Red Silo Cup Weekend

Recorded March 3rd, 2026

A toast to friends serving abroad sets the tone for a wild, heartfelt ride through Pittsburgh stories, day-game hockey, golf lore, and NFL cap gymnastics. We swap airport heat and Sheetz being out of gas for Italian clubs, karaoke dodges, and the now-immortal “red silo cup,” then walk into PPG Paints for the quietest crowd we’ve ever heard as the Penguins blank the Knights. The loudest cheer? A Mr. Rogers jumbotron bit flipping straight into “Black and Yellow.” That’s hometown energy.

From there we pivot to golf season in full stride. Shane Lowry’s late-round unraveling sparks a debate on nerves and shot selection, while Bay Hill’s rough and greens remind us why a gritty 77 can be a badge of honor. Rickie Fowler’s Arnold Palmer Award opens a window into Palmer’s influence, the umbrella legacy, and why a readable autograph still matters. Then we ask the burning question: is Scotty Scheffler about to run hot through Bay Hill and The Players and carry that form into Augusta? The Masters countdown hums in the background as odds, form, and course fit collide.

Football refuses to stay quiet. The Chiefs juggle restructures, the AFC West odds shift, and the calculus for the Chargers centers on trench capital: pay a veteran center, draft guards, and sort the edge room without sinking the budget. We kick around Tyler Linderbaum’s market, guard premiums, and why the smartest roster builds start inside-out. The combine adds its own theater as a top wide receiver flubs a drill and reminds everyone that attention to detail still rules draft day. System fit becomes the refrain—Baker, Darnold, and the truth that QBs grow when coaching, line play, and timing align.

It’s sports talk with heart, travel mishaps with laughs, and real team-building strategy without the fluff. Hit play to ride along, then jump into the comments with your bold call: Scheffler vs the field over the next two events—who you got? If you’re feeling it, follow, share with a friend, and drop a review to keep the red “silo” cup legend alive.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Shoutouts And Heavy Hearts
• 2:30 Chris Abroad And A Toast
• 4:45 Weekend Recaps And TGL Golf
• 9:40 Pittsburgh Trip Begins
• 14:20 Red Silo Cup And Social Clubs
• 22:45 Day-Game Hockey And Quiet Crowd
• 28:30 Lowry’s Collapse And Golf Takes
• 34:00 Bay Hill, Fowler, And The King
• 40:20 Is Scotty About To Run Hot
• 47:30 Masters Hype And World Ranking Math
• 55:00 NFL Cap Gymnastics And Chiefs Questions

Transcript

Shoutouts And Heavy Hearts

Announcer 0:06

Welcome to another episode of the Bald Guys on the Bench podcast with your hosts Graham Cohen and Scott Wasco.

Graham 0:21

What's up everyone? Welcome back to another episode of the Bald Guys on the Bench. Scotty Wa. We cracked 7,500 downloads this past weekend. How about that, brother?

Scott 0:32

Let's go. Ain't man at it. Right? That ain't the goal, though.

Graham 0:36

No, it's definitely not.

Scott 0:39

40 times that. Yeah, but baby steps.

Graham 0:44

Right.

Scott 0:45

You gotta crawl before you walk, walk before you run. Amen. I'm tired of it. I'm ready to marathon, sprint this shit. You're saying bolt that god dang shit. But anyhow, uh, you know what time it is, bro. It's actually Wednesday night, you know. Last time we talked was the night of when we the United States won the gold medal with TP.

Graham 1:06

Yeah.

Scott 1:06

It's been a while.

Graham 1:08

It's been a while.

Chris Abroad And A Toast

Scott 1:09

Yeah, we were gonna do it Monday night, and some unfortunate shit happened. Uh, if you know, you know. And you know, if you know, say a couple extra prayers. We're not gonna talk about it tonight. But good friend of mine, Graham's, going through some shit, you know. We need it. Facts. But, you know, it's time to grab one and crack one. And before we grab it and crack it, somebody we've always mentioned on the show, my boy Chris Reinert, he's uh over there battling for the United States outside of Iran. And this past weekend I'm on the way to the Penguins Nights game, and he texts me. And, you know, obviously, all that shit went down in the middle of the night Saturday, freaking out about my boy. He texts me, he goes, I better be getting a shout-out on the podcast this week for all this. Bro, the end. I mean, can't wait for you to get home. Was supposed to be an eight-month trip, which has now turned into an 11-month trip. Oh, just get your ass home, dude. Can't wait to beat your ass on the golf course. I mean, have a couple transfusions with you and more. Can't wait for you to get home to Sandy and Alley. I mean, goodness gracious, dude. Right? But anyhow, Chris, this one goes out to you. Not only to you, especially for you, but everybody else out there, keeping Graham and I safe. So here you go.

Announcer 2:43

Cheers, brother.

Scott 2:45

Love you, buddy. Make sure you play this for all your boys out there. Uh, anyhow, Graham, it's Wednesday night. I know the weekend was a couple days ago, but we always got to talk about it. How was your weekend?

Graham 3:00

Uh you know, there's plenty of times on this podcast where you always bust my chops about, oh, you don't remember shit. You don't remember shit, but shit. And I'm just like, dude, I don't remember what I had for dinner three nights ago. I'm trying to remember what I did this past weekend, to be honest. Like, all I remember is uh just watching some golf and uh watched a little I think it was Sunday night TGL. First time I watched that, like all the way through. I think maybe since the first week. That was pretty cool. Oh, it was Monday night? Oh like I said, I don't know what day it's on. Um but yeah, just really watched some golf. Uh didn't see wait, did I see a movie? Nope, no movies. Um, yeah, just kind of kicked it with the fam. Yeah. Pretty chill. Unlike you, which I know I can't wait to get into, although it didn't happen over the weekend. We'll get the banners out. Yay, cheer, clap. It's finally official. Let's knock on some wood, but uh your boy found a job. Oh man, let's go. Let me tell you, I couldn't be happier right now.

