Bald Guys On The Bench
Bald Guys On The Bench
World Series By An Inch
Recorded November 6th, 2025
An inch at home plate. A blackout on your TV. A weekend that made sports feel as big and brittle as ever. We kick off with the Disney–YouTube TV fight that yanked ESPN and ABC from millions of screens, forcing fans into 24-hour workarounds and reminding everyone that the game behind the games—distribution and dollars—can bench you without warning.
From there, we dive headfirst into a World Series that earned the capital letters: seven taut games, razor-thin margins, and a Game 7 call at home that will live on slow-motion loops forever. We dissect the base-running decisions, the way managers weaponized starters as relievers, and why payroll panic misses the truth about execution. Then we zoom out to legacy talk: Clayton Kershaw’s resume, the context around his rings, and whether “best pitcher of his generation” actually fits. Spoiler: it might.
The NFL matched the drama with its own brand of whiplash. Lamar and Baltimore hammered Miami and rattled the Dolphins’ foundation, the Steelers’ defense woke up and wrecked the Colts’ script, and the Chargers limped forward with Herbert’s legs as the emergency plan against elite pass rush. We size up Seattle’s surge in the NFC, marvel at a 68-yard bomb that looked good from 73, and unpack the new overtime math where seven-minute drives warp strategy and courage points decide seasons. Chaos reigned in Bears-Bengals, and the human side showed when Daiyan Henley played through tragedy and found a game-swinging sack.
We wrap by pulling golf into the frame: LIV’s pivot to 72-hole events signals a pragmatic bid for world ranking points and a step toward reunifying the majors with the best fields possible. Different sports, same lesson—details decide everything. The cleat on the plate, the chip block on third and long, the media deal you never see until your screen goes dark. If you live for the margins, this one’s for you.
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Welcome to another episode of the Bald Guys on the Bench podcast with your hosts Graham Cohen and Scott Wasco.
Graham:What's up everyone? Welcome back to another episode of the Bald Guys on the Bench. Scott. Wow. What a weekend. We said what last week was the Sport Equinox? Yeah, that's amazing. But after this past weekend, the World Series, NFL, the trade deadline. Oh my god, what an episode we have going on for today. How are you doing, brother?
Scott:We got a fun one, but before we even start getting into it, grab it, crack it. It's time.
Graham:Let's go.
Scott:It's Tuesday night. World Series is over. Week nine of the NFL season is over. College football's over. And hey, uh ESPN and YouTube TV. It would have really been nice if I could have watched some of that college football on Saturday. But no. Nope. Rich gotta argue about getting richer. You know? Dude, I I I told you, I'm watching Lamar come back and lay the wood to the dolphins Thursday night, and I get this email from YouTube TV, and it's about Disney, and I don't think twice about it, right?
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:Get to work the next day. Love having Pat McAfee in my office on my TV in my office in the background. Go to turn it on, and I'm like, uh, where's my boy from West Virginia? Uh oh shit. Disney owns ESPN. First thoughts, uh, Monday night football. And something I didn't even think about that hit the Wasco household hard. Uh oh. Dude, what does my wife watch every night at seven o'clock? Dude, you want to talk about bitter Betty, bro, on Friday night. K Dub could not watch Wheel of Fortune.
Graham:No ABC, brother. Dude. Oh man. I it's at a loss for words. I mean, bro, they are losing out five million dollars a day. Yeah.
Announcer:Make it make sense.
Scott:In the email they sent out, they were like, oh, if this goes for an extended period of time, we'll credit everybody $20 a month. And like our boy Billy said, you know what? Take that $20 a month and just god dang pay Disney. Right. I mean, think about how many millions of people are YouTube TV subscribers now. I mean, and they got you and me by the balls. Because why? We got the NFL ticket. Yeah. I can't go anywhere.
Announcer:Yeah.
unknown:No.
Graham:Well, I mean, yeah. I was gonna say you can get it separately, but yeah, I mean, still the what's the point?
Scott:Like, yeah, next year, you know. I'd like to know how much money Hulu TV is making right now because I've just read articles about everybody jumping ship. Yeah, I mean, that's but that's crazy.
Graham:It's crazy. It's bullshit.
Scott:Every good college football game this past Saturday was on ESPN.
Graham:Yeah. I was dude. They I saw the screenshot. I don't know who posted it, but it showed all the games that they didn't play because they were on ABC, and I'm just like, are you kidding me right now? I mean, yeah, no one cared about last night's Monday night football game, but um I think a lot of people would like to see Philadelphia at the Green Bay Packers on Monday.
Scott:Dude, I care about it as a sports fan. Yeah, I mean I do too, but I'm just saying, like and I mean, thank God Kristen. I mean, I've never heard of it before, you know me. Yeah, sling TV or whatever.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:You can get a 24-hour pass for $4.99. I mean, I did that yesterday, so I could watch the game last night. Yeah. But dude, come on.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:Like, get your shit together.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:But but anyhow, dude, the only thing that made not watching Wheel of Fortune cool at my house was you know, Wheel of or World Series. Sorry, I couldn't get my thoughts together. World Series Game Six Friday night. You know, the Blue Jays take a three-two lead going back to Toronto. And dude, game six didn't disappoint. Game seven didn't disappoint. Oh, sorry, the entire series didn't disappoint. I mean, folks, all of you know Graham and his baseball, whatever, fandom. When when my boy Graham is locked into seven games of the World Series, I mean, it was insane, dude. It was a it did not miss anything. Even down to game seven, where the Blue Jays win the World Series if it wasn't for what? An inch.
Graham:Yeah. I mean, just the controversy on that. I mean, I was listening to someone earlier today that was just saying he's like, I don't understand. He says, basically to the point where everything now, especially in baseball, is so analytics, analytics. Um, you know, we're gonna position players because they hit this way or like all this other stuff. And the guy's basically explaining to me, he's like, Well, not me, the people. He's just like, I just don't understand. He's like, if they're not trying to set up to for the double play, okay, I get it for the guy on first and second. Why did the guy on third not have a bigger lead? Right. Like, if he was a foot ahead, he's the game's over.
Scott:So I'm just gonna throw this out to you because I was thinking this as it happened.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:Okay. As a sports nerd like you, and our brains, the way it were, they work.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:Okay. Could you imagine?
Graham:Okay. Uh oh. Could you imagine?
Scott:Okay. The the play on the field obviously was the runner was out, right? Could you imagine if they called him safe? I mean, his cleat and the blue jays rush the field, bum rush the dude, and then they go back and they look at it. Oh, and they reverse it. Could you imagine? And the reason I say that, I don't know if you've seen the the video. The Oilers are playing a hockey game, right? And they're showing this baseball game. It's Canada. Canada's rooting for Canada. Yeah. They're showing the game seven on the Jumbotron. Oh, wow. And the announcers at the game say, Oh my god, the Blue Jays win the World Series.
