Transcript of Travis Returns to The Land, Jason Hypes the Birds and Drone Sweet Drones | Ep 115

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Yeah, baby. Jason. What's that?

I just said, yeah. Subtract.

Speaking of the bear cats, you see those fucking those Jordans right there. Oh. Those are Jason Tatum's then. Okay. Jordan, Cincinnati Bearcat edition now that, the Bearcat basketball team is, officially Jordan as well.

Jason, what do we got coming up?

We got a great episode coming up here, guys. We're gonna talk about Travis's Cleveland homecoming. The Eagles passing game seems to be just fine. Nothing to see. Nothing to be worried about.

And we're debuting a brand new segment.

Can't wait.

But first, as always

Yes, sir.

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It's x now. The Bearcats are playing an Arrowhead.

That's right.

Everybody, Cincinnati Bearcats versus the Nebraska Cornhuskers. No doubt. A matchup that I don't even know if the I don't know how much history is between these 2 schools, but I I've never seen these 2 go out.

Teams play? Yeah. No. I have not witnessed that.

Of this t these 2 teams play. So this is gonna be big. And, I mean, obviously, busting with the boys, Will Compton, Nebraska, Kern, Husker.

Did he reach out to you? Because because he reached out to me and he's and he's fired up about it.

So I mean, how can you not be fired up?

Yeah. I got it. It's like right away. There's the moment in the house.

Football, baby, in GEHA Arrowhead Stadium.

Yeah. Geehaw.

Thursday, August 12th. You see we'll open the 2025 season versus the, Cornhuskers. So it's gonna be a fun 1. The the first game of the year, gotta love it. Are we going?

If I can make it, I'm there. Typically, Sunday games, we play Sunday games. Saturdays are a pretty busy day for us. Yep. But, I mean, it is right there.

Yeah. If I get if I can get over there at Arrowhead, I I guarantee you I will be there.

Yeah. I got nothing else going on, so I'll be there.

I love it. The Bearcats are playing Minnie Mahomes.

Dude, look at this guy.

His dad played there as well. I forget his actual name.

Time out. This guy that looks like Mahomes is Raiola, the old, like, center for the lion's son.

Son. I'm pretty sure that's why he went to Nebraska is because his his father went there.

Dominic Raiola. Yeah. Wow. That's pretty cool. Did not know that.

He looks nothing like Dominic. Can we put a photo for Dominic? Show show show Raiola for the Lions. This guy used to be just a pitbull. Look at that.

Look at

this, though. That's a fucking football player

right there. Chip off the old block.

Let's go. He kinda does

look like him. I haven't even thought about him.

Got a little bit for sure.

Yeah. For

sure. I think I, I think I saw, Dylan at a, at a Chiefs game not too long ago on the sidelines. Can't miss him. Can't miss him. Big dude, man.

Big dude. You can see why, and why why he's why he's like, he's got the size like Pat does, to play the quarterback position. Dylan and, Pat, I believe have the same, quarterback coach in the off season. They're they're non team quarterback coach, Jeff Christiansen. Shout out to Christiansen's family.

Jacob, his son is a good friend of mine as well, and they play the game very, very similarly. Obviously, 15, the hair, some of the antics are the same. But, but Dylan's got all the tools, man. He's legit. And, and the Bearcats are gonna have their hands full first game of the year next year.

In more Ohio news, we have the Ohio State anti flag planting law officially put it into effect. Ohio State representative Josh Williams introduced the OHIO Sportsmanship Act on Tuesday in an attempt to curb flag planting attempts, or also an attempt to be petty as fuck. The bill would prohibit planting a flagpole and flag in the center of the Ohio State football field on the day of a college football game and to name this act the OHIO Sportsmanship Act. I don't like it.

I had so much gonna lie. I had so much, like, the I just when I think of Ohio State Buckeyes, I think of just toughness, man. Yeah. I think it just just and I just don't think this is a a toughness type move.

Right?

I just you know, I get you wanna have sportsmanship. You wanna have all that, but I don't wanna shit on anybody. It is really shit

to determine not an Ohio state representative. You get the fuck out of here, Josh. You stay,

dude. Arrest him? What are you is that what you're saying? You're gonna arrest the the guy This

is all just posturing, and it's just petty, and I don't like it. I don't think it's cool. I think it's stupid. Some of the best parts about the rivalries are when dumb things happen like this. Obviously, it was way over the top, and there was full on fist fights and tear

gas and heat. Fist fights.

Somebody got

in trouble. In this, you know, antagonize that.

But Not a favor of it.

At the same time, this is just, it's it's doing a lot. It's doing a lot. But shout out to the Buckeyes. Shout out to the Wolverines.

Shout out to Jason Novato. Saved the flag from hitting the ground or got it back.

That's what it was. He got it back.

Got it back. That's right. Jay Novato, man. No. I'm a I don't know, man.

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Jason, you're playing Bill. Alright. No injuries. Yes. That's the goal.

Well, this is a club where they never lose a ball. Oh, no. Awesome time. So fun. Bill was, I mean, just what you would think.

Funny as hell and a great time.

He's got a smooth swing.

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I'm not we gotta unwind me. Am I wound up?

That thing looks tense. You just look tense out there, man.

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Let's get a little Chiefs recap in. Chiefs 27. Browns 7. Draft, what was it like to be back in the land?

Dude, I've I I just love that city, man.

Yeah, man.

It was so fun. I felt

like Something about being back at by that lake.

When we when we flew in, I felt like a tour guide just telling everybody every single city that we were going past. Yeah. Every I

love it.

Monument, every building. Oh, that's where my mom worked right there. The big 1, the Keybanc at the the tallest

I don't know if you saw it. It's the biggest building in the city.

What else? Oh my God. Everything from the, from, you know, just flying into the city, seeing the skyline. I just, I have such a love for an appreciation for how we grew up and, and the fun that we had and and, you know, all the people that we, we knew that helped mold me and and have the values that I have today. And, a lot of them were at the game, man.