Scott 4:09

Once again, I'm gonna quote this band that I love, stained, actually playing at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater this summer. It's been a while. I know, right? Oh man, goodness gracious.

Graham 4:22

Shout out to that, and also super extra bonus points. It's literally a mile and a half from my house. I couldn't be happier, like I literally could not be happier. So super excited about that. But but hey, the real question of the hour is I mean, I already know, but we gotta let the people know. Scotty Waugh, how was your weekend, brother?

Weekend Recaps And TGL Golf

Scott 4:43

Dude, my weekend was great. I don't did we mention it last week, what I was doing. I don't even remember. Uh, I think you teased it. Heading up to Pittsburgh for to see Grammar Police and see the Knights and the Penguins on Sunday afternoon game. Flew up, Kristen and I left the kids here. Well, we left Ava here. Kellen had to go to his buddies. That ain't happening. Yeah. Uh but flew out. You know, we hadn't done anything like that in a while, so flew up, had a good time, dude. I mean, flights were awesome, no delays, no BS. The only thing I have to say is, City of Philadelphia, when it's 55 degrees outside, your airport doesn't need to have the heat going at full blast at like 80. Dude, we're sitting there waiting at the gate for our fight, and we only had like a 45-minute layover, so it wasn't long.

Announcer 5:40

Right.

Scott 5:40

And the lady sitting next to Kristen's like, is it me or is it hot in here? And we're like, if Kristen's hot, it's hot. Dude, it was miserable. Miserable, dude. Miserable. Anyhow, everything was good. Got off the plane, go see Andy at work, you know, got his car, got to go drive around Pittsburgh for a little while. Actually got to sit in a 200. Did I send you the picture of that Porsche?

Graham 6:05

Wait, that's what you drove? No, hell no. Oh, I was about to be like, what?

Scott 6:10

I wouldn't get in that. I wouldn't drive that. Are you kidding me? But right outside of our boy's office, $262,000 Porsche. I mean he's like, you gotta sit in it, and I'm like, nah, dude, I don't even want to look at it wrong. It might hurt it. But you know.

Graham 6:27

You said it, it's like, what just snapped? Uh that'll be $10,000, please. What?

Scott 6:33

Look at it wrong, and it's like, there's $20,000. But anyhow, Kristen and I cruised around the city. She got to see up top, what do they call them? Mount Wat or Washington Park or whatever.

Announcer 6:44

Yeah, Mount Washington. Yeah.

Scott 6:45

Mount Washington Observatory. Went up there, looked at the three rivers. That was cool. And then by the time we were done, it was time to go back and pick Andy up. He was off work, and Andy, you know, on the way to his house, and you know, Andy's Andy, all over the place, right? He's like, we should get some beers on the way home. There's meet you a lot of things you like. He goes, I gotta get gas anyway. You know, his gas lights on. My guy just pulls up to the sheets, doesn't even go to the gas pump, and I'm like, I thought you needed to get gas. Oh, yeah, I need to get gas, right? Like, okay, what the hell's going on? You know, Andy. A thousand things going on in his mind. Finally, I go in, get some Micheladas, he goes to the gas pump. Sheets is out of gas. What? Exactly. Exactly. Make it make sense.

Graham 7:34

She if you don't know, sheets is not like a small town gas station. Sheets is like a big deal in Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia. I mean, like, it's it's a huge company.

Scott 7:47

Out of gas. Everybody up and down the pumps are all like, you know, arms up in the air, it's hilarious, right? Yeah. So we go to another gas station. He doesn't even pull into the pump. One track mind. Andy, I thought you had to get gas. Anyhow, long story short, amazing host. Had a great, great Italian dinner that night. Awesome place. But before that, you know, we're drinking Micheladas, and I'm like, Andy, you gotta, I don't want to use your glasses, you know. I don't want to add to you the dishes that poor Steph has to clean and stuff. You know, I'm think always thinking outside the box, not trying to make this harder on my host. I'm like, you got a red cup? And he goes, Oh, a red silo cup? And I'm like, Don't you mean a red solo cup? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, a red silo cup. So as you can imagine, the entire weekend was all about the red silo cup. And Steph's like, are we gonna hear about the red silo cup on the episode this week? And I'm like, Does a whale shit in the ocean? Oh, yeah, we are.

Graham 8:59

So I yeah, yeah, you know, hold on, not to interrupt. So you're telling this story about stopping at cheats, right? Supposedly for gas, but not for gas. I'm sorry. And the whole time that he's been begging you to come down or come up, you and Kristen to come up, have this whole weekend. He's been talking to you for weeks now, and then almost every other day it seemed like, as the weekend approached, how was he not prepared with alcohol already at his place?

Pittsburgh Trip Begins

Scott 9:32

Oh no, he had plenty of alcohol. He just knows that I like Micheladas. Oh, oh, okay, okay. And he thought that since he was gonna gas, I could cruise in and grab a bunch of okay, okay. I'm like, no, he had dude, he had plenty of shit at his house.

Graham 9:48

Okay. I mean, I figured he would. I was just like, wait a minute. No, yeah, you weren't prepared? Okay, I'm just making sure.

Scott 9:53

But anyhow, dude, late dinner reservation, 8 30. You know, for Kristen and I, that's late, a late dinner.

Announcer 10:00

Yeah.

