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Episode: Travis Returns to The Land, Jason Hypes the Birds and Drone Sweet Drones | Ep 115

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Somebody's fucking around in their backyard.

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Do they have weapons? No. Can they hurt us? No.

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This is my big brother, Jason Kelce, Cleveland Heights High School alumni, and also Cincinnati Bearcat alumni. The University of Cincinnati finally knocks down Xavier after about five years of the cross down shootout.

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Yeah, it just feels good when you when you can you can win one city, especially against your rivalry Subscribe on YouTube wondering plus or wherever you get your podcast and follow the show on all social media at new height show with 1s Jason was that

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I said, yeah, so speaking of the Bearcats, you see those there's Jordan's right there. Oh, those Jason Tatum's man. OK, Jordan, Cincinnati Bearcat edition. Now that the Bearcat basketball team is officially Jordan as well.

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Jason, what do we got coming up?

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We got a great episode coming up here, guys. We're going to talk about Travis's Cleveland homecoming. The Eagles passing game seems to be just fine. Nothing to see, nothing to be worried about. And we're debuting a brand new segment. Can't wait.

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Ooh, I like that one.

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Holiday release schedule. Christmas Film Club with Kylie drops Christmas Eve. That's right. Tuesday instead of Wednesday. Another very special guest episode is going to be coming up Thursday, January 2nd.

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So be ready on some awkward days because of the crazy weird schedule that the Chiefs are dealing with as well as holidays. We finally got someone the 92 percenters have been demanding on the January 2nd episode. Oh, yeah.

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We've been waiting for this one for a long time.

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Everybody has.

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You're going to want to see it. You're going to want to see him or her. We're not going to give it. Well, they'll probably tell you who it is. But anyway, we're also going to have another one three plus bonus episode dropping tomorrow. Oh.

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Yep, that's right. That's right. So a lot of new heights coming.

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I don't even know. Yeah, I would just use them.

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I would just be ready. It's coming when it comes. We're coming in hot jets. Jake will let you know on the socials. He's always on his Twitter. Fingers are working quick.

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It's X now. The Bearcats are playing an arrowhead. That's right. Everybody. Cincinnati Bearcats versus the Nebraska Cornhuskers. No doubt. A matchup that I don't even know if the I don't know how much history is between these two schools, but I

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I've never seen these two teams play. Yeah, I've never seen that. I've never heard of this. These two teams play. So this is going to be big. And I mean, obviously, busting with the boys, Will Compton, Nebraska, Kern Husker.

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Did he reach out to you? Because he reached out to me and he's fired up about it.

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I mean, how can you not be fired up?

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Yeah, I got it right away.

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Football, baby. And G.A. Arrowhead Stadium.

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Yeah.

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Gee, ha, Thursday, August 12th. You see, we'll open the 2025 season versus the Cornhuskers. So it's gonna be a fun one. The first game of the year, gotta love it. Are we going? If I can make it, I'm there. Typically, Sunday games, we play Sunday games.

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Saturdays are a pretty busy day for us. But I mean, it is right there. Yeah, if I can get over there at Arrowhead, I guarantee you I will be there.

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Yeah, I got nothing else going on, so I'll be there.

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The Bearcats are playing mini Mahomes. Dude, look at this guy. His dad played there as well. I forget his actual name.

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Time out. This guy that looks like Mahomes is Riola, the old center for the Lions son.

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Son. I'm pretty sure that's why he went to Nebraska because his father went there.

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Dominic Riola, yeah. Wow, that's pretty cool. Did not know that. He looks nothing like Dominic. Can we put a photo of Dominic?

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show show show Riola for the Lions this guy used to be just a pitbull look at that look at this now that's a fucking football chip off the old block I guess he kind of does look like him. I haven't even thought about it.

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He's got a little bit for sure.

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Yeah.

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For sure. I think I saw Dylan at a Chiefs game not too long ago on the sidelines. Can't miss him. Can't miss him. Big dude, man. Big dude. You can see why he's got the size like Pat does to play the quarterback position.

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Dylan and Pat, I believe, had the same quarterback coach in the offseason there, their non team quarterback coach, Jeff Christensen. Shout out to the Christiansen family. Jacob, his son, is a good friend of mine as well.

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And they play the game very, very similarly. Obviously, 15, the hair, some of the antics are the same. But Dylan's got all the tools, man. He's legit. And the Bearcats are going to have their hands full first game of the year next year.

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In more Ohio news, we have the Ohio State anti-flag planting law officially put into effect. Ohio State Representative Josh Williams introduced the OHIO Sportsmanship Act on Tuesday in an attempt to curb flag planting attempts.

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or also an attempt to be petty as fuck. The bill would prohibit planting a flagpole and flag in the center of the Ohio State football field on the day of a college football game. And to name this act, the OHIO Sportsmanship Act. I don't like it.

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I'm not going to lie. I had so much like that. I just when I think of Ohio State Buckeyes, I think it's just toughness, man. Yeah, I think it's just just and I just don't think this is a a toughness type move, right?

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I just, you know, I guess I want to have sportsmanship. You want to have all that. But I don't want to shit on anybody.

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It is for the NCAA to determine not an Ohio State representative.

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What are you going to do out of your job? You're going to arrest him. What is that what you're saying? You're going to arrest the guy.

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It's all just posturing and it's just petty and I don't like it. I don't think it's cool. I think it's stupid. Some of the best parts about the rivalries are when dumb things happen like this.

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Obviously it was way over the top and there was full on fistfights and tear gas and other fistfights.

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Somebody got in trouble and this and this, you know, antagonizes that but not a favor of it. At the same time, this is just it's it's doing a lot. It's doing a lot. Um, but shout out to the Buckeyes. Shout out to the Wolverines.

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Shout out to Jason Avada. Save the flag from hitting the ground or got it back.

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That's what it was. He got it. Got it back. That's right.

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No, I don't know, man. And last piece of new news. We got a Bill Murray and myself golf video that just went out on YouTube. That's right. Jen Singles matches. Jason, you're playing Bill. All right. No injuries. Yes, that's the goal.

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Well, this is a club where they never lose a ball. Oh, no. Awesome time. So fun. Bill was, I mean, just what you would think. Funny as hell. And a great time.

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He's got a smooth swing.

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Yeah, baby.

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You?

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So, not so much.

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We gotta loosen that thing up, man. We gotta unwind you just a little bit, man.

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I'm not. We gotta unwind me? Am I wound up?

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That thing looks tense. You just look tense out there, man.

