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She's the senior NFL insider for the athletic and the host of the Scoop City podcast.

She is fresh off celebrating her anniversary on Friday, and it makes me wonder immediately,

how is it and why is it that you got married during the NFL season?

It is the most common question we get.

So, first of all, I apologize for the voice today.

I lost it on Friday.

I guess that was my anniversary presence of my husband.

I was not able to talk.

So he was,

he was thrilled.

He was happy all day.

So

we

got married during COVID.

And

We had gotten engaged in May and we were planning a very big wedding in the offseason.

And we were actually attending a baptism for my nephew.

And my grandparents were running late.

And so the priest was tap dancing a little bit to kill time and so I was sitting in the front row and he said and what about you young lady like what are you doing with your life essentially and I said oh you know I'm actually recently engaged my husband you know this is my fiance we're getting married next year and this was again during COVID where everyone thought the world was coming to an end and he put me on the spot and he's like why are you waiting and we're like well

We want to have a wedding, you know, well, why?

If you love each other, you should just do it now.

And we're like, well, we're not going to do it now because it's Luke's baptism, but okay, maybe.

And then just on the drive home, Kevin and I were like, maybe he's right.

Like, forget the wedding.

Like, so we canceled our wedding and we got married a month later.

And we did it on a Saturday during the season.

And I went back to work the next day.

So you were bullied?

You were bullied by

God.

A priest?

Yeah.

Dancing priest.

Who's Polish and doesn't speak very good English.

And

just like, yeah,

he's an interesting fella.

I love him though.

And I'm grateful though.

I'm grateful because we saved thousands of dollars on some,

you know, we were getting married.

This is just so predictable of me.

I wish I was not so obvious of a human, but we were getting married at the same venue Snookie got married, right?

So you could imagine just like

the Italian marble staircase, you know, I probably was going to wear like a jeweled crown.

Um, you know, we were going to serve coffee at four o'clock to all the old Italian uncles and aunts.

Like we were doing like all the Italian traditional things and the gaudiness.

And I don't even know why we were doing that.

And I think at the time we just thought that's what we were supposed to be doing.

So yeah, it saved us a lot of money.

And we wound up just having a very, very private wedding of just our immediate family.

And And my mother-in-law, who attended her other son's weddings that were gaudy and big, has shared that our wedding was the best one because it was just very small and intimate.

So church has become,

that priest has had a lot of influence on us.

Let's put it that way.

How close were you to the people who were hosting the baptism?

Because you could have saved all of the money by just doing it that day and they could have hosted your wedding reception also.

It's a great point.

It's my sister who's my best friend.

So she would not have cared at all.

In fact, I think she would have been excited.

Kev and I were nervous.

I remember thinking, like, because I think when men propose, that's their wedding day.

Like, that's when you guys are all in.

It's not really all in for us yet.

I think for women, the actual wedding day is the moment.

So, I mean, Kev was all down for it.

I was the one that was very skeptical.

I was like, oh, no, no.

And at the time, I was working at ESPN and I remember I was still working.

And so the night before my wedding, I'm making calls.

And I had a phone interview set up with Jimmy Garoppolo.

And I remember Jimmy was great.

He made like a funny joke, like, hey, it's night before your wedding.

You sure you want to do this?

And I'm thinking, like, of all the people in my life that I'm going to talk to the night before my wedding, the one guy my dad wanted me to, or my mom wanted me to marry was Jimmy Garoppolo.

And he's calling me.

Like, this is a sign.

I, of course, did not marry Jimmy Garoppolo.

And I think Kevin was happy about that.

Diana, at what point on your very private wedding day did you put away the phone where it's like, all right, I can't be bothered with any breaking news or anything like that?

Yeah, did not.

Did not.

In fact, I would recommend it.

Some of the, I don't recommend talking to people like in the limo or in the car or wherever you are or in the church, but the best pictures and videos I have are actually actually the ones that we took with our own phones because it was just us.

So I wasn't working.

I do, I did get nice text messages from people around football and I was responding a little bit, but it wasn't like I was sitting out there like, you know, at the time, I don't know, Odell Beckham's not playing tomorrow.

