Leaf Blowers, Lamar’s Thumb & NFL Week 10 Picks Breakdown | The Clubhouse 17-17

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I am not alone. Joining me for now is my cohost For now. And a man I need to do me a favor real quick.

Uh-huh. Alex. I got a text message two seconds before we went on air.

Somebody doesn't have the link right. So would you mind texting him with the link for tonight's episode? Sure.

I'd say we just go without him, but that's my call. No. No.

Because he can't say we didn't try. I I don't... I dig.

Like, yeah, you care. I don't. 15 out of 17.

That's all I'm saying. That's all I'm saying. Been on more episodes than he had.

Still can't figure it out. God love him. Oh, we got to make sure we keep it as monosyllabic as possible too.

So don't forget that part. So we're getting the kickoff coming in the NFL Thursday night game. I'm not going to talk about this on air, but I just saw something that maybe was a little unstable.

You have to ask me about later. Okay. And we'll talk about that here in just a minute.

Not a whole lot to talk about in the weekend in college football. I think it's gonna be a big weekend. This weekend, you've got Ole Miss hosting Georgia.

They don't host primetime games. Well, be careful what you wish for. LSU's got a big game this weekend.

Florida will be taking on Oklahoma this weekend. This is where things start to get real. We had our first college football playoff rankings this week.

I put no stock in it because it ain't time yet. But It is getting close to that time though. But I think the world will be watching Notre Dame this weekend because Miami currently sitting at number one, their leading receiver out for the game.

Yeah. I think that just killed people's interest a lot in this game. But I think that the main interest at this point comes from this really is like Notre Dame has to win this game.

They have to if they wanna have any hope of getting into the college playoffs. But we've got a few more weeks before we worry about that, and I've already told Ziggy he's gotta get ready for the bowl special. So Yes.

Let's just go ahead and get into the week that was in the NFL. Lamar Jackson now out again after coming back. I was not sure about him coming back this quick.

Well, honestly, he was supposed to come back earlier than this, but they tried to work it around the bye week. So I don't know what this really is, but it's also an entirely different injury that's now going to require surgery. And there's talks about them being shut down.

You texted me, not not Don. That was what it popped up as when I sent it to Don. I don't know what that means.

I was showing you that it didn't come up clean. Oh, okay. I was like, why are you sending That's why it's a screenshot and not the link, sir.

Oh, I... It it looks like the link in my text messages, but it's probably just a redirect to the Google Calendar with I would hope so. And there he is.

Ladies and gentlemen, they call him mister wizard. You may know him as Igg Bunu, but his mom had named him Don Ford. I'm gonna call him Don Ford.

Oh, and does not have his ears in yet. Well, his chair is that full squeak. He hasn't even plugged it in.

I don't think we're allowed to say we're professional anymore. No. Edward, our fourth guest on the panel.

Don. Fifteen seasons. Yeah.

And, like, I could understand if Alex couldn't get in either. We gotta figure out what's going on with your tech that you can't seem to get this done. I am very...

I am I am not just intrigued. I am fascinated by this. It's great.

I'm gonna buy you some furniture oil for that chair? I just put w d 40 on it just right now. You're supposed to put it where it's squeaking, though.

I'm trying to fix the thing. I'm here. We were just talking about Lamar Jackson's.

Don't You're definitely here. I I don't know if you're coming through on the microphone right now. It's a little bit away.

Yeah. I don't know. Did you make sure that you've got your audio set up for the microphone and not your laptop?

Oh, and there he goes. What the actual Oh, this comedy of errors is what makes this show what it is, kids. We are professionals.

I don't care what anybody says. Now he's in again as... Oh.

Oh, lord. Have mercy on my soul. What is he doing?

He rejoined under it separate. I'm gonna kick that guess. I was just trying to do that.

This one. What are you doing, dude? The thing went off.

Knocked me up. No. You were still here.

Anyway Just to clarify, Don, we were just talking about Lamar Jackson coming back and then injuring his thumb on the first play that might put him out for the rest of the season just to bring you up to speed. Not good. Which means I'm watching the waiver wire at this point because I have him on both of my fantasy teams.

Luckily, I... Well, I've got Bo Nicks on one. I got Patrick Mahomes in the other.

So I... I'm okay. Think you're okay.

And and you know what, Alex? You will be shocked to know. Mhmm.

These last two weeks, I have taken an Alex, what am I looking for? What's the word I'm looking for? I don't know because I can't tell if this is supposed to be insulting.

No. No. It's not.

Okay. I'm taking an Alex strategy. That's the word I'm looking for.

Go on. Last week, my kicker was on the buy. Didn't pick one up.

This week, defense is on the buy. Mhmm. Didn't pick one up.

See, I wouldn't say that that's quite my strategy just because I don't think they're real people or matter that much, so I'll just grab whatever. But I also understand if you had, say, the Vikings or the Jaguars this year, they might be worth holding on to and taking the the zero during their bye week, especially setting up for this game where I think Jacksonville might shut them out. I have Don's Pittsburgh Steelers.

Ah, okay. So, yeah, I I said, you know what? I'm gonna try this, and it worked last week.

I won last week. There you go. So we're gonna see if we go two for two.

And and this is exactly why so many leagues have started banning kickers and defense as an only going with offensive players. In fact, the Scott Fishbowl that I am representing us in does not use kickers or defenses, but what makes it even crazier is every spot's a flex, but two of them are super flex, which means you could play quarterbacks. Very, very transparent league as they say.

Yes. Last Thursday night, packers do cover. They were giving three and a half.

They beat Carolina by eight. Mhmm. I believe I had that.

Did not have the cardinals winning in overtime, much less winning at all against the cowboys. Did... Didn't somebody say that last week?

I was tickled pink. I'm not gonna lie. And listening to Norm, he's just going further and further off the rail.

He's getting so frustrated with his team. Norm, I love you. You are you are a mentor to this show, but dear god, you're you're cracking me up, brother.

I love you. I love you. If you're not listening to just wondering with Norm Hitzges, there's something wrong with you because that man got some hot sports opinions this week.

No. My my favorite one was somebody saying, I need Jerry Jones, the owner, to sit down their GM and have a hard to heart. And then another week of, boy, if you can read lips.

Buccaneers shut out the falcons and make history. Well, it's the first time. Did you see?

We made history on Sunday. It was, like, the second time there's ever been a game without fan. No.

The first time since 1974 that a game was won without a completed pass. Okay. I thought it was 1954.

Hold on. It was in the it was in the seventies. Okay.

Okay. Baker Mayfield o for three. That's how bad the weather was in Tampa Bay on Sunday.

It was insane to watch. If you had Tampa Bay's defense, you had a really good day if you had if you had them active. That that was definitely a Phoenix that wasn't working.

Yeah. Throws four picks. I just...

Again, if you don't have red zone, like, what's wrong with you? Because here's the list of man's greatest inventions ever. Fire, the wheel, Tebow, red zone.

That's the list. Listening to Scott Hansen just losing his mind in the first half. Well, but did you hear what what was said?

I I will I will say d... DVR over Tebow. I got out of my It's the same thing.

Same thing, Don. Tivo created the DV... And now he's frozen.

No. He's still moving on mine. Oh, no.

I mean, I mean Tivo is... They are... They created the thing that would become the DVR.

Tivo walked so DVR could run. But Okay. No.

My favorite one was... I don't remember if they said it was Vita Vea or somebody who literally in the halftime locker room was overheard saying, how cool would it be to win this game without ever completing a pass? And they did.

Vita Veia, wasn't that that stuff from that episode of I love Lucy? Well, that was Vida Vida Veggiment. Not old enough for this joke.

