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Morris Jenkins or visit Morris Jenkins dot com. Well said Miles, And you know what, that's why you're out here at the table with me and Will. Is Once again in the booth of shame. Hello, Well, it's hard to see you all the way over there. Yeah, I had a mask issue this morning, so I deserve this one. Mask on, mask on, mask on. I lost my masks and I couldn't find them, so I was late. But we just want to clarify for everyone worrying. You now have masks
and you are here being safe. Right. I found my mask, It just made me later, so I lost my opportunity to get out at the fun the fun adult table. I'm back of the kid. You know, it's funny. It's one of these things now where you have your your check before you leave your apartment or your home key's phone wallet, you gotta add mask. I keep mind in the car, or keep mine several in the car, and
I rotate them out when I need to wash. Yeah, I keep one in the car and I keep because I usually wear the thing that goes around your neck Christen, and we'll obviously know because they see me all the time. But I don't usually wear the one behind the ears because it starts hurting my ears. So I keep these masks by my keys in my wallet in my apartment, so I have to look at them before I leave the apartment. So well, maybe that's what you should start doing.
Yeah yeah, Well guys, we could go on and on and give you premium mask content for the rest of this podcast, but hey, we had some football this weekend. Week one is officially in the books. As great as it is to get back to football. Of course, we wish the Panthers, you know, would have been able to come away with the win. It was a close game, came down to the wire, but the Panthers ultimately lost to the Raiders thirty four to thirty at home on Sunday.
And let's get straight to this week's edition of Overheard, He Overheard. I want to take a listen to what Matt Rule had to say about the game when he spoke on Monday. Obviously disappointed, uh at the result yesterday, but proud of the effort. I thought we had a lot of guys who fought scratch and claude to get
us back in the game. You know, I think as a team, as we look at that game, you know, I think the stats are pretty much even across the board, So it really comes down to a play here and a play there, and not just that final fourth of one play, but a couple of different plays, and um, you know we're gonna work hard to correct those things.
I thought we had some really strong performances by some unsung guys that kept us in the game, and we'll just continue to try to get better and look forward to going to Tampa this week and uh playing the Buccaneers. But well, we'll never We'll never be okay with losing, but we will always uh, we will always find the positives and the negatives in the game from whether we win or lose. And I think there were a lot of positives we can build on and work working hard
right now in meetings to correct the negatives. I'm not in the business of making excuses for teams. I don't really like to do that, but I will say that the Panther I think, for all, with all the teams that have new head coaches, I thought the Panthers played very very well, right, And part of that, I think is because they had a head coach who had been
a head coach before. Now. Obviously, I think when we mentioned these things, we got to mention Ron Rivera up in Washington and the fact that they want and shout out to him, and I know a lot of you guys who were listening to this care about him um and obviously we wish him to the best on on
everything that's going on with his health. But Matt Rule, I think had a really good plan because he's been a head coach before, so he knew what it takes, I think, to set up a game plan and to set up guys to be competitive, because, like did Mike Tyson say it, everybody's got a plan to win until they get punched in the mouth. And I think that what the Panthers did very well is they were able to not just take the punch, but they were punching
back right. And the really where this game turned and where the difference was was in the third quarter because it started off with the penalty on the off returned. Then the Panthers go three and out, Then there were more penalties on the punt and the Raiders go down, they get a field goal, Panthers go three and out again, and then the Raiders go down there and they score touchdown.
But Christian McCaffrey said it on Monday too, the Panthers fought back, and so when you look at it that way, no, the Panthers were not able to hold the lead, but I think that you can't say that they weren't ready. So from that perspective, I think that there is there are,
i should say, some good positives to build upon. I think that, you know, speaking with that, what Matt Rule kept telling everybody was be prepared for the things you can't prepare for, which, let's let's be real, in the first half, they couldn't hear what the play call was for what ten eleven plays because there's communication issues. They were working through defense on defense, so the guys were
out there trying to figure out what to do. Coaches were calling plays that didn't get in so they were having to respond to that. One of those penalties happened because the gunner ended up a step out of bounds, got caught up in a TV chord he couldn't get back in, which then like caught Matt Rule's son as well.
