Hour 1: Tony's Top 5 Returns (feat. Senator Mark Kelly)

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It's a sad and scary time in America.

You will forgive me for the gloom of what it is we're about to talk about.

We will get back to the silliness of sports and other things in a second.

Senator Mark Kelly, he's a former U.S.

Navy combat pilot.

He's an astronaut.

He's now the senator for Arizona.

Thank you for joining us, Senator.

What was your immediate reaction upon hearing the news yesterday that conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in front of a crowd in Utah?

Well, I was horrified, as I think most Americans were and should be.

I mean, this political violence like this

has no place in our society, and it really demonstrates kind of the worst of us.

We've seen this kind of, you know, violence on, you know, both sides.

We saw what happened to Melissa Hortman and a couple of months ago and her husband in Minnesota killed.

What happened to my wife, Gabby Giffords, you know, shot in the head in 2011.

So we see this over and over again.

And, you know, to me lately, I mean, the thing that you know, immediately comes to mind is the horrible situation that his wife and kids and parents and siblings

now find themselves in.

I've had sort of that experience.

My wife in 2011, she survived.

She's got serious and significant disability because of it.

We shouldn't have

this in our country happen over and over and over again.

How do we stop it?

How do we stop it?

I think that this is a combination of some factors I think that brought us here.

Certainly

on one side, it's just

how divided we've become politically.

I also think that there is just easy access to firearms.

We have a very high rate of gun violence in general.

Over 100,000 people are shot and killed every year in our country.

We are like no other developed

country.

in the world when it comes to when it comes to gun violence.

So how do we stop it?

I mean, we could strengthen our gun laws.

We could also try to find opportunities to just bring us together.

You know, I serve in the United States Senate as a Democrat,

and

I've got strong relationships with my Republican colleagues.

I think the general public just thinks it's actually more, maybe more contentious and divisive than it actually is in Washington.

The media, I'm not saying you guys, but the media often highlights negativity.

There are a lot of positive things, and there are times when we should work to bring this country together.

I think this is one of those times.

That all sounds good, but it doesn't sound much like a solution.

And I know we have these conversations every time, but it seems like we've lost our sense of humanity

in this landscape.

So I'm sure you noticed, right, that the conversation immediately goes to to gun laws and then politics.

Just take a side and blame another side and the humanity gets lost in there somewhere.

Well, I think it's fair to blame both sides.

I mean, that is, you know, the reality of the situation we live in.

And

I also think it's short-sighted to ignore gun laws, you know, in our country.

I mean, we've got.

you know, weak gun laws.

We have high rates of gun crime.

Those things are clearly connected.

You look around the country, and you know, states that have stronger laws have less gun violence.

You know, that's that's clear.

I think at this moment, what we should be thinking about is Charlie Kirk's family

and his wife, his children.

He's got a three-year-old and a one-year-old that are going to grow up without their dad.

And that's just horrible.

But if you want to get to

how do we prevent

future

acts like this?

We have to find a way to unite this country.

We've got to have leaders that are really willing to step out there and say this isn't who we are

and not vilify

Democrats or Republicans.

That does often happen.

And I've seen it.

I saw it in 2011 when Gabby got shot and I see it over and over and over again.

But I could tell you this,

if we don't work to

try and fix this, this could get a lot worse.

I think we're at a moment in our country's history, a lot like it was in the 1960s, how divided we were then, and you saw rising political assassinations.

And this was a political assassination.

I mean, we don't know the exact motivation of this person, and we don't know how he got the gun or who he was yet.

I think we will find those things out, but I think it's clearly that this was political.

To that extent, though, the manhunt for his killer, for Charlie Kirk's killer, is still underway after two suspects were previously taken under custody and released.

How does that happen?

How is that possible?

Well, you know, I'm the son of two cops.

You know,

these things are challenging.

I've also lived through this with, you know, my wife and investigation.

And, you know, her.

assailant or the guy that you know did this and killed six individuals was apprehended at the scene.

This is different.

It's complicated.

You know, the FBI and law enforcement took these two individuals into custody, questioned them, released them.

I could see how that could happen.

You know, when they have a suspect,

they should be taking those kind of steps.

I don't fault them

in any way for that.

