Hour 3: NFL Week 14’ Big Stakes, plus ‘Landman’ Star Andy Garcia In-Studio

20:58And then she walked away. did she think you were somebody else and listen i had that you know terry benedict's claw i had like yeah five thousand dollars on me in clothing you know and i took five hundred dollar haircut you know what i mean and it's still like nah it's not good no she really looked at me she went no

21:17Rich Eisen:that's amazing it's kind of it just looks again one of the compliments that we love getting um is from people who watch us and listen to us and he's like looks like you're having fun that movie oh yeah of course looks well though obviously you're all acting yeah like that had to have been a complete well it trickles it trickles down from from george george does you know he's uh joy of life and his sense of humor and and of course weintraub you know and you have you know in that period of people want to have fun you have brad and matt and don and everybody and Scotty and, you know, Affleck, Casey, and, you know, just a bunch of loony toys.

21:59Carl Reiner, I mean. Carl Reiner, God rest his soul. You're right there on the screen. Oh, he was the best. You know, I miss him so much. You know, when someone like that looks, tells you, I remember I was doing this actual scene, and he came, and I said, I said, Carl, what a great pleasure it is to work with you. I've been such a great admirer of yours so many years, you know, forever, you know. And he looked at me and he said, you're beloved. No kidding. That's what he said. And I was like. No kidding. Yeah.

22:35Rich Eisen:That'd be pretty cool for you. Oh, man. It's like, you know, you know, it's it's it's it means the world to, you know, when a colleague or someone that you think, well, you know, you go like, has he been, you know, he's been watching whatever. I did and he has that reaction sure or is a it's a beautiful gift you know that is awesome yeah and I could geek out on this so much but is it also true in the scene where you walk up to all the whales and you're talking three different languages that Soderbergh threw that on you at the last second you had to you had to learn I don't remember I don't remember again these are all things that are a long time I don't remember you know I don't remember I think you remember if you have to learn Mandarin at the drop of a hat.

23:19No, I have a feeling that was in the script and I probably learned. A little snippet where you're saying you're talking to one. No, I think that was in the script and I learned it. I would love to take credit that I can do a little Mandarin gibberish on the spot.

23:33Rich Eisen:My 13-year-old watched it, loved it. And I watch it back. It's a remote drop movie for me. Ocean's Eleven. It's a beautiful film. And you know what's magical also in that movie is the ending over the fountain where people peel off. and I remember, and Claire DeLune is playing and you're not in that and I remember Soderbergh said to the team, to the guys you guys are all there but you guys peel off on your own time, whoever wants to go first third or fourth I'm covering it so it all works and you guys decide when you guys want to go what your individual character wants to go but I just want to leave Elliot Gould there by himself you know why do you think he did that because elliot was the elder statesman of the casino thing no but just to let everybody leave when they're just going to leave organically whose goes first is it wasn't like a pecking order you know let's leave you know danny ocean last or so and so okay so it was more like everybody leaves in their own time however they do it all right i'm gonna i'll put you on a little bit of a spot then before i let you go here okay andy garcia so you haven't read the script yet of the next iteration okay no what do you want Terry Benedict to be coming in and finishing up like a coherent that's it just coherent and uh you know by the way in that movie I think it was in one yeah in one yeah uh this is great there's also there's also a putting scene I try to put a putting scene everything And we were doing this scene with Julia Roberts.

25:10I think it's in 11. And I had told the prop guy, just for the sake of maybe I'll use it or whatever. Because he said, you want any props? And I said, yeah, make me a cane with a putter head. That same map by the old putter head. Because it looks like a cane. It sure does if you flip it over. Yeah. And make me that and we'll see what happens. And there was a scene with Julia. and I think it's in 11, where the scene starts and you see a glass on the floor and a ball comes off camera to try to make it in the glass that's turned over on the floor. I didn't make the putt, but then I come to get the balls and it's a reveal, you know?