And I I knew they were at the game. It it felt awesome that, you know, whether it was my friends being there, my friends' parents being there, you know, my my childhood friends' kids now watching me, at like, I was a little kid watching the watching the Browns. You know? And it's just it's so crazy to to drive to the stadium. I mean, I had crazy, like, flashbacks of going to, you know, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is right there on the same block as as well as the Science Center.

The Science Center was we went there on, like, field trips to both of those places as kids, you know, school field trips. And, silly memories like going to the cafeteria at the science center and spitting spitballs at, like, random people and getting in trouble for it as a kid. Just being just reckless and, like, getting in trouble with my friends and the memories and all that silly stuff was just, like, going in and out of my mind. And I just, you know, it just it felt so surreal. And I I don't know if it's the last time I'll ever play in Cleveland, but it it kinda felt like I was, like, giving it 1 last hoorah before I'm done because, you know, I've only played there twice in 12 years.

So Yeah. Unless, we get thrown on there in the in the next couple, I don't really see it ever happening again. And it was just a special day for me personally, man. So, shout out to everybody from the Heights and everybody from the from Cleveland that showed up for me and, has always supported me in life, not just, since I've been in the league.

It was a great game for the Chiefs, you guys, on defense. Chiefs defense has been lights out all season long. They forced 6 turnovers, including 3 interceptions against Winston. Trent McDuffie, he just got his 1st career INT. He's been so good for the last couple years, and he's just getting his 1st INT.

Is that true?

It's pretty crazy. Yeah. And it came off of a play where he was staring at the jumbotron before before the as the ball was being thrown.

Thomas, as the ball was being thrown, he was like, you know how jumbotron?

You yeah. Sometimes guys teach that? I don't know if they teach that, but he's a savvy football player. I've heard you, like, look

at the jumbotron, like, while you're running to, like, the end zone. Like, you're out in the open, see where people are at. I've seen I've heard people doing that. I've never heard of this. What alright.

Yeah. Play the clip, Brandon.

Is for whatever reason, I somehow glanced up at the jumbotron because it was a scramble drill, and Jay saw him launch it. And I was like, that's to my size.

Shut up. Are you kidding me?

Like, the big the big screen? You could see his eyes go up too. I'm running into the end zone straight ahead. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

I see him launch it. That's crazy. And the jumbotron is a little delayed too. So for him to, like, turn his head around and find the ball, you know, and that it's not like the yeah. It's crazy.

It's a crazy thing. And, talking to Trent about it, man, I'm just happy as hell for him, man. The guy has been 1 of the best quarterbacks in the league since he's gotten the league since he was drafted here. He he doesn't necessarily have the interceptions to prove it, but he has the play to prove it. And he's helped us, you know, win the, win 2 Super Bowls in a row, man.

And, and is 1 of our best players on defense and kinda goes, I don't know, unnoticed a little bit because the the interceptions just weren't there, man. But, it's good to see him get his first, man.

What do you think about, yeah. First of all, congrats, McDuffie getting his first interception. What did it feel like offensively? You know, it felt like you guys got into a little bit more of a rhythm, you know, still probably not as good as you would wanna be. I mean, dude, first of all, before we go even any further, shout out to Joe Tooney.

Big Tony. Fucking kidding me.

Big dude. This dude. This an Ohio football guy. Bro. You know, what I'm saying?

So now he's old. State. People have no idea. This dude left guard, slid out, and just went up against the best player in the NFL over the last decade. Like, no big deal.

And, like, did a good job. Like, don't you know Miles got him a couple times. They're definitely chipping me

this time. Miles Garrett. We didn't get anybody. Blocked his ass off.

That was awesome. Not too big. That was great.

He's a stable for this team, man. It killed us that he he wasn't able to come out there in the, Super Bowl last year knowing he got he got I think he tore his pack before the Super Bowl last year. But, yeah. Is it the he's such a such a pleasure to have on the team because he's such a fucking team guy. So selfish.

1 of the toughest guys that I've ever been around. Yep. I think he's got a crazy stat going right now that I don't wanna jinx. But Yeah. Let's talk.

Season

remind me.

But it's, it's it's just, he's he's always been that guy that could just fill in whatever you need. I mean, he's he can play center. He can play guard. He can play tackle. And Yeah.

Obviously, guard is his best position. But, I mean, to be able to maneuver or move around and, you know, be wherever the team needs him to be, it's going up against the best in the league, you know, that's a huge task, man. It couldn't be more proud of the guy, man.

What did you think of the, offense as a whole?

We're we're rolling, man. We're putting up touchdowns. I think, I think we we, you know, we got in the red zone before half and didn't come away with any points. But outside of that, man, there's a there's a few just we're off just a tick on a few of those drives. It's not far off.

It's it's all correctable stuff. You know, it's all depth and routes. It's all timing. It's all, you know, hand placement and and and blocking and then the run game and, identifying the defense and and where everybody's going. And it's all fixable stuff.

And don't get me wrong. The Browns and, you know, Swartz yeah. Swartz.

Jim Schwartz. Swartz did

an unbelievable job of making things tricky. He's a very good coach. Yeah. He does a great job at making things tricky. He he kinda specified that game plan against a lot of the stuff that we like to do.

Yeah. Played heavy outside leverage with a lot of the man coverage with, with, you know, help inside. And you said that too much. Us to go outside with the ball a lot. And, you know, I think, I think that's where, that's where that game this Browns game really helped us improve because we gained a lot of confidence going outside the the numbers there with, DHAP and Xavier.

And, it's gonna be even more fun getting my guy Hollywood Brown back. This week back?

This week?

He's back, baby. He's back. He's like,

he's flying around for the playoffs. I didn't know he was gonna be back that fast.

Oh, yeah. He's back. He's here. We're gonna get him nice and primed up for the for the big dance.

Love that.

