics (like sports fandom cynicism or failed predictions).

• Inclusive of sports diehards and casual fans
  Plenty of pop culture, parenting, and music references create entry points for all listeners.

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Useful for New Listeners

Even without prior exposure to The Dan Patrick Show, this episode offers a smart, humorous primer to the way sports narratives both repeat themselves and occasionally allow space for surprise stories—like Baker Mayfield’s possible MVP run—while making space for the simple pleasures (and frustrations) of modern sports fandom and pop culture overload.

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Summary prepared by PodcastSummariesAI, maintaining original tone and attributions as per transcript.

Transcript

[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Covino]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

What's up, buddy?

[Covino]

Good morning from the west side live from Fox Sports Radio studio Sunshine. And if you want to watch us do our thing, which is a cool robot to the xylophones. If you want to watch us live in studio, we have a new YouTube channel. So subscribe. See our stupid faces, talk some smack. People are chatting live. Covino Enrich FSR C O V I N O Covino Enrich FSR in for dp Always a pleasure. When the boss says you want in? We say, absolutely. Let's go. So thank you guys for hanging out with us. We're normally on 2 to 4 on the west, 5 to 7 on the east. But good day. Hope you had a Dodgers tour tonight.

[Rich]

I'm going to tell you in a little bit why I feel like the Dodgers, they've just been effing with us for the last six months. I feel like it's fool me once, can't get fooled again. I feel like the Dodgers have completely screwed with our heads since April. I'll explain why. We're gonna talk some Baker Mayfield today. We're gonna talk about duos. We're gonna talk about cheeks.

[Covino]

We're gonna talk about everything. Cheeks. Oh, yeah, I'll talk cheeks for weeks. We always talk cheeks. You don't even need to say that. But you know what else we do? Every hump day, we turn your hump day into a hump night. I'm not even sure what that means, but we also do something called Mike's Wednesday Words of wisdom. Mike, who runs this place, drop some words of wisdom. And if you could, repeat it verbatim, we give away prizes. We'll do that later. And another staple of the CNR showgram program, this professional gram of ours with producer Danny G. We got producing going on, not amateur deucing. We got Iowa Sam. We got Spot on Videos. And while Spot has our video running, he's also getting ready for midweek Major, something we always do. We go over the biggest stories in sports and pop culture. But are those stories Mid, as the kiddos say, Are they buns? Are they mid, weak or major? We decide here on the show. So stick around. Let's have some fun. We're halfway there. We're living on a prayer. We're Covino and Rich.

[Rich]

In fact, I think by now Bon.

[Covino]

Jovi's more than halfway there, right? You gotta be at least three quarters of the way there.

[Rich]

Long ass time.

[Covino]

As the meme goes, we, we're gonna.

[Rich]

Get to again, the Dodgers, which, by the way, after that Max Muncie home run. Do we all agree that was like sort of the nail in the coffin? Even though it only made it 3:1. You were like, yeah, the brewers don't have it tonight. It's the Dodgers. Ah, I'll explain a second, but I do want to start the show just by saying there's a show that I saw the preview for Little Teaser, and I have not heard anyone talk about it. And usually we go on buzz, right? You'll hear like your buddies are dopes at work.

[Covino]

Usually a buzz. Some guy's talking about Ed Gein monster. Someone's talking about the Ozzy documentary. I feel like there's not enough buzz on that. Someone's always talking about, I've heard some.

[Rich]

Buzz on the new John Candy documentary, which I've not watched.

[Covino]

That's on Amazon Prime. The Ozzy one's on Paramount Plus.

[Rich]

Well, back in the day, I'm not.

[Covino]

Going to say I shed a vato tear, but I came close watching that.

[Rich]

One back in the day. You know, people would always talk about the same shows, right? Like, oh, Game of Thrones or Sopranos. We live in a world now where everything's so diluted because there's so many things. Everything from Paramount plus to Peacock to HBO Max to Apple to Hulu to Netflix. Danny G, you were telling me about a show called Task with Mark Ruffalo to watch. I didn't know it existed.

[Covino]

Hbo, Max. Really good.

[Rich]

I watched Only Murders last night with my wife, and Cavino thinks I'm the only guy that watches that meanwhile. Am I?

[Covino]

You know, it is. It's just a lot of passwords to scam nowadays. I mean, a lot of subscriptions to have. So, yeah, we're all over the place.

[Rich]

Well, I just want to throw out a name of a show and then we'll get into the Dodgers and NFL. But it's sports related because I have not heard anyone talk about Chad Powers with Glen Powell. Produced by the Mannings. Omaha. Omaha. It's about a dude who sort of blows It.

[Covino]

But it's based on that character that we saw Eli portray years ago. Remember we talked about that?

[Rich]

Yeah, he goes undercover with, like prosthetics, like face makeup and stuff.

[Covino]

And this is about the Cardinals running back, right?

[Rich]

No, no, no.

[Covino]

He drops the ball at the line.

[Rich]

But you know what? Very similar. Danny. The whole point is he's sort of an F up to begin with. The Glen Powell character picture. Like a Baker. No, that's the. No, a Johnny Manziel type back in the day, right?

[Covino]

How dare you say Baker? You mean our mvp?

[Rich]

My bad. A Johnny Manziel type that drops the ball at the one yard line before he crosses the plane of the goal line in the national championship. The guy picks up the ball, goes the other way. They lose. And he. He. You know, he's already sort of a. An F up, but a star player. They fast forward eight years later and he goes undercover with prosthetics to try out for a smaller college team. And Steve Zahn plays the coach. I watched episode one last night. I'm excited to keep watching. There's like four available. I thought it was great. I really did. It was a cross between, like, Kenny Powers Eastbound and Down meets. I just have to. It was good.

[Covino]

Well, it goes to show you that people buzz about all the wrong things. Like love is blind. Right. They're not telling you this because it's not a safe answer. And I'm not saying love is blind isn't a necessary part of life. We need. Yeah, I was going to say, how dare you. Today's the release date. I know. We need that palate cleanse in life. We need that stupid fun just to throw on after a heavy day or after a heartbreaking loss. We need that. But people always talk about the same things.

[Rich]

How dare your dis. Love is blind. You sound like you're drunk. Like Joe from that show.