Scott 10:01

And then after that, it was like, you know, you have this massive Italian dinner. And I mean, I told you, I ordered a chicken parm, Kristen and I split it because I saw the dude next to us how big it was. It was like the size of the plate. And you know, you eat all these carbs and you're grubbing, and the last thing I want to do is go out and drink at the lodge and these other places, and I'm like, well, I'm gonna have to get this going. So we go to the lodge, you know, we've talked about it a hundred times on the show, it's packed, right? Yeah, can't even shoulder to shoulder inside. We end up going across the street to the Italian club, which we've he's talked about forever. I've never been, you had, yeah. And I'm like, order a you know, a Tito's soda, and I'm like, You got any tequila in here? She's like, Yeah. All right, shot one. I'm like, oh man, that is some bomb tequila. You know, I'm a Casamigos guy, yeah. And you know, the first shot's always a little, yeah, yeah. Let's get this party started. Let's the first one always hurts a little bit. Yeah, well, this one didn't. And I was dangerous. What the hell was that? And I'm not giving anybody any free publicity, so we're not even talking about it. We've done enough of that shit on the show. But I'm like, man, that was good. And I'm like, I'm ready for another one. And sorry, Steph. Sorry, Annie, about the throw on the bus. Steph goes to the bathroom, he's like, if you want another one, do it now, do it now. So Steph doesn't see the second one, dude. Second one, third one, fourth one, whatever. It's like I get the bill and I'm like, how much was that shot? That shot was amazing. And my girl goes, Oh, it was 325. Wow. What? I'm like, oh, there you go, Andy. What? 325. Steph's blue moon was four dollars. I'm drinking Tito Soda Splash of Cranberry at the Italian club for cheaper than a blue moon.

Graham 12:04

Dude. Oh, you gotta love the social clubs. Got to love them.

Scott 12:09

So then cruise on, we go to the Polish club because you know he's gotta sign the shit so he can win his money or whatever. We go over there. Yeah. Dude, there's nobody in there, just like you described, and you know, we were there forever. It was a long night for your boy. I mean, I do gotta give credit where credit's due. Mama Wah, Kristen was a trooper.

Graham 12:35

I mean, hey, I saw some of those dirty looks in the photos that you sent over. Trooper, dude. Trooper.

Red Silo Cup And Social Clubs

Scott 12:41

I mean, we didn't we literally didn't get to Andy's house until two. Oh man. That's a late one. And and a late one for me, too. I mean, when you're out where he is, Uber isn't like five minutes away. It takes a while. Yeah. Dude. I wish we would have had a video of the ride home because it was epic. But stuff we're not don't need to talk about. Anyhow, next day go to the penguins nights game. First time I've ever been to a game that was a day game. Okay. Okay. Most games you go to are what? They're at night. I've been to a ton of Vegas games at T-Mobile and actually went to a penguins game with you on a Friday night. And dude, number one, we were all hurting, obviously from the night before. But it was the quietest crowd I've ever seen in my life. Right. One o'clock start. You know, the nights got the doors blown off of them. Five to nothing or whatever. But they weren't even allowed when they scored goals. It was just, I mean, once again, like I said, it was a one o'clock game. People aren't getting up at and hanging out at the bars around the stadium at 11, drinking for two hours, you know, getting all liquored up. Yeah. It and it was actually kind of cool because there was a shit ton of kids there. So I really liked that. A bunch of kids watching the game. But, you know, it was the most I mean, the first period was great. You know, Knights controlled the first 10 minutes, and it was one to nothing, whatever, it's all good. Stone left in the into the first period, and uh that freaked me out. And then they penguin score three in the second period. I'm like, all right, it's four to nothing. This game's over. Can we get the hell out of here? Yeah. You know, uh, but you know, it was fun. The seats were great, it was a great time. Andy was like, I'm sorry, dude. Your knights are good. I'm like, dude, I don't care. It's hockey. There's a ton of games. You know, the knights have been struggling. I knew that going into it. But it was still fun. You know, I will say this: I will never go to another game to see the knights play the pins there. I'm 0-2 in person. The knights in the history of the franchise are, I think, one in ten at the penguins.

Graham 15:12

So hey, so there's come for a home game, brother. Come for a home game.

Scott 15:17

I'd much rather do that. But, you know, good time. Sunday night, we kind of were low-key. We were all still hurting, got out of there Monday, and didn't get to watch it live, the epic collapse of Lowry. But why can't he do that shit in the Ryder Cup, bro? I I mean, he had a five-foot putt to clinch the rider cup and just goes Kansas front of the cup, and now he's doing this shit at the old Honda Cognizant Classic when there's he's the highest ranked player in the field, maybe. And I I don't know, dude. Whatever. It's golf. We we we all know it's not easy. I mean, yeah.

Graham 16:07

I just I mean, I caught the tail end of it to be honest. I had a late Saturday night, early Sunday morning, and then by the time I got up, it was kicking around. Like I went, I did watch some golf. I mean, I watched more on Saturday, but then on Sunday, like, you know, Lowry had that big, what was it, three or five stroke lead to start the start the final round? I'm like, oh dude, this is money in the bank. And then it wasn't. Like I didn't even see, I barely even saw him fall apart. I just I see all these notifications on my phone. I'm like, what the hell just happened? Yeah. And then I'm watching the replays, and I was just like, wow, bro. Like, how do you hit that? Again.

Scott 16:46

The shotty hit on the par three, like, it wasn't a shank, but if it looks like a shank, sounds like a shank.

Graham 16:55

It wasn't, it wasn't a shank.

Scott 16:57

You know, shhanks don't go that high in the air.

Graham 17:00

Right. So it's golf. You you kind of gloss over it, and not that I gotta throw a shade where shade needs to get thrown here, but uh, I just gotta bring up for the people two questions. One on that Saturday when you were driving around and uh, you know, you took Kristen to Mount Washington and you were up there on the overlook, and you know, you saw the little trolley that they had right there, or the skyline or whatever they call it. Did you show Kristen where we walked from? Oh in the blizzard to give her an understanding of what that mile and a half was?

