Dianna Russini, NFL Combine Week In Indy, A Big Dom Peace Meeting, Hot Seat/Cool Throne And Guys On Chicks

20:45Max, Big Dom's coming to your bachelor party, maybe.

20:48PFT Commenter:Yeah, maybe. I would love for Big Dom to be there. The tracksuit you would have at the cabana would be incredible. I would love for Big Dom to be there. Yeah, it would be. It would be sick. I like Big Dom more after that interaction. Yes. He's the man. And beef squashed. Beef squashed. Beef squashed. There was never beef. hugged and dapped. There was a wife. You have to have a beef to squash the beef. There wasn't a beef. Big Dom also said he'd come on the show. He had beef with me. Big Dom also said Join the club, Big Dom. We said that. It's like, he hates me. Join the club. Big Dom also said he'd get Max some of Vic Fangio's meatballs.

21:25He did say that. I felt like it was stolen valor, but he did say that he would do that.

21:28PFT Commenter:Yeah. Maybe just eat them and spit them out so you can taste them. No, that would be the most disrespectful. But eating them, swallowing them, you can't poop out. But as soon as it touches your lips, you got to swallow them. Maybe just smell them. Maybe just hold them. You just hold Vic Fangio's balls. Max got so excited from Big Dom, he gave himself the hiccups. I've never seen someone run away faster than Max ran away. Hank stood here. Hank stood on business. I did not. Big Dom stood on business. Max just – I had to say out loud, where did Max go? I left the room. I'm happy that Beef and Squash, I did say to him, I was like, I have talked more shit about the city of Philadelphia and their scumbag fans and honestly Italians than pretty much anyone else.

22:18So it's like Big Dom, I respect the fact that he took it personally, but I don't think it was as personal as he took it. Well, you just described like Big Dom. No, I know. I understand that. But that's where it's like I was trying to explain to him, like it's not that serious, at least from my side.

22:30PFT Commenter:That was beautiful, though. It was good. My memories of the combine. Beef and Squash. Did you really, did you think he was going to come? Did you really have no idea? I had no idea. I'm interested to see my - You've been texting about it all day. You know who set it up? K-Dick? K-Dick. K-Dick, that was sweet, dude. That was so sweet. I don't care. I mean, it was good. It was funny. Hank apologizing is kind of a superpower. Yeah. That was good. Yeah. It was fun. Did I apologize? No, I think you just - It wasn't as funny as - It wasn't funny. I thought he was going to beat up Hank. I thought it was hilarious But credit to Hank, he was just like Alright, if you want to go outside, let's go outside Chuck some nocks Dude, oh god And Maxwell ran into the bathroom Beef squash, beef squash, beef squash Beef squash Did you ever put your hands over both your ears?

23:24Oh yeah, for sure I went outside, it was me, Kadic And Big Dom's guy, Cole And I was just I was covering my ears I was like I was like, think of how uncomfortable I feel when you guys talk about Big Dom. I couldn't see it in real time.

23:43PFT Commenter:It did get to an uncomfortable point where I just threw out just to try to break some ice. I was like, Big Dom, that LaBubu was awesome. Just trying to get the boys on the right page. We ended up at a good spot. We did. We all hugged it out. It's great. I mean, that's the thing. Big Dom will do anything for you now. That's a fact. I don't think so. No, I think so. But I also never ask him for anything. Yeah. I think they're at the point where the beef is squashed, but I wouldn't say Hank is in the Big Dom family. No. Yeah. But it's neutral. He feels neutral about you now. Maybe Bachelor Party things could change.

24:19Yeah, Bachelor Party could be the best friends. Yeah, Bachelor Party could be important.

24:21PFT Commenter:I want him to come so bad. He would be the one one. He's the one one. And we also have a Big Dom translator in Security Guard Mike. We just have them just kind of hang out together. Man, Big Dom and Fanta at the blackjack table together. Doing shrooms. Oh my God. Well, no, just Fanta. No. Fanta's the only one who do shrooms. No, Fanta, no. He listened to Dare. He listened to Dare. All right, before we do some more combine stuff. Most people who have tried to day trade have lost money. Top Step helps you learn the right way. You start in a trading combine, think of it like a trading tryout. Show them you can hit the profit target without blowing the account, and they'll back you up with up to$150 ,000 in buying power to trade with.

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25:23PFT Commenter:loss and is not suitable for all investors by the way sneaky uh part that everyone missed zach was standing off to the side, this ready to go. He was ready for anything. He was like literally he got them loaded. He got both those things loaded. I'm not like a physical altercation guy, but you got to be a show guy first. I just wasn't sure where we were going. So you had Hank's back. I think it was fair. I will say you do got to give credit to Hank because before the beef was squashed, that was a beautiful thing. When Big Dom said we can go outside, Hank didn't miss stride. So no matter what his fate was going to be outside, He was ready to accept that fate.

25:59Like, all right, we're in the convention center, I guess. It would have been a hell of a story. I guess I'm going outside. I kind of love the idea.

26:07PFT Commenter:That's the thing about Big Dom. He would have put you in the hospital and brought you cannolis. He would have stopped by. It would have been good, though, if you guys went all the way outside, so you had to traverse through this entire convention center. Before it was like, all right, now let's get physical. Yeah, it's a long walk to get outside. I mean, things really would have escalated from Jordan Schultz and Ian Rappaport last year to now it's Hank and Big Dom. Max just wailing like a baby watching. Max gets put in a foster care for podcasts at that point. I'm not safe. It's hard forever. There's another on the table.

26:40Oh, okay. I had one other quote too. Okay.

26:42PFT Commenter:Yeah, go ahead. There's another thing where everything's on the table. That was so awesome. That was a great PMT moment. It was great. Holy shit. It was awesome. Listen, I don't know if I can truly explain how kind of awkward and a little bit scary it was. but also awesome. Awesome. Every second of it, I was like, this is the best. A hard disagree. The whole time, I was like, this is the best thing ever. It was great. But also, there were some times when I thought maybe it would be the worst thing ever, but then it was back to being the best thing ever again. I thought the whole thing was awesome.

27:12I would describe it as when you commit a crime, you commit a crime, and then the cops come to you, and you're just hoping that they let you off. But you're like, if I go to jail for this, like i'm i i committed this crime and i just have to hope i it works out that's respect yeah that's

27:32PFT Commenter:respect um okay the quote i had was uh joe shane gm of the giants said i'm still the general manager of the team my role has not changed i feel like that's not great when you have to say that yeah if you ever have to describe the fact that like by the way i'm i'm not fired right you're pretty much fired right i'm still the gm nobody has ever said hey just so you know technically i'm not fired and then and they got an extension after just a heads up still the gm over here yeah but the the other everything on the table there's two on the tables okay there's the two uh everything's on the table the cardinals all options are on the table at quarterback not just with kyler murray uh austin font their uh their gm who by the way he's around here somewhere had a beer with him last year i like him cool guy he said we've got kyler murray jacoby brissette keaton slovis all under contract as it pertains to that position, and we're going to continue and go through that process.

28:31It's all on the table. So everything's on the table with Kyler.

28:34PFT Commenter:Including the Cardinals maybe trading for Tyson Bajan. That's been a big story of – I mean, not a big story, but the Bears might trade Tyson Bajan. Is that true? The Cardinals, yeah. The Cardinals are one of the teams. I feel like that is – Kyler in Chicago? Why? What's he just said? No, Tyson Bajan to the Cardinals. four would they trade no i think we'd probably trade for a draft pick so kyler to yeah that's what i heard i do not think we'll trade for kyler in his contract that's what i heard too city big shoulders okay i feel like kyler murray yeah um yeah so i feel like malik willis florio speculates malik willis as well but i speculated before i pre-speculated florio nice weeks ago regarding malik willis to arizona okay so we'll we'll keep everyone updated on comment We have more Combine talk with Diana.

29:25PFT Commenter:Let's – before we do Hot Seat, Cool Throne, should we talk about the USA hockey team controversy? Because I'd like to address it. So there's a lot of people who are talking about it and the national anthem at 11 last night. 11 is not a strip club. It is a club with strippers. So let's just get that clear, okay? Because a lot of people were upset about it, and I'm not going to stand for it. You guys agree, right? It's a club with strippers. Well, I thought that – There's a big difference. I thought the controversy was like, was everyone singing or did everyone just have their hand over their heart?

29:58I think you can do whatever you want. Yeah. If you want to sing, that's fine. Yeah. And if you sing, I don't think your hand has to be over your heart. It would be nice if it was. But if your hand's over your heart, that's good enough. If you don't feel like singing, your voice is gone. So like maybe just everybody chill out. Yeah. Because like everyone shows their patriotism in a different way.

30:18PFT Commenter:There were some takes flying around that they sang the national anthem at a strip club. And it's like, guys. What's wrong with that? I don't know what's wrong with that. But again, put some respect on 11. It's a club with strippers. I think every strip club should have the national anthem. Before they start the pole work? Every performance. Yeah. I agree. You got a problem with that? That looked like the best party ever. You can get the fuck out if you got a problem with that. Yeah. That looked like the best party ever. And, yeah, if you have a problem with the 11 takes, just know Twitter's not real.

30:48PFT Commenter:A lot of Twitter's the real world, but it's not. Because those guys were having a blast. It is the best time ever. It is the best time. It's the greatest place on earth. Imagine the scaries the players are going to have when they're just in their regular uniforms, like Wednesday. Yeah. Going to play. Yeah. And, like, they just have to go play a regular game. I don't think they're going to play right away. They're going to get a little bit of time. But, yeah, it's got to be a tough wake up. There also was a residual Canada Cope that I loved. Some guy was like, I feel like if Canada had won the gold medal, they would have just gone back to their NHL teams, not celebrated, because that's what we do in gold medals.

31:24And you don't.

31:26PFT Commenter:You didn't this year. Yeah. So you didn't. Also, yeah, Canada doesn't celebrate is a weird take. But Canada is now in the Cope spot where they're doing, like, the SEC football hypotheticals. Like, if we had won this, we wouldn't have celebrated at all. Yeah, but I'm pretty sure that Canada doesn't have an 11. They don't have 11. Montreal's got some good strip clubs, but they're not clubs of strippers. 11's not a strip club. That's true. What's that place out in Vancouver that they got? Where you get the flu, the Roxy flu? Yeah, the Roxy flu. They got the Roxy, which is pretty nasty. Yeah. But Canada, when they lost the Stanley Cup, when it was Vancouver, didn't they riot after a loss?

32:07Yeah, they burnt the city down. They burnt the city down. So, like, yeah, maybe they only riot when they lose. Maybe. Who knows?

32:14PFT Commenter:It's so great that we have it for four years. Like, that's got us things. We should just. Because the Four Nations, yeah, okay, but it's not the gold medal. Let's try to just get. Let's just try to get hockey canceled in the Olympics. So it just stays ours. We should. From now on. Like, honestly, it's not good for the health and safety of the NHL players. Like, it should go back to just being amateurs. Oh, man. I fucking love that we won the gold. And we are. like the the takes that we talked about on sunday like being like americans are just gonna move on to the next sport yeah bill self big monday we said it he's just that's all he does is win on big monday and we're already we're at football is back and then i saw the one guy doubled down he's like all these america don't even worry about america they're just gonna be busy filling out their brackets in a couple weeks uh that's sweet hey to quote mike kadick sweet dude you're gonna have to be more specific about which brackets because we have so many brackets that we're gonna fill out we might do a bracket for the ncaa tournament we might do one for the nit we might do one for the cbi the crown we might just fuck around and just do like fast food brackets and then get mad about those because we have so many different kinds of fast food that we can literally make a 60 14 bracket we bracket every restaurants yeah listen buddy it's not easy bracketing all the time but it is something that will be our cross to bear as americans we got to win the world baseball classic and the world cup yeah can you imagine can you imagine how awesome it'd be though if we did we're not going to win the world cup but the level of like fuck yous that we could give to the world if we took over soccer they might cancel all sports i think i think every other country would agree to bomb us if we won the world cup yeah max by the way i told you off air but i'll say it on air uh i have we have an in with the italian team in the World Baseball Classic, our guy, Vinny.

34:01PFT Commenter:He was on your team, right? Yeah, he was on my team. Vinny Pasatino was on my Dinger's only team. He was caring for most of the season. Yeah. That guy's a stick. We're in preliminary talks with him. I'm in preliminary talks with him to get Max to go to a game dressed as a meatball. We'll be pretty sad. I accept. I accept. It would be awesome for the vibes. I will join Team Italy if they need me to be a meatball. I'm still a little shook, so my words are not working great, but I will do it. Just touch the balls again. Your words are not working great. I'm nervous. I'm still anxious about what happened.

34:36Check in at home. There you go. I'm texting Roan right now. I'm getting to get. What did Roan say? Also, Roan fucked me. That was so dirty. Big Dom was like, yeah, your guy at the party was like, that guy's a piece of shit.