Like I wasn't doing that.

But it was COVID.

So it was like, you get married, you go back to work.

Like that, that's kind of what we did.

And

I think he's, my husband's still pretty bothered by the fact that that we never had a real wedding so diana how would you grade the proposal was it bended knee was it uh how was it not great um it was okay

we were down the shore we're at the jersey shore and again covet so like there was no place to go um he had planned a better one but the restaurant that he had planned it at was closed because of everything.

So we were on the beach and the only problem with it was my sister and my brother-in-law and my parents knew what was happening.

And I threw on just like an ugly shirt, like,

it was like a blue version of what I'm wearing right now.

And I had my hair in a ponytail.

Like, I just, I looked terrible.

Um,

and nobody thought, like,

hey, you know, you're 36 years old.

Like, you're old.

You like, you should probably, this is a big moment for you.

Um, especially a family that was dying to get, to, for me to get married.

Uh, no one gave me the heads up.

So, Kev did it on the beach.

And, um,

yeah, one out of ten, it was just like a four and a half.

Were you expecting it?

Like, they said this is a big moment for you.

Did you think that it was coming, or was it like a surprise?

Because, like, at 36, I don't think you just walk around always expecting to get proposed to.

No, I did.

I walked around waiting.

Um,

it was like, you know, he would like go in the other room.

I'd be like, this is it, this is the moment.

He wants to get the box.

Um,

put it on the road.

He claims that he was proposing after that Super Bowl in Miami

by you guys and that I came back so tired and exhausted from it all.

He was he candid.

He's like, this isn't the right moment.

Like she's done.

Like she's not in the right place right now.

But I don't know.

I think he was just buying time.

But yeah,

I was surprised, but I wasn't because we were at that point where like it was easy.

Like we knew we wanted to be together.

It was just a matter of when he could could just ask the question i have a number of follow-ups and we'll get to football in a second please put it on the poll at lebetard show for men is the wedding day uh the day they propose at lebitard show uh your bullying priest and your relationship with church and god how have the kids taken to church uh so you know how it goes it's like an olympic sport um trying to get kids out the door on a Sunday morning, especially during football season for me because I'm working.

So we cut back on that because my boys are only 14 months apart.

So

early on here, we just, we didn't do church.

Okay.

Sorry, mom.

We just stopped.

So we've decided about, I'd say a little over a month ago,

that I will just take my four-year-old Michael to church to just try to instill like the process, right?

Because he doesn't know a homily, a hymn.

He can't tell the difference to just get him used to what church is, you know?

And so he knows the rules.

You know, you don't talk, you sit quietly, you keep your hands together.

and it's God's house, like, you know, all the basic stuff.

So, so he can learn.

But every Sunday, it is clockwork.

The second the priest stands up, and this is usually midway through Mass, to begin the homily.

And for those that are not Catholic, the homily is usually essentially the priest's version of that day's Bible's passage.

So it's, let's take what the Bible says and apply it to life.

And how could I connect to the parishioners here?

And that's usually, it's a lesson

and depending on the priest I think the Catholics can agree sometimes they're all right sometimes they're boring most of the time for me they've been boring I haven't had great grace

and I guess my son has some sixth sense with it too because every single time the priest stands up he walks up he goes mom I got a poop

I'm like

guys it's we just we call it the homily dump now because it's just every single time so I got to get up and walk walk out with him.

And to the kids' credit, like

they've got a speaker in the bathroom so you can still hear the homily.

I'm like, kind of get it, Mikey.

Like, this isn't great.

Yeah, he's running a scam.

Mikey's running a scam.

So where does it rank?

Kevin does a number of things that are annoying.

Where does it rank

his meal prep for the week?

Is it high on the list of annoying things your husband does?

Yeah, it's like it's like Mikey's colon's allergic to to homilies and and my stomach is just allergic to anyone who who cook like okay so credit to kevin he he understands that in life like we we need to help each other out and so he likes to get ahead on meals right uh it is it's helpful but monday mornings he cooks a full dinner so it's 5 a.m i pour my coffee and Kevin's at the stove making broccoli and chicken and onions and peppers.

