Cowboys-Titans Recap + Week 17 Odds & Ends (with Ricky Hollywood)

is this song new? Do you? Guys? I haven't listened to a single episode, so I don't know if this is how we start the show now or yeah, this looks only like episode of this show, um, where we've used the song every week since the first week of September. But wait to tell yourself right off the bat. But that's I mean. Erica didn't really listen to the show when she was the producer of it, so I would not listen to it too many times. I listened to it live and then I had to go back and

listen to it again. I I had my fill for sure, Ricky, I understand that. Can you imagine listening to any of our episodes twice? Um? How are you? Erica? How is like? And I know you can't say everything you want to say about your time with the Rams right now because it's been a tough year in l A. But do it anyway. No, I definitely can't, especially since since we're live. No, No, it's been. It's been amazing. I'm really happy. You know a lot of people are like, oh, the record has

been tough. It is hard, um, of course, Like and it does make my content a little bit more limited, like you know, the players McVeigh. Everyone's not super like hey, like Eric's up to her dumb s h I t again, Like they're like, hey, we just got blown out for the fifth time in a row. Like no one wants to talk. Um. So that's been. That's been a little tough,

but everything else like it's really it's just awesome. Like I was like getting a coffee the other day and like Cooper cups behind me waiting to get his coffee and I'm like, well, the coffee is pouring, Like should I move and like let him go? But I'm like the coffee is already here coming out of the machine, you know what I mean. So it's like stepped on his foot and resprained his ankle and nobody he was like, he was like please just like crush this right now.

And I was like, just this woman hurt a bit, Coop. I love it. I could see right now we have the live stream, viewers are excited to see Eric again Eskimo Pizzas missed you so much. Ricky, you sassy legend. I thought like sassy was reserved for the likes of Jack Kay from two to seven fame, but apparently crosses overall culture barriers when someone's as sassy as Erica, No

you got you gotta be a little sassy. I think if if I would describe the three of you, the world and West too, sassy fits you guys like you guys know when to sass back. You know what I mean? I think you sassy all right? Ricky is um. Yes, it works for the Rams and it's great to have her back, and she's going to be the centerpiece of the episode a little bit later. I think you know what that means if you are a fan of the

Friday Fund Show. We're gonna get to some fearless predictions. Oh, I forgot to tell Erica you need to give us a fearless prediction for Week seventeen. At the end of the episode, I gave you a little bit of a runway to plan for that so there you go. Um uh. It involves the Rams winning against the Chargers in Ram's House,

with the Chargers hopefully resting most of their starters. Yeah, baby, the slugfest in the South sid Uh we're going to yes, have some listener feedback, of course, and uh we start as we always do. Oh. Of course the injury minute with Greggy very important ahead of the penultimate week of the regular season. But first let's wrap up the first game of Week seventeen, the final Thursday night football Reaca

al Michael's is still at Moonshadows. Here comes second down seven, Prescott back looking left, throwing it in the back of the end zone for Schultz. Want a grab touchdown, Dalton Schultz. Oh what a grab by Dalton Schultz. Is second touchdown of the night. Brad sham the sham, but God, shamn God with the call. The Cowboys had a layup on Thursday night. Yes, they were on the road, but they're facing a Titans team that had nothing to play for

with their season all about Week eighteen against the Jaguars. Uh, and they took care of business. After a bit of a sloppy first half, Dak Prescott through for two eighty two and two touchdowns to Dalton Dawson Schultz. Dalton Schultz can't talk today. And that was enough for the Cowboys to take care of the Titans seven to thirteen. That's six wins in seven games, Mark scesslor for the Cowboys, uh to take care of business. Yeah, I mean, it

was what a delectable evening of football. And I actually watched this game, um in real time, which stunts even myself because I believe I told you Thursday that I was gonna hard skip this and watch it on the forty minute version. But I thought, that's not what I'm when I what I want to do when I wake up. So I observed it, and I thought the Cowboys, I don't know. I mean, I think they wanted to get out of town as quick as possible, and it was

made a little bit tougher than planned. I mean, I think ideally they you know, You're sitting in Tony Pollard to be up twenty four nothing at half and Dac throws two picks. I think you know one of them is I blame on Dak. The other came out of the hands of a tight end. But the turnovers have been an issue for Dak Prescott. The other thing I think the biggest takeaway from me with the Cowboys is

they lost their starting center. I hate that they have to rotate guys, and now they've been using Jason Peters. It's like more of a swing tackle. He could have to participate play left tackle full time. Now. I think that is a what is the what is the injury update on? I mean, I think they I think someone set a high ankle spraining Tyler Biades and right they're hoping maybe he can return for the playoffs. It's one of those it's tough to know. M hmm. I don't.