34:47PFT Commenter:That is right. Roan's the best for that. It's like one of my best friends. Oh, we do have Che got to the bottom of Tua. Che, are you here? Here he goes He's our capologist I would also like to hear What was Steven doing? Yeah, Steven, where were you when the big dom was going down? Come over here Come to a mic I'll go where Max is Were you worried for Hank? Yeah, you weren't around If things got through, I would have stepped in He knows karate

35:24PFT Commenter:so to assigned a four-year 212.4 million dollar deal in july 2024 including 167.2 million dollars in guaranteed money deal expires after 2028 so three years left cutting to a pre-june 1st this year incurs 99.2 million dollars in dead money that seems like a lot of dead money if released after June 1st they can spread that money over two years. But you can also release a guy and then designate it as post June 1st. Which doesn't really make that much sense. So they ideally would like to find somebody to trade for Tua to take on that caption. His salary is$56 million this year. So you'd have to throw in like hey we'll give you Tua and then maybe a good draft pick.

36:09PFT Commenter:Yeah but that's still a lot of money for a team to incur. Who can absorb $56 million? So they're going to have to cut him or play him. Yeah. Everything's on the table. Everything's on the table, but mostly it's cut or play. Okay, thank you, Stephen. Great work as our capologist. Okay, before we get to hot seat, cool throne. Iconic summer moments deserve an iconic drink.

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37:19PFT Commenter:Hank, your hot seat cool throat. My hot seat fanatics, Nike, back in the hot seat. They thought that Canada was going to win the gold, so they just did not make enough USA jerseys. And so by the time USA won the gold, they were already sold out. It's probably like, you know, everyone was fired up. Everyone was feeling their patriotism, wanting to buy a jersey. They just could not. That's brutal. It's disgusting. Drop the ball. That's brutal. We should be allowed to make our own. Like, they shouldn't be allowed to copyright strike us or say it's knockoff. If you didn't make it. Until you produce enough.

37:55Let the free market fill in.

37:56PFT Commenter:Let us do it. I agree. I agree. My cool throne of this is true. The first time I read it, I just assumed it was fake. Okay. But then I saw enough sources. I think you're going to steal mine. Heat 2? No. Heat 2. Christian Bale, Leo DiCaprio. Oh. Okay. Hell yes. You think it's real? Yeah, disgusting film. Disgusting film? Disgusting film? Disgusting film. Disgusting film. It's a different site. Bonnie Blue. Yeah. And this guy, Jake Stakes, who is an Emmy-winning entertainment anchor for Good Day Chicago. I'm excited about that because he - Oh, Jake Owen. Jake Hamilton. Jake Hamilton, I meant. He is the best.

38:39PFT Commenter:So he's a real guy. Jake Hamilton, yeah, furball. Yeah. Yeah. So he reported it. Yeah, okay. I trust Jake. Heat is one of the best movies of all time. And Christian Bale, Leo DiCaprio, Heat too. Yeah, I'm in. Awesome. In. Awesome. I hope there's guns in this one too. All the way in. Also, Jacob Bridgman. What about him? He won the Riviera last week, and there was a clip on PGA Tour posted from his wife that said he's a better person than he is a golfer. Nope. Not true. Not true. Not true, dude. You just won a PGA Tour tournament. Like Scotty Scheffler, he even admits, way better golfer. I don't think Bridgerton is a better human than Scotty Scheffler.

39:24You're a better golfer, dude.

39:26PFT Commenter:You are top 50 golfer alive right now. You're not top 50 human being. Sorry, buddy. Yep. Seems like a nice guy. Wrong. Facts. Also, bias source much? His wife? She's got to say that. She might not like golf. That's true. She might not like him. I think she does like him. Yeah. She doesn't like the fact that he plays golf. He's gone every weekend. She's trying to get him to stop golfing, to go out and be a person full time. Yeah. By the way, we're Godder Up, guys. Yeah. Just a fact. Hudson Coulter on PFT? I'm a Bridgman guy. You're a Bridgman guy? I'm any golfer. I'm a golf guy. Just any golfer.

40:07PFT Commenter:So anyone who wins, that's your guy? If you're on a tour. A tour? A tour? What did you say like that? Patrick Reed guy? Yeah. Huh? Just any golfer? Any golfer. Ever? Basically. Okay. All right. We'll find some golfers. O.J. Simpson loved golf. I was about to say O.J. golfer. Loved golf. Not professional. But he loved golf. You said any golfer. No. Was he on a tour? He was not on a tour. All right. My hut seat is going to be, because Hank took one of them, The NFL rule book. I only had one. On the hut seat because the UFL just unveiled their rules today. A little bit gimmicky. I'm just going to say it.

40:51Mike Rapoli is now in charge of the UFL, the body armor guy. We love Mike Rapoli. And Noble. And Noble. But it seems, and Hank, you might enjoy this take or this angle on it, it seems like they've assembled just an Italian football league because it's Mike Rapoli, it's Dean Blandino, and it's Mike Pereira. all calling the shots for the UFL now. And they've changed some of the rules. So they're doing a four-point field goal for long field goals. You're not allowed to punt inside the 50-yard line. And then they've got one, two, and three-point conversions after you score a touchdown. I don't like the banning of punting inside the 50.

41:33That's going to be tough on some of the older coaches like Mike Tomlin. Wait, this is UFL or NFL? It's UFL. UFO. Yeah, it's Rapoli's league. Okay, yeah.

41:43PFT Commenter:So I don't have to learn any of these rules. You don't have to learn any of these rules unless they try to bring over some of the rules. Got it. The four-point field goal, I think, is one of those things that's been the league leader in stuff that you say when you're watching football with the boys that you don't actually want in the NFL. It'd be cool if there was a four-point field goal past 60 yards, but nobody actually really wants that. No, no. Field goals are worth three points. We don't want more field goals. Extra points are worth one point. two-point conversions are worth two points. Three-point conversion could be fun.

42:14It could be worth three. I disagree. Yeah. A nine-point game being a one-possession game, if you're up nine points, that should be two-possession.

42:23PFT Commenter:I do see the rules getting floated around again. Instead of an onside kick, you have to convert a fourth and 20. I'm all for that. I like that. All for that. That's good. Yeah. And then my cool throne is Darren Peterson. Yeah. So Kansas back, time of the Cougars. I was pissed off. Houston didn't really drop that much in the futures department after this little stretch that they went through. But Darren Peterson gave an interesting interview after the game. He said, somebody has had something to say probably after every game. I don't really pay attention. I kind of have been an antisocial loner my whole life.

43:00And that's how he handles some of the criticism. Not like the greatest thing to hear from your star player, being like I'm an antisocial loner. Um, but I think it's probably for the best that he's like, he's saying it out loud. I think that's progress. Right. As opposed to just being an antisocial loner and not talking about being an antisocial loner team game though. Now he's kind of being a teammate. Now I feel like he's being a social loner.

43:24PFT Commenter:We have gotten into a weird area where now the kids are getting paid a lot of money. We're like, well, they're getting paid, but they still like he's 18. Yeah. So he, his brain is like half formed. That's what is your, your brain forms fully in like 25. Until you're 25. So it's like, I cut him a little slack. Yeah, just kids. He's 18. Now, I do think that like, yeah, if you're 18 years old, having millions of people that have an opinion on you is not something that a human was ever meant to absorb as an 18-year-old. Until, what, 100 years ago, 200 years ago, the most people that knew about like an average 18-year-old in the world was probably like 5 ,000.

44:04What's up, Mames?

44:05PFT Commenter:18 was like life expectancy. What's up, Mames? Are you laughing at Max He just keeps texting me Calling me a pussy And I say yes I am a pussy Oh about running out of the room Running out of the room But yeah so I think I feel like the college kids Are in a weird spot right now Because like the human brain Is not equipped to handle Correct People like a million people Being like this guy's a bitch Yeah Like it's fine if your boy is like Hey you're a pussy And texts you that But imagine if you're a young kid And you've got a million people Right Like hitting up the DMs But it was still weird to see that from – it was weird to hear that at a press conference.

44:42But I do feel more optimistic about Kansas after last night.

44:45PFT Commenter:Yeah, if they could play all their games on Big Monday with Bill Self. Okay, my hot seat is boxing. I actually thought this was fake. This is what I thought was fake when you said Heat 2. Mayweather and Pacquiao are fighting again. Finally. Why? Who wants this? Who asked for this? They were washed the first time. Yeah. This is now. It was like 10 years ago. Mayweather's 49. Pacquiao's 47. Why? This sucks. It sucks. No one wants it. No one wants it. And I'll watch it, but I don't want it. Like it's two guys that have the most boring fighting style when matched up against each other when they're young.

45:26Yeah. And now they're old.

45:27PFT Commenter:But you didn't say where it is. Where is it? Sphere. Yeah, it says Sphere. Fuck, I'm in. I'm so in. I'm so fucking in. That's awesome. Yeah. the first morning event that's so sick that's so sick i'm so in all right my cool throne is uh i have two the first is we have our march madness gear now in the store store.barstoolsports.com we got the new positive vibes hat i got the just cover hat i love this just cover hat we got just cover sweatshirt everything so go right now buy it get ready for the best month of the year with March Madness coming up. And then my other cool throne, Hank, I have something for you.

46:05PFT Commenter:I'm such a good friend. I came across a tweet, and I bookmarked it. You ready for the tweet? Yeah. I'm a good friend. Laid on me. Okay. I have not fact-checked any of this tweet. I'm just going to say it to Hank, and we can just go from there. 314? Yeah. Yeah. The length of Jason Tatum's documentary is 314. I didn't even know he had a documentary. Jason Tatum was eligible for a$315 million Supermax, but signed for$314 million. St. Louis area code is 314. Celtics play the Wizards on 314. I love this. Yeah? So I think he's going to come back then. Wow. It's also pie. It is pie. 3.1. It's pie day.

46:50PFT Commenter:Pie day. 3.14567823. You just made this up. I made it all up. Yeah. You know what, Hank? I believe it. There you go, Hank. That's big. I believe it. I feel like Tatum's coming back. Definitely. And I feel like the Celtics are the team to beat. I did cash out of the future. Why? Because I didn't want to be right again. Yeah. I saw how angry that made Hank. Wait, but you were wrong. No, I was right. You bet on the Patriots. Yeah, but I wanted them to lose. And you were wrong because you said the Patriots weren't going to go to the Super Bowl in five years. I was wrong about that. That part I was very wrong about.

47:25But no, I cashed. I didn't want to do it to my boy Hank. I wanted Hank to enjoy this postseason in the NBA free from my trolling.

47:32PFT Commenter:I wanted to let nature take its course and let Jerry O 'Connell step back in to the role that he was born to play. Okay. Jerry does it better. I want the Knicks. Okay. You want the Knicks. You want them. Why? Because I want a bing bong in Jerry's face. Okay. Revenge. You'll have your shot. Not scared, yeah. You'll have your shot. Zach? The Knicks aren't scared either. Oh, there you go, Zach. Way to go. Stand up for yourself. No, dude, he was cocked and loaded. I love that. I swear to God, he was ready to go. No, it was just a high-stress environment. I didn't know what going on. Yeah, yeah. I think, did you have a knife?

48:06I think I saw you take a knife. I have a knife. All the way weaponless. Maybe a portable charge.

48:10PFT Commenter:Zach just stabbed Big Dom while we were trying to do peace talks. Maybe a portable charger. Peace squashed. Peace squashed. All right, Zach, your Hudson Cool Throne. My Hudson this week is going to have to be a friend of the program, I'm going to tear Scoobl. Did you guys see? Yes. He is going to have a roster spot for the baseball classic But he's just going to pitch one game We didn't pitch him one game He's pitching one game against Great Britain It's because he's in a contract here He definitely said that he wanted to pitch in it And then Scott Boris definitely was like No fucking way you're pitching in this And then they probably came to a compromise That was like Alright you can pitch three innings against Great Britain So that you can say It's bullshit Scott Boris let him fucking pitch on the team I blame Scott Boris We know Scoobo would do it Absolutely he's a hoss You don't just stop being a hoss It's bullshit though It sucks You hate to see contrast get in the way of country And then my cool throne this week Is going to be Wait do you do emojis on your cool throne Yeah I do I separate a little ice cube and then we do the heat That's awesome Zach Emojis are the best way to categorize Wait let me see You had a lot.

49:22PFT Commenter:You come prepared. You had Tush Push, UFL, United Football League. Don't bring up Tush Push. Max will get mad. The NFL is quiet talk, but UFL won't stand for it. Oh, so you had that, and then you had Scooble. Kind of lame for taking a spot and only pitching one game against a team like Great Britain. I tied to it, but I didn't say it. Okay. Okay. Go ahead. My cool thing this week is going to be guys who game. Yeah. You guys are into studies done by like accredited colleges and accredited medicine libraries. Hell yeah. So if you – 30 minutes of cardio, all we need, could drastically change performance in virtual worlds such as video games.

49:58So are you going to start? So I hit the treadmill last night. I did have a losing record for the evening. I was 2 and 3. But that's drastically better because the previous evenings I was like 0 and 6, 0 and 7. What was your KD ratio? I'm more of like a – so I'm more of like a hold the – Hold the point. I'm not on the point, but I'm watching the cut.

50:17PFT Commenter:He's trying to get time in the point. I give the guys time on the point. I kind of make some separation between P1, P2. Hold the hills. What kind of games are we going to play on Friday? I think there's a possibility we'll play a couple of games. Maybe we hop into – me and you hop into a chain together. That could be fun. A lot of doubters think we couldn't beat it, but I think me and you could beat it. We're not going to commit to beating that because that will take the entire stream. Yeah, we'd never commit, but we'd give it a shot. I think it would be fun. Maybe we go up in the skies, PFD, maybe.

