Hour 3: What’s More Likely, NFL Week 4’s Top Games, plus Kevin Pollak In-Studio

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1:17Rich Eisen: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. This is the Rich Eisen Show. And the kick is good! The Seahawks win the game! Live from the Rich Eisen Show studio in Los Angeles. Do you think we've seen the last of Russell Wilson? Honestly, I hope we have. I'm not done. Earlier on the show, NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero, pro football Hall of Famer Steve Young. Coming up, actor and comedian Kevin Pollak. And now, it's Rich Eisen. hour number three the rich eisen show is on the air quite honestly uh almost missed uh being in this chair uh for this show open for hour number three because we uh just had a great chat with kevin pollock in the back i haven't seen him in a while um and he's the greatest kp is here for hour number three that rhymes uh tulsa king he's in the newest season of tulsa king so is samuel jackson jr man sam jackson um so um feller and I were ready.

2:30Rich Eisen:I was kind of hoping you didn't make it back out. No. Season three of Tulsa King on the air. Sly Stallone and, as we all know, Tulsa Kings. Oh, yeah. It's coming in hot, bro. Can't wait. So currently on Paramount Plus, as it always is, anything you do with Taylor Sheridan is on Paramount Plus. 844-204-RICH is the number to dial. We're going to do What's More Likely, then Kevin Pollack's going to come out. we just hit this with Steve Young about a revenge game coming up on Sunday Night Football. I have my top five games that I'm looking forward to seeing in the rest of week four that kicked off with a Seattle Seahawks victory in Arizona on Thursday night.

3:14Rich Eisen:Just talked about the revenge game of Micah Parsons coming back to Dallas. And so we heard from Micah first this week when he chatted with the Associated Press. then we heard from jerry in his 105.3 the fan weekly appearance yeah locally in the metroplex then we heard from micah again talk about how he has not spoken with jerry at all since otas which is by the way the spring which means they didn't even say a word to each other in training camp when he was sitting there standing there various forms of not practicing uh all of that and so there really hasn't been a lot of back and forth that might be a bulletin board thing and so at least Jerry's done talking for the week right?

4:10Rich Eisen:Yeah of course I got a feeling you're going to tell me he's not. That's correct Oops. Another 105.3 the fan appearance Was Jerry driving around and just called in? No no Jerry from Frisco You're on. Make no mistake about it. Micah is special, and we all know he is, and he can be disruptive. But we have huge amounts of experience with the anecdotes that we've seen used on us for the last four years. And while he does make great plays, there is also a way to approach playing against Micah, as we know. because we didn't exactly win the Super Bowl during those years. So bottom line is when I look at playing him, I think of trying to have him as an advantage when we were playing other teams over the last four years.

5:11And some plays it looks beautiful, but then other plays, especially running plays, you can wish you'd have had a different formation. Wow.

5:28Rich Eisen:I love it. This is why I think, what was the word? Miracle? Is that what Michael Irvin used to describe Jerry Jones, the NFL, and the Jim Jackson show? Wherever you get your podcasts, Jim's guest this week, Michael Irvin, calls Jerry a miracle. it's a miracle i haven't signed that paper

5:56Rich Eisen:the release of sandals do it do it do it do it do it do it like i said what what would we have to talk about listen back when micah was here there were times when he sucked and we just need to take the times when he sucked and replicate them for our advantage when it was used against us his sucking because he's the reason we haven't won the Super Bowl. You know what I mean? There are times when other teams did well enough against Micah because we didn't win the Super Bowl when he was here. So now, no, not so. You didn't say that. You didn't say that. We should exactly win the Super Bowl when he was here.

6:34Rich Eisen:Look, that's how I heard it. As a Dallas fan. Who came on the air this week and said when you had 50 home runs with us? You know? Oh, yeah. That was an old... It was an old... I forget. Somebody's like, yeah, You hit 50 home runs when you're with us and we lost. We can. You don't have to be here. Somebody told that story. Yeah, it was a story about an old manager. So, yeah, I mean, hey, what we need to do is we need to look at the tape is when Micah sucked and then take that tape and see what the other team did to cause Micah to suck. And we'll be that team now. And then we do that. Us sucking.