I don't think it's like that injury is a problem and it's gonna make them sit players next week, as they should. Anyways, if the Eagles win on Sunday, which they will against the Saints, the Cowboys have nothing to play for next week. So that makes Commanders Browns. I know there's a little bit of a side tangent, but coming off last night, Commanders Brown's to me, is like the biggest game in the NFC wild card race, because if the Commanders win that, then they'll probably get the

Cowboys sitting down and get that last spot. But I thought last night was like a good night for them. People get a little carried away with their turnovers. Doc is playing very well. They sat Pollard because they could afford to sit Pollard. To Marcus Lawrence was like wrecking shop. Michael Parsons is out there with like one hand and he still somehow gets like a fumble recovery with one hand, which was kind of awesome. And t Y Hilton looks

good like. I love the fact that t Y Hilton is a guy now and he was supposed to be. I mean, this was supposed to be Odell Beckham hypothetically a month and a half ago, and that never came to fruition and to pivot to Hilton, which I think is essentially what they did. That's looking very smart right now. Yeah, I don't know. I think Dallas never seemed to be concerned. I'm trying to think about exactly zad he said coming

out of the half when Mike McCarthy was interviewed. Um, I think he was just like he made a comment like, yeah, we gotta knock this out or something whatever the way he used to describe it, is like nobody was taking the ten six score seriously. Obviously with Josh Dobbs and and Derek at quarterback and Derrick Henry on the bench, just was never going to be a game They're gonna lose. It does uh, But the fact that they did take care of business, that's fine. Good job by the Cowboys.

You hope to get out of there without injuries, you don't, but nothing too devastating. Um, I do have a thought. Well, I want to save the thought because it's kind of post not about the game itself. Does anybody else have anything about the game they wanted to share? How about Dobbs himself? Do you think I would start Dobbs next week?

And I think they will. I think they will because I think, like clearly, I think Frabel has sort of verbalized this for weeks that Malik willis like there's a little bit of potential there, but is the it is just not ready. He's too raw, he's not ready for this. And Dobbs, if anything, um, he's he's been in the league since seventeen. He just looked like and he looked composed at least, and he and I thought he made

some throws. I mean, he's not perfect. You're in a bad situation, but I mean, you can roll with Dobbs next week and see what happens. I think Malik Willis to me, let's check him out next year. I mean this is he is not ready. What do you think? I totally agree. Dobbs gave them life to I mean the offense that they had a passing game without Ryan Tannehill,

which they haven't had. Dobbs finished with two thirty two yards passing, which Bryan Tannehill has only done in half the games he's played this year, and Malik Willis hasn't even topped a hundred in a game. This is almost Malik Willis's total for the season, appearing in seven games, and just jobs did in one night. So yeah, he had his um receiving weapons healthy. Malik Willis didn't always but he was playing with four backup offensive alignment and

still only took two sacks. He had two fumbles through an interception, lost one of those fumbles. He had a couple other throws that could have been interceptions that make you kind of, you know, hold your breath, but at least he was moving the ball. He hit a deep she He had three completions over of over thirty yards, which you know, we haven't seen that in the Titans offense for a while. How's the tension here between Um, former producer Justin Graver and Ricky? Are you like, are

you proud of what Justin has done in your absence? Erica? Oh, I'm so. I'm so proud. I think it's it's amazing and there's there's absolutely no tension whatsoever. I'm excited. No, I did. I honestly felt for him last night watching

this game. I was like, Oh, they have to single this game out for you know, a series of time, aside from a normal recap show, which is just you know, you guys kind of I would have liked the Cowboys to put this away way faster, like go going into the half, I was just like, are they gonna actually get into gear? If they're this team that they keep saying that they are and that people think that they are.