It's a great... You should watch that episode of I love Lucy because she's trying to do a commercial, and the the the medicine that she's pitching has alcohol in it so she's getting drunker and drunker every time they do a steak. I vaguely have a memory of this like from maybe nana watching it.

Yep. I... Well, when I when I was younger, if you were sick, that's what was on all day.

It was like that. The monkeys love American style. You know?

For me, it was always the price is right. So I think it's the price is right no matter who you are. Yeah.

That's true. Patriots all over the dolphins. I I did not take Miami plus seven, but they they would've...

If I had, I would've won. You know what? They stayed competitive.

I can't complain. What? They actually looked competent, not just competitive.

They looked competent for a long stretch of that. And it wasn't the jets. See, that was my thing.

Yeah. I'm like, hey. It's the jets.

Mhmm. Like, I... This dead horse this dead horse is all over my shoes now.

You know? It's the Jets, but, but against the Patriots? That's an important one.

Yeah. I'll take that. I'll take a plus seven and get that...

And and as a winner. Progress. Yeah.

I'll take it. Positive yardage children. Malik Willis, 211 yards, two touchdowns.

Bills all over the Ravens in the game we talked about a little bit earlier as I continue to believe in the Buffalo Bills. Dear dear younger, I'm sorry. Bengals over the titans also in overtime.

Tennessee was giving them... Was getting almost two touchdowns. And they were ahead for the majority of that game.

And you and I last week were like, take it all day. Yeah. Well, and interestingly enough, in a lot of circumstances, they wound up covering the six and a half that they got to because so much money came in on the large spread.

But much like the dolphins, the titans have started to look improved. Well... And here's my thing.

Let's not forget kids. Did Joe Burrow handle six touchdowns? Yeah.

He did. But he also threw three picks in that game, and two of those touchdowns were garbage. That that was the most...

Well, no. No. There was no garbage time in that game.

That was But tactically Yeah. Yeah. I mean, wasn't like Garbage time is the blowout.

But still, like, it just... It wasn't pretty. No.

But it was interesting to watch. Nobody's ever filled a stat sheet like that. Yeah.

It's like Joe Burrow, five touchdowns, 462 yards, three picks. So But not Harvey or Harrington was super happy with him. And you're and depending on how your league calculates things.

Yeah. We now officially no longer have any undefeated teams in the NFL. The champagne has been popped in Miami.

As the Vikings lose by four to the lions, I did not have that. I really wasn't sure about MCDC, but Yeah. They won by four, and they were, you know, they were they were given three and a half.

Oh, but have you seen the the humorous... Not so humorous situation with Minnesota right now? Which one?

The one regarding Kyler Murray. He will not be playing Sunday. Correct.

But do you find it very interesting that he had been accused of paying more attention to Call of Duty, not a sponsor, then he has his playbook at times, and suddenly his hamstring's a little tight when Call of Duty Modern Warfare four is coming out. Well, I thought it I thought it was already out. I thought it came out right before.

It did. But Okay. Because because grand theft auto is in two weeks.

Yes. And that's when it's that's when your IR is just gonna go nuts. South America has been telling us over and over again.

And, it's the... The Kirk Cousins era is on. Carson Wentz.

Carson Wentz. Oh, is it Carson Wentz? Yeah.

Kirk Cousins is It's the other ginger weird guy. Yeah. Yes.

Fair enough. The raiders over the jets by five. Vegas was getting a point and a half.

Mhmm. But Gino Smith doesn't have a bad day. Two ninety, two touchdowns, a pick.

But, again, except for... You know what? That pick was called.

So, Don Yeah. You upset the division leaders on Sunday. Mhmm.

Given three and a half, and you win by three touchdowns. Yeah. That was a beatdown.

Sometimes they show. Sometimes I I And your QB one for Sunday is supposed to be Shadur Sanders. Oh, boy.

Yeah. Go. Jaguars all over the colts as they continue to roll.

The Jags are looking like Super Bowl favorites to me right now. Well... And they've...

I I don't ever wanna say in the NFL, they've got an easy road, but tonight might be a good night for them. Well, have you seen the rumors of what they're trying to pull off going into the trade deadline? I have not heard.

Please. They are trying to make a Jeffrey Simmons like deal to shore up the middle of that defense, and the two names that have been brought up are Derrick Brown of the panthers and Jalen Carter of the eagles. You wanna make that a good defense great?

They're gonna be shut down if one of those happens. Chargers continuing to charger, baby. I just want this season to flip and have them just catch fire at the end just to watch Rob meltdown.

I wanna thank the chargers just for Showing up. Support... Supporting my opinions and helping me be right every once and again as they get clobbered.

Yeah. Broncos over the Chiefs did not have that one. This was...

This game was a bit of a mess. It it was all over the place. And the idea that Brittany Mahomes was complaining about the refs, please insert the laugh track for three days.

Yeah. Please. And that came that came down to the final play, basically.

That was still a good game. That was a good game to watch. But it was messy.

It was I know. But still, when it comes down to the final play Yeah. You know, that's a good...

That's football. You know? The Philadelphia free for all...

Free fall, I'm sorry, continues to happen. Well, the free for all might be what happens at the trade deadline. That was my upset of the week.

Remember? I put it on there last week. You look at that text that said my upset of the week is that the commanders will win.

I thought Chicago was your upset of the week. Oh, no. No.

There was Chicago. Never mind. My bad.

And I didn't even have to look at. But, yeah, when you get to Monday. One moment, the Madres.

Nick Borcher going deep for the Jags. Two plays, and they're already in the red zone. And then Monday night football, yes, Don.

That you had. Yeah. Seahawks getting beat in their own house get doubled up on by.

Ben Johnson might have been the key to everything there. Tonight, Jaguars, Ravens, Jacksonville's giving nine and a half. I would still take them my sign and a half tonight.

I would as well, especially... Like, let me let me play this game. Without looking it up, who's your starting quarterback for the Ravens?

Don? Don't know. Rob?

I know who it's gonna be because they had to make straight for him today. Yeah. If you hadn't asked me...

Because I do know who it is. If you hadn't asked me, could have told you because I know that they're... They don't trust the free agent draft pick.

Uh-huh. The undrafted free agent. Yeah.

They kinda have to right now because He's got a one week run before The Jacoby. Yeah. The Jacoby, which feeds into another theory you talked about last week about Justin Herbert winding up in Arizona.

Credit where credit is due. But, again, still give me Jacksonville minus nine. Yeah.

John Fagiano ain't covering anything. Those aqua helmets they had with the script on all. Like those.

Those were classy. They were slick. They they looked a little Christmasy at first, but I was like, you know what?

This should be an every... This could be an everyday thing. Don, what you got?

Oh, I'm taking I'm taking the Jags on this one. I know it's a high line, but I'm taking the Jags. Yeah.

Sunday noon. What about the Oh, Oh. Madrid?

They've got everything out of order right now. We've got Yeah. The falcons.

What are they doing? The way the way Well Oh, okay. I think I know what they're doing.

Yahoo screwed everything up. While while you get that squared away, though, I think this one's going to have that big asterisk where we've talked about Bijan Robinson always goes off in prime time. Well, for us, it's an 08:30AM game, but for Madrid, it's in prime time.

This will be the Bijan Theorem. What are you doing, Don? Nothing.

Except for a crunching. I know. You did...

You sounded like you were crushing a can over there. No. No.

We are at 08:30AM central. Bengals, falcon, Cincinnati giving three in Santiago Bernablli Stadium. I have been to Madrid.

I was there when I was 16. Loved it. You've never been to Spain, but I've never been to me.

That's a joke before Alex was born. But, no, I... Madrid's a fantastic city.

I love it. I'm looking forward to this one because I feel like it'll have a unique feel to it. I would take the Bengals to cover this, but I think they win outright.