50:44That could be kind of fun. We do our Tai Chi work up before. I said Zach up with the flight sim last week. Put him in the goggles, VR. Zach is a natural. I believe it. He's a natural in everything. I feel like if I gave Zach two days flying a plane, Zach is already well on his way to being a better pilot than me. No, PFD's ability to fly the plane from the back of the plane is the only reason we made it off the ground. We're going to compliment off. No, Zach is like, I'll tell you something I went into the sky with the wrong mission first opportunity to land the plane he landed the plane

51:18PFT Commenter:Hank's gonna show us again this is how you do a flight simulator hold the joystick tilt it up, get it in the air autopilot that's just not true you don't respect the skies that's not cool Hank's just being a hater right now I respect real flying flying real planes is beyond respect until you're in Syria This is really simulating flying a plane. By Russian fighter jets. Zach landed his first attempt. And then PFT ejected me. You're arguing against yourself. No, I'm saying that Zach's different. Zach is nasty on the stick. He's different. I think anybody could be decent in disguise, but we've got to have respect for the skies at the end of the day.

52:00Respect for the skies.

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53:05PFT Commenter:okay we now welcome on a very very very very very special guest one of our favorite guests dear friend dear friend it is combine week in indie it is diana rossini from the athletic scoop city which has been crushing it i see you have added an extra day of podcasting yeah thanks

53:23Dianna Russini:so monday wednesday thursday now well what happens is the bosses go be more like porn in my take why are they doing all these shows and you're not working hard enough have you thought about getting stuff wrong more. I focus on it all the time. That's why we added a show because I get so much wrong. We needed an extra episode every week.

53:40PFT Commenter:That also tells me that your bosses don't listen to Pardon My Take because if they did, they'd be like, hey, they would be like, be less like Pardon My Take. Don't spend 20 minutes talking about Le 'Veon Bell's tweets on a show.

53:50Dianna Russini:I will say, even sometimes like, I'll see like the length of your show and I'm like, who has two hours and 47 minutes? And then I'll go through and I'll listen a little. I'm like, Like, what is, like, it just goes off the rails.

54:04PFT Commenter:It just, if there's something that happens or some kind of story and then we just go down a rabbit hole, it's like, oh, shit, we just wasted 45 minutes on that. We had to do a little debate about which kind of grocery store you would fuck, which kind of grocery store you would marry, which kind of grocery store would be your second wife. Is she yellow? You just get, you get lost in the pod sometimes. That's a good question, though, to start off. Like, you're a reporter. You're in the news. How old is Le 'Veon Bell?

54:30Dianna Russini:36. close and far sources say he's anywhere between 34 and 45

54:35PFT Commenter:yeah he keeps saying he's 45 but he's 34 he's not said he's multiple times he said he's 45 on his birthday he said 45 trips around the sun whatever we shouldn't do this again remember Ryan Lockheed's dog nobody had any idea how old it was he turned four like 7 years in a row

54:55Dianna Russini:is he still alive

54:57PFT Commenter:we'll say yes No, Le 'Veon Bell. All right, let's bring it back to focus here. Combine week, three biggest stories in Combine week.

55:06Dianna Russini:I mean, right now I'd say the biggest stories are A.J. Brown.

55:10PFT Commenter:Okay. What the Eagles are going to do.

55:13Dianna Russini:I think Max Crosby is still the biggest story. And probably what Minnesota is going to do, a quarterback. Like, to me, those are like the three outside talking about the upcoming draft and free agency. Like, I think that's where everyone's kind of putting all their energy into.

55:28PFT Commenter:So that last one, Max Crosby and A.J. Brown, we all know, could be traded. I think A.J. Brown probably going to be traded. Max Crosby, I actually would go gun to head not traded. Huh. Vikings, though.

55:39Dianna Russini:You can ask me what I know.

55:40PFT Commenter:Oh, okay, yeah. What do you think? Do you think he is or no?

55:44Dianna Russini:I think that it's going to, in both situations. Do you want to start with A.J.? Yeah, yeah.

55:49PFT Commenter:Let's start with A.J. Traded.

55:50Dianna Russini:I think A.J.'s been pretty open about wanting to move on, right? So I think it's just going to come down to whether or not Philly is going to be able to move them to a team that would make sense for A.J. Brown and his camp and how they want to do it. But I think there's hope from some Philly fans that they can maybe make this work. But I don't know. I just kind of look at it as, yes, A.J. is a great player and the team is better with him on it. They've been to two Super Bowls. But sometimes it's just better to just split and go in separate ways and separate directions. They've got so much to manage and handle anyways, you know, with all these new coaches that I think it's probably better that they do split.

56:31Dianna Russini:So I expect a lot of that to heat up over the next few days. We'll probably have an answer very soon. Oh, wow. It's going to be that quick. Because usually that's how it works. Because what happens is all the teams start chatting and, you know, things start getting done, you know, and then we have to wait for it to become official. But I think people start talking about it. When you say that people like stuff gets done when they hang out here at the combine, like how much gets done just out at steak dinners? Just a lot to two GMs happen to get drunk together and they're like, yeah, fuck it. Let's do this trade.

56:58Dianna Russini:Yep. I've stood next to them. Yeah. I've had a lot of stories break in bars and I had one last year. Whereas remember when the Giants were interested in Matthew Stafford? We weren't sure if Stafford was going back and Vegas gave him that huge offer and York was really hoping that he would go there. And I think we all were like, yeah, he's not doing that. But the Giants had hope. And I was at Prime and it was probably like one o 'clock in the morning. And I was like, OK, I got to go home. I have a flight in the morning. And I just saw some people who I knew would know about the situation walk in.

57:39Dianna Russini:And I just did a loop, went right back in and found out that Stafford was going into the Rams facility in like four hours to tell Sean McVay that he wanted to be there and that he wants to do a deal. and so I just wrote the story from the airport when I wound up taking, I never went to bed.

57:56PFT Commenter:So you're like, instead of going to bed I'm just going to hang out with Peter Schrager.

58:01Dianna Russini:No. I beat Schrager on that story.

58:03PFT Commenter:It's Charlie Stafford. You can just listen to her podcast and she'll tell you everything. I want to do the Max Strasby and Vikings as well but I have a side question here. Doing like in the combine, going to the bars, you're a Big J journalist, we're two idiots, so we can go and talk to people. We don't share secrets that we hear at a bar. We might like joke about it, but we're not trying to gather information. Is that tricky though? Having that like, hey, I'm friends with you. We're sitting at a bar, but also I'm doing a job. Like where's that line?

58:36Dianna Russini:Forget the bar situation. It's every day, right? You wind up talking to so many people because you have a great relationship with them. And there are some relationships where you're talking so often and you're sharing life stuff as well, like family and you get to know each other. And I'm like, wait, did he want me to know that? Is that he's training that player? Like, I'm not sure. I got to go circle back. I think most people in football are pretty savvy to know what I do for a living. So I like to think that they're not saying it, you know, with, I think they trust that I'm going to handle the information well.

59:12Dianna Russini:Right. But most know what they're doing, especially combine week. There's reporters everywhere. Right.

59:18PFT Commenter:Do you respect retroactive off the record? If someone says something to you and you have a shocked face and they go, actually off the record.

59:25Dianna Russini:I hate that, actually. I get offended. I'm like, everything's off the record with me. Right. Until it is. Until it's on. And then I say, okay, can I go with this? Right. That's actually probably how I work more than ever now. I just talk to everyone and then I will call them back or shoot them a note or an audio message and be like, hey, would you care if I go on my podcast and say that? you're trading your quarterback tomorrow yeah yeah that feels like it's a good way to do it like you probably get way more information if you're just like you know that it's always off the record and then at some point i'll be like hey can i report this you know what the hardest thing is when you do know so much and you can't say it and you guys have had me on on shows before you when you know i know but i can't say it right and everyone's like you know up in arms about well she doesn't know what she's doing like and i want to scream like oh my gosh if they only knew you know yeah you know what you're doing i over talk sometimes what about what about the i over

1:00:24PFT Commenter:share audio message i hate that i hate that move the most annoying thing ever is audio messages just text or call but don't call just text text works perfectly fine why does the audio message bother you because i have to hit play and i have to play it out loud and it's like it's so annoying

1:00:40Dianna Russini:just enticing so i just i just hit it and you know how it transcribes it i just read it as a text i don't really listen to it you gotta listen you gotta get the inflation when i see the audio message i i think to myself like this is some good shit because the person was not willing to

1:00:55PFT Commenter:write it they didn't want it to be screenshot right and then it'll be normal so like jerry o 'connell and julian edelman those are the two biggest jules is big the two biggest where you'll just be texting back and forth then they'll just pop an audio message in and it won't be anything

1:01:08Dianna Russini:you're like dude you could have just kept on text exactly i had i had a weird situation on the walk over here i had a player send me an audio message about his situation and then at the end of it said thumbs up this if you if you if you're down with this you know oh but i didn't listen to it all the way through i didn't realize until i saw the font i'm like oh good thing i said good thing i read it did you thumbs up it yeah i did okay okay so then he emojied it back to see that he saw the thumbs up i'm like this is so much work yeah what emojis spy games what emoji what emoji did aj brown news back to you when you thumbs up it crying face okay so with aj you mentioned something earlier about like what's good for him and his camp and what they want to accomplish yeah what does that how does that factor into what the eagles are going to do because i feel like how he's going to do it how he does how he's going to do what's best for the eagles but i like to think that he's going to want to work with jimmy sexton that's aj brown's agent and and put aj at a team that that has a quarterback that he probably wants to play for yeah can i throw a couple cities out there to you?

1:02:09Sure. New England.

1:02:12Dianna Russini:What would AJ, if AJ were here right now, what emoji would AJ Brown use to respond to these cities? New England. Smiley face. Oh. Buffalo. Smiley face. Okay. Washington, D.C. Thumbs down.

1:02:30PFT Commenter:Tennessee Titans.

1:02:32Dianna Russini:Poop emoji.

1:02:34PFT Commenter:Okay. That's a good city. Yeah. Los Angeles. Well, you've been everywhere.

1:02:38Dianna Russini:Which one? The city. No, which team? The Lightning Bolt. Oh, that would be an interesting one. Smiley face. Smiley face. Good quarterback. Okay. What's the deal with – By the way, I'm answering these just based on the quarterbacks. No, we're interviewing – We're interviewing – Oh, so you don't like Cam Ward. Okay, print that. And knowing the wide receiver wants to play with a quarterback that is very good and you're naming teams that have very good quarterbacks. Jaden Daniels, you said thumbs down. Uh-oh. I don't think Washington would be a place he'd play. Oh. Why is that? I mean, if the opportunity is there, I'm sure he'll listen, but I don't see him going there.

1:03:18A lot of people are forgetting about Jaden Daniels. That's all I'm going to say. A lot of people are forgetting. I'm keeping a list. Now AJ's on the list, even though it just came through.

1:03:25PFT Commenter:Diana should be on the list. You're on the list, too. Yeah. Memes, you're good with memes now. Now I hate you. Yeah. What? Pass the Diana file over to the PFT. This is, every time I come on, I'm growing just more enemies.

1:03:37Dianna Russini:When we started, it was like we were like a family. And now it's like I'm on the outs with every person. We have to just pass you. Dan, it's just me and you, baby. Yeah, I'm fine. We're good. We're fine. Can we talk about the Bears? Yeah. Max Crosby? Because Spytek just said that they weren't going to trade him. I know that you've talked a lot to Max Crosby. Oh, my gosh. What are you guys doing to me today? Well, you've shared news about Max Crosby. You text him every day. In the very recent past, you have discussed Max Crosby's desires, how he feels. And we have Max's back because he's been – no one's going to accuse Max Crosby of not being a good soldier, right?

1:04:15Like he's going out there. He's gave his all for the Raiders for years on some pretty bad teams when they were clearly trying to throw the towel in. And Max is always going to play well. He's going to try to be a good team player. But it seemed like something changed this season.

1:04:27Dianna Russini:Yeah. So what changed? Well, I agree with you that Max is the type of player that every team wants him in their locker room on their field. And he did put in a lot of years and he's in his prime right now. And he hasn't won anything and has been through tons of change. I think the frustration he had was how they managed him and his injury this year. And this is someone that wanted to be on the field for every single game. his legacy is important to him the type of player that he is he wants to be able to reflect on his career in a way that he put maximum effort and i think when they shut him down that went against what he's about when he's like i do everything to make this place great you should allow like let me have a voice and a say in this right and this regime decided to to say no you're gonna sit

1:05:16PFT Commenter:but now it's a new regime i know john spitek's still there but like you know p carroll gone Tom Brady's still there. Yeah, Tom Brady's still there. Mark Davis is still there. Shout out Mark Davis. We love you. Come on the show. I feel like he's not going to get traded. I know.

1:05:29Dianna Russini:I can feel that. Why do you think that? Do you think this is all just Max being emotional and then he's going to chill out and be like, you know what? I don't want to go anywhere. I want to be right here.