7:10Rich Eisen:Yeah. You need to marry that with the Frank Caliendo. You know what I mean? Oh, man. Sunday night football. I just want, again, Jerry, just one last time here. Jerry Jones, go up to Micah before the game. Extend your hand just to mess with him. He'll shake it. Oh, yeah. Micah. That's what we need. There we go. Micah. 844-204-RICH. Number to dial. You're on the program. It's a Friday. Show. It's time for What's More Likely. Do it. Hit it. What? What's more likely? Never say never, but never. Ah, yes. What do you have over there, Chris Brockman? It's a big Friday. What's more likely? Hit it. Big Friday.

7:53Rich Eisen:What's up, everybody? You guys are good. Let's talk about Micah and Dallas playing against each other on Sunday night. Where is it on my list here? Uh-huh. More likely to be the higher total Sunday night, boys. Micah Parsons sacks or Dak Prescott touchdown passes. Oh, come on. I'll go Dak Prescott touchdown passes for you, TJ. Don't be ridiculous. Well, he's going to throw eight in the game then? That's not going to happen. That won't happen. That won't happen. So I'll go. Let's say Dak has two. Dak throws two. Micah gets one and a half sacks. I think that's a feasible thing, right? One and a half sacks would be a nice night for Micah.

8:34Rich Eisen:I'd prefer a number closer to zero. I don't think that's going to happen either. Are you secretly rooting for Micah to do well, TJ? Absolutely he is. No. Why? because him doing well will have an outcome on the game. So if he does well, we're definitely going to lose. But I think you kind of don't like the Cowboys anymore in a weird way. You know, it depends on what day you ask me. Today's that day. I'm cool with him. Okay, cool. I'll go Dak touchdown passes. One and a half sacks, by the way, would be a nice night for him because then there'll be some quarterback pressures on top of it. But I think, you know, Dak and this offense has done very well.

9:11Rich Eisen:No CD is problematic. Yeah, if only we hadn't lined him up in the backfield for a stupid play and he hurt his ankle without four weeks. For a stupid play. Yeah, stupid. Is that what the play's called? Was stupid? They better re - Everybody, let's run stupid. Stupid play on three. Ready? Let's get 88 in the backfield and let's run stupid on three. One, two, three. Stupid. That's right. Here we go. Rich, you think the NFC North? Here we go, stupid. You think the NFC North is still the best division, right? NFC North? I think it is, sure. More likely a division to get three playoff teams. NFC West, NFC North.

9:49Rich Eisen:I'll go NFC West right now. Because if we said beforehand that Minnesota might be the team that loses out on a playoff spot and the Seahawks get in, I still think the Rams are getting in. Yeah. 49ers are the issue, too, huh? 3-0. 3-0. They lead the division. I know. Everybody's hurt. Well, not everybody, but. They're probably going to beat Jacksonville, right, Purdy? Purdy's back. What about the AFC North? Steelers, Ravens, and the Jake Browning led Cincinnati Bengals. I'm not giving up on that. By the way, there's a whole Monday to preview Bengals and Broncos for me to keep on doubling down. Which means there's still time for you to get off this take.

10:25Rich Eisen:You just can't get on first take. You might want to leave that one alone. Have I had my last take on first take? What do you think? Well, if you keep going down this Jake Browning. Jake Browning throws for 500. I don't know. Maybe. He'll have you back. Struggling second year wide receiver more likely to break out this weekend. We saw Marvin Harrison kind of breakout last night. How about Brian Thomas Jr. or Malik Nabors? I'll go Malik Nabors, man. What's going on with Brian Thomas Jr.? Did he hurt his wrist too? Celebrating a catch? I have no idea. I have no idea what is going on there. It's very bizarre.

10:58Rich Eisen:Jeez. I mean, they've both been pretty terrible. The Niners defense has been really terrific, bud. Some of the Chargers. What am I thinking here? Yeah, but Malik is... Malik is Malik Nabors is... He's ridiculous. I know. Ray Thomas did have that 40-yard catch at the end of the game. I think Brian Kelly would have a problem with this question. It's the wrong LSU question to ask. Why not both? I'll go Malik Mavis. I could have went struggling LSU receiver. I just assumed that. Yeah, we assumed that's why we were connecting this to it. Okay, very good. More likely backup quarterback to get a second straight win.