[Covino]

But aren't we more prone to talk about something surface level and goofy like that than to throw something that you like out there? Because I've heard no one, maybe I was saying, brought it up in reference maybe once, but I've heard no one talk about that show. And I've seen the ads. I've seen the ads, but no one's buzzing about it.

[Rich]

My first thought was, all right, I love football. Glenn Powell, sort of like, you know, an IT type of actor. Right now the Mannings are behind it. My thought was, well, if no one's talking about it, it must sort of stink. That was my thought. But things get lost in the shuffle. Like you said, when there's 20 different streaming services and everything going on. But I watched episode one last night. I'll leave it at that. This is no commercial. I gave it a shot and I thought it was fantastic. I thought it was funny. It made me laugh at times, like out loud. Like it's, it's. It's by no means clean. It's like a dirty show. Like, the jokes are, you know, crossing the line. There's sex and drug references. It's. It's a wild.

[Covino]

Is this a solo watch or do you watch with wifey? Like, does she want to tune in or should I watch by myself?

[Rich]

My wife thought it was really funny. I don't know. Everyone's wife is different. Some people's wives are lame.

[Covino]

But there's certain things like you end up watching by yourself because your wife has no interest in it.

[Rich]

Yeah, but then again, there are shows that no one talks about. And it's just the world we live in now because everyone's busy scrolling, scrolling, scrolling, and they're. They're sitting in bed and they rather scroll on TikTok to watch a show. So I get it.

[Covino]

Truthfully, we had a double doozy Monday night. We have great postseason. Baseball is post season go season. I haven't had much time for shows other than something stupid like Love is Blind because I'll put that on and if I fall asleep, no big deal. But we've been so full of greatness when it comes to sports that I haven't really had a lot of time to watch anything good. So when I do, I'll make note of it.

[Rich]

I was gonna say if you need something light and fun to watch.

[Covino]

And if you're gonna say that, I'm gonna throw the Ozzy documentary out there too. It's definitely worth the watch, whether you're into metal or not. You got to check that out. That's on Paramount.

[Rich]

Plus, listen, I think everyone loves and.

[Covino]

Could appreciate a good documentary, but no escape from now.

[Rich]

Chad Powers. If you're a big football fan like Danny, all you and I do is talk about football together. It's a comedy, you know, an R rated comedy about football produced by the Mannings. You would think again because no one's talking about it. My instinct was it must suck. It was fantastic.

[Covino]

Covino's right, though, where we're at on the sports calendar. We're so busy with all our games. There's even a good NBA preseason going on. I was watching Austin Reeves drop three pointers yesterday. Yeah, you got that too. Rich has to pull out two TVs just to fit it all in, right? So it's kind of like. It's hard to watch what's already on. That's really the thing, Right?

[Rich]

Well, I figured I'd throw that out there, but I want to talk about how the Dodgers have really sort of effed with all of us. I. It's, you know, shame on me, shame on you, shame on all of us. We're all dopes that got duped. You know, how the last maybe five years.

[Covino]

Shame, shame.

[Rich]

You know, I'm gonna walk down the hallway naked.

[Covino]

Shame, shame on a ninja who tried to run game on a ninja.

[Rich]

Shame, shame, shame on all of us for being dopes. Because the reality is much like the last five years in the NFL, you know how we try to figure out every year, like, who's gonna represent the afc. And every year we're like, oh, we're such fools. It's the Chiefs. Why do we pretend it's going to be anyone other than the Chiefs? And year after year, yeah, we're like, this is Lamar's year. Oh, it's going to be borough. Josh Allen's got it.

[Covino]

Just because of speculation and clean slate. And again, the hope that every season, every new season provides. That's all.

[Rich]

And we always feel like fools. Danny G. In the funniest way, though, obviously, every year we're like, why do we think it was going to be anything other than Chiefs?

[Covino]

We live in a hot take culture where it's like, all right, who do you think? So you're trying to say something crafty. It's like, you know how everyone has something in their back pocket if they were to meet somebody famous? Like, if I were to meet Brad Pitt, I'd say something like this. And you think what you're about to say is original because you don't want to say the same thing over, hey, man, what was in the box? You don't want to say, like, the same thing, so you come out with this really cool answer. Like, hey, man, I know not everyone's saying it, but I'm telling you, dude, the Colts this year, no one was saying that. No one was saying that. So you try to come up with a hot take or something different or something that no one else is saying, and you go away from the truth, and the truth is usually the obvious, and it's a boring answer. So you don't want to give the boring answer. And I always say it's the truth. I always say, dude, it's going to Be the usual suspects. It's going to be the great movies.

[Rich]

If you get Kevin Spacey, you're going to say that, yeah, it's going to.

[Covino]

Be all the usual suspects. But they're. There's always like one surprise team that made it and one surprise team that didn't. Right. But for the most part, the answers are obvious. But we don't like to say those.

[Rich]

Well, if you're going to shout out.

[Covino]

It's more fun to speculate. Rich is the answer.

[Rich]

If you're going to shout out Brad.

[Covino]

Pitt, what would you say to him if you've had him?

[Rich]

It's a good question. Brad Pitt, though. I was going to say if you're going to bring a Brad Pitt. Today, the 26th anniversary of Fight Club that came out on this day in 1999, just coincidentally. So a little timestamp. Feel a little old when you say that 26 years ago, was anyone more.

[Covino]

Ripped and in their prime than Brad Pitt and Fight Club? I have one other answer. Let me tell you.

[Rich]

We love to be like, you know, from a.

[Covino]

From a dude perspective, I.A.C.M. says he knows my answer.

[Rich]

From a dude perspective, we love to be like Megan Fox and Transformers or Jessica Simpson and Dukes of Hazzard and, you know, you know, Jennifer Love Hewitt and can't hardly wait. There's always a movie where you almost feel like, you know, in a vain way. That was when that's like their moment.

[Covino]

To leave his vein out of it. I was talking about his ripped ass.

[Rich]

You got to talk about dudes. Brad Pitt and Fight Club. I think it's undeniable that every woman salivated. And guys are like, jesus, look at him. Let me do one.

[Covino]

Yesterday's afternoon show, we were just talking about d' Angelo lines. Rest in peace. Rest in peace. D' Angelo aren' singer who passed away at the age of 51. That dude was ripped.

[Rich]

What's your answer? What's your go to?