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If you guys want to check that out, you can go to, uh, I think it's like at Jake. I don't even know what that freaking thing's called.

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YouTube slash Jason Kelsey slash at Jason Kelsey on YouTube.

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There you go. You'll find it. I think that's my shameless plug for the day.

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Nice.

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That's it for new news brought to you by Siki. Let's start some of these bold topics. Bold Topics is brought to you by American Express. That's right. Don't leave home without it. Let's get a little Chiefs recap in. Chiefs 27, Browns 7.

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Trav, what was it like to be back in the land?

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Dude, I just love that city, man. Yeah, man. It was so fun. I felt like a tour guide. Something about being back by that lake. When we flew in, I felt like a tour guide just telling everybody every single city that we were going past. Yeah, every monument.

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I love it. every building. Oh, that's where my mom worked right there. The big one, the key bank at the tallest.

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I don't know if you saw it. It's the biggest building in the city.

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What else? Oh, my God. Everything from the from, you know, just flying into the city, seeing the skyline. I just I have such a love for

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an appreciation for how we grew up and, and the fun that we had and, and, you know, all the people that we, we knew that helped mold me and have the values that I have today. And a lot of them were at the game and, and I knew they were at the game.

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It felt awesome to whether it was my friends being there, my friends' parents being there, my childhood friends' kids now watching me, like I was a little kid watching the Browns. And it's just so crazy to drive to the stadium.

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I mean, I had crazy flashbacks of going to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is right there on the same block, as well as the Science Center.

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we went there on like field trips to both of those places as kids, you know, school trips, and silly memories like going to the cafeteria at the Science Center and spitting spitballs at like random people and getting in trouble for it as a kid, just being just reckless and like getting in trouble with my friends and the memories and all that silly stuff was just like,

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going in and out of my mind. And I just, you know, it just, it felt so surreal. And I don't know if it's the last time I'll ever play in Cleveland, but it kind of felt like I was like giving it one last hoorah before I'm done.

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Because, you know, I've only played there twice in 12 years. So yeah, unless we get thrown on there in the next couple, I don't really see it ever happening again. And It was just a special day for me personally, man.

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So shout out to everybody from the Heights and everybody from the from Cleveland that showed up for me and has always supported me in life, not just since I've been in the league.

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It was a great game for the Chiefs, you guys on defense. Chiefs defense has been lights out all season long. They forced six turnovers, including three interceptions against Winston Trent McDuffie. He just got his first career. He's been so good.

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for the last couple of years and he's just getting his first INT. Is that true?

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It's pretty crazy. Yeah. And it came off of a play where he was staring at the jumbotron, uh, before, before the, as the ball was being thrown, as the ball was being thrown, he was looking at the jumbotron. Do they teach that?

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I don't know if they teach that, but he's a savvy football player.

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I've heard you like, look,

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at the jumbotron like while you're running to like the end zone like you're out in the open see where people are at i've seen i've heard people doing that i've never heard of this what all right yeah play the clip brain is for whatever reason i somehow glanced up at the jumbotron because it was a scramble drill and just saw him launching i was like that's the massage shut up are you kidding me like the big the big screen

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You can see his eyes go up too. That's crazy. And the Jumbotron is a little delayed too.

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So for him to like turn his head around and find the ball, you know, and that it's not like the, yeah, it's crazy. It's a crazy thing. And, uh, talking to Trent about it, man, I'm just happy as hell for him, man. The guy has been one of the,

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Best cornerbacks in the league since he's gotten the league, since he was drafted here. He doesn't necessarily have the interceptions to prove it, but he has the play to prove it.

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And he's helped us win two Super Bowls in a row, man, and is one of our best players on defense. And it kind of goes, I don't know, unnoticed a little bit because the interceptions just weren't there, man. But it's good to see him get his first, man.

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What do you think about, uh, yeah, first of all, congrats, uh, McDuffie getting his first interception. What did it feel like offensively?

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You know, it felt like you guys got into a little bit more of a rhythm, you know, still probably not as good as you would want to be. I mean, dude, first of all, before we go even any further, shout out to Joe Tooney. Are you fucking kidding me?

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This dude just an Ohio football guy, you know People have no idea this dude left guard slid out and just went up against the best player in the NFL over the last decade like no big deal Miles got him a couple times.

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They're definitely chipping a little bit miles Garrett That was awesome

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No, that was great.

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He's a staple for this team, and it killed us that he wasn't able to come out there in the Super Bowl last year. Nobody got you got. I think he tore his peck before the Super Bowl last year. But yeah, is it?

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He's such a such a pleasure to have on the team because he's such a fucking team guy.

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So unselfish.

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One of the toughest guys that I've ever been around. Yeah, I think he's got a crazy stat going right now that I don't want to jinx. But yeah, let's not season. But it's just he's always been that guy that can just fill in whatever you need.

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He can play center. He can play guard. He can play tackle. And obviously, guard is his best position.

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But I mean, to be able to maneuver or move around and be wherever the team needs him to be and going up against the best in the league, that's a huge task, man. I couldn't be more proud of the guy, man. What did you think of the offense as a whole?

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We're rolling, man. We're putting up touchdowns. I think I think we, you know, we got in the red zone before half and didn't come away with any points. But outside of that, man, there's a there's a few just.

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We're off just a tick on a few of those drives. It's not far off. It's it's all correctable stuff. You know, it's all depth and routes. It's all timing.

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It's all, you know, hand placement and blocking and in the run game and identifying the defense and where everybody's going. And it's all fixable stuff. And don't get me wrong, the Browns and, you know, Schwartz.

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Yeah, Schwartz, Jim Schwartz, Schwartz did an unbelievable job. He's a good coach. He's a very good coach. Yeah. He does a great job of making things tricky. He kind of specified that game plan against a lot of the stuff that we like to do. Yeah.

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Played heavy outside leverage with a lot of the man coverage with, uh, with, you know, help inside and that forces us to go outside with the ball a lot. And, you know, I think, um,

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I think that's where that's where that game, this Browns game really helped us improve because we gained a lot of confidence going outside the numbers there with D hop and Xavier.

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And it's going to be even more fun getting my guy Hollywood Brown back. Once again, back this week, he's back, baby. He's back. He's flying around in practice.

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I didn't know he was gonna be back that fast. Oh, yeah.

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He's back, he's here, we're gonna get him nice and primed up for the big dance.

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Love that.

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Yeah, I think that was a great game for that.