I mean, like you can't predict that, you know, and all of a sudden that becomes a penalty because he stayed out of bounds too long because he got his foot stuck in a chord, and then you know, that gives the Raiders even better field position. I mean Obviously, Josh Jacobs had a lot of big runs, and you
knew some of that stuff was coming. You know, give credit to the Raiders for for playing really well, but you know, I think that the fact that this team had a fourth and one to go down and potentially take the lead with two minutes to go after all of those things happened, and and and even then, there
were still no penalties in the first half. They didn't throw an interception, they didn't lose a fumble, all of these things that you're just expecting this team that, you know, then you lose Dante Jackson and you have a guy that you just signed on Wednesday come in and play the majority of the game and have two pass deflections on big plays. You know. I mean, I think all that speaks to their preparation for what they couldn't prepare for um and I you know, hopefully that continues as
we move forward. I completely agree. I think we're I like to talk about media narratives, you know, we like to talk about this on the podcast, and I know that I went into this game thinking that every team in the NFL was going to need an adjustment period. We saw a little bit of that in college on Saturday, where you go, Okay, well, they've had less time, no preseason games, are not playing against any competition other than
their own teammates, uh, truncated offseason. And this is a as Miles, as you said, a team with a new head coach, new coordinators, new quarterback. It's gonna it's gonna take a minute. And they came out, so crisp, I thought, and Will Will you said it about no penalties in the first half, and of course there were penalties in the second half. But they came out very very crisp and Miles, I think you put it well when you said he's been a head coach before, he knows how
to prepare. But I think that's easier said than done. Look at all of the things that were thrown at every team this offseason. I was just very impressed by the way they came out. Yeah. Look, I think when you score thirty most of the time in the NFL,
you should win. And the fact that they didn't, well, it's gonna be a little bit tough, I think for this team defensively sometimes, and it certainly isn't made easier by the fact that Dante Jackson went out but at the same time, I don't know that the Raiders attacked the Panthers cornerbacks like they're going to be attacked this week when you look at Tom Brady and that wide receiving corps. So we'll see if Dante Jackson comes back. As we record this, the Panthers had not started their
practice week yet. But that's something that, yeah, it's gonna be a little bit concerning because look, Troy Pride is still a rookie. Douglas I think acquitted himself very well, but again, I don't know that the Raiders really tested him all that much, but just the fact that they
came out, they were competitive, it was good. But I think one of the things that last year happened with these Carolina Panthers as they gave up an astronomical amount of rushing touchdowns, that trend is still continued into this year. At least so far. Josh Jacobs had three, and Josh Jacobs I think is one of the elite backs in the league. But that's something that the Panthers are definitely
going to have to correct. So, yes, there are positives, but I think when you look at the fact that the defense couldn't hold the lead in the fourth quarter after they got it and the offense though it's scored on all of its possessions in the first half, and then did a good job to erase that deficit and come back and score fifteen straight in the fourth quarter. You can't stall out with two three and outs at the beginning of the third quarter. It's it's a really
important time. I mean, people talk about this all the time in football. If you have one of the last possessions in the first half, you go down the field and score, and then you get the ball back in the second half and you can go down the field and score again. That's huge. And the Panthers weren't they They got one part of that, but they couldn't get the second part of that. So how do you improve?
