Bunkercast XXV: Kyle Brandt Redemption

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the office. Welcome to another edition of the Around the NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansis and I'm coming to you from the City Phil with Heroes in Bunker's Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, Greg Roseltal. What is up Boise, Hey Dan, another day, another day. Not the only hero joining us today? Oh yeah, he starts every day saying good morning football. His resume is weirder than yours. He can destroy you at Technobile, making his debut appearance only

around the NFL Podcast, Please welcome Kyle Brant. This thing got sexy, fast, guys. Lethal Weapons soundtrack is my favorite thing about the this guitar is that it's a It's turned into a roar shock test. Essentially, people hear what they want to hear. Peter Schrager, your colleague got good morning football? What are your Kyle? He heard Emmanuel in space? He heard that ninety five seas this Chris Wesley. I

believe here's or maybe with someone else. The nine Chicago Bulls, the Bulls entrance music and Breger has been doing it during questions and Murtad original Illegal Weapons soundtrack. I thought you pulled that on me, and I appreciated it. I would have gone Red Shoe Diaries in retrospect. That's a great call, though, because you could totally see, you know, Mel Gibson introspective, brooding, drunk after something bad happens, and and that rolling. I get that what's up, Kyle, Um, Listen,

I'm so excited to be here. You have. The five of us have been part of the NFL media group for years and this is the first in but I've gotten so I can tell you guys are huge fans. But I'm really really glad to be here. It's criminal. It's criminal that we haven't had you on yet. I have no idea why it hasn't happened, and it's well overdue, but we're so happy that you said yes, and we're probably now once once we've gone taking this step, we're

probably gonna ask you all the time. So if there's any like resentment on your end, just start sticking it to us by hitting us with the you know, hand in the face. There's no problem. I can tell this is already the hippest show because we have five guys on here and not one of us has wireless headphones. We all have wired headphones. Guy should have the foam orange ear coverings like Marty McFly. This is gonna be great, guys,

five white guys on waphones. I was gonna say that maybe your your obstacle for barrier adding another white guy to the mix. Just just feels like a little too much. It's very night. Yeah, it's very it's it's very n but it's it's very good to have you here, Kyle and Good Morning Football. And we've talked about it a lot on this show, and I was lucky enough to

be part of the show. Uh and just a small way last season for the first time, the you guys share, you know, the DNA of our show, so I can I could guarantee, damn tee you if you're a listener to the Around the NFL podcast and you can access Good Morning Football, you should watch it because it will become addictive in short order. And I really think Kyle and I love everybody on the team, but Kyle, you are a creative driver of that show. We all know it,

and you do such awesome work. So we're pumped to have you here and and we all love you. Thank you very much. I remember the first time I listened to this podcast. I remember what episode it was. The content for the first episode I listened to. It was a few years ago, and it was a very odd story about you guys. Will remember when Tony Romo announced that he was done. There was that weird night where

he suited up for the Dallas Mavericks. Remember that, and you guys were going at it, and I saw it flashed across Twitter, and like, I want to hear what they have to say about that, and I love it, and I've been listening ever since. You imagine that being my first episode. Completely forgot about it. Whatever, Like I don't know what he maybe he just drank himself. And I've never in his name since. By the way, I think it was a shame that they never played him

in that game. It was a half measure where like you can suit up and said put him in the game. And I want to see somebody just lock him down and embarrass him because everything works out for Romo. I wanted to see a good block. He just sat there and smiled the whole time. He was in the layup line, right, wasn't it that the whole thing? Warm ups have uniform He was on the team, but I never put him in the game. But he was active, yeah, I mean

looking at a uniform and warm ups on. He was on the bench, you know, next to Dirk or whoever. So he wasn't filling out that jersey as much as some of the NBA players no, let me see this question, Kyle. You're a married man, happily married. I am happily married as well. But my wife has a story during her post college days, living in Dallas, getting a knock on her door and it was a tall man, a rookie for the Dallas Cowboys, unknown not playing, named Tony Romo.

And according to my wife, he asked for a band aid, and uh, my wife gave him the band aid. And that's how the story ends for me? Should I believe that that was the full story? Well? Is can I have a band aid? Is that like a euphemism? Yeah? Its value, but it's like time passes, I wonder sometimes maybe so I'm glad that that is not my wife's story, and it's it sounds like it sounds like the start of a red Shoe diaries. The doorbell came and there

looking for a band aid. Dan. I would put it at a strong nineties seven percentile probability that something nefarious happened in the story you're getting Is um just part of the story a skin we know anything about Tony roman He couldn't close, so like that he left with a clavical injury. Um, all right, awesome to have you here. Uh here, we are going to uh you have some business to settle. We're gonna tease it here at the topic.