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Obviously, Pat and Noah have been hitting on all cylinders all year, and Pop, Isaiah Pacheco's running downhill, the two-headed monster we got, really three-headed monster we got with him, Kareem Hunt, and Samaj P. Ryan, I mean... Getting them pistons going.

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I'm excited to keep growing with this team.

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I'm a big fan of all three of those guys. And as much as... I like Pop. I like pop, right? Kareem played a huge role when those guys got hurt. I don't know. I love PR on and the way he plays.

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He's just smart, dude. He's been smart.

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I like like you just seems like awesome dude to have in the locker room.

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Dude, he's the best man. Yeah, absolute best. He's been he's been the I gotcha guy, whatever you need, coaches, players, whatever you need.

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third down backs. You can't you can't you can't talk. I mean, Kenny game we're gonna get to the Chiefs or the Eagles in a second. But so much if you are makes a lot of plays and does a lot of unnoticed work on that third down.

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Well, speaking of unnoticed before we get too far, since we're giving everybody shout outs, we have a big tuning a shout out because he moved to tackle but somebody had to fill that left guard spot at Mike Caliendo stepped up. Mike Caliendo.

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Yeah, Caliendo, Caliendo's stepped up and I mean, it's it's he's another one of those guys just is always ready. He's just he's hanging around waiting for his opportunity and couldn't be happier for him to have such a good game.

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His first his first game back in there.

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And I'll do this. I do want to touch a little bit. So the reason not, I guess sliding out the tackle is so hard for Tooney. It's such a different technique. It's more space. It's a different kick set. You're getting to a different spot.

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A lot of pass setting is getting to the right position between the quarterback, the defender, getting there. requires a lot of reps usually to feel where that proper positioning is.

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Now, I think tony played tackle in college, if I'm not mistaken, so he's done that before, but to go out there mid season like that, and I mean, play the way he did, I thought was just so impressive.

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And then he's going in with a new guy playing next to him and Kelly endo like, there are a lot of moving pieces there. And I thought Pat looked

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I mean, outside of the injury that we're going to talk about in a second with his little ankle, his weak ankles. I love you, Pat.

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You have the weak ankles, but he's got the he looked to be the most comfortable, which is not usually the case against a Jim Schwartz style defense and miles Garrett. Yeah.

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You know, I think that there's been a lot of pressure on that left side in particular and throughout the season. And it felt like he felt really confident in the protection this past week, which was great to see. Let's talk about the injury.

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We did, unfortunately, see Pat Mahomes get rolled up on late in the game, diagnosed with a mild high ankle sprain following the tests. Still considered week to week. Are we going to see a Carson Wenselvania Christmas? Wenselvania? Wenselvania.

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Back in Wetzel City?

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Wetzel City?

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Yeah, I don't know what's going to happen for Christmas, but I know this weekend I'm pretty sure Pat's been taking all the reps this weekend. But what we do know is that Carson is he's prepped and ready and ready to rock and roll like he always is.

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One of the pros pro as they say it in the league, man, just the guy takes his job very serious and and is always ready for the for the opportunity if it presents itself. But we all know Pat is he's he's one of the toughest guys in the league.

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He's gonna play through anything and everything that he possibly can, all while making sure that the team's best interest is there.

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Yeah, and I'm obviously I'm joking with Pat about the weak angles or whatnot, but he's just spraying those things so much at this point that I feel like it's a mild high ankle. He's going to tape it up. He's going to be just fine. Like, yeah.

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And if you think it's going to be that difference, all you got to do is watch the playoffs where he ended up winning a Super Bowl against yours. Truly, that ankle worked just fine. A lot of people are talking a big, big talk about it.

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And there's going to be times where he's probably going to pull up lame and it's going to hurt. But I got to believe that, you know, this thing's going to be all right.

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We're playing meaningful football games right now. So I know Pat wants to be out there for his teammates and his coaches more than anybody, man. He's always been that guy.

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So but it was cool to see Carson get in there, get his get his feet wet a little bit and spin it, spin the rock, get us a big first down late in the game. And yeah, it was it was funny, man. You don't you don't realize how much

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hearing a cadence from another quarterback is such a big deal, man.

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The first thing, the first thing you got to do when a backup quarterback is going in, you have to bring them to the bench where all the offensive linemen are at. And like, listen to it. Otherwise, somebody's gonna get a false start.

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Like somebody is gonna get a false start.

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It happened twice. We went we went, you know, just a regular cadence on the first one. And we had somebody jumped. And then finally, we went on a hard cadence. And I'm not going to lie. He almost got me. He's got a hard cadence now. He's got a good guy.

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He's got some good frequency when he comes out.

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I almost preferred when backup quarterbacks went in, let's just go on silent, silent. We're more used to it. Let's avoid this issue altogether. It's so awkward going into another cadence and the timing of it.

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Yeah. Anyways, it can be useful though. But, um, yeah, that was, it was fun to hear it. I told him, I was like, dude, you got a hell of a cadence. I didn't realize until I wear live bullets in there. You know what I mean? You got to get off the ball.

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I was like, it's some good shit, though. It was and you know, it's an honor to fucking get into a huddle with a guy that's, you know, taking snaps had his hands under your ass. It's fun.

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Oh, there you go. Speaking of next week, are the Chiefs gonna be playing the Texans on Saturday? That's right. little day early game now that the college season has slowed down.

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We've gone to these Saturday games and the middle of playing three games in 11 days including a Netflix Christmas Day game. Yeah, what is this like man? How are you guys feeling about a Saturday and then a Christmas Day game?

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I'm excited man, I'm excited. You know, the bodies not as excited to get out there and try and run around and get the game plan together during practice. But I'll play whenever, man. I'll play whenever, wherever.

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I don't get I just know that I'm so fortunate to be able to play this game that I'm going to cherish every time I get to play on the on the field. So I'm not going to harp on the schedule that that was given to us, especially this late in the season.

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It's kind of seems crazy and it feels crazy and it feels like it's a it's a challenge set by the NFL to be able to, you know, finishes the one seed and knowing that, you know, we have won two in a row. But I think I accept that challenge, man.

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I think it's going to, you know, make it make it feel that much better if we can get out of this, get out of this little three game stretch with three wins.

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And it makes us feel a little bit more confident that, you know, we can we can get after it against some of the best teams in the AFC week to week to week and especially some of the best defenses. So.

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Yeah, best luck to you guys. I can't wait to watch it this week. Texans are playing a little bit better right now. Stroud and those guys seem to be rolling. Nico Collins. Is he healthy again? He's healthy right back back and doing his thing.