[Covino]

Well, Sam says he knows my other answer. What's the other answer? Snatch. No. What? He was a boxer in that movie. But another actor who was like, oh.

[Rich]

I thought you said another Brad.

[Covino]

Undeniably at their prime. I'd say Sylvester Stallone and Rocky Ford. Wrong question.

[Rich]

I thought you were going to say Ryan Reynolds in that horror one. Amity. Amityville Horror. Right.

[Covino]

Yeah. Of course we have other women answers, but we're playing dude ones. We're playing it safe with the dudes this morning. But back to the point at hand here.

[Rich]

The point at hand is that it is fun to Give the kitschy, fun, hot take of. Well, you know, long I've been saying the Colts. Just like every year in football, people don't want to say the Chiefs because it's. It's fun and sexy to say, no, this is Josh Allen's year. Or, you know, I think, you know, if they would have got their defense together and he didn't get hurt. This is the. How many people said this is the Bengals year, and then it just doesn't happen.

[Covino]

But, Rich, I've watched enough Dodger baseball this past season, and, you know, it's a long season. I've seen enough of it to know if you could chase the Dodgers starters.

[Rich]

And get to the bullpen.

[Covino]

Because what the brewers are lacking right now are timely hits. If you can chase the starter, you have a chance to win. Yeah. And truthfully, you don't have to be a sports guru to know that they weren't healthy all year. I know that they would. I know, get everybody back. Then they'd be unstoppable. And that's what we're seeing now. It's just really a matter of it being a long season and having everybody healthy at the right time.

[Rich]

I mean, listen, if you rewind to the beginning of the season, we joked about, could this team win 110, 120 games, and that was the sentiment. Yeah, there were some injuries. Stuff went down. But, you know, it's funny when you watch with kids, I have a five year old and an eight year old, and I'm, you know, constantly trying to explain the game to them. And it's fun to watch through their eyes sometimes. And when they're getting into it, I'm an East Coast Mets fan, so it's already upsetting me that my kids like Dodgers dad. We live out here in Los Angeles.

[Covino]

Star power.

[Rich]

When for weeks on that, when I'm watching the lineup turn over and I'm like, yeah, kids are at Shohei and Mookie and Freddie and Tayoskar and oh, my God, the starting pitching is healthy. Yeah, Blake Snell, kids, he's like, you know, one of the best. And oh, wait, oh, Yamamoto, he's the big, you know, prospect they got from Japan. And oh, and then next game is Tyler Glass now, and then after that is Ohtani. Why did we. This team's gonna sweep everything.

[Covino]

How could you have ever underestimated them? It's because, again, they didn't have all these players healthy at the same time.

[Rich]

The bottom of their lineup are guys that would that like, like Tommy Edmond, Will Smith, These are guys that's like the middle and back of their line of great stars.

[Covino]

Speaking of Stallone, I got to say. Absolutely. I feel like you're being a little rude. Absolutely. Little rude. Sound like little rude to me. Are you hungry to automatically say that the brewers are done? Did you stick a fork in them?

[Rich]

It's all.

[Covino]

In all fairness, I get that vibe, too, especially going back to la. We all get the vibe that it's done, but they're not here because they're a team that's going to roll over and die like that.

[Rich]

Listen, I hope for the sake.

[Covino]

I'm just saying you gotta. You gotta have. If you're a Brewers fan, even if you're not, you have to have some sort of understanding that they're gonna fight back and. And Yellich and guys like that step up and do something.

[Rich]

You can have so much faith.

[Covino]

They're not there for no reason. They weren't the best team all year for no reason.

[Rich]

You could have so much faith that you put on your George Michael jeans and start dancing in front of everyone.

[Covino]

Now, faith plus one, bro. That's so much faith.

[Rich]

You can have so much faith. But when you have this Dodger lineup and this pitching staff that's clicking, I think the brewers are a hell of a team.

[Covino]

I agree with you.

[Rich]

But you're going back to Los Angeles as Gorilla Monsoon would say, when we watch wrestling as a kid, stick a fork in them.

[Covino]

I mean, it feels over. Do you think he invented that saying, Gorilla Monsoon.

[Rich]

What do you think of when you hear that?

[Covino]

I mean, I think of him when you say that.

[Rich]

That's what I said at the end. That's what he said at the end of every wrestling match.

[Covino]

Yeah, but I feel like you believe he invented that saying.

[Rich]

I think he did.

[Covino]

No.

[Rich]

Stick a fork.

[Covino]

I think we all believe that it feels over. But. But it felt over at first with the Phillies as well, and you saw they had their chances to.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Covino]

My. My. My point is, if I were the Dodgers, I wouldn't take them lightly, and I don't think they are, because I think they're there for a reason. They've been the best team in baseball.

[Rich]

I'll say this. It's a seven game series. It's not a five game, so of course it's. It's not over by any means. But the fact that both road teams are 2 0.

[Covino]

Yeah, but people casually listen sometimes. I mean, a Fox Sports Radio listener knows what's going on, but some people casually listen. The way you're Talking series is done. It's not.

[Rich]

I'm. If it's again, very tricky to come back down two. Oh, especially again if the series were opposite. Let's say the brewers just lost two in Los Angeles. And all right now they're going to Milwaukee. I'd be like, all right, now they're going back home. That fan base is going to be fired up. They just lost two in Milwaukee. They have to come out here.

[Covino]

Should have been able to come back in game one. Could have the Blue Jays, game one. But the Dodgers barely pulled that one out yesterday. I felt like the Dodgers owned that game because Yamamoto was just unstoppable.

[Rich]

Think of the Blue Jays when they played the Yankees. Was it the Roger Center? Yeah, Roger.

[Covino]

Roger. That.

[Rich]

That place when Vladdy hit that grand slam against your Yankees.

[Covino]

Yeah. Well, I can't wait to say the Blue Jays lose.

[Rich]

I could be he's lose.

[Covino]

Oh, Papi.

[Rich]

I could be he.

[Covino]

I can't wait till they turn the Rodgers center to a spirit Halloween. Covino's a big Yankees fan. I can't wait for that.

[Rich]

So my point is, that place was electric and popping. And the fact that the Blue Jays started at home and they're down two zero again. If it was two oh Mariners and they were going to Toronto, now, I'd say, oh, far from over. I just think that when you win two on the road and then you go home, they just got to split them. They'll be up 3:1 if they split the next two. And that's. That's sort of the point, you know, take the next two games, just split them. You're up 3:1.