And I don't know how you guys feel about it, but like, I don't want to smell that in the morning.

Yeah, broccoli.

Broccoli smells bad.

Put it on the poll at Lebatard show.

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Yeah.

And his point, and he says this to me because I was complaining.

Because I was, he saw me texting my sister who gets up early too.

I'm like, I can't do this anymore.

And he's like, you can tell your sister she can eat the cereal that she eats at night because her husband doesn't do this.

So my poor brother-in-law gets shrapnel and all this.

You know, no one's doing anything over there.

They're eating Cheerios and you eat a nice healthy meal every night because you want to be healthy and stay fit and all that other stuff.

So he has a point.

I just don't think that's a good way to start our week,

you know, grilling broccoli and chicken.

It's not great.

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Diana, the Eagles have won like 20 of 21 games.

They're reigning Super Bowl champions.

Yet you have AJ Brown sharing Bible verses on social media.

People are wondering, is Saquon the same player?

That was a nice win in Tampa.

I understand the passing stats didn't reflect that in Tampa climbed back into the game.

But for much of that game, that felt like a statement win from the Eagles.

And yet the news cycle is talking about everything that's wrong with the reigning Super Bowl champions.

I don't understand it.

What do you make of it?

Mike, I'm the same way.

I know why they're mad.

I understand it.

And a lot of it has to do with the fact that you've got an all-star team.

On paper, this is the best team in football.

And they still have not played their best version of it.

at all.

We've seen snippets of it, but it's been very obvious that teams are now defending the run very well, right?

Saquon has not been the same.

This is also a team that seems to like drama, right?

Because we see the A.J.

Brown tweets and, hey, I don't,

I'm just going to shrug my shoulders and whatever it is that he said is messaging, essentially be like, yeah, I'm not thrilled with this.

If you're not welcomed, quietly withdrawal was some of the social media messaging.

Yeah, look, he did it last year too, right?

Like, this is just what they do.

I think they like chaos.

I think this is, they are those people that need the drama to almost stay entertained by it.

It's like they're so good and they've got this special team and bond and they have figured out ways to win every single week.

Yet they're like, eh, let's just shake it up.

I just think what we, they continue to come out really, really strong.

But until we see them put it together, look, it's only the end of September.

So I can, I, I predict that it will, will continue to get better and they'll find themselves.

But

I think this is just the Philadelphia Eagles needing entertaining.

Are they like the couple that fights a lot just to have great sex?

Absolutely.

That is what Philly is.

They are the couple you hang out with that purposely argue to give their relationship a little bit of excitement.

Put it on the poll at Lebatarge Show.

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Diana, what did you make of the Jets' performance last night?

Bad.

I'm concerned.

The penalties,

I think we wanted to believe that this would be better because Aaron Glenn came in with a really good reputation.

We saw some good stuff he did in Detroit.

I'm just going to go back to what people were saying to me in the summer about the Jets and Aaron Glenn specifically, of what he brings to a team so well, which is his play calling.

And he's not calling plays in New York.

And I'm curious to see if they're going to make that switch, if he's going to get more involved.

Because look, to his credit, he's looking at that role as let's be this, I'm going to be the CEO.

It's very, very, very very hard to do all these things we're seeing it all over the league right look in tennessee they're taking away play calling they're trying to make coaches be the guy in charge not the guy calling all the plays um

but if you're taking away your best trait of probably what got you the job maybe you should go back to doing that thing to help your team out so uh look they're they're they're just not a good team and they could be the first aaron glenn could be the first coach to go 0-5 in his first year in the history of the new york jets which i almost thought wasn't true because it's had to happen, but it hasn't.

I would have assumed with all the terrible coaches there, Ko-Tite had to have been all over this.

I know.

I know.

You know, what do you think Salah's thinking?

What's Sala thinking right now besides, I'll end your life?

You know, as he's

end your bleeping life.

Diane.

And did he?

So I was, did you guys, you guys are so good on the internet.

Did you see a clip of Sala saying that back?

Because I couldn't find it.

I saw Liam Cohn.

I saw saw him.

I saw him go through it.

We played it yesterday.

We're playing it right now.

It wasn't clear and people were doing some lip reading.