We're gonna get to it at the bottom. Uh. Something from the past that connects you to the show and specifically to Christoph Westling. Yes, like this. I have a feeling there's a Star Wars vibe in this room. I certainly have it. I remember when they when they first came out with episode seven, and it was just you and very much and so remember the first line in the episode seven was the very first line was a

wrong will we'll be need to be righted? And every some some line like that, and it was basically people are saying, they're alluding to the prequels and how bad they were and they're gonna fix them. We need to fix something here on the show, as it relates to certainly one of the hosts, and as it relates to me, there's a wrong that needs to be righted. I understood

the parallel, and I thought it was a very strong one. Um, the other three people on the show, they're gonna have to do a little bit of research affair to get a very strong point made by Kyle brant, What do you guys, trekis or something? What do you do? I don't know. I think there's the same thing, but I have to say I do. I do get the ref that the ninety nine movie, which is the only one I've seen in the theater, it was an abomination, And

then no one liked the other ones either. So those three movies that I tracked it, I was tracking that. I clocked in. I'm all in on it. We're good. I just wondered which one of you has the right it's gonna be. Weren't getting drunk and making bad decisions, not not like sci fi? Okay, what was the ninety

nine movie called d and Phantom Menace, Phantom Man. I remember sitting in the theater and not really being into Star Wars, but it was such a huge cultural event, being like, all right, let's fly, let's see what happens here, and then within about seven minutes thinking to myself, this is one of the worst decisions I've ever made. Well, it's a it's a shame that that's the only one that you paid a ticket for. I remember being five or six minutes into that thinking this has to be

a practical joke. I tugged a friend in who had never seen it, and you know, there's this hideous jar Jar Banks character in there, and he just kept hitting me. He's like, who is this horsey figure walking? And I said, I don't know. I'm horrified. You know, I don't know what's happening here. And I was more disappointing. Was was the fan of Menace more disappointing or the Ja Glazer news that he promoted and then wrote this week, which

one was, it's a tight race. That is a great tease to get into the news, So let's do it. Ricky among the last six picks taken a familiar name if you're a college football fan, Tom Brady, the quarterback who all he did was lead this football team, put him in the right position more times than and when he got quote from the game and Drew Henson came in, Michigan football was not as good as it was when

Brady was here. Question like, yes, it was twenty years ago today that Tom Brady was drafted by the New England Patriots. I know a lot of people don't know this, but it was one ninety nine overall in the sixth round. And how how you know when you're that deep in the draft. We all know how draft coverage goes. It gets a little spotty in the back end. Tom Brady was drafted during a commercial break, straight up? How about Tariko on the call there? Bull Head of hair Day

Day three. Definitely a Michigan guy in a big spot there. But Terrico has been doing it for a long time. And all right, a little quiz the six quarterbacks drafted before Brady and two thousand Kyle Brandt. Well, Chris Redmond, for sure. I have a first person story about Chris Redmond too. I'm just gonna interrupted the break your format and say it. About three years ago, I was on a family vacation. We were in like a warm weather area around a hotel, and I'm walking down the beach

by myself. I'd had some Dacris and it was my wife was with the kids, and I'm just sitting there at my feet are in the water, and I look and I see this tall guy, this crew cutter guy, and I go, is that Chris Redmond? And I walked up to him. This is about three years ago. I was on Good Morning Football all the time, and I go, excuse me, you, Chris red him right. He goes, yeah,

how are you doing? And we're talking and I'm half drunk, and and I just I kind of just go so, dude, like how much does the Brady and the draft thing come up? And he goes every day on my life and what can I do every day in my life? And I, yes, I'm the guy today, Yes I was the guy. But He's like, what can I do? I had a nice career. I did everything I could do, and I thought he had a great attitude about it. So I ran into him every day of his life.

And now we brought it up here. Chris Redman, that Chad Pennington, Giovanni Carmazzi, Chris Redmond, T Martin, Mark Boulger, and Spurgeon win and let me I'll but you know, Pennington was the first off the board to the Jets around twenty overall in that range. My favorite Jet quarterback ever, one of those what if guys kind of like you're Greg cook West. Maybe not at that level skill wise, natural skills, but he really was tracking to have an

excellent career, but the shoulder injuries just derailed. And he's still even with those injuries one come back a player of the year twice and had a really nice career, but it's a what could have been in Jets history. Mr Pennington, Um, all right, and by the way, if you're watching this clip on social, you'll see that in addition to the Princeton photos in the background, which I imagine a young Kyle Brand is in those because collegiately there. All right, So can we get into this Brady jersey

for the Bucks to the Goats? The three Goats know it's it's it's the new It's the Brady and everything. Did they send you a lot of trouble with my background? Yes, the Buccaneers sent me a damn jersey, But I have pictures of myself, which if you ever watched in morning football. I am extremely low to ever bring up my college playing career because I'm on the same network with la Danian, Tomlinson and Thrilled Davis, and I just don't have other stuff I want to talk about. I just don't do it.

I have nothing to put back there. I tried this Walter Payton picture that was really cool, and they shot it down because there's a copywritten photo. I've tried all these cool pop culture things. Can't do I keep getting shot down. So I'm like, you guys, I have to what the pictures of myself, which is like the douciest move of all time. But other than that, it's just these crappy closets that are encasing my hot water heater in my hospice chamber basement. So that's all I got.