You're going to see the full force of the FBI and federal law enforcement put on this, and I'm confident that we will apprehend this individual.

Senator, I know you mentioned that we fear that it could get worse.

I feel like we crossed that Rubicon already.

Most politically motivated attacks, there's a disassociation between us and the act of violence, but the video and

the person representing a movement has changed this.

But also,

these things are typically messier.

Multiple shots, a manifesto of some sort, a trace, a suspect.

Eyes, we're usually further along on this.

This seems like a professional hit.

So I feel like we crossed that.

This is the scary territory, I think, that you alluded to, sir.

Yeah, well, and that's one of the reasons why, you know, folks in like my position and House members and governors

need to, you know, take a step back and see how, you know, what should we be doing at this point?

You know, I'm trying to get out there and, you know, speak about this in, you know, what I think is a responsible way.

You know, we're not, you know, pointing fingers here,

but also recognizing that we have a problem.

And, you know, the problem is

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you know, just the kind of rhetoric, you know, that people use today.

And

I think it's gotten worse over time.

And I've, you know, seen this from both Democrats and Republicans.

And,

you know, we've got to figure out a way through this.

And, but we also can't ignore it.

You know, on this individual event,

you know,

I think the FBI is going to figure this out.

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Trump addressed the news from the Oval Office.

He expressed his admiration for Kirk while blaming the radical left political violence.

How should people feel when we hear President Trump alluding to potentially going after after organizations he views in opposition to him as a result of yesterday's murder?

Not good.

I don't think people should feel good about that.

I think in our country's history,

every president has looked at

when things like this happen, they look at it as an opportunity to unite us, to bring us together, not divide us.

You know, I didn't agree with Charlie Kirk on most things,

but I also recognize, you know, that he is a human being.

He has a family.

He has every right to be there on a college campus expressing his views.

You know, I defended the Constitution flying in combat in the First Gulf War.

I would do it again to protect his right and people like him.

But I, you know, I didn't agree with him.

But what I saw yesterday from the president, I hope I see something else today.

This is the anniversary of 9-11.

This is also an opportunity to try to find some common ground among all Americans and try to find a way, you know, to kind of push us together in our humanity, but to turn down the temperature.

I didn't see that yesterday from him.

I do understand that the President knew Charlie Kirk personally and was very fond of him.

So I'll give him a little bit of a pass for yesterday.

But what I would like to see is you know, him really, you know, working towards uniting us as a country.

What kind of conversations have you had in the last 24 hours with your fellow senators and colleagues on both sides of the aisle?

Well, you remember this happened late in the afternoon.

And

I have

communicated with both my Democratic and Republican colleagues about

just how horrible this is, about how this, you know, this guy had a family, and he was not much older than my eldest daughter.

I have a 30-year-old daughter.

I have a four-year-old granddaughter.

I mean, his kids were three and one.

Just, I mean, forget about the politics for a second.

I mean, this was a person who, you know, people loved him, you know, and

I've got Republican colleagues that know this, that knew Charlie Kirk personally.

And I don't agree with Charlie Kirk's views, but I respect my colleagues and I'm friends with them.

And this was a

friend of theirs.

And I get that.

And this is a very challenging time for them.

You know, I've been through this before, you know, with my wife, Gabby, being shot in the head and in the hospital for six months and then a recovery and being in the middle of this shitstorm that you find yourself in, that his family has now found itself in through no fault of their own.

And, you know, I've got probably dozens of Republican colleagues who are friends of mine that were friends with Charlie Kirk, and they're mourning this loss.

And I feel for them.

You believe in this country?

You believe in this country's ideals.

I imagine that you're a hopeful person.

Have you felt as hopeless as you have over the last couple of years, the threats to our country from every side?

Hey, I am

never a hopeless person.

Like, I am an optimist, right?

I look at

the, you know, the strengths of our country are

much more powerful than our shortcomings.

And I think the future of our country is great.

We are the most generous, innovative country in the world.

And I think we have a bright future.

I think we do go through historically.

We've seen other times in our country's history where we've had you know, very difficult and challenging times.

And I do think we're going to get through this.

I think we've got to all recognize that it's not going to be easy and we've got to work at it.