1:05:37PFT Commenter:I think he's not to the point of an A.J. Brown or even, I mean, Miles Garrett didn't get traded, but he doesn't feel like he's demanded one publicly.

1:05:46Dianna Russini:He didn't attend the new head coach's press conference.

1:05:48PFT Commenter:That's right. But that happens to a lot of guys.

1:05:50Dianna Russini:Max is, you know, I know the classy take the high row guy.

1:05:55PFT Commenter:I think it's more about the Raiders being like, why would we trade Max Crosby? Because, you know, in the NFL, like you can go from worst to first pretty quickly. I know the Raiders have a lot of holes, but they're going to hopefully get their QB one with Mendoza with the first pick. And it's like if it's like it's the opposite of NBA where NBA, it's like, oh, we're tanking. We don't want this guy like in five years will be good. He'll be past his prime. The Raiders could be good in a year or two, and Max Crosby, you'd want him on the field.

1:06:22Dianna Russini:See, I don't think they're that close. To take the Raiders, let's say the Raiders were open to doing this and want to move them, they're rebuilding. Think about what you can get back while they're trying to build this up. I don't think it's back.

1:06:37PFT Commenter:They might not be that close, but they also, like, there's teams, I mean, the commanders, Jaden Daniels, like, when they weren't that close, they got Jaden Daniels. He stinks, remember? And then they were in the NFC Championship game. It does happen in the NFL where if you hit on the quarterback, it can be that quick that the turn can happen.

1:06:53Dianna Russini:But can you hit on the quarterback? Yeah. I want Max Crogly on the Bears.

1:06:56PFT Commenter:I'm just saying I feel like everyone's going to talk about him going somewhere and then he might not end up anywhere because the Raiders are like, why would we trade a guy this good?

1:07:04Dianna Russini:Let's play the game of where would you see Max? The Bears. I don't think they have the money.

1:07:10PFT Commenter:Yeah, probably not.

1:07:11Dianna Russini:Right? And so it's going to be a Micah Parsons-like package for the Raiders. So what does that look like? Who has it? I think that's the problem. Who has it? I don't think a lot of teams are going to have that available. New England could do it.

1:07:28PFT Commenter:The Ravens could do it. I could see him on the Ravens. Could you imagine? Yes, he'd look great.

1:07:35Dianna Russini:Doesn't that just fit?

1:07:36PFT Commenter:Yeah. Okay, so you think he's going to get traded?

1:07:41Dianna Russini:i i will not be surprised okay if that winds up happening okay and then the last one which

1:07:46PFT Commenter:it what are the vikings going to do i didn't know that was a debate i feel like they got to go with jj mccarthy he's nine are you anti-nine you're anti-nine okay all right no i'm not i i i don't know if you're kidding or no are you anti-nine jj mccarthy's a winner i think every level he

1:08:02Dianna Russini:started 10 games it was tough for him to stay healthy it's also tough to pull the plug on a quarterback this early. However, Minnesota is a team that could have possibly been in the Super Bowl this year if they had kept Sam Darnold. I don't think that's off the table.

1:08:22PFT Commenter:Their defense isn't as good as Seattle, but they're still really good.

1:08:26Dianna Russini:And they obviously made that decision because they believed in JJ. And I think we saw that it is a work in progress. So they're going to have to bring a quarterback in Kirk Cousins who's now going to be a free agent right so you think that's going to happen it feels like it's destined I don't I don't think it's off the table okay what about Aaron Rodgers I don't think they're going to go back down that road because remember they had that opportunity yeah how close was that close very close I remember when it was going down there were a lot of people saying that like I guess Kevin O 'Connor was publicly downplaying the likelihood of that happening.

1:09:03But it was so weird.

1:09:04Dianna Russini:Coaches are lying about things that are going on? The way that the Vikings approached their entire last year at the quarterback position has been really, really strange. Why? Well, they seemed like they kind of kicked Sam Darnold out the door because of two bad games, maybe three bad games. The backup quarterback situation that they would bring in and bring out, almost like they wanted to protect J.J. as like the unquestioned starter they didn't want to bring anybody in around him that had like you know outside starting experience i guess with carson wentz as the exception but yeah but he came in late he came in late right but it seemed like they were going out of their way to like gas up jj being like you're a guy but at the same time they were flirting with aaron rogers so what was how serious was it with aaron and how close did he get i can tell you read my stuff i read some of your stuff before you developed the anti-jaden bias that's not true i have never written about You have a change in bias.

1:10:00Dianna Russini:You hate the guy. It's fine. Never mind. I was about to say something. I'm not going to take that. So I agree with you. Well, you agree with your column. I agree with my reporting. No, I noticed it actually just observing it. It was no reporting. I was like, why is everyone going so hard on this quarterback that we don't know anything about? And, you know, it turns out that I actually understand what the organization was doing. They were trying to build his confidence up because this team did win 14 games the year before. And I do think the building loves Sam Darnold. So to have to manage that emotionally for a young guy coming off an injury, I think Kevin's thought was, let's give them as much support as we can.

1:10:43Dianna Russini:But what happened, unfortunately, I think it bit them in the butt a bit because they almost overstated his ability. I remember Justin Jefferson during camp. It's almost like he slipped and went off script instead of being like, he's the guy, he's awesome out there. Because remember they just kept saying how good he was in practice. He was like, I mean, it's a work in progress. It's got to take time. He's still really young. I was like, finally, someone's saying the truth. So look, I think they learned a lot about J.J. McCarthy in the offseason and then how to make a decision as a team. All right, we let Sam go.

1:11:18Dianna Russini:We let Daniel Jones go. And when I say we let them go, other teams obviously came in and paid them more money. And they didn't want to invest that much. And they believed in J.J. The Aaron Rodgers thought was, can maybe Aaron Rodgers come in and help J.J. McCarthy develop as well as a quarterback? Because Aaron, as you've seen now in the final years of his career, I think he's done a really good job with his teammates of being a bit of the mentor. So I think that was the thought. And then they pulled the plug on that.

1:11:46PFT Commenter:Is J.J. McCarthy Kevin O 'Connell's guy? or how was that like what was what's the closest thing to the truth how this all went down it's

1:11:53Dianna Russini:the hardest thing to figure out because when i've worked on this story with alec lewis our vikings reporter we've shared notes on it and it's unbelievable how many different answers we've received from because there's a lot of look i bet you if he panned out every single person would be

1:12:11PFT Commenter:raising their hand you know be like it's the old like victory has a thousand sons and yes and uh Defeat as an orphan or whatever.

1:12:20Dianna Russini:But look, you have a coach that was coach of the year and has developed veteran quarterbacks very well. I have a hard time believing that he sat in a draft room and had no say on who the quarterback was going to be. Like, so much of this is common sense. Like, even, like, sometimes when PFT, like, texts me questions, I'm like, you're so dumb. Like, just use, like, it doesn't, you don't have to be a journalist. Like, it's just, it's right in front of you. I'm so dumb. But like, even... I read your column too much. You're such a mimbo. You're like, no one ever calls you dumb, but sometimes your stuff is...

1:13:00Dianna Russini:I get rose-colored glasses sometimes. Yes, you do. Your questions about football get bizarre.

1:13:04PFT Commenter:If they started, like, assigning whose draft pick it was. Like, when they pick, it's like this scout. That was his. Like Terry Pagula did? Yeah, right.

1:13:12Dianna Russini:He was like, you know, he said that... Brandon didn't Brandon didn't it was a kid Coleman

1:13:19PFT Commenter:that was bad yeah that was really bad sometimes you can't that broke code

1:13:22Dianna Russini:like you don't yeah it's tough to assign blame to a GM if he's having kids all the time he's never in the office because he's taking paternity leave right that story was wild that is not that is not what the story was the story was about Kwesi had sex which is against the rules for the Vikings and then during training camp he wasn't there and that pissed everybody off you're like an aggregator as a podcaster. No, I'm being Dove Climber in real life. It's ridiculous. I know, and the Vikings fan base has a lot of aggregators. There's a lot of them that do it. And it's funny, half of them will always give me the benefit of the doubt and read what I'm reporting and then reflect that.

1:14:06Dianna Russini:And then the other just, they're doing what you do. They just immediately go to the false part of it or just try to make it up so it makes me look bad. No, the queasy thing was, like, first of all, the paternity thing was, like, the worst kept secret in football. And I would argue that I dropped the ball by never putting that out there all these years. Like, I should have probably just mentioned it one day. Like, this is interesting. I don't, you know, in a casual conversation about, I've never seen this before, but a general manager has taken paternity leave twice. Like, this is crazy. Like, great.

1:14:37Dianna Russini:Cool. But I included it in the article about his firing to point to the fact that he was unique. And he did manage differently than other general managers in football before him. But you picked up the paternity thing and you guys made it a whole big thing that if you want to spend time with your kids and you're a bad coach, a bad general manager. And thank you. I think we just said, yeah, you need to either hire a gay general manager would be great or get a vasectomy before you work for my team. If I'm an owner. Just do it at the combine. Yeah, that's a that's a great idea. Have a snipping room back there.

1:15:09Yeah. But yeah, no, I think that it was interesting, the article about Kwesi, because everybody was kind of shocked because he just got an extension a year before, right? And then it seemed to anybody with an actual brain, like, this is very much tied in with the quarterback decision. Is that how quickly it happens? It's like you whiff on a quarterback or you appear to whiff on a quarterback while the old guy has so much success. And it's like, that's it. We're done with you.

1:15:32Dianna Russini:I don't think that the Vikings fired Kwesi because of J.J. McCarthy or because of the quarterback situation. because he had to manage all of that, right? Because those are all those contracts with whether it was Daniel Jones or Sam Darnold. He obviously was part of it.

1:15:44PFT Commenter:It was because of the kids.

1:15:45Dianna Russini:It was a thousand percent because he was home, you know, helping his wife change diapers. No, I think there was a lot of internal relationships. Like him and Kevin O 'Connell get along great. Like that was the one thing I even observed it when I would go to their practices. Like they were cool with each other. But I do think the way he manages is just different from what most coaches are used to. And it's hard. And if it works, great. But most of the time in football, guys like to do it the old way. Right. And the way they know and the way they're comfortable. And you look at that coaching staff, where most of them come from, you know, it doesn't really line up with where Queasy comes from.

1:16:26Dianna Russini:Right.

1:16:26PFT Commenter:Who of the new hires where you say, like, you talk around the league and everyone's like, they nailed that. Like, this is going to be big.

1:16:34Dianna Russini:Jesse Minter.

1:16:35PFT Commenter:Okay.

1:16:35Dianna Russini:That's the one I hear that a lot of just, man, they got a winner. I'd say the Eagles OC. Just kidding, Max. Oh.

1:16:46PFT Commenter:Oh, God. I like you again. You're the best.

1:16:50Dianna Russini:You're the best. I love you, Diana. He's fist-thumping off screen. I'm totally kidding. No, I don't know. Max, I honestly gave you one of these. Yes. Yes. No, I don't even know the truth. Here's what I do know about him. the second it happened um i had some people in philly on the team call me was like hey what's the deal with this guy like is he is he good what do we know about him and i was like let me go dig on it you know so i called around and i heard like amazing things about him and then the players heard about it and then so now everyone's all in on this guy so okay i'm excited to see what everyone's all in yeah what about david blau a lot of people talking about yeah the blower movement you locked him up fast yeah the blower people so fast were you surprised about the cliff situation blower power i was not surprised about the cliff situation yeah i remember you texting me about it i think yeah really annoying you were you were surprised that i wasn't surprised no i'm hoping for more surprise for me i told you before i broke it i said cliff's getting fired and you're like what that's not this is not true what happened i need to know everything we can apparently just lie on podcast now and that's the thing i'm gonna look it up and i'm gonna tell you exactly what the reaction was.

1:17:53Dianna Russini:Text off your phone. It was from Max. No, it was me texting about Max. So just screen it. I like this. I'm enjoying this very much

1:18:00PFT Commenter:because I like to hear the news just when it happens. I don't like to, like when I get inside. I've done it for you. I don't really want to know.

1:18:07Dianna Russini:Yeah. There was something I told you and your reaction wasn't like Eric's whereas he's just like, I was just like, I don't want to know. I don't want to know yet. I need to know. Send me voicemails. Like anything. I don't want to know.

1:18:17PFT Commenter:If I know too much, then it's like a bad thing where I just, I can't sit on it and also I just want to know what everyone else knows. This is a wild misinterpretation of all our conversations.

1:18:26Dianna Russini:By the way, the fact that you're – the Cliff thing happened early January. That's where I'm at right now. It's going to take a minute. Okay, hang on.

1:18:33PFT Commenter:All right, I'll ask a filler question while you do it, okay? Well, I – Who did you vote for in MVP? Was it Josh Allen again?

1:18:41Dianna Russini:Drake May.

1:18:42PFT Commenter:Okay. Oh. Did you see –

1:18:44Dianna Russini:I didn't vote for Josh Allen last year. Well, last year.