You know, you look at the positives. Yes there are some, but there are definitely some easy things that you can look at and say, are that's where they need to get better? Absolutely, I feel like my rule has been very forthright about that those things already and we'll see, um how they put those into practice in practice this week and ultimately what it looks like when they go
up against Tommy Brady and Tampa Bay on Sunday. I want to talk about one thing that may be either surprised or impressed you um about the game or the atmosphere because we were there in the stadium when there were no fans. So just a takeaway that maybe you didn't expect. I'm gonna go for mine with one that maybe surprised me but really impressed me. And you mentioned
Dante Jackson going out very early in the game. He was questionable to return all game with the right ankle, and but he didn't leave the field, so he didn't have his helmet, but he was on the field the entire game and he was you could tell he was trying to get back in the game, and ultimately I guess the call was made that it just wasn't, you know, the right thing to do. He went over. I swear to six or seven different players talk to them, I
mean encourage them, and not just defensive guys. I stopped talking to Joey Slide for a long time. You know, he's patent guys on the shoulder. I mean he was really a force on that sideline. And I was so impressed by that. When Nelson Aguilar got the best of Troy Pride. He spent the rest of the first half with Troy Bride talking to him, coaching him up, you know,
giving him multiple paths on the shoulder. I just I imagine that's got to be really, really hard your first game back, a lot, you know, riding on your shoulders, a lot of big expectations. You could see how much he wanted to go back in the game, but he was out there doing his part on the sidelines even though he couldn't, you know, be out on the field, which I just I absolutely loved. That is awesome. I mean, when you have a guy who goes out for an injury,
that's exactly the kind of leadership that you want. And I think, you know, we talked about captains and guys who are the leaders of the team. I think I don't remember who said that. I think it was Christian McCaffrey. Last week too, we talked about the fact that are captains, but there are leaders also at every position. And I think when you talk about what you're just talking about, Kristen, that shows the leadership that can come from anybody does not just have to be a captain. Well, what was
something that either surprised or impressed you. I think the offensive line really impressed me because you know, coming in there are some question marks you had, Uh, you know, you had an injury, you had Schofield having to to hop in there. Um you know for for for Dynis daily kind of late in the week. And then really they only gave up one sack and Teddy Bridgewater has already said that that sack was pretty much on him. Um, you know that he should have gotten the ball you know,
out sooner. Um that you know, it really wasn't It wasn't a coverage sack. It wasn't a line sack. You know that that was just him not not making the right read and making the right place. So I think that you know, that offensive line was able to get
you know, get the Panthers over a hundred yards rushing. Um. I really felt like there were some question marks there, and I'm not saying that they answered all of them, but I think there's a lot of worry upfront for how they were all gonna look with all of these new faces. And I think against a pretty good Raiders defensive line and a pretty good Raiders pass rush, they
they held their own. You don't think so well Okay, it's it's less about the Panthers and more about the Raiders, because I gotta tell you, man, having watched that team last year, their pass rush is better and they have some guys who can do some things right. Cleland Furrel, though was a disappointment as a first round pick last year. Max Crosby had showed some flashes last year and getting over ten sacks, and they added Carl Nasse and they've
added Lee Collins on the defensive line. But I think if there were an ideal front that you want to start against, it might have been the Raiders because they just have not necessarily been that good at pass rushing since they got rid of um, gosh, the guy who went to the Bears, Cleil mac. Wow, that was a little bit of a brain fart right there. But yeah, so I think as things continue, the Panthers will continue to get tested and we'll see if Dennis Daily is
able to come back or not. But yeah, I'm not trying to take anything away from what the Panthers did, because yes, they were able to keep Teddy Bridgewater clean for the most part, and then the Raiders really didn't have um many quarterback hits and at all either. So, look, it was a good performance, but I think that I don't know if I really want to judge them too well on what they did against the Raiders, right, I
think it's obviously still early. But I also think that you know, everyone was kind of looking, you know, own, you know, what's gonna happen with this defense? What's gonna happen with this defense? But there are a lot of people that were you know, what's going on with this offensive line that we haven't seen against a full you know,
you know we're full speed. You know everyone's getting hit, you know they're going after the quarterback now, and who knows how these guys are all going to do together. So I mean, yes, I I agree that there's still there's still a lot more tests to come. UM, but I think, not having seen any of these guys, I think that they did enough all right. I would say
that my thing that I was surprised by or impressed by. Um. I mean, you mentioned the cornerbacks, um, Chris, and I'd say, we're soul Douglass man like that performance was was hard for somebody who walked in the building on Wednesday really for the first time. UM. And then for him to get thrust into duty, I think one thing that they might have prepared him for was just the fact that he was going to play. Matt Rules said that the plan was to rotate him in with Troy Pride, and
so that probably helped at least mentally. But I think when you get thrust in there after an injury, a lot of times teams are going to attack you and it's gonna be tough. And he's he quitted himself very very well. I mean there was a play that he wasn't the closest in coverage for on Darren Waller, and Waller made the catch, but it wasn't for a lack of trying by Russell Douglas. I mean that guy, he came in there and really made that tackle and Waller did a really nice job to just hold onto it.