And the last thing I saw had Atlanta minus two and a half. I'm I'm seeing Atlanta or Cincinnati minus three is what it's Right. Flipped from the open but yeah, even at three, I feel like this is the one that's the technical push but I think Cincinnati wins and they Well, probably.

Falcons, Falcons are listed as the home team. So Yeah. But no, I, and touchdown Jaguars.

Then we're gonna go By the fourth man. Go back to noon. Well, hold on.

I, on my... That one there, I think it started. I opened at four and a half on some odds.

I'm gonna take the Bengals still Okay. With that with that switch. Cowboys at Lucas Oilfield, Dallas giving five and a half, which which shows you how bad the colts are.

After that choke job on Sunday and you're gonna give five and a half on the road, are you insane? Well, I could We're gonna take the cowboys at minus five and a half because the colts are that bad. Well, and the biggest thing here is because you look at the two big pieces that the colts have traded in Quentin Nelson into Forrest Buckner.

Well, there's your interior linemen on both sides of the ball and what are the Cowboys actually excelling at right now? Quentin Williams rushing from the interior and Javonte Williams rushing through the interior. So give me the Cowboys.

Actually, I'm gonna I'm gonna go different from Alex. I just sent that the Cowboys are just still I can't I can't take them. Okay.

Yep. Joe Robbie Stadium hosts the Detroit lions who are giving the dolphins a touchdown. I am not sold yet.

The dolphins are improving, but NCDC and his penchant for trickeration, this team is not ready for trickeration yet. Give me Detroit minus seven. I'm still gonna root for my boys, but I gotta be realistic.

Yeah. This is one if it was another team going down there, you would think that that might be too high of a number but Dan Campbell does not take his foot off the gas. Take all of your overs you can with Jamere Gibbs.

It's gonna be the Lions all day. Yeah and I and they I know they're at home and all that too but yeah, I I agree with with Alex too on this one that the lions are just gonna be too tough in... Against Miami.

In your definition of it ain't enough? Arrowhead Stadium hosts the jets. Chiefs are giving 10.

No way this is enough. The jets are a hot mess. The Chiefs are gonna womp on them.

The Chiefs might hit that 47 and a half over under by themselves. The the interesting thing here is some rumblings are saying that the jets may wind up showcasing Garrett Wilson in an attempt to make him more appealing to trade him to the chiefs. I feel like this is one of those that could wind up being a backdoor cover in true garbage time.

But like you said, I think they're gonna be up by so much. There isn't going to be a backdoor cover. I'd still take Kansas City.

Don. Actually, I'm gonna be daring. I'm taking the jets, and I looked at it.

This is my upset of the week. Jets went. But you know what?

Hey. Hey. He's willing to go out on a limb.

I appreciate the moxie. Yeah. I...

What... Kansas City, what happened last week with that mess of a game there, and sometimes they're like Dallas when they lose once, they they lose again. And they they take this team for...

Yeah. Snowball where they take it for advantage. I know they're at home, but watch out.

This is my upset of the week. Hold on. I have to go place a bet on Kansas City now.

In in what could be, in my opinion, the weirdest pick of the week, but giving what could be the quarterback situation for one of these teams that almost makes sense. New Orleans at home giving the browns three, which makes it a pick them. With Shadur Sanders, your plan starter, I get it.

But the browns are kinda rolling, and I don't know that they're... They might win this game outright. See, the thing here is is I don't know that Shadora is locked in.

I think they're just talking about it and still trying to get Watson clear of concussion protocol. He just hasn't yet, which is a bad indicator this late in the week. If it's Watson, it's Cleveland.

If you're telling me that Shed Sanders is running out there, give me the saints. And they're saying Deshaun Watson was not at practice today. And Correct.

They're still trying to get into concussion protocol. Ones. Yeah.

He worked Mhmm. Worked to the ones. Don.

With what? Didn't haven't the saints lost four of their last five? Probably five of their last five.

They lost four of the last five. They're two and five right now. So Yeah.

Yeah. They lost four of the last five and Cleveland's won three of the last five. I can take the browns.

I just think they're they're... They have more momentum right now. Todd Monken is showing his his stripes on this one.

He's doing well. Last year at this time, if I had given you this next particular matchup, I'd go with the line that's right right now. I feel you're out of your mind.

Giants go to the link, and you're giving Philly three and a half. This is the world we live in right now. And you know what?

I believe and believe. You know what the shirt says? Yeah.

Believe and believe. Let's go giants. Let's go.

Give me Philly. Give me Philly on this some weird backdoor cover because you know what the other part of this is? I have been dying to see Joe Milton play in a regular season game with as much arm talent as he has.

I feel like Philly's gonna have a little bit of the disrespect there. Maybe they don't win, but I think they're gonna keep it competitive. Don.

This is a division game. And usually, I'd say Philly's gonna win this. But when you look at it where New York of the last five, they won three and tied one.

They only lost one of the last five games, and Philly has lost the last five games. I I hate to say this. I...

I'm taking the Giants. It's fair. Rams go to football club.

Football club is taking four and a half. Is this still in the noon set? Yep.

Oh, wow. We still got this one and one more. Javon Kinlaw expected to be out the rest of the season with a tour named MCL.

Yep. I I still don't fully buy the Rams, but they're doing enough to win. They'll do enough to win here.

I will take the Rams minus four and a half. Yeah. I I think the Rams are just completely a better team.

Jaden Daniels and the commanders have looked decent against lesser teams. Like, they might be turning it around. I think it's a complete facade.

Now the Rams are gonna be without Jalen Watson, but they still have Trent McDuffie, and I can't even tell you two Redskins, excuse me, commander receivers that'll actually matter enough for that to affect. So give me the Rams. They have about the same amount of wins in the last five two.

Rams, I just think are gonna be a little bit tougher. And you said it's four. Right?

Four and a half. Four and half. Hook on.

Got the hook on. Yeah. The four and a half.

I'd take the Rams. Finishing out the early set, broncos at panthers. Denver giving two and a half.

You give me this four weeks ago. I'm I'm saying Denver minus 10. Carolina has been playing well, but I don't think well enough that two and a half is honest.

So give me Denver by at least a field goal. Actually, I I kinda disagree with the analysis there. I feel like early on, Carolina was really giving people fit.

And at some point, somebody figured something out and Carolina has been getting smoked for the last month. McVeigh is the kind of guy that prepares and they don't make a ton of mistakes with Denver. So give me Denver to cover the two and a half.

That's what I said. Denver will win by at least a field goal. Right.

But what I'm saying is is you were talking about Carolina playing better recently, and I feel like they've been terrible recently. Okay. Fair.

Don. So Carolina's at home, and it is an early game because usually the donkeys play later in the afternoon, the 03:00, the the late afternoon game because of where they're located on the western part of the of the of the country. Even though it's away in an early game, I know the line's short.

I think the line should be a little bit tougher than... Because the way Denver's been playing. I...

Even if it's a higher point total, I'd still take Denver. Even if it's two points more. Let's get into the late set and get this one out of the way.

Texans go to SoFi. These teams are a combined two and twelve. Yikes.

Houston's giving five and a half. Chargers, I need you to keep it up. Give me Houston minus five and a half.

I'll win by a touchdown. It is... You'll hear a lot of this during the game.

But this is gonna be ugly football, but Houston Houston will cover this. Well, and this is another one of... Here's the part that coming up on the trade deadline.

Watch for a number of good players to be not necessarily surprise inactives for the chargers, but I feel like this number is gonna spike on Sunday morning when they're like, oh, Khalil Mac's not playing? Oh, another person's not playing because they are getting traded and teams wanna preserve getting their picks. I think it's gonna be much, much worse come Sunday morning.