I'm sorry. I know it's lame, but I have nothing else. I'm sorry. I'd been hanging up posters myself. If I played on EDNY level of college football, I think lean into it would would Schraeger be apologizing, No, he'd be saying what a badass he is? You know? You know what, Greg, I was thinking about something. I have photos of my good three Good Morning Football co hosts and in different

athletic endeavors, different points of their life. I have a picture of Peter Schraeger on like the fourth grade swim team in a speedo, and I was gonna print all those pictures and put them here. Ink is like playing volleyball, and Nate's doing whatever he's doing. But the Schraeger like, uh, grape smuggler picture is unbelievable. I'm even gonna try to pull it up as we're talking so I can show

you guys, and Schreeger and I are very tight. I have to ask, did his athletic career um go beyond fourth grade in the in the No, it didn't go on the fourth grade anywhere. And the funny thing about strikers, Stroger is easily six three. He's coordinated, buch with them. You start to play catch with a football, you can tell he's coordinated. And I'm like, Peter, you're so obsessed with football, you're so big. Why did you not play tight end or something in high school? At least? And

wasn't a man? In my high school the coach would like run down anyone in the hallway who was kind of big or had like it was tall. It's like, where was your coach? Because Peter, you could have maybe done something with this. He just had no interest. Never wanted to play the game. And when you know how you do photo shoots at different you know the NFL media things. They want you to take a picture in

your suit or whatever. They always have a ball. There's always a ball on the set and they want you to take the ball and like hold it and toss it and everything. Peter will not touch the ball ever, he refuses to touch it, and the photographers. I was like, hey, Peter, let's get a couple with the ball. I won't touch it, and I won't do that. I'm looking at my phone because I have so many context things, which are only the two things. I feel like it's so important always

make sure to win. He's doing his pictures. I have thrown him the ball and make him catch it, and then I tell the photographer when he's holding the ball, take the picture, just to torture him. There's a lot. There's a lot in the sub subject genre. P Yeah, I'm gonna find a picture. Yeah, keep looking at grape smuggler? Is that what you referred to it as? Look? Okay, say plump smuggler? Uh? Do you take plums? You know?

All right? Um? Listen. Jay Glazer said he had he had huge scoopage, and everyone connected it to the uh lame floated report by the Moose up for w f A N that the Vikings and Browns were closing in on an Odell Beckham trade. Well that every everything we're hearing from plugged in. People in the industry said, that's not a real thing. And then Glazer comes on the show, and says his big scoop is that RAM center Brian

Allen tested positive for the coronavirus. A RAMP spokesman confirmed the diagnosis on Wednesday, adding that Alan felt symptoms but is now feeling much better. He's only four years old. He's the first active NFL player to publicly acknowledge that he's tested positive for the virus. So if you were expecting a huge NFL transaction scoop, it wasn't that. But it is notable the first NFL player with coronavirus. Thankfully, it doesn't look like it's one of these serious cases.

The most memorable thing I think about this story is it's the first time I can ever remember Jay Glazer getting dumped on like Jay Glazers had. It's really a credit to Jay Glazer that he's had this great career that I can't think of another time where people are just mad at Jay Glazer for overselling something. He never gets things wrong or you know, in this case, people

just thought like this wasn't enough. Uh. You know, you feel for Brian Allen, but I understand that I think he misread the room because it's a it is an important story and obviously coronavirus is what everyone has talked about. It's the biggest thing in the world. Uh, but I don't know, Maybe there's a bit of a People are so used to hearing people have it now that it's not something that floors people, and it just and people were looking for the big NFL news story, so they

hit out it. I'm gonna get Blazer pass is what I'm trying to say. I understand where he was going with it, and people just wanted something else. The tone was a little off. It's like, Hey, everyone waited around till you know, X Y and z U Pacific standard time for this big announcement. It's gonna be a fun one. And then it's like this person has um caught the pandemic. I it kind of threw me in the wrong direction. A great at his job. I'm not sure this qualifies

a scoop. The Rams did have to close down their facility. It does raid some questions, like they didn't answer um why they closed their facility a little earlier than everyone else, so it kind of answers that. He also said he didn't have the ability to taste Brian Allen for two and a half weeks. He tested twice I think three two or three weeks apart. So even for someone as healthy as that, it's taken him a while to shake it.

Like the Glazer thing, Dan was he called a shock, like he want when you go on Twitter and say, shoot huge news tomorrow. We are in an era where we're all dying for something to react to or a story or like just give us anything. And then I was like, who the hell's Brian Allen? I had, I had, I don't familiar with that player. I understand he's from the Chicago area and he's a meat potatoes type of guy. It didn't make me wonder you obviously wish health and

wellness for everyone. Who is the NFL figure that if Glazer said he had Corona and he's okay, Now, who is the person that would have blown Twitter's hair back and be like, oh my god, that's a crazy story. Because I do have an answer in mind, Antonio Brown. That's the answer, Tom Brady, because he is the wealth and health and wellness guru that apparently can't catch any sort of cutting in the common cold, has no idea