Most guys wouldn't have done that. So I think if you're looking for a real positive on defense, he's one of them. And then Eric brown Man. There have been some clips floating around on Twitter and I hope you guys have seen them, and if you want to rewatch the game on NFL game Pass, I encourage you to do it, But you look at what he does with his hands, just the explosion he's blowing Gabe Jackson off the ball in the right guard of the of the
Oakland Goodness, Las Vegas Raiders. I can't believe I did that. That's okay, it's just it's new somebody that Teddy called them Oakland post game like more than once, which was kind of funny. Anyway, Teddy under the bus to make yourself feel better, alright, definitely did. But Gabe Jackson is a really good right guard, a really good starting caliber
right guard in this league. And for Derek Brown in his first game action to blow him off the ball in multiple spots like he was, that's exactly what I think you want to see from a guy you draft number seven overall. So that was also an encouraging thing. Yeah, I saw him get double teamed one time and he started to drive both of them back and I was like, oh my gosh, this is all grown man. Yeah, but I mean, you gotta take the positive with the negative.
And he's a rookie and they're one of those touchdown plays where uh, Rodney Hudson the greater center and left guard Ridgie Incognito, I mean they kind of blewed there Brown off the ball, but that they'll do that to anybody because that's the kind of a caliber offensive line they are. So Matt Rules said this too. You know, when you have a rookie, you gotta take the good with the bad. There were some great plays by Derek Brown, but there's of course stuff that he can improve onto.
Oh yeah, of course, I don't think anyone expects this team to come out and be perfect week one. Um. But the important thing is we saw a lot of positives and I'm looking forward to see how they adjust some of the things that they need to work on for next week. I do want to talk really quickly about where we all were and how we all watched the game, because of course this is the first time in Bank of America history that there were no fans there.
We all were in different positions than we would normally be. UM. So Miles and Will you guys were together, right, Well, how did that go? Yeah? So we were up in a suite kind of near the press box. So the press box usually holds fifty people in it maybe, and I think he was down to um because of all the spacing that they had to put out. UM, for you know, just for a much more limited number of media that we're in there, so we weren't able to
be in the press box where we usually would be. UM. So there was a you know, since obviously there weren't anyone in any of the sweets. You know, there's a number of sweets that are open, so kind of right down the hallway, uh, in the windows, and yeah, you know we uh but I mean you think about it, you think, oh, you know, you're in a seat. Well there's there's not like there was food service, so there's
no food. So I brought snacks for everybody. I I brought Miles some some some jerky over there, which I think he enjoyed, right, Miles, I did. It was very nice. Yeah, I brought I brought a lot. I brought some goldfish for Amy. UM. But then there weren't there was there weren't power outlets. Okay, I'm sorry, guys, I was. The sun was beating down on me for three and a half hours out on Row one, UM, and then I
had to run in and do a show. I had a pre game out there for an hour and a half on the radio, ran in and did a digital show in the studio. Ran back up. I'm like, I'm rationing my water out there, and Will is talking about no outlets in the suite. Yeah, Kristen, power outlet on, come on. We had we had to like run a power cord to the back of the suite and then we had to make sure we didn't trip over it.