Yeah. I think that was a it was a great game for that. Obviously, Pat and Noah have been hitting on all cylinders all year, and, Pop, Isaiah Pacheco's running downhill, the 2 headed monster we got. Really, 3 headed monster we got with, him, Kareem Hunt, and Samaje P'Ryan. I mean

Getting them Pistons going?

I'm I'm I'm excited to keep growing

with this. Fan of all 3 of those guys. And I I thought to you like

as much as as I like pop.

I like pop. Right? Kareem played a huge role when those guys got hurt. I don't know. I love p Rod and the way he played.

He's just smart, dude.

He's been such a smart.

I like like, he just seems like a awesome dude to have in the locker room.

Dude, he's the best, man. Yeah. The absolute best. He's been he's been the I got you guy. Whatever you need coaches, players, whatever you need.

They're down backs. You can't you can't you can't talk I mean, Kenny Game. We're gonna get to the Chiefs or the Eagles in a second, but Sumaje Piron makes a lot of plays and does a lot of unnoticed, work on that 3rd down.

Well, speaking of unnoticed, before we get too far, since we're giving everybody shout outs, we gave a big toony a shout out because he moved the tackle, but somebody had to fill that left guard spot, and Mike Caliendo stepped up. Mike Caliendo? Yeah. Do you really Caliendo Caliendo's, stepped up. And, I mean, it's it's he's another 1 of those guys who just is always ready.

He's just Yeah. He's hanging around waiting for his opportunity and, couldn't be happier for him to have such a good game, his first his first game back in there.

And I'll do this. I I do wanna touch a little bit. So the reason not I guess sliding out to tackle is so hard for Toony. It's such a different technique. It's more space.

It's a different kick set. You're getting to a different spot. A lot of pass setting is getting to the right position between the quarterback, the defender. Getting there requires a lot of reps usually to feel where that proper positioning is. Now I think Tutti played tackle in college if I'm not mistaken.

So he's done it before, but to go out there midseason like that and, I mean, play the way he did, I thought was just so impressive. And then he's going in with a new guy playing next to him in Caliendo. Like, there are a lot of moving pieces there, and I thought Pat looked I mean, out outside of the injury that we're gonna talk about in a second with his his his little ankle his weak ankles. I love you, Pat. You got the weak ankles, but he's he's got the he looked to be the most comfortable, which is not usually the case against the Jim Schwartz style defense and Miles Garrett.

Yeah.

You know, I think that there's been a lot of pressure on that left side in particular and, throughout the season. And it felt like he felt really confident in the protection this past week, which was great to see. Let's talk talk about the injury. We did unfortunately see Pat Mahomes get rolled up on late in the game, diagnosed with a late in the game, diagnosed with a mild high ankle sprain following the tests, still considered week to week. Are we gonna see a Carson, Wentsylvania, Christmas?

Is Carson vania? Wentsylvania? Back in

the back in the Wentzell City?

Wentzel City? What's the Yeah. I don't know what's gonna happen for Christmas, but I know this weekend. I'm pretty Pat's been taking all the reps this weekend. But what we do know is that Carson is he's prepped and ready and ready to rock and roll like he always is.

1 of the a pro's pro as they say it in the league, man. Just the the guy takes his job very serious and, and he's always ready for the, for the opportunity if it presents itself. But we all know Pat is he's he's 1 of the toughest guys in the league. You know, he's gonna play he's gonna play through every any anything and everything that he possibly can, all while, you know, making sure that it the the team's best interest is there.

Yeah. And I'm I'm obviously, I'm joking with Pat about the the the weak angles or whatnot, but he's he's just spraying those things so much at this point that I feel like

it's

it's a mild high ankle. He's gonna tape it up. He's gonna be just fine. Like Yeah. And if you think it's gonna be that difference, all you gotta do is watch the playoffs where he ended up winning a Super Bowl against yours truly.

Then it could work just fine. You know, a lot of people were talking a big big talk about it. And there's gonna be times where he's probably gonna pull up lame, and it's gonna hurt. But I I gotta believe that, you know, this thing's gonna be alright.

We're playing meaningful football games right now. So I know Pat wants to be out there, for his teammates and his coaches more than anybody, man. He's always been that guy. So, but it was cool to see, Carson get in there, get his Oh, bless. Get his feet wet a little bit and, spin spin the rock, get us a big first down late in the game.

Mhmm. And, yeah. It was, it was funny, man. You don't you don't realize how much hearing a cadence from another quarterback Huge. Is such a big deal, man.

A tiny

We had 2 we had

2 hate it. I the first thing the first thing you gotta do when a backup quarterback is going in, you you have to bring them to the bench where all the offensive linemen are at and, like, listen to it. Otherwise, somebody's gonna get a false start. Like, somebody is gonna get a false start

or It happened twice. We went, we went the you know, just a regular cadence on the first 1, and and we had somebody jumped. And then finally, we went on a hard cadence, and I'm not gonna lie. He almost got beaten

through the car. Cadence now.

He's got a good cadence. He's gonna bump that thing out. He's got some good frequency when he comes out.

I almost prefer when backup quarterbacks win in. Let's just go on

silent cadence. Silent cadence.

Like, we're more used to it. Let's avoid this issue altogether. It's so awkward going into another cadence and the timing of it.

Yeah. Anyways I mean, it can be useful, though. But, yeah, that was it was fun to hear it. I told him. I was just like, dude, you got a hell of a fucking cadence.

I didn't realize it till I wear live bullets and then you know what I mean? You gotta fucking get off the ball. I was like, it's some good shit, though. It was and, you know, it's an honor to fucking get into a huddle with a guy that's, you know, taking snaps, had his hands under your ass.

It's fun. Oh, there you go. Speaking of next week, or the Chiefs are gonna be playing the Texans, on Saturday. That's right. Little day early game now that the college, season has slowed down.

We've gone to these Saturday games. In the middle of playing 3 games in 11 days, including a Netflix Christmas Day game Yeah. What is this like, man? How how are you guys feeling about a Saturday and then a Christmas day game?