Give me Houston. They're a better coach team. They have better talent.

Here's the thing. The chargers have lost at least the last five. They're o and seven, Don.

Yeah. I mean, I'm looking at They've lost the last seven in a row. But Houston's won two in the last five.

I I just can't see chargers winning a game against this team even though they're not the toughest team. Nah. I'm taking Houston.

In one of the two most intriguing games in the week, in my opinion, packers go to Gillette Stadium. This is an interesting one. This is...

Again, New Orleans or New New England gives three, makes it a pick them. And their Gronk's gonna go in their Patriots Hall of Fame. Mhmm.

I don't know that it's enough. I would take the packers plus three because the packers are starting to figure things out. Ziggy's getting fired up.

Uh-huh. I have believed in the packers. I'm not gonna stop now.

Yeah. This is a this is a tough one because the patriots are still dealing with a lot of injuries. I kind of think the packers win this one outright, not just cover the three that they win.

Don. I... Since it's at home, I think they got the better probability, and I know how Green Bay is going.

I'm gonna take I'm take New New England on this one. I like this. Just because it's a home.

As a side note, many, many years ago, Alex went to his first NXT show ever. I was not there, but I have heard tell stories of Alex's fascination with the mics under the ring that night. I had...

To that point, I had only been to indie shows. It did not know that was a thing. Now I tell you that to tell you this.

Are those same mics inside the the uprights in the NFL? Because there was a great question. There was a dink on Sunday that you coulda heard in Cincinnati.

There was multiple. I'm like, that is painful. Well, I and I what I really think it is is they have moved the conic producers.

The guys you see with the dish or the people you see with the dish, excuse me, that are normally on the sidelines. I feel like they have been moved away from the sidelines and closer to the goal lines. So it makes every one of those doinks sound like somebody is hitting steel with a sledgehammer.

I mean, you feel bad enough for the kicker, but that's just salted in open woo. It's like they barely miss because of how hard it is to kick a field goal, and then it just hears We are officially halfway through an autumn wind being a raider. Mhmm.

If you're a Raiders fan, you really want this next half to go well because it ain't gonna happen Sunday because they go to Levi's Stadium, and they're getting nine in the half. I am not... I am still saying San Francisco is one of the two teams in this league right now I believe in.

This will not be pretty. You know, this one's tough You won't like that. This is a tough one for me because, again, the niners are dealing with a lot of injuries.

And you said nine and a half. Yep. I want you to think about how big that number is in the NFL.

This one, I am taking the Raiders. I think they will be losing by, like, 17 going into the fourth quarter, but Kernco Chains is gonna throw two meaningless touchdowns to wind up making it a four point game and people are... Who didn't know are gonna be like, wow, that was a lot closer than we thought.

No. It wasn't. But my favorite one coming out of this is the idea of Kirk Cousins potentially being traded back to Minnesota.

Don. Oh, San Fran's gonna spank him. I...

There's no way around it. Nine... It's...

That's not even... There was another three ports, I'd still take San Fran. Wow.

12 and a half, you'd still take San Francisco. I would. Back to Lumen Field this week.

Seahawks hosting the cardinal. Seahawks giving eight and a half. Bro, you ain't got no quarterback.

This is this is the both teams right now. Gardner Minshew is your boy. Gardner Minshew.

And that mustache, that glorious mustache. And all the people that are like, we love Gardner Minshew, but he is the weirdest dude I've ever met. He is Uncle Rico.

You wanna talk about owning it and embracing it? That dude's the definition. That's why I can't hate on Gardner Minshew.

And it's a great name to say. If I if I can't have the coach names I want in this league anymore, at least I have Gardner Minshew. Yeah.

Alright. But still, give me the niners minus nine and a half. Seahawks.

Oh, yeah. Seahawks. I'm sorry.

I was looking at the other game. Give me Seahawks minus eight and a half. Yeah.

I I think the seahawks are going to shut down Gardner Minshew and the cardinals here because they only basically have to focus on Wilson and McBride, and that's it. But the other thing I've been saying since before this season started, Sam Darnold sucks. He is terrible.

JSN already got almost a thousand yards now. Hold hold on. Drew Lock is a better quarterback than Sam Darnold, And I want you to think about this.

These teams already played in Arizona. Drew Lock was the quarterback. Do you want a great little stat line for this?

JSN in week two with the quarterback he didn't anticipate playing with. Nine catches, a 155 yards, three touchdowns. And it's gonna be more.

It's gonna be more. Give me Seattle. Don.

Oh, yeah. I I agree with both. It's gonna be sad Seattle.

By the way, just a heads up, the NFL does put microphones on the goalpost. They're called doinks. Oh, yeah.

Them doinks. Oh, I know what I need Photoshops to do. Can I tell you the the moment for Yahoo this week?

Go on. So when I'm looking at the lineups on Yahoo Sports, they put one one person, one one for pass, one for rush, one for receiving, depending on who the superstar is for that team. Mhmm.

The pass stats, not only is it Jacoby Brissett, not only is it that, the jersey's purple. Like, that's just Wow. You you just don't like people in Arizona, do you, Yahoo?

Well, what did we say before the... Or what did I say before the season? Arizona is not a serious franchise.

Sunday night football. Soldier Field hosting the Tampa Bay buccaneers. Chicago's giving six and a half.

It ain't enough. No. This team is firing on all cylinders, and I'm scared.

You know what? The bears feel incredibly reminiscent of when Philly started being good, where it was like, there are a lot of fun to watch. I don't necessarily like rooting for them, but part of me has always rooted for the bears.

It's, you know, me and Coke. Same birthday. I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the bears.

And I am loving how good they're playing, and they're not gonna take their foot off the gas. I'm gonna go out on this huge Don Ford sized limb and say Baker's gonna have a pass that's completed this week, but this is gonna be the bears all day. You know what that reminds me of?

Do you remember the bowl game? I think it was a bowl game. Maybe it was the SEC championship where LSU just got demolished, and they never crossed the 50.

That was Like, two nights later, their basketball team played, and the place went nuts when LSU crossed half court. I I wanna say that was the SEC championship against Georgia when they were peak Georgia bulldogs. That just...

That made me think of that. Don. Oh, yeah.

It's gonna be the bears. I just... They're on this role right now.

I didn't see anything else happening. Monday night football and a matchup worth watching this week. Minnesota hosting the bills.

Buffalo is giving three. It's not enough. I mean, I I think the bills will win this game, but I I think I think the Vikings are gonna give them all they can handle.

On defense, yeah, but the... I'm gonna... The reason I don't like this game is because I think there's a better chance that the Vikings score a touchdown on defense than with that offense.

It's been atrocious. I think Buffalo is going to wind up having mistakes. They're gonna set up Minnesota in scoring position a couple of times, but I don't think it's going to be enough to keep up with the Bills.

Give me Buffalo. Don. Yeah.

I I... It's gonna be a barn burner of the game. I think it'll be one of the best games of the week, I think, personally.

But still, in the end, I still think Buffalo is gonna take this thing in the end. Alright. And, couple more weeks, we'll we'll bring back North America's favorite game show with the NHL.

Good. I I was glad I don't have to say I was watching the Black Hawks yesterday, so I already know the answer. Well, but we also want a programming note.

We will be off next week. Mhmm. I'm planning on hosting, something for you guys in the meantime, but I will be out of town next week in a city I have never been to.

There's your city of the day. Oh, let me check the I I I can't say I can't say where I'm gonna be, Don. I don't need to be I don't need to be flocked by our our legions of fans that are gonna know where I am.

I'm gonna have a job to do, and I gotta work. Yeah. Because it just says Rob out of town.

Yeah. But if you if you go to school, how can they not... How can they bring you beignets?