25:51So, like I said, the Scotty Cameron putters are in my rider. I love it.

25:58Rich Eisen:That's the way to work it, man. Again, new episodes of Landman available to stream every Sunday exclusively on Paramount Plus. An incredible cast, an incredible show. And Andy, you're the man. Thanks for coming here and sharing your stories. It's great to see you too. I mean, I could go in millions of other directions, but I'll just wait until the next time to come here. Please, anytime. Anything else you want to pop? What's going on here with you? I'm in the editing room. I just wrote and directed a picture that I also acted in. I've been trying to make for like 15 years. So that's what I'm doing now.

26:30We have a great cast. Vicky Creeps, Rose Murray DeWitt, Brendan Fraser, Bill Murray, Dustin Hoffman, Danny Houston, Ewell Vasquez, Damien Beshear. I mean, I was blessed with great actors. Fantastic. And that's right now in the room right now.

26:45Rich Eisen:I'm heading there right now. Fantastic. Well, don't let me hold you up. I want to see that movie. And everybody, check out Landman on Paramount+. Just picked up for season three. Come back and we'll get you season four. How does that sound? Looking forward to that's what it is. Andy Garcia right here on the Rich Eisen Show, back in a moment here in Los Angeles.

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28:47Rich Eisen:Back here on The Rich Eisen Show, as a simulcast, we're here on ESPN Radio, presented by Progressive Insurance. Before I get to what's at stake for the rest of week 14, let's go to Joe in Texas. He's been hanging on the longest. What's up, Joseph? Joe. You there, Joe? Uh-oh. Joe. Everybody hangs on for all this time, and then it's time. Pop them back on hold. Anthony in Miami has been hanging on the second longest. What's on, Anthony? What's going on? Hey, Rich. Long-time fan. What's up? I wish I could watch the special for Stuart Scott because he was one of my favorites. I've been a fan of you and Stu since the few years.

29:30Rich Eisen:Yeah, that's coming up next Wednesday. It's coming up Wednesday on ESPN, so maybe you'll be able to catch it. Yeah, I don't have ESPN. I can't afford to get ESPN. I got you, man. But I appreciate you calling in today. What's on your mind? I want to talk about the Giants and who should be their new head coach. because it's quite clear that they obviously need somebody who is a disciplinarian type, someone who commands respect and commands the room. I'm hearing a lot of people saying that if Mike Tomlin gets let go by the Steelers or if he decides to leave, he should do it. I disagree. The person who should be the head coach of the New York Giants is the head coach at Notre Dame, Marcus Freeman.

30:11Rich Eisen:Yeah, I bet you they're, Dave. let me tell you uh i i i think his name's going to be mentioned every single year um and i i don't know what would make it stop other than him taking a job but he is highly impressive what he has done with notre dame would absolutely be something i think the giants are interested in um i don't know if the giants would take a college coach at the very end of the day I don't know what their mindset is going to be. Joe Shane is leading it, but if they wind up with Marcus Freeman, I think every Giant fan would be ecstatic over something like that. Anthony? I see Marcus Freeman as somebody like Jimmy Johnson when he went to Dallas.

30:55Rich Eisen:Why not? Why not? Because when you look at the Giants roster, there is a lot of young players on that roster, a lot of rookies, first, second, third, and even fourth year players. Marcus Freeman has been head coach of Notre Dame four years, which means he's recruited and he was coordinator for Brian Kelly for two. So he's recruited a lot of the players that are on the Giants. He knows what their strengths are. He knows what their weaknesses are. Not a bad idea. Anthony, thank you for the call. Thanks for hanging on as long as you did. That's Anthony in Miami right here. Or if he is from New York City, it sounds like he is from, he's probably known as Anthony in certain parts.