Scott 17:39

As we were up there, and I I might have mentioned this to you, she was like, Oh, that looks like a pretty cool soccer complex right there. Remember that place? Yeah, yeah. And I was like, Oh yeah. Graham and I walked past it. She's like, What do you mean? I'm like, see where this little thing goes down to that level down there on the street? We walked from there, see those buildings all the way over there? We walked all the way there with 13 inches of snow on the ground. I had vans on, and she's like, What are you talking about? I've never heard this part of the story. I'm like, Graham and I like to forget it. And Graham and I are, you know, Graham lives in California at the time. I live in Virginia, we don't get that much weather, and we're both like walking flat footed as shit, so we're not slipping and you know, snipers aren't getting us in the ice. And there's Andy speed walking in his sketchers or whatever the hell he wears.

Graham 18:38

It's like 20 degrees.

Scott 18:40

Graham's got a grocery bag full of beers, but dude, yeah, she saw it, dude. She saw.

Graham 18:49

All right, classic, had to make sure. And then uh the the other one, when you're at the moose, I think you mentioned it. Did did people recognize you from the last time you were there a couple years ago?

Scott 19:01

Dude, my boy B rad. Dude, the second night we were there on Sunday night. Like I said, Saturday night, it was packed. Right. Like, there was too many people. We had to get the hell out of there. Sunday night. The dude that Andy called from the Uber ride from downtown Pittsburgh to order our food on the way to the moose.

Announcer 19:19

Yeah.

Scott 19:20

Came up and was like, that was you that was here that night. And I'm like, yeah, it was. And he goes, Remember, Andy called my personal phone to order all that food? And I'm like, Oh yeah. And you had it ready for us on that table the second we walked in the door.

Announcer 19:36

Grubbin'. Dude, it was hilarious.

Scott 19:40

It was awesome. It was fun. I mean, it was karaoke night, and the lady's like, You want to sing karaoke? I'm like, I've never sang karaoke in my life, and the only way I will ever sing karaoke. Number one, the moose lodge in Jeanette would be a great place because I don't know anybody.

Graham 19:57

Yeah.

Scott 19:58

But the only I always promised myself the only way I would ever sing karaoke is if they had boats and hose. Boats and hose. The Nina. I'm not even getting into it right now. That's the only way I would ever do it. I hate karaoke. I hate it because people think they're good. Remember, we used to always go to ETs on Thursday nights and always karaoke. I used to always say whoever invented karaoke should be shot in the face. Well they didn't have it, so uh obviously didn't sing it.

Graham 20:33

You won't do karaoke, but you'll sing on the podcast. That makes sense. It's way better. It's way better.

Scott 20:40

I mean, how epic would boats and o's be?

Graham 20:44

I you ain't wrong. You ain't wrong. Epic. Epic.

Scott 20:52

Epic. The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria. I can't even say anymore because it'll be bad. Uh anyhow. It's Bay Hill Week Arnie's place, right?

Graham 21:07

Yeser.

Scott 21:08

Dude, the king. And before we even get into that, gotta talk about Fowler played in the Seminole Pro Member, which is like the most amazing field ever. Rory actually won. Fowler and Buddy Marucci, the old Walker Cup captain, finished second two shots back. But since they're doing that, Romance got to play in a pro am at Bay Hill. Nice. Okay. And I texted him, I'm like, yo, how'd you play? And he goes, dude, I gotta, I gotta quote him on this. I'd like how'd you play? And he goes, dude, I started on 18. It's a shotgun, obviously. And I was six over through four holes. LOL brought it back nicely to shoot 77. I was like, that ain't bad, especially after. That start. You played the tourney tees just like last year. And he goes, ha ha ha. I had a talk with myself on the 4T, looking at shooting 95 right in the face. He goes, Yeah, one step off the back edge of every T-box.

Announcer 22:14

Fair enough.

Scott 22:15

And I'm like, damn, that's nuts. And he was like, Man, that place is no joke. The rough is up to my knees. Greens are lightning. I'm like, it looks so hard. He's like, it is, dude. I would not want to be a member there. There's seriously not an easy hole in that place. And we know that. We've watched events, dude. We we watch Bale. True.

Graham 22:35

But it also doesn't help the dude's what 5'4. So I mean, like, let's be real.

Day-Game Hockey And Quiet Crowd

Scott 22:40

Still, still. Guy played D1 golf at H Town. Yeah. I mean, he's I mean, 77 from where those guys are playing it.

Graham 22:50

Hey, he's the San Diego Grass League champion.

Scott 22:54

I mean, I guarantee you there's people that shoot higher than 77 this week.

Graham 22:58

Oh, facts.

Scott 23:00

Guarantee it. Facts. Yeah. But anyhow, as I was talking about Bay Hill, uh Fowler actually received the Arnold Palmer Award going into this event. They presented it to him last night. Amazing. Those that don't know the history, Fowler won a junior event at Beahill. And when he did, him and Palmer hit it off, became boys. And pretty amazing to say you were boys with Arnold Palmer.

Graham 23:34

Ah, you know, that's not too shabby.

Scott 23:37

And one of the coolest things that I remember Fowler telling me, and they actually talked about it after the presentation last night, is Palmer said, When you're on tour, you're signing autographs to people. Make sure you sign your autograph so people can read it. And he does. Look at the picture right behind you. Yeah. You can tell who it is, right?

Graham 23:59

That's our boy right there.

Scott 24:01

I mean, for the last X amount of years, he's been wearing the umbrella. Puma's done that collaboration with the Arnold Palmer collection. It's amazing, dude. He's carrying a staff bag this week that says the king. That's dope. I mean, obviously King Cobra, but you also got the king arm. Yeah. Dope, dude. So sick.

Graham 24:27

It's it's a nice bag to keep in the rotation, you know, leave it at home.

Scott 24:31

Yeah. But I mean, tough track. Are we gonna see a Scotty win? Is it time? Is it time? Is he just gonna go ape shit and win this week and then win the players next week? I you know. If I could find a line on DraftKings that he's gonna go back to back.

Graham 24:53

I'm not at the point where I it's right to say, hey, Scotty Scheffler's due. I mean, he's already won once on tour this year. I mean, it's not like where did he win? Bob, it's not the Bob Hope. He won in uh Palm Springs.

