Hour 2: LeBron’s Next Team Debate, TJ Plays Cowboys’ ‘Win-Loss Game,’ plus Mardy Fish In-Studio

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0:30Rich Eisen:This is the Rich Eisen Show. Hey, everybody. Can't get enough of the Rich Eisen Show? You're in luck. You can find us everywhere. Watch us weekdays on Disney Plus from noon to 3 Eastern. Miss the show? We've got a podcast so you can listen anytime. But here's the best part. Our YouTube channel. Subscribe at youtube.com slash Rich Eisen Show and you'll never miss a moment. Now, on with the show. I think this is the last year of Joe Burrow's exemption for taking the Bengals to the Super Bowl. This is the Rich Eisen Show. You had one game to win. It's not a one-game season. Joe Burrow was your quarterback.

1:10Bingo, sir. Earlier on the show, ESPN SportsCenter host Scott Van Pelt. Coming up, three-time American Century Championship winner Marty Fish. ESPN NBA reporter Dave McMenamin. And now, it's Rich Eisen.

1:32Rich Eisen:Our number two of the Rich Eisen Show is on the air. It's SB Day. It's Raise Money for the V Foundation Day. So call in and we'll have a conversation. Sit back and enjoy the chats that we're having, including the one that we're about to have with Marty Fish, the champion of the American Century Championship for the third time. But for the first time, getting the lab coat, you know, just to want to make sure that everyone understands, since we are talking about we are talking about some charity that American Century, 40 percent of dividends goes towards medical research. So they decided to give out a lab coat to the winner of the champions of the championship.

2:18Rich Eisen:And Marty has brought the lab coat with him. Hey, now. so we've got a lab coat we've got a lab coater here i don't know it's like rory at the wimbledon in the green jacket that's right so uh he's he's here and we'll have a good chat with marty uh 844-204-rich is the number to dial right here uh we got aggregated again chris the sports center uh handle hit it oh our conversation in hour one oh fantastic with me saying hey if lebron's playing golf with uh draymond green and kevin hart in california you know um don't you think that means it's the warriors at the end of the day oh and i was pointing out that the california thing is where lebron lives sure and that's what i've kind of shorthanded for the warriors thing not because they're playing golf here in california long story short somebody said they were playing in new jersey so that interesting where is new jersey closest to philadelphia oh hey now but why How would Draymond be playing with him in New Jersey because LeBron's going to Philadelphia?

3:21Well, he's just there trying to like last minute like, no. So wait a minute.

3:24Rich Eisen:So hold on a second. Let's lean into this a little bit more. All right. So do you think at some point during this round, Draymond is telling LeBron, come play with us? And then Kevin Hart, I would imagine, would be representing your side of things. Exactly. Think about it. When you said Kevin Hart was on the golf course, I knew. But they could just FaceTime Steph, and then all of a sudden it's like Steph's making his pitch for Golden State. Well, you could be in a spot with no internet. Well, speaking of somebody who just saw Steph Curry, because I invaded his fairway. I think he did it on purpose.

4:08Rich Eisen:It's hard to do. I can't believe that dude. is he just, he's just, he looks like he's just ready to splash down at any point in time. Because he is. Because he is. And why wouldn't you want to play with Steph Curry at the end of the day, with all due respect to your Philadelphia 76ers? It's a very disrespectful thing to say. It's not disrespectful. Why wouldn't you want to play with Steph Curry if you're going out the door? That's where, by the way, I was going out the door because it was time for me to go. It's fair way. i i like that you just stopped mid shot and was like can we get a picture real quick well no i had already smoked it okay and and steph has was back into the fairway i was supposed to be right of course um and steph was like wow that's a hell of a shot oh yeah because it really was and i said i'm like can we take let's let's take a picture he was so happy and i was kind of like you know wait a minute am i busting up his mojo here he's trying to win sunday yeah yeah yeah And I felt the same thing about Smoltz because, you know, Smoltz is dead serious about this stuff.

5:15Rich Eisen:But then Smoltz came by, too. So you had a good lie just on the wrong fairway. And by the way, that's on the left side of the fairway that I was not on. My shot came off of the right rough. I mean, it went through there, past there, out of my fairway. You can, again, see the cart path behind them. I love it. All right. That's the cart path that I walked up and I should have been on the fairway to the left of that. Instead, I'm on the fairway to the right of it and in the rightmost part of the rough. Listen, this is about LeBron playing golf. That's pretty dope, though. Again, at the end of the day, if he doesn't care, travels, travel.