I thought to Hilton, look great, dak Um. I just felt like the offense, even with Zeke, he wasn't really getting a lot of of yards, which I guess that's that has to do with the Titans defense, of course, but it just the second half took too long to get there. You know what, I'm saying, like, when they went into the first half, I'm like, who are these the Cowboys that are playing against Titans backups that we've been talking about is like finally making a playoff run

and being this team. I would have liked to see more in the iris half. I hear that, Ricky, I hear that. But you know, like Zeke for instance, we now know at this stage of his career he's better as a tandem duo Tony Pollard. You didn't have Pollard in there, And I would say the only thing that in terms of concern I would have is, yeah, the Dack turnovers three and one half. He can get away

with that stuff, um right now. But there's some there's some big time teams in the NFC that I think are better than the Cowboys that they're gonna run into in the playoffs. And even if they run into a team like say the Packers, uh, that's how you lose a game. You turn the ball over, you give team short fields, you're getting, you get behind. They have to play clean football. Um, they're not. They're not running into

anyone good in the first round. They're running into the NFC South champion, no matter what but they are locked in point like you don't. I watched this Cowboys team and I think when they're good, they're explosive and you can see it. But do I trust them to win three road playoff games? Of course? Um, if they're gonna turn the ball over like this, I don't know. They

haven'toff game in like thirty years. So even playing a NFC South champion, like I personally, I'm gonna go into that game with some trepidation, like show me Dallas that you're not gonna lay an egg now that you're going against the Titans quarterback who's been there less than a week, and it's it's dobbs. I mean it's not you know, superstar Baker Mayfield coming in on only twenty four hours

of practice, Like you know what I'm saying. If this is if this is the team Monday Night football, I have, yes, Baker is very very what's the vibe? What's oh? Yeah? Yeah? No, I go, I go, hey, Bake, And are you taller than him? No? But that is absurd. No, No, he's a he's a beefy boy. Mark. If that answers your question, And now you're talking Marks language, I know, here's my poem, my non game related thought. Um, I think uh and

Greggy you're plugged in on these matters. But as a as the Thursday night football schedule wraps up the first year with Amazon, which paid a buttload of money obviously to get the slate of games, and some of the games were good and somewhere leaky as al Michael said. And the way this season end, it ends in a week seventeen game where one of the teams doesn't even have anything to play for and is resting their their players.

Just no jews. My prediction for the near future of the NFL is you're gonna see like a c change in the flexing of all these primetime games because there's so many there's so much money now involved with the networks and the streamers in terms of how they're paying the talent um on top of everything else that goes with it, that these networks and streamers are gonna feel like they have some leverage. And I think we're gonna

see some form of Thursday night flexing. Uh. I know it's harder on a shorter week, but they'll maybe there's a more of an advance to it. Maybe you have to do it a month in advance or something, and certainly Monday Night and Sunday Night will continue. I just see that becoming more of the thing based on the dollars, follow the money. Yeah, I think we just got bad luck, Like all the prime time schedules did. Like these Rams

games were highly sought after. This Cowboys Titans game might have been the most sought after, seemingly like the safest game on the entire t NF schedule. Because the Titans a never evo losing record, it was hard not to think about the last time they were on t NF, the night when Mark Sessler jumped on the Titan bandwagon,

and they have not won a single game since. But yes, t n F, I think it's gonna feel like kind of the ugly step sister here they are flexing Monday Night starting next year, and uh, I think t NF is, you know, unfortunately for Amazon and now and Kirk gonna be like the third explosive to the Titans bandwagon. Yeah. I didn't intend to, but I think that's exactly what happened. Dan, I had the same thought, like you, you probably need to give teams um a long runway to schedule or

reschedule a Thursday night game. But the league in general is acting things that aren't competitive, Like it took a long time, but the Pro Bowl checkulator, I mean, we're flexing everything else in last night's game. I mean on the fact that beyond the fact that it drove certain fantasy heads nuts, and that's beyond my concern. But like it's just sitting out there as an island game with

zero consequence. And I think the NFL is, like, our product is far too dominant to even suggest that we'd be spending Friday talking about that game versus something else they could have put in. But you looked at it a month ago, you wouldn't have changed this game. That's the problem. Stuff sneaks up on you in the last time.