1:18:48PFT Commenter:You didn't. That's right. You voted for Lamar. That was the problem. remember what happened i forgot what why i was mad at you did i tell you the story about that no

1:18:53Dianna Russini:so yeah you voted for lamar i see josh i see brandon bean i see all the buffalo people before i cast my vote i tell them i'm voting for josh oh right that's dirty then i vote and i was going through it and i have a weird style of doing it i call players okay and i ask them like I tell them who I'm voting for and then I get their reaction and then I kind of collect all their thoughts because in my opinion the players know better than me who is the best

1:19:28PFT Commenter:player right on the field when you're playing against them yeah um actually the answer I got

1:19:33Dianna Russini:the most and I regret not voting it and and he and I've had a conversation about this and Mac Jill appreciated it it was Saquon Barkley last this was last year yeah uh the year they won the Super Bowl everyone was like so many players like it's Saquon Barkley but I did not vote for him i voted for lamar so then they revealed the votes and who we voted for so i just look like an ass because i'm like i obviously lied to josh allen yeah you do look like an ass i know so but you did also vote for shuck for rookie of the year which i appreciate yeah that was good do you remember in the draft when i told you that he's like a stud like he's gonna be really good yeah yeah you're right again one thing we didn't we didn't listen to you are

1:20:13PFT Commenter:Are you listening to this? As men, we didn't listen to you, and we came to that conclusion on our own about six months later. And by the way. We were like, that was our idea. Tyler Shock. Good job. We were right. We were so right about it. We fucking nailed that. Tyler Shock. All right. One thing you were wrong about, Monday, January 5th, 8.32 p.m., you just texted me out of the blue. I'm shocked you haven't asked me about my Cliff Kingsbury reporting.

1:20:38Dianna Russini:Okay. No way. I told you the night before I broke it. No, there's nothing there. You said, I'm shocked. It's a little thirsty that you're asking me to be shocked about something that I was not shocked about. But I wasn't shocked about it because I was okay with moving on from Cliff. It felt like things were kind of like, you know. Yeah, it was off. It was weird. Things were off. The way that he was using Terry didn't seem like it was always the most creative ways. There were button heads sometimes with, I don't want to say the GM and him were butting heads, but they didn't have the best things to say about each other.

1:21:11Usually if you have a great young offensive coordinator, number one, you would like that person to be in demand to be a head coach from some other team, right? Yeah. So it kind of says a lot that Cliff didn't get that opportunity. I thought he was a good offensive coordinator, just not a great one.

1:21:24Dianna Russini:Yeah. No, and now he's with the Rams, so we'll see how he does there. I also just think what they captured in the year that they went to the NFC Championship game, I think Cliff actually did a really good job of masking a lot of the flaws your team had. and obviously your your quarterback was also like a superhero no it was a shot at the entire roster which I agree was that a shot about Jaden? no not at all I love Jaden

1:21:53PFT Commenter:I found where I opted out of getting news from you it's because you said that Ben Johnson was going to the Jaguars I literally was like I'm opting out I was like I want no more updates from you

1:22:07Dianna Russini:I think it was a Saturday morning yeah i was like i do not want i'm opting out of this news source i do not want bad news because you know what happens too it's probably why i tell you guys stuff is because i can't report it i want to tell someone right right and i'm like who would appreciate it oh yeah these guys except what is bad news i don't want it and we we actually will never tell your bad news because we'll just forget it right i think we forget most of the stuff people tell us so it's not like We have a big file of off the record stuff that we can divulge. I think the last time I texted you about a story that I knew you would like, cause it was so weird was when I did the, the Mac Jones body story.

1:22:45Dianna Russini:Yeah. The Mac Jones dead body.

1:22:47PFT Commenter:Yeah. That was the weirdest thing. So how really like that just never had a followup. How did you find out?

1:22:52Dianna Russini:Nobody cared. I was like, this is kind of,

1:22:55PFT Commenter:they just want to see him eat bananas. He eats so many bananas. It was after that game. Yeah, I know. It was the Thursday. It was like dead body, bananas, bananas. It's all good.

1:23:03Dianna Russini:you know somebody like tipped me off on it was like you want to hear a weird story I'm like yeah he's like Mac Jones saw a dead body this morning and I'm like what? The substation claimed another yeah so it was a Friday morning and I probably spent more time on that story than anything else I've done this year which is ridiculous because it's a body it's a human so I have to go confirm that it was A a body so I'm on the phone with the you know Marina Del Rey police and they're like, wait, who are you? Why do you care? I'm like, well, the San Francisco 49ers are at the hotel. There's a body. And they had no record of it.

1:23:37Dianna Russini:It was a mess.

1:23:38PFT Commenter:See, that's where you go wrong with like the athletic and Scoop City. You should have just spent 20 minutes talking about Mac Jones eating bananas. That's what we did.

1:23:47Dianna Russini:There are times where I know I have a big story, but I know it's going to take so much time and effort to pull it in. And sometimes I just get lazy. I'm like, I don't want to do it. Right.

1:24:03PFT Commenter:Especially if it's like, you're like, no one's going to care about this story. Well, most of those I know are good.

1:24:09Dianna Russini:Like any big story I've ever worked on usually takes time. And you know at the end it's worth it all. But when you first, it's like getting an assignment. You're like, I'm going to have to make so many calls and deal with so many annoying agents and fight with head coaches about the stuff I'm going to put out. It's going to be rewarding, but this is going to suck.

1:24:26PFT Commenter:But climbing back up the mountain sucks. It sucks.

1:24:28Dianna Russini:Because it's taking phone calls in my driveway. Yeah. You know, it's always at weird places. Thank you for your service. You're welcome. First Amendment's important. I know, I do sound like I'm like, poor me. No, listen. I have to work.

1:24:41PFT Commenter:There's obviously, we joke about it because there's definitely some times where you're like, there are some sports journalists who come across as like, dude, come on, you're covering sports. But you, Shafter, Rapper, all these people who do this business, like we would be screwed without reporters, beat reporters. I always tell the beat reporters, like, you guys don't get thanked enough because being in a locker room every single day and getting the vibes of a team, if there weren't beat reporters, we would have just so much less information on how a team operates.

1:25:11Dianna Russini:Yeah, but the other part of it is it's like a marriage for these people. They're stuck with these guys every day, seeing them and looking at them. It gets so old so quick. That's where I always feel for them, like, oh, man, it's January. They're still going to practice on a Thursday. Oh, that's the worst. like Zach Rosenblatt who covers the Jets like I just feel for him towards the end of the year where I'm like hey dude you got two more weeks you can do it

1:25:38PFT Commenter:you said about the Jets in their hiring and firings in the offseason what a mess was your quote and then memes posted a gif of LeBron James giving you the finger

1:25:51Dianna Russini:I didn't see that oh no I think I did see that

1:25:54PFT Commenter:do you have that meme on you now memes?

1:25:56Dianna Russini:I remember where I was actually when I saw it

1:25:57PFT Commenter:So is it as much of a mess as you said when you said, quote, what a mess?

1:26:03Dianna Russini:No, I said what a mess. I think the reason why it caught memes attention, obviously, is the Jets, but I don't usually weigh in on the situation. I give you the information. but at this point I had known how ridiculous it was behind the scenes in terms of not telling guys when they're getting fired not allowing them to go get jobs and then changing their minds on who they were going to hire based on ownership and and the head coach's difference it's just the whole thing so I'm like this is just a mess what a mess so memes is at the microphone right now i think he'd like to address you uh i would say that we just found out everybody found out at the same time because nobody had any sources inside the building oh yeah memes thinks you've lost all your sources no they're better than ever there oh the messier the better like the the bad teams are the ones that have the leaks max make sure to get hank in the shot okay okay go ahead

1:27:02PFT Commenter:Go ahead. Looks like he's proposing. Hank's not a troll. Yeah, Memes is convinced that you lost all your sources. No. Was the Gruden thing real?

1:27:08Dianna Russini:Yes. Wow. You want to elaborate the Gruden thing? He said not interested, and then the next day Gruden said, I don't know who reported that. In what? I never said that. Man.

1:27:22PFT Commenter:Give some context to Memes. What were they asking him? You're doing a very bad job of explaining this. If the Jets offered him a job. Okay.

1:27:28Dianna Russini:Yeah.

1:27:28PFT Commenter:So the Jets did offer him a job? Yeah. No, no, no.

1:27:31Dianna Russini:No, no, they talked to him about the job.

1:27:32PFT Commenter:And he said not interested.

1:27:34Dianna Russini:Yeah, he was not interested.

1:27:35PFT Commenter:Okay. So what's the dispute here? What's the problem? It was reported that he was offered a job. Was it reported that he was offered the job or that they talked to him about a job?

1:27:44Dianna Russini:They talked to him about a job. What's the fucking difference? There's a big difference. There's a big difference. It's the same thing. No, no. As Max, they went through 17 interviews. Yeah. For their OC.

1:27:54PFT Commenter:Yeah.

1:27:55Dianna Russini:17. 17. Wait, are you serious? The Eagles interviewed 17 guys? That's crazy. That's a lot. Did you know that, Max? So Mannion's their 17th choice? Max, did you know that? No, no, no. He was like...

1:28:07PFT Commenter:Wait, no, no. Switch. Means and Max. Wait, Mannion 18th choice or 17th choice?

1:28:13Dianna Russini:He was... Just because it was 17 interviews doesn't mean that it was 17th choice. No. He was like 6th, actually. Okay, there we go. Oh, okay. That's pretty good.

1:28:21PFT Commenter:So they just wanted... But they didn't like the other interviews. So he was 6th, but they wanted to do 11 more interviews to make sure he wasn't the guy?

1:28:27Dianna Russini:Well, this is always what happens. Look at Tennessee, right? everyone thought Matt Nagy was getting the job in fact my colleague Mike Silver he calls me one day he's like what are you working on I'm like oh I'm just working on the Titans head coaching search just trying to nail down some of the guys to get on the phone with them to see you know how the interviews are going he's like oh my god wasting your time it's Matt Nagy's gig like this is such a ruse like this is they're just interviewing people to interview people I'm like no they're not going to interview all these people if they know they have the guy and then of course Robert Sala comes in and closes it and gets the job

1:29:03PFT Commenter:Hank you go up I got one for you in Super Bowl week you had the quote people around the league view the Patriots as not that talented Hank? we were in the Super Bowl no she did it Super Bowl week so she was saying they're not that talented that's just I don't think that's Diana she's reporting what people are saying I think that's also maybe Mike Rabel trying to get some rat poison out there, some bulletin board material. Diana, I don't have you muted, unlike some other people on this show.

1:29:34Dianna Russini:Thanks, Hank. I appreciate that. I think the reporting I do on the Patriots is solid, and I try to keep it as objective as I can. And they don't have leaks because they're good.

1:29:43PFT Commenter:So are they not that talented?

1:29:45Dianna Russini:I don't think they have a great roster. I think they're going to get better, but they play in the Super Bowl, to Hank's point. How bad could they be if they got there?

1:29:52PFT Commenter:We made it to the Super Bowl with a bad roster. Imagine what we'll do with a good roster. Good point. Good point.

1:29:56Dianna Russini:I do think that this is going to be a challenging offseason for the Patriots. Because, first of all, the bar is so high now, right? Nobody expected. I thought they'd win six, seven games if this first season with Mike at the helm. But now it's they got to make a lot of moves. They need to get more. It's obvious what they need to do in terms of players. But I just think the pressure is just going to be on. And this is like a true, even though this regime was there last year, I feel like this is their first real one in this offseason coming off the roll. Just like choosing a show to stream, State Farm has options to choose from to help you find coverage that best fits your needs.

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1:30:56PFT Commenter:All right, Stephen, get up there. I got one for you. Wait, we're doing a whole... Why are we doing this like town hall? It sounds like AJ. It does look like a town hall. Yeah, Diana, take out Ben Johnson and take out Mike Vrabel. Who is the best hire of last year's hiring cycle? Take those two guys out.

1:31:14Dianna Russini:I don't even remember who was hired.

1:31:16PFT Commenter:I mean, you could do like the Jaguars or...

1:31:18Dianna Russini:Oh, yeah. Was it Jaguars? Yes. Liam Cohn? Liam Cohn's a great coach. Great coach. Okay, all right.

1:31:23PFT Commenter:Thank you, Stephen. I agree. Yeah, all right. Good question. Wait, what's your question? He was mad that Liam Cohen left the box. Do you have a question, Stephen? I do. I have one very – Kadek, are you ready to be next? I have one very biased question, and then I have a general question. Very biased question. Where is Mike Evans playing next year? Ooh. Tampa Bay. That's not a biased question, by the way. That's a biased question. I think he just wanted music to his ears. Yeah, he wanted a biased answer. He wanted a biased answer. The question is just the question. Okay, fair, fair, fair. What is the confidence level of these teams at quarterback?

1:31:55PFT Commenter:Rank them one to four. He's producing a segment. Four being the highest, one being the lowest. Wait. Hang on. Okay, hold on. Does he know I'm home? On a scale of one to four? Can we go one to four the natural way? One being the highest? Okay. Why is it one to four? I only have four options. Oh, you're ranking the teams. Yeah, he's ranking the – so this is the – Can you translate? This is the team's confidence in their quarterback. Yes. One to four, one being the best. Yes. Why would you do four being the best? Cardinals, Falcons, Panthers, Texans. Okay.

1:32:33Dianna Russini:Texans, one, most confidence.

1:32:35PFT Commenter:Okay.