Scott 25:12

No, he didn't. What? Scheffler hasn't won.

Graham 25:18

I thought he won the first tournament. Are you sure? Are you pulling my leg right now?

Scott 25:23

Didn't win Sony. Didn't play. Didn't win Palm Springs.

Graham 25:30

Well, I'll just slap myself in the face right now. I thought he won this year. No. He's only coming second? What?

Scott 25:39

Remember Waste Management came in second after the terrible start?

Graham 25:43

Yeah. Yeah. And then third at Pebble or third or fourth, whatever.

Scott 25:49

And then T12 at Rift. I thought he won.

Graham 25:53

Huh. Uh, well, look. He's gonna be plus 200 favorite anyway. So I mean. What the you know, Scotty's at that point where it's just like, why are you betting him? There's just no point. There really isn't. Like, considering how many people play in the tournament, the odds are just not worth it to bet. I mean, it's it is what it is.

Scott 26:21

I'm fucking sorry. He did win. That's what I'm saying. Slap yourself in the face. I'll do it twice, maybe three times. I'm sorry.

Graham 26:29

I'm like, wait, I'm pretty positive he did.

Scott 26:31

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. He shot 27 under.

Graham 26:34

Yeah, I was like, he won the first tournament that he played in. I was like, I'm pretty positive.

Scott 26:38

My bad. I'm apologizing. But she. But I mean, it's just I don't know. It's time for that big dub of the year. The Masters is a month and what's today, the fourth? A month and seven days away.

Graham 27:02

I mean, I would say wait for that, but look, Scotty's the type of player right now that he could win this week and then he could win next. I mean, he could go he could go three in a row. He could, I I I mean, dude. Imagine if he imagine if he did have three masters already within the first six years of his career. Is that any good? It's alright.

Scott 27:31

The thing I want him to do more than anything is win the US Open.

Graham 27:34

Yeah.

Scott 27:35

Because then the Grand Slam is locked up.

Graham 27:38

Yeah.

Scott 27:39

On Father's Day.

Graham 27:41

Where is it this year?

Scott 27:42

On his birthday. Shinnokok. Yes, that's right. On his birthday. On Father's Day.

Graham 27:50

Man, that's crazy. Right? What is he, 28?

Lowry’s Collapse And Golf Takes

Scott 27:55

I'm not, I'm not sure. But I mean, just I told you the bet I made, you know, a while ago. Yeah. I parlayed it. I put Bryson to win the Masters and Scotty to win the US Open. As crazy as that sounds, it's only plus 5360. Right? I mean, think about that. Think about that. It's only plus 5360.

Graham 28:32

Ah, man. Um exactly, dude.

Scott 28:37

It's I don't know what to say to that. It's like, wow. Yeah. It's like I don't know.

Graham 28:43

Look, I'm curious to see how, you know, what's Kepka gonna do in these some of these big tournaments coming up? I mean, now that it's finally not he's not playing in Bahill.

Scott 28:54

Yeah, because it's a signature of players, but dude, top 10 last week and played like shit first round. Yeah. He's got the putter figured out using the Taylor-made putter. Remember, he's had some good history at Augusta. I mean, wasn't he in the last group with Rom?

Graham 29:15

Yeah. I mean, there's a lot of I mean, not a lot, but there's a few guys that I'm liking that, you know, they're putting it together these last couple weeks. Yeah. Yeah. Uh the Masters. It's right around the corner. I mean, look, I know the players is coming up, but like let's let's get to the tournament we really care about.

Scott 29:42

Hey, it's gonna be here before you know it. I know, I know. I mean, and I just need somebody to climb up, climb up the world ranking so I can go.

Graham 29:54

He doesn't have to go that much farther, right?

Scott 29:56

He's at he was at 68, I think.

Graham 29:59

But does he have to be at 50 to guarantee?

Scott 30:01

You gotta get top 50.

Graham 30:04

So yeah, but he wouldn't the masters won't give him a sp a sponsors. I mean. Nope. The field's more than 50 for the Masters, isn't it though?

Scott 30:14

Right, but that's the automatic winners in the last year, automatically in top 50, USAM, British AM.

Graham 30:23

I mean, look, the way he's playing, I just don't give a lot of those ideas. I know, but I just can't see him not being there. You know what I mean?

Scott 30:34

He won't there last year.

Graham 30:35

Yeah, but he also where he was last year in the beginning of the season was not where he was at the end of the season. I mean, how he finished the season up really has dictated where he's at now.

Scott 30:49

So I agree. I agree. But earn it. Let's go.

Graham 30:54

No, facts, facts.

Scott 30:56

Get in. Gotta get in. I agree. Nothing would make me happier for romance, dude. Oh get his ass back there, dude. Because remember, the first time he got there was the COVID year because they won uh when he was with Nate last year. Yeah. And they played in November, I think, and no fans there. Then the last time he was there, I was there and watched him on Monday and Tuesday. We gotta go.

Graham 31:30

I want to go so bad.

Scott 31:33

I mean, geez.

Graham 31:37

Ah, I want to go so bad.

Scott 31:39

Speaking of which, I already pre-registered through the BGA just in case. Because now you have to pre-register. I pre-registered Monday through Sunday.

Graham 31:48

Can you take your spouse? Can I can I be no trust me? Can I even finish the statement before you say no? No. No.

Scott 31:58

I mean Kristen earned her PGA spouse's card. If she can't go.

Graham 32:05

Hey, I'll put on a wig. I'll put on a wig and wear a skirt and call me and call me Kristen to get into the Masters. She don't care.

Scott 32:22

It's March 4th. The new league season starts in a couple weeks, right? The combine was last week. You know, all the hype about this and that. And we started to see some salary dumps. We started to see some, you know, teams start restructuring aka Cowboys. Restructured everybody, dude, to make some room.

Graham 32:46

They had to.