I agree Greggy about the bad luck side of it, But I just wonder if the amount of money involved with these deals, if they're gonna start asking in the negotiations for more protection, and whether the NFL pushes back and says, no, we can't, We literally can't help you

on Thursday night. That's part. Maybe that's that wins in that debate, But I would imagine, like Amazon, whoever the next bidder involved is down the line is gonna say, we don't you know, we're not gonna pay Al Michael's and Kirk herb Street a trillion dollars and pay a bazillion dollars for this package to get the worst game of the week in terms of consequential nature. Anyway, Well, you can also save money on like the cop that they put up there to keep Kirk hurt speaking like

awake during the game, like he's taking naps. I mean, I don't like it. He's I mean, he's just fine. He's good, but he's just like it's not his favorite sport, college football is, and it's like his fourth job. Like I want someone brings a little more enthusiast. They always talk about that too. Al Michael's just like and then tomorrow you're off to here and then Saturday and like it's like okay, like let's get back to the game. He's like, oh, and then how do you do it?

You're just like, I think Ricky, Ricky hit the nail on the head there. I think it's telling that at the end of the telecast, and it's like her, it's like, al you know, watched and listened to you for years it's been such an honor. You're such a pro. And then and I was like, yeah, you're so busy anyway, all right, let's check in with the viewers on the live stream. What you got for us with Ricky Hollywood. Harvey White asks has Erica's Patriots fandom been tossed to

the waist side? I like that, it's the wayside. Uh now she's working for the Rams. Um. No, The answer is no. The answer is I have had to take a step back with maybe tweeting about like, you know, taking a bunch of viagora to watch the game and the cold weather and and stuff like. I have to be a little bit more forward facing. I'm still watching every game, still following mac Daddy on Instagram and all

those types of types of things. Excuse me, mac Daddy said, Yeah, he's he's my boy, um, and he's fine, And you guys have been way too hard on him this year. I don't think he's going anywhere. Um. But that being said, I do have to, you know, be a little bit more kind of choosy with my words, which has been an adjustment for me. Um for for sure. But yeah, every like video Dan, the you know you were on

Rocky's Ram Jam this week and we were talking. I went on YouTube to look at the comments and even one of them was like Patriots bandwagon or like it's been a year now and everyone, even Rams fans are like, oh hey after Patriots. I'm like, I'm not even I'm not talking about them. I'm not bringing them up, like let me live. But no, it's been great. Let the Ricky live. I agree. What's next? Dylan R? Why is Mark allowed to have a cat in his cell? Again?

I think people, Mark, let me answer this one for you and then you could you could uh follow up as you're a court representative. Um, this is not a like a state penitentiary, Marcus, not in Rikers. This is a country club outside of Greenwich, Connecticut. Uh, it's a work release. He's allowed to come to l A on Sundays and Tuesdays and Thursdays, uh Fridays through Saturdays. He spends uh in the country club correctionals facility. He plays tennis,

and yes he has a feline. Mark anything to add there. Yeah, it's a controlled environment, but um, it doesn't control any of my impulses. I'm allowed to do whatever I wish and uh I would suggest it for an adult. It's a great it's a great situation. And Mark, I am working. I am working with authorities and the district attorney to see what I could do about your case in terms of appeal. Right now, it's a pretty air airtight case against you. The evidence is overwhelming. But I'll continue to

fight it until my legal recourse is exhausted. Do I seem like I'm in a rush to exit this facility? I think you love it there? What else have we got, Mark, Farisi Uh, Greg, this one's for you, best and or most intriguing landing spots for Derek car Everyone's staying the Jets right off the bat. You know what feels right is the Washington Commanders. He just just feels like two sides that need each other and he would he would

make them better. He he is the he is the like quarterback that makes sense to just make them respectable. That's a good one. Yeah, the Jets makes sense. I think the the Jimmy Garoppolo thing, as much as I would be lukewarm on it, just because the connections with Michael floor Uh and San Francisco and what they're I think they're looking for in a quarterback, Garoppolo. He makes sense for the Jets, but I don't know if I