Graham:That place must have lit up like a Christmas tree. Oh man.
Scott:And then it didn't. And then it didn't. Dude.
Graham:I mean. When you watch that play, when I'm just glad they got it right.
Scott:No, yeah, they got it right. They got it right. That's the one thing I was happy about.
Graham:He catches the ball, his cleat was like on the bag. Like he had to take it off to catch it, but then put it back down. I mean, it was like a bang bang, but they called it like he called him out. I mean, it was right there.
Scott:I mean, it was he was off, he was off the plate, then on the plate. Yeah.
Graham:Like boom, boom. Dude. So close.
Scott:I mean I mean, I mean, Will Smith. Uh, six years in a row, World Series champion. What a play you make at home plate.
Graham:Is there any other player that has that many championships?
Scott:Maybe championships, but not in a row.
Graham:Well, yeah, okay.
Scott:Well, I guess way back in the day when like Dude, all I can think about is what's Homeboy's name that played for the Spurs, the Bulls.
Graham:Oh, no, you're thinking of uh Robert Ory. Robert Ori played, yeah. How many players? Uh six. He played for the Rockets and then played for the Lakers and played for the Spurs. Yeah, but not in a row. No, well, yeah, no, no. But still, I mean, like, craziness. Um, you know, so since we're talking about baseball, you know, people all all the opinions since I'm not a baseball guy, was from hearing this from a lot of people, just the antics of how everything played out. Is this a I mean Tim Kirchner even said it's like this honestly might be one of the best world series of all time. Like, is that I mean, like, how do you for all everything, everything on the line, who pissed, the plays that happened, the a bate, I mean, the ending of game six, everything in game seven, the eight game three went to 18 innings, like the heroics.
Scott:My my boy from ECU.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:12K's. Yeah. Dude, I I've thought about it. Is this the best World Series? There's there's one other World Series in my brain that I can remember was just as exciting. Granted, you were probably still shitting your pants when this happened. Uh and no, it's not 1986 with the Mets. Uh I think it was, I gotta say, I don't know the exact, I think it was 2001 with the Diamondbacks and the Yankees.
Graham:Oh, yeah, no, that was 2000. It was 2000, I believe. Okay.
Scott:2000.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:When the Diamondbacks Game 7 hit the walk-off.
Graham:I watched that. I remember watching all that.
Scott:That series was stupid too. Yeah. Back and forth, back and forth.
Graham:Dude, Kurt Chilling, Randy Johnson.
Scott:I mean, I I I don't know. I mean, it's hard to say the best, right? I mean, it's tough. Tomato tomato perspective, yeah. Yeah. But anyhow, I mean, that series deserved to go seven games.
Announcer:Oh, yeah.
Scott:It's it sucked to see a team lose. Because both I mean, we're gonna be able to do that.
Graham:They're just like, you know, you know, fans that you know that are, you know, I don't want to say biased, as you know, how we always say it's not fanball, it's football, but it's just like when it comes to baseball, it's just like, you know, everyone's like, oh well, Toronto, you know, they were the better team, and it's just like yeah, they did what they needed to do. I mean, like, with the not all the big name guys, like they have a couple, but how they put it together, the season that they had, coming from last to almost to first, who they beat, how they beat them, how dominated. I mean, look, their pitching was better. Like, there's a reason why Yamamoto won MVP.
Scott:Well, yeah, because he'll get into that in a minute. But before we even get into that, something that happened early in game seven, and everybody listening, the dude's name is Bo Bouchette, right? Yeah, he was injured, didn't play a lot. He was on second base, and he couldn't run. Base hit, guy couldn't score from second.
Announcer:I know what talking about.
Scott:And I'm instantly on the phone with my dad in TP. TP's a huge baseball guy. I'm like, if you can't score from second on a base hit, you should not be in a goddamn game. Right. And then what happened? That was the huge play in that game that people don't even think about. But the very next inning, what happens? Hits a bomb.
Graham:Yeah. Oh, I that's not where I thought you were going with this. I thought where you were going with it was the four innings later when they pinched ran for him and took him out.
Scott:Yeah. No, dude, that run was huge.
Graham:Oh, for sure.
Scott:Obviously.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:And we're sitting here, I'm sitting here watching it with Kristen. It's it's four to two in the sixth or seventh inning. I'm like, text TP, text and talking to Kristen, I'm like, four runs ain't enough. They gotta get to five. And I'm so pissed because in the top of the ninth, I told you this. Yeah, it was four to three, and DraftKings had live total over seven and a half, and it was like plus four hundred, and I had my hand on the dial. Obviously, they didn't do it, but you know, whatever. But you know, Guerrero did get that double in the in the last to get me in my winning bet. But yeah, dude, he also got Billy a lot of money with that double. Oh, yeah, I remember that one. Yeah, oh yeah, big one. But dude, great series. Everybody, oh, the Dodgers payroll, payroll, yada, yeah. Okay, I got a response to you. And this is coming from a Mets fan. This is also think about the Yankees. How much money did the Yankees pay Judge? Yeah, how much money did the Mets pay Soto? Yeah. Uh granted, Otani, his payment shit deferred, whatever. But everybody, what was the one thing? And you don't know this because you're not a baseball guy. The one thing that everybody blasted the Dodgers about heading into the playoffs was what? Their bullpen. Well, guess what? When you have all your starters come in on game seven, who needs a goddamn bullpen?
Graham:Yeah. I mean, you're not expecting that. I mean, hey, I told you during the game, I thought Roberts made the wrong choice of starting Shohei. I thought it was gonna be uh uh what's his name? You know, I've been watching all these.
Scott:Yeah. Like I read But he came in and came in.
Graham:Yeah, he came in Friday night and still, but still it's just like, oh, Tani just didn't look right. I'm like, I can't believe he did it. But it's just like the decisions that he made, and by he I mean Roberts. He almost blew it Friday night. He almost blew it, but then he didn't.
Scott:Almost blew it, dude.
Graham:The choices that he made, I mean, dude, putting Rojas in for game six and then game seven, moving people around. Pejas, whatever you pronounce his name, P-A-J-A-S, putting taking uh Nemes or whatever the guy's name is out from center field and putting him in for better defense in an arm. I'm like, are you it's just the little dude, as they say, every little thing matters. And it's just even think about it.
Scott:And like I always say, baseball is a thinking man's game.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:Thinking everything.
Graham:This was the one time, well, I can say the one time, but it's just on such a big stage where you can see the difference of where all these little decisions can mean something, you know? And I mean, you know, one of the stats that kind of got me was both teams, I think, finished the series with the same amount of home runs, but all of the home runs for the Dodgers were all solos.