5:56Rich Eisen:He wants to live on the East Coast. That's fine. But if you do want to have a... Everything that I'm reading, right? Shams is saying that the Eastern Conference teams have the leg up over the Timberwolves and the Warriors. That's what it seems like. You know. Timberwolves being in the mix, that's kind of interesting. Do you want to chime in on LeBron James one more time? I mean, are you really? I would think that you had enough. That hot stove's already been touched. I don't want to chime in. I was just saying that adding LeBron to the Timberwolves is kind of interesting. It's an interesting mixture of personalities.

6:29Rich Eisen:I got it. Okay. And driving abilities. but if you're choosing between the calves and the um and the sixers right yeah and who's that who's Miami and Miami yeah that seems who do you choose if I'm him if you're LeBron James if you're somebody and by the way you've got to give it up that LeBron gave you a 22 emoji salute because that's kind of out of your playbook, man. You know what I mean? Like, you can't let it go. What is this guy thinking? LeBron is out of your playbook, man. You've got to tip the cap to the crown. I'm in his head, right? You're in his head. But let's just answer your question.

7:17Rich Eisen:His Sixers, Giannis and Bam with the Heat, where he's already been. He knows the area. He knows what it's like. he knows Riley, he knows Spoh. What about the Cavs? You go home, you play with those guys. What would you choose if you want to get the ring before you go out the door? Cavs made the Eastern Conference Finals last year. They were close to getting to the finals. They also won this year's analytics championship. Don't forget that. By the way, did you see apparently one of the Spurs assistants who's moved on said that if the game was, they would have won the series four games to one. Even if they wouldn't want in five if the games were like 46 minutes long.

8:00Rich Eisen:Go ahead. I think Cleveland is probably maybe the closest to a championship out of those out of those teams. They were there right there on the doorstep. You know, OK. Had a good series against the Knicks. You figure the meshing of abilities with Donovan Mitchell and James Harden and Evan Mobley. I think maybe just go home, finish the story and wrap it up in Cleveland. I still say the Warriors. I'm saying if you're giving me an East option. Again, if you're living in Southern California, and if that is a metric, right? And that's, you could play with Draymond. By the way, and we're just assuming money is not an object.

8:39Well, it seems like he's going to take the minimum

8:42Rich Eisen:or whatever the exception is. So Steph, Draymond, Jimmy, if he comes back healthy, right? Yeah, all-star break probably. poor zingas al some of the young kids yaxl yeah steve kerr is your coach and you're just up the coast and you're in san francisco i mean man that that's it that's that's where i would go yeah i know this yes sir much like me who has a love for dr j we spoke about this you know on monday very briefly how i got to meet dr j my my sports idol for the second time So LeBron also has a love for Dr. J. So why wouldn't you want to come to the place where Dr. J played and add a championship to the one that Dr.

9:31J brought the team? This is just me hoping and praying.

9:34Rich Eisen:TJ Jefferson making his pitch as the star of the At King James Instagram story feed. Yeah, I got to say that he don't get all 22 of those. I think at least 11 or half. By the way, your text exchange with Susie yesterday. Did you start that one? Yeah, I started that one. That was great. Because, you know, and what you pointed out, you just got your hair. You just got your cut. Susie goes, you look great in that video, TJ. And I was like, well, thanks. I just recently saw my barber. Right, exactly. But then that's when Susie suggested that you come on Today Show and say Patrick Mahomes is washed up and the Chiefs are over.

10:18Rich Eisen:Yeah, because I want to get aggregated. That's what he would say. but all i need to do is make a solid dallas cowboy stand and i at espn fl yeah they'll they'll hop on it like the cowboys win lost right now 17 and oh let's ride the momentum let's go really do you really believe it right now yeah i'm feeling good are you serious oh gosh okay because we're gonna call it an omaha here i mean i know we were planning for this we're gonna do this now yeah i'm trying to get on i'm trying to get on somebody else's ig story okay here we go Let's go. Okay. Here we go. This was totally another Omaha. We were not expecting to do this at all.