[Covino]

The point is, you could speculate and you could have all this fun sports talk. And most of the time, not every time, but most of the time, 60% of the time.

[Rich]

It works all the time.

[Covino]

It works all the time. If you just wait.

[Rich]

Is this the usual slogan for Sex Panther?

[Covino]

No, that's my slogan when it comes to making predictions. If you stick with the usual suspects, you're probably going to be right. Because we speculated all year that it's so and so season. And look, it's going to come down to the Dodgers. Guess what? The team that won last year, big surprise. 60% of the time, it works every time. Say.

[Rich]

Yeah, that was what you were thinking of, right?

[Covino]

Yeah. And that's why this football season has been so interesting, too, because it's like all the teams we jokingly said on our regular show, two to four on the west every day, Cavino and Rich. That is this game broken, Blowing the game, the cartridge is broken because none of the teams that were supposed to be good are playing good, and the ones that were average are playing great. That's what makes this season so interesting. Dare I say if we stick with our theory, Rich, it's still going to be the Chiefs there. At the end of the day, dare I say something? Middle of the day, Dare I say.

[Rich]

Something cliche, but at the end of the day, People love to say at the end of the day, everyone ignores the beginning and middle of the day.

[Covino]

Yeah, middle of the day might be my favorite part. My little nap. So I'm taking one today.

[Rich]

In the beginning, middle, and end of the day, they're all professionals, like we. So, like, you know, sometimes you forget.

[Covino]

Yeah, it's who's hot.

[Rich]

You know, whoever they're throwing on the hill in a pitching matchup or whoever's, you know, defending a wide receiver, whoever is trying to get to the quarterback. These are not chumps. They're all guys that played, like, for Georgia or Alabama or lsu. They're all conditioned guys that are living their dream. So, like, we forget sometimes, like, it's not like star players versus chumps.

[Covino]

Well, you got to give props where they're due. The Dodgers are playing like the Dodgers, even though we doubted them throughout the year. Yeah, we shouldn't be surprised. Yamamoto stepping up big time. First complete game in the postseason since 2017, which, by the way, feels like such a rarity, you know, in today's world and in today's game and with Dave Roberts quick to pull the trigger on that. Dodgers has done that since 2004.

[Rich]

Yeah, I think what I heard was, didn't they. Someone handcuffed Dave Roberts to the dugouts so he couldn't go out there.

[Covino]

And you. You knew because the night before, he should have left Snell in that he was finally going to do the right thing.

[Rich]

But you know what?

[Covino]

17, that's when Verlander was on top of his game against the Yankees, for reference. But like Danny g. Said, over 20 years since that happened for the Dodgers. Just a big time performance. Big time pitching for the Dodgers. But it's a long season and still a long series, even though it feels like it's closing in on the Brewers. We'll see what happens.

[Rich]

I mean, you got to imagine at some point, the brewers bats get a little hot. I mean, as of right now, if not, if this were any other generation, you would have seen two complete games back to back.

[Covino]

Yeah. And.

[Rich]

And the only reason Snow was taken out was that Dave Roberts was playing a little precautious, a little. A little safe. And, you know, they. You know, looking back was almost a mistake. Think about it. If. Who is it? Terrain. If Terrain gets a single there and the brewers win, you're going to look back and be like, dave Roberts is a bonehead. How did they lose game one? Snow was cruising. That should have been back to back. Complete game, dominant performances.

[Covino]

You mean they would have tied the game? If you let the ball hit him, dude.

[Rich]

And that's something that we didn't talk about yesterday. And you got to almost give Terrang, I hate to say it, a free pass because your human instinct is to move. No one really got down on him for that, but I feel like back in the day, guys would lean into balls. In that case, like the fact that.

[Covino]

Hey, speak for yourself, man. Carry on.

[Rich]

Continue. Okay. Also one.

[Covino]

One note on the brewers, to me, those balls are perfect.

[Rich]

Lean into balls.

[Covino]

Thank you, Tom. Even though the brewers are having to come to Los Angeles, that's home for Yellich. He's from my hood, so he's going to have his family in the stands. We'll see if he can break out of his slump.

[Rich]

So we shall see what happens. But as of right now, it looks like a Mariners, Dodgers, World Series unless the Blue Jays or the brewers get hot. And you know what? It's not crazy, because they were the two best teams in baseball this year.

[Covino]

They had.

[Rich]

Those were your. That was your number one seed in the NL and your number one seed in the nlc.

[Covino]

There's a silver lining. Not crazy.

[Rich]

It's not crazy.

[Covino]

If that were to happen, it's safe to say that the entire world, except for everyone in la, will be rooting for the Mariners.

[Rich]

I've already seen the memes of that map where it's like, who the world is rooting for if it's Dodgers, Mariners.

[Covino]

Because the Mariners have never won. They got a likable team. Lot of big names there, a lot of big dumpers on that team. But if it were the Mariners, brewers, then you'd have a divided sort of thing, right? So it'd be safe to say that everybody would be rooting for the Mariners if that happens. So, look, we'll get your feedback. We got more to talk about. We got games to play, prizes to give away. We'll do some midweek major and more. But the Dodgers, did they just F with us the entire season? Are you surprised, or is it just always the usual suspects? We got more Covino and Rich in for Dan Patrick right here on Fox Sports Radio. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. Paulie Fusco here with Tony Fusco. Yo, as everybody knows, we're the hosts of the award winning Paulie and Tony Fusco show.

[Rich]

Yeah, but instead of us telling you how great we are, here's how Dan.

[Covino]

Patrick described us when he came on our show. Quick, knowledgeable and funny.

[Rich]

Opinionated.

[Covino]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Rich]

What are you doing? You're interrupting our promo. Yeah, he wasn't talking about you. You took those clips totally out of context. Oh, yeah?

[Covino]

Well, after this promo, I'm going to.

[Rich]

Take you out and beat you. Let me put this into context. Shut up. Yeah.

[Covino]

Anyway, just listen to the Paulie and.

[Rich]

Tony Fusco show on iHeartRadio Apple Podcasts.