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So yeah, it'll be a good one in Arrowhead. There's a big one. You guys win this one. You know you might be getting two by weeks coming up. I don't want to. I don't want to get ahead of ourselves. Don't get ahead of ourselves.

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I don't know if there will ever be two by. Oh, I get you. Yeah, don't have to play the last game. And yeah, I got you. That's a little motivation. It's a little motivation. We control our destiny, man.

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We know if we if we finish the season off strong, we can we can get some time to get healthy or at least get some get our bodies back to get home to the vantage. Yeah. Get some home field advantage. I love playing at Arrowhead, baby.

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Playoff games at Arrowhead have become my favorite environment in the world.

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It's so quiet in Arrowhead.

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It's so peaceful, isn't it? And it just it makes you feel at home. It really does. Those chiefs came to really just knows how to how to do it right, man.

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Let's hit some of the more big storylines going on out of week 15 in the NFL. I don't know why we need to restate that.

00:27:56 Speaker_04
Trying to hype it up, Jason.

00:27:58 Speaker_05
Sorry. Hey, let's get to let's get to some more of the biggest. All right. Let's get the three. Hey, let's get to. All right. Let's get to some more of the biggest stories from coming. I forgot. Let's get the.

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All right. Let's hit three more of the biggest. This is very hard. I don't know why.

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All right, let's hit more of the biggest stories from Week 15 in the NFL before we move on to a brand new segment. Ooh, brand new segment.

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I don't even know what this segment is. Who's even designing this stuff? Me neither. It's so much fun not knowing anything.

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That's when you know, like, when Interim Brandon has something cool lined up, I get excited.

00:28:34 Speaker_04
All right, fire us up, bud. Eagles 27, Steelers 13. Jason, initial thoughts on the old PA rivalry?

00:28:41 Speaker_05
How aggressive do I want to be? Do it. This was huge. I mean, Steelers, one of the best defenses in the league, one of the best teams in the league.

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Yeah.

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Eagles, obviously the. You know, there was a lot of noise this week on the press conferences last week from Jalen Hurts, from A.J. Brown, more notably from a man, Brandon Graham.

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A lot of stuff swirling around in most of it centered around the passing game. Actually, all of it centered around the passing game. I think that this team

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over the course of the season has turned into this, you know, control the line of scrimmage, very physical run game. Saquon Barkley is obviously having a career year, potentially historic year.

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The defense, oh my gosh, has just been playing lights out really ever since Tampa Bay. They've been one of the best defenses in the NFL up front and the back end. Their linebackers are playing better than I've seen potentially ever by an Eagles.

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A couple of linebackers into Kobe Dean and Zach Bond. The one question mark was what has happened to the passing attack? We have AJ Brown, we have Devontae Smith, and we have a franchise quarterback in Jalen Hurts. Why is this not happening?

00:29:52 Speaker_05
There are some press conferences that leaked out, people clearly frustrated, and they come out and they answer the freaking bell.

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Oh yeah, we can do that too.

00:30:02 Speaker_05
They answer the bell against a great team that they were going to have to throw the ball.

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As good as this run game is, Cam Hayward, Mike Tomlin, this front, this Pittsburgh Steelers defense, they're not going to let you be one dimensional and beat them.

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I just thought it was like, dude, this is the sign that this team is is a complete team. If they they need to do it continually now. Right now, I kind of do.

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We'll talk about this in a second, but they showed that they can do this right against great teams. Yeah, they still got a great run game. And if if Jalen is going to play like this, deliver the ball to A.J. Brown, Devante Smith had a big game.

00:30:38 Speaker_04
Yeah, both over 100 yards. Yeah. So it's.

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I just feel like this was such an awesome game if you're an Eagles fan, and I think I'm probably not alone in saying that. I think a lot of Eagles fans feel that way. So, yeah. Very happy. Do the birds have a 2017 vibe going on right now?

00:30:55 Speaker_05
I mean, barring, you know, some crazy things happening, they've still Minnesota right now is peaking. They looked great on Monday night. Sam Darnold's lights out.

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Yes, he did.

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You know, Brian Flores is doing some outstanding things on defense. But I do think this Eagles team, it's about as complete as you can get. I mean, you go down the roster. These guys are playing lights out. They have great players.

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They have great coaches. Yeah, I don't. Let me put it this way. I don't think there's a team in the league that they aren't competing with them or beating a good majority of the time when they play him. I just feel that way right now.

00:31:28 Speaker_05
I think that they are up there. I think this is a great year. You know, got to stay healthy. I always got to hope that is the case. But I'm confident if I'm a Philadelphia Eagle, very confident.

00:31:39 Speaker_04
The Eagles ice the game on a drive that was 21 fucking plays a good old long drive drill with 88 yards and took 10 minutes and 30 seconds off the clock. The longest drive in modern record football books belongs to the Tennessee Oilers.

00:31:57 Speaker_04
25 plays in 13 minutes and ended with a 19 yard field goal. You know that's daggering for both teams. That's fucking daggering. No, that's, uh, that's pretty fucking impressive. And, uh, shout out to the birds, man.

00:32:11 Speaker_04
They're fricking flying around a big time win against the Steelers. They're rolling. And, uh, like you said, kind of, kind of shut all the critics up about, uh, about the old pass game.

00:32:21 Speaker_05
I used to not be a fan when, you know, guys would say things in the media that would create controversy or stir up things. It kind of just a lot of times can be, you know, divert attention.

00:32:31 Speaker_04
Well, when it doesn't pan out for him in the end.

00:32:33 Speaker_05
Well, this is, well, yeah, if it wouldn't have panned out, it's terrible, right? Like it's bad.

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It goes the other way.

00:32:38 Speaker_05
What all these guys did by talking about it openly in the media is force them all to take ownership and fixing it. And not just them, the coaches, everybody.

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I mean, they were all hard at work with what was going on in the media because they knew they all had to go out and have the game that they did against Pittsburgh. And they ended up like answering it in just a magnificent facet.

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I mean, they all played so well. Yeah. You know, Jalen was on time. A.J. was a man on a mission. Devante was making plays. You know, it was just it was very fun to watch.

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You know, when stuff like this comes out, it tends to either galvanize you and bring you closer or it can kind of tear you apart and separate you. And they clearly had the latter. They clearly, you know, were galvanized by this situation this week.

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So, you know, hats off to all those guys and the coaches and everybody from this past week. And

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Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

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I'm proud of those guys for sure.

