Best Tag Teams In The NFL

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1:22That's all anyone is talking about is these two players. Am I wrong? Earlier on the show, former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel. Coming up, Cavaliers guard Max Struess. And now, sitting in for Ridge, WWE superstar The Miz. Hello, I am The Miz. I'm filling in for Rich Eisen on The Rich Eisen Show. And this has been a fun show, I got to tell you. I talked a little bit of wrestling. Got to talk to Johnny Manziel. Got to talk to O'Shea Jackson. Going to talk to Max Drews. I mean, this is a jam-packed show, and I want to talk to you. I want to talk to a caller. So let's go to Jimmy from San Antonio, shall we?

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2:28uh miss i will address you in a second server first i gotta say hi to tj what up mate maserati mold king felly and rockman how you doing boys what up jimmy okay mr miz i have a question you were a one-time texas resident correct yes austin texas yeah and you prepare for your interviews and how do you do the Rich Eisen show sitting at the Rich Eisen desk provided by Granger, click or stop by, without asking Johnny Football about the 12th man. Seattle Seahawks fans, y 'all are bums. The 12th man is San Antonio. And then I have a TJ Jefferson question. Why did you not ask him about the 12th man, sir?

3:13So why didn't I ask him about the 12th man? I feel like we talked a lot about that. There's so many things that you can ask Johnny Manziel. I mean, I'm more of a Cleveland person. Like, I want to know what happened in Cleveland. Why did it not work? And what did he do to work on himself to get to where he is today? And I feel like we got a lot of answers out of him. And it was a really great interview, especially with a person who kind of shines a light on, hey, there are some polarizing things. And some people need help dealing with that type of fame. And they need structure. and I think that we got through on all of that.

3:52I mean, we can't talk about the Aggies and we can't talk about, you know, growing up in Texas all that much, but I think we got a lot out of it. But if you want to know more about Johnny Manziel, you could always watch that documentary on Netflix, Untold. I mean, it tells a lot about him. Dude, you're totally right. It was a good interview. I was just trying to be funny, but now I am going to be funny. Jimmy, is this thing on? Is this thing on? Come on. Have you seen TJ's AI wrestling image? And I have a question if you have seen it about his finishing move, what you would call it. I have two ideas.

4:33One is called the Jive. Go ahead. He has not seen it. No, I have not. Oh, all right. Well, when you do see it, tell me what you think about these finishing moves. I'm trying to pull it up. Because you're the Miz. You know wrestling. the jive turkey or the big payback? Big payback or the jive turkey. What's the finishing move? I don't know. I'm not a wrestler. You are. I need to see the finishing move. In order to get a good answer on a finishing move, you need to see it. You need to see it perform. Oh, wow. You look like a 19. What are you going to do with those glasses, buddy? You couldn't get contacts?

5:14You couldn't get goggles? It was his AI rendering, man. I don't know. You've got to ask AI. The finisher should be the Sherman Clump. I mean, right? Oh, Lord. Hey, Miz, it's very nice to talk to you guys. I mean, if he is Sherman Clump, he has the fart. Hey, see you, Jimmy. You know, that could be. Thanks, Jimmy. We appreciate you. Come on in. You know what? I want to do a little bit of powerless rankings. I want to rank the worst teams. By the end of the season, of the NFL season, These will be the worst teams by record. Shall we get started? Give me the Miz's powerless rankings. Here we go. Let me have your attention for a moment.

5:55And now it's the Miz's powerless rankings. This is shame. AI loves to put glasses on people, I guess, because I don't ever wear glasses. Were they thinking that was more nerdy? I think that was the point you're powerless. Is AI calling you a nerd as well? Not with the pipes I had in that picture. I don't think they were. I was a little buffer in that picture than I am in real life. All right, let's get to the powerless rankings, shall we? All right, number 22. Seth Rollins is going to hate this one, but it is. The Chicago Bears. I just think they need time to develop that offense. That offense is going to be a lot, and Ben Johnson is going to have a lot with Caleb Williams, and I think that they are going to need time in order to do that.