would which I would rather have Car. Put it that way, Robert Tanaka asks me, what that QB makes the most sense to be the Jets QB in twenty three? Yeah, I like I just said, I think Aroppolo makes sense. I think Car makes sense. Because you were kind of answering, it was a good follow up question. I would love like to kick the tires on Matt Stafford if that

was potentially thing, but maybe it's not. Aaron Rodgers is kind of a fun idea, but I wouldn't want to give up a ton of resources to to see there. And I want to bring back there. I want Gino back as the Gina, and I'm fine with Gino Geno the future this weekend and then everyone brings Zina back. The one thing that that is a lot of fun to think about, and um, I don't know what to

make of it. But like, if Tom Brady ever wanted to come back to the a f C East and exact some revenge on Bill Belichick with a really good Jets roster, that would be interesting and fun. It happens he's going to Vegas, and so is Gronk's Tom Brady. Like, I think tom Brady and Belichick are still linked by the one unending fact that they both hate the Jets

with everything inside of their beings. So I don't see that it's tom Brady's final season, I know, But wouldn't it be so delicious that he joined the Jets to stick it to Belichick? You know, I love to watch it, but I want to know what their relationship is. I think it would be very put it this way to be very telling if that ever happened, it won't what else It's like some fan fiction stuff here. Well, yeah,

like Robert Salid getting fired that was being reported. I'm telling you, show me one local reporter, Greggy, that's reporting that Robert. I asked them. I asked, you can guess the reporters at our network whether it would be possible, and they said a non zero chance. So that's all. Okay, we'll keep dreaming. But Lee West, if you were a Giants GM, would you keep Daniel Jones or Barkley? Marky Barkley.

I would be willing to move on Barkley at this point. Um, Daniel Jones I think is a tough assessment because I think other teams would want him, but like for me, it just boils down to what else you can have, because I think Daniel Jones just has a ceiling that feels pretty tangible, and he's been coached up well this year, but it's not someone I'd invest a lot of money and I'd take him on like a short, manageable deal.

But actually, I think it's a problem for all these quarterbacks that there's too many of them available this year, like for Gino, for Daniel Jones, not for Brady as much, Jimmy G's out there, Mike White, Donald Baker, Teddy Dalton, Jacoby Brissett, Like it's just I know those aren't guys you all want to be, like a franchise quarterback, but without much competition, I think it's gonna hurt the guys like Gino and Danny Dimes. Jacob triplet Esque, what has

happened to Gino and the Hawks lately? Is there a way for them to turn it around in the last two weeks. I'm glad that Jacob asked this question because it's gonna happen sometimes, and it's very meaty narrative. Jet Season I know we did a lot of Jets stock in the preview yesterday. Let's talk a little Seahawks side of where they're at right now. What do you think, Ricky as someone that saw saw the Seahawks. I I have my doubts that they can suddenly turn on a dime.

But Tyler Lockett is probably playing this week, I think, which really helps. I don't think Gino has been playing that poorly, so they could maybe outscore the Jets. They are out of it in yeah, I I agree. I don't think they're necessarily out, but I don't think that

they're gonna turn it around either. And also this last season, you know Week eighteen game the Rams going up to Seattle, that was a game that the Rams really felt like that was when we sort of started turning the tide and when McVeigh was even like, you don't want to celebrate moral victories, but that game against the Seahawks really, you know, the Rams should have won. So I do think with this new momentum and everything that that's going and if the Rams can play like they played against

Denver even this weekend against the Chargers. With Bobby Wagner back in Seattle for the first time. I do feel I do feel strongly that this team has been kind of working towards this pinnacle and the Rams like, of course, yes, I'm drinking the kool adum there every day. I want to believe in this. But I really do feel watching the Rams Seahawks game to have them play again after the way the last month of Rams football been going,

I could see them hopefully beating beating the Seahawks that week. Um. Gino, by the way, was asked about if he wants revenge against the Jets and has he as he's done all the year. I feel like Gino's, in addition to playing his best football the year, has been very good in the media and and uh and kind of sidestepped it, but and talked like honestly about the I K and Polly jawbreak incident. Um. But Pete Carroll was then asked the same question, like there's anything extra against the Jets

this week? And He's like, well, me and Gino both share a link of you know, things didn't end the way we wanted to with that team, and he kind of left it at that, So I'm sure behind the scenes, Uh, those two guys are looking at to stick it to the Jets and end their season. You know what annoys me about that? That That was like Pete Carroll flamed out with the Jets. I thought he was one of the nicest people on the planning when he was their coach.