1:32:36Dianna Russini:Panthers, two.

1:32:41PFT Commenter:What were the other two? Falcons and Cardinals.

1:32:43Dianna Russini:Oh, then Falcons and then Cardinals. Cardinals. So, yeah, it is interesting that. I didn't like that game. That was hard. He made a face when he said the Texans.

1:32:52PFT Commenter:Yeah. He made a face. I think the face, if I could translate the face that Shane made, it was like, little bro ass. Yeah, do the Texans know C.J. Stroud's ass?

1:33:02Dianna Russini:I don't think C.J. Stroud is ass, and I don't think they think he is. I think they still believe him. I think this year is going to be really important, you know, because he's going to be up for a very large contract. But why are we forgetting that C.J. Stroud was once really good? Yeah, but he's also been really sad. Okay, but they also have a weak offensive line, new play calls. There's a lot of transition. I think there needs to be a little bit more patience with CJ Shaw. What about Zach? I like Zach. Yeah, Zach's got a question. This will be good. This will be good. Let it rip, Zach. Hi, Zach.

1:33:41What's going on, Diana? How are you today? Quick question. With the talks about how Liam Cohen left the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, would you consider him a better coach or a better person? Good question.

1:33:54Dianna Russini:a better coach yeah i mean he's a better coach right like football coaches in the world yeah

1:33:58PFT Commenter:thank you for your time i appreciate you thanks that's a good question good question that's my case way to go zach real quick with the cardinals kyler probably not gonna be the quarterback there next year do you think kyler murray guns your head is he is he starting week one somewhere yeah i do where who would be in the kyler murray sweepstakes i'm curious to see if minnesota

1:34:20Dianna Russini:checks that out. That could be interesting. He looks so short and purple.

1:34:24PFT Commenter:Are the Cardinals going to trade for Tyson Pagin? That's the rumor. Who told you that? I've just been hearing it. Why? I'll work on it.

1:34:32Dianna Russini:I'll let you. Oh, I can't let you know. You don't want to know. No, I don't want to know.

1:34:34PFT Commenter:I don't want to know. Max, you have another question? Oh, yeah. Well, that reminded me. I saw something about the Jets are interested in Tanner McKee. Oh.

1:34:44PFT Commenter:This is great. We just have to head on to ask our very hyper-specific questions about our backup

1:34:49Dianna Russini:the quarterbacks uh yes i actually think that is that's something they're going to be exploring so that's a good question memes what are the chances nick sirianni gets fired this year oh good one oh so i see what they're doing they're giving shitty questions for each of their teams i i think this is a big year for nick sirianni do is there a hot like i'm not doing no i'm not Who does the captions on the show? Memes do not put out Rossini says Nick Sirianni hot seat 2026. It's a big year. The seat's warm? How could it not be? It's Philly. It's always freaking warm there. Always sunny. I'm not putting him on the hot seat.

1:35:36Respectfully, I've never asked you this.

1:35:39Dianna Russini:Do you think Nick's a good coach? Yes. Excellent coach. No, just make it sure. Excellent. Super Bowl winning coach. Okay. Highest winning percentage of all active coaches right now. How are you going to feel if A.J. Brown gets traded? Like, how does that make you feel? Are you mad about this? Depends on the package. Oh, okay. So you're cool with him not being an eagle anymore. I would prefer him to be an eagle, but I think that I also understand that there's times where it's better for both sides. Yeah, what I said before. This relationship is probably done. They probably need to go. Best case scenario, we mend the relationship, but if that can't be mended, I'm okay with it.

1:36:14I'm okay with him.

1:36:16PFT Commenter:Stay there, Max.

1:36:16Dianna Russini:Do you have any concerns about your quarterback?

1:36:18PFT Commenter:Well, I was going to say, is there a world, Diana, that they trade A.J. Brown and then they're like, whoops, we traded the wrong guy. It should have been Jalen Hurts.

1:36:26Dianna Russini:I thought you were going to say, is there a world where they trade A.J. Brown and then bring him back when they get rid of Jalen? No.

1:36:32PFT Commenter:Yeah, I'm just saying. That's a good question, too. Let's wait for whatever. Max is pretending there's sound going on in the hallway because he doesn't like the way these questions are going. Yeah. He just did a fake pause of the show.

1:36:43Dianna Russini:I think the A.J. Brown situation, the thing that we're not doing enough of, and Max, I'm surprised you haven't tried to dig on it as a fan. What is A.J. Brown frustrated by? What is he upset? And why is anyone having that conversation and being real about it? Good question.

1:37:03PFT Commenter:because I think the answer is one they don't want to have.

1:37:06Dianna Russini:So you'd rather your team ignore a problem because they don't want to admit maybe— I don't understand how it could be that big of a problem when it wasn't a problem the year before when they won the fucking Super Bowl. You said you weren't getting mad anymore. I'm not mad, but I don't understand how it's that big of a problem when they just won a Super Bowl and they were there two years before. How all of a sudden is it now a problem? Sometimes when quarterbacks win Super Bowls, they develop a bigger ego and they don't want to run the same plays that they maybe ran before or do the same type of offense or listen to the same guys that they were listening to before because now they've got it all figured out.

1:37:39Dianna Russini:First of all, the offensive line the year you won the Super Bowl was magnificent. Saquon had the best season of his life. Jalen played incredible in the Super Bowl. Everything lined up well, right? And by the way, I'm not pushing back on your hopes and dreams that I believe Jalen is a really good quarterback. I just think if your best weapon on offense, not including Saquon, is voicing concern about something, maybe there's more there that they're not owning up to, that they need to. Everyone's talking about it. The entire world's talking about it. Everyone likes to say this is some big secret that Jalen Hurts and the Eagles are not in a good spot.

1:38:26and everyone talks about it. It's not a big secret. So it's there, but how is it going to get fixed? Coaching. I have an idea. We've got to have a new offensive coordinator that can bring everyone together. I have an idea. There was a time where Jalen Hurts was struggling at quarterback and the team went in a different direction and brought in Tua and they proceeded to win a championship. Is another team going to look at Tua this offseason? Is Tua going to be traded?

1:38:53Dianna Russini:Yeah, I think there's going to be teams looking at him. I don't think – look, I think the Dolphins have made it pretty clear that it's on the table, that they're going to probably move forward without him in some form. But we've seen how many quarterbacks in football in the last few years have a resurgence in a different program. Literally, that has been the story of last year, whether it was Daniel Jones before his injury, the guy that just won the freaking Super Bowl. if you can just put them with the right team the the right organization sometimes it can pan out

1:39:25PFT Commenter:what about a percentage uh give me a percentage i'm not going to hold you to this

1:39:30Dianna Russini:joe burrow gets traded because there are at least some rumors out there well it's because because joe's not happy and we know that and when i say he's not happy he's frustrated that they stink right and that they're they're not doing enough to improve the roster and the The pushback is, well, look, they paid his receivers. What could he possibly be upset about? The defense has been trashed for a few years here. Yeah. So I don't believe the Cincinnati Bengals are going to trade Joe Burrow. What I want to pay attention to, though, is after this season, will Joe then start voicing, look, I don't want to be here anymore because we're not winning.

1:40:09Dianna Russini:Right. Because talk about his prime years, the window's closing there.

1:40:13PFT Commenter:Yeah.

1:40:13Dianna Russini:How old's Joe?

1:40:14PFT Commenter:He's like, what, probably late 20s? Yeah, I want to say like 27. I'm going to look it up right now. I'm going to say 28. 26, 27? Because he was obviously older when he won the Heisman. He does have the maturity of like a 40-year-old, though. He's 29. Yeah.

1:40:27Dianna Russini:He's 29. So he's going to turn 30 this season. Oh, my God. How was Josh Allen?

1:40:32PFT Commenter:Josh Allen, I think, just turned 30.

1:40:34Dianna Russini:See, I would have thought Josh was older.

1:40:36PFT Commenter:Well, he is because 30 is more than 29.

1:40:39Dianna Russini:Thanks.

1:40:40PFT Commenter:Yeah, good point. What are you hearing about Joe Brady? Joe Brady? Oh, actually, Josh Allen's 29.

1:40:46Dianna Russini:Oh, he didn't even do that. Yeah, yeah.

1:40:47PFT Commenter:So they're the same age. The same age, yeah. Good point. Both 96, yeah. Yeah. What are you hearing about Joe Brady and the Bills? What was the coaching search really like for Buffalo? Was it just, hey, we'll interview some people, but it's ultimately going to be Josh's call?

1:41:01Dianna Russini:What about when Phillip Rivers went in there? Yeah, Phillip Rivers. Wild, right? He will be a coach one day, right? Yeah. High school.

1:41:07PFT Commenter:Well, we were saying Jason Fitz had the idea, but we were joking about it. There should be a loony rule that every team has to bring in just a crazy, off the wall. Like a Condoleezza Rice kind of? Yeah, right. You just have to do that just so that we have something to talk about. Story is not talked enough about. Yeah. Yeah. Agreed.

1:41:23Dianna Russini:It is my like, I remember. Yeah. Agreed.

1:41:26PFT Commenter:It's the best news story.

1:41:27Dianna Russini:Actually, make that your first question to Schefter.

1:41:29PFT Commenter:Oh, it always is. It's that and the where's the Des Bryant tape. We need to see the Des Bryant. Yeah. But wait, wait. So what was that process like with Joe Bryant? Did they actually interview a bunch of people or was it like, Josh, who do you want? The backstory

1:41:42Dianna Russini:I heard was they weren't completely out on firing McDermott. It wasn't like they said, if we don't make the playoffs, he's out. Or if we get bounced in this round, he's out. If anything, it was kind of pointing the direction of keeping him. So actually, the Saturday before they lost was the first time I caught wind that if they lost, he was out. Like, and they had made that decision pretty, like, within those days. It wasn't, like, something they were sitting on. Right? So they obviously lose. They fire Sean. And I do think it was a bit of a shock to the system up there because they weren't ready for it.

1:42:22Dianna Russini:So then they were scrambling around trying to figure out, all right, we got to get the – remember, then they had the press conference, which was not great. Yep. Which actually made us give more credit to Sean McDermott. Because you're like, wow, he really – Yeah, good job, Sean. Yeah. Yeah. He was the one running the show the right way. yeah the mistake they the mistake i think they did in that well there's a there's a lot of mistakes they did in that press conference but they probably should not have had the owner sit with the gm yeah right like especially a gm that that was getting crucified at the moment for keeping his job and then they put out at the same time that didn't they put out the same time that they fired sean and promoted brandon yeah it was like one had nothing to do with maybe separate those right yeah wait a day yeah and i i like being a lot i feel like he's done a pretty good job but whenever you know if if you miss on a pick it doesn't help your case to have your owner sitting there like saying to reporters now be nice to him this wasn't his idea yeah like it puts off a weird vibe and it makes me think that like number one i want to hear more owners talk to the media but number two they shouldn't like if they were smart they they would never talk to the media i have a group chat with jeff darlington and mike silver where the only discussions that we have in this chat um are about the pr that we would recommend to teams like a player or an organization someone that does something stupid and then obviously the team reacts to it and it's usually stupid yeah right and then we will be like they should have done it this way like you could do that every day on this show if you really wanted to but yeah yeah that's probably not the best way to do it.

1:43:55Dianna Russini:Yeah. That's a good segment. PR 101. We can call it PR 101. We do that. It's a good idea. We've known it for 10 years. Okay, so what do you tell Pook and Akua? He does a live stream. You swear you do this? What's your PR?

1:44:04PFT Commenter:We stopped doing this segment, but yeah, that was the old segment. Maybe change the title. Yeah. Just bring it back. Yeah. PR 101. We might bring it back. All right. Any surprises this week?

1:44:14Dianna Russini:No. I mean, what do you mean surprise? I just want you to break, give us a scoop. Can you give us a scoop and we'll bleep it out and then. If you get it right, we'll retract the bleep in a video that we put out later.

1:44:34Whoa. Okay. We will bleep that out until she gets it right. Oh, my God. And then we'll put it out. Yeah. There was another question I was going to ask you about the comment. Are there teams, since you talk to everybody.

1:44:47Dianna Russini:You guys have never asked me this many questions. No, this is your question. Yeah, we're having fun. You want to hear a good question? We're having fun. I've asked you a lot of questions in my life. I don't think I've ever asked you about this, though. Are there teams that are just like, that are annoying and thirsty? That like hit you up and they're like, hey, I've got some more information. Like trying to give you, overload you with information to make you like them? Yes. Every team operates very differently. That's what's funny about it all. They all have like their own style of how they manage the reporters and the insiders and how they want their message out and who they give it to.

1:45:18Dianna Russini:like you don't have to know football that well to know which teams like to go to who to be their

1:45:24PFT Commenter:mouthpiece on stuff right like you can see it like it makes shiger in the ramps he doesn't even break

1:45:30Dianna Russini:ramps stuff so that's why i'm always like sure like you know everyone there like you should just

1:45:34PFT Commenter:he's that close yeah he's part of the room he's probably making the decision so he couldn't really

1:45:39Dianna Russini:break the news he's like sitting there doing it all but that's shiger is probably a great example where you're too close to it.

1:45:45PFT Commenter:Yeah. Right?