But, you know, for in my job, you know, I sit on the Armed Services and the Intelligence Committee.

I, you know, I see the threats out there to us as a nation, not just internal, right?

External threats all the time, every week.

The challenges, you know, that we, you know, face from our adversaries.

And I worry about it a lot.

But I don't get to the point where it ever seems hopeless to me.

Let me ask it a different way then.

The amount of despair that you feel at the moment, the threat to democracy, our country, and its ideals, you have felt this way the way that you have over the last five or six years.

You've had things happen to you.

You've seen everything that's happening.

Is

this time more perilous to you?

Does it feel more perilous than previous times?

I think this feels

pretty awful.

It's a horrible thing that happened.

And

I see how how some people could feel, you know, despair.

I don't feel despair, you know, over this.

I, you know, I'm certainly, you know, sad about it, what happened to him and his family and our political system.

And this is,

you know,

this hurts and it's damaging, damaging to us as a country.

I also think we can find our way out of it.

You mentioned that we shouldn't be finger pointing and we should be taking a step back, but your Republican colleagues have already pointed the finger at Democrats.

Don't you find that kind of rhetoric irresponsible?

Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, I think they're hurting, you know, right now.

And in some cases, you know, this was a friend of theirs that lost his life.

So I get that part of it.

You know, people have been attacked politically on both sides.

Melissa Hortman, state legislature, legislator from Minnesota.

is a Democrat.

My wife was a Democrat.

You know, governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Sapiro, Democrat, tried to burn him up in his house and his family.

Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan nearly kidnapped.

The president of the United States, you know, Republican president, tried to kill him twice.

You know, we see this, you know, this isn't unique to, you know, one party or the other.

I mean, we see this across the political spectrum.

There are bad people out there,

you know, that just want to,

wreak havoc and murder people.

So I understand

when things like this happen and people are very upset, they're going to say things.

I get that.

Give this a couple of days and I think people will calm down and we can really start thinking about some solutions.

Senator, I thank you for your time.

This is obviously somber subject matter.

I don't know how to transition from this into the other things that we do, so I'm hoping you can help me.

Do you have a favorite football allegiance of some sort?

Do you have a strong football opinion of some sort?

Something you can give me to somehow try and transition out of what it is that we're presently doing.

Maybe break?

Well, I could break

or I could just include him in

the fun of sports because everyone's a football fan.

Maybe a little wipe up.

You're absolutely right.

I am a football fan.

I'll be watching, I got to travel tonight, but I'll be

watching the Commanders, I think, playing the Packers tonight.

Prediction Commanders, absolutely.

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Cardinals, obviously, by allegiance.

I think

they've had a good start to the season.

I'm optimistic.

I also have to say, just watching the Minnesota Bears game,

not a big fan of Minnesota.

I was really impressed with this quarterback, especially in that last quarter.

That's good.

That's good stuff.

That guy, I think that guy really has a future.

Thank you, Senator.

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I'm tired of him.

No, you can't be tired of it.

I am not tired of him.

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Come on.

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Okay.

I mean, just Kyler Murray is a very talented,

and he is hardworking, talented and hardworking quarterback.

And I think we're going to win a lot of time.

He's going to win a playoff game, though.

He's good.

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Not you, Senator.

I'm talking to Tony.

Says, Senator Murray.

So you are kicking him out.

Thank, yes.

Well, he's got other things to do.

He's got other important things to do.

I do.

Thank you, sir.

All right.

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Tony has a great many football opinions that we have to get to that we have not been able to do.

It has never been hotter under my armpits.

Never been hotter.

I needed, I needed extra.

This tops Gainesville week one last year.

This is crazy.

Yes, that's always a good place to be, hot under the armpits.

Tony's top five is right around the corner here, and we have other guests coming up later in the show, and I'm sure we will be talking more about the Pablo Torrey Finds Out 5 a.m.

drop.

But can you please get me?

Because I think I want to do this until the World Cup, Chris Cody.

Every day, I want to play a Ray Hudson sound every single day to celebrate the most iconic of South Florida

sports broadcasters.

So let's celebrate Ray Hudson by just having his

on a.

Yeah, well, I like, yes, I like producers to produce.

No, no, this one is the Seeds of Resentment.