00:33:35 Speaker_04
Well, next week, the Eagles got the commies got the commanders over there in Washington and the Eagles can cleanse the NFC East with the win, which is the playoff berth when you win the division. It's a big game.

00:33:48 Speaker_04
Big, big, big, big, big game right here. How about that? The NFC East got some got some juggernauts over in the NFC now, man, huh?

00:33:56 Speaker_04
got the Eagles, you got the got the Lions, you got the Vikings, the Rams are still the Rams, you got to fight the NFC, not the NFC, not just the NFC East, but the NFC in general, the NFC is loaded. They are.

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Yeah, it hasn't hasn't necessarily been that, you know, Green Bay is they got a fucking great team. Great quarterback, great coach, great defense.

00:34:19 Speaker_05
Anybody in the NFC North, yeah, Vikings are playing as good as anybody. The Lions are still, until somebody beats them, in my opinion, the best team in the NFC. Green Bay is right up there with those guys. They are playing fantastic right now.

00:34:34 Speaker_05
Dude, sleeper. I don't sleep on Tampa Bay. Come on, dude. Shaker may be fantastic with Todd Bowles. They're playing great right now. Before Mike Evans and Godwin went down, this team was on track to be one of the best teams in the NFL.

00:34:51 Speaker_05
They were record wise. It's only because both those guys went down that they aren't up there with everybody else.

00:34:57 Speaker_05
So the fact that Mike Evans is back and healthy, about to get his, what, 10th consecutive 1,000-yard season, it looks like, after missing, like, four or five games?

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Ridiculous.

00:35:06 Speaker_05
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are fantastic.

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No, they are.

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So, yeah, there's a lot of great football in the NFC right now, and we got a tough one this week with the Commanders to try and clinch the division. Yeah.

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Good luck, Eagles, baby.

00:35:18 Speaker_05
This is the fun time of year. This is when you love watching football.

00:35:22 Speaker_04
Starting to play some meaningful football, man.

00:35:24 Speaker_05
Who had the biggest big guy play of the week?

00:35:27 Speaker_04
Dude, there were some good ones this week, man.

00:35:29 Speaker_05
There were some real good ones. And I know my favorite one was from the 330-pound tight end slash off of the tackle, Big Dan Skipper from the Detroit Lions. Let's show this clip. This is my favorite one. I don't think it's going to win.

00:35:41 Speaker_05
I don't think it's the best one. We know which one's the best one. But this is my favorite, just because Dan Skipp's been there for a long time. I feel like he's almost like a character of the Detroit Lions.

00:35:52 Speaker_05
Like I just love did that knee touch it was close, but it did not upon further review He gets in there before that knees down.

00:36:01 Speaker_04
Yeah, but but the big skipper gets in there for the score shout the skipper man I mean just a classic tight end naked just a little boot man slam for five steps going left three steps going, right? Oh

00:36:12 Speaker_05
Yep, come on back down. They legitimately use him not frequently, but like a decent bunch where he's running routes like as that second tight end like option or third.

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Usually it's the third tight end, but either way, it forces it puts teams in a tough position, man.

00:36:28 Speaker_05
I just get that beef out there. 312 pound cardinal offensive lineman Jonah Williams scored a fumble recovery test. Let's take a look at this one.

00:36:37 Speaker_04
I see it. I mean, great strip. Good strip. Good strip. Get on a big dog. Get on a big dog. Does he have it? Does he have it? Does he have it? He's out of bounds. That's controlled. That's touchdown. I mean, that's close. That's close. That's nice.

00:36:51 Speaker_04
And I'm glad I gave it to him. Way to get way to way to way to just way to be there. Way to not just fumble that fucking thing out of the back of the. Right. You know what I mean?

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Just to have this savvy stout used to say, when you go out, when you go at the ball, you wrap it. You don't go. You see, you go out with your hands. Don't be like a koala batting it around with your your forearms.

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I'm like, what does a koala's bat around?

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I mean, I don't even know all of this thing for sure. He did. He definitely swallowed that thing up. But honestly, the best one, the big one, my favorite. Yeah.

00:37:22 Speaker_04
Trevante Sweat is now the heaviest player to three hundred and sixty six pounds to ever run with the ball in the NFL. Tops Ted Washington's three hundred and sixty five. Look at this dude. Stiffy.

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come here, set up the block, hit the, hit the highway, get outside.

00:37:39 Speaker_05
I'm going to need to go back to the beginning.

00:37:43 Speaker_04
This was all a juke dude. The juke is on the left tackle. I'd like, this is as good dude. This is as good as Colin Saunders. Kyle was like, look at it. Huh? Slide break off. Stiffy stiff arm. The new frigerator Perry man, look at this guy.

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Oh my god a big man rumbling stumbling bumbling Dude, that was electric man. You just gotta love it doesn't love it But and I completely understand but stiffy who set up your block, huh? Get outside. Oh It's so good. It's so good.

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Got a little over 360 pound. Just giants. Just Titans.

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I'm glad I ain't got to block that guy.

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Just setting up their blocks, man. Fuck. I'm glad that that didn't happen against me. I had to try and tackle that guy. That was the offensive lineman. He fucking stiff armed. What have you done to me?

00:38:43 Speaker_05
I'm going low. I don't know what those dudes are thinking.

00:38:45 Speaker_04
Trying to take a knee to the face and get a concussion.

00:38:48 Speaker_05
I'm perfectly fine. How many times I've taken these to the face? I used to cup lock for a living.

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I'm cutting, dude. Open field cuts, man. Yeah. Yeah. The good old days when it was legal. Shout out to Devon Drey. Hell of a hell of a play, Bob.

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Absolutely.

00:39:05 Speaker_04
What is the weirder object flying over New Jersey? Oh, that's right. With all these drones flying around. What's another Giants fan playing with a banner demanding John Mara to fire everyone or or what? Or else we won't stop until you fire everyone.

00:39:28 Speaker_05
I'm going to go out on a limb and say Mara can wait this one out if he really wants to.

00:39:34 Speaker_04
The still unidentified drones that have been spotted over New Jersey or all over the East Coast cities, to be honest.

00:39:40 Speaker_05
Yeah.

00:39:41 Speaker_04
The aliens are among us. The Pentagon said it.

00:39:43 Speaker_05
No, they're not aliens.

00:39:45 Speaker_04
Dude, what? You heard what the Pentagon said?

00:39:47 Speaker_05
No, it's not aliens. They didn't say it was aliens.