6:44And I think they're going to do great by the end of the season, but the beginning of the season is going to be a lot of learning curves. So that is why the Chicago Bears are 22. Sorry, Seth Rollins. Number 23, the Arizona Cardinals. I just, every time I think about the Cardinals, it's like kind of like no one really talks about them, right? I mean, do you guys hear anyone saying anything about Kyler Murray right now? No. No. about james connor no i'm not even talking about fantasy football mad muscle on the offseason no one's talking about that no no one's really talking about them and whenever no one's really talking about a team they're kind of just like yeah they're there you know and they'll be there that's where they are 23rd in mind now a lot of people are talking about this team 24 the miami dolphins they need to shape up or everyone's getting shipped out and i think that's what's going to happen.

7:36I think Miami is going to need a revamp. And even though I like their coach, I enjoy his interviews. I just, I think they're going to try to find something new and he'll be an OC somewhere next year. I don't want that to happen. I want success for the Miami Dolphins. I just don't see it happening. I think they need a rebuild. I think they need to start figuring things out. Number 25, the Carolina Panthers. Yes, the Carolina Panthers are still in the bottom for me i know a lot of people will disagree with me they think you know what bryce rung has turned a corner and he's going to be doing it all day long he's got this but i still think they need a lot more pieces to that team and that is why they are in the bottom 26 i feel like they're always here every single year it's almost like everyone talking about the cleveland browns except for me and anyone in Cleveland, but it is 26, the New York Jets.

8:33Justin Fields, I mean, it's crazy. It's crazy to think how many quarterbacks the Chicago Bears have been through. Now that I'm thinking about it, looking at Justin Fields, can he do it? I mean, you got Garrett Wilson, you got Brees Hall. I thought Brees Hall would be a guy. I thought we would be talking about him like Saquon Barkley, but we're not. I think he still has a chance. Do you think so? I'm not sure anymore. I think, you know, they might be looking elsewhere and thinking, Hey, guess what? Maybe he's not our guy. Let's see what we have on the depth chart. Braylon Allen. Yeah, exactly. 27.

9:09You're gonna love this. Chris, the new England Patriots. No world. Are we worse than the jets? Well, I beg to differ. My friend, no world. I beg to differ. I think it takes time for coaches to implement what they need out of their players. I love Rabel. I've met Rabel. I've had conversations with Rabel. He's 50 today. Happy birthday. Happy birthday, buddy. Maya bad on this, but it's just where I think the teams are going to end up. This is your birthday present, Dan? 27 on the list? 27 on the list, yes. I actually like Travion. What is it? Travion Henderson? Yeah, buddy. Oh, my gosh. Don't talk about him.

9:49No, I'm talking about him. By the way, you want a sleeper. I need him in every league. And I think people are sleeping. Do you think Romandre is going to be the first one? No. Number one on the depth chart? in the beginning of the season. Yeah, maybe. How many weeks does it take? Like a month. A month. So four games? Yeah, if. Okay. But yeah, I mean, he's going to be, I think they're going to be running the ball quite a bit. That's what they're going to be doing. Trevion's a beast. He is a beast, but I still think that's 27 where they're at. Number 28. I was a little iffy on this, to be honest with you.

10:16Because I like their defense. The New York Giants. And are we getting rid, if they are here, are we getting rid of Dayball? I don't want to get rid of him I think Jackson Dart might need to start he's going to start at some point he's going to get there is that the end of Russell Wilson then? is Jameis done? Jameis is there breaking case of emergency I love Jameis man I love Jameis when I would listen to him in the huddles you can tell this guy loves football he loves where he at He loves the locker room. He just enjoys it. The problem is the interceptions. Like, why can't he? He seems like a person that really puts in the prep.

11:02Yeah. He really does the work. And when it's when he succeeds, he succeeds. But what what is it that just makes him hit those interceptions so much? His arm too much. Yeah. Is that what it is? Seems like it like he'll just throw it, man. Yeah. Well, there was a lot of touchdowns like there was a lot of touchdowns. Well, Giants, number 28. Number 29, the Jacksonville Jaguars. Jaguar. I don't think Travis Hunter will be a bust, but looking at this, I didn't realize that it would be a circus. Like, I didn't realize everybody would be talking about Travis Hunter and is he a wide receiver, is he a cornerback, and making such a huge deal.