Scott:Right. It's crazy.
Graham:Like all solos, but yet all but all the ones for the Toronto was just like, I think only one or two of them was a solo. Everyone else was like a three-run, two-run, you know, type of situation. You know, I was just like, wow. I mean, all the people that they left on base, I mean, just the little things. I mean, Kershaw, him coming in in game three for that one out to get that one play.
Scott:Oh, it was pretty sick.
Graham:Like the the only time he pitched the entire series was that bad. One out.
Scott:And and for somebody that has always been ridiculed for his playoff stats.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:Dude, for him to come in and do it. I mean, I got to meet the dude at Pachanga. Oh, nice. Awesome dude. But he always got, you know, blasted because of his playoffs. Yeah. I mean, but for him to win it going out, good for him. I mean, at the end of game five, when they lost, and he was out on the field with his family for the last time at Doyer Stadium, that was pretty cool. It was sick. And digging up the pitcher's mound, him, his kids holding the pitcher's mound. Yeah, that was pretty dope. It was cool. But I mean, dude, my like I said last week, I don't hate the Dodgers. I hate 98% of their fans.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:But for my boy Garrick and my boy Anthony that were members at Champions Club, I'm pumped for them. Fuji, pumped for Fuji. Uh, like Anthony, you know, I sent you pictures. I don't know what the hell he's got with the Dodgers organization. But dude, a homeboy is at the White House getting the World Series trophy with him. I mean, he's hugging Dave Roberts after they win. Dude, Garrett catches catches the tying home run from Otani. I I mean, I'm I'm pumped for those guys. Yeah, I'm pumped.
Graham:No, absolutely. Uh, two two quick points and we can finish it with this. So we were just to go back to it, we were talking about how you know everyone's complaining, oh, the Dodgers and then you know how they spend the money. Yeah, it's great when the smaller market teams win and it creates more of the parity for the league, but it's just like I'm kind of thinking about it this way. The fact that the Dodgers did win and how they're spending this money, it's like people, you can't complain in the open market if you don't change the rule. Like, if there's no salary gap, like if there's no way to make things even, then like there's no room to complain. Like, I agree, I agree. Like, if your team doesn't want to spend money, pick a new team.
Scott:I I couldn't agree, agree more. Like at all.
Graham:It's just like, oh, the Dodge spent so much money. I'm like, they're not the only team that spends money. I mean, yeah, it's just it's just when I hear that, it's just like, you know, I saw the interview that they had in the clubhouse after with you know Blake Snell and uh the other guy, where it's just like, oh, what's it like, you know, now being on this side of it and went and winning it. And they're like, you know, when we played them in 2020 and lost, we were just like, hey, if you can't beat them, join them. And it's just like, right? At that point, it's it's just like, yeah, get on the bus, let's go, continue on. So I it's let's go. It's just something. And then the second thing, I I can't remember if I was if it was Bob Costas who said this or um Tim Kirchen. Both, I I mean, from not being a baseball guy, I mean, uh, would you agree that they're they have credibility in in the game?
Scott:Oh, a hundred percent.
Graham:They said that you know, depending on how the series ends, Kershaw, especially if he wins now. Not only is he a first ballot Hall of Famer, but he's Oh, that's not even a question. No, he uh I can't remember which one it was. I think it's caught I think it was Costus. It may have been Kershaw, I don't remember, but he said Kershaw, I want to get your take on this, is the greatest pitcher of this generation.
Scott:Never I didn't hear that statement.
Graham:But like this generation of like the last ten.
Scott:I've never thought about that, but I'd have to put a lot of thought into it.
Graham:Yeah, like Cy Young's three tro I mean I'd have to put some thought into it, but yeah.
Scott:I mean, if he ain't one, yeah. He's two or three.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:And I don't know the second or third person.
Graham:Yeah, right. I mean, I when I heard that, I was just like, yeah, I mean, he's been dominant, he has all this stuff, and I'm just like, I mean, there's been guys that have been good, but just he's won that for a long, long fucking time. Yeah. I mean, his record. His ER, you know, his his regular season record, his final ERA, all that stuff. Then with the accolades, it's just like. I mean, there's only a handful, I mean, there's no there's less than a handful of Dodger pitchers. Like, he has to be a top for sure five Dodger pitcher of all time. Def probably top three. It's what him, Koufax, and some other guy would not who know who who else it would be. I mean, it's Koufax and him, really.
Scott:I don't even right, I gotta research that one because I don't I don't know. I mean, I'd like to know the year Kershaw entered the league.
Graham:Uh for some reason I want to say 12.
Scott:I was at Pachanga, because that's where I met him.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:And I was at Pachanga from 8 to 12.
Graham:Yeah. It was like I think it was 2011, 2012, that I heard.
Scott:Because I met him, literally met him uh during the All-Star break. This is obviously before he was an all perennial all-star. Uh da-da-da-da-da. Let's see. When did Clayton Kershaw start? And he joined the Doyers in 2008. That doesn't mean he played for him. He could be in their minor league system. But yeah, I don't know. I gotta look up that, Graham. That's a good question.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:But anyhow, let's rewind uh Thursday night real quick. Back up. Lamar comes back for the Ravens, and good God, just domination is based in the Dolphins.
Graham:Why did we doubt that? Or why did I doubt that?
Scott:That they were gonna beat the Dolphins?
Graham:I mean, I figured they would. I mean, that's why I bet them. But like, I was like, hey, after the after the ass flipping that they've you know that that the Dolphins have been taken, you know, for them to finally get that win the previous week, it's just like all right, you know, maybe they're gonna figure it out. But I don't know, sometimes you know, Miami just plays better at home at night. I I I I don't know.
Scott:Yeah.
Graham:Like, but it was just a shellacking upon a shellacking.
Scott:From a start, from start to finish.
Graham:I was like, what won this bet early, it can't, it's not letting me cash out already. Yeah, like that's ridiculous.
Scott:Oh, come on. And not only that, beat their ass so bad, fired the GM that's been with the organization for 20 plus years. I was shocked. I was shocked with that because, like we've discussed on this at podcast, I've always said it, he's got dirt on the entire organization. Back to when Brian Flores was quote unquote told for every game you lose, there's a hundred thousand dollar bonus. That's and he's gone, dude. But who's still there? The jogger wearing ass hat.