Yeah. We do remember I'm prediabetic. Right?

You do know that I'm not gonna let facts get in the way of a good joke. I'm just saying. I am as well.

But I will say this. Three days after I get back, it's time for Dallas comic show. Mhmm.

Y'all need to come out because Janine Turner's gonna be there. We got Rob Liefeld is showing up for this thing, which I'm excited for. We've got, Samantha Newark, who I've worked with before, the voice of Jim.

She is truly outrageous. She's gonna be there, but we'll talk more about that in a couple of weeks. But, again, we'll be off next week live, but I'm working on something that I'm gonna have up for you guys that I think is very timely.

And that works good because I... We got the Grand Prairie thing. And shout out to the Grand Prairie Arts and stuff.

And Don? It works out what? Well.

Thank you. I've been working on this with him. Okay.

Like Tracy Jordan said. Steps at a time. But And just love good.

You did well. They're doing the big reveal gala for next year with the shows that they'll have next year as a season ticket holder. They always put on great performances just in case one night you wanna see a great show that you can see at Dallas Music Hall, but only about a third of the cost and the same quality.

Grand Prairie Arts, they rock. Uptown Theatre, historic grand... Grand Prairie Downtown.

Love the guys. Shout out to them. Let's get into TV and stuff we watch this week.

I don't have anything out of the ordinary, but I am telling you there's... I never thought I would see the day that I would say this, but I watched an interview this morning that I am intrigued by a documentary that is coming to Netflix. It may already be there any day now.

I don't know if you've heard about this, Alex. Without more information, I cannot. I'm about...

It's called funny money. I have not heard about this. Okay.

So I'm gonna say a name. Don't groan yet because I don't know if you know the story. This is a documentary dealing with Dane Cook.

Mhmm. And why you haven't heard his name in a minute is because he's been dealing with losing millions stolen by his brother and sister-in-law, and they made a documentary. He was on B and T this morning.

I am fascinated. Asked him to hear about that story. Tomorrow.

Is it tomorrow? Yeah. I might take some time out this weekend because I was just like, like, it's...

It was crazy because I was a Dane Cook fan, and then I really wasn't. And then that interview this morning, I was like, you know what? This dude's kinda got his feet under him.

I'm a little intrigued by this. I I never disliked Dane Cook. I do not appreciate joke theft, which he did numerous times, but I also already knew about the monetary story to it.

And I'm not gonna wish ill on... Well, I can't say anybody. There are a few that I would, but he's not proud of them.

Well, I've... Like, I was just saying, like, I know it's not... Like, at one point, he was voted the least popular comic hometown.

Yeah. But but I am intrigued by this, and I'm gonna try to watch it this weekend. I got a couple other things I'm gonna do this weekend.

But speaking of which, coming up, your boy's gonna be back on matinee heroes. We're recording on Saturday. Nice.

Yeah. I I don't know if I talked about this last week, but we did watch the first episode of Carrie. It hasn't really hooked me even though the payoff to that story, I think, is one of the greatest things put to print.

So I don't have anything more on that. I am... Rob, do you remember where I said I was on TV show future prep from a literary standpoint?

Yes. Like, on the I already in book three. Good.

Good. Good. Good.

Don. Yeah. I got two.

Number one, they they started the new season on Sunday with... Of the Gilded Age on HBO, which my wife got me hooked on. Did you did you notice the two extras, in that episode?

No. Not off the top of my head. If you look close enough, David Letterman and Matt Damon are in the back of that episode.

Yep. Oh, wow. I just go back on that then.

That's kinda cool. Now the other one Like, Dave, can't miss because his beard is, like, out to here. Oh, yeah.

But they got a lot of people wearing beards back then and everything. But I'm just saying, Dave is Dave is very noticeable. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. I know that. So the other one, speaking of not recognizing people, they started the new season of Dexter resurrection.

Yes. We got a text from LA yesterday. I...

Oh, hold on. I resisted the urge to say, yeah, but Jericho posted it time and time and time and time again. I thought my response was very nice.

Okay. Couldn't even look at it. I'm still in the other place.

So watching this, one of the persons of interest of serial killers on this one, you see this old guy in a wheelchair I never recognized before, then you hear his voice. I'm like, that's Brian Cox? You do not recognize him.

Which we have found in the show. Yeah. But I mean, that's...

What? You know, that's... Look.

That was him. You couldn't even recognize him. But I'm interested when you have him as a possible person of interest.

I'm game. Yeah. Peter Delkus last last season.

Mhmm. Now you got Brian Cox. I'm in.

So LA texted us yesterday. It was talking about Chris Jericho being in that first episode. And my response was, did you drink it in, man?

Yeah. ABC, Fox, ESPN, Hulu, Disney plus. Don, you're watching best medicine.

Right? Yeah. Love it.

Katie Seagal's joining the cast of that show. Love her. Thank you.

As as Louise's mother. I think her wife's now watching that show too. It's a good version of, like, doc Hollywood, but it's a lot of fun.

And they they... It's a good film to watch with the family and everything. It's enjoyable.

And plus me coming from a small town Sherwood, Wyoming, it kinda fits that realm. And I don't know if you saw, but, the... If you haven't watched Jeopardy yet, spoiler alert in three two one.

The lady that just got dethroned on today's episode of jeopardy, she is now the highest money winner for jeopardy from the state of Montana, Don. Oh, wow. Four day champion.

Patrick Schwarzenegger and Isabella Merced are going to be in the next season of good American family. Like a true crime American horror story kind of a thing. They will be playing the Bobbitts.

Oh god. So get ready for that one, kids. Oh.

CBS Skydance. I'm just gonna start saying Skydance because I'm just gonna get ahead of the curve. Criminal minds evolution will end after its fifth and the twentieth total for criminal minds.

This will be the last season, and apparently, the cast found out what everybody else did. Oh, that's not good. That is the rumor.

HBO Max, TBS, TNT has renewed the HBO series youth for another season. Okay. This is a I heard some positive on this.

I watched I watched couple wasn't too She looks a lot like Katherine Hahn to me. Yeah. She does.

British Katherine Hahn. NBC Peacock Universal. Don, you better get ready.

What's up? We had a debut date for the reboot of the Rockford files with David Boreanis. It's gonna debut January 2 after Sunday night football.

The question, what kind of car is he gonna drive? Well, Don, maybe you gotta go look at the trailer. And, Don, you can call a number right now.

K. You can call 760 Jim Rock because Jim Rockford, and you'll get a greeting from David Boreanis and a number that you can text to get text updates for the show. There is a Jim Rockford hotline available.

I... I'm... I'll watch an episode because I love the Rockford files when I was a kid, especially had that link in.

Oh, you better call somebody. Although they're they're they're tinkering with the story a little bit to make his backstory a little bit more interesting. The thing about Jim Rockford is you you didn't...

He didn't need a backstory. He just kinda lived on the beach and solved crimes. That's how he rolls.

Netflix has renewed haunted hotel for season three. I have heard nothing but good things, and I still have not started this. And Prime Video has said season two of off campus kicks off April 28 for you kids waiting for that.

TV on DVD and Blu ray season two of the apothecary diaries will be available. Season two of call of the night. These are, like, anime things.

Season two of Picard's getting a rerelease as is season two of Yellowstone and season three of Jack Ryan and season four of Star Trek Discovery. Alright. You need to learn how to spell.

Okay. Movie talk. I have not watched any movies, but I got some stuff I'm getting ready to watch.

Although I did watch a movie, but I'm not gonna tell you what it is because I watched it for Matt and the heroes. You're gonna have to tune in. I'll tell you what it is when Matt and the hero says, it's the next episode.

I'll tell you what it is. But I will tell you this, and this may surprise you, gentlemen. The film I am covering on matinee heroes was a blind spot for me.