11:44Now, granted, yes, it is a huge deal. It's a big deal because we've never seen it before, but everybody talking about it, And the reason nobody wanted to take Shadur was because of the circus. And that's why he went down in the draft. Right. But Travis went number three. And it's kind of a circus. Is it a good trade? Do we think right now? You went second overall. The Browns have made a good trade. Yes. I do too. I didn't think so in the beginning. I hated it. I wanted Travis Hunter. Now looking at it in the grand scheme of things and what we got, we got a haul we're gonna get a top five pick top 10 pick from the jacksonville jaguars next year that's my face yes a guy dawkins woke me up woke me up i'm sleeping he told everyone everyone look at the myth is that why this young lady is that is that a random person it's a random person random person did not know her she's like what is happening announcement and literally was like everyone look at the mess because i want to i want to tell him this the Browns just traded out of the number three spot friends how many of us have them oh my god I was like oh my god this is terrible but I'm actually happy about it you get a first round pick next year I get a first round pick next year I mean that is going to be amazing especially I mean I don't even know what to talk about with the quarterbacks like is Arch Manning going to come out is he going to be great you could have the first and second pick next year I know I love it hopefully we just don't put it on defense hopefully we get some weapons here I want some weapons.

13:15Hopefully we find a franchise quarterback. So I'll take two quarterbacks, one and two next year. I just want a quarterback. I just want a quarterback, guys. You got one. QB 12. He's going to be your guy. If there is a team to do that, it would be the Browns. Like we would be like, you know, and everyone in Cleveland would be like, it's actually not a bad idea. Not a bad idea. Not a bad idea. I'll take it. Okay, whatever. All right. Number 30. Let's go with the Indianapolis Colts. Does anyone know what's happening with them? Like is Anthony Richardson really going to be the guy? I don't know. Daniel Jones really going to be the guy?

13:47I don't know. I mean, we don't know. I mean, they got Jonathan Taylor out there. I don't even think I'm taking him in fantasy football, to be honest with you. Oh, he's one of my guys. Is he one of your guys? I'd like John Taylor, man. Second round? Well, see, I do auction, so our whole strategy is a little different. How much? $200. How much are you putting on Jonathan Taylor? Well, last year I went a little high on Miz, and I messed up. I bid a little too much, so I'm going to cap myself at about$40. $40? $40. Jonathan Taylor. What do you think Saquon goes for in that league? In my league? Because my guys are savages, man.

14:19Saquon, you're not getting him less than$65. Oh, wow. Okay. That's a lot of money. Yeah. All right, 31. Tennessee Titans. Cam Ward. Cam Ward. He's going to need some time. He's going to be good, though. You know what? He is going to be good. I love hearing that he's like the first one into the facility and the last one to leave. You've got to love the preparation that he's putting in. And I just think it takes time for a rookie quarterback to develop. Not everyone's Jaden Daniels. Not everybody is CJ Stroud. Like, that just doesn't happen. Those are anomalies. And so people need that time. I mean, you look at the Sam Donalds, the Geno Smiths.

14:55I mean, it took them time. But now they're franchise quarterbacks. Baker Mayfield, franchise quarterbacks. It takes time. Cam Ward, I think, might maybe could be an anomaly, but I think it's going to take a year. Number 32, I think everyone has them as the worst team in the NFL. New New Orleans Saints. Anyone disagree? Nope. Anyone disagree with any of my power rankings? Patriots shouldn't be on this list. Yeah, I mean, that's his issue. Okay, who should be there for them? Well, they should be up. I'm just glad you didn't say Raiders. Yeah, where are the Raiders? Oh, okay. The Raiders could have been in there.