But yes, I will

end your bleeping life is what we quoted him saying yesterday.

Oh, okay.

So you can see Sala saying that?

We're lip reading.

I was reading the quotes and then I saw it.

I wasn't seeing it and determining it.

I had already, I had been, I was biased because I was reading it first.

Okay.

All right.

So what do we make of it?

I mean, I've never heard two coaches do that.

And Liam Cohen started with

keep my name out of your bleeping mouth.

And then Salah escalated it to a place I haven't seen by threatening to murder him.

Yeah.

Seems extreme.

I mean, I love it.

Who are you taking in that one?

You know, talking this out does make me feel like we should have met that video with a little bit more scrutiny.

I think Salah is the one that I take there.

He's got the level of crazy to escalate it to that place.

They both have crazy.

crazy i mean first of all physically i've been next to both of them they're both tall robert's probably like 6'4

liam's like 6'1 maybe

sala's like minus 500 here what are we doing

does not stand a chance just to be clear i don't guys i i i do not underestimate crazy and and and liam going back liam seems like he's got a short fuse here robert isn't a fiery like we've seen him be animated on the sidelines he can be fired up he's not an angry human, though.

I think you need to have deep-rooted anger to be able to kill someone.

Robert doesn't, he's not like that.

Like, he's actually.

Oh,

Diana, Diana, when you're yelling at somebody on the field with live mics around that I will bleeping end your life, you do have that anger inside.

And the other guy is

Liam Cohen would get thrown by the ankles into the stands by Robert Sala.

I nerd quality on that guy.

Diana, the story of the day in the NFL has to be Tyreek Hill's gruesome injury.

He's never going to play again, right?

Is that your best friend?

I don't know why you're doing it.

Ever?

Do you think his career is over?

He's done it twice today.

That's the second time he's done that.

I think his career might be over.

I'm just curious what Diana thinks.

I mean, we saw Alex Smith's leg injury, and he came back from it.

I mean, we saw the, I don't know if you saw the documentary, but.

Yeah, but Alex Smith doesn't rely on his speed to get open.

I mean, he plays quarterback.

So either way, both positions, you need your legs.

It's not like you're going out there.

And I mean, yeah.

Look, I don't know, Greg.

Like, I'm not a doctor, but

it was gruesome.

I think it would be pretty incredible if he came back.

But I just think in today's day, like...

with the medical, with the science that we have, players are able to do wild things to get back.

So I don't think that's it.

I hope it's not it.

That would be horrible.

When we speak of bad football teams, Tennessee's own quarterback, Cam Ward, is putting voice to how bad they are.

I want to play two sounds for you.

First, Cam Ward and then Brian Callahan.

Let's start with Cam Ward, please.

I mean, we're keeping the buck right now.

We asked.

So we owing for it.

We have, at this point, we got nothing to lose.

We dropped a quarter of our f ⁇ ing games and we've yet to do anything.

So we have to lock in,

especially myself, from the offensive line.

From the defensive line, from the special teams to all three faces, we have to play together.

We have not played together together this year yet.

And that's just something that, you know, we want to preach about it every day.

Every day we've got to do better.

And we're doing that, but it has to show up on Sundays.

It hasn't showed up yet, but it got to show up next week.

That sound could have ended with just we ask.

That would have been sufficient.

But let's play Callahan getting testy here.

You can imagine that they don't have much hope this season.

Do you think this is a resilient and relentless football team?

I know what you're doing there, Paul.

I know what you're doing.

And I'm not going to answer that shit right now.

I mean, those are the themes that we've tried to catch on in this football team.

You're 20 some games in.

Yeah.

I'm going to just compose myself here before I say something I regret.

But yes, I think this team is resilient.

I think it is relentless.

We haven't played good enough football.

And I think those are two very distinct, different things.

We have to execute at a better level.

We have to coach better.

That's really all I can say.

Put it on the poll, please, Juju.

Did you know what Paul was doing there?

Because Callahan is accusing Paul of something that none of us are accused of He's very interesting.

I can tell you, I know Paul Kaharski very well.

Shout out, Paul.

Paul is every losing coach's nightmare.