Scott 32:52

How about the Chiefs, dude, with that restructure of Kermit?

Graham 32:58

I mean, I still don't understand how they did his deal.

Scott 33:01

Like it's called signing bonus.

Graham 33:05

No, I mean, I get it, but I'm just saying, like, yeah, from what it was when it started, we're like, oh, this is ludicrous, but then now with the cap, how it keeps going up and this, that, and the other, and everything. It's just like. Alright, cool. I mean, look, you know what? Let's talk about the Chiefs. There's a lot going on with them right now. And, you know, we talked off air. People they've traded away, people that they're letting go. Kermit's not going to be there for minimum first half of the season. Look, I brought this up before we got on air. What is the motivation for Kelsey to come back?

Bay Hill, Fowler, And The King

Scott 33:50

Yeah, I don't. He doesn't need the money. Hell no, we don't need our money. He's plus one to T Swift. I mean, come on.

Graham 34:01

He he doesn't need that money. That's just that's you know, the what he makes is just icing on the cake. I mean, like, I get that, but I'm just saying, like, he's doing alright without her.

Scott 34:10

I'm just saying, like, he doesn't my guy's doing alright from his podcast.

Graham 34:17

Oh, dude, he makes more money from the podcast than he's made in his career in the NFL. That's disgusting.

Scott 34:23

Dude, it's debatable. I'm not saying you're wrong.

Graham 34:28

They're like the number two podcasts. They're the number two sports podcasts. Their sponsorships that they get, she I look. My point in saying this, he has the money, he has the championships. Look, I I know you don't want to go out a certain way like you know how you did. I get that. But I mean, it's so hard to go out on top. If you want to go out on top, you shouldn't have come back last year. I mean, that's really what it comes down to.

Scott 35:00

But why? Why shouldn't you come back last year? He didn't go out on top. The previous year, I'm saying. The Eagles whipped that ass.

Graham 35:10

Yeah, let wait, two years ago?

Scott 35:14

Last year. They won the two years previous.

Graham 35:17

No, that's what I'm saying. That's what these days are getting me all confused. Go out on top when you won it. I I I don't know. I I just look. As a semi partial fan for the Chargers and how you are, look, I tell you one thing. The odds for the Chargers to win the division now, I mean, it's between you and the Broncos. You guys are neck and neck. The Chiefs, their odds just went. So I mean, it's who knows? They're in a rebuild. They got rid of, I mean, look, they're saved some money. They got rid of their I mean maybe the best corner in the league. And the and what they're and what the Rams are gonna have to pay him. Dude, corners are making how much money now? What? Rams, Rams got space. That's what that's what they needed. Yeah. If they had him on the team last year, they would have been in the Super Bowl and they would have won. I mean, we can't say all that, but I'm just saying, like remember, they're also they have the Falcons' first round pick, which is either eight or nine. No, it's not that high.

Scott 36:35

It's uh whatever. It's like and this is probably Stafford's last year. Yeah. They're gonna have a rookie quarterback on a rookie quarterback salary.

Graham 36:52

I mean, it's crazy to think that Stafford won the MVP this past season and he could have retired. Yeah. Could have. Or he'll have one more year. I mean, that's insane to think. I mean, man, if they could have made it and won just right off into sunset, Super Bowl MVP, regular season MVP, two-time.

Scott 37:15

Oh I mean, if that would be a division, the Chiefs are are plus one fifty-five at this moment to win the West. Chargers plus one eighty. Broncos plus two thirty. The Broncos, in my opinion, and this is an unbiased opinion, you don't just show up and have that top five defense again.

Graham 37:42

True.

Scott 37:43

Okay. I think they're gonna I mean, not saying they're gonna be bad. I'm just saying.

Graham 37:50

Yeah, but if they could have ran the ball better.

Scott 37:53

Yeah, I don't disagree. But I'm just saying I don't know.

Graham 37:59

You're three, Bo Nicks. I I mean, there's I mean, I don't want to say that there's things to like. I mean, there is, but there is, there is. I can't there definitely is. See, that's just the Chiefs hangover. Like, you can't that just doesn't make any sense right now.

Scott 38:21

Dude, Vegas doesn't play hangovers.

Graham 38:25

I'll tell you right now, write it down, take a picture, whatever that stupid saying is. I don't give a who Chiefs are finishing third. Chargers, Broncos, Chiefs, Raiders. I hope you're right. I mean, I'm more curious if the Raiders are gonna keep Max Crosby. I mean, that's been the talk of the town for the last week and a half, really. Which is ridiculous to say because you can't trade the face of your franchise. Not because he's the best best player on your team, he is the face of your team. I agree. You can't start a new season as it with your rookie being the face of the team. He hasn't earned it.

Scott 39:09

He's not. Bowers is. But if you trade Crosby, you get pieces to build. Everybody's young as shit. Everybody's young as shit.

Graham 39:21

Yeah.

Scott 39:22

What's this? Bowers' third season?

Graham 39:24

You yeah, it'd be a third. You better get a better deal than what the Cowboys got for Micah Parsons.

Scott 39:31

I don't disagree. I'm just I mean, I don't know. I can see it both ways. I can understand Raiders fans going no, no, no, and I can understand Raiders fans going yes, yes, yes.

Is Scotty About To Run Hot

Graham 39:48

I get it. Totally get it. But I don't I don't know, dude. I don't know. See you later, McDuffie. See you later. I I just hey, you know, this is the time of the season, you know, uh before I even say this, we uh us, everyone else, football is 365. There's just different parts of the year there it's just like all right, September through December or sorry, September through February of the Super Bowl, all right, that's when we play. Yeah, now this is in the business strategy section. This to us, me personally, is just as exciting. Well, I wouldn't say just as exciting, but like if you're a fan of a team, if you're a fan of the NFL and you want to know more about the league, this is the stuff you need to get excited about. You know, this is to learn more about the game, you need to pay attention to this stuff right now so you can figure out where players are going, how teams are thinking about stuff, how they use a salary cap.