11:34Rich Eisen:Carson Wentz, Marcus Mariota. I'll go Mariota. Carson Wentz against the Steelers defense I think they're licking their chops What Steelers defense? The one that knocked the ball loose 20 times against your team? I don't think they had anything to do with it Get out of here man The Pats players stink and can't hold on to the ball They didn't just drop it It reminds me of Stevenson basically He just dropped it four times Get out of here dude I don't know if this is going to get me on first take at all I saw a topic bar Are there like which quarterback would you rather have or trust or whatever in that game?

12:13Rich Eisen:Carson Wentz or Aaron Rodgers? It's just like, that's an offensive question. Yeah, that's a little disrespectful. To Wentz, obviously. Well, come on. Stop it, dude. Get out of here, man. Carson Wentz has been bouncing around and he had one nice. It was a good game. I think he's on what? His six different team in the last six years. Yes. This man was three games away from being MVP of the NFL. I know that. What happened? Oh, Aaron Donald. Aaron Donald. You decided to jump for the end zone head first, and Aaron Donald was in the hole. What if I told you? That kind of changed everything. Yada, yada, yada.

12:50Rich Eisen:There's a statue of Nick Foles out front of the stadium. I mean, has anyone ever been so close to greatness and just have it, like, ripped away from them? I'll go Mariota in Atlanta rather than Carson Wentz against the Steelers in Ireland. So, Rich, you agree with Chris that this is a revenge game? Mariota revenge game. Yes, I'm now turning it around. More likely, quarterback-running-back duo for more combined yards on Sunday. Jackson Dart and Scadaboo. Scadaboo. Herbie and Omarion. Really? Well, the Giants are going to be trailing, so I imagine Dart can back up some yards. I'll go Herbert and Hampton.

13:26Rich Eisen:I don't know if they're going to need to throw it. Okay, I'm going to go 3-0. I'm going 3-0 versus 3-0. I'm starting. 3-0 versus 0-3. I'm taking the 3-0. The Giants winning this game would be great for content. By the way, Rich, yesterday— So are the Chargers, great for content. You don't think a 4-0 team that's practicing down the street would be good for the Rich Eisen show? Are they coming in here to celebrate with us on Monday? I don't know. I'm just saying it's good for content if the Jackson Dart balls out and wins. I think it would be great for the Giants fans. Rich, you might not have heard this story in the control room yesterday, but I picked the Giants to win this game.

13:59Rich Eisen:Oh, good for you. Oh, do, do. I hadn't heard that from the... You weren't paying attention. I was not. That spread should not be six and a half. More likely, is it Baker leads another last-minute comeback win or the Chiefs drop to one and three?

14:21Rich Eisen:Obviously, the Chiefs dropping to one and three is likely as it is that Baker does it again. I think this is a false choice that you're making me make. what it is they're both they're both highly likely to happen that what the chiefs losing to the ravens at home is likely and baker mayfield leading another come i'll go i'll go it's more likely uh that there's a one uh that the chiefs go one and three because how how likely is it that you do it for a fourth straight time that was kind of the point of the question just not not that he can't do it, just the fact that it's done three times in a row and it would happen for a fourth?

15:01They've won on the last play of the game

15:03Rich Eisen:three weeks in a row. You want to do it again? Four in a row? All right, screw it. I'll take Baker. I'll take Baker. I'll take Baker. Dog with a bone? I don't know where he went with... What was that all about? Did you accidentally hit a Bill Pullman drop? No, he made you do that. Okay, got it. They don't always work. No, I get it now. Is it more likely Kerry Williams has another four touchdown game or Ashton Gentry gets his first 100-yard game? I'll go Ashton Gentry gets his first 100-yard game. We need to speak this into existence. Oh, my gosh. I think we're one poor Ashton Gentry performance away from, like, why did you make him change his stance?