10:55Rich Eisen:This is amazing. TJ Jefferson is going to do the Dallas Cowboys. I feel good. I feel good. Wow. I feel good. Aggregated. Aggregated. Got none of my notes from when I was planning on doing it earlier. Push back on the 22. Laughing. Laughing his ass off emoji. Salute from King James towards Chris Brockman. At least he didn't give you the clown emojis. Anyway, you're feeling good about yourself. You got a fresh cut. Yeah, much like Booker T on my shirt. We're five-time champions. For the Dallas Cowboys. Let's go. At the Giants to start the season. What happens? Come on, son. Okay. Then you're home for the Commanders.

11:33The Washington football team, they're like 1-13 in the last 14 against us. Come on. Now you're in Rio, home, if you will, against the Ravens. Rio, man, there's a lot of temptation down there in Rio. What does that mean? You know what? I'm going to throw up to Larry Johnson there. I'm going to give us a bit now.

11:51Rich Eisen:Oh, boy. Two and one now home against the Texans. No, coming back to the U.S. at the Texans. Got to be honest, man. The Texans sometimes have our numbers, so honestly, that's probably an L. All right, that's a two and two start. Now a Thursday night, Baker Mayfield coming in. Respect due to your son, but that's a dub. Now you're at the Packers. Packers tend to do us dirty, too, right? but I'm feeling good because I've got Caleb Downs on my team. You love Caleb Downs. Four and two at the Eagles on a Monday night. All right. You know how I feel about these yard birds, but it's a road game, and Philly, I believe, will split, so I'll give...

12:34All right, now you're four and three, T.J. Wow. This is a full-blown, full-blown with the Cardinals coming into town. Some things just don't make sense, right? Right. No matter how much you look at the Cowboys a loss here to make them four and four. You know, this would be a five alarm fire. It's not going to be a five alarm fire. The Arizona Cardinals do tend to have our number, but not this year. Five and three at the Colts. The Colts. Nah, that's a dub. Six and three home for the 49ers. Listen, I've said since you graciously put me on this show behind this microphone, I've constantly said that the Niners are a hurdle that the Cowboys just simply cannot seem to get over.

13:17That being said, this year, call us Ronaldo Nehemiah because we're jumping over.

13:21Rich Eisen:Skeet says it's a 7-3 record. Home against the Titans. Look, no disrespect to Tennessee. I had a great time down there when we went to Nashville. Just say Dub. Look, there has not been anyone who's ever called and played this game that have said that their team's going to lose to the Titans. That's true. And so I'm not going to be the one who breaks that streak. Okay. Eight and three Thanksgiving against the Eagles. Let me tell you something. It's Thanksgiving. What do you have on Thanksgiving traditionally? Bird. Bird. Bird. All right. Deep fry it. However you want to do it. Finger licking good.

13:57Might be in the game. Might get me a turducken stick. That's a dub. That's a nine and three record with five straight wins going into Seattle the next Monday night. Monday against the Seahawks. What's a Seahawk? Bird. Another bird? You know how we feel about birds. We eat them. Dub. Six wins in a row. And now 10-3 here against the Rams. Now, normally I'd be like, what the Rams have done, I love what they've done. They got Miles Garrett, right? But the fact that Mike Del Tufo has promised that he will take me to this game, you can, you know, take that for what you will. But I know for one thing, my boys would not let me down if I'm in the building.

14:41You going? So, Ram, I don't know if anyone, Ram's kind of a goat. Are they the same? Lamb? I don't know. It's still food. It's called a win-loss game.

14:52Rich Eisen:It's not like Animal Farm. It's a dove. Let's go. What do we got here? Wow. Okay. That is now seven straight wins. Home for the Jaguars. Eat a Jaguar? You could if you could catch it. But I don't know if that's on the list. Listen, shout out to Tony Khan. That's my guy. Respect, do. But that's a dub. That's now a 12. And wait a minute. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 3. Why would that be? I'm a little bit off here. Okay. What do you got now for a finish? No, 12 and 3. Home for the Giants. Come on. Listen, respect. I love New York. It's my favorite city. but respectfully they can't touch us so that's a w that's a w all right one two three four 13 and three six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirty are we missing the game here well oh yeah then you're at washington to finish up look you know my boy spider he's called into the show he's a big washington football fan so this one goes directly to him you have no chance that is a win Get out of here.