31:35Rich Eisen:That's what we would call somebody like Anthony from Staten Island. Antony. Antony. Or Tony. Hey, man, Marcus Freeman is going to have his name mentioned every coaching cycle in the National Football League, no matter how many times he says, I like it here. Is he ever. And we'll find out if he makes it when we come on the air Monday. We'll find out if he's got a college football playoff team. Wouldn't that be something? Wouldn't that be something? It's a TV show. That's Sunday, right? That'll be, it usually happens during, is it Sunday night or is it usually, it usually happens during game day morning.

32:13Rich Eisen:Usually they get in my ear and say the college football rankings are out and then we pop it on the screen and we're like, okay, now I guess the games are over Saturday. Let's have the adults play. 844-204-RICH, number to dial. Week 14 is just chock full of playoff implicating action. and every single week it ratchets up now. December football, now there's so much at stake coming into this weekend in the National Football League and it's time for me to just lay it all out for you as to what's at stake in week number 14. Hit it please, I need some music for that sort of thing and I'm going to start in Atlanta.

32:56Rich Eisen:There's eight early window games, eight of them. The Seattle Seahawks are in Atlanta. the Atlanta Falcons are playing out the string and I don't know if they're playing for their coach's job I don't mean to ever stir that stuff up but who the heck knows anymore these days I know that they like Raheem Morris there and there's lots to like about with Raheem Drake London's not playing in this game and that doesn't help matters and the Seahawks are coming to the east coast and this is what they do they come east in an early window when you're supposed to beat them and they beat you up instead and the Seahawks are going to need to win this game, knowing that later on in the day, the Rams are taking on the Arizona Cardinals.

33:34Rich Eisen:The San Francisco 49ers are chilling their heels, cooling their heels on their bye week. Seahawks early window, Rams late window, and that's going to be a Jacoby Brissett start, and the Rams last week, early window west to east. They couldn't pull it off against the Carolina Panthers, who are on a bye week this week. So the Rams late window will already know the results of the Seattle Seahawks. These two teams, the Rams and the Seahawks, are on a collision course for their next and final game, which is the Thursday night kickoff to week 16. That's what's at stake between those teams while the Steelers and the Ravens take on each other.

34:19Rich Eisen:This is all happening at the same time. The Rams and the Cardinals are later on. But while the Seahawks are taking on the Falcons, the Steelers and the Ravens the first of two times. Six and six versus six and six. And the winner has a massive tie break over the other. As I mentioned, the first of two times these two teams face each other in Pittsburgh in the final game of the year. So what better way to go into the last four weeks of the season than beating your blood rival and having a first place record? and Lamar is just announced today despite him being banged up missing some practices he's going and then the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to be on the road and they're going to be hoping that they'll look up in the crowd and see some terrible towels and make them feel like they are at home even though it's Baltimore and it's a blood sport and there's so much at stake right now because it as this is happening Joe Burrow's back he's back in western New York and the Cincinnati Bengals at four and eight know, know that they still have, regardless of the result, Pittsburgh and Baltimore, a shot to win this division.

35:33Rich Eisen:Because Joe Burrow's back, and it's for the first time since week two. Burrow behind center, and then T. Higgins and Jamar Chase out wide. T. Higgins has been cleared. While the Buffalo Bills, I mean, Darius Slay is like, all right, I'm so glad you picked me up but what do you think eight and four is not is not a good spot to be in with josh allen coming off that win the team he wants to go to is also eight and four i get that one's a big mystery and then you know joey bosa is not playing no terrell bernard playing in this game either i mean what a monster game this is because if the bills lose it their next game is at new england and if they lose that one, the division's done.

36:20Rich Eisen:The Patriots can clinch the division if the Bills lose this game and if the Bengals win it, oh baby, it's on like Donkey Kong. So there is so much at stake for both teams. The season's over if the Bills win this for Cincinnati. I can at least say that even though I've been saying the season is not over. And if the Bills win this game, the division somehow is still in the mix. But the Bengals win this game, then they go home, it'll be Burrow's first home game since week two. And it'll be against Baltimore for them to try and sweep the Ravens. That's a massive game that's at stake there. And while this is happening, the AFC South has a massive game between the Colts and the Jaguars.