A little more than 90%

of the day.

Hey, day 17 of the Ray Hudson tribute to World Cup 2026.

Let's go.

It made Chris Sims' career start on this show show because he was able to do it every day.

Take credit for Leftcover 2.

That was a good bit.

Come on.

Magisterial me.

Dan's favorite colors was a good bit.

Yeah, I wanted that one.

Don't play a Rig Springfield.

Your second one, just not your first.

Play.

Is he still holding?

Do we still have it?

Changed studios and he finally dropped off.

It looks great, though.

Play the Ray Hudson sound, please.

This one drops.

Forget it.

Astonishing.

This is not just a dream.

It's a wet dream of orgasmic proportions.

And this one deludes everybody.

It seduces everybody in Real Madrid's fan club, that's for sure.

The wonder strike from Cristiano.

This has got more curves to it than Jessica Rabbit on steroids.

Take it easy, man.

Just one every day until the World Cup.

It's got more what than Jessica Rabbit?

2026.

I think.

Steroids?

Curves?

Curves, I think.

That's what he said, right?

I think.

She was very curvy.

And he can do that because it's a cartoon.

It seduces everybody in Real Madrid's fan club, that's for sure.

The wonder straight from Cristiano.

This has got more curves to it than Jessica Rabbit on steroids.

So only 185 more shows.

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I'm excluding weekends and holidays, folks.

185 more Ray Hudson clips.

I bet we can for 50 years of broadcasting.

I bet you we can find it.

I bet 40 years of broadcasting.

Chris better find it.

I mean, there's one goal every five games, so I don't know.

But they're playing all over the world, right?

And they're more than five games.

You're right.

A career that spans across the decades, Dan.

That's correct.

So we'll do that every day until the World Cup to get you ready for the World Cup.

And we've got commanders and backers tonight, and it is a good game.

Oh, dude, this is a possible NFC playoff preview.

Yes, sir.

NFC championship game, perhaps.

So Tony's got a top five of football observations to get to.

Let's do it.

Do we have the music?

Do we have everything ready that is required so that Tony can fly?

All right, everybody, Tony's top five.

Week one.

The great return.

Feels good to hear that music in its proper context.

Hey, we're going to start no old lie, Dan, just straight five in week one.

There was a lot of observations, but I had to put them all down into five.

As the weeks go on, I'll have more and more as is custom.

Don't threaten us.

Number five,

Gino can still sling the pill.

Did you see him on the first couple of drives against New England?

Absolute lasers across the field, man.

Mina was saying, Mina, Mina, who I trust on this sort of stuff.

Mina was saying before that game, that Raiders' offense is going to be better than people think.

Fun offense, Chip Kelly at the helm, Ashton Genti, you got pieces, Brock Bowers, Geno slinging the pill.

Brock Bowers playing this weekend.

Sorry, Mike, is he playing this weekend?

Yeah, he's all right.

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Incredible, probably.

Oh, dude, he's like two times a quarterback.

He's incredible.

The Raiders are going to be in this conversation.

Mark my words.

Wait a minute.

Playoff conversation.

Wait a minute.

They might be for real.

What?

What?

Are the Raiders for real?

No, not might be for real.

We've been asking that one for 25 years.

We've asked Rick Springfield that.

No, are they for real?

So are you willing to say, are you willing to say, September 11th, Wednesday, 2025, after 25 years, we have an answer to the question, and the answer is yes.

Are the Raiders for real?

I need to see the Monday Nighter.

I mean,

a Monday nighter that I think they win.

But then they have the commies the week after that, followed by the Bears, which we don't know about the Bears yet.

Colts,

colts is pretty good at colts undefeated at home the colts right now from a win-loss perspective right now they're 1-0 no no no i mean like as we project well we have to see monday night monday night i think that's a win to win

okay

wait you think what's a win no no no that's it that makes them two and oh that's two and oh if they win

but then they have the commanders two and one all right bears

versus they're hosting the bears that's a don't dome field advantage what's next after that after that you go to indy where again the colts are juggernaut undefeated.

Then they have Cam Ward, who's probably going to be settling in.

Cameron Ward, I should say.

He's going to be settling in.

Then at the Chiefs.

We don't know.

We don't know, though.