What is this castaway? You know, I didn't realize how hot it was because in the suite it was actually very nice. It was. It wasn't that windows were open and everything, And I like the fact that the windows were open because you know, in closed spaces is how
the virus spreads and went up. So I when John Gruden, I heard him talking about the you know how he didn't have his mask on his face properly, and really coaches across the league just did not do this mask thing properly, and so then they've got reportedly the sternly worded memo from the league. So it was really that hot down on the field, wasn't because like Gruden was talking about, it was hot. That's why I had my mask down at rule said, he's got to do a
better job of keeping it on his face. What how hot was it, Christen? It was hot? It was really really hot, and then you're wearing your mask at the same time, which just is kind of trapping the moisture. And but look, no complaints at all. I was just teasing you guys. It was warm. It was it was bright. Any of the Panthers fans who have been to a game and said on the home side, no, um that it's you're kind of right in the sun. But I had a great view. I was on row one in
the operational zone. I could kind of move around within reason and uh, you know, really follow the game back and forth up the field. So uh, yeah, it was it was warm, but it was okay. No complaints at all, considering I was one of the very few people that got to be down there and see the game up close and personal. How different was it than really being on the sidelines. I think there were actually some positive
So it's no surprise anyone. I'm very short, and sometimes when you're on the sidelines and everyone's kind of standing in front of you, it's your view is not always um And so being on this row one and being able to move around at an incredible view all the time, now you couldn't hear a lot because the fans were going and the misters and all of that. So there's definitely I'm sorry, yes, not the fans. The only fans that were allowed in the stadium for this game were
the ones that keep guys cool. But no, it was different. It had its positives and it had its negatives. As many things do, as as many as many things do. It's fair. All right, We're gonna get will Sta out of the week in just a second, but first let's take a quick break. Mr Jenkins told me. Mr Jenkis told me. Mr Jenkis told me to always make it easy for the customer. That's you alive person will always
be here to answer the phone. We're here till midnight, seven days a week, so you never have to take off work. And it's the same prices in the daytime. We're the ones you want to call. We're the ones you want to call. We're the ones you want to call. You're gonna love these people. I guaranteetee got a moist agains dot com. Alright, we are back, will It is the debut of your stat of the week here on this podcast. I mean your panther stats guy, is it
stats stats suck guy? Stat guy, which one I can't remember hat Sky. There's one S missing because Twitter didn't give me enough characters to have more s. I knew there was an S somewhere, alright, what's the stat of the week? The week? So my stat of the week this week. Carolina is obviously going on the road in Week two, and every team in the NFL is actually doing that. They're flipping home and road for Week one and week two. No team is doing two straight home
games or two straight road games. That's the first time that's ever happened to open a season in NFL history. And there's a reason behind that. Yes, it was because of the virus. I mean when they when they announced the schedule back in May, they really said that that was one of the precautions that they were taking. Um is was that you have one home game and one
road game just in case things happen. And I think that there are gonna be some benefits to that, um just simply from the fact that you know, you'll know more about what the procedures are that you have to have for the rest of the season. UM going Week one to Week two, if you were at home and then you have to go on the road, or if you were on the road and now you finally get a home game, and I think it's likely that we
might see some adjustments and protocols. Maybe that's crowd noise, maybe it's other types of protocols, but they are testing it out, they're seeing how everything goes once every team has a home game and a road game for that matter, and we might see some some changes after a week two. But I think, you know, they've got to make sure that it's fair for everybody, no matter what it is, and so you know, we could see maybe that crowd
noise change, crowd noise change, who knows. Uh. It's interesting I think watching the games on television because when you just watch them, it's almost like there's not a pandemic going on and there's nothing that's really too weird about the television viewing experience. But I think there are sometimes when you just notice that there are no fans in
the building. Right. I watched the Bucks and Saints game just to sort of get ready for this week, and especially when you're talking about the Superdome, the fans have an incredible effect on the way that that game atmosphere usually is. And I saw some quotes coming out of New Orleans that the dome is not the same basically when you don't have fans in the building, and I