He's in their dreams.

He's in their pillow.

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Paul is relentless.

Now, look, he's in a market,

and Paul's from actually the New York area,

but he's in a market in Nashville that it's

you're not dealing with aggressive media.

You're dealing with a lot of really good guys down there, but it's obviously not New York.

It's not Philly.

But Paul thinks it is, and he goes hard.

And he just asks questions that sometimes, like, I've been in those press rooms with him.

And I'm like, oh my God, Paul.

No.

But he does it and he goes hard.

So I think Brian there was going like, Brian, Paul was trying to get Brian to be like.

We've got nothing.

Like, we have no hope.

I have no hope.

We stink.

I should lose my job.

Like he was trying to set him up.

I think we can all put that together.

I don't think it was that

deep of a comment from Callahan, knowing Paul so well.

So look, I think the situation there is, let's start with Cam Ward, okay?

How

sick of this does he sound already?

And he's only a rookie in Nashville for just a few weeks here playing with this team.

That to me is the biggest problem because if what he's around right now is going to ruin him, then just shame on Tennessee because they've got this gift.

They've got the guy.

He can play.

He's talented.

Everything I've heard about him from what he's like behind the scenes on the field as a teammate.

They've got

the thing that every organization wants.

Now they need to go and find ways to put the right people around him.

And for whatever reason it is, and it feels like it goes back to when they...

traded AJ Brown, you know, four years ago, five years ago, like a little less than that.

Like that's where it all started.

It's like from that trade from A.G.

Brown of Philadelphia, it just seems that that was the thing that has now taken this team off the tracks.

So, I don't, look, it's not going to get any better.

It's, there's no way because they don't have the right people there.

And I think it's going to be interesting to see how they do this, right?

Because you've got Brian Callahan.

He's the head coach.

You've got his father, who is the offensive line coach.

So, if you fire Brian Callahan, do you have to fire his father?

And then does the team then have to go find two coaches?

Like, I just think there's a lot of dynamics at play there.

I know what you're doing there, Paul.

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Don Lebatard.

Are you on the fan right now?

Did Mike Greenberg call you yet?

Are you ever going to go back to ESPN?

People think it's so weird you're a writer now.

All those years on TV?

All those years?

And now you write?

Who reads that?

Stugats.

Why did he take a job at the Atlantic?

Mom, I work at the Athletic.

What?

You on YouTube?

This is the Don Lebatar Show with the Stugats.

Put it on the poll.

Do you have to fire several generations of Callahans if you're the Titans?

And also put on the poll, is Paul Kaharski every losing coach's worst nightmare?

I'm with Diana on Cam Ward, but obviously I'm biased.

But let me play Devil's Advocate here.

Through their first four career NFL starts, Cam Ward has two touchdown passes, which is just unbelievable to me.

Two interceptions, 614 passing yards, and just a 51% completion percentage with an 0-4 record.

Will Levis, much maligned, six touchdowns, two interceptions, 857 yards passing, 61% completion percentage, and he did get a win in his first four starts.

So a lot of people are looking at that.

And if you just see the numbers, some of this does fall back on Cam Ward.

It is fair to say that Cam Ward probably needs to deprogram himself.

I'm thinking he's got the Miami offensive line and maybe tap back into that Wazoo Cam Ward that we saw two years ago.

Yeah, well, I'm going to be interested to see just what direction they go in.

And I don't want to go too inside baseball on the Titans right now, but it's like, you know, you've got Mike Braganzi, the general manager there.

He's got connections to Kansas City.

Kansas City has some great coaches there.

You got Steve Spagnola, obviously.

You have Matt Nagy, who's a good play caller.

That's usually how you put these things together.

It's like, who knows who?

So look, this will be a gift for any offensive-minded head coach to have, to be able to go to Nashville.

By the way, Nashville is, that is one of those jobs, I'll tell you.

Coaches that are looking to be head coaches, they always ask about that gig because that is the dream job in terms of the city, the tat, like everything about it.

Has she ever been to Broadway?

It's so much fun.

They're getting a new stadium soon.

Yeah, the new stadium.

And by the way, that's another factor in this.

They want to get butts in the seats.