Okay. That's all I'll say. So, hey, for me, it was more for movie side catching up, going into, Halloween, watching some horror movies I had not seen.

This year's hokum with Adam Scott. Pretty solid. It was unique.

Not the best I've seen. Didn't stand up to the train to Busan level that I'm now going with. But the other two that I had not seen were evil dead burn and midsummer.

Now I know that one of those is wildly hated by somebody on this panel, and I can tell you exactly why. It is weird as all get out. And that would be the latter of the two.

Did you did you watch the regular cut, did you watch the director's cut? There was a director... Oh, okay.

The regular cut. There's a director's cut that's almost an hour longer. Oh, no.

Work. Oh, no. No.

I honestly, I enjoyed it. I actually enjoyed it because I like that weird stuff like that. But then again, I was also very much in anthropology when I was in college.

So, it's kind of a fascinating study unto itself. And not the start of it being a film. But Evil Dead Burn.

Oh, man. So think back to when Sam Raimi was first breaking in and he was like, I'm just gonna make absolutely insane decisions with horror movies, twist the camera around, and be violent and gory as possible. I can't even tell you what the story to Evil Dead Burn was and I watched it but it was exactly what I'd expect from a Sam Raimi Evil Dead movie.

It was kind of fun but also so disgusting and insane that it's it's sure fire. It would be the kids with the with the clothes and the hair as you would put it from a horror movie standpoint. Don, what did you get this week?

I had two. The first one is the one on Netflix came out a little bit ago. The Whisper Man with Robert De Niro.

Okay. Basically, the kind of silence of the lambs But when you have Michael Keaton playing that You hear the lambs screaming, Clarice? You hear him a little bit?

You hear the lambs? When you have him play the basically that version of the Hannibal Lechner. Yeah.

I was I was entered. It was it was interesting to see, you know, Keaton who's done some great roles from everything from Batman blah blah blah. To spotlight to all that.

Him playing this this evil kind of Ham Elector style character. Impressive. I did like it.

It's worth watching. Not gonna be my top 10 but still good. The other one was, like Real quick before you move on.

Are you saying that Keaton was the insane one? Yeah. He was a he was a...

Version... Film's version of Hannibal Lecter. Michael.

Okay. He did another movie where he played a distinctly evil character that I really enjoyed. I was just gonna look it up.

Yeah, it's it's there was one reason San Francisco. I think that's where it was. Yeah.

The other one I saw was on the MGM network just came out. The Isolate Thief. Sean Bean, playing villain again, and he could do a villain very, very well.

Basically, set in eighteen hundreds where there... These crew of, basically soldiers from a small unit. They're trying to find lost gold from a guy who stole it, that kind of thing, and the girl in the woods kinda has it.

So it's very good film. Did you see this... Did you see the stat on Joe Faggiano?

Fagnano? No. I did not.

Only the second undrafted rookie quarterback to start at a game with three days rest since 1950. Oof. I love stats that are too bad.

It's The Euchre stats. And it is starting to pull. Don, even though I know that you listen back to the show faithfully every week Yeah.

You may have missed something. Did you see what the Criterion Collection released this last Tuesday? No.

It's a very special movie that you could girls? Watch No. That you could watch Don, don't ruin this.

That you could watch from your couch. Couch. Couch.

No. Couch. And it's got a lenticular cover to it.

It's shiny. Because this is what it sounds like. I'm telling you, dude.

We are one week away from the interactive Netflix house for them. This coming week. Yeah.

And it's a four k. I'm very excited. And some other great announcements that are coming up.

Holy mackerel. That's what I was I was reacting as well. Oh, it is it is raining like a beast in Baltimore, and people are not happy.

And and Jacksonville's like, it's Thursday. Arrow Video announced that in January, they're doing a two pack of both Cannonball Run movies remastered. Nice.

Let's go. Nothing for trailer talk this week. I wanna send a quick shout out.

Resident Evil has crossed 400,000,000 globally. Mhmm. And now available for you to rent at home.

Or purchase. We're getting a magic the gathering movie starring Maya Hawk. Interesting.

Yeah. And, we have a Feeny Shakur cast in the Snoop Dogg biopic, Tupac's mother. Mhmm.

She will be played by the Cynthia Erivo. Oh, that is interesting. Coming together, kids.

That's all I'm saying. Because that's not the only Cynthia Erivo that news that popped up in the last couple of days. I missed the...

I must have missed it. She's in Carisha from Chad Stahelski that we were just notified of. Very nice.

Movie new releases and places you get movie new releases this week, the Bill Hater cat in the hat. I'll I'll check it out later. Drummer boy, this is from the guy...

This is from the guys in a band called for king and country that I'm a big fan of. They do a really cool little drummer voice special every year, but they turn it into a film. They do a live...

Their live concert. Their live Christmas concerts are amazing. We have Godzilla minus zero this week, boys.

Yes. I need to go... I'm gonna I'm need to pop in my four k and get ready.

Mhmm. Because this thing looks bat guano crazy. We have the Jimmy Stewart biopic where KJ Apa is playing him.

I'm I'm interested. I don't know. I'm very intrigued by this.

Film. We have Rama Yana, Rise of a Legend, which apparently there's two different cuts out there. Is one of them seven hours?

Probably. I wouldn't be surprised. I will wait for this on Netflix.

Yeah. Queen at sea this week. Let me get you a synopsis on that because I was not prepared.

It's so weird how different camera angles see rain or don't. Yeah. It's insane.

I'm I'm always been fascinated with this. Queen of sea, this has the Juliette in it. Oh.

As dementia erodes a woman's ability to communicate her inner life, her husband and daughter struggle to act in her best interest navigating love and the fragile boundaries between care, protection, and autonomy. So that... You got that.

And a movie that all three of us have seen, and all three of us have reviews up at stolenwatermedia.com. Click on cheap... Or the Clubhouse podcast.

What's that? Wild horse nine. Yeah.

I got three words. Believe the hype. Actually, I'm I'm gonna give another three words and then I wanna throw it to Don for three words.

John Malkovich, Oscar. Don, three words. The ninety minute show.

I know. I I I put them in a box that's on me. Remind of others.

Okay. Okay. Fair enough.

Movies on DVD and Blu ray this week. Nothing new release wise. A lot of upgrades.

A lot. Okay. Oh, you're getting a four k steelbook for Con Air.

Nice. Please put down the bunny. Flashdance getting a four k steelbook.

Blind spot. With friend of the show, Jennifer Beals. Oh, by the way, Dallas comic show returning friend of the show, Sean Stasiak.

Ah. We'll be back. Good to see my Tell me I said hi.

I will do so. A four k upgrade for a movie that I think is highly underrated, but I also haven't watched in thirty years, four rooms. It's a good flick.

So, basically, Tim Roth plays a a bellman at a hotel. Okay. Having to deal with different drama in four different rooms of the hotel.

Each room has a different director. Oh, that's cool. And there's one c...

Like, Madonna's... Like, everybody and their brother's in this thing. Okay.

But there's one moment that you just go, holy mackerel, that I that I... It's it's hilarious and uncomfortable all at the same time. And I'm not gonna ruin it, but it's awesome.

The original Friday the thirteenth is getting a four k steelbook Walmart exclusive. Interesting. It looks pretty cool looking.

We're getting a four... Because you demanded it, America. We're getting a four k upgrade for Lara Croft tomb raider, the cradle of life.

No. Thank you. The lovely bones.

It's a four k upgrade this week as does memoirs of a geisha. My wife did not enjoy this film because she read the book and said it wasn't even in the ballpark. Oh, wow.

Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol with a new steel book and National Treasure. One of Don's favorite movies gets a four k upgrade this week, the Halle Berry Extravaganza known as never let go. Oh, that's getting a four k.