who Tom Brady is? Greg Yeah, I mean Belichick, You're you're making a good point that really people were mad that it was Brian Allen. If it was a big star, then people would be fine with It's not exactly the NFL's Tom Hanks. Brady is my guy as well, So I think listen, I think the answer is simple. And Dan, I hate to bring this up. If it was Sam Donald, that would be really at We can't have Sam Donald being the guy. I mean, any other player in the

league after what went down to last year. And obviously I don't wish that anybody, but Dan speak as a Jets fan, Donald and Corona and Okay, he's not fine now, but Jesus, I'm putting him in a bubble and I'm just yeah, I'm take him out of the league. I'm saying, you were supposed to be the shining sub, but now your wellness is more important. He stays in a bubble

for seventy years. Yes, you get a lot of that out indefinitely with with coronavirus and Sam Donald pointing at the camera, rightly accuse me with surprises in this era. All right, If if my wife tells me I ordered something incredible for you online and it's more bath pals like you can't mess with my emotions in this era, and I think that's what James, all right, We're hitting Glazer with the l moving on. Here's some more trade rumors out that this one floated by former NFL executive,

former colleague of yours. I know you had a good relationship with a mark Mike Lombardi. I was told by a league source that the Bucks are looking to trade tight end O J. Howard, former first round pick, a guy who really flashed uh in the season before going down, and then twenty nineteen was a huge disappointment West where you couldn't get going. I believe he had some injury issues and maybe fell out of favor in the Bruce

Arians regime. So if this Lombardi report tracks and is indeed accurate, this is a young and talented guy that maybe just has not been able to get his footing in the NFL yet. The timing seems all off on this one. It's a year too late. You know, every person in America who plays fantasy football said Bruce Arians

doesn't use tight ends last year. They should trade O. J. Howard while he still has a lot of value coming off a very promising two thousand eighteen season and now it's like Tom Brady, who was used to throwing passes to a six ft seven, highly athletic tight end for tang years now has another six ft seven, highly athletic tight end and the Bucks want to get rid of him. M I don't get the timing. I don't really look at Michael Lombardi the same after that ugly class he

had with Scott Hanson on Twitter this offseason. So it's it's tough for me to take this trade news and anyone embrace it in the same way that I normally would, because I'm just team Hanson, team Hanson all the way, my favorite clash in a long time. You almost have to wonder if Howard, I mean, of all places could wind up. I can think of a team that Brady is linked to that needed a tight end desperately, Why not New England? And suddenly the guy Brady should be

thrown too? I mean, hey, Also, anything that Mike Lombardi reports, I have to feel like there's a little Patriots um angle or shade to it somewhere. Then there's no tight ends in this class apparently, so you would think someone would give something for him. Hey, Greg, lest anyone not be aware of it. Could you just remind us what the handsome Lombardi feud was because I'm a big handsome guy too. Yeah. Well, I just I recommend go go back to Twitter. Um, you know, search these these two names. Uh,

haven't Lombardi had a comment on his podcast. He was essentially said, Scott Hanson doesn't know anything, and Scott Hansen shouldn't beginning giving any criticism about play calling or when to call time out. And Scott Hansen just read your little teleprompter and do the news for me because that's where you're at in the world. And Scott did not take it. Well, it was a beautiful thing. Good job by Scott pushing back. I mean seven hours of commercial

free football. Guys, that ain't easy because Michae Lombardi is you know, unimpeachable when it comes to takes on football and getting things right right. Mark sel I, Well, I agree with whatever are the host of our show says like petty tw petty Twitter squabbles, best sporting events. Uh in other news, come out, you know, come back to us, Dak Prescott. Uh, he held a social gathering over the weekend.

There's no nostial gatherings, right, now I don't care. You know, if you keep it under ten over, it's Overton, Just nix it. Everyone else is eating the poop right now, You do too, Mr Quarterback. Anyway, he held a party and Zeke Elliott was also there, and Doc is upset because he thinks it's been blown out of proportion by the media and by idiots like me, saying it wasn't more than ten people, It wasn't out of control, it

wasn't a rager. But Stephen Jones said Tuesday in uh an interview with the Fan in Dallas that he talked to both Prescott and Elliott about not conducting gatherings while most of the country remained under quarantine. Prescott released a statement, Where'd you come down on this? Mark dac angry with him?

You're furious? No, I'm not furious. I think two things that Jane Slater followed up to report that some of the images that showed this sort of swanky, uh you know, bizarre looking party center was actually a local restaurant called Nick and Sam's that she's been to, and they actually took their own photos of the spread. They sent to

dak Um. With all these things, in general, it's like, uh, you know, and I if someone were to from a pr angle, um, examine what I did from age twenty two to twenty eight, it would be a horrific story for the nation to follow along. But in general, like, let's try to stay let's just like not get in

our own way. Um, while the entire country is gripped by the biggest health related news story of our lifetime, and you're Dak Prescott and Zeke Elliott hanging around eating you know, lamb wings or whatever it is they're eating, It's like, just do this. How about we don't know what was on the menu? I might be right, do I have to wings? I have to stop going to my neighbor's front yard every day at five o'clock and sitting eight feet across from each other. You're you're sitting