Graham:What's the point of firing him now? I mean, he's more or less their offensive coordinator. What's Tua gonna do? Like, they're gonna chase up their whole assist. What are they playing the same offense? Like, I mean, like, I trust me, I get what you're saying. I mean, believe me, he ain't making it out at the end of the year. My thing is now it's just like I I've always been so happy knowing that the dolphins are always gonna dolphin and suck. And now it's just like, are they gonna bring it some people that they can figure this shit out? Or like dude, I don't, I I don't uh I don't like when you have friends that are just you know obsessive, just delusional fan, Miami Dolphins fans, it's just like, all right, bro. Yeah, they're gonna suck them. No, they're going to undefeat it. I'm like, shut up, dude. But yeah, I mean, hey, maybe they turn it around. Who knows? They didn't, I mean, hey, they kept Waddle. I was kind of surprised. They kept Halloween. But I mean, who's gonna take on that contract?
Scott:Ajan, I was shocked. Bradley Chubb, I was shocked, but you know, the new regime's gotta have some pieces. I mean, they gotta they gotta get people in the stands, right?
Graham:Uh did you tell that to the New York Jets today? How are they putting people in the seats?
Scott:Uh hey, they kept Brees Hall.
Graham:Yeah, they kept him away from Kansas City.
Scott:But I mean, I don't even know, dude. Let's just jump right in. Sunday. Your Steelers, dude. You were not feeling very confident about your Steelers hosting the Colts. Seven and one Colts, right? Yeah. What's your what's your record?
Graham:Uh five and three now.
Scott:Five and three.
Graham:Yeah, we were four and three.
Scott:So, and you just lost to the Bengals.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:And lost to the Packers. Yep. And when you played the Bengals, you guys had two sacks against old man Flacco. Yep. When you played the Packers, you had no sacks.
Graham:Yep.
Scott:And the media, the national media across the country, not only in Pittsburgh, I can only imagine what the Pittsburgh beat writers were saying about your defense.
Graham:It was rough.
Scott:The most expensive defense in the NFL and getting ripped up like Swiss cheese. I mean, and then you decided to play some defense this past week. I mean, to the point where you were so unconfident in that game you bet against the Steelers.
Graham:Well, there's only been three times, and I'm holding up four, but there's been three times that I've told you going into a game, I'm betting the house. There's no way. No way. The first two times?
Scott:Yeah, I'll take I'll take blame for the Chiefs winning the playoffs that year. I'll take blame. I didn't want to see you number one, see your team losing the playoffs. And then if a miracle of all miracles happened, lose money too.
Graham:Well, the worst would have been if they would have just if they would have lost, but then covered the spread. They would have covered it. Yeah. So what's they say, two out of three, the third time's a charm? Um, didn't realize that Pittsburgh honored before the game the 2005 championship team. So Ben was out there, uh, they had Fanica was out. I think Fannica was out there, they had Bettis was out there, Joey Porter was out there. I mean, do we need to bring them out every week? Like, I I just I mean, look, I didn't put the farm, but how didn't they play you guys the week before? No, they no no. They played they no, they played um Tennessee. They beat him on Tennessee the week before. Yeah. But it's just like for how they've looked, I mean, before yes, before two days ago, Jonathan Taylor was a legitimate was in the conversation legitimately for MVP.
Scott:I still think he is.
Graham:No, he still is, but I'm just saying, like, how Daniel Jones has been inserted in that offense with JT, that O-line, the defense was playing well enough, like Tyler Warren. Yeah. Like one plus one equals two, usually.
Scott:Um hey, everybody has a bad game.
Graham:Yeah, right.
Scott:And it and it all started. I didn't watch your game. I had it on red zone because I was watching the Chargers.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:But I'm watching on red zone and I'm watching the Colts just boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, first possession, straight down the field, score seven. You guys, I don't know if you went three and out, six and out, whatever. You punt it back to them.
Graham:Yeah. Twice.
Scott:And and and the Colts are going down the field again. And then all of a sudden TJ goes, hey boys, hold my beer. I'm about to, I'm about to do what I do.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:You know, this the sack strip sack fumble, whatever. And that point on it was pretty much over.
Graham:Yeah. And the worst sorry, go ahead, go ahead.
Scott:No, go ahead, go ahead.
Graham:No. The worst part about it. Watching that game. So I did a I did something new for this this week, this past week. I brought out the an I brought out my second big TV, so I put it out so I could have the two big TVs outside instead of watching the my game and then just watching Red Zone on my phone or the like the laptop. Like I wanted because there were so many good games going on in the early slate. There was your game, there was the Lions Vikings game. It's just like there was so much that I wanted to watch. So I pull all that out. I'm watching the game. My dad was came over. We were watching, but uh he left for a little bit and then came back. We're watching the game. Pitler's doing great. He's all excited, and he's looking at me and he's just like, I thought you would be more excited right now. And I'm like, I am, but I don't want to tell you that I bet against my team. Like, there's nothing worse, like, it's the one time when you think you're being smarter about a situation, like, hey, if I know we're gonna lose, at least let me make some money off of it. But then it's just like, all right, now we're gonna win, and we're gonna lose, and I'm gonna lose the money. I just like I was happy, but also in the same sense, I'm watching the game, and I even was talking to you about it after the fact, and you but since you said you weren't watching paying that close attention, a lot of those strips, the the strip sacks and you know, or the sacks that happened the the Colts have a good offensive line. That's great, they have good tackles. I don't know why, for some reason, they just thought that our defensive line was trash, and they just let TJ Watt and High Smith on each side go one-on-one. Most of the game, they were going one-on-one. If you're gonna give T-Bite TJ an opportunity to go one-on-one, that's on you.
Scott:Like and the crazy thing, you know, everybody's like, oh, the Steelers bottled up Jonathan Taylor. Yeah, you did. But for three of the four quarters of that game, they were trailing and made the Colts one-dimensional. Yeah. So they weren't so they weren't throwing the ball or weren't weren't running the ball. Yeah. But guess what? You give a pass rusher like TJ and what's the other dude's name? Highsmith. Highsmith passing opportunities every time they're on the field.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:What are they doing? Pinning their ears back.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:Fakes are playing. Let's get to the quarterback.
Graham:Yeah. I mean, they still pass the ball pretty well. Uh it was the wake I think.
Scott:I forget who was talking about it, but with five, y'all had y'all got five turnovers. Right?
Graham:I think six.
Scott:Whatever. Six.
Graham:Yeah, but four sacks and two picks.
Scott:Well, sacks aren't turnovers, so smack yourself.
Graham:Well, no. Five turnovers. No, no. Two strips and uh whatever.
Scott:Whatever, smack yourself. Sacks aren't turnovers.
Graham:Um, thinking one thing instead of another, all right?
Scott:Okay. But the offense didn't look that great. Yeah, Warren finally got in the end zone. I saw Roman Wilson. Was it him that made that that had the fumble? Yeah.
unknown:Yeah.