[Covino]

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[Covino]

Hey, it's Ed Helms. And welcome back to Snafu, my podcast about history's greatest screw ups. On our new season, we're bringing you a new snafu Every single episode. 32 lost nuclear weapons.

[Rich]

You're like, wait, stop. What?

[Covino]

Ernie Shackleton sounds like a solid 70s basketball player who still wore knee pads. Yes. It's gonna be a whole lot of history, a whole lot of funny, and.

[Rich]

A whole lot of guests.

[Covino]

The great Paul Scheer made me feel good. I'm like, oh, wow. Angela and Jenna, I am so psyched you're here. What was that like for you to soft launch into the show?

[Rich]

Sorry, Jenna, I'll be asking the questions today.

[Covino]

I forgot whose podcast we were doing. Nick Kroll. I hope this story is good enough to get you to toss that sandwich. So let's, let's, let's see how it goes. Listen to season four of SNAFU with Ed Helms on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. In the new podcast, Hell in Heaven, two young Americans move to the Costa Rican jungle to start over. But one will end up dead, the other tried for murder not once. People went wild, not twice, stunned, but three times. John and Anne Bender are rich and attractive and they're devoted to each other. They create a nature reserve and build a spectacular circular home high on the top of a hill. But little by little, their dream starts to crumble and our couple retreat from reality. They lose it. They actually lose it. They sort of went nuts. Until one night, everything spins out of control. Listen to Hell in Heaven on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up everybody?

[Rich]

This is Snax from the Trap Nerds.

[Covino]

Podcast and we're bringing you the horror every week all October long.

[Rich]

Kicking off this month, I'll be bringing you all my greatest fear inducing horror.

[Covino]

Games from Resident Evil to Solid Hill. Me and Tony bringing backfireteam on Left 4 Dead 2.

[Rich]

And we just gonna be going over some of the greats. Also in October, we'll be talking about.

[Covino]

Our favorite horror and Halloween movies and figuring out why black people always gotta die first. The umbral reliquary invites any and all fulu brave enough to peruse its many curiosities. But take heed, all sales are final. Weekly horror side quests written and narrated by yours truly with a full episode read and a commentary special.

[Rich]

And we will cap it off with.

[Covino]

Horror movie Battle Royale, Jason versus Freddy, Michael Myers versus the Alien Thing with the Little Tongue Monster. October, we're doing it Halloween style.

[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Covino]

If you're A Brewers fan. You gotta have faith. And that's what I was. Sam is playing right now. George Michael. Not of the Sports Machine, George Michael of Wham. I actually played this original version for my daughter this week, coincidentally, because all she knew was the Limp Bizkit version. That's called good parenting, everybody. Steve Cavino, teaching my kid how to rock.

[Rich]

You know what I do when I drop my kids off at school? Usually it's a little fun thing. Quick ride to school. It's pretty local.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

I pick one classic song a day to introduce them to.

[Covino]

Classic to who? You mean classic rock? You're showing them some Hendrix?

[Rich]

No, like, I'll just pick a random song, like, all right. You know, a song they should know. Like, all right, Michael Jackson, Beat it. Or I don't know, Usher. Yeah. Or I don't know.

[Covino]

Just knowing you. You show them. Tub thumping. Yeah. All Rich's favorites, proclaim.

[Rich]

You know what? Proclaimers are going to make the list now.

[Covino]

All right, well, we're Cavino and Rich in for Dan Patrick.

[Rich]

A random song they should know. I don't know. Mr. Jones, counting crows, Madonna, Material Girl.

[Covino]

That's my favorite. Part of being my daughter's personal chauffeur is to be a great influence. But when we fill in for dp, I don't get that chance to do that, but I get the chance to talk to millions all over the world. So shout out to the affiliates, Shout out to everybody hanging out with us who don't know us. We're normally on 5 to 7 on the east, 2 to 4 on the west. Please check out our podcast search. Covino and Rich. And of course, we're streaming live on YouTube. You could also follow us there. We have our bonus pod that you could watch there. Covino and Rich. FSR Covino live from the Fox Sports Radio studio. Real quick, Rich. Rapid Radio is the official walkie talkie of the Dan Patrick Show. Rapid Radio. It's a push to talk nationwide LTE coverage service. No subscriptions required. Business owners, stay connected with your employees anywhere. Visit Rapid Radios.com now for up to 60% off and free shipping.

[Rich]

I'm not saying I'm dad of the year, even though I do have a mug that says that.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

And a T shirt. But I think there's two things you got to do. You got to introduce your kid to. Don't push old stuff on them and be like this. Got to be your favorite stuff, kid. Just because nothing annoys me more when I meet someone young and they're just Dumb and they don't know things. So I feel like it is your job to be like, hey kid, I don't need you to listen all this time, but you should know that.

[Covino]

Hey kid, you really like White Snake or did your dad push down?

[Rich]

But you know, you should know a classic song the same way. My kids know all sports teams logos, not because I'm pushing every sport of them. Nothing bothers me more when you meet a grown up and they're like, whose team is that? Or you ever see those, like when they do the schedule releases and they'll go down a street in Nashville and they'll be like, all right, name the logo. And some girls like the Chicago sea, the Chicago seas.

[Covino]

They say, you know, keep your kid well rounded and teach them the basics. Yeah, show them. And it doesn't have to be classic. The best rap albums coming out right now are by middle aged rappers. Show them the new mob Deep.

[Rich]

Yeah, that's happening for real.

[Covino]

Yeah, Shook ones, bro. Let's do it. Rich, if you're a 50 year old rapper, you're money right now. You are money. You know why though? Because you're competing with nonsense, that's why. So we got one foot in dad life and one foot up your ass every afternoon.

[Rich]

Is that your catchphrase? Please, we rework that.

[Covino]

That's my slogan.

[Rich]

Sounds like you're like some.

[Covino]

But we're here early on the west coast. Look, if you're new to us, we're from the east coast. I'm from Union, New Jersey. Rich is from Franklin Square, Long island, but we live out here in Los Angeles. And I do have a theory. If we were ever so lucky to continue to fill in for the great Dan Patrick, I don't think I'd ever comb my hair again. Because on the west coast obviously is three hours earlier. I just roll out, throw a hat on and that would be my uniform probably for the rest of my life. If I ever were to do this on a regular basis, I'm just, well, I'm just throwing that out there into the universe.