think that that's very true. Um, but just watching the games on television, I think it's really interesting to see how the there's not too much that's different other than some crowd reaction shot that you just don't get, but the television viewing experiences practically the same. Well, sometimes it's felt like the piped crowd noise is the wrong one, Like the road team makes a big play and then they accidentally put in like it's like someone's just over there, like,
oh man, my bad hit the wrong one. That's the road team. That's the wrong sound for that. That's not how that usually sounds. Well. Also, there's a difference. Not to get too technical, I swear I will stop after this, but um, the crowd noise that's in the stadium is different than the one that's being broadcast on TV. I was watching the Steelers Giants game and I was like,
what sounds way louder than our game? But then I remember that it is a different feed that's going through, so right, that's not actually what it sounds like in the stadium. But it's also weird because you know, the TV producer is picking up sound beds that are just the wrong sound for the opponents to be scoring a touchdown. We're all learning, We're all learning. Week one. Uh. This is the Happy Half Hour podcast presented by Morris Jenkins and guys. Mr Jenkins told me the Panthers making proud
and he has honored to support the team. So when you're plumbing or air conditioning is acting up, called Morris Jenkins or visit Morris Jenkins dot com. All right, let's take a look at Game two. Panthers are going on the road to Tampa Bay as it is called Now Bay. What I did there, Miles? I know we talked about things that the Panthers need to work on before week two, But what do you think is the key here to
go up against Tommy Brady. Well, whenever you're facing Brady, it's all about can you generate a pass rush and can you get pressure? Um, I think anytime you're talking about those two Super Bowls at the Patriots lost and No. Seven and then in eleven to the Giants, the Giants were abled out well, and then also in seventeen I forgot with the Eagles, they all those teams could get pressure with four. Can the Panthers get pressure with four this week? Because look, they did not get any pass
rush or any pressure on Derek Carr last week. Frankly, they had no quarterback hits, no sacks. Matt Rules said that the team said that that in watching their film, the team determined that they had five quarterback pressures, which I don't really know what that means, if I'm being completely honest, right what I I what we know and what our universal stats. Those are the quarterback hits and those are the sacks. And obviously there's more two pass
rush than just that. But look, the Panthers have to do a better job of getting after the QB. That doesn't necessarily mean more blitzing. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that the Raiders were in so many third and manageable to third and short situations. So they converted six third downs, and a lot of those were third and five or fewer. And when you have that, that makes it so much easier
for an offense. Third and one with that Raiders offense is almost automatic, cause you can hand the ball to Josh Jacobs and he's gonna bowl over a defender. I mean, he's just gonna fall forward basically and get you that yard. So from that, the Panthers have to do a better job in first and second down. Can you stop the run earlier in those early downs, gets yourself in those third and seven or longer situations so that your guys up front can pin their ears back and they can
get going towards the quarterback. Because if you can't do that, then Tom Brady is probably gonna stand back there pat the ball all day and he's gonna find somebody with those multitude of skill players that he's got over there, and they're gonna carve you up. I think that where everyone's gonna talk about Tom Brady. Everyone's gonna talking about Godwin. You know, people talk about Gronk because he's Gronk. You know. I I'm worried about Ronald Jones and Leonard Fournette. You know,
like those guys. Jones said seventy something yards last week. They're gonna start there and then if you if you can't stop them, they'll just stay there. You know, they're gonna keep going with that. Um you know, I'll be real curious to see where Mike Evans is this week. Evans was was injured or kind of banged up going into that Saints game and was completely shut down and had like one catch for twelve yards. Um, so we're talking about skill players. But you know, obviously, you know,
everyone has injuries, and it's not just Carolina. You know, there's there's guys that are banged up elsewhere. So we'll be tracking his his status throughout the week, and you know, if he's not fully healthy, that maybe is a little bit of ease on the outside in terms of of what you're covering. But again, it starts with you have to stop the run early. As Miles said, you have to get third and long situations, and then you have
to get pressure with four. You know, you can't always be blitzing, but you know they also have they gotta find some blitz packages that are going to be confusing. You know, they've got to do it sometimes and they've got to make it work when they do it. You know, it's funny. I mean, well, you said twelve year it was two yards. It was a two yard touchdown. Yeah, that's right. It was in the back of the end zone.