Scott:At the end of the day. But last week, remember we talked about this. The favorites in week eight went 11 and 2 against the spread. Week nine, the favorites were four and eight.
Graham:Is that was that the stat you wanted to say you saved? No, no, no.
Scott:Uh dude, the Lions were laying eight and a half. What'd I tell you? Friday is high rate. Bet the farm on the Lions. Yeah. JJ McCarthy's like, nope, I gotcha. Colts, minus three and a half. Nope. Patriots, minus four and a half. Niners, minus two and a half. Chargers, minus nine and a half. It's like we always say, it's a week-to-week league.
Graham:I know. I mean, look, I'm happy we won. The money is what it is. I mean, but how much I how much confidence do I have in the team the rest of the season?
Scott:That's that's what my boy, that's what my boy Joe Book said. And my buddy at work that's a member at my club that has seasoned tickets to the Steelers, he's like, you know, don't know if last week was smoke and mirrors. You know, they have no idea. And I agree. I mean, we've talked about it. We got Chargers play you guys next Sunday night. We just lost alt for the season.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:And who knows what's gonna happen. You know, we just traded for offensive linemen from the Saints. I mean, God only knows. I mean, I was talking to TP and Rob last night to think about going in in the season. You got all pro left tackle Slater, all pro right tackle alt starting the season. You sign Becton from the Eagles. We're going, let's go. This is a Harbaugh offensive line. Yeah. Lose Slater before the season. Alt goes out in week four, comes back a couple weeks later, dominate the Vikings, then goes out against the Titans.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:Dude, and Herbert has been hit more than any quarterback in the league. Yeah. Okay. And then it's like, I see this stat tonight, it's crazy. It's talking about, you know, I'm talking to Rob about the game this week. I'm like, he's like, dude, Watts gonna kill Herbert. And I'm like, dude, it's gonna be another game plan just like the Viking or the Dolphins. Quick dump offs, quick passes, quick passes. Like I told you earlier, Lad's gonna get so many targets. Keenan, Ladd. But I see the stat tonight when TP sends it to me. The best dual threat quarterback in football. Okay, and this is crazy to even think about right now. Herbert is second in the league in passing yards with 2,390 and first in the NFL in rushing yards with 305. What? Yeah. Yeah. Insane. If we're gonna beat you guys next week or this week, whatever. Yes, that's gonna be it's gonna be Herbert and his legs.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:Just like when you and I were at SoFi when you still lived in California. Remember that game Herbert ran all over the place?
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:Uh, but it's the only way it's gonna happen. It's the only way. I like our defense better than your defense, but I like your pass rushers against my offensive line.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:So, I mean, who knows? But I mean, just losing all it blows. It sucks. I mean, you know, Rob's been bitter betty, blasting the Chargers for not making a trade and this and that. And like I told you earlier, I said, hey Rob, how many offensive linemen were traded today? Uh one, the one we got. Ain't nobody trading offensive linemen. Come on. And if we were going after any offensive linemen that's good, you ain't telling me that GM for that team that we're talking to ain't ready to bend or tease over. Hey, no, we we're desperate. We need it. Yeah, no, no, I'm no chance, dude.
Graham:It's yeah, I mean, you guys are in that unfortunate position where it's just like you're good, but because of injuries, you're handicapped, and yeah, you have money and you have picks, but it's just like you can't get the pieces that you would need to make a legitimate run type of situation.
Scott:Just think about I'm just gonna name off some people, the injuries for this year. Okay, and I'm just gonna say the bigger name players. Hampton, first round draft pick. Najee uh never missed a game with the Steelers, blows his face up with fireworks in the summer, and then Achilles. And I'm just gonna say this right now. Would the Chargers have signed Najee if they knew what they had in Kamani Vidal? Who knows?
Graham:Well, there's a reason why Vidal was on the practice squad, so I mean I agree, but I'm yeah, I'm saying if No, I get it.
Scott:I get it all out. Becton, our big splash in free agency last year, who has been an absolute dud so far. Yeah. Dude, uh uh Khalil Mack missed four weeks. Denzel Perryman. Uh I mean, Tony Jefferson's been out. Tarheeb still are uh I mean, every team has injuries. It is what it's part of the game, obviously.
Graham:But we as I say, it's not next man up when the person that goes down is the guy.
Scott:Like an all-pro left tackle.
Graham:Yeah, I mean, dude, I mean the Chargers just have the worst luck. They always have like a key guy every year gets hurt. Yeah, it's just like, all right, so next year, I mean, we should we be taking bets on who's gonna be out for the year next year? I mean, all right.
Scott:Shut your mouth. Let's don't even talk about that. Don't even talk about that shit, Graham. Fuck off.
Graham:I'm just kidding.
Scott:Um, real quick though, we all watched the Sunday night game. Well, you didn't. Uh Jaden Daniels, dude. Seahawks. Before I even get into Jaden Daniels, I just gotta say this. I don't know what on earth has me a believer in the Seahawks, but man, they are the best team in the NFC.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:And they got better today.
Announcer:Yeah, they did.
Scott:I mean, to the point of could you imagine this last year, exactly a year ago, from this moment, saying, oh man, the 2025 trade deadline being headlined by teams going all in on Daniel Jones and Sam Darnold.
Graham:Hey, I was just talking with our boy Jeff last night, and I basically told him, I'm like, look, with how your team's doing, if he can stay at the same pace, and with that organization and the new coach and and what they're doing right there, he could retire as Seahawk. He really could.
Scott:Isaac, the Seahawks, they played, they got a defensive head coach. Okay, they got a quarterback that played two bad games last year. Two week, whatever, the last week against the Lions, and then the wild card round against the Rams.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:The Vikings let him roll, dude.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:And do you don't think the Seahawks made the correct decision by trading Gino and signing Sam Darnold? Yeah. I mean, dude, my guy Sam Darnold was 16 for 16 in the goddamn first half the other night.
Graham:Is that any good? Well, I mean, it doesn't it doesn't hurt that JSN just decided to wake up and be like, oh, I guess I'm gonna be the best receiver in the league this year. Like dude. What?
Scott:Walker, Charbonnet. Yeah. Who's their tight end?
Graham:Oh. From the Broncos, the great guy they got from the Fant. Is it Fant?
Scott:No, I think Fant went somewhere else. But he was traded to the Broncos to the Seahawks for whatever the Russell Wilson raped the Seahawks or Broncos with.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:Oh. But dude, Seahawks, man, I I don't I don't know, man. Oh, they are they're something else. They're solid. I like them. And I'm not just blowing smoke up Jeff's ass, but they are solid.
Graham:Um, how about Elijah Arroyo? Who?
Scott:Can I get an Andy quote here? Can you give me an Andy quote? Who? Speaking of Andy, dude, oh man, fantasy football. I think he just took the lead on you.