[Rich]

There's another positive that then you don't have to go to Turkey to get your hair plugs.

[Covino]

I would never have to get hair plugs. I could cut back on the Rogaine. Yeah, see the minoxidil, the propit, whatever it is. And for the rest of my life I would have to switch it up though, just to look different because, oh.

[Rich]

Fedoras and top hats.

[Covino]

I'll be rocking a. I'll be like, yo, it's Sweet Fez. Thursday, I'll be rocking a fez. A Viking hat. I'd have to mix it up because there's no way I'd be waking up early enough to shower, comb my hair. I got real ethnic hair. You get used to it. No way. I'd be rocking a hat every day, I promise you, for the rest of my life. If this were my normal schedule, because I'm a shower at night kind of guy, and that's a debate in itself. Rich is a shower in the morning.

[Rich]

Imagine.

[Covino]

So rich is. Rich is what. What they call in. In the barrio Susio. Because he goes into his bed with a dirty ass dirty sheet. Davis.

[Rich]

Incorrect. I. I do this wild thing called shower twice.

[Covino]

Nah, you don't.

[Rich]

It's.

[Covino]

You don't, though.

[Rich]

I do. I shower every night.

[Covino]

And everybody showering, that's like work, bro, Overkill. So wait, wait.

[Rich]

Do you do your hair, like, in the morning? Like, do you style it?

[Covino]

Everybody except for a caveman do that?

[Rich]

No, but it's.

[Covino]

It's.

[Rich]

I shower in the morning, and then I can't. I can't quite comprehend how. And I get it. Most of our affiliates on the east coast, it's hard to them, it's like, dude, it's after 9am out here on the West Coast. You know, you got to wake up early to fill in for DP.

[Covino]

It's a 5am Wake up.

[Rich]

I can't imagine how you could wake up and not take a shower. No.

[Covino]

So that's what I'm saying. I'll be rocking hats.

[Rich]

Don't you feel like gested? And just to clean out your head.

[Covino]

Wakes you up, too, a little bit.

[Rich]

I don't get how you can't do.

[Covino]

It, how you wake up the whole house. Dog wakes up. Castles, hoffs.

[Rich]

Are you the man? I want to know.

[Covino]

I'm just the man, period. What happens if it wakes up? It's called being respectful. And it's also called you got to get as much sleep as you possibly can. And that's the rules I live by. All right, so the NFL.

[Rich]

Yes. National Football League. Yes. That's what it is, the NFL.

[Covino]

We got to talk some foosball. We got to talk Baker Mayfield. We got to talk more. Dodgers, midweek, major. We got to get into it.

[Rich]

Well, I thought about Baker more and more, only because I feel like the world is thinking about Baker Mayfield more and more because here's a guy that was tossed around, like you said, like Basora Susio. He was. Baker Mayfield was a guy that Took Cleveland like a hot potato as far as Cleveland could be taken. I mean, you know, outside of our childhood with Bernie Kozar and, you know, Ernest Byner, since those days, Cleveland has done nothing other than, like, Baker Mayfield with a couple playoff runs. Yet they had their eye on this shiny prize known as Deshaun Watson. And they made this tragic mistake of, like, yeah, Baker, we're going to try to upgrade you. Kick him to the curb. Poor Baker Mayfield tries to find the home. It doesn't work out in Carolina. He has that one game with the Rams where everyone's like, oh, look at him. That guy's got balls. He got.

[Covino]

He got the game ball.

[Rich]

He got the game face.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

Baker Mayfield, maybe he's not done. And Tampa Bay makes arguably one of the better decisions. And every team had a chance. You know how we talked about in baseball how every chance, every baseball team had the chance to get Pete Alonzo, and then the Mets finally found a way to get him back last year.

[Covino]

Fine, I guess we'll take him back.

[Rich]

Yeah. Meanwhile, the guy hit, you know, who wants a guy that hits.280 with 40 home runs?

[Covino]

And.

[Rich]

Yeah, and he's a good dude. Everyone had the chance to get Baker Mayfield. And everyone's like, pass. No. No, thanks. Baker Mayfield goes to Tampa, rejuvenates his whole career. And now we're looking at a team that is arguably the top team in the National Football League. A booker is a star, young wide receiver. Once they get healthy, Godwin and, you know, Mike Evans and Bucky Irving, he'll eventually come back. This might be the team. So I got to ask, if Baker somehow, some way, in a league that seems like there's no dominant team, if Baker and the Bucks win the super bowl, what does that say when we talk about the narrative of Lamar Jackson and Burrow and Josh Allen and these elite quarterbacks that are. Oh, they'll win one one day, will they?

[Covino]

Probably not. When you look back in history, just as a kid growing up, I mean, we grew up watching legends who never won, and we're going to see a lot more of that in our future, because not everybody gets one. That's life. Not everyone gets the chance to win. You judge people on winning such an honor.

[Rich]

You judge people mostly on winning, especially.

[Covino]

In the world of sp, that's what you're judged by.

[Rich]

If everything's based on winning. And what makes like, a guy like, your hero, he'd be a hell of a guy.

[Covino]

It doesn't matter. You're getting paid to win.

[Rich]

What makes Derek Jeter. I'll bring up a guy that's your hero.

[Covino]

He's a winner.

[Rich]

Yeah, he has 3,000 hits and, you know, one of the best shortstops of all time. But what makes Derek Jeter, Derek Jeter is the fact that he, he's a five time World Series champion.

[Covino]

And people love to say he's overrated. It's the dumbest argument ever.

[Rich]

But it's undeniable that Derek Jeter is a winner. Something that, not to sound rude, but that's something Lamar Jackson's not, It's something that Josh Allen's not. And it's something that Joe Burrows. Not yet.

[Covino]

Yet, but not everybody. But if you think that chance.

[Rich]

No, I'll tell you what. If the Vegas odds of you parlayed that bad boy, do you really think all three of those guys are going to win a Super bowl by the time it's over?

[Covino]

No, because there'll be a few repeats in there so hard to get back.

[Rich]

As everybody knows, one of those guys is going to be the Marino or Dan Felt or, or Philip Rivers or, you know, that guy of the generation. You forget. Stafford won one. He snuck one in. Jalen hurts. There's guys that have won a Super bowl and if a guy like Baker Mayfield does, where does that put him in that conversation?