00:39:50 Speaker_04
Dude, ask dad. He's been on the satellites, dude. He heard them. He's got to still have those satellites hooked up to some speaker somewhere.

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It's a little concerning that these things are just hovering. I don't know what they're looking for or what they're trying to find, but they're searching for something. You know, some say that it's just, you know. Just some people messing around? Yeah.

00:40:18 Speaker_05
They got some commitment to messing around if that's the case.

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Heck yeah.

00:40:22 Speaker_05
I don't know what's going on. I guess hopefully we find out someday.

00:40:24 Speaker_04
Maybe it's just a coastal safety precaution. Just making sure, uh, there's no, you know, all right, let's get out of here. I want to get into conspiracies about what the fuck those drones are.

00:40:36 Speaker_05
They're sniffing around for nuclear activity.

00:40:41 Speaker_04
Come on now. They think it's among us. They don't want to freak everybody out.

00:40:45 Speaker_05
Everybody saw the video that Joe Rogan posted.

00:40:48 Speaker_04
No one would go crazy. Everyone keep, keep calm. They're just drones. What are they doing? We don't know. Somebody's fucking around in their backyard.

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Do they have weapons? No. Can they hurt us? No.

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Longtime listeners of the show know that we love a good food debate. Like the time we called candy corn overrated, which I don't know that that's much of debate. I think that's pretty much settled fact. Jason refusing to gatekeep pizza toppings.

00:45:57 Speaker_05
Travis's ban on tubular shaped meats and mayonnaise. And the fact that we don't know if Denny's is a diner or not. I do know that is absolutely, we know that it is not a diner. It is 100% not a diner.

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It's part diner.

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It is a diner in disguise. All right, we're gonna go try this new segment where we attempt to settle some of the biggest all-time food debates in New Heights food court food court This is where we're at.

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This is what we're doing the food court

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I'm super the social room.

00:46:34 Speaker_04
My God, those of you that don't get the reference sides high was such a big school that during all the lunch periods we split up whoever had lunch that period. So you go half in the social room, half of the cafeteria, the bell rings. Everybody flops.

00:46:49 Speaker_04
The social room was exactly what it sounds like. Everybody's just fucking around and hanging out for the remainder of the lunch period.

00:46:58 Speaker_05
Today's food court topic is exotic meats. All right. Inspired by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. on 1053 The Fan when asked if he's ever had raccoon after it was recently mentioned by Panthers wide receiver Xavier Leguette.

00:47:14 Speaker_05
Jones said and I quote, I've eaten a lot of raccoon. I love that it's a lot of like not I've eaten raccoon before. I've eaten a lot of raccoon. The answer is yes. It's not uncommon at all. One of my favorites is squirrel. I don't know what the fuck.

00:47:31 Speaker_05
We were on raccoon. I don't know where we went and turned left the squirrel. It's wonderful. We all had our favorite pieces. My mom and I would even ask for the brain of the squirrel. Nice, Jerry. Delicious. Seriously. All right.

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This explains a lot of things.

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This explains so much, Jerry.

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Is squirrel meat a meat? Well, yeah, of course it's a meat.

00:47:52 Speaker_04
It's definitely a question. Yeah, that's not it. What else would it be? Yeah, 100%. It's any animal that is not a vegetable.

00:48:01 Speaker_05
I'm sure not a vegetable as PETA. Is it a meat you eat? I'll I'm not gonna lie. I will try any meat pretty much.

00:48:12 Speaker_04
Good for you, man.

00:48:13 Speaker_05
I mean, as long as it's not like roadkill or something that's like rotten, I'm going to give it a chance.

00:48:19 Speaker_04
I mean, squirrel and raccoon are both technically roadkill, but so is deer. And I've seen you eat jerky.

00:48:25 Speaker_05
I would, I would try some squirrel. I've had rabbit. It's not, it can't be that much different than rabbit.

00:48:29 Speaker_04
I'm not fucking eating any of this.

00:48:31 Speaker_05
What about, I don't know about raccoon. What the heck is, what kind of, is a raccoon a rodent? I'm not eating rabies, dude. I'm just not doing it. Can we get a origin of species for a raccoon? What is, what kind of, what family are we in with the raccoon?

00:48:45 Speaker_04
I'm pretty sure it's the rodent family.

00:48:47 Speaker_05
That's what I think.

00:48:48 Speaker_04
You would think it's rodent. It's 100% rodent.

00:48:51 Speaker_05
They got like hands. I need to... Can we get something? Can we get some answers here? Procyonid family? Is that procyonid? Procyonid. What else is in this fucking family of animals? Raccoon. There's something that feels weird about eating a raccoon.

00:49:04 Speaker_05
More so than a squirrel. Like I'd eat a chipmunk before a raccoon.

00:49:08 Speaker_04
No.

00:49:09 Speaker_05
Raccoon. What is its closest family?

00:49:15 Speaker_04
It's right there.

00:49:16 Speaker_05
I'm trying to figure out what other animals are in this thing.

00:49:18 Speaker_04
I'm pretty sure the lamest term is rodent. They're in the rodent family.

00:49:24 Speaker_05
No, no, no rodent is rodentia. I know that dude.

00:49:27 Speaker_04
I'm not eating fucking raccoon. I'm not eating squirrel. I'm not eating bugs. I'm not eating snake, kangaroo deer.

00:49:36 Speaker_05
Let's be honest. Let's be honest. You fry if you if you fried that thing upright and put some general so's sauce all over it, it's going to be just fine.

00:49:45 Speaker_04
I'm not I'm out on all that. I'm out on guinea pig. I'm out on duck. What's the strangest meat you've ever had?

00:49:52 Speaker_05
What's the strangest meat you've ever had? Probably duck. I don't know that duck qualifies as strange. That feels like it's pretty much established.

00:49:59 Speaker_04
I'm not fucking with duck. I had it one time and we didn't love it.

00:50:02 Speaker_05
And you're out on duck?

00:50:03 Speaker_04
Out. I guess alligator, the alligator nuggets, alligator nuggets.

00:50:08 Speaker_05
Tastes like chicken. Yeah, I had it again at Eagle's tailgate. Tasted like lobster more, more like lobster. Wasn't fried.

00:50:15 Speaker_04
I will. Survival of the fittest or survival. I'll eat fucking meat. You know what I mean? I'll fuck it all.

00:50:21 Speaker_05
Yeah. If you're starving to death, yeah, you'll eat whatever you can. That's how it's how being alive is. I mean, there's that story of those rugby players that got trapped up in like Alaska or something like that when the plane crashed.