I just play the game. I'm excited, man. I'm excited. I you know, the body's, not as excited, to get out there and try and run around to get the game plan together during practice, but I'll play whenever, man. I'll play whenever, wherever.

I don't get I just know that I'm I'm so fortunate to be able to play this game that I'm gonna cherish every time I get to play on the on the field. So I'm not gonna harp on the schedule that that was given to us, especially this late in the season. It's kinda seems crazy, and it feels crazy. And it feels like it's a it's a challenge set by the NFL to to be able to, you know, finish as the 1 seed and knowing that, you know, we have won 2 in a row. But I think, I accept that challenge, man.

I I think it's gonna, you know, make it make it feel that much better if we can get out of this, get out of this little 3 game stretch with 3 wins. And, it makes us feel a little bit more confident that, you know, we can we can get after it, against some of the best teams in the AFC week to week to week and, especially some of the best defenses. So

Yeah. Best luck to you guys. I can't wait to watch it this week. Texas are playing a little bit better right now. Stroud and those guys seem to be rolling.

Nico Collins, is he healthy again? He's healthy. Right? Back back and doing his thing. Mhmm.

So, yeah, it'll be a good 1. In Arrowhead, this is a big 1. You guys win this 1. You know, you might be getting 2 bye weeks coming up. I don't wanna I don't wanna get ahead of ourselves.

Don't get ahead of ourselves.

I don't know if there'll ever be 2 by oh, I get you. Yeah. Don't have to play the last game and yeah, I got you. That's a little motivation. It's a little motivation.

We control our destiny, man. We know if we, if we finish the season off strong, we can we can get some time to get healthy or at least get some, get our bodies back to

Get home field advantage.

Yeah. Get some home field advantage. I love playing at Arrowhead, baby. Playoff games at Arrowhead have become my favorite environment in the world. It's so quiet.

It's so quiet in Arrowhead.

It is so peaceful, isn't it? And it just it makes you feel at home. It really does. Those Chiefs Caden really just knows how to Yeah. How to do it right, man.

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Let's hit, some of the more big storylines going on out of week 15 in the NFL. I don't know. I need to restate that, but

You're trying to hype it up, Jason.

Sorry. Hey. Let's get the, let's get the some more of the biggest. Alright. Let's get to 3 hey.

Let's get to alright. Let's get to some more of the biggest stories from coming in I forgot. I'm an idiot.

Alright. Let's get to Alright. Let's hit 3 more of the biggest this is very hard

to read.

I don't know why. Alright. Let's hit more of

the biggest stories from week 15 in the NFL before we move on to a brand new segment.

Oh, brand new segment.

What this segment is. Who's

new design? So much fun. I know you need it.

That's when you know like, when interim Brandon has something cool lined up, I I get excited.

Fire us up, bud. Eagles 27, Steelers 13. Jason, initial thoughts on the old PA rivalry.

How aggressive do I wanna be?

Do it.

This was huge. I mean, Steelers, 1 of the best defenses in the league, 1 of the best teams in the league. Yeah. Eagles, obviously, the you know, there was a lot of noise this week on the press conferences last week from Jalen Hurts, from AJ Brown, more notably, from my man Brandon Graham. A lot of stuff swirling around, and most of it's centered around the passing game.

Actually, all of it's centered around the passing game. I think that this team over the course of the season has turned into this, you know, control the line of scrimmage, very physical run game. Saquon Barkley is obviously having a career year, potentially historic year. The defense, oh my gosh, has just been playing lights out really ever since Tampa Bay. They've been 1 of the best defenses in the NFL, upfront and the back end.

Their linebackers are playing better than I've seen potentially ever by an Eagles. Couple of linebackers into Kobe Dean and Zach Bond. The 1 question mark was what has happened to the passing attack? We have AJ Brown. We have Davonte Smith, and we have a franchise quarterback in Jalen Hurts.

Why is this not happening? There are some press conferences that leaked out. People clearly frustrated, and they come out and they answer the freaking bell.

Like, oh, yeah. We can do that too.

They answer the bell against a great team that they were gonna have to throw the ball. As good as this run game is, Cam Hayward, you know, Mike Tomlin, this front, this Pittsburgh Steelers defense, they're not gonna let you be 1 dimensional and beat them. And I just thought it was like, dude, this is the sign that this team is is a complete team. If they'd they need to do it continually now. Right?

Now I I kinda do we'll talk about this in a second, but they showed that they can do this. Right?

They got great teams. Yeah.

They still got a great run game. And if if Jaylen is gonna play like this, deliver the ball to AJ Brown, Davonte Smith had a big game.

Yeah. Both of our competitors.

Yeah. So it's I just feel like this was such an awesome game if you're an Eagles fan, and I think I'm probably not alone in saying that. I think a lot of Eagles fans feel that way. So yeah. Very happy.

Do the do the birds have a 2017 vibe going on right now?

I mean, barring, you know, some crazy things happening. They've still Minnesota right now is peaking. They looked great on Monday night. Sam Darnold's lights out.

Yes. He did.

You know, Brian Flores is doing some outstanding things on defense. I but I do think this Eagles team, it's about as complete as you can get. I mean, you go down the roster. These guys are playing lights out. They have great players.

They have great coaches.

Yeah.

I don't let me put it this way. I don't think there's a team in the league that they aren't competing with them or beating a good majority of the time when they play them. I just feel that way right now. I think that they are up there. I think this is a great year.

You know, gotta stay healthy. You know, I I always gotta help that is the case, but I'm confident if I'm a Philadelphia Eagle. Very confident.

The Eagles ice the game on a drive that was 21 fucking plays. A good old long drive drill with 88 yards and, and took 10 minutes and 30 seconds

How about that?

Off the clock. The longest drive in modern record football books, belongs to the Tennessee Oilers. 25 plays in 13 minutes and ended with a 19 yard field goal. Ew. Yeah.

That's staggering. Yeah. That's totally teams. That's fucking staggering. No.