[Covino]

There's, well, as a winner and as a potential mvp. And that's why people are chanting his name and that's why all the narrative has changed all of a sudden. If you watch any of these shows or listening to any of these shows, everyone's picking now the Bucks to be number one here. So he was also a number one pick. So should we be shocked by that? And if he does win one, who are the quarterbacks that won't win one? There's so many questions to unravel here when it comes to Baker Mayfield and where the Buccaneers are at.

[Rich]

I want to go over that fun quarterback hypothetical and more thoughts on Baker and those quarterbacks I just talked about. So hang tight. More Kavito and Rich having a lot of fun filling it for Dan Patrick right here on Fox Sports Radio.

[Covino]

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[Rich]

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Today, Thursday Night Football is on, and.

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It'S only on Prime Video.

[Rich]

This week, the AFC north takes center stage as the Pittsburgh Steelers battle the Cincinnati Bengals. Coverage begins at 7pm Eastern with football's best party, TNF tonight presented by Verizon. Not a Prime member? Not a problem. Simply sign up for a 30 day free trial. It's the Steelers and Bengals Thursday at 7pm Eastern only on Prime Video. Restrictions apply. See Amazon.com amazonprime for details.

[Covino]

Hey, it's Ed Helms. And welcome back to snafu, my podcast about history's greatest screw up. On our new season. We're bringing you a new snafu Every single episode. 32 lost nuclear weapons.

[Rich]

You're like, wait, stop. What?

[Covino]

Ernie Shackleton sounds like a solid 70s basketball player who still wore knee pads. Yes, it's gonna be a whole lot of history, a whole lot of funny.

[Rich]

And a whole lot of guests.

[Covino]

The great Paul Scheer made me feel good. I'm like, oh, wow, Angela and Jenna, I, I am so psyched you're here. What was that like for you to soft launch into the show?

[Rich]

Sorry, Jenna, I'll be asking the questions today.

[Covino]

I forgot whose podcast we were doing. Nick Kroll. I hope this story is good enough to get you to toss that sandwich. So let's, let's, let's see how it goes. Listen to season four of SNAFU with Ed Helms on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or, or wherever you get your podcasts. In the new podcast, Hell in Heaven, two young Americans move to the Costa Rican jungle to start over. But one will end up dead, the other tried for murder. Not once people went wild, not twice, stunned, but three times. John and Anne Bender are rich and attractive and they're devoted to each other. They create a nature reserve and build a spectacular circular home high on the top of a hill. But little by little, their dream starts to crumble and our couple retreat from reality. They lose it. They actually lose it. They sort of went nuts. Until one night, everything spins out of control. Listen to Hell in Heaven on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up everybody?

[Rich]

This is Snax from the Trap Nerds.

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Podcast and we're bringing you the horror every week all October long.

[Rich]

Kicking off this month, I'll be bringing you all my greatest fear inducing horror.

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Games from Resident Evil to Silent Hill. Me and Tony bringing back fireteam on the Left for Dead too.

[Rich]

And we just gonna be going over some of the greats. Also in October we'll be talking about.

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Our favorite horror and Halloween movies and figure out why black people always gotta die first. The umbral reliquary invites any and all fooling brave enough to peruse its many curiosities. But take heed, all sales are final. Weekly horror side quests written and narrated by yours truly with a full episode read and a commentary special.

[Rich]

And we will cap it off with.

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Horror movie Batt Royale, Jason vs. Freddy, Michael Myers vs.

[Rich]

The alien thing with the little tongue monster.

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October, we're doing it Halloween style.

[Rich]

Listen to the Trap Nurse podcast from.

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The Black Effect podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast.

[Rich]

Yeah. Live from the Fox Sports Radio studio, Kavino and Rich. And for the great Dan Patrick Valley. After the show the podcast gonna be on our stream up and running. Just search koine on Rich. It'll be on the DP stream and be sure to follow review. And hey, while you're at it, if you want, we're doing we got the YouTube page going. YouTube.comonrich FSR. Really appreciate the support. Love you guys.

[Covino]

You know what's cool about this? You're witnessing a first listen. Rich never heard mob deep in his life. So there you go. Rich, you're from the east coast. Come on. Rich wakes up to clowns never laughed before.

[Rich]

Beanstalks never grew.

[Covino]

So is Covino and Rich Iowa Sam on the ones and twos. Danny G referenced some mob deep before so we're playing some of that. If you're listening to the podcast later on, Danny G's on the phones at 87799 on Fox. He's our producer. Spots on the videos getting ready for midweek. Major we go over all the stories in the world of sports and pop culture. Are they mid week or major Stories. We do that every Wednesday. But talking. Baker, first question. Should we be shocked? He was the number one overall pick, but now he's playing like it.

[Rich]

I want to take you back. Take you back. The year was 2018, which is what only seven years ago is the year of the MeToo movement. A lot of women. Me, too. It was the year Black Panther was a big movie. The Royal Wedding. It was pre Covid. I got something that you'll.

[Covino]

You'll remember. I think I was supporting the Yotambien movement back in the day.

[Rich]

Ytambihan.

[Covino]

Yeah, yeah.

[Rich]

No, you were way into a. Remember Yodel Boy?

[Covino]

I remember Yodel Boy. Yeah.

[Rich]

That was like. That was Kavino's favorite.

[Covino]

Yodel Boy.

[Rich]

He was at the. Like a supermarket. Yodel Boy. So Yodel Boy was all the rage. And Baker Mayfield was your number one pick. And I want to just go over that draft for a second because it's really interesting looking back, because we love to grade drafts, right? Like, what a bust, because that was the draft that all these quarterbacks were taking it. So your number one pick in that draft was Baker Mayfield. Let's go down to number two, Saquon Barkley. There's a guy that changed his stars, right? Yeah.

[Covino]

New life.

[Rich]

Number three, Sam Darnold. Another guy that got new life.

[Covino]

Well, again, these are people that were sort of written off, but they didn't write back.

[Rich]

Also in the top 10, number seven, Josh Allen. And remember some fans, like Josh Allen. Wrong, Josh. Because number 10 was Josh Rosen.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

Remember, he was like, I'm going to show everyone. No. 1. And if you go all the way down to number 32 at the end of the first round, that was Lamar Jackson. So all these quarterbacks we talk about on a daily. Lamar, Josh Allen, Baker, Sam Darnold, you could throw in. These are guys that are, you know, drafted in 2018. This is year eight then, right, for them, you know, seven, eight years now. Who's going to win one? They're not all going to win one. I'm not even talking about this year. I'm talking about in their career. There's going to be this generations, like I said, Philip Rivers or Dan Marino or Dan Fouts, the guy that just never got there.