00:50:32 Speaker_05
And they were full on eating each other. I mean, you got to you got to do what you got to do. We're not talking about that level. Jerry Jones is not trapped in Alaska. And all he finds is a raccoon.

00:50:43 Speaker_05
Jerry Jones is a billionaire and eats a lot of it, apparently.

00:50:48 Speaker_04
Jesus, Jerry.

00:50:50 Speaker_05
I love that he stayed true to who he is. That's why I actually am a fan of this.

00:50:53 Speaker_04
Jerry, you ever had Jerry, you ever had a

00:50:57 Speaker_05
let's see, weirdest things I've ever had. I've had alligator, I've had bull testicles, I've had bison, I've had elk, I've had, I don't think I've had guinea pig, quail. One I want to have, I want to have bear. I've heard blueberry bears in particular.

00:51:17 Speaker_05
It's got some good flavor to it. I feel like I had something unique when I was in Africa. I've had rabbit, I had a not a scorpion in Thailand right there on the street. I'm not gonna lie, don't do that one. It was absolutely terrible.

00:51:35 Speaker_05
Should we attend the world champion squirrel cook-off in Arkansas? Maybe we get Bobby Boucher to go with us. Look at this shit, dude. That guy looks like somebody who eats squirrel. I'm in, dude. I'm going. I'm already convinced.

00:51:50 Speaker_05
Even if Travis isn't, I'm going and I'm eating some squirrel. What kind of squirrels? Are these like domesticated squirrels or are these like they put traps out and they're like getting these things? You know what I mean? Are these flying squirrels?

00:52:05 Speaker_05
They regular squirrels? Are they corn feeding these squirrels? I think these are just squirrels they find in the house. These grain fed. Yeah, right. Listen, I only eat non GMO organic certified squirrel meat.

00:52:17 Speaker_05
I don't mess around with the hormone lay squirrel meat.

00:52:20 Speaker_04
You can't go wild. You can't go wild. You got to go tame because then you're just biting into rabies.

00:52:27 Speaker_05
All right, final verdict is squirrel meat, a meat you eat. I will, I'll try squirrel. I don't know that there's much I won't try. I'm not going to lie.

00:52:36 Speaker_04
I'll let you try it and then hear what you got to say about it. I respect your opinion.

00:52:40 Speaker_05
You know the one I want to have, because I saw it on chef's table? Moose lips. Apparently they eat that stuff over in Russia. I don't know that I want to go to Russia anytime soon, but moose lips. I'd be in to eating some moose lips.

00:52:52 Speaker_04
Yeah, you would.

00:52:53 Speaker_05
Probably smacking.

00:52:55 Speaker_04
I love a good schmackin' meal, but I'm gonna say that that's probably not schmackin'.

00:53:00 Speaker_05
All righty, let's go to some voicemails. Let's do it. We're gonna answer some not-dumb questions that came into the Heights Hotline. Noted Questions is brought to you by Mint Mobile.

00:53:11 Speaker_02
All right, man. Hey, Travis. Hey, Jason. This is Coach Drinkwich in the University of Missouri.

00:53:16 Speaker_05
What's up, Coach?

00:53:17 Speaker_02
Coach! I have a question for both of you. What is your favorite post-game meal? post-game meal and he's frozen custard could be bronze could be KFC. Thank you very much and for chief and the Missouri Tigers.

00:53:36 Speaker_04
Love it. Love it coach. M-I-Z-Z-O-U Missouri Tigers. We actually got a Cleveland Heights Tiger that just signed his letter of intent to go to University of Missouri. Shout out to Marquise Davis running back out of Cleveland Heights.

00:53:51 Speaker_04
I'm sure he'll play running back there. He's one of the best players in the state of Ohio this year. I'm pretty sure I saw a stat line that had him rushing like 24 rushes for 400 yards and eight touchdowns in one game.

00:54:07 Speaker_05
Gosh, one game?

00:54:09 Speaker_04
There's no way there's no chance of fucking absolute beast. Yeah. Shout out to Mizzou baby over there in Columbia, Missouri. Post game meal. What is your favorite post game meal? He said a few of my favorites off the rip.

00:54:24 Speaker_04
Andy's frozen custard slide over there and get you a 87 ultimate cookie custard, man. This is delicious. Got to stop over at Andy. Shout out to Andy. I'm down. I just love to pig out on some pizza, man.

00:54:38 Speaker_05
Yeah, pizza's hard to beat.

00:54:40 Speaker_04
I love just getting just boxes of it and just fucking just going one at it one by one. Just pizza might be my favorite food altogether though, so.

00:54:49 Speaker_05
I'll be honest, I'm not a huge postgame meal guy. A lot of times I don't eat. Why? Especially the food that they provide for the teams after the games. It's usually just been sitting around and it's terrible after the games.

00:55:02 Speaker_04
Dude, we had a good one up there in Cleveland, Ohio City Burrito.

00:55:05 Speaker_05
yeah not bad man i usually go protein shake uh little creatine and then i'm straight i'm if i'm being honest i'll go pizza pizza is a solid choice go over there chicken and peas get some fries i'm doing So my school garages, you know what I mean?

00:55:23 Speaker_05
That's what, that's my post game meal.

00:55:25 Speaker_04
There you go. I'm with that. I used to love the Jimmy Johns in the locker. The, uh, was that Mike's? I liked Jimmy Johns. Cincinnati?

00:55:33 Speaker_05
Cincinnati had Jersey Mike's and it was fucking terrible. Man, I loved it. It was so soggy. You would be sitting around and Jersey Mike's is good.

00:55:41 Speaker_05
I didn't find out till years later, Jersey Mike's actually makes good subs until, uh, because I mean, the ones that were there for postgame were like the fact that you won't eat squirrel, but you ate those Jersey Mike subs that were sitting around for hours and just soaking up all the, the hot salami and ham juices.

00:55:58 Speaker_04
Like, I don't know how you got that was the dress. That was the Italian dressing.

00:56:04 Speaker_05
It was disgusting.

00:56:05 Speaker_04
Those sandwiches sucked.

00:56:06 Speaker_05
you just you are you took too long of showers you got to get them while they're hot let me tell you they weren't hot ever they were bad sandwiches and then somebody's like hey you you know what's really good jersey mike's it's like no it's fucking not and they're like no let's go i'll show you get this and i went there oh yeah it is good when the bread isn't soggy as fuck

00:56:28 Speaker_05
I've never liked postgame meals. They're always bad. Well, thanks for calling in. Coach, thanks for calling in. I will say I'm more of a Popeye's man myself. If there was something I would do postgame, I guess Popeye's chicken.