So it might have been basically around that, but you know, in terms of air yards and and catch whatever you want to call it. But yeah, he was targeted Mike Evans four times in that game and only had that one catch. So Bruce Arians, head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, said that they have to do a better job of targeting Mike Evans. And I think was also interesting is that Bruce Arians has blatantly called out Tom Brady for his play and said the top Brady has
to play better. So there are a lot of interesting things. Look Tom Brady, there there are two things that are undefeated, and one of them as father time, all right, so there's only so much that Tom Brady is going to be able to do. But I think if you look at that game, he was still making solid downfield throws. There was one play where he was getting pressured up the middle and he starts turning away and he still
throws a strike down the seam. And so he's still got the arm talent at least now early in the season, and I think he's going to be motivated as ever to come out and to show that he still has the goods, especially in their first home games. So this is gonna be a tough one I think for the Panthers. So, Kristen, you're you're going down there, right, I am. Yeah. So
tell us a little bit about that first road trip. Yeah, we are going on um well, because so first of all, let me just say the plane that the media, the team media would normally travel on with the players and the coaching staff that that, of course, as you might imagine, has been paired down almost completely. So it's just very much essential personnel in order to keep everything as safe as possible. So we are going down on a little party bus, if you will. The radio crew, we're gonna
have a great time. Yes, our executive producer David Lincoln just walked in. He'll be there with me. We're gonna be having a good time cruising all the way down to Dampa Bay. Well, Kristen, one thing I will warn you about is as you roam around the moat on the outside, be careful of the cannon. I have heard about that, yeah, Canon that those cannons are like, they're scary. Man. That's the one thing that's nice about being in the press box down there in Tampa is that it's enclosed.
I mean it's an outdoor stadium, and that's what happens most of the time in those kinds of places, but those things are allowed whenever they score. I don't I'm
not sure which is worse. If it's there with their those cannons or in Minnesota where like they start they where if they score touch down, it's like four explosions in rapid succession, and then they play the loudest version of Princes Let's go crazy that you've never The first time I was there in sixteen, it was still a preseason game and it was the fourth preseason games, so you know how that goes, right, But they scored a touchdown and like those things start going on boom, and
I ducked. I literally do because that there it's open, right, so you can hear really everything. And I think that US Banks Adame is one of the best game day atmospheres and everywhere. But if those things go off, you want to duck your head and then it's loud Let's go crazy, And I'm like, so be aware of the cannons. Yeah, we'll see if I come back here and we record this next Wednesday. If I'm just like what huh, like
just lose my Hearing company acoustic expert. But I would imagine that having nobody in those stands make those things echo even more than they would if if the stands were full. So it's gonna be real out. Thanks guys for the support, looking forward to it, and now appreciate that. All right, let's wrap this up with the weird question of the week. So, in honor of the panthers first road game, Will let's start with you, what is your
biggest pet? Peeve wild traveling? I think the people that take phone calls in very crowded planes and busses and you know, there's just there's just a time for like
it's quiet. There's always it's always a long phone call to you know, it's like we're all quiet, like we can text now, let's you know, unless it's like an emergency, which like I certainly understand, but if it's just like a normal, like long conversation that we're just you know, you're sitting behind me in the plane, You're like, oh, let's just you know, it's like, come on, I don't like those people either. It's always it's always someone on
a you know, a business trip. Back when we could travel and he's having you know, he or she or having the long, long conversation. You know, if you're sitting beside one of those people, and I had to do that traveling a lot, you know everything about their business by the time it's over. You know, it's never a five minute check in. When they're answering the phone too, it's a thirty minute conversation. Okay, my traveling pet, peeve,