And the way they're playing that, that's not going to help them.

That's not something ownership can be happy with.

Jackson Dart, what you got?

I mean, energizing.

Look, he wasn't spectacular on Sunday from what we saw, but I think he gives this team a chance.

And he certainly saved Brian Dable for right now.

He definitely calmed everyone down in New York.

Forget Jackson Dart, though.

It's the defense to me.

They've got absolute monsters.

And it was the first time I saw them all together because we've all been wondering where are they?

Abdu Carter,

Kayvon Thibodeau, Brian Burns.

I'm missing more, but still, just the fact that they were so good up there.

The fact that the defense is alive is going to keep the New York Giants alive, I believe.

Diana, did the Cowboys win the tie?

No, I mean,

no, no, it's a tie.

There's no winning.

Are the Bengals done?

Yes.

Yes.

The Bengals are done.

I am, it is not good, and I don't see it getting any better.

I'm curious to see if they're going to make a move at the quarterback position because I think we see it's not working.

Atlanta was fun to watch for the first time all season.

Did Zach Robinson figure it out or did they just play the commanders at the right time?

I think Zach Robinson figured it out.

I think this is exactly what we've been waiting for.

And finally, you have these talented players playing at the level that they should.

So I think good news for the Atlanta Falcons.

I think we're to see it again.

Do the Ravens make the playoffs?

No.

If Lamar Jackson is not healthy, this team cannot go.

Their defense is not good enough.

They've got too many injuries.

And with Lamar hurt and him not being able to be athletic and

able to create plays that make us all kind of go in shock, I just don't think this Ravens offense can go.

Are the Bills undefeated as an illusion?

no

i think they're one of the best teams they are the best afc team right now i think it's between them and and the kansas city chiefs i think they're that good then why are you texting me that pats bills is must watch oh because i think that this new england patriots team actually has a real chance

to compete with the bills i'm not calling the upset i just think based on where drake may is and the patriots building towards something that they are trying to build there i think i think the bills i think the Patriots can give the Bills a hard time.

Once Rashi Rice returns, are the Chiefs going to be all the way back?

Yeah.

Wouldn't you say they're back now?

I mean, and they only got half the duo back.

So, and they've been saying this for months.

They're like, if we just get one of our guys back, we'll be all right.

And look who's all right.

Do you agree with Mina Kimes that Puka Nakua is the best player in football?

No.

Can you guys look up for me how many touchdowns Puka Nakua has, please?

I don't, he doesn't score very much, does he?

Like, in his...

Yeah, well, why'd she say that?

Because he's got a bunch of catches and every like they target him so much and he's got 100 yards in every game and it's not stoppable.

Like they're going to throw to him 12 times a game and you know they're going to complete it 12 times a game.

He's got one rushing, one receiving.

But this season, I'm not talking about this season, career, career-wise.

How many touchdowns does he have?

I don't think, just 10, huh?

Yeah, he doesn't score all that much.

Thank you.

Appreciate the time, Diana.

Appreciate the work as well.

Senior NFL insider for the athletic and the host of the Scoop City podcast.

We will talk to you next week.

Always good seeing you.

Thanks, guys.

God bless.

I can't believe her priest bullied her like that.

I thought she would have her own decisions to make on her wedding day, and instead her priest is demanding an immediate marriage.

I am told that we have another gas bag of the week.

Don Legreca of what Happened, Billy?

Why are you making faces behind the mustache?

No,

I was just marveling at how many rushing touchdowns Puka has in his career.

It's two.

Very positive.

Yeah.

12 total.

Okay, so the positivity is only a bit more difficult.

Zaz can confirm, yeah.

That's what you're talking about.

Okay, so you were positive on the air, but the phase behind the mustache was negative, regardless.

I'm not going to put your business out there, but it seemed like you weren't super positive.

What do you mean?

No.

It seems like you were dismissing it.

No.

Zaz can have my back on this situation.

I am the wrong messenger for what he told me, so I'm going to confirm what Billy said.

Why is that?

You don't get to put this on me.

You're the one who said the thing.

I was just asking a question.

Because I can say it.

Say what I'm saying.