eight feet across from each other. You're not having a party inside your house, which they're all having dinner at the same table. And he said, than ten people, right, I mean, it's kind of to keep track of the rules and get a handle on severity. When the message is so mixed from leaders at the national, state and cable news levels. Get Dr Fauci telling people that hey, take a swing on Tinder if you need to. He

basically said it on that podcast that we mentioned. If you're if you're willing to take the risk, go down that Tinder avenue. She said, shoot your shot is basically what he said. You know, it's a dangerous time in the quarantine because this is kind of a screw it time, meaning someone might be like, I'm sick of this, screw it, like I'm tired of doing this. I'm gonna have my friends over. I've been doing this for weeks. It's tired,

and I want to see my girlfriend. Whatever it may be, it's sort of the screw it period, And I think maybe that's what Dad got into my question. Why is Dak hosting anything? He shouldn't be hosting. He that means he has to pay for food and drinking everything. There's like six different people on the Cowboys that should be hosting in a party, Zeke should be hosting the Marcus Jalen, all those guys who have been paid. I pictured Dak at his front door charging twenty dollars solo cup to

come in. He's the last guy who should be hosting. They should be hosting him fair right. It's it's not the end of the world, but it's also uh West, Like days after he's out working out with Dez Bryant, everyone's got their arms around each other and at some point, Yeah,

you're young and you make mistakes. Again, it's not the end of the world, but you're also like an example for everyone tracking Dak Prescott in the state of Texas and like, if it's cool that he's just going out like basically living his life as he normally does, the other people think that they can't too. Moving on, let's head to the desert. Greg, I know you like it out there, you know, like a nice and dry like

like Saul Goodman walking out there. I do, I like, uh I, I kind of am like an I like that's the jew and me I'd like at nine degrees and just dry, like give it to me. Heat um, all right? Uh So, Caesar Sports Book released their NFL win totals and playoff odds for all thirty two teams. Greg, since you're good at this, the Patriots open with a

wind total of hit it eight and a half. Well, you told me eight and a half show business maybe, but uh I think on this very show a few weeks ago, Twitter listener get I pointed out, I guess eight and a half, So that was right right about. That's like, you're like the twelve best team in the league. You're on the borderline of a playoff spot. So that seemed about right. Brady's new team, the Bucks open with

a wind total of nine. Very interesting. The two highest wind totals twelve each, the Chiefs and the Ravens, and uh, Kyle, you guess the teams with the two lowest wind totals. It's set it four and a half are four and a half? Um? I mean, I guess you can still look at Cincinnati. The number one pick is gonna do that much? Is it? Um? Is it Miami? It is not Miami. It is a FC South, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Washington Redskins. So not a lot of hope

in the desert. What that tells me is Kyle has been adhering to the NFL's don't gamble on football policy. Smart. I mean, that's that's good. I can't do it. I don't even this over under even what the hell you guys were talking about. I'm not even trod what that means. I'm trying to just play along and be a good guess. But I'm I'm lost right now. You're off the hook. You're just we're not. I'm perfectly adhering to that. My my weight gain has been over under like sixteen and

a half pounds over the last month. That's where I know. I'm all right. Let's uh, you know, let's get in, I know, get that club gear on. Hopefully it's still fits because we're heading into click the Kicker club. Let's go, all right, The Dallas Cowboys have a competition. Guys kay for bath already on the roster, Cowboys bringing Greg zir Line on a three year contract and uh, first thought two words West when their line comes in, your first

thought on Kai four about two words? Not guysky freakin he caught, he gone freak KaiA hashtag freak high and uh, hey, you know that is that is the situation. But guess what everyone thinks that their line is the favorite zir lines he's speaking out on it. Well, first I wanted here's the quote from zir Line on the Kicker competition. Ideally I win. Okay, but Ricky, you use that other thing I sent you now could sound like this. Ideally I win I just that's how I imagine dragged the

leg It's incredible production value here. I'm I'm going away. When I saw the wired headphones, I figured you guys won't have anything. This is really good though. I like that we're talking kicker. Any we do talk kickers on the network, I get made fun of. I really I like talking kickers because you pick the right shopdown all the time. But it's like they're the ones that put people in the Hall of Fame. They're the ones put people in the super Bowl. Every time I try to

bring it up, I get laughed at this. This is I feel at home. I feel at home, especially at club. You pick the right you pick the right show, Kyle, because let's head let's head back into the club. Your thoughts West, Who do the cowboys think they're kidding here? This competition? They give one guy guaranteed millions, a former all pro to come in and take the job and Kai for Bath people have what ten kicks for them last year as some kind of, you know, token of loyalty.

They're letting him do the cut. If you want to be loyal to Kai for Bath, set him free, let him go kick for someone else. Line your kicker. I feel like if there's if there's one truism of any kicker battle, if a team gave any guaranteed money, if you gave even fifty dollars to one kicker, he's winning the job. They gave Greg zero Line a million dollars guaranteed, it's over. There's no there's no chance than Kyle I see, is that this is the right show for you to join.