We don't know, though.

Any guess.

And you have been predicting that Tyreek Hill will be there at that point in time, so it could be a new look change.

I think you're undermining Tony's star segment.

No, no, no, no, no.

He likes this.

No, no, no.

I'm in on this.

Yeah.

We still have another 12 games.

I think he's doing the skills.

Then there's the buy to reset.

Okay.

You reset at the buy.

Ashton Denzi gets hot after the buy.

The Jags come into town.

Tough game.

Come on.

Tough game.

I don't think it's a tough game.

Tough game.

Tough game.

Suck.

I could get flexed.

At Broncos.

Tough game.

That one.

And it's a Thursday nighter.

Good Thursday night games.

I can't believe how good these Thursday night games are.

It's crazy.

Crazy.

It's crazy.

Number four.

Number four, funny enough, are the Chargers for real?

We're going to have a are you for real off in the afc west i mean the chargers are are what one and oh right now i mean spank the chiefs host the raiders

then the broncos come to town tough games in the afc west man i mean that's one of those that you just don't know

then they fly across the country to the giants

put it on the poll please at levitard show more for real raiders or chargers man justin herbert looked amazing in brazil i believe the chargers are for real but i i think everyone thinks that right like In 95, they host the Commanders.

Wow.

That's a test.

And then the Dolphins, who at that point.

Most people listening to this think the Chargers are good, yes?

What if I told you, according to DraftKings, Chargers,

even with the Chiefs,

to win the AC West?

I'm telling you.

What can I get the Raiders at?

Plus 190 for the Chargers.

Raiders,

they're fourth, plus 1,000.

That's a competitive.

That's a competitive flyer.

Throw a little something on there.

You're saying they're for real if you're taking a flyer.

I said they win on Monday night.

Well, then they're for real.

They are.

Then, wait a minute.

You said Monday night we went to realize that they're not.

You know, we gotta wait until they do it.

No, but you said they think they went there.

That means

right now that makes me think that's one man's opinion.

Right, but they're just gonna prove to me that they're more for real.

I have not heard that they're for real for 25 years around here.

Nobody knows.

It's a mystery.

I like the quarterback.

You're saying they're for real.

He's good in a dog.

You're saying they're for real.

They have weapons.

Do you know about the weapons?

I found out why they left at 2:17 a.m.

Why was it?

Dude, okay, so witchcraft.

Number three.

there's a witch a witch yes witch that's it no more spoilers no no more spoilers yeah it's streaming now you can watch it at home if you'd like you got those streaming services which one figure it out i'll talk to you after number three

jj mccarthy showed me some major cojones on monday night you throw the pick six you come back you do what he did on the road As a rookie because he didn't play last year.

He's a rookie to me.

He should win rookie of the year if he plays well, by the way.

Not a rookie.

He's a rookie.

Didn't take a snap.

He's a rookie to me.

Got paid.

He goes in and does what he did in the fourth quarter.

Major Cohen is Dan.

Put it on the poll, please, Juju.

Did the senator know J.J.

McCarthy's name?

He didn't.

And that's why I can't take his Kyler Murray take seriously.

Whoa.

That was so weird.

And you reminded me of that and my armpits got hot again.

Are you married tonight?

Have we learned from the Josh Allen thing, Dan?

I feel like you were trying this Tuesday morning.

You were like, well, let me just stop short of actually heaping praise on the young man.

He showed us something.

I'm willing to admit that I was wrong about J.J.

McCarthy because I'm brave and I like admitting I'm wrong.

You need to be prepared to do the same.

I just

am hesitant to think that JJ McCarthy will be able to put up better stats this year than Sam Darnold did with that team next year.

I don't ever expect that from a quarterback who's just starting his career.

And I didn't expect it from J.J.

McCarthy through the first three quarters of that game when it didn't look like he was going to do anything.

But then he showed you what he had.

And you expected it from Sam Darnold?

No, I did not expect it from Sam Darnold.

All I'm saying is that it's not reasonable to assume that a quarterback this early in his career will put up better numbers than Sam Darnold did.

You guys are getting tricked by the fact that it's Sam Darnold, and you're like, why can't he be better than Sam Darnold?