Graham:He was a hat, he was a game ahead of me, and folks, we played two games. We're in a league that we play two games a week. He's a game ahead of me. Whoopity doodad hey. Um, I'm still 330 points or 20 points, whatever it is, ahead of him. So if we tie, he like he just has to stay ahead of me. Like he won't catch me in points. I mean, knock on wood unless, you know, like all my players get hurt, but I mean, you know, I just gotta keep getting getting these dubs.
Scott:I mean I mean, can I get a all-time, can I get an all-time Graham quote right now?
Graham:Okay.
Scott:Not only it starts with who and ends with what? Come on.
Graham:Who oh, who are you rooting for? Like ding ding ding ding ding ding ding. I just, you know, I mean, look, I went one and one, could have gone two and oh, but the whole reason we play two games, folks, if you're if you're wondering, I mean, well, I mean, all the people that listen to us pretty much know why, but the reason why we play two games is because when you play fantasy football, how many times is it where you could have the second most points in the league that week and still lose? Because you play the guy who had the first. And that's what happened to me. I had the second most points going into going into that going into this past week. I won the first matchup by like 50 points, and then the other one, it was just like, all right, it comes down to Monday night. All I need is 20 points from Dak Prescott. That's all I gotta do. Like, yeah, there's not, I mean, I you know, like the Cowboys. I just I don't how can they look bad and good at the same time? How can they have good games and then also have bad games?
Scott:Like, I just on a side, on a side note, uh Duke is laying the wood. I they're up 68 to 54 right now.
Graham:Let's go! Um, I just I mean, look, the Cowboys have had bad defense. I mean, they made some hella trades today. I mean, granted, they gave away a lot. They gave away a second this next year and then a first the year after that, and they got Quentin Williams, the defensive line defensive lineman, tackle. Hey, good for them. They needed him. Uh then they also got them.
Scott:Uh did they really need to never mind, we're not even gonna get into that.
Graham:Oh, do they need to because they're three and five or three and six, or whatever the record is right now?
Scott:Have you seen their next five games? Yeah, I mean, like they play the Raiders okay next Monday night. Somehow the Cowboys will screw that up, but I'll still take the Cowboys in the dub. But then they got Eagles, they got Lions, they got Chargers, they got Chiefs.
Graham:Hey, I'll What do they think they're gonna do? Well, they always say division games are different, right? You know, it doesn't matter how much better the other team is, it's division. So, I mean, that is on their favor a little bit. Um, look, getting these extra pieces is definitely gonna help. I mean, the thing is, is on paper, at least their offense, you think, is good enough. I mean, Dak, CD, Pickens, you know, Javante is actually, you know, doing well this year. Yeah, but I mean, dude, yeah. I mean, Devonta getting that, you know, getting the ball knocked out towards the end of the game, uh, the end of the fourth, it's just like it just seems like this year it's like whatever can happen will happen. And yeah, and look, you ain't wrong. It's not uh sometimes it's not as how much as how bad one team is versus give credit to the other team. Yeah, the Cardinals are not slouches.
Scott:I mean, look, Cardinals, Cardinals came out and just I mean, what how much all right, real question? Yeah, you heard Marvin Harrison rip on the Cardinals offense, right? Yeah, his quote, yeah. How much do you think that first half had to do with that?
Graham:That's because my guy was balling. Yeah. I mean, if that's the case, do it every week, player.
Scott:I mean, dude, that 90 million dollar cornerback, what's his name? Hand or whatever. Bland, Jeron Bland. Bland hand, maybe he needs a third hand. Uh that move Marvin Harrison put on him on the goal line uh had CD on the bench going, God. I mean, the first thought that came to my mind when that shit happened was from the movie Friday when they're sitting on the porch and Home Girl bends over across the street and is smoky, and they're like, God.
Graham:That's all I can think. That's all I can think. Dude. He juked him right out of his feet, out of his cleat.
Scott:Dude, he was on the ground, and Marvin Harrison was like, Yeah, thanks for playing, bro. Thanks for the tutty. Yeah, I but I mean, but they gave him 90 million, but couldn't give Micah Parsons an extension. I was just saying. And then they uh whatever. We're not even getting into that because nobody cares. It's the goddamn cowboys and whatever. Dude, something that needs to be brought up. Dude, Jags kicker, 68 yarder at the end of the first half in Vegas to break the record. Wow, dude. I'm watching it live, dude. I'm watching it live, and I'm like, I'm on the phone with my dad, and I'm like, Tristan, look, he's lining up for a 68 yarder. Dude, that shit was probably good from 73, 74. And he hit a 70 yarder against you guys in preseason, but then he's had a shitty, he's had a shitty season. Yeah, like hasn't been too good, yeah, and drills that. But the best part of this whole story is when he gets to the locker room after Pete Carroll decided to throw the ball on the one-yard line again. Imagine that. Uh homeboy has a letter in his locker saying, Hey, we need to drug test you. And the dude throws it out on his Instagram. He's like, Already? I mean, dude.
Graham:The dude's barely even six feet tall. Like, what does he wait? Like 185 phones soaking wet? Like soaking wet. Something has to be done. Uh, something has to be wrong with that. I mean, look, I'm just gonna say it right now. Folks, you have to do the math on that. 68 yards, you're like, oh yeah, that's long. No, no, no. If you watch football, go stand on the goddamn field. No, 68 yards to do the math for you guys, is on your own 49 yard line. Dude. There, you're on your side of the 50. Like it was, it was absolutely before we'll say, like, I mean, definitely 10 years, but you could say like five to seven years, but before 10 years, the standard is it's like, yo, you gotta make it 50 was deep in the yeah. That's what I'm saying. Like, if you make like the goal is, hey, get it to the 35 when we got a chance. Now, with the kickers nowadays, especially if it's indoor, I'm gonna tell you straight up, within the next couple years, the record's gonna be probably like 72.
Scott:Yeah, Aubrey, Audrey, Aubrey, he he lined up for a 68 yarder, and it had it had the distance, but he just pulled it a little bit. Yeah, I'm like, dude, are you kidding me? This dude's gonna break the record, and it's not even gonna last 24 hours. Yeah, but dude, I'm like, come on, man. Yeah, it's crazy. Crazy, but dude, I I don't know. I mean, like I said earlier when I was throwing a little shade at Pete Carroll for throwing the ball, dude, over game goes to overtime. And dude, something I've been thinking about again, the new overtime rules. It's 10 minutes. Yeah. Okay, dude, the Jaguars milk the clock. And the crazy thing is, what was the old rule back in the day? The team that wins the toss and over well, the team that wins the toss and overtime, what defers.