1:45:46Dianna Russini:Like I've had that problem before where, you know, you get close to a player or an agent and then you're like, oh, wait, I'm not going to report that because, like, I don't want to make it weird because, you know, it's kind of like how we started this conversation about the boundaries of what you can go with. But when I come to the combine, my thing is, like, I always, like, kind of think of, like, three or four people in football who I don't know that I need to know and just try to find ways to either find them or just kind of break the ice with them. And so last night I was practicing my breaking the ice routines with some people in football because I was sharing the same story to them.

1:46:21Dianna Russini:I'm like, hey, I got to go see this guy. What should I talk about? And someone suggested I just start telling jokes. Yeah. But I realized I am not a good joke teller. Tell us a joke. Make us laugh. Wait, who are you trying to break the ice with? This is important. Well, I don't know. Okay, I'll be Mike McCarthy. Oh, that's a good one. Hey, Diana. You don't have a neck. You want Will Howard? I'm a new quarterback, Will Howard.

1:46:44PFT Commenter:Will Howard. Will Howard.

1:46:47Dianna Russini:I mean, I only know dirty ones.

1:46:50PFT Commenter:Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go ahead, tell us a joke. But it's dirty. Yeah. You can tell a dirty joke. Okay.

1:46:56Dianna Russini:So this guy walks into a bar with a penguin and a bat. And he sits at the bar and he asks the bartender for four shots. Takes four shots, takes the bat, starts beating the penguin. And the penguin starts going down on him. goes up to the bartender

1:47:11PFT Commenter:I don't find this funny just so you know

1:47:12Dianna Russini:goes up to the bartender says can I get four more shots guy's like alright and everyone in the bar is looking around like what is going on here he takes four shots does it again takes the bat starts hitting the penguin penguin goes down on the guy again everyone's like what this is weird what is happening disgusting so then the bartender was like hey man I'm going to do some shots with you he's like alright so he does four shots he's like alright my turn's next just don't hit me so hard with the bat

1:47:39PFT Commenter:I like that that was a good joke

1:47:41Dianna Russini:I did it probably eight times and I kept forgetting the Hulk it was so, everyone's like you're awful at this, there's like six people watching me do this it's a long joke, it's not very good it's disgusting

1:47:55PFT Commenter:it's got penguins sucking people off

1:47:57Dianna Russini:it's really bad, I should probably cut this I work for the New York Times bird sex I think it's appropriate penguins are also going extinct this whole thing is bad now you're sexually assaulting them all of this yeah and cut it please cut this it's so annoying um there is a reality though like it is awkward sometimes to go up to people in football that that you don't know and just be like hey because you're like

1:48:26PFT Commenter:you probably know who i am but i still have to do the song and dance of hey i'm diana you know

1:48:31Dianna Russini:they know who you are yes and it's funny because that conversation came out last night because one of the coaches was like, why do you always introduce yourself as a reporter?

1:48:40PFT Commenter:Right.

1:48:41Dianna Russini:Everyone gets it. And I'm like, I understand, but I think it's very presumptuous of me. If Taylor Swift introduces herself as freaking Taylor Swift, but I guess she doesn't say singer.

1:48:50PFT Commenter:No, probably not. That'd be weird. No.

1:48:53Dianna Russini:So, but, but yeah, always trying to like come up with ways to connect with people. And it's, it's sales. It's like, how can I, it's, and I know you guys do it too. It's like, how can I get this person engaged in what I have to say in two seconds? and I strike out a lot.

1:49:07PFT Commenter:Yeah. Okay, last question. This has been awesome. We love having you on, Diana. Stell Blue Coffee's new can lattes are here. Crafted with 100 % Colombian coffee, each can is a good source of protein and comes in two smooth flavors, espresso cafe mocha and espresso sweet cream. And whether you're braving your morning commute or chasing your pup, Stell Blue cans are for those always on the go and for those who care. Stell Blue is more than just great coffee. It's about giving back. I named the brand after my rescue dog, Stella, who inspired our mission to help more dogs find their forever homes.

1:49:40PFT Commenter:Every purchase supports animal rescue organizations, so when you drink Stella Blue, you're not just fueling your day, you're saving a dog's life. Try the new cans today, taste the difference, and make a difference. All new Stella Blue coffee can latte is now available at StellaBlueCoffee.com or subscribe on Amazon for 10 % off. This actually isn't a question. I just wanted to say I am very happy for you because it feels like your jump from ESPN to Athletic has worked out better than you could ever have imagined.

1:50:09Dianna Russini:Well, first of all, happy anniversary to you guys. Thank you. It's more important, eh? Thank you. It's tremendous. I can't believe.

1:50:13PFT Commenter:Yep, the sex is still great.

1:50:14Dianna Russini:This is crazy.

1:50:16PFT Commenter:It is crazy. How did this thing get so big? We're never going to stop. It's kind of stupid when you think about it. We just started doing a podcast, and then our lives change. And the craziest part to me is that there's no reason for us to stop, so we're just going to do it until we're just a punchline, which I'm fine with.

1:50:35Dianna Russini:I know, but you guys work really hard at it, and the best part of the show outside of you guys and the team, it's actually your listeners. Like, I love the part of my take of listeners. They're loyal as all hell. I was in the pool on vacation, and my husband went and got me a drink, and the guy next to me was like, hey, is that Kevin from part of my take? I go, wait, no, no. Wait, like, do you mean Max? He's like, no, Kevin, that's your husband, right? I'm like, yeah. So Kev comes back over. I was like, dude, that part of my take listener was more excited than it was you. That's awesome.

1:51:12PFT Commenter:You just did a very good job of reversing a compliment into a compliment for us. That was nice. But seriously, Scoop City going to three times a week feels like it's getting bigger. Also, half the listeners are female. So what's up to them if any of them are listening to us right now? But it's awesome. I know that was when you were going through that. It's a daunting and kind of scary thing to be like, ESPN is ESPN. And you made the jump and it feels like you're just crushing it. Thank you.

1:51:38Dianna Russini:I know you were talking before about it's not that serious. I always hope that that's how my vibe is as a reporter. I know what I report is serious sometimes, but I freaking love it. And that's you guys. I think we do different things, but we have so much love for what it is, which is why I think we've been doing it so long. Yeah, but to Big Cat's point, I know that there's a lot of people that don't leave. They never leave ESPN because they think to themselves, like, this is safe. It's secure. This is sports. If I leave out on my own, I don't have the mouthpiece of the Disney network behind me.

1:52:12And it's a scary thing to do. You left. Now, I don't know what your contract situation is, but I would assume that whenever it's up, ESPN would probably pay like double what they were offering before after you left. Let us negotiate for you. You did a really smart business move by meeting, growing your brand, growing your profile to now, like you have the power to be like, I don't even need to go back to ESPN ever. I'm doing great out here on my own.

1:52:36Dianna Russini:I don't know about that. Yeah, I've been at The Athletic. This is my third season. Yeah. So it went fast. And I remember making that decision. And I did think everything you just said. Yeah. You guys are obviously my friends and you knew it was a big decision because it's scary. But when you just go back to the basic of just do what you do well, like you can do anything, you know, not to sound all motivational and inspirational. But like if you're good at it, you work hard at it, you can find success. Someone is going to hire you if you are doing it. And I would probably be a big star if memes didn't tell the world I was a bad reporter.

1:53:12Dianna Russini:I'd probably be I would probably be back at ESPN with Schefter. But he's destroyed my credibility.

1:53:20PFT Commenter:He's happy that you said that. You're good. And also, congratulations on hopefully becoming a New York Times bestselling author, because you wrote a chapter in our book. Yeah. I did.

1:53:30Dianna Russini:Which is going to be coming out. I don't want to spoil anything, but I learned something from reading what you wrote in that book. What did you learn? Are we allowed to give this away? No, no spoilers. We're going to try some books. Yeah, no spoilers. Go on Amazon. But one of your children should be named after me. You think so? Based on what you wrote, yes. Oh, I know what you're talking about. about yeah but you know my kids names are like basic jersey kid names i can't eric doesn't really maybe middle name pft yeah it should have been a pft middle name yeah you can say pronounce it

1:53:59PFT Commenter:like that no it doesn't work sound okay uh all right diana you're the best everyone subscribe to scoop city uh and you know read the athletic and read diana's reporting thanks guys yeah good beer hey illinois stella blue coffees new canned lattes are here and in a store near you crafted with 100 colombian coffee each can is a good source of protein and comes in two smooth flavors espresso cafe mocha and espresso sweet cream whether you're braving your morning commute or chasing your pup stella blue cans are for those always on the go and for those who care stella Blue is more than just great coffee.

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1:56:02PFT Commenter:Guys on Olympics. As we say goodbye to the Olympics. What do you want first? Why don't you go back and forth? Switch back and forth. Switching back and forth between Olympics and chicks. Pardon my Olympics take. It's a waste of time that NBC does not get John Kruk to do commentary on the boring sports. Okay. Oh. I do agree because I think that more John Kruk is better than less John Kruk in general. So that's, I mean, this is where Bill Walton, RIP, would have been just incredible. Bill Walton doing cross-country skiing would have been the best thing ever. Yeah. I could see Charles Barkley filling in on just about anything.

1:56:42PFT Commenter:Yeah. Although that would have, people would be pissed because it'd be like, he just makes fun of all the athletes, which I would have loved. Which is fine. Yeah. Totally fine. Totally fine. But yeah, that's a good call. We need guys like that who can just talk extemporaneously. Yeah, nailed it. Nailed it. That was, you ever get into a word and you know you're going to go for it and you're like, oh boy, let's hope I land this one. That was actually, that was basically me landing a sick. You did nail that. Yeah. That was a lot. I just nailed a 360 snowboard cross perfectly on my feet. Spoken, performed, or composed with little or no advanced preparation.

1:57:22Damn.

1:57:25PFT Commenter:Damn, that feels good. I'm going to walk around with my chest puffed out for the rest of the day. Does that make temporaneously something that is performed with a lot of advanced preparation? Maybe. No, you don't really hear about temporaneously. No. Is that a word? Well, if it acts temporaneously, I think. Temporaneous is an archaic or rare adjective meaning temporary lasting only for a short time or provisional. Oh, rare adjective collected. I love provisionals. One of one. I take a lot of provisionals. Hey, boys. My golf course. Isn't that what you say? Yeah. Speaking of golf course. What? What, Max?

1:58:06I actually think you guys are in a good spot. We just said we're doing some testing for the screen. It didn't go well. I actually, it was better than I thought.

1:58:13PFT Commenter:Tickly golf. What is better than you? Itchy golf. Itchy golf. What's better than you thought? I thought they had no chance and Max was being a little bit cocky. I now think they will do it eventually. Well, we're doing this. It is now turned into one of us to get a birdie. We're doing a scramble to get a birdie. Because you guys will get a birdie. Yeah. With a scramble. We're not very good golfers. No, I can't even. I can't even close my eyes and see Zach. I just had. All I can see is Zach throwing the ball into the bush and then Hank being so upset. edited him. That's my experience with Zach and golf.

1:58:50PFT Commenter:I forgot about that. Oh, the best throw ever. What did you do? There were six different people saying directions on one shot. That was bad. You kind of did a mix of everybody's direction. Yeah, so satisfied none of the directions. Yeah. But I think Max can sack up. He can hit far drives, get lucky with an iron shot, and then I think Zach could hit a putt, potentially. I think one of the two of you could hit a decent shot on a par three, and then you got two chances to put. See, Hank keeps saying par three. I can't hit an iron, so I keep saying par five is my best shot. You would have to hit at least two or three good shots.

1:59:33Yeah. Par three is the best shot. But again, it was— Which is why some are saying that getting an eagle on a par five is harder than getting a hole-in-one on a par three. A lot of people say that. Do they? Yeah. We'll see. We'll see. It's going to be... I hope it's... We'll see. We'll see. You will see. Hey, boys. My boyfriend and I have been dating for four years, and just recently he has really gotten into chick flicks from the 2000s. Almost watching one movie a night. More specifically, ones with Matthew McConaughey. Should I be worried, he may dump me and come out of the closet. Not that there's anything wrong with being gay.

2:00:08Just didn't see it coming from my boyfriend. No. Chick flicks are great. Liking chick flicks is wrong. Or gay. Yeah. Yeah. Then I'm gay. Yeah. Consider me really, really gay. Don't clip it.

2:00:22PFT Commenter:Memes just sitting there laughing. All three of us just box ourselves in for a long time in the memes files. If watching Love Actually twice a year is homosexual, then I am the biggest gay person on planet Earth. On my Netflix. Especially the Matthew McConaughey ones. On my Netflix for you, it's basically all rom-coms. They're the best. Because before I go to bed, I like to watch something light. Yeah. And rom-coms are the best thing to watch right before you go to bed. And I watch them before I go to bed every night. So rom-coms are like Netflix basically assumes that I'm just 100 % rom-com guy.

2:00:59PFT Commenter:You just turn your brain off. You enjoy it. Fool's Gold. Is that what it's called? Fool's Gold. Does it have to end well, though? Does it always have to have a good ending? No. It doesn't even have to be a good movie. It just has to make you feel good. I love the breakup. Oh, the breakup's good. Yeah. Zach said that's his one-one. We were talking about that yesterday. Either it would be Breakup or 50 First Dates right there. Yeah, but Breakup's funny and it's got the rom-com. Would you say The Wedding Singer? The Wedding Singer's a good one. Is that a rom-com? Yeah. Or is that just a com-com? That's a com-rom.