Maybe two nice for New York. But Gino Smith did the Jets no great favors when he was there, either the idea that there's this revenge against the Jets because they didn't really they didn't come as advertise, like I don't have patience for that nonsense. Carol's their one year in ninety four. It was the year of the fake Spike. They lost their final five games, and Leon has fired Carol after one year. Hired rich Coe Tight in the first one year and they won six games. That it was.

And the first thing that rich co Tight did when he got the job, Pete Carroll, always a player friendly coach, had put up like a full court um blacktop basketball court on the Jets grounds. And the first thing co Tight did was he paved over that whole thing and got into bit which and then went four and over two years. All right, last question, uh t J Summer Gray Ricky, where's the ring that's that's a good that's a great question. Um, when are you going to commit? Well,

it's it's not. We just got a puppy, so that's a big commitment. No, we just celebrated four years. But I actually got to tell you something. Jet has been playing daily Fantasy with some classmates in school. Right. She's been coming between one and fourth place every week against like two hundred classmates at school. So she has been

so plugged into football this year. I woke up literally yesterday, come out into the kitchen and she's sipping coffee watching Good Morning Football like she like put it on the TV. She she listens to you guys and like watches every social clip Like she's more plugged in to you guys than she listens to anything that I ever do. So that being said, I'm not going to tell you my

plans just in case this gets this gets clipped. Um, but I would just I would say that is a is a going to be a great year for us. I love that, Erica. Can I just say and this is listen, this is spoiler alert. I don't wanna just playing Devil's Advocate here. There's like five like TLC and Beyonce songs about um men who instead of giving a woman a ring, they give him a puppy. Like, at what point, let's let's get off, let's you know, let's get going, Let's get off. Yeah, you're right, Grevers, Like

this show is going long. It's true, it's the season finale, all right, he all right for the last time this season, it's it's about about me when one of us gets the chance to take the floor and share their thoughts and no one interrupts, especially me and Erica Tampos is our guest, Ricky take it away. Okay, So here are my top five NFL storylines that I would have liked to talk about if I wasn't working for a team.

And this is nothing to do. This is all my own thoughts and opinions and has nothing to do with the Los Angeles Rams. So if I was doing a NFL podcast and I could talk about these kind of storylines, this is what I'd want. Number six honorable mention is Zach Milfson. I would have loved to talk about that. Number Five Taylor Heineke getting a new pair of Jordan's

after every win in the losing team Colors. I would have loved to talk about that for Mike McDaniel, just Mike McDaniel, his press conferences, him yelling who talking about cheese this week? Wearing long shorts and walking around practice like totally off beat and with no rhythm to music, Like just a whole corner dedicated to curiosity that lives

within me. About that man. Number three the Lions tweeting out a map of Michigan with the Commander's w UM logo on it after beating them, trolling them for when they accidentally printed the commanders mugs over the state of Washington, which was hilarious. I would love to talk about that if I was, you know, if I would comment on that sort of thing. Don't, um, I don't. And number two, this is this is a story and that really didn't

make major headlines. But there were videos of Cowboys fans after their first win riding a horse into Walmart with the horse tail paint and blue and everything, and it was just like Cowboys fans don't know how to act after winning their first game of the season. Just to juxtapose where we are now and where you know, we're seeing Jerry Jones and like they haven't won a road playoff games since five or whatever. It's just funny, like get off your horse and Walmart. If I had a

comment on that, I wouldn't comment on that. I wouldn't a Number one My top storyline that I would have liked to talk about if I didn't, you know, work for a team would be Russell Wilson. Um in general, just everything from this season, the way he's played, the way to the high knees on the plane to admitting

he schedules his bowel movements. Like I would never dare to comment since you know, I represent a team, and I would never call him cringe e or tired or overdone or just playing mid as the kids say at football. Um it I care you? Are you saying that working for a team prohibits you from talking about another player's bowel movements? Um? I don't think that the Rams would say.