You have a child? Yeah, my son comes in quietly every time. We don't like him, Speaker. But Walker, what's up? Walker? How you doing? Bud? You like kickers? Walker? Walker? Do you like kickers? You're a big fan of kickers and too, you know, the the field goals and whatnot, whatnot. Cat's got his tongue here, you know. Will you? Will you guys indulge my kicker fetish just in doing around the horn? Did you do? You guys each have an all time favorite kicker in the NFL. Just give me one. Give

me I do just School Brown's fan. I'll go Matt Barr, who when I would get annoyed when he would you know, Flubb the occasional kick, very reliable, um good kicking family. Matt Crossbar all right. I mean, I'm a Patriots fan. It'd be it'd be a little weird to say anyone but Adam Vinitary. So I'm not sure. I feel like the most overrated kicker of the twenty one century, a fellow lefty like me, David Acres of the Eagles, who would there were years where he was getting a hundred

fifty points every year. Justin Tucker is the best player in the league if you factor in how much better he is than anyone else. That's his competition. Like you, they like Justin Tucker is better at kicker than like Julio Jones is at wide receiver. That's what you're saying, and I agree with you. That's where my guy. My guy grown up as a Bears fan in the eighties was Kevin Butler. I loved Kevin Butler, but I really fell in love with the guy who when my first

ever Fantasy championship. Do you remember in the mid two thousand's, what a heater Jeff Wilkins Fantasy points a week? It was so awesome. So I love Wilkins. Love you, my man. Wherever you are, all right, we're staying in the club, because yes, you're very lucky man. We're now going to do a quick draft breakdown of who you need to know about from the kicker position. Hit the music again.

Ricky the number one prospect. By the way, COVID nineteen hasn't shut down the boot factory operating the Peach state right now. Because you got Rodrigo's blanketship from Georgia. We got Tyler Bass from Georgia Southern. Both guys that could go um and day three. I'm not saying anybody's gonna go Day one or two, but day three blanket Ship. He's a heavy favorite to be the first kicker off the board. UH top rank kicking Proscope, backed by a

majority of draft experts out there. He's got a big leg, hits six of nine kicks from fifty plus last year, drilled a fifty five yard against Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl. UH touchback Machine. Bass is a nice player, a nice prospect. Keep an eye on him. He did really well on the in the UH Senior Ball. Now I want to throw a couple of more guys out there. Ricky Aguayo, the brother of Roberto Aguayo. He had his own night on the Energy for this. Yeah, he had his own

career at Florida State. Not as celebrated. He also had uh some fights with flat bros. Remember that. And there was a turtle that that didn't make it out of him. But he is um. He is in the mix this year. Also speaking about a Vinetiari, Chase Vinettieri had a South Dakota State at the same school. Uh that Adam went. Chase is the son of Chad Vincierry, Adam's older brother. He's a quality kicking prospect. Uh. He went to u

c l A right in our backyard here. Keep an eye on him, maybe as an undrafted free agent, maybe as a Mr Irrelevant. Just keep your eye. I mean, the Patriots drafted their last hicker in the fourth round. They're not They're not shy. And please tell me you have like a Vladimir Janikowski coming down the pipeline. Is he also in the bloodline? Because the way this is going, I feel you're about to drop that on ut. I love to have that. I don't know if Sebastian procreated,

but he could have a family member. Nobody's popped up yet. And just one more for you, Greg. Chase attended Super Bowls thirty six and thirty eight when Adam made game winning field goals. He was in the stands. I mean the man Adam hit uh kick in the snow to close down the stadium to start the greatest dynasty in sports history on the top. And and and don't forget out of minit undrafted. I believe he played in the World League before getting getting his shot. All right, Now, that

was a trip to the kicker club. That was That was a long one. So we can gather in that club and discuss kickers. But we're killing Dak Prescott for having a few people over for well that's fair. We haven't yet put in the testing procedures that are necessary, but we just like the party with the kickers. All right, moving on, that's what's happening in the news. All right,

how do you want to get into this? Uh, Kyle, I want you to maybe take the reins here, uh and uh take us through where your headspace is at. Something that was important enough to you, something that's really never happened in all my years doing the show. When I talked to a guest that's coming on, you reached out to me and said, there's something we need to talk about. Let's let's get into it. There's a great

wrong that needs to be made right. Um. When we started Good Morning Football in twenties six team, we started doing a segment that we called the Nerd Bowl, and the Nerd Bowl was, in essence, a trivia contest where we would take Schreeger and he would go against a producer or a statistician or someone like that. Nerd a term of affection that you love football so much, you're a nerd for it. And Peter was tearing everybody apart and he would always beat them. I always be at them.

So we went to Houston. We went to Houston before the infamous Patriots Falcons Super Bowl, and we did a live show in front of a live audience, and our stick that day was We're gonna do a Nerd Bowl, and Peter is gonna say, I'll take on anybody in this crowd. They can come out of the crowd right up here, right now, and I'll take on anybody. While we had a plant. It was a plant, yes was.