I'll go with a couple. I don't like when people can't just step out of the aisle after they put up their bag on a plane. Like I understand that not everybody travels as much as I do, and so they don't necessarily have the awareness, but man, it is it's so easy to put your bag in the overhead compartment and step out of the aisle so everybody else can get on the plane. It's not just about you, everybody. I'm like, he's staring at the world does not revolve
around one person. And I wish that more people understood that. The other thing, and this happened to me one time. I was on a red eye flight from Los Angeles to Cleveland. I was going home to visit family, and this woman was sitting next to me and I had my noise canceling headphones on. They were amazing. I was ready I take my drama meme. I was ready to go to sleep, and she starts bothering me about like trying to figure out what it is that I was
watching on my iPad? Like is that Netflix? How did you get that on there? Can I get that on this TV? What are you doing? Don't talk to me? Why are you talking to me? This is that doesn't sound that bad. I was trying to get some help for a long flight. You don't talk to people, absolutely, no, No, you don't talk to people, know which I mean. Look she was, she was being self star. She's like, look, I want to get this done so then I can leave you alone. No, did you help her? How did
you respond? I don't remember what I said, but I was obviously not very happy, but it was it was a good thing that I'd taken my drama name, because otherwise probably would have freaked out. But I like, there was one point to where my eyes were closed and she like woke me up. Wasn't just it was not to just go to the bathroom, Like if you have to go to the bathroom, you got to go to the bathroom. I understand that. But if you're just trying to like get my attention for no good reason, absolutely
not that. It's not something that we can stand. Alright, alright, alright, I like them, So mine is gonna be I mean, look, we can we can have the age old discussion about do you put your seat back? Do you not? That's of course everyone's pet peeve, and I feel like we've heard about it so many times, but as much as I fly, it definitely is a pet peeve of mine.
Here's mine though, when you get on a plane with somebody and they've got the food, like the full greasy or like super potent smelling food, and you know it's gonna be a long flight. You know, if it's a quick flight, okay, but if we're talking four or five hours and you've already pulled out you know, Panda Express,
it's just and the sauce is over here. I mean, that's a that's a real thing that you know, you get the food court food and and then it's just staying with you the entire flight and is a big no, no, yes, no, there's I feel like I've had all of that or like you know, the smell of old fries, Like if someone goes by a fast food place and they just kind of have their fries and they're just hanging out
under the seat for a long time. That I've a lot of smells, a lot of smells on a plane, and I'm just like, let's you know, like I get that you need to eat, but come on, I get that, I get that. I don't know, I feel like sometimes I've been that guy, but like not really intentionally as I'm thinking about it. No, it's that's the thing. It's totally fair that you would want to eat a good meal before you go somewhere. It's just the residual smells
of it. I'll tell you what. The best airport food that I have have had in a while when and this was last year because I was covering this team, but like at the Oakland Airport, they had a really good burrito place, so I would always stop there before getting onto the plane. And the great thing about the Oakland Airport too, is that there were not many people who would like need to go through the security line, so I had my t s a pre check. I
waltzed right through there. I mean from getting out of the uber to getting my burrito to getting on a plane, it could take maybe twenty five minutes. Well, then here's the thing. You eat your burrito before you get on the plane, so that not everyone has to smell the burrito around you most of the time. I will that can. Britos and planes do not make well. Apparently they do for Miles. Look, if we ever, if we ever get
to travel again, I will keep that in mind. We need to get far away from Miles the next time that we all get to travel. Yeah, guys, I feel like we could go on about this for two hours. We're starting a new podcast based exclusively on travel pet Pee's but yeah, it's gonna be It's gonna be weird when we actually get to travel again. We'll see if all these things get knocked off our list. All right, um, thank you everyone for listening to the Happy Half Hour
podcast presented by Morris Jenkins. We'll see you next week.