They would say, Erica, you don't need to talk about Russell Wilson's bowel movements, you know, Like, has the have the Rams or anyone from the Rams, you know since you've been there, because you keep talking about having to kind of hem yourself in which I get, But have they have there any incidents where they looked at one of your tweets and said, that's not something that we'd want you to to tweet where you kind of maybe

had to be talked to. Well, yes, it was during the preseason and we were playing the Chargers and there is someone on the Chargers name and his last name is Clap and he I said, Clap he caught it, and they were like, come on it. See I think that adds fund to the game, you know. But they were like, hey, come on, that's like all right, but he caught it. You know you, Greg, did you beautiful? Jab?

Thank you? Would you like that? I think you did a plus work right, just um, just because if Mike McDaniel were to lose six games in a row at the end of the season, and this is an ownership that is also notoriously hard to predict, and they had a yacht and Sean McVeigh and Tom Brady involved in all that, or uh not Sean McVeigh, Peyton, Sean Payton involved. Do you think that Mike McDaniel's job is potentially in danger.

I think there will be some surprise And yeah, that was one that I it doesn't make any sense, but that would be a bad owner move. They literally tried to have Sean Payton and Tom Brady last year and like lost draft picks and money because of it. At this point, it seems like McDaniels proven you wouldn't get rid of him. But would I put it past Steven Ross to do something dumb, because he's done a lot

of dumb things. Not Really, My takeaway is that Dan has not stopped thinking about this Washington Post report that Gregg brought up. I didn't make it. I don't know this for some reason that it didn't say well, because it didn't come from any of the local reporters. Greg is big on like report with your chest out and all this stuff, and and then he's kind of floating this dream scenario of the Jets going into it. It wasn't a dream. I was doing something just the smell

test for me, serious about their sources. I was doing some vital speculation early in the week, and then the Washington Post thing came out, and I was like, Okay, like people, people who know the inside of the Jets building, like the Washington Post. The Washington Post has some reputation attached to it. Yeah, it was our former net NFL Network insider Jason Lock in for who you guys spent

a lot of time within the news in the news room. Well, I'm gonna leave that right there, Greg wow Um, It is time now for the Greg Rosenthal Week seventeen injury Minute, presented by Akrashaw saw Harry Palm's miracle cure formulated by Mark Sessler himself. All right, let's get to it. Lamar Jackson will be out again. This is sad. Claus Campbell and Marcus Peter has also been out of practice for the Ravens. The Giants are gonna have Leonard Williams back

because he's Olari back. Dorry Jackson a game time decision might get Xavier McKinney back next week, so they're getting help here. Tyler Lockett, as I mentioned, has been practicing, so it sounds like he might play in that Jets game. Hayden Hurst is back for the Bills on Monday Night. Mitch Morrise their center, the Bills center rather, is also back. Greg Dulcich, if you've been playing him in fantasy, is probably out for the Broncos. The Raiders quietly like is

sitting everyone. It's not just Derek Carr, but rock Ya Sin there starting cornerback Denzel Perryman is on, I R. Chandler Jones is on, I are like everyone's out for the Raiders now. It's kind of we're gonna what are we doing here? I think they're actually hurt in their case, but I don't know, Like you're you're you're soiling the end of this car relationship to get a look at Jared Stidham and then you're not even giving that could a chance with a real team. What are we doing?

You mentioned mostly defensive guys whatever, So yeah, I I I'm with you. I mean McDaniels knows what Stidham is already though, that's right, I understand. Josh mc daniels is about a tecrety to a tongue of Voloa is officially out. Brad Bradley Chubb is a game time decision in New England. New England looks like they're gonna be down there three of their top four cornerbacks, Jack Jones, Marcus Jones and Jalen Mills and Devonte Parker and John new Smith. Uh.