Scott 40:59

How they're dodging the cap and you know how teams do different things. Yeah. I mean, uh as we're sitting here, I said a couple weeks, dude. We're literally a week away from free agency.

Graham 41:15

Yeah.

Scott 41:16

March 11th at 4 p.m. Eastern.

Graham 41:19

Yeah. In the non-tampering period and air.

Scott 41:23

No, that's yeah, that starts on the 9th.

Graham 41:26

Yeah. Teams are talking about.

Scott 41:30

I look that tampering thing is the dumbest shit ever.

Graham 41:34

A lot of things could happen. I'm I'm curious.

Scott 41:38

Yeah. I mean, everybody's going after homeboy from the Ravens, Linderbaum.

Graham 41:43

Yeah.

Scott 41:44

The center. He's gonna obviously be the highest paid center in the game. Everybody wants him. Everybody.

Graham 41:54

Where's Kylo Murray going?

Scott 41:58

Call it maybe where do you get drafted in baseball?

Graham 42:01

You know, I someone said that, and it's just like for what he's getting paid not to be in Arizona right now, if he took a year off to play baseball, I just yeah, I get it. Like, you could do that, but wouldn't you just be shooting yourself in the foot? Like, your career, like how do you come back from that? Yeah, another year older.

Scott 42:27

I mean, he's not that old, but like, isn't that a slap in the face to GMs where it's just like it goes back to when our boy Maddie's friend was in Arizona and comments he lives with his parents.

Graham 42:46

Yeah.

Scott 42:47

He's uh all he wants to do is play a Call of Duty. I I just I I don't you know what do you want? I always talk about it. You want your quarterback to be what? Your leader, the face of the franchise I don't disagree. But am I saying he's a bad quarterback? No, I'm just saying he was hurt, he played great the first year. Remember, they made the playoffs and then the Rams about about killed him. He rolled over and played possum in the playoff game. But I mean, it's the same thing as Tua, dude. Is Tua a bad quarterback? No. Was he handed the injury bug with 87 different concussions? 100%. But I don't know, dude. Who who wants to put the face of their franchise in that dude's hands?

Graham 43:50

I'm gonna be honest. I 100% forgot about Tua. Like, his name just didn't even Even cross my mind on someone who's available. And the worst part is like two was a good player. It's just his time with Miami, they had a shit offensive line. They couldn't protect him. If they had an offensive line, dude, they had the weapons.

Scott 44:19

That's false as shit. Did you see the the undrafted free agent center they picked up last year?

Graham 44:26

Yeah.

Scott 44:26

He's now top five in the league. The injuries, dude. The injuries.

Graham 44:30

Well, well.

Scott 44:31

And the his best. Remember the best time, best season he had. Two years ago. When they had to go to Kansas City and play in the playoffs. And before that, I think his rookie season, what's his nuts was his coach, Flores.

Graham 44:50

Yeah.

Scott 44:51

And they got rid of that. But once again, as a Tarter fan, thank you, Dolphins, for drafting to it. Well, I mean. I'm not saying he sucks. I'm not saying anything like that. I mean, we're all sitting here on the edge of our seat watching the concussions the guy had when he's, you know, not moving, and it sucked.

Graham 45:17

Like we've been saying multiple times throughout multiple different podcasts. You don't get drafted in the top five for being shitty. Hence the redemption story for our boy, Darnold. I mean, there's a reason why you're taking that high. There's a re I mean, look, Bryce Young. He's figuring it out. These guys just need a new change of pace, you know, new scenery. They'll figure it out, hopefully. I mean, look, if we've learned anything, system is everything. You think? System and players around you are everything. So I just and if you don't know what we're talking about, see Baker Mayfield.

Scott 46:04

See Sam Darnold. Right? Right? I mean Mac Jones. Yeah. Mac Jones. How good would he look in the black and yellow? He ain't leaving. No, he's not. There's no chance they let him go. Speaking of black and yellow, dude, I forgot to talk about it. Oh dude, Sunday, the night and penguins game was Mr. Rogers' day.

Graham 46:32

Yes. Let's go.

Scott 46:35

It was hilarious. I had no idea Mr. Rogers was from there. Did you live under a rock?

Graham 46:43

What?

Scott 46:44

No, I just didn't give two shits about where Mr. Rogers was from. And at one point, dude.

Graham 46:50

You didn't see the movie with Tom Hanks five years ago?

Scott 46:54

No. And at one point, dude, Mr. Rogers came on and he goes, Y'all just penguins just scored to go up three to nothing or something. And Mr. Rogers comes on the jumbotron and he goes, I just got one thing to say. Hit it, DJ, and it's black and yellow, but I'm like, oh my god. That was the most hype the stadium got the entire game.

Masters Hype And World Ranking Math

Graham 47:21

That moment. That's some AI shit right there. It was pretty funny. Mr. Rogers with Khalifa.

Scott 47:30

Dude, Jets franchise tag Hall. Ugh. Dude, Chargers cut Becton. Save 9.2.

Graham 47:41

That doesn't surprise anyone.

Scott 47:43

No, but Becton, you know, the biggest signing we had last year. And 2.2 dead money. Ain't mad at it.

Graham 47:54

Yeah, it's not bad.

Scott 47:56

Ain't mad at it. Khalil Mack said he's coming back for one more season.

Graham 48:00

Okay.

Scott 48:01

Just gotta see where he goes. Owe. Don't know what the Chargers are gonna do with him.

Graham 48:09

You would think they'd want to pay him.

Scott 48:12

It makes me sad, but about OA, because I don't think we are. I really don't.

Graham 48:18

So if they don't pay him, are they in the sweepstakes for Henderson? Hendrickson, sorry?

Scott 48:24

Wouldn't be surprised.

Graham 48:26

So they'd rather pay him?