That's, that's pretty fucking impressive. And, shout out to the birds, man. They're freaking flying around. A big time win against the Steelers.

They're rolling.

And, like you said, kinda kinda shut all the critics up about, about the old pass game.

I used to not be a fan when, you know, guys would say things in the media that would create controversy or stir up things. It kinda just, a lot of times, could be, you know, divert attention.

Well, when it doesn't pan out for him in the end.

Well, this is well, yeah. If it wouldn't have panned out, it's terrible. Right? Like, it's bad.

It goes the other way.

What all these guys did by talking about it openly in the media is force them all to take ownership and fix it. And not just them, the coaches, everybody. I mean, they were all hard at work with what was going on in the media because they knew they all had to go out and have the game that they did against Pittsburgh. And they ended up, like, answering it in just a magnificent facet. I mean, they they all played so well.

Yep. You know, Jaylen was on time. AJ was a man on a mission. DeVante was making plays. You know, it was just it was very fun to watch.

You know, when stuff like this comes out, it tends to either galvanize you and bring you closer, or it can kinda tear you apart and separate you. And they clearly, had the latter or, they've clearly, you know, were galvanized by this situation this week. So, you know, hats off to all those guys and and and the coaches and everybody from this past week. And, yeah.

That's what I'm talking about.

I'm proud of those guys for sure.

Well, next week, the Eagles got the commies, got the Commanders over there in Washington. And, the Eagles can clinch the NFC East with a win, which is, the playoff berth when you win the division.

It's a big game. Big, big, big, big, big game right here.

How about that? The NSE East got some they got some juggernauts over in the NFC now, man. Got the Eagles. You got the you got the Lions. You got the Vikings.

The Rams are still the Rams. You gotta fight. They that's tough for me.

Not the NFC East.

Not not just the NFC East, but the NFC in general.

The NFC is loaded.

They are. Yeah. It hasn't hasn't necessarily been that. You know, Green Bay's, they got a fucking great team. Great quarterback, great coach, great defense.

Why anybody in the n NFC North. Yeah. You hit the the Vikings are playing as good as anybody. The lions are still until somebody beats them, in my opinion, the best team in the NFC. Green Bay is right up there with those guys.

They are playing fantastic right now. Dude, sleeper. I don't sleep on Tampa Bay.

Come on now. Dude Check out the main team.

Fantastic with Todd Bowles. They're playing great right now. Before Mike Evans and Godwin went down, this team was on track to be 1 of the best teams in the NFL. They were record wise. It's only because both those guys went down that they aren't up there with everybody else.

Yeah. So the fact that Mike Evans is back and healthy about to get his, what, 10th consecutive 1000 yard season, it looks like, after missing, like, 4 or 5 games.

Ridiculous.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are fantastic.

No. They are.

So, yeah, there's a lot of great football in the NFC right now, and we got a tough 1 this week with the commanders to try and clinch the division. Yeah.

Good luck each week, man.

This is a fun time of year.

Look at you love watching football. Starting to play some meaningful football, man. Who had the biggest big guy play of the week? Dude, there were some good ones this week, man.

There were some real good ones. And I know my favorite 1 was from the 330 pound tight end slash off at the tackle big Dan scamper for the Detroit Lions. I'll show you this clip. This is my favorite 1. I don't think it's gonna win.

I don't think it's the best 1. We know which one's the best 1, but this is my favorite just because Dan Skip's been there for a long time. I feel like he's, like, almost like a character of the Detroit Lions. Like, I just love Did that knee touch? It was close, but it did not.

Upon further review, he's he gets in there before that knee's down.

Yeah.

But but the big skipper gets in there for the score.

Shout out to skipper, man. I mean, just a classic tight end naked, just a little boot, man. Slam for 5 steps going left, 3 steps going right. Yep.

Come on back down. And they legitimately use him, not frequently, but, like a decent bunch where he's running routes, like, as that second tight end, like, option

Yeah.

Or 3rd. Usually, it's the 3rd tight end. But either

way It force it puts teams in a tough position, man.

I just yeah. You get that beef out there. 312 pound cardinal offensive lineman Jonah Williams scored a fumble recovery touchdown. Let's take a look at this 1.

Let's see. I mean, great strip. Good strip. Good strip.

Good strip.

Get on a big dog. Get on a big dog. Does he have it? Does he have it? Does he have it?

He's out of bounds. That's controlled. That's touchdown. I mean

That's close. That's close.

That's nice.

And I'm glad we gave it to him.

Way to get way to way

to way to just Way to be there.

Way to not just fumble that fucking thing out of the air back of the outro. You know what I mean? Just to have him savvy.

Stout used to say, when you go out when you go at the ball, you wrap it. You don't go you you you you see, you go out with your hands. Don't be like a koala batting it around with your your forearms. I'm like, what is that? Do koalas batting around?

I mean, I don't even know. Koalaled this thing for sure.

He did. He definitely did not. He koala'd

that thing up. But, honestly, the best 1 The big 1. My favorite. Yeah. Trevande Swett is now the heaviest player to £366 to ever run with the ball in the NFL.

Tops Ted Washington's 365. Look at this dude, stiffy. Come here. Set up the block. Hit the hit the highway.

Get outside. This was electric.

I'm gonna need to go back to the beginning.

This was a juke, dude. The juke

is crazy. The left tackle.

I like This is as good dude, this is as good as Colin Sanders. Colin's like, look at it. No. Slide, break off, stiffy

Stiff arm. Oh, that

Stiff arm was ferocious. What is happening?

They need to get this dude out on full back. He needs to be a full back on the goal back immediately.

Put him in the the new refrigerator Perry, man. Look at this guy. Oh my god. A big man rumbling, stumbling, bumbling. Dude, that was electric, man.

He just gotta love it. Joe Burrow doesn't love it, but and I completely understand. But stiffy. Oh, set up your block. Get outside.

It's so good. It's so good.

Got Such a weird. 360 pound just giants, just titans.

Yeah. I'm glad I ain't gonna block that guy.