37:03Rich Eisen:The Colts, who lost at home last week to the Texans, need to win this game in order to have a shot at their division, one would think. Because they already lost one at home to the Texans. they haven't played the Jaguars at home yet either. The Jaguars would love to tell the Colts not here, not today. No Sauce Gardner. He's out. Jonathan Taylor's got to carry today here, man. Daniel Jones banged up, nicked up. Who knows? The Jaguars are feeling it. And Duval's going to show up in full throat. And the Colts normally don't do very well there in Jacksonville. What a big game this is. Colts win it.

37:38Rich Eisen:They have a great shot at the division. Jaguars win it. and the Colts have got to be wondering what is going on because their next game for them is not easy. They visit Seattle while they're home for San Francisco. Oh boy. And then they have Jacksonville at home and then they're at Houston. They've got to win this. They've got to win some games now. That would be three losses in a row and Jacksonville has been on a heater since that London game against the Rams. So, except for losing at home to Houston, I mean, losing in Houston, a game that they had pretty much wrapped up. Otherwise, that'd be on a five-game win streak.

38:17Rich Eisen:That's a massive game. Meanwhile, while that's happening, the Commanders are at the Vikings. And again, I know these teams are out of it. But Jaden Daniels is back. J.J. McCarthy is in. These are games that the Commanders haven't won since they were 3-2. They're 3-9. The Vikings need to show something. They need to see a pulse. They need to have J.J. McCarthy stop all this conversation about how they made a massive mistake. he's got five games left four games left part five games left in which to prove it that's a big game the Dolphins and the Jets are taking on each other at the same time one eastern window the Jets just surprised the Falcons the Dolphins win this one they take on the Steelers next week they have an opportunity to get back to 500 the Jets would love to stick it to the Dolphins remember the Monday night game where the Jets thought that season could still be redeemed that was the Dolphins only win when they started 1-6 they're 5-7 now here we go the Dolphins need to win this one because they have some tough games ahead meanwhile while that's happening you also have the Titans at the Browns okay you've got Shador another home start you got Cam Ward coming in you got the first overall pick taking on a 5th round selection who thought, or at least many people thought, once upon a time could be first overall.

39:39Rich Eisen:Saints at Buccaneers. Bucs not getting Mike Evans back yet. But the Bucs need to win this game, certainly with Carolina on their bye week. That is a big game in division. That's all good. I mean, the witching hour is going to be insane. And then you've got late window, the Broncos at the Raiders. The Broncos coming off of that big win on Sunday night football. They win this. they would be the one seed above the bi-weekend Patriots, both 11-2 going into the final stretch of the season, while the Raiders at 2-10, they are getting, they need a win in the worst way. I mean, in the absolute worst way, is Max Crosby going to play in this game?

40:17Rich Eisen:You know, the Broncos are hoping that's not the case. I already mentioned Rams and the Cardinals. Bears and Packers, baby. Bears and the Packers are playing each other for the right to be in first place. and this is Ben Johnson's first crack at the Packers and they're the teams coming in at 9-3 and the Packers are 8-3-1 and they're coming off a win against the Lions this game is as huge as possibly can get the Bears are the one seed can the Rams take the one seed back can the Eagles take the one seed back let's pump the brakes a little bit because you got the Texans, the Chiefs on Sunday night the Chiefs at 6-6 they have to win this game they have to win out essentially and hope for some great results in order to make the playoffs.

41:01Rich Eisen:Absolutely need to beat the Texans because they already have a tie break on the Colts and the Texans. And if the Jaguars win the AFC South, the Chiefs can cash in some of these tie breaks and take care of business until the Texans beat it. And they can also somehow, some way, just wipe the taste of the last two weeks out of their mouths while the Texans have been on a roll. And what better way to say that we are no longer 0-3 and we can not only win this division, We can make a greater run than that if we win the division. And put that card on the table. That's on Sunday Night Football. And then the Eagles come out here to SoFi Stadium.