I'm saying the numbers put up by Sam Darnold last year were numbers that made me feel like that wasn't Sam Darnold.

How many times did he?

Which is why they could be JP.

He put up Taro Snow.

It says Kevin O'Connell have to show you who he is.

More.

So the answer is yes.

You're going to be indignant and stubborn the rest of your life.

Sunday night, he's got a shot against the Falcons.

And then a big one against the Bengals.

Wow.

Is this a road game?

No, it's a home game.

Oh, wow.

That's a good sweet spot.

What do they have after that?

Then the Steelers come to town.

Ooh, and then the Browns.

Wow, they have a nice little stretch here.

They have Falcons, Bengals, Steelers, Browns, Eagles all at home before they hit the road and a buy in the middle of that.

Before they hit the road, October 23rd against

the Chargers.

wow jj mccarthy hurtle full circle tell you what if we're going to keep track of sam darnold jj mccarthy last year after one week sam darnold

18 for nope excuse me i was looking at january did that backwards that's fine just goes that one 19 for 24 208 yards two touchdowns interception but what happened

what do you mean what what happened in that game uh they won the game against who Giants.

What was a follow-up for?

He thought he was going to prove a point.

No, because I asked asked him to remember the question.

It came with a useless answer, and then he was stumped.

I remember them beating the 49ers in a big game, but I think that was week two.

That was week two.

Ah, that was right there, Dano.

But Dano is Chejo Vika these numbers.

Bigger after one week.

That's planned.

And Dan, did he showed you what he had?

Did you see his cojones?

Yes or no?

What was that 18 for 40 you were going to give us?

That was the playoff game.

That was a matchup.

18 for 40.

Sounds bad.

Look at it upside down.

At least someone in that studio can admit when they're wrong.

I like it.

Ray Hudson, call it a day, tomorrow.

Yeah.

Number two.

Packers seem to be a unit.

That's what I like about you.

You say things that no one else is saying.

They seem to be a unit.

As a number two, though, when you have all week to prepare something as a thought, and you're number two

seems to be a unit.

But here's the thing.

Everybody's talking about how they are a unit, right?

I'm saying that they seem to be a unit.

Oh, so this is like actually.

This is like...

Not so fast, my friend?

Not so fast, my friend.

I'm hesitant to call them a unit.

Wow.

After tonight?

Maybe?

Maybe.

I mean, tonight's the night.

The comments.

Tonight, tonight is the night after it's coming.

Who's who so early?

Ooh.

But it is, it feels like a who's a measure.

I know about a who's who makes the context.

How about a who's the quarterbacks?

One of these teams is a contender, and the other one's a pretender.

Wow.

And we find out tonight which is which is separate.

Contender, pretender, early the week.

Joy.

Making in week two you're sniffing a who's who game.

No, in week two,

we sussed it out

up used to be one of them.

Contenders and pretenders.

You started.

No, that's where you ended up.

You started by sniffing who's who.

I can't work things out with my face.

You've got to be respectful of the cathedral of who's who's game.

That's not what we did.

We were.

We were shot there.

No, no, no.

Let's ask the question.

You're judging spitballs, and that's not what you do.

You don't even want us to ask the question.

Yeah.

If you're going to sniff around who's who,

because you volunteered and i wasn't ready for who's who

that's a december that's a december conversation

agree it's a little bit later contending you gotta start the conversation forced him to fly across the country and he was already across the country

it's a classic mix

you say over there you got armor you guys don't mix it up i'm gonna separate you guys

point is

they seem to be

They seem to be a unit, but I want to see how that offense gets together because their offense, even though they have a good quarterback, a lot of B pieces, right?

They don't really have an A piece on offense outside of quarterback.

They seem to be a unit.

I feel like you've changed your opinion of this during the segment because

we can work shop things.

I'm just against things out.

Colts Broncos, could that be a contender potential?

What's after that?

What's happening?

Oh, week for the Broncos.

That's this week, Colts Broncos.

What's after that for the Broncos?

Let's see.

Give me a moment.

Yeah, pull them up.

Tony, give us the rest.

Number one.

Did you hear that, Daniel?

At Chargers.

Oh, my God.

I mean, the Chargers are in the mix.

You slap the table like Brian Kelly.