Graham:Yeah, usually, yeah.
Scott:Well, the Jaguars went down the field, milk the clock seven minutes.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:If if the Raiders don't have that amazing run back, who knows what happens.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:But but then they score the tutty, and Pete Carroll's like, I'm gonna go for the win. Why not?
Graham:And I mean, there's there was literally seconds left on the clock. I mean, less uh under 15 seconds. Like, what there's no point to time right here. Like, there's literally not.
Scott:You might as well it's and then what does Pete Carroll do? I mean, yeah, you're gonna pass the ball, but dude, Tyler Lockett, wide ass open.
Graham:Yeah, it was just a great play from the defensive lineman.
Scott:Defensive lineman goes straight up Matumbo style.
Graham:No, no, no.
Scott:No, no, no. I mean, Bowers was wide ass open too. And let's just talk. I mean, Bowers hadn't played in how many weeks and first game back, three tutties.
Graham:What was it like 12 for 130 and three tutties? Whatever it was, it was a lot. I mean, geez louized. And to think I was considering on trading him just to bolster my roster.
Scott:And the the Bears, the Bears-Bengals game, 31 points scored in the fourth quarter.
Graham:Dude, dude, now that they traded that linebacker away, and like I my my thing is this like the players after the game are calling or not.
Scott:Yeah.
Graham:I mean, that's bad.
Scott:That's two weeks in a row, dude.
Graham:Dude, Jamar Chase, and then also Brown, the running back.
Scott:Higgins had a game. Yeah. Yeah. I I heard some stat. I wish I would have recorded it, but it was like first team and back-to-back weeks to score over 30-something points and lose.
Graham:They lost with uh what how I I didn't see because I was watching the other game, like how much time did they did Chicago have? It was under a minute or something to come back.
Scott:Yeah. Yeah. Walk off to Lovelin, like 54. Dude, the Bengals are down. Score a tutty. One sidekick, score a tutty. The Bears get the ball back, and Lovelin 54-yard touchdown. It was insane. Insane.
Graham:I don't know. And the front office wondering, I'm sorry, and the front office is wondering why season take a holders are not renewing.
Scott:Yeah. Insane. But dude, after uh something I mentioned to you yesterday after the Raiders game, dude, Sunday night, Max Crosby threw a tweet out there. And we all know Max Crosby's the face of the Raiders, right? I mean, dude. Man, I know everybody puts their time and effort and spends their hard-earned money to get tickets. I feel for them. Raider Nation, I love y'all with everything in my heart and soul. Y'all deserve better. Stay as one. It will change.
Graham:Uh to quote that song from 80 years ago or what movie it was, uh, tomorrow, tomorrow, it will always be tomorrow.
Scott:Like, dude, I don't know. But Jaden Daniels, dude. The craziest thing about it came out, and we were talking about it last night. Yeah. As soon as it happened, I was talking to you, and I'm like, dude, is this RG3 the second? You know? And then the stat comes out. Jaden Daniels or RG3. Both second round picks, both drafted by the Redskins. When their injuries happen, we're both playing against the Seahawks. Both on the same side of the field. Both on second down and both on the four-yard line. Dude, how does it make it? It goes back to the Redskins and Joe Thysman and Alex Smith. And that's that of them getting hurt. Like, what in the shit, man? Make it make sense. Yeah. Dude, and to everybody out there blasting Dan Quinn about having Daniels in the game, the more I've thought about it, no, bro. No. Don't put this on your head coach. How many games did Peyton Maiden come out of when they were blowing teams out? The same amount as me and you. Football players play football. Jaden Daniels. Yeah, they're getting blown out in the fourth quarter. But he just missed a couple weeks. He's coming back. He's getting reps. You know, I truly, and I said it to you Sunday night, I truly think Washington and their GM thought they were going to be really good this year because of what happened last year. And they were. But they also played a last place schedule. Yeah. Okay. Last year. But they went all in this year on old players. Yeah. Made some crazy draft picks, made some crazy trades, got Tunsell, got Debo. Bobby Wagner's still there. I truly thought today, after Daniel's injury on Sunday, that they were going to be sellers. I mean, there was a lot of rumors about Debo being traded. I don't know, dude. I I just I feel bad for the organization, but not saying it's not going to be different next year. And the thing about it is, as I'm watching this game Sunday night, I'm texting TP about it. And all I can say is, God damn, how'd they beat the shit out of my Chargers? They suck. Dude. I mean, fuck. I mean, same thing, same thing with the Vikings. The Chargers boat raced the Vikings last Thursday night, and the Vikings boat raced the goddamn Lions.
Graham:Oh, I'm sorry. I got one for you. How about uh the Packers come into Pittsburgh on Sunday night, take care of us pretty handily, and then, oh, I don't know, have the Panthers come in and literally couldn't do anything against them? That was insane, wasn't it? Like nothing. I mean, granted, insane. Kraft got hurt out for the year. I mean, that's a killer. But still, like you can't lose your tight end and not score touchdowns. Like I just another game that's just like, oh, that killed my parlay. Make it make sense, bro. I I don't know. I mean, and look, I mean, heck, looking forward to this week coming up. We got our game Sunday night.
Scott:Hey, all I gotta say is uh Patriots, two wins away from my over seven dubs, and my boy Graham over. I'm gonna have to go back to the episode and listen to the oh dude, I already I already made it a reel for you.
Graham:Of course you did. I mean, come on. Yeah, I can tell you what's not looking good. Hey, my jets over five and a half.
Scott:And your bet with Andy.
Graham:Hey, there should be uh how do you feel about that bet with Andy?
Scott:And for the people out there listening, tell them what the bet is, real quick, before we get out of here.
Graham:100 bucks on who has a better season between the Jets and the Saints. Win-wise, right? Win-wise, yeah. So if it's a tie, it's a push, it's just they have to have more games. I was feeling confident.
Scott:Confident at the start of the show. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. When y'all made that bet, I was on your side. And when they played the Steelers tough week one, I was like, oh, okay. Graham's about to take that cash. Give me that bingey. And then it was like, oh damn.
Graham:And then the Saints pull off that miracle win that they got. Yeah, but I mean Well, no, the Miracle Win was the Jets uh beating the Bengals that kicked me out of uh the Survivor Pool. And also was a piece of a part of all my bets that I had that day. I just I don't know. Dude, them getting rid of all those guys, I mean the Saints got rid of people. They're literally the two worst teams in the NFL right now. They're fighting for the one and two seed right now.
Scott:Not seeds, draft picks.
Graham:You know what I mean? Sorry.
Scott:I don't disagree. I don't disagree, dude. Back to my Chargers game, though, I as we finish up this episode.
Graham:Yeah.