And you won't like what I say.

That's not true.

So let's not.

I love everything you say.

What's happening?

Comment on me.

I'm not certain.

Share with the rest of the class what's happening.

Now we're here.

Now we're here, and it's not something.

He's got to be positive on air.

If he was positive, I'm positive all the time.

In your headset, though, you got to be positive there, too.

I was positive.

You were negative in someone's headset when you were a producer.

I got to say the energy did shift a little bit.

I was defending Diana and the situation she was in.

See, you made a tactical error by throwing this on me.

How so?

Because I could say what you said, and I don't think you would look very good.

What do you mean?

But now we got to say that.

What do you say what do I mean?

I just said what I mean.

I just said that.

So people get to disagree with what I say and then say, what do you mean?

I said pretty.

I just said what I mean.

Two rushing touchdowns in his career.

Yeah.

Okay.

If you believe that, Dan.

Well, I don't believe it.

I clearly don't believe it.

We've established he's not going to snitch.

You know why, Zaz?

I know what happens if snitches get hurt.

Do you give Zaz immunity for what he might say?

He can say whatever it is.

I am not the right messenger.

I will not say it.

Nope.

Nope.

Okay, but

this is not working, and I don't know.

I'm not of the right background to say it.

Okay.

Well, now you're making it sound really bad.

Minor penalty, two minutes.

Delay a show.

Take your jail time if you don't want to stitch.

That's a good friend.

He made the right call out.

That's a good friend.

He's taking the jail time.

Okay, that's good.

Jail time for him.

I could say what it was.

I said Puka's got two rushing touchdowns for his career.

I heard that as a positive.

Yeah, I don't understand.

Two touchdowns.

He's not even a running back.

I'm celebrating.

I guess he thinks that he's a terrible touchdown.

Minor penalty, two minutes.

Dumpster juice takes.

You out of the room as well, Billy.

Get out of here.

Gas bag of the week, the beloved Don Legreca, who tends to lose his mind, has some commentary

on what happened, Chris.

No, I'm just going to give you context here.

He's mad at Mets fans because Mets fans, the Mets blow it, and they're mad at the Marlins for celebrating too much for eliminating it.

They're mad at the rules for tiebreakers.

They're mad at they're trying to blame everyone else.

And Don Legreca is not having it.

And he is our gas bag of the week.

They have the lowest payroll in baseball.

You don't think that's a chance for a team like the Marlins to flex?

They are worthless.

The players know it.

They've got no chance to win.

They've got literally the lowest payroll in baseball.

They've been handed a gift of relevancy on the final weekend.

You don't think they're going to relish the chance to beat the team that's got the second highest payroll in baseball?

Give me a break.

You don't have a chance to complain when you blow it the way they did.

You take it.

You take it.

You get smacked in the face and you take it.

You don't defend yourself.

This team is not worth defending.

We're a worthless piece of garbage organization right now.

Hopefully we'll get up from it.

Hopefully they'll make the right decisions.

But stop complaining about the Marlins.

Stop complaining about the Reds.

Stop thinking you're better than you actually are.

Stop worrying about the Yankees and worry about yourself.

Own the town, my ass.

How about owning a above 500 record and making the playoffs with the second highest payroll in baseball?

Look in the mirror.

The words Yankees or Marlins or baseball or Manfred or anything coming out of your mouth other than we suck.

I don't want to hear it.

So shut your mouth.

Put it on the poll, please, Juju.

Does Don Legreca look like a divorced Santa drinking too much at the bowling alley bar?

Own the town.

My ass.

Yeah, he gets really upset and he called the Marlins worthless.

And that is now three Met seasons that the Marlins have ended.

The commissioner's office is doing that on purpose with the scheduling, right?

Because

they have to be.

It's incredible.

Three straight.

I just can't stop thinking about the Mets fans that came down here to watch both the Mets and the Jets.

And they watched the Mets blow it on Sunday and then the Jets lose to the Dolphins.

It's amazing.

Holding the town.

My ass.

Looks like Kenny Rogers.

I mean, Kenny Rogers has been sucking a tire pump.

Look in the mirror.

Don't talk to me that way, LaGrega.

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