What a garbage dumpster fire. Rocketman, Steel Bunker this week. Which Rocketman?

The Terron Edgerton. Okay. Not not not the Not Harlan Williams.

Yeah. Oh, but I'm so sick. No.

Saw three d five and six all getting four k steelbooks this week. Oh, boy. Terminator Genisys, transformers revenge of the fallen.

Okay. Arrow Video releases the blade spares none and the hurricane in a limited edition two pack. Cynap Awesome movie.

Does the b movie, The Deadly Spawn. Toy Robot that is a spin off of Arrow Video is doing the Corrupter with, Chow Yun Fat and Mark Wahlberg, and they're doing above the law in four k. But why?

Because if you look at the first ten years of Steven Seagal's career, every title, three words with a preposition in the middle. I... I'm waiting for march for death.

That's my favorite, and I'm not afraid to say it. March for death is a wonderful movie, and I love it. And hard to kill.

Hard to kill is pretty good too. Are you sure it's not the glimmer man? When he runs?

That run. Yeah. He was a bodyguard for the Dalai Lama for a hot minute.

I'm saying. The doc... Oh, no.

Criterion collection this week, a blue Huron, and you're getting four k's for shoot the piano player and Marie Antoinette. Oh. Four k from the Sofia Coppola.

The doc files this week. Oh, boy. Oh, boy.

We start with big buck massacre. We continue on with... I'm gonna say the name of the first one, and then I'm gonna give you the name because these are these are two films in a series, I guess.

A movie called Maid Droid, m a I d droid. And then we have Maid Droid colon origins. What if Rosie from the Jetsons was a murder bot?

And finally, from the doc files this week, Sasquatch within. That's a thing that exists in the world. You know what else does?

This. Let's get into the cheap popcast, your one stop shop for all things in the world of professional wrestling. We're gonna dive right in.

Only impact note I have this week, agent zero is now zero. Adjust your roster accordingly. The guy that was an agent zero Name change.

Because because order four is no more. Okay. So Just get it.

Okay. And now because Kiera Hogan turned on Ali, fire and flavor are back together. You got that going for you.

Yeah. Crown jewel is Saturday. Remember, preshow starts at 10AM eastern.

Show starts at noon eastern. I just... There's nothing.

I mean, I'm gonna watch. Don't get me wrong. But this card does nothing for me.

The only thing I will say about crown jewel is I do not believe Liv wins. Now remember when I said what you considered blasphemy of I always hated Survivor Series? Yes.

Because it was pointless. This has taken its place. There is nothing on Crown Jewel that has mattered or will matter.

It's just filling out a contract with multiple commas. That's it. The rumble is now official for January...

Or February 7. Mhmm. And, basically, they only have, what, four matches announced right now?

Well, it was supposed to be more, but allegedly, somebody refused to travel, so it's on the pretaped SmackDown. Yeah. Just kidding.

Four bad... That's it. Four matches.

We had... We now have details for the John Cena classic. And I become less interested.

You're gonna have a double feature that day because Raw will be live from Perth, and then we will go live to the ESPN wide world of sports for the John Cena classic, which then tells me this is gonna dictate who's gonna be at Wrestlepalooza. Yep. And the belt is very meh.

I appreciate what they tried to do with the belt, if you watched heels, and I know that we are big fans of it, it leans right into the... This thing is a damn toy. Yep.

On SmackDown, I don't care. Don, are you with me? Yeah.

I'm just Okay. Alex just froze up. I see.

You've been a little bit wonky for us, I think. And Oh, well, we'll do it live. We already are.

I know Graves self corrected, but I'm gonna need you to get your Batman movie straight, son. Yeah. Poison Ivy's in Batman and Robin.

Mhmm. Alright? That...

Going to raw, that opening segment, one of the best pieces of mic work Sammy Zane has ever done to the point where Roman was trying to keep up. Mhmm. He was all over that man like a bad suit.

Yeah. I was like, alright, Sammy. I see you.

I see you. And that was one of those classic. He definitely took the heel role and what we've always said, the heel and it's it, what is it?

The Ric Flair rule? Give them a reason to hate you that they have to respect. Yep.

And Sammy gave them things they didn't wanna hear, but were factually accurate. New IC champ Ethan Page. Let's go, all ego.

Okay. There was a little bit of boo boo face going on on this. I feel like this is not going to be a long term title hold, which I hate because I love Ethan Page.

I have long been a fan of Ethan Page, but this tells me Gable might actually be a little bit hurt because if you flash forward to his other match this week, I'm not gonna get into it, but he seemed to be doing a lot less than he normally would physically. And then enter Cruz Montana into the nine four six. Somebody who's not from the nine four six.

But I do at least appreciate that it did bleed over into NXT. Mhmm. Because I was like, you can't just do that and then act like it didn't happen on NXT.

Right. But it's very it's very confusing of of who's on what side at this point. Like, I don't...

I... I'm trying to figure out who I'm supposed to root for. NXT, speaking of which, is bringing back TLC December 12.

Yep. It will be on CW. I'll address that here in a minute.

The havoc was a thing. It was three hours with commercials, but my favorite part was the cinematic piece of Shiloh Hill no selling everything. Just being shocked by all of it or, like, not shocked, but He's like, that's cool.

You're awesome. Like, I just started... I laughed the whole time.

Him and Tater are the weirdest, most lovable couple on this planet probably. But I can confirm. Remember when we talked about will they cover from CW to the ESPN app since they are now the home of the CW Sports?

Yes. It was on ESPN. Well, I'm...

May have to see if TLC's on there because. That's what I'm curious about. Hear me.

Please, for the love of all things good and holy, hear me. At least give me ten eighty p. You are broadcasting in 07:20 p, and it's like I am constantly watching a YouTube video from 2004.

My TV... I haven't owned a TV that's respected that particular aspect or that that level of clarity in over two decades. You have the equipment.

Use it. It just looks terrible, which is why I'm probably gonna watch TLC on ESPN because maybe that'll at least be in better high definition. It looked like it for the havoc.

That's what I'm... That's... But that's part of what I'm saying about that.

No. No. I...

I'm I'm clarifying it looked better on the ESPN app. Ugh. And then Noam Dar and Romy Moreno win the dusty question mark.

Tell me you have nothing without telling me you have nothing. It... I will say it was weird when Cody was at the desk, they were trying to go to commercial, and it was like Cody didn't know.

It was weird. There was a weird exchange there where I think they went to break about a minute and a half later than they should have. AEW news, Taya Valkyrie, no longer with them.

She announced this week she is no longer under contract. Mutually respectful separation, allegedly. They did offer a contract.

She turned it down. Odds are she and her husband will wind up working back in Mexico where they are still wildly beloved. Blood and guts was this week.

Okay. There was two moments that I absolutely loved, but go ahead. My first question is...

And I think one of them I have in my notes. Probably. My first question is, did I miss the matches for the person advantage?

There wasn't one. Okay. No.

No. They literally said there was a... They did the old school.

There was a coin toss backstage. Fair enough. I'm gonna let you handle your two notes because I guarantee you one of them I have.

Well, but they're both for the men, so I figured you might wanna hold off on that. Uh-huh. But is Okada the funniest, not funny wrestler of all time?

Okay. Don, have you watched this yet? I haven't yet.

No. It's been while. I still haven't.

I'm... We're gonna spoil it because we're not gonna not talk about this. Go This was the greatest.

Okay. Don, I I I wanna set this up if you don't mind, Rob. Go ahead.

Please. Please do. You know when wrestling...

We're aware that it is scripted entertainment. Yes. But when something that is absolutely ridiculous but makes perfect sense just lands that much better.