Not a good time for all these injuries. For the Patriots. Joey bos is practicing. Maybe he'll return this weeker next uh Antonio Gibson's out for Washington Lane, Johnson Avante Maddox out for the Eagles. Christian Watson still hasn't practiced, although they're giving him a chance. Herbs Smith for the Vikings

is practicing again, might return for the playoffs. The Bucks got some good news Donovan Smith and Tristan Worth, their tackles have been practicing, and Derwin James has been limited in practice, so maybe he'll play in that RAMS games. I don't think they're sitting start as Ricky, but I could be wrong. Finally, the one that I'm keeping the eye on the most is Alvin Kamara hasn't practiced because of personal reasons, and he's zeroed out his entire Instagram account,

So I don't know. I'm just looking to see what's going on there. Like there's nothing. Yeah, they asked in a sound about It's like you got to ask Alan Kamara about it. It's like something strange and they're still playing for something. So I'm just going I have no idea, Hey, how do you how do you play wide receiver in the NFL? Like a week after having finger surgery. That seems Tyler Lockey a lot of respect to him if

he plays that game. That sounds painful and dangerous. Yeah, it's see he's still sounds like a game time decision. But who knows. Um. All right, now, before we say goodbye, Ricky, what do you think of the Gregor Zatal minute there? I thought that was that was really great And actually I think you should clip that part out and put it on Instagram because for people setting fantasy lineups like that would have been great to know. Honestly, that's good point.

That's that's a real producer, Greg. Like when I did it once and Greg said, you know, there's a lot more updates that happened because we take this so early, so it's like super incomplete or things change, so it just feels but it's something to watch. And now I know going into Sunday, it's like, oh I Greg said on Friday that Tyler Lockett may like now I'm I'm

tracking this versus just set him Greg. Greg is waiting to see what the Washington Post has to say about any final injury scenarios before going official with the last week's predictions. Mark or this is two weeks ago. Who cares about two weeks ago? It's so long ago, so let's just move on. You missed them all. Just know that, Yeah, we missed them all. All right, let's make our predictions. Greg,

you get us going, baby, all right. I'm weirdly excited about the return of Teddy two Gloves like I'm worried about two as. My prediction is that the Dolphins and Teddy two Gloves put the Patriots out of their misery. Teddy two Gloves with two touchdowns in a win for the Dolphins in Fox I will mind dovetails there. Uh,

we talked about it on Thursday. Just like a lot of funky stuff going on with the Patriots, perhaps behind the scenes, I say Mac Jones gets benched in that very game, Dolphins win due to disciplinary issues, some type of whether whether it's something we see on the field or something in the locker room. At halftime, you're gonna see Zappy in the lineup, and then it's gonna be a big story in the week that fan fiction see if we can both do it. But how about Ricky

what you got? Sorry? I know I gave you about thirty one minutes to prepare this. No, no, no, no, this is good. I've I love the idea of the bucks and Panthers game right this NFC South has been Um, what would let's let's use one of your words moribund this year? And how about Steve Wilkes and Sam Donald the reserve agents? Like, what about sticking the knife into Tom Brady and the Bucks this weekend? I think the Panthers are gonna win and I'm with you the winner

of this game. That's who's hosted a playoff game. Crazy as it sounds, all right, Mark, close it out? Uh, three little items A. A coach is fired Sunday night. Uh, Carson Wentz throws two pick six is not on board with that whole situation. We get another fantime player who will retire by the next Friday Fun Show. Although the next Friday Fun Show is when is that j j Okay? Then let's just say by next Friday at noon, another big time player retires. Beautiful, We'll never be checking whether

these come true? Where never? I mean, Mark, I think you might get the firing coaches one, but I think you're oh for thirty seven on the season so far, so yeah. But when he hits, he hits, we all are basically though, Um, who gets fired on Sunday on Sunday. Well not Robert sal you worry about that. That's what I was gonna say, if it would makes sense. All right, interesting, all right, Thank you to everybody for watching along. Amazing stuff from the live streamers. What do we decide they were?

They were the a the stream of a t L stream. I love that this is the shortest show you guys have done in the history of you know, the thirty years you've been doing this, and I'm having so much fun. I don't want to stop. It's like, wait, you're cutting it at forty minutes. This is great. You said it all. Is there anything else you want to add? I'm just so so happy to see you guys, and I'm so proud of all that you're doing. And I am tracking.

I'm not listening to the episodes. You guys do way too much content for me to keep up with it. But I'm very very proud of you, and I can't wait to see all that brings you guys as well. Love. Happy New Year Year to Erica, Happy New Year to all of the listeners and viewers, and we will see you on Sunday on the other side in remember what you Gotta do? Heed the call