15:31I mean, I guess they're 21. They're 21. I guess they're 21, aren't they? uh so yeah i mean the raiders man i mean i just moved to las vegas it's 120 degrees out that's too hot it's very very very hot ashton jainty first round in the uh fantasy football yeah oh yeah where where are you picking him five six seven eight nine yeah i mean he's i've seen after after saquon after bijon and i've seen him pretty high uh rb i don't know rb5 rb6 so i was thinking second round. You know what? Rookie running backs really don't. No, they do. Do you think they do? I mean, I've got a good tracker going back to like Kareem Hunt his rookie season.

16:14Rookie running backs are pretty good. You find the right guy, man. He can be a league winner for you. And I think Chenty could be that guy. League winners aren't really first and second round though, right? No, I mean, obviously you can lose a league. Your league winners are how you manipulate and work the waiver wire. We all know that. Absolutely. You have to draft That has to be pretty good. Like the real NFL draft. You can win your league between rounds like six and ten, kind of, if you really hit on somebody. Like Brian Thomas last year, for example, he was probably on a lot of league winners.

16:45Not on mine. I did not see Brian Thomas coming out there. But, man, those LSU wide receivers. Take them. How unreal is that? Just take them. Like Justin Jefferson. I did a comparison, and I have it here somewhere written down still a year ago. So Kentucky guards, the first Kentucky guards and LSU wide receivers. If you just take a look, the NBA is some of the best two guards, some of the best guards in the league are out of Kentucky, and the wide receivers are out of LSU. But what is it with the LSU? Is it the wide receivers coach? Is it just they know how to find these wide receivers? It reminds me of like the Pittsburgh Steelers, and when you look at like, oh, You don't really talk about their wide receivers.

17:30And then all of a sudden it's like, oh, there's Antonio Brown. You know? That's what it kind of reminds me of. So, you know, I mean, they do. They just find a way to just refill up that wide receiver. You know, one year talking about Mike Wallace, I was in a league for SiriusXM with Jerry Cantrell from Allison Chains. And he called me and was like, hey, you want to make a trade? He's a big Steelers fan. He's like, I'll trade you. it was Mike Wallace for Adrian Peterson. And I was like, done. Won the league that year. That trade won me the league that year. That's always fun when you play against like super, really, like really super fans of a specific team.

18:12You can get some nice returns. Fantasy football, I don't do that with Cleveland Browns. This year, I'm looking at it. I'm like, maybe. I don't know if I'll take one of the running backs. I don't know. Njoku maybe? Huh? Njoku? Maybe Njoku. Maybe Judy. Yeah, Judy. You know, as my wide receiver, too. I mean, who knows what Judy can do? Like, last year, he was a wide receiver one. Like, looking at him. Yeah. Like, he played like one. I remember when Steve Smith was like, this guy. And he, like, talked all that smack about him. And I was like, wow, I wonder why, what happened there. And then coming to the Cleveland Browns, I'm looking at this guy, and I'm going, this guy can be a guy.

18:52i mean i'm not talking justin jefferson guy but he can be a guy yeah for sure yeah am i wrong on this you are not wrong you guys are just sitting there going uh i don't know i mean flacco's like 58 years flacco can sling it flacco can sling i'm sick of talking about this why do i have to sit here and talk to you guys and say hey the browns are gonna be good you guys should be patting me on the back saying, you know what? They are. You deserve this. You deserve a franchise quarterback. Shadur has an oblique injury. My quarterbacks get oblique injuries. It's not the knee. It's not the hand. Oblique.

19:33It's an oblique. And he's going to be out a couple weeks. How much is a couple? Two, three, four, five? Is he back in the preseason? What's going on with Dylan Gabriel? What's going on with Kenny Pickett? Why is Kenny Pickett not back? He needs the reps. I want an MVP preseason from one of these guys to show me that they're the franchise quarterback. I need to go to a break. I need to take a sip of water. Go to a break, please. Max Strauss, coming up.

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22:12That's three months of free payroll at gusto.com slash rich. One more time, gusto.com slash rich. Who was your coach, Joel McHale, when you were at Washington? Coach Don James. So the legendary Don James. How would he have handled that? Well, he wouldn't really make eye contact with me because I was a walk-on and we were cattle and we were the chaff. we were cannon fodder. But if you did something good, then he'd be like, hey, that was good. He stood up in a booth because he tried to watch the whole practice. So as everyone knows, I was the worst player in Washington history. We're looking at a shot of you standing in front of the Rose Bowl right now.