You you you follow me on this? Yes. Okay.

So with blood and guts, there's weapons. There's everything. Yeah.

Everything's If somebody takes out a black bag and dump something on the canvas, what's coming out of that bag? Usually, it's been tax. It could be Okay, let's let's hold on.

Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.

Hold on. You got it on the first try. Okay.

So there is tax dumped that is more tax than I have seen used in a very long time. May I piggyback off that? Feel free.

Steve Borden taking that tax spot was Yeah. Because even my wife was like, what the hell? Those were legit tax too.

There was no He he took the tax spot, Don. Okay. Okay.

So... And you know how this war games esque is set up where after a certain amount of time, the next wrestler is coming in. If I can real fast, was it the tax to the back or the front?

It was the back. Back. It was back.

Okay. Yeah. And the bucks did have the tax shoes to the thief.

Okay. Okay. I was gonna Okay.

Get to that later on because... Oh, flea flicker. And he dropped it.

It must have been Mark Andrews. Anyways, so everybody, the entire night, the show opens with the women's blood and blood Wait a minute. Hold on.

With the men's. Hold on. Your intended target was a Hebner.

I am calling shenanigans in this game. Hebner. Looks like it said Hebner.

It's him. I'll place it like Dave Hebner. I thought you're talking.

No. No. No.

No. He thought it was. Hold on.

Okay. We thought we were about to have the Baltimore swing job. Circling back.

Circling back. Okay. So it opened with the women's, closed with the men's, everybody was bringing in material, we'll call it.

Someone please teach Megan Bain how to bleed properly. So, the tax spot happens. It's in the ring and everything's going on.

Okada's music hits. The weapon of choice he brings out. I loved it.

I... It took me a second, and I went. It was so perfect.

You... Hold on. Hold on.

We're we're stretching this out too far. Was a leaf blower. So he comes out and uses a leaf blower to remove all the tacks.

And I literally looked at Sean and I said, this is so genius on so many levels because O'Connor wears the least amount of gear out of everybody in this match. And he would be the exact person who is also smart enough to be like, nope. I don't wanna take this spot.

And they go to, like, the full screen from the hard game, and you just see the tacks all over the ground on the outside. It was so brilliant. And Taz selling the crap out of it.

I... He came out. I'm like, why is he...

Oh. Well, I I was genuinely concerned because I was like, it's... They have to have tested this because he can't use it to blow the tax away.

It'll blow into the crowd and it was perfectly lined up. Like, it had the perfect level of power and it just blew the tax off of the canvas. It was brilliant And then you go to later in that match and oh my god.

I am drawing a blank. What was the other match where we had the Looney Tunes spot, Rob? Where they had the cage that was on the outside where Kevin Knight took the Looney Tunes spot off the top because of the backpack.

Anyways, so earlier in the year, we had another big multi man cage match. So, if you remember, Kevin Knight grabbed Darby Allen's backpack from the top of the cage and Pyro went off. That made him fall through the tables.

There is a backpack in the ring and Wardlow who has been gone filming American Gladiators and has not been in the company for a while picks up the backpack and the entire Todd Callis family is like, put it down. No. You don't understand.

And Wardlow standing there like, what do you mean? And then the backpack pirates. It was so great.

You had pyro on a you had pyro led into the Looney Tunes. I'm sorry? You had pyro on a chair.

But what I was saying was which led into the Looney Tunes spots of pyro on a chair. How we've done the pyro off of the bucks sneakers and things like that. It was just one of those moments that was so ridiculous, but it was so funny that I did not care that it gave Jim Cornett a coronary.

It just... It was like... And when it kinda gets in the cage, I was like, my my my first thought is, okay.

That's genius. But two, how has no one ever thought of this? Like I like the idea of it.

These leaf pulls. I was like If if I felt like we could show just that segment on here without causing any problems, I would absolutely bring it up because I would love to have Don Ford's live reaction to this video saved to the annals of history. But here's here's the thing that you gotta give though is what they tested...

They probably tested it once or twice. Oh, oh, they probably tested it. Yeah.

We want this to hit the crowd. But still You know? It was executed beautifully.

Oh, I I could see it. It it... Like I said, he walked out and I was like, why is he...

Oh, wait a minute. And the size of the smile on his face, you knew something was coming. I howled.

I was laughing so hard. I was like, I I can't. I like, I can't.

This is amazing. Let me ask you that. I just wanna bring up a point since we're talking sport here.

Borden, do you think he would just be Stings kid or do you think he could get to the level where he's... He did it on his own? I think he has the He's gonna have to turn heel.

He... He's he's going to forever be Sting's kid. Just But I think if the the world...

Yes. Absolutely great reference. Yeah.

In another timeline, he has the look. He has the physical ability and talent that he could have gotten there on his own. But I think things like him taking the tack spot are driving home the point of him.

Yes. He's in a spot he wouldn't be in otherwise, but it's kind of earning place if it Do you see the potential of him going big is what I'm saying over there? I absolutely do.

Okay. I do, but it'll be a long time. Yeah.

He's got the skills. Think how long it took Cody to really come into his own. I mean He he had to leave and come back.

Okay. Yeah. So just to clarify, I just texted Don the video of a thirty five second video.

Oh, here we go. Hold on. Oh, no.

No. No. I'm not saying that he has to watch it.

I'm just clarifying. But I just... I want...

I wanna do this. Right? Okay.

Make sure you're... I don't know if you want the audio on because No. No.

No. Yeah. We we don't wanna get demonetized.

No. He takes he takes the bell off. Oh, here it comes.

It's so genius. It is absolute genius. Look at the ref.

The ref's just looking there going, what is this guy doing? And and the the the level of meticulous. Yes.

Okay. So, prime vision... Before we go, prime vision's doing something I don't know that I've seen them do with a quarterback.

Have you... Are you seeing this? Yeah.

I don't put it on prime vision because sometimes it kicks my audio, so I leave it on the regular feed until we're done. So they're doing this thing now where they put this huge circle on the ground around the quarterback. The pocket.

Yeah. And given... But but what they're doing with it now is it's changing red, yellow, green depending on risk.

I love it. I I love everything about done that for the last couple of years, but they have not done it with the color changing. It's...

Dude, it's dope. It is dope. Alright.

I got one before we, just one quick. Do you think since Crown Jewel only has four matches, do you see a cash in on either champion? No.

I I I would defer to my earlier response when we've talked about this and anytime it is in Saudi. There is too much trigger happy security for anything like that. Yeah.

Okay. But my other note, did you see what happened with Jamie Hayter after the women's blood and guts? I don't know that I did.

So they're they're doing the the faces win thing where they're standing in there. She thinks the belt she has is her tag title, sees it's not, and immediately just tosses it. That one I'm not gonna send you.

And real fast, well, I just think Panta, if they wanna shock people, he cashes in on Roman sometime. Absolutely. That's...

That would be the surprise. Yeah. However, there's also the other telegraphing of which show is Phoenix on, and there goes Parker Washington junior.

And I'm just waiting for the Oh, he's maddening it. I'm just waiting for the day when you have a baby face cash in on a heel. And as soon as the bell rings, the heel runs out of the ring and runs back to the back and takes a count out.

You mean I'm waiting for The thing the Miz did when No. Well, I mean, literally, as soon as that match starts, he goes out of the ring and gets counted out even if... Because he's in a down position and he he loses by count out.

Yeah. That Miz did that. Well, but but the problem is is the miss did that years ago.

Oh. And what they did was they gave the briefcase back. Oh, I...

Okay. Yeah. I'd say that would be a good hill pass to Rhyner.

Oh, no. It's a... It's it's it's not unintelligent booking.

It's just Yeah. They've done it before, and it's unsatisfying for your normal audience. Okay.

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