Just setting up their blocks, man. Fuck. I'm glad that that didn't have against me. I had to try and tackle that guy. That was offensive linemen he fucking stiff armed.

What have you done to me? I'm

going low. I don't know what those dudes are thinking trying to go up top of

my head. Knee to the face

and get a concussion? I'm perfectly fine. I've you know how many times I've taken knees to the face? I used to cup lock for a living. I'm cutting.

Ah, dude. Open field cuts, man.

Yeah.

Yeah. The good old days. Back when

it was legal.

Shout out to Devondre. Hell of a hell of a play, bub.

Absolutely.

What is the weirder object flying over New Jersey?

Oh. That's

right. With all these, drones flying around. What drone? Another Giants fan playing with a banner demanding John Mara to fire everyone or Woah. Or what?

Or else, we won't stop it too.

Until you fire everyone. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Mara can wait this 1 out if he really wants to.

The still unidentified drones that have been, spotted over New Jersey or all over the East Coast cities, to be honest. Yeah. The aliens are among us. The Pentagon said it.

No. They're not aliens.

Dude, what? You heard about the Pentagon said it.

No. That's not aliens. They didn't say it was aliens.

Dude, ask dad. He's been on the he's been on the satellites, dude. He heard him. He's still he's got to still have those satellites hooked up to some speakers somewhere.

It's a little concerning that these things are just hovering. I don't know what they're looking for or what they're trying to find, but they're they're searching for something.

You know, some say that it's just, you know,

some people messing around. Yeah. We got some commitment to messing around if that's the case.

Heck yeah.

I don't know what's going on. I guess, hopefully, we find out someday.

Maybe it's just a coastal safety precaution. Just making sure, there's no you know? Alright. Let's get out of here.

Yeah. I don't even wanna

I wanna get into conspiracies about what the fuck those drones are.

They're sniffing around nuclear activity. They're sniffing around for nuclear activity. There's a Come on, man.

Make this a bomb.

Everybody saw that

video. Bring everybody out.

Everybody saw the video that Joe Rogan

No 1 did.

No 1 go crazy. Everyone keep keep calm. They're just drones.

What are they doing? We don't know. It's just somebody's they're fucking around in their backyard.

Do they have weapons? No. Can they hurt us? No. Peddle.

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Oh, that's true.

Heights food court. That's right, Trout. What? Who doesn't love a food food court? It's a food court.

We'll find out. Long time listeners of the show know that we love a good food debate. Like the time we called candy corn overrated, which I don't know that that's much a debate. I think that's pretty much settled fact. Jason refusing to gatekeep pizza toppings, Travis's ban on tubular shaped meats and mayonnaise, and the fact that we don't know if Denny's is a diner or not, I do know that is absolutely we know that is not a diner.

It is a percent

not a diner.

It's part diner.

It is a, diner in disguise. It is disguised as a diner. And now you

already said that. You said it.

Alright. We're gonna go try this news segment where we attempt to settle some of the biggest all time food debates in New Heights food court. Food court. This is where we're at.

This is what we're doing.

The food court?

I'm super sorry. The social room.

The social room.

Dude, the school and high school room. Oh, my God. Those of you that don't get the reference, Sai Thai was such a big school that, during all the lunch periods, we split up whoever had lunch that period. So you go half in the social room, half in the cafeteria, the bell rings, everybody flops. The social room was exactly what it sounds like.

Everybody's just fucking around

and kicking in and hanging out

for the remainder of the lunch period.

Today's food court topic is exotic meats. Alright. Inspired by cowboys owner, Jerry Jones. On 1053, the fan, when asked if he's ever had raccoon after it was recently mentioned by Panthers wide receiver Xavier Leggett. Jones said, and I quote, I've eaten a lot of raccoon.

I love that it's a lot of like, not I've eaten raccoon before. I've eaten a lot of raccoon. The answer is yes. It's not uncommon at all. 1 of my favorites is squirrel.

I don't know what the fuck we were on raccoon. I don't know where we went and turned left the squirrel. It's wonderful. We all had our favorite pieces. My mom and I would even ask for the brain of the squirrel.

Nice, Jerry. Delicious. Seriously. Alright. This explains a lot, I think.

This explains so much, Jerry.

Is squirrel meat a meat? Well, yeah, of course, it's a meat.

It's definitely a question. Yeah.

That's not a What else would it be

for you? Yeah. 100%. It's any animal that's What else?

It's not a vegetable. It's damn sure not a vegetable. That's PETA. Is it a meat you eat? I'll I'm not gonna lie.

I will try any meat pretty much.

Good for you, man.

I mean, as long as it's not like roadkill or something that's like rotten, I'm gonna give it a chance.

I mean, squirrel and raccoon are both technically roadkill, but so is deer, and I've seen you eat jerky.

I would I would try some squirrel. I've had rabbit. It's not it can't be that much different than rabbit.

I'm not fucking eating any of this.

What about I don't know raccoon. What the heck what kind of is a raccoon a rodent?

I'm not eating rabies, dude. That's I'm just not doing it.

Can we get a origin of species for a raccoon? What is what kind of what family are we in with the raccoon?

I'm pretty sure it's the rodent family.

That's what I think. You would think it's rodent.

It's 100% rodent. They got, like, hands.

I need to can we get some can we get some answers here? Brachionid family? Is that prosionid? Prosionid.

Yeah. Prosionid.

What else is in this fucking family of animals? Raccoon. There's something that feels weird about eating a raccoon more so than a squirrel. Like, I'd eat a chipmunk before a raccoon. No.

Raccoon, what is its closest family?

It's right there.

I'm trust I'm trying to figure out what other animals are in this thing.

I'm pretty sure the the lamest term is rodent. They're in the rodent family.

No. No. No. Rodent is rodentia. I know that.

Dude, I'm not eating fucking raccoon. I'm not eating squirrel. I'm not eating bugs. I'm not eating snake, kangaroo, deer.