41:36Rich Eisen:The Chargers want to win this division. They got to keep winning. Justin Herbert with a surgically repaired hand taking on an Eagles team that will not have Jalen Carter. But they will have a home field advantage. And one would think all the fans there won't be booing them every two seconds. That's a big time contest. Certainly with the Cowboys having already lost. They win this. their magic number to clinch the division is two going to the final four games of the year and that's what's at stake in week number 14 let's go we take a break we'll be back with your calls in a moment

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43:34Rich Eisen:And from my experience on the road, having a comfortable home base can change the whole experience of a trip. So whether it's a big sports weekend, a concert series, or a major event coming to your area, this could be the right time to list your space on Airbnb. Your home might be worth more than you think. Find out how much at Airbnb.com slash host. The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast. Back here on the Rich Eisen Show. We're on ESPN Radio presented by Progressive Insurance. As I mentioned, 844-204-RICH is the number to dial right here on the program. so let me go to a quick phone call right here Cowboy James in San Antonio what's up Cowboy James hey Rich thanks for taking my call hey TJ sir I say I didn't want you to catch all that smoke today by yourself man thank you you know I've been a Cowboy fan since 72 so hey I'm here with you brother I'm here with you I still say that we need to pay Pickens.

44:45Rich Eisen:He had a bad game. I'm not going to hold it against him like you didn't. C.D. Lamb had the drops, you know, a couple of weeks ago. He came back strong. I expect Pickens to come back strong against Minnesota, and I still think he ought to get paid, you know, give him that 60-70 guarantee and about, you know, A million, million and a half above the franchise tag. And we're going to be all good, even if it's for next year. Well, listen, Cowboy James, I'm glad you're there for TJ. I'd like you to be there for me when I negotiate my next contract. Thank you to Cowboy James in San Antonio. ESPN Radio is presented by Progressive Insurance.

45:27Rich Eisen:They make the claims process easy so you can get back on the road in no time. It's why over 43 million drivers trust Progressive. See for yourself at Progressive.com. and in terms of pickings he's going to be he's already heard it i'm sure he's heard it already and he's going to be hearing it certainly since they're on a mini buy like that performance last night they needed him to be like the pickings for the last three weeks and instead you know you look you look at it he's running he'd run you know routes that were in crisp and he let a ball drop right in front of him lights could have been or in his eyes or not it how he's going to handle this is crucially important and if I'm the Dallas Cowboys I'm taking note of it because if he's going in a tank where did that tank come from because he was killing it.

46:13Rich Eisen:Here's the deal he can't go in the tank because CD based upon what we saw last night is not going to play next week. Maybe not. I mean they do have a mini buy. I don't know. I would hope not. So GP3 has got to step up next week. For over 27 years every Hyundai sold has helped fund life-saving pediatric cancer research as part of Hyundai Hope on Wheels. Together Together with over 850 dealers nationwide, they've raised more than$277 million, supporting over 25 ,000 kids in their fight against cancer. Visit HyundaiUSA.com and search Hyundai Hope on Wheels to learn more. Hyundai Hope isn't optional.

46:48Rich Eisen:It comes standard. We're back at you here from this space on Monday from our Los Angeles studios, and then all next week we're going to be doing our shows from New York City, from the home offices of ESPN and the family of networks there. That's wild. That will be indeed wild. That's next week. I want to thank today's guests, Tom Pelissero, Bruce Arians, and the great, cool, chill, awesome Andy Garcia. Thanks for listening to the Rich Eisen Show podcast. You can watch and listen to the Rich Eisen Show live weekdays from noon to 3 Eastern on ESPN Radio, Disney Plus, and on the ESPN app. The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast.

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