It was on this podcast right now. And his name was Chris Wesley, and he came up and he was an incredibly good sport and what ensued was the most terrible disastrous segment and any any show ever that's ever been done in history. We we pitched this as Schreeger and Wesley know everything. They are expert, they know every little detail of football. We proceeded to ask them like twelve turkey questions, and I don't know if they got any of them right here. Every single one was wrong

without audio. Go ahead, that's the low hanging proof. What was that second one? Chris? But we don't want to play the questions here, Dan right, so he's gonna know it. Unfortunately, I have to call time when you we gotta move the nerdball fast, Peter, would you like to steal? I don't know. Honestly, I'm gonna guess I'm gonna tak a random get you to shun Dulton. I don't think he Actually, we're not not right, Peter. Wait to show a game

in Houston. It's Courtney Upshaw. You can hear the frustration, uh in in your voice there. The segment just wasn't seeing Kyle. The God Morning Football staff still talks about that segment about how terribly produced it was. And let me make it clear, the questions were way too hard, way too hard? Or were they we're gonna find out today. I have in my hand the actual questions that Straeger and Wesley were asked on that fateful day in January.

Get ready for like who made the game winning field goal in week four of a nineteen eighty three game. These are the questions that you're producer, and Chris, there was no fault of your own because in my house we talk about this segment too, and we talk about the Good Morning Football staff and the esoteric R Kane nature of these questions, which trevia is supposed to be fun, This is really trivial, Like nobody cares about any of these questions. Who brings it up? When you talk about

it in your home west? Do you bring it up our Kisa? Just good time friends? That damn segment. It's a black eye on our show. So, guys, here's what I'm gonna need right now. I'm gonna need to contestants that are gonna get the same questions that Chris and Peter got. I will ask them who wants to play? Chris, You're ineligible, but the other three who wants to play? I'd love to try? All right? Dan, you're in Dan?

And who do we got? Guys, who's the sean. It's I assume I'm gonna come out looking if if Wes and Shraeger can't get any I just feel like I've got nothing to lose. Greg. Maybe we can each go halfway, but I I'll throw It's gonna be Dan versus Mark and Greg. I need you to help me keep scoring a lifeline. How about Gregor's life? I got indexed encyclopedia. Here we go, Lifeline. The first question, and this is the same question that that we asked on that day.

I love you, got the music? We buzzy? How is this going to? This is just for Dan. This is just for Dan. You you got an opportunity to steal Dan hands is Now let me preface this. All of these questions. Remember remember it's January and they're all about the Falcons and the Patriots. They're all based on them. Here we go, Dan hands. Is your question when Atlanta last defeated New England in n which Falcons tight end caught two touchdown? Ounce I'm gonna say Algae crumpler. That

is incorrect. Mark, would you like to steal? Not particularly like do you have any guests? Now? I want to point out this is one of the only questions that Chris got right. So, Mark, you have no guests. Falcons tight end two touchdowns against the Patriots. It was not aljum Jack Robertson. That is incorrect. Neither one of you guys get the point. Chris, what is the real answer? I believe it's O. J. Santiago. Yes it is, and that that's that's that's impressive on its own, all right,

So that was the one that Chris got. Now your next question, Mark for you. Name the only Patriots to win a Super Bowl as a player and later as a coach with a different team, A head coach, a coach, assistant coach's stop clarifying, just answer all right, um wow, I feel good about this one too. Okay, Dan feels like he's gonna steal if you don't get it right. He won the Super Bowl as a Patriot player and then won a Super Bowl as a coach with another team, The only one to do it. Who is it? I

don't know, You've got nothing, Dan, would you like to steal? No? I actually got it. No, I had it next step in my head. But I was gonna say Pepper Johnson. But that's not That's not it. Greg, do you have a guess? I should know that, but I don't. The answer my friends Peter Straeger that day guest Don Hasselback, which is wrong? Westling guest Raymond Barry, which is wrong? The answer is Larry Izzo. Yes, did you guys not know that? It makes sense? When I hear the answer?

Is there a sense of vindication washing over you? Is everyone else stumbles here? This is going exactly how I remember it? All right? I mean, how did they TV and we can't get out of it? How did they think that Don Hasselbeck won a Super Bowl or Raymond Barry as a member of the Patriots, But they didn't even Seger is a proud man. When you go to commercial break after the segment bombs and West is a good sport and you and you send West off? Is

Schreeger steaming? Does he does? He? Is he saying you guys made me look bad in front of Peter was probably berating me on the staff for making a question cut that from this. No, don't all right? Next question like that? You thought about how to answer that? Um going into the super Bowl. If he throws two interceptions in the Super Bowl, Tom Brady will tie, which quarterback for the most playoff interceptions in NFL history. Interesting, it has to be a guy that played a ton a game.