16:0014-3. 14-3. That's one seed in the NFC. Oh, baby, we're back. We're back. You know, I took a few years off from being the annoying Cowboy fan. I knew we weren't going to do much. But look, all we have to do, Chris, is like I said, have a defense that doesn't suck. All right? If they're just, eh, okay.

16:19Rich Eisen:You got them starting 4-3 and winning the last 10. Yeah. In a row. Why not? I'm a fan. I love it. Cue the overreaction topic. Like the Cowboys have peaked too early. Dude, Cowboys going 14-3. The world would be a better place for you and me. And the world also don't move to the beat of just one drum either. As you just different stroke the hell out of that win-loss game. Listen, I believe the Dallas Cowboys have a better team this year than they had last year. Absolutely. I think they have fixed a lot of their problems on defense, whether it's changing out the coordinator and also, you know, getting Rashawn Gary.

17:06Rich Eisen:If I told you. What if I told you that you could trade Micah Parsons and then with the assets, move them around and wind up with Rashawn Gary, Quinnen Williams and Kenny Clark. Would that be something? Exactly. And you add Caleb Downs on the back end. Oh, you know how I feel about him. And you've got, again, this overshone guy is awesome. And you also drafted Jay Sean Barham from Michigan, who is a really good football player. And we have the best kicker in the league. Which is, he's a weapon. 70 yards. So you add that together with a healthy offense that comes back intact. Yes. With two superior wide receivers.

17:52Rich Eisen:have an opportunity to do what you're saying. Ryan Florinoy is the name to look out for. Okay. Oh, yeah. The 14 and three. You and Hart Denton, the actor from the latest Taylor Sheridan. Yeah. Dutton Ranch. Dutton Ranch. I don't want to spoiler alert anything, but I'll just say this. Hart Denton was there for a good time, not a long time. Yeah. I can't read this. I can't read my handwriting here. The people's something in Texas called in 14 and three. We played the win loss game for Dallas three times. Woo. 14 and three. All three of us. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Come on. So we all know something. It's our time.

18:35Rich Eisen:Dallas went to nine and a half. Well, like I said, who makes these? All right. Well, I was going to do my my power ranking of my top 10 quarterbacks in the NFL. We'll just have to punt that to our three. Brian Anger could do that. Well, Brian Anger was the first was the original punters or people to punter that had to go nuts during practice. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to jump in, but, you know, we're getting aggregated and I want to listen. You, sir, have many opportunities to change the subject matter whenever you want. But the one preemptory you have at all to put on the table and just reset the entire rundown.

19:14Rich Eisen:I want to do the Dallas Cowboy win loss game. Boom. I was feeling good. You were feeling good. and you might regret it. All right. Never. Get into the Hyundai getaway sales event and get away with a deal. So right. It almost feels wrong right now. You can get your great deals right now on our most popular models, including our adventure ready SUVs, like the Hyundai Santa Fe or Santa Fe hybrid and the Tucson or Tucson hybrid. Plus there's our bold and stylish Elantra loaded with the latest tech, or you can go all electric with the Ionic five or Ionic nine. So get down right now to your local Hyundai dealer and get away with a deal you'll love during the Hyundai Getaway Sales Event.

19:51Rich Eisen:Visit HyundaiUSA.com for details. He is a now three-time champ of the American Century Championship. Marty Fish in his lab coat coming up.

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23:01I saw you the last time from now. Yes. The time before I saw you, you were on 12, which is a par three. Yes. I was on five, which is a par three. Yes. They're not close to each other. And you were chipping back over to 12, which was a 135-yard par three, chipping back over from number five. Oh, that was another day. By the way, you're naming another day. That was a completely other day. No, no, no. I didn't see you that day. I didn't see you. You may see me. I saw you and went over, give you a big hug because I hadn't seen you that week. That's right. What are you doing on our on our whole rich type conversation?

23:42Rich Eisen:So, no, I was I sliced that one and got so far right on that one. And I also ran into Smoltz on that one as well. But I made an outstanding chip back to the green and had my first three putt of the entire tournament. Well, I can confirm you hit a good shot because the crowd normally does. See, the crowds are funny there at the American Century. So they clap only when they see, like, spin, right? Like, if you just spin the ball on the green, you can spin it 40 feet away from the hole, and they'll give you a little golf clap. They love it. But if you hit a shot, like I hit one on 18 out of a bunker.

24:21It didn't spin. It, like, sort of rolled up or whatever. I got nothing. I got, like, no claps.