Let's be honest. Let's be honest. You fry if you if you fried that thing upright and put some General Tso's, sauce all over it, it's gonna be just fine.

Yeah. Yeah. I'm out. I'm out on all that. I'm out on guinea pig.

I'm out on duck. What's the strangest meat you've ever had?

What's the strangest meat you've ever had?

Probably duck.

I don't I don't know that duck qualifies as strange. That feels like it's pretty much established.

I'm not fucking with duck.

Yeah. I

had it 1 time, and we did love it.

You're out on duck?

I guess alligator, the alligator nuggets.

Alligator nuggets. Tastes like chicken. Damn. I had it again at, Eagle's tailgate. Tasted like lobster more ish.

More like lobster. It wasn't fried.

I will see. Survival of the fittest or survival, I'll eat fucking meat. You know what I mean? I'll fuck it. I'll Yeah.

If you're starving to death, yeah, you'll eat whatever you can. That's how that's how being alive there's, I mean, there's that story of those rugby players that got trapped up in, like, Alaska or something like that when the plane crashed,

Fuck.

And they're full on

Eating themselves.

Each other. That, I mean, you know, you gotta you gotta do what you gotta do. We're not talking about that level. Jerry Jones is not trapped in Alaska, and all he finds is a raccoon. Jerry Jones is a billionaire, and he eats a lot of it apparently.

Jesus, Jerry.

I love that he stayed true to who he is. That's I actually am a fan of this.

Jerry, you ever had Jerry, you ever had, let's

see. Weirdest things I've ever had. I've had, alligator. I've had bull testicles. I've had bison.

I've had, elk. I've had I've had I don't think I've had guinea pig, quail. 1 I wanna have. I wanna I wanna have bear. I heard I've heard blueberry bears in particular.

I'm good.

It's got some good flavor to it. I feel like I had something unique when I was in Africa. I've had rabbit. I had a not a a a scorpion in Thailand right there on the street. Ow.

I'm not gonna lie. Don't do that 1. It was absolutely terrible. Should we attend the world champion squirrel cook off in Arkansas? Maybe we get Bobby Boucher to go with this.

Look at this shit, dude. That guy looks like somebody who eats squirrel. I'm in, dude. I'm going. I'm already convinced.

Even if Travis says it, I'm going and I'm eating some squirrel. What kind of squirrels? Are these, like, domesticated squirrels, or are these, like, they put traps out and they're, like, getting these things. You know what I mean? Are these flying squirrels?

Are they regular squirrels? Are they corn feeding these squirrels?

I think these are just squirrels they they find in

the house. These grain fed yeah. Right? Listen. I only eat non GMO organic certified squirrel meat.

I don't mess around with the hormone laced squirrel meat.

You can't go wild. You can't go wild. You gotta go tame because then you're just biting into rabies.

Alright. Final verdict. Is squirrel meat a meat you eat? I will I'll try squirrel. I I don't know if there's much I won't try.

I'm not gonna lie.

I'll let you try it and then hear what you guys say about it. I respect your opinion.

You know the 1 I wanna have? Because I saw it on Chef's Table. Moose lips. Apparently, they eat that stuff over in Russia. I don't know if they wanna go to Russia anytime soon.

Yeah. But Moose lips. I'd be in to eating some moose lips.

Yeah. You would. Probably schmacking. I love a good schmacking meal, but I'm gonna say that that's probably not schmacking.

Alrighty. Let's get to some voice mails.

Let do it. We're gonna answer some

not dumb questions that came into the Heights hotline. No Dumb Questions is brought to you by Mint Mobile. Alright, man.

Hey, Travis. Hey, Jason. This is coach Drinkwitz in the University of Missouri.

'Sup, coach?

I have a

question for both of you. What is your favorite postgame meal?

Postgame meal.

And these frozen custard, could be bronze, could be, KFC. I'll buy the fish too. Very much and for Chiefs and the Missouri Tigers.

Love it.

Love it, coach. M I z z o u, Missouri Tigers. We actually got a Cleveland Heights Tiger that just signed, his letter of intent to go to Here we go, boys. University of Missouri. Shout out to Marquise Davis running back out of Cleveland Heights.

I'm sure he'll play running

back there.

He's 1 of the best players in the state of Ohio this year. I'm pretty sure I saw a stat line that had him, rushing, like, 24 rushes for, 400 yards What? And 8 touchdowns in 1 game. Gosh. 1

game? There's no way.

Dude, I swear to god.

There's no chance.

Dude, the fucking absolute beast. Yeah. Shout out to Mizzou, baby, over there in Columbia, Missouri. Postgame meal. What is your favorite postgame meal?

You set a few of my favorites off the rip. Eighty's frozen custard slide over there and get you a 87 ultimate cookie custard, man.

Oh, okay. Gone. This shit's delicious.

Gotta stop over at Andy. Shout out to Andy. I'm down I just love to pig out on some pizza, man.

Yeah. Pizza's hard to beat.

I love just getting just boxes of it and just fucking just going 1 of it and 1 x 1. Just pizza might be my favorite food altogether though. So I'll

be honest. I'm not a huge post game meal guy. A lot of times, I don't eat. Why? Especially the food that they provide for the teams after the games.

It's usually just been sitting around, and it's terrible after the games.

Dude, we had a good 1 up there in Cleveland, Ohio City burrito.

Yeah. Not bad. Man. I usually go protein shake, little creatine. And then I'm straight I'm I'm if I'm being honest, I'll go pizza.

Pizza's a solid choice.

Go over there. Chicken and pizza. Get some fries? I'm I'm

doing some high school garages. You know what I mean? That's that's my postgame meal.

There you go. I'm with that. I used to love the Jimmy John's in the locker. The, was that nice?

Jimmy John's.

That was Cincinnati? Cincinnati at

Jersey Mike's, and it was fucking

terrible. Man, I love it.