It's most likely who played many playoff games. Was airing it out a lot, would have some games. I don't think the he's a great quarterback, so I don't think he had a lot of messy games. But he played so many. I'll say, Jim Kelly, that is not correct. Would you like to steal Mark? I would Um, I'm gonna go Peyton Manning. That is also not correct. This is my point here. Chris at the time guest Bart Star, which is not right. Straeger guess John Elway, which is

not right. The answer is Brett Farve. Guys, most playoffs. We're just bottoming out here and we're gonna crescendo. I'm not gonna kill that question. That question was reason. It's not a bad question, not a bad all right. How about this? How about just a really simple one. This is very simple. There's no time history. Here we go, guys. This is for you. Mark. Where did Falcons wide receiver and return man Eric Weens play college football? Um, I

will go University of Georgia. That is incorrect. Dan, would you like to steal Eric Weens you know such a a be googling there, Dan Household Google. That's the way he's building this up. Google. We've done too many shows together. The dance starts acting. I think it was that. Then Cookman was Wow. Yes he went to Google Cookman. Yes, the answer is Bethune Cookman. With the sleight of hand

hands us. Remember that you remember that Eric Williams went to Bethun Cookman because at the time you guessed Eastern Michigan and Steger guest Acron. Did you do you remember Bethun Cookman. I do not remember that. That is an impossible question. I mean time kind of matter. Bethune Cookman. We're gonna do this show four years. I'm not gonna ask again. Um should we crescendo now with the lightning round?

All this is is six very fast, irreverent questions, and whichever of the two of you says the answer first gets the point. Okay, are you guys ready? These questions are not capable of bringing lightning. We'll find out here we go. Lightning Round be gins. What is Vic Beasley's jersey number, which Patriot, at the time of seventeen had climbed Mount Kilimanjaro Amadola. Chris Chris Long is correct. We got a point in honor of Keanu Neil name any

kianu Reeves movie Speed Speed is correct? What is the what is the name of the single off of Dion Sanders rap album must be the Money correct? In retirement Drew Bledsoe has started a business? Is correct? And the last one. What is the signature color of the do It Yourself Superstore founded by Arthur Blank? Orange? Orange? Is correct? Westley, Oh my god, she couldn't help. And you know what's funny at the time, all three or three years ago

Westland also got orange. That that is perfect for you, brother, Through it Yourself, my man? So that do we learn anything? Speed? I might have pulled the Bellichick to get but I'm not sure. Are we counting Bethune Cook? Well, let's bring it. Let's also take it back to what was Wes's reaction coming off the stage, because and now I am having a vague memory of asking him hours later when we first saw him for the day, how did that g

m FB segment go? And you're, well, I think my initial reaction was dejection, Like I beat myself up quite a bit for not doing well, And then I thought about it for what I was like, those are the worst questions? Terrible? Can you whoever question should not hold a job? Kyle? How about this? And you feel free to shoot this down. But we have our own trivia game called when West's Toaster. Put a lot of care

into the questions. Sometimes those don't pass the smell test with West either, But I think in general the truck track record is good. What if and hopefully there is a Super Bowl? Uh? What if you guys did a rematch here and uh and it was Westling Schreeger and we we were able to work with you to come up with the questions and fantastic. I can't wait to do it. It's a great idea and we get to be in the rogues gallery watching the whole thing go down.

Of course, yes, absolutely, Westling, you up for it. It's more about you. I was going to say, I choose not to run. But if Kyle's coming up with the questions, I assume he may have come up with the original ones. But I assume whoever it was has been uh eject or seated out of NFL network by now, and it no longer works in football or any they were with entertainment. They were left in Houston. As I recall, I didn't even demanded where the answer. The answer was Cornelius Bennett.

We had a Cornelius. There was a Cortney up shot answer to according to the clip, we answered and we had multiple weems questions. It's ridiculous, I think, as I call hearing the story behind the scenes, that Schreeger ripped up the return tickets for each of the people on the production team for getting on the plane. If Kyle is Straker, Kyle is the impressario here, I'm in respect. We'll do it. We'll do it a February God Willing

in Tampa, floor and well West. The reason it's good that we're going to be involved to we want to protect you and protect your brand because you represent us brand. Yeah, thank you for that. If I'm worried about my brand for a while. All right there it is, well, Kyle, you have said it all. You've you've come on the show for the first time. It was overdue and as everyone expected. You know, you did it all. You said it all, and you hit a home run. Thank you.

We talked, We talked to Brian Allen, the player apparently is on the rams. We I met, I met a young Rosenthal. Um we got to talk about some softcore and so I mean like that checks all the boxes from us. Thank you so much. Just an absolute trip to be with the heroes, and thank you, thank you. I should say that our our friends over at Rocket Mortgage,

thank you for supporting our program. Yes, I know they named their company after Rocket is Mail and who was the childhood hero of my So I'm very very excited to hear that. Thank you, total kids, Matt Kyle. So, good morning football back. Yes, good morning football will be back. Draft week live TV from the basements. Uh, somehow, some way we will land on the moon. So please watch us. And will this be the background? Will it be the

Princeton or they too corporate to let that happen. They might be it's too corporate for them, too toolish for me. I'm gonna be up all night tonight thinking of tapestries and sketch your drawings or anything that's better than this. Let mean look at me, come on Caro tapestry album. So thanks for joinings, Kyle. This is Danny Ans signing up for the Quiet Storm, The Mailman, the Old Boss Rick Hollywood and the great Child Brent June in Friday Twitter Show Live SA