22:58See, the problem is that I forgot my pads. So they were like, go back out to the bus and get them. and then they got that photo of me. Yeah, you're in your uniform minus pads and what looks like practice shorts. Yeah, that was - That was not game day itself then, right? No, there would have been a lot more people around. And so, yeah, that's as close as I got to playing. I was in the stadium, but no, I wasn't - You never even got in the game? Not even like Rudy? No, no, I was - Not even like a Rudy moment for you at any point? No, they - Rudy hadn't come out yet, so they didn't know about that moment.

23:35and as soon as that movie came out, I was like, oh, missed my shot. No, I was, I walked on and I was awful and then they redshirted me my second year and then I quit because that's what you do to make it in Hollywood. You quit jobs. Quit your redshirt season. I knew that I needed, I was no, it was, no. Now you were a tight end, right? Yes. The two tight ends in front of me and the other eight in front of me, But the two were, it was Mark Bruner and Ernie Conwell, who are, they look like Greek gods. And Ernie was cleaning and jerking 365 when he was a 19-year-old. So he could bench 450 as a freshman.

24:18And I ran screaming and crying a lot on the field, and that's why no one could tackle me, because I felt bad. I felt bad. I was like, don't hurt me! Don't hurt me!

24:33And we're back. I am the Miz filling in for Rich Eisen on the Rich Eisen Show. Ladies and gentlemen, my guest. Oh, baby. This is a good one. He is from Hickory Hills, Illinois. By ways of Lewis University and DePaul. He was undrafted, but he is undeniable. He is clutch. He's got a bobblehead. Ladies and gentlemen, Cleveland Cavaliers' own Max Struz. that is awesome wow look at that intro man i really appreciate that oh you deserve it you deserve it my friend i mean honestly i've been a cleveland cavaliers fan ever since watching them at richfield coliseum and seeing the way you guys play it feels like you guys have a special bond is that true and how is how have you developed that culture yeah absolutely um you know i've I've played two years here now, going into my third.

25:33So it's been a hell of a two years so far. And being able to bring the same group back again, you don't really find that in the NBA very often. So that's kind of where we get our chemistry from, is just being around each other a lot. And we're all around the same age. Not a lot of us are married or have families. We're all kind of in the same boat in life. So we all get to hang out with each other and kind of just bounce life off of each other and kind of just makes us closer on the court when you're so close off the court. Is there a leader in practice? Is there a person that gets everyone hyped up or revved up or gives the vibe for practices?

26:14I'd say over the past couple of years, it's probably been Tristan Thompson. Really? He's kind of the vet, you know, around and he's always in a good mood. He's been that guy. But, you know, guys like Darius and Donovan and Evan are, you know, the leaders that we kind of go through. So when those guys come to work and, you know, bring their attitudes, it's hard not to follow. And last year, your regular season was incredible to watch. I mean, you guys were the number one seed. Was there a special game or moment when you guys were like, or you were like, yeah, this team is different? yeah i mean i think we had like three stretches of like winning 12 games in a row at least um started the year like 15 and 1 so um when you're able to like mix wins in like that and go on streaks like that you know your team is special so um you know that's still the regular season we weren't happy with how the the year uh ended last season so we're excited to be back together you know still the same group of guys again and uh hopefully we can repeat the regular season and and change the end of the year and change that result.

27:24Yeah, it seems to me like whenever I watch the Cavs, like in the regular season, they're stout, they're ready. But then you get to the playoffs and you have trouble finding that next level, right? Like two years ago, it was the Knicks. Last year, it was Indianapolis. What's it going to take to get over that hump and get to the NBA Finals and win the NBA Finals? Yeah, I mean, we're still learning it. I don't want to have excuses. I don't want to find any easy ways out. You've got to get through it to get to it. We've just got to experience it. Having those past couple of years of experiences of losing in the playoffs like that and getting bounced in the second round is only going to make us better.