It was so soggy. It would be sitting around. And Jersey Mike's is good. I didn't find out till years later. Jersey Mike's actually makes good subs until, because, I mean, the ones that were there for postgame were like, the fact that you won't eat squirrel, but you ate those Jersey Mike subs that were sitting around for hours and just soaking up all the the hot salami and ham juices.

Hot. Like, I don't know how you That wasn't.

Got that. That was the that was the Italian dressing on those burgers.

Dude, it was disgusting. Those sandwiches sucked.

You just you all you took too long of showers. You gotta get them while they're hot.

Let me tell you. They weren't hot ever. They were bad sandwiches. And then somebody was like, hey. You you looked really good, Jersey Mike.

I was like, no. It is fucking not. And they're like, no. Let's go. I'll I'll show you.

You get this. And I went there. I was like, oh, yeah. It is good. When the bread isn't soggy as fuck I've I've never liked postgame meals.

They're always bad.

Well, thanks for calling in.

Coach, thanks for calling in. I will say I'm more of a Popeye's man myself. If there was something I would do postgame, I can get some Popeye's chicken.

Who's that? Going spicy or original?

I go dark meat, spicy. Got it. Got it. Dark meat only. Red beans and rice on the side.

Apple pie. Oh,

I don't even fuck with apple pie, but I'm in with you.

Yeah. Those apple pies on at Popeye's, you fuck with. They're good.

There you go. Well, now you got it, coach, Drinkwitz. Get you guys some apple pies from Popeye's. That's a next caller Yep. On the new Heights hotline.

Let's hear it.

Hey, guys. I was just wondering how you felt about being dethroned as the top trending pet name in sports. I just noticed that on

I didn't know we were on top.

Grover.com according to their 2024 top pet names report, Jalen Brunson is now the number 1 trending sports name, and now Kelsey

go, Jalen.

I just wondered because last year, I saw that you were number 1. So I just wondered how you felt. Just wanted to get your reaction on being dethroned by an NBA player. So please let us know on the pod. Thanks.

Jason, do you have any idea who Jalen Brunson is?

Hey. Plays for the New York Knicks. Actually, with the Villanova. Whoo. Look at this guy.

I've met Jalen Brunson. So I'm proud

of you, man. You've met a lot of people.

I think, I think Jalen Brunson is also just a good name. Like, let's be honest. That's a great name.

Brunson? That's a good dog name.

I'm I like just like the full name, Jalen Brunson. Like, there's something with it that it just runs well together.

It rings. It definitely rings.

I'm pretty happy to be dethroned if I'm being honest with you. I don't Like, I'm honored on the people that did name their pets after us. I love

to say, we named a pet after a famous athlete that we loved.

Yeah. Bell.

Yeah. Albert Bell.

I don't know that we should brag about that, but we did.

But we definitely we can relate because we've done it.

For sure.

It's it's it's awesome. So I'm honored if Jason doesn't wanna be honored.

I said I was honored. I just like not like I'm upset that that trend is dissipate. I don't like being the the popular pick. I don't like being it's not my style. Belle was cool because there aren't many, many people that named the dog Belle after Albert Belle.

And it was a it was a girl dog, b e l l e. It's just it it's so fitting. It was so fitting.

For sure.

Other sports names for dogs include, Wimby for Victor Wimpayana, Witt, w I t t for, my guy over in the KC Royals, Bobby Witt Junior.

K. K.

Purdy for, Brock Purdy, mister Irrelevant and 49ers starting QB. Bronny for, LeBron James Junior.

Nice.

And then Diggs, Stefon Diggs. Diggs is a good 1. Messi, Lionel Messi. There's a bunch. You you can't go wrong.

New this year include, Sweet Simone for Simone Biles, I would assume. Kaitlyn Clark. Shohei is a solid name for for any pet. Luca or Dog Chick Dog Chick instead of Dog Chick.

Dog Chick. I see what they did there.

Don't love it, but I see it. I respect it. I respect the effort.

I'm just really into human names for dogs. Like, just straight up this

Yeah. The the older I get, these are all human names, but by

your research These are like they're like too creative. Who's that over there? That's Greg. That's my kinda dog name right there.

You have you've had 3 dogs.

Do you think I'm naming these dogs, Travis? I have no say in what these dogs' names or anybody's name is. I'm picking the path of least resistance. You just get this fucking name.

There's no way. I know you way too well.

The only 1 I kinda did was Baloo because we we did we did Winnie, and then that became Winnie the Pooh. And then we were like, oh, what's another bear? And I was like, oh, I like Baloo from The Jungle Book. So we got we got Baloo as Baloo. But the other Nessie, that was chosen by the breeder.

If it was up to me, it'd be like, hey. That's Bob.

I'm kinda with you on these. I'm in I'm in on this. Yes. I am in on this.

Right? I like Bernadette. Bernadette? What the fuck? That's just my that's my style.

I like the human names for dogs and dog names for humans.

I don't I've never met anybody named Bernadette.

That's what I'm saying. I have. 1 of my teammates' girlfriends was named Bernadette. She was a great person. She was great.

Call her Bernie. It's a great nickname.

Yeah. Bernie.

I just, you know, I also I'm a fan of dog names for people and people names for dogs. I wanna see, like, I wanna see a guy named Red or Spot.

A guy named Spot? A guy named Red. I don't even know I know a fuck ton of Red's.

Red is a strong human name and a good dog name. What's another, like, classic dog name?

Spike.

Spike? I mean, come on now. There ain't not 1 of those top pet, like, classic names that aren't gonna do well for a person.

I don't know if that's true.

Spot Duke. Duke is shout out to Nick Foles named his son Duke.

Nice. Nice.

Rex. Rex Ryan.

Hates the Chiefs.

I'm going for days. I'm telling you. Fido? Dude, you mean to tell me you met a dude named Fido? That dude ain't a dog?

I don't know. I don't even know what a guy named Fido even looks like.

You know he's bringing some good attitude to the situation? You know he's gonna be fun to hang out with. You made a motherfucking named Fido. That dude's gonna be a good time.

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