Scott:Chargers got the dub. It was a good win. You know, lost all, which sucked. But dude, Dayon Henley, our middle linebacker, was literally in Nashville and his brother got killed Friday night in LA. To the point where Denzel Perryman knocked on his door at 6 a.m. on Saturday morning and said, Hey, you need to call your mom to find out his brother got shot and killed. Insane, dude. Insane. But he played as a dick off, and Derwin said he's never felt more of a bonding for a team than that. I mean, Spano said, hey, you can take my private jet, go back to LA if you want. We understand. And he didn't. He played, he had an amazing sack on a third and long and instantly went to his knees. And you could see the emotion, dude. You know, it was awesome to listen to his interview at the end of the game. It was sick. But the best part about the Chargers Titans game this past Sunday was my girl as the sideline reporter. I don't know if it's ever happened since she's been a sideline reporter. But if you don't know who I'm talking about, that is my girl, hot chick of the week, every week, Amanda Baleones.
Graham:Folks, if you don't know who this is, then you don't listen to this podcast.
Scott:You don't listen to us enough. I was like, oh damn, let's go. But I don't know. Something I gotta throw out there real quick. Uh golf live tour made an announcement today. Uh in 2026, they're actually gonna play 72 whole tournaments so they can get world ranking points.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:Uh are they now gonna change the name of the Live Tour to LXX11 or II? Right. Because we all know Live is the Roman numeral for 54, and that's what they used to play is 54 whole tournaments.
Graham:Hey. I mean they have to, right? They don't call it Twitter anymore, right? So I don't get it. I get it. I hey good for them. I'm glad it's happening. I mean, they gotta do something.
Scott:I mean they have to.
Graham:I mean, the the few key players that they have left, they need to get get standing so they can play in the big events or play, you know, in the majors, or at least I mean, at least after this past Ryder Cup, they they're not looking at certain stats anywhere, they're just like we want you type of thing. So I mean that's good, but uh you know, it was the right thing that needed to happen. Hell, they should have done it from the beginning, and then I mean just imagine if we were seeing what golf would be at at this moment.
Scott:You know what I mean? I agree. 100% agree. 100% agree, Graham. But as we wrap this up, we got a golf tournament this week, and I'm gonna give you my lock. Okay. If anybody's made it this long in the episode, hold on, I gotta find it.
Graham:Here's the lock. Wait, hold on. What is it?
Scott:Uh the worldwide technology event in Mexico. Uh, we are gonna take my guy, Michael Brennan. Yes, top 20. All right, okay, and Michael Brennan just won a couple weeks ago. He's from the state of Virginia, and a couple guys that are out there in Arizona have said this dude is the best player that's gonna be a rookie on tour this year.
Announcer:Wow.
Scott:And when it comes from tour players saying that, it means something.
Graham:Yeah, I mean, just a little bit more weight than you know, you and I. Just just just a little bit.
Scott:Just a little bit, just a little bit. On that note, Graham, fun week. Uh, I always hate when the Chargers play the Steelers because you and I hate each other. Not really, but you know, to game, we all know that. But if y'all win, great. If we win, great. It is what it is.
Graham:Like, well, I know you. I'll say this. You have gotten better, and for as long as we've known each other, you've always said, well, when my game's on, I I'm not on the phone. Like, don't call me. Like, yeah, it's not gonna happen. The especially this year and even a little bit last year, you've been surprisingly a little better about uh, especially when our teams are not playing at the same time. Because it's like, you know, I also will root for the Chargers as well, so like we'll do a little text here or there, but we're like, we're not having actual conversation. But would you but would our the few times when our teams play each other, there's gonna be no conference there.
Scott:Yeah, I'm not gonna talk to you and I'll talk to you at halftime, I'll talk to you.
Graham:Yeah, it's it's not like there's gonna be no me, there's gonna be no me sending thunderbolts or little lightning bolts.
Scott:Yeah, no during the game. And dude, the worst part, my member that's a seasoned ticket holder up in Pittsburgh, walks in my office this morning and he's got a Steelers hat and he goes, Hey, you want to wear this for the week? And I'm like, get the shit out of my office. Dying, right? We're dying, he goes, and like I said, told you earlier, he's like, We're gonna get the shit kicked out of us. I'm like, dude, shut up. This game is so big for both of us.
Graham:Oh, it's a must-win.
Scott:For both teams, yeah. I mean, for both teams, it's huge. But think thank God the Chiefs are on a bye, lost to the Bills for the fifth straight time in regular season, but can't beat them in the playoffs. So does it really fucking matter?
Graham:I know we're at the end. We really didn't talk about the get that game, but the one thing I just for 20 seconds, the one thing that I did take away from watching that game, I don't know if it was because it was in Buffalo. They the Chiefs did not get the calls that they usually get that game. Like there was a I mean, like, there was a bunch of plays I was like, they missed that whole thing.
Scott:How about the hit that on Maha? Hermit took. Yeah. How was that not? I'm just going, oh my god, where's the flag? Where's the flag? Where's the flag? Oh, there's no flag. Let's go.
Graham:Like, that I mean, still, it was a great game. I mean, I'm watching. It was. You know, I I found a uh a Bills bar here in town, and I was meeting up with uh one of my buddies, his friends was out here and they're from the Buffalo area, and they're like, Oh, we want to watch the game. And I was like, Well, I know a bar, it's a Bills bar, I've never been, dude. Amazing spot. Like to be like every TV was on the game, we're watching, had a great time, and they're like, I'm just watching this game. And I'm like, at the end, when the Chiefs had the ball, how do you have any confidence? Like, they came back with 13 seconds left. You're giving him a minute and a half. Like, and here's here's my thing.
Scott:Only only Andy Reed can draw up a play where a wide receiver is wide ass open on fourth and 16.
unknown:Yeah.
Scott:Like, like, really? Uh only Andy Reid. Like, come on, man. Jimmy crickets. Great point.
Graham:Great point.
Scott:God bless America. I don't know.
Graham:Oh, Scott, it's always a pleasure doing the podcast with you. I love it. And you know, I don't I wanted to bring it up. I'm like, we we normally do it, so are are are we betting a shot?
Scott:Oh, yeah, 100%.
Graham:Okay. I didn't know I just had to say it for the fans, you know, they're just kids to look at it.
Scott:Quit kidding yourself. Hey, nobody's been listening to this for an hour and nine minutes at this point. Maybe TP and grammar police. That's about it. And and T-bone, that's about it. T-bone.
Graham:Hey, as the best home uh wow. As the best homie always says, Bubba.
Scott:Good night, friends. Good night, everyone. Amanda, thank you for being a sideline reporter for my chargers. Everyone, have a great week. We'll talk to you next Monday. Bubba!
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