I heard it.

Oh, you heard that, right?

Do you know what that sound was?

That was your hand?

That was the...

That was the Super Bowl window closing for the Lions in 49ers.

Oh.

What?

It's over.

It's over.

For broke.

The 49ers have the easiest schedule in the world.

I know Dan Harry wrote, and I wrote something on my sub stack saying about how Brock Burdy could be the...

Hold on, Dan.

What?

Hold on, dude.

What?

And, like, we want to talk these things out, right?

Agreed.

Okay.

The Niners do this thing where they get hurt in the beginning.

But everybody's hurt.

And then they get healthy at the right time of the year.

Sure.

You gotta forecast that.

Here's the thing.

The soft tissue injury with George Kittle scares me because the hamstring is like off the bone.

What about the Jennings shoulder?

There's a lot.

They said he's good, though.

And Brock Purdy.

Brock Purdy, turf toe and shoulder.

But he's going to be out the next four weeks.

I don't want to put him on an aisle.

So there's a lot of

things happening.

But CMC playing well.

Ricky Pearcell, by the way.

Back.

There's something there.

Mike Ryan mentioned that I like giving tasks and assignments.

So I want to get you guys to do some math for me here on something because...

We're your math friends now?

You can be my math friends you can apply for the position here by helping me do some math uh because i was uh talking about the ravens yesterday and i was saying turn this music down please i i was talking because it's it it's over that's his that's his we were still talking

about yeah he still got a lions he could agree with me on the lions though he didn't even say like that window that was like an open and shut like window he didn't even say anything about the lions he knows it i have the lions schedule here if you want it i need to see this

there's a big issue i don't know a tough road a hoe for the lions you can Let's save that for later when we're off air and no longer doing a show, and you can say everything you want about the schedule of the league.

There's Ravens, Browns, Bengals, Chiefs.

I mean, they got the best this week, and you got to lie.

They know how to stop Ben Johnson.

They saw it every day in Bragg.

According to DraftKings, the Lions now are third shortest odds in the division to win.

Third, plus 450.

Their schedule is behind the mic angle this season.

The point that I was making about the Ravens yesterday that I want to cross over to today, because there are only two good teams in the league that suffer from this particular affliction.

The San Francisco 49ers and Shanahan is viewed as somebody who blows leads late.

But the number that I wanted to give you on Harbaugh that I didn't give you yesterday when I said that they've blown nine games with a 90% plus win probability is that they have blown 17 second half double-digit leads under Harbaugh.

And if I do the math on this math, friends, if I just made made all of those wins, would they suddenly have a better winning percentage over the over that stretch than the best teams in the league?

Would they have a better winning percentage than Kansas City?

Would they have a better winning percentage than the Patriots at their very best if I gave Harbaugh all 17 of those victories that he has a double-digit lead in?

Yes.

You think they'd be the best team in the sport very obviously if they if I just made all of their double-digit leads wins, none of the collapses losses.

Yeah, I feel like we could do that because, okay, are we giving the other good teams at blue games, are we going to give them their games too?

We could do that, but

the Chiefs certainly haven't blown the amount of games that you're describing to me right now that the Ravens have.

So the answer, yes.

Carry the four is like 8.75 we got.

We were looking at the Lions schedule.

What a game.

14 straight tough games.

I don't think Tony was tough enough on them.

They may miss the playoffs this year.

The Lions.

The windows closed?

Do you tear it down?

Or do you say, like, you know, we went through the game?

They lost $260 million.

Better question.

Fire Dan Campbell.

No, you don't.

No, no, no, no.

Do so many people want to fire Dampbell.

If you're Dan Campbell, though, you listen to offers because you look at what's going on.

You say, I lost my coordinators.

I don't know about this situation.

Maybe I leave before they figure out I'm the problem.

Get out while you can.

Uh-huh.

Potentially.

I mean, remember, he had that Texas AM flirtation not too long ago.

He could have come in for a king's ransom, but he decided not to.

Wanted to stay put there in Detroit.

Tony mentioned windows closing, and there was a very small window where Chris Cody was going to make this joke, and it closed.

So that window is now reopened, and we should have done it about 40 minutes ago, but because the window closed, we're just going to do the joke now.

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