2:01:27Yeah. Com-rom. That's like Wedding Crashers is a com-rom. That's a com-rom. That's a sand rom. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a com-rom. Those are good rom-coms. I like bad rom-coms, too. Oh, yeah. I like really cheesy, really dumb. Hallmark? Not Hallmark, but like - Sweet Home Alabama? Yeah. The Other Woman. Kate Upton Oh You just did breasts?

2:01:50PFT Commenter:Just go with it? The one with the No that's not just The one with the Brooklyn Decker The boobs The big natties The chick that's got the boobs The fatty natties The Dougie girl The Dougie girl Let's see

2:02:05Yeah.

2:02:07PFT Commenter:Let's see. Being really good at technical events like figure skating is more impressive than running really fast. I'd agree with that. I'd agree with that. In a way, yes, but also... But would you rather be Usain Bolt or what's the kid's name? If you're the fastest person, that means that you're objectively faster than everybody else because everyone runs. So it's like you're dominant over more people on planet Earth. if you're the best technical figure skater, it's harder to do, to learn that skill. The barrier of entry is way higher. Yeah, the barrier of entry is way higher, and you'll always have people being like, you know, if I had grown up figure skating, I'd be better.

2:02:46Right. You'll never hear somebody be like, you know, if I had grown up, if I had learned how to run when I was a kid, I'd be faster. But I would say this.

2:02:52PFT Commenter:I think getting silver or bronze in figure skating is more impressive than silver or bronze in a race. Because silver and bronze in a race, He's like, yeah, you just weren't the fastest. Like, there's only one fastest. But it's also judge. Like, you can always, like, figures can always be like, oh, you know, Russian judges, whatever. Running is just. But if someone walked in here like, yeah, I got silver medalist in the women's figures game. Like, holy shit, that's impressive. Someone walked in, like, I got silver in the 100 meter dash. We're like, huh, you're not the fastest. Now, if somebody says I got silver in 100 meter dash, the correct response is, oh, man, that sucks.

2:03:29Yeah. I'm sorry.

2:03:30PFT Commenter:You're just not the fastest. Because everybody, the only sprinter, the only fast guy we know is the guy that finishes first place in the 100. Correct. It's also not fun. You're just running. Like figure skating. If you're really good at figure skating, that would be fun. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah, it would. Yes, it would. It would be fun. Not getting, like getting good would not be fun, but once you're good, that'd be fun. Yes. You just like six skater. Yeah. It'd be really fun. It'd be so technical. Yeah, but you get to just like go out there and chop it up. We're talking about after you get good.

2:03:59PFT Commenter:Yeah. It's still so technical. Right. That's fun. That means you could just skate. The little things, like doing – you could just do a twisty. It's not even that technical, and everyone would be like, whoa. I'd say the same thing about gymnastics, too. Gymnastics would be better than running. And even if you're not on the ice, like Alyssa Liu, she went out there and threw that first pitch, and she did the jump on the land, on grass. That was awesome. That was almost more cool than it was on ice. I'd rather be a sprinter. What do you say, memes? Talk in the mic. Hank, you would rather be a sprinter, but you'd rather be a sprinter so you'd be better at other sports.

2:04:36You'd rather have that speed for other stuff.

2:04:37PFT Commenter:Yeah, you're thinking about it, not just straight line running. That's boring as fuck. What do you mean? Just being fast for the sake of being fast is boring. You're thinking about how sick it would be to be fast. So like playing basketball, you'd be faster than everyone. You're putting words in my mouth. So you just want to go on a track and run? I would much rather be the fastest or second fastest person in the world rather than the best figure skater. Okay, but you can't use it for any other sport. Yeah. So just running fast. Yeah. You just love being out on that track. How often would you run fast?

2:05:18Every four years. Zach just made a great point back here. What? No one goes on a date to the track. Everyone goes on a date to the ice. Yeah. Good point, Zach. Yeah, but what if someone steals your date's purse? Are you going to be man enough to then confront him? Yeah, give my head start, too. But wait, the guy steals your date's purse on a track? No, just on the sidewalk. Well, you can't use it for anything else, just for being on a track. That's the rule. You said other sports. But you're saying you want to be fast just to be a fast friend. Okay, then you can't use figure skating on a date.

2:05:51At an ice skating rink, you can. Yeah. Got it. If you went to a date on a track. You could do it. You could get the purse back on the track if they stayed in their lane. So, yeah, we'd go to, like, a football game and be like, oh, watch this.

2:06:04PFT Commenter:Being super fast kind of peaks at, like, age 12. That would be kind of cool, going to, like, a high school football game and just going down onto the track and sprinting and then having everybody that stands be like, who's that guy? That's not cool at all. Who's that guy down there? No. Everyone would be like, why the fuck is that guy doing that? The best case scenario is you get caught by the freeze in a Braves game. You can't do it in your made-up rules. But if you're at a free skate and you see some guy just do a triple axel, you're like, holy shit. You can go ice skating with your friends.

2:06:35Just going to the track sounds lonely. Yeah, and listen, being fast would be awesome for other sports.

2:06:40PFT Commenter:I give you that. It would be so sick. Agree to disagree. I don't think being like, I'm a man, really good figure skater is that cool. Yeah, maybe when you put it that way. Whereas if you're like, I'm like. He's kind of made a good point there. Yeah, but I mean, if you're like, hey, I'm a man, I'm a good figure skater. Yeah, you're right. But you're probably also pretty good at hockey. But we can't do other sports. But it's on the rink. I'm now on Hank's side. You're on the rink. You're on ice. I'm now 100 % on Hank's side. All he had to say was being a man, being like, I'm a good figure skater.

2:07:21PFT Commenter:No, you can do whatever you want on the ice rink. I liked Big Cat Max and Zach saying, why would you ever go to a track? Yeah, never. Ever. Unless it's a horse track. The tracks suck. You could be an action hole. The guy's got a bajillion followers just running fast. But then everyone's asking, like, oh, you're really fast. Why didn't you just play football? Yeah, why weren't you awesome? I guess you could say the same thing. Why didn't you play hockey? Why didn't you play hockey? Yeah. I'm on Hank's. I think the correct answer is neither one of those things is particularly cool. I disagree. Usain Bolt's a fucking man.

2:07:54Yeah, Usain Bolt's great. There's so many. You could name more sprinters than you could figure skaters. What if you finish like eight places? Johnny Weir. Who else? Elvis Stoico. Quad God. Tanya Harding. Tanya Harding. Not women skaters? Tanya Harding's awesome.

2:08:10PFT Commenter:What's the guy? Oh, no, that's Lipinski. That's a woman. Johnny Weir is the guy. Johnny Weir's the guy. Mm-hmm. And he, yeah. I feel like he was. Chaz Michael Michaels. All I got is Alpha Stoico. Now, if you're saying Johnny Weir, he's a gay man. Now, if you're saying I'm a gay man, back to the previous question, as a figure skater, I think that would maybe rock. That'd be the best sport. Yeah. Just being like, watch me flip. Watch me flip on these in a sequined uniform, and I'll rock out. Speed could be good for, like, survival. But you can't do it unless someone steals your purse on a track.

2:08:54In which case, chase them down. Like an Ace Ventura. All right. Whenever my fiance goes on trips with his friends, and I text him asking how it's going or ask him to call me, he just responds, send nudes with a Z. I never send them, but he still ask. Do you think he actually wants them, or is he trying to just get me to stop talking to him so he can enjoy time with the boys? I think he's probably showing off to the boys, being like, look, my old lady wants to talk about how the day's going. Look what I just wrote her. Send nudes.

2:09:24PFT Commenter:You also got to understand that when we're on trips with the boys and you ask for an update, there are no updates. The update is drunk again. That's it. There's no gossip. There's no tea. There's no, oh, my God, I can't believe this person. it's drunk again. Nobody did anything really kind. No. We're not making big plans. Yeah. We're just drunk again. Drunk again. Drunk again. Also, he probably just would like to see nudes. Yeah. You should just send, for an update, you should just send a sheet that just says drunk or hungover and he just says to check which box. That's the only two states. I mean, here's a good one.

2:10:05Okay. To keep the Winter Olympics entertaining, we should have one random person from the crowd lose your skeleton just to see how they do compared to the pros. Yeah. That's a good point.

2:10:15PFT Commenter:Wait, say it again. Yans is up my ass right now. He's texting me because he says there's no chance we could make that Nathan McKinnon shot 10 times out of 10. Oh, well, guess what? We have a goal, so we can try it. Yeah. Memes already did it. Yeah. Did he make it? And he's saying it was a one-timer, but he didn't. Didn't he? I understand a one-timer, but he wasn't. I would make it 10 times out of 10. If I could get on the skates, I could make it. Probably with my eyes closed. If football is an Olympic sport, neither should soccer. It doesn't make sense when we have the World Cup and the Stars don't even play during the Olympics.

2:10:46Is soccer an Olympic sport? It is, but it's not the same. Yeah. No one cares. It's not like best on best. What was the previous one? Was that it? No, the previous one was just where you should have a regular person do Olympics to see how they would compare. Yeah, we've discussed that.

2:11:01PFT Commenter:Yeah. We would suck. But football is going to... I curled. It was terrible. Listen, football is going to be best on best. Yeah. It's going to be our NFL players. Yeah, we better not lose that. Last one. My take on the Winter Olympics is they should add big game hunting as a sport and winter survival as a sport. Love that. I log hours watching Luke from Outdoor Boys survive in 15 feet of Alaskan snow with nothing but a shovel. If they added that as an event and had 24-hour feed running on survivalists on a random channel, that would make up the Winter Olympics so much more watchable. I do agree with big game hunting.

2:11:35that would rock it's like you go out in the wilderness and then you just have to weigh

2:11:39PFT Commenter:like how much bear did you come back with the an olympic sport of just watching dudes in the middle of the woods in the winter who can start a fire faster i'd watch that yeah john crook announcing that would be an awesome one so the idea that we had who can make john crook a sausage first cooking cooking make the fire cook the sausage hand is john crook i think just cooking in general should be an Olympic sport. It's like who can make the best steak in the world? You get the same ingredients. Who does best? Isn't that just Top Chef? No, it's a little bit different. You think you're like chopped.

2:12:11Yeah. No, I mean, you all get a ribeye. You get salt. You get a little bit of oil. You get a fire. And you got to kill it. Well, you have to kill the ribeye first and then cut the ribeye. There is actually a sport that we were talking about a couple days ago, which is like on the skis, you just go up and back down the mountain until somebody stops. Just for time. Who can keep moving for the longest period of time before you have to quit? That's awful.

2:12:39PFT Commenter:Yeah. There we go. All right. Yance just said, yeah, you score 100 out of 100. I just watched it again. All right. He might be fucking with me, but we score that every time. 100 out of 100. Yeah, 100 out of 100. Nathan McKinnon, he should probably never play hockey again. Okay. Numbers. Five. I'll do three. I'll do six. 56. 26. 75. I just got to be able to stand on the skates when I'm there. I just don't know if I would be able to stand on the skates. Yeah, that part would be tough. I would probably slip as soon as it got to me. But if I knew how to skate, 100 out of 100. Everyone said their number?

2:13:18I'm not sure what that means. We need six.

2:13:27PFT Commenter:Oh, there's a ball caught up there. Zero's caught up there. 98. 98. No, wait. No, wait. 86. Oh, 86. All right, boys, come in. We'll do one more. All right, we'll do one more. We'll do one. Yep. Yeah, it was. You were going to say 86? Wait, are you wearing a jersey that's 86 right now? Oh, no. That sucks. You were going to say 86? That's a sick jersey. Shane. He said he's guessed it every single. You've guessed it every time? That's a Shane. I've guessed it like every single time this new machine. That's a Shane. That's a real Shane. Are you fucking with me? What's it? What's it? 86. 86 right here, buddy.

2:14:05Oh, my God.

2:14:07PFT Commenter:Oh, no. That's tough. 86. Damn. All right. Well, Shane, you can guess first. Go ahead. Numbers. 86. Oh, man. I can't guess first. No, you can't. Well, you did, but you paused. You paused. Do you want 86? I mean, it's not going to be 86 twice in a row. Could be. Same chances. Might as well try. All right. 86. Yeah, you got it. All right. I'll go six. That sucks. This is a setup. It's not a setup. It actually happened. It's not a setup, dude. 56. It's not a setup. That's so funny. You're wearing an 86 jersey. Yeah. I'll go five. 99

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2:14:56PFT Commenter:What's your guess PFT? 75 6

2:15:11PFT Commenter:Oh 86 Back to back There you go Shane Was it? No it's 58 Motherfucker let's go anybody else get it I got 56 damn that's fucked up 58 no one said 58 yeah I didn't know I was gonna do that there was no way there was no way also we gotta pick zero sold it pretty good zero stuck up there yeah love you guys if you would've came in on time you would've got it love you guys happy birthday to maybe the biggest draft bust of all time Christian Ponder yes

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