Scott 48:28

Dude, in my opinion, Graham, we gotta sign, we gotta we have three open spots on our offensive line.

Graham 48:36

Yeah. Three.

Scott 48:38

That's gonna cost some money.

Graham 48:40

Yeah.

Scott 48:41

We have a linebacker core. That's young. We're gonna have to, we wanna extend Derwin. Thule. This is his fourth year. He wasn't a first round pick. Yeah. There's no fifth round tender for Toley.

Graham 48:58

Yeah.

Scott 48:58

You gotta you gotta pay my guy before he hits free agency. Yeah, no, he's you have to.

Graham 49:04

What he's done for the Chargers these last couple seasons, you have to.

Scott 49:08

You have to. But the draft is full of edge rushers and wide receivers. Get Khalil in there, pair him up with Thule, get a rookie. Who knows? But oh we dude, oh wait, first round pick. You got him for I forget who we traded, the Ravens. Had no sacks, dude, through however many games he played with the Ravens and finished the season with nine. Yeah. Had three in the fucking playoff game against the Patriots. And he's young. Do I want him back? Of course I do. Right. But that's why GMs are GMs, and you gotta, you know, it's a puzzle. It's a puzzle. I mean, we got our first round pick from Boston College. He's gonna break the bank. Guards are getting paid tons now. Do I want him back? Of course I do. Like I talked about the center from the Ravens, Linderbaum. Dude, there's four teams that are gonna go after him. Ravens, Giants, Chargers, and Lions. And guess what? Whoever don't get him, they're gonna be spinning their ass off trying to get the dude from the Bills. Can't think of his name right now. Yeah.

Graham 50:31

Well, I mean, you know. Bears, too. The Bears Center just retired at 27, no less.

Scott 50:40

It's crazy. And you know, Ortiz, this is his third year. This is the most cap space he's had. Gotta let the guy work. I mean, gotta let him do his thing.

Graham 50:54

I mean, when he got a hundred mil to spend, I'm expecting some good things.

Scott 51:01

But yeah, it's a hundred, but that shit goes by quick.

Graham 51:05

Yeah.

Scott 51:07

I mean, you know, we lost Jesse Miner to the Ravens. Defense, I think, is gonna go down a little bit. It's not gonna be a top five defense. But when you add McDaniel, I think that's gonna make the offense that much better. I don't know. I'm just whatever. Let's see it. It's a couple, it's a week away free agency in the draft, you know. Like I told Rob and Trevor and you, I want a veteran at center, I'll take two rookie guards right beside Balton Slater.

Announcer 51:48

Yeah.

Scott 51:49

You know, I'll take it. But dude, there's some weapons out there in this draft. Yes, there is. The tight end from Oregon. I wish I knew his name. Oh my gosh. There's a few people out there that are like, dude, where are they going? That tight end from Oregon. And how about the wide receiver from USC? Have you seen his interviews and stuff? Dude, did anybody just screw themselves more than this guy? Did you see the drill that he messed up on? No. I cut it off after the interview.

Graham 52:33

Bro, they're running this drill. He's not even paying attention to the coach telling him what he has to do. He tells him, you gotta run full speed, three force, and then slow it down to catch this deep ball. Dude wasn't even paying attention. Just goes out there and I mean, I wouldn't say he jogs it, but like a faster than a jog, that ball gets thrown, it was 20 yards in front of the guy. Like, you are the Bolitnikov award winner. And you just had a you just did what? Dude, the combine's no joke.

Scott 53:22

Like you might as not not even run if you're gonna do that.

Graham 53:27

I mean, at this point, is that someone that's just like, alright, cool? Dude, he was projected to be like the second wide receiver to come off the board. Maybe even third. Does that mean like he so is that a steal if he falls? Maybe. I don't know. I I don't even know what to say, dude. Uh I just And the worst part is is Pittsburgh's looking at him. If he's there at 21, does that excite me? I mean it did before I saw the it's before I saw what happened this past weekend. Ay, Dios mío. I hey. I don't I don't get it. All we can do is just sit back and see what happens and pray.

Scott 54:12

When do y'all pick? 21? Yeah. Right before us again last year, then this year. That's hilarious. Uh, real quick before we get off the world baseball classic.

Graham 54:25

You know, not that I want to pat myself on the back, but I have been paying attention that uh this world baseball classic is on. I've been seeing some interviews. Mike Judge is like, hey, I'm putting this team on my back. We're gonna get it done this year. Mike Judge? Mike.

Scott 54:46

Mike Judge? Okay. Okay, Mike Judge. Who's Mike Judge play for? Can't figure that out. Um, Mike Judge.

Graham 54:59

Hmm.

Scott 55:01

Trying to look for it right now. Mike Judge. Cram, it's kind of weird. I can't find it.

Graham 55:09

Yes.

Scott 55:12

Sorry. Anyhow, love you all. Another fun episode. Uh it's been an hour. It's golf time, obviously. Andy, I hope you're listening to the show tomorrow on the way to work, drinking coffee out of your red silo cup. And, you know, like adult stuff, the name of this episode could be Red Silo Cup.

Graham 55:48

Mike Aaron, it's close enough. Anyway, the point that I was bringing up was I saw in practice, or warm-ups, whatever, Clayton Kershaw was pitching. I thought he was retired. They had him in uniform. I don't even know. What? I don't even know. On that note, Scott, it's always a pleasure. Mike Judge, creator of You ready for this? Mike Judge is the creator of Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill. You're welcome. Scott, always a pleasure doing the podcast with you. And as the best homie always says, Ba-bye.

Scott 56:38

Good night, friends. Good night, Mike Judge. Whoever the hell you are. Yeah, I said something stupid tonight about Scotty not winning, but I didn't call Aaron Judge Mike Judge. On that note, I love you all. I'm gonna go finish this beer. I'm gonna pour it into a red silo cup. Love ya.

Graham 56:59

Bubba!