00:56:38 Speaker_04
Who's going spicy or original?

00:56:41 Speaker_05
I go dark meat, spicy, dark meat, only red beans and rice on the side. Apple pie.

00:56:50 Speaker_04
Oh, I don't even fuck with apple pie, but I'm in with you.

00:56:52 Speaker_05
Those apple pies on Popeye's fuck, but they're good.

00:56:55 Speaker_04
There you go. Well, now you got it, Coach. Drink wits. Get your guys some apple pies from Popeye's. That's next call up on the new Heights hotline. Let's hear it.

00:57:05 Speaker_00
Hey, guys. I was just wondering how you felt about being dethroned as the top trending pet name in sports. I didn't know we were on time. I didn't know we were on time. According to their 2024 top

00:57:19 Speaker_00
pet names report, Jalen Brunson is now the number one trending sports name and now Kelsey is number two. Way to go, Jalen. And I just wondered, because last year I saw that you were number one, so I just wondered how you felt.

00:57:30 Speaker_00
Just wanted to get your reaction on being dethroned by an NBA player. So please, let us know on the pod. Thanks.

00:57:36 Speaker_04
Jason, do you have any idea who Jalen Brunson is?

00:57:39 Speaker_05
Hey, he plays for the New York Knicks. Actually went to Villanova.

00:57:43 Speaker_04
Look at this guy.

00:57:44 Speaker_05
I've met Jalen Brunson.

00:57:46 Speaker_04
I'm proud of you, man. You've met a lot of people.

00:57:48 Speaker_05
I think, uh, I think Jalen Brunson is also just a good name. Like, let's be honest. That's a great name.

00:57:54 Speaker_04
Brunson. That's a good dog name.

00:57:56 Speaker_05
I like, just like the full name, Jalen Brunson. Like there's something with it that it just runs well together.

00:58:00 Speaker_04
It rings. It definitely rings.

00:58:02 Speaker_05
I'm pretty happy to be dethroned. If I'm being honest with you, I don't like I'm honored on the people that did name their pets.

00:58:09 Speaker_04
I was about to say we named a pet after a famous athlete that we loved.

00:58:12 Speaker_05
Yeah. Bell.

00:58:14 Speaker_04
Yeah. Albert Bell.

00:58:16 Speaker_05
I don't know that we should brag about that, but we did.

00:58:19 Speaker_04
But we definitely we can relate because we've done this. Sure. It's it's awesome. So I'm honored if Jason doesn't want to be honored.

00:58:26 Speaker_05
I said I was honored. I just like not like I'm upset that that trend is dissipate. I don't like being the popular pick. I don't like being. It's not my style. Bell was cool because there aren't many many people that named the dog Bell after Albert Bell.

00:58:42 Speaker_04
And it was a it was a girl dog B-E-L-L-E. It's just it's so fitting. It was so fitting. For sure. Other sports names for dogs include Wemby for Victor Wembaiana, Witt, WITT for my guy over in the KC Royals, Bobby Witt Jr. Okay, okay.

00:59:03 Speaker_04
Purdy for Brock Purdy, Mr. Irrelevant and 49ers starting QB. Bronny for LeBron James Jr. Nice. And then Diggs, Stefan Diggs. Diggs is a good one. Messi, Lionel Messi. There's a bunch. You can't go wrong.

00:59:19 Speaker_04
New this year include Sweet Simone for Simone Biles, I would assume. Caitlin Clark, Shohei is a solid name for any pet. Luca or Dog Chick. Dog Chick instead of Dog Chick.

00:59:33 Speaker_05
I see what they did there.

00:59:34 Speaker_04
Don't love it, but I see it. I respect it. I respect the effort.

00:59:37 Speaker_05
I'm just really into human names for dogs. Like, just straight up this.

00:59:40 Speaker_04
Yeah, the older I get, these are all human names, but I hear what you're saying.

00:59:44 Speaker_05
Yeah, but like, these are like, they're like too creative.

00:59:50 Speaker_05
who's that over there that's greg that's my kind of dog name right there you have you've had three dogs how do you think i'm naming these dogs travis i have no say in what these dogs names or anybody's name is i'm picking the path of least resistance to just get this fucking name there's no way i know you way too well the only one i kind of did was blue because we we did we did winnie

01:00:16 Speaker_05
And then that became Winnie the Pooh. And then we were like, oh, what's another bear? And I was like, oh, I like Baloo from the Jungle Book. So we got we got Baloo as Baloo.

01:00:23 Speaker_05
But the other Nessie that was chosen by the breeder, if it was up to me, it'd be like, hey, that's Bob.

01:00:29 Speaker_04
I'm kind of with you on these. I mean, I'm in on this. Yes, I am in on this.

01:00:32 Speaker_05
Right. I like Bernadette.

01:00:34 Speaker_04
Bernadette. What the fuck?

01:00:38 Speaker_05
That's just that's my style. I like the human names for dogs and dog names for humans.

01:00:42 Speaker_04
I've never met anybody named Bernadette.

01:00:44 Speaker_05
That's what I'm saying. I have. One of my teammate's girlfriends was named Bernadette. She was a great person. She was great. Call her Bernie. It's a great nickname.

01:00:53 Speaker_04
I'm a fan of dog names for people.

01:00:58 Speaker_05
and people names for dogs. I want to see, like, I want to see a guy named Red or Spot.

01:01:04 Speaker_04
A guy named Spot? A guy named Red? I know a fuck ton of Reds.

01:01:09 Speaker_05
Red is a strong human name and a good dog name. What's another, like, classic dog name? Spike. Spike? I mean, come on now. There ain't not one of those top pet, like, classic names that aren't going to do well for a person. I don't know if that's true.

01:01:26 Speaker_05
Spot Duke. Duke is shout out to Nick Foles, named his son Duke. Nice. Nice. Rex. Rex Ryan. Hates the Chiefs. I'm going for days, I'm telling you. Fido. Dude, you mean to tell me you met a dude named Fido, that dude ain't a dog?

01:01:42 Speaker_04
I don't know. I don't even know what a guy named Fido even looks like.

01:01:46 Speaker_05
You know he's bringing some good attitude to the situation. You know, he's going to be fun to hang out with. You meet a motherfucker named Fido. That dude's going to be a good time.

01:01:55 Speaker_04
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