[Covino]

Well, I will start this by saying I will be shocked if Baker Mayfield wins one. He's setting up. He's playing like he wants to win one. He was the number one pick, like you said. But I still would be shocked just based on his journey of ups and downs. Like, the meme goes And I love it. He's proving to be the Tom Brady of Johnny Manziels. Maker Baker Mayfield is the Tom Brady of Johnny Manziel. So I'd be shocked if he did now, but I think he could. But that also takes away another year where someone else could have won. So who ends up winning? Who doesn't? Well, these great quarterbacks in the league.

[Rich]

When you were a younger man, when we were growing up, we always talk about how Michael Jordan really c blocked so many people from winning.

[Covino]

And Patrick Duh is the first that comes to mind.

[Rich]

Ewing, Reggie Miller, Charles Barkley, Sean Kemp, Clyde the Glide. A lot of these guys never got their flowers, never got that, never got their do, never won one because Michael Jordan decided to be greedy. And three, Pete twice. Right. Is Mahomes doing that same thing to those other AFC quarterbacks? The simple fact that he's been to five, won three of them? Can you look back maybe a decade from now and be like, well, yeah, Josh Allen or Lamar, the reason they never won one was because that damn Patrick Mahomes is Mahomes do. Is he Jordan?

[Covino]

There's always one guy that's in your way of something. For me, it's Mario Lopez. Can we give someone else a shot or what?

[Rich]

There's no room for another young Latino guy.

[Covino]

Yeah. Guys hosting everything. For you, it's probably Ryan Seacrest.

[Rich]

Dan Byer.

[Covino]

Let someone else have a chance.

[Rich]

Dan Byer, who's with us every afternoon, one of the great guys here at Fox Sports Radio.

[Covino]

Who?

[Rich]

He's a big golf guy, and I believe he made the analogy that there are so many golfers that Tiger woods unfortunately got in the way of. Now, when you are the runner up and you're in the top 10 in golfing, you still make big money on these tours, but there are guys that missed out on major championships because there was a time where Tiger was winning everything. And when you look back, who do you think it's going to be? That's the question here on Fox Sports Radio. Who's the person that just doesn't win one? Who's this generations Marino or Philip Rivers? That is clearly a Hall of Fame Tiger of guy. You know, you're Matt Ryan. You're a guy that couldn't get it done.

[Covino]

If we're just following how things are heading now, Lamar Jackson has to come to mind because he's a guy that's always coming so close and play so big. And now it looks like the whole team is playing like ass. They might be ass. So it might be him. Because again, based on the theory is not everybody could win.

[Rich]

Not everyone's probably know that.

[Covino]

Yeah, if we know that there are Dan Marinos out there and Jim Kelly's out there, not everybody wins one.

[Rich]

And you know what, Joe Burrow, you've saw those analogies. Like, is he sort of like Andrew?

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He might not have the luck, he might not have the health to get there.

[Rich]

So your thoughts? We'll take your feedback next here on the Dan Patrick Show. Kavino and Rich filling in. Who is the odd man out? If you look into your futuristic crystal ball, which of these great quarterbacks? Never. We'll get to that and a bunch more. Fox Sports Radio. Got you on your hump day, Wednesday. Let's go.

[Covino]

Hey, it's Ed Helms, host of snafu, my podcast about history's greatest screw ups. On our new season, we're bringing you a new snafu every single episode. 32 lost nuclear weapons. Wait, stop. What?

[Rich]

Yeah, it's gonna be a whole lot.

[Covino]

Of history, a whole lot of funny, and a whole lot of fun. Fabulous guests, Paul Scheer, Angela and Jenna. Nick Kroll, Jordan Klepper. Listen to season four of SNAFU with Ed Helms on the iHeartRadio app, Apple.

[Rich]

Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, America's sweetheart. Johnny Knoxville here.

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I want to tell you about my.

[Rich]

New true crime podcast, Crimeless Hillbilly Heist from Smartless Media, Campside Media and big money players. It's a wild tale about a gang.

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Of high functioning nitwits who somehow pulled.

[Rich]

Off America's third largest cash heist.

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Kind of like Robin Hood, except for the part where he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. I'm not that generous. It's a damn near inspiring true story for anyone out there who's ever shot for the moon, then just totally muffed up the landing.

[Rich]

They stole $17 million and had not bought a ticket to help him escape.

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So we're sitting like, oh God, what do we do?

[Rich]

What do we do? That was dumb.

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People, do not follow my example.

[Rich]

Listen to Crimeless Hillbilly Heist on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Covino]

Two rich young Americans move to the Costa Rican jungle to start over.

[Rich]

But one of them will end up.

[Covino]

Dead and the other tried for murder three times. It starts with a dream, a nature reserve and a spectacular new home. But little by little, they lose it. They actually lose it. They sort of went nuts. Until one night, everything spins out of control. Listen to Hell in Heaven on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Rich]

I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, host of the Psychology Podcast. Here's a clip from an upcoming conversation about how to be a better you.

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When you think about emotion regulation, you're not going to choose an adaptive strategy which is more effortful to use unless you think there's a good outcome. Avoidance is easier. Ignoring is easier. Denial is easier. Complex problem solving takes effort. Effort. Listen to the Psychology podcast on the.

[Rich]

Iheartradio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up everybody? It's Nax from the Trapped Nerds.

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And all October long we're bringing you.

[Rich]

The Horror Boogity boogity boogity.

[Covino]

We kicking off this month with some of my best horror games to keep you terrified.

[Rich]

Then we'll be talking about our favorite.

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Horror and Halloween movies and figuring out.

[Rich]

Why black people always die first. And it's the Return of Tony's Horror.

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Show Side Quests, written and narrow, rated by yours truly. We'll also be doing a full episode reading with commentary and we'll cap it off with a horror movie Battle Royale. Open your free iHeartRadio app and search.

[Rich]

Trap Nerds Podcast and listen.

[Covino]

Now. This is an iHeart podcast.