15:45Rich Eisen:Oh, that take. Interesting. You know? Like, yeah. Let him loose like it's Boise State. they're two games like that away from saying just paint the turf blue why'd you take them sixth overall I'll go that way another four touchdown game is a tall order against Max Crosby dude so I'll go ask you and then let's go more likely to be the bigger number more likely to be the bigger number Cal Raleigh homers this weekend or 4-0 teams still left on Monday Okay, well, obviously there's going to be one fewer. There won't be a 4-0. Let's put it this way. There won't be two 4-0 teams emerging from Tampa, so that's one fewer one.

16:36Rich Eisen:San Francisco could win, so that's a one right there. I think Indianapolis loses to the Rams, so that's two there. That's gone. Who else? The Bills play the Saints, so that's two. That's two. I'll go there'll be a higher number of 4-0 teams left on the weekend. I don't know. Is Raleigh going to even play all three games? Oh, I don't know. It depends. Why not? He's got a chance to get the AL record. I know. And not just that. They have a chance to be the, speaking of record in the AL, they could have the best record in the AL. I'll just go 4-0 teams on Monday. Just say that. Got one more? Last one.

17:15Rich Eisen:One more. I did not know this. That's my boy. I did not know this. More likely to be a larger total here. Bills winning margin. Against New Orleans. That's like a 15 and a half sprint. Or the Team USA's final score in the Ryder Cup. Oh, I'll go Bills winning margin. Because you need 14 and a half to win the Ryder Cup right now, right? Right. It's not looking good right now. Well, they're doing better in the afternoon four-ball situation. The Ryder Cup seemed better at four-ball. They're better with four-ball. Okay. I like this. By the way, the Ryder Cup team has the same color scheme as the Bills.

17:51Rich Eisen:Hey, look at that. I'll take the Bills winning margin. You think blowout city? I do. Yeah. A lot of train whistles, man. A lot of train whistles with the Saints coming to town. That's such a high spread, too. 844-204-RICH is the number to dial right here on the show. Phone lines are all it, which is great. Sit back. Enjoy. It's always a lot of fun when Kevin Pollack stops by. He's coming in support of Tulsa King, the latest hit show that features Kevin Pollack, the Niner fan coming on out in a moment.

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20:01Rich Eisen:The Rich Eisen Show Podcast. Just showed a clip of Paramount Plus' Tulsa King. Check it out every Sunday on Paramount Plus Season 3. Kevin Pollack has joined the cast and joined the show once again. And so the first time you've met Sylvester Stallone, did you have any moments on the set where you picked his brain about Rocky or about anything from the past, Rambo, any of those moments? Or no, you just left him alone on that front? I tend to leave people alone when it comes to what were you thinking when you did this or that or how did that work. Also, I was new guy. They'd already had two wildly successful seasons.

20:39Yes, sir. The show is a monster hit in the Taylor Sheridan universe. so I kind of wanted to get along and not not try to push any buttons right not nudge around I guess yeah I mean he's an inspiration and has been for decades upon decades and just just the whole story of how Rocky came to be and he insisted on starring in it when no one was green lighting movies with him as the star right but he wrote the script and held out for now it's got to be me and Boy, was he right.

21:10Rich Eisen:And I guess let's talk about underdog stories. A guy named Brock Purdy for you. Yeah. For the San Francisco 49ers. I enjoyed watching the show from home before I came here. Thank you, sir. The first hour, as you were insisting how great Seattle was. Listen, we beat him. So let's start there. Brock led us right past him on week one. He did with that pass for the ages to Jake Tonjes. I mean, I'm sure you were looking up in your in your flip chart at home about Jake Tonjes and who he was. Big fan. Like we all. From that moment on. He had you in hello, Jake Tonjes. You know what I mean? But but Brock Purdy, a dream come true type material so far.

21:53Rich Eisen:Yeah. He's a great leader. And having Robert Sala back. Oh, my. Oh, my. Let's face it. Our defense has certainly kept us in the games post that week one. and they're just incredible, even with the loss of one of the greatest pass rushers in the history of the NFL, Nick Bosa. Okay, look at you going that big. You're going that big. You're playing it big, huh, Kevin? Well, when you lose one, you've got to fill that. But I still believe in what Robert Sala and Ward are capable of in terms of keeping that team together. So you've been a Niners fan forever and a day? I'm old, so John Brody. That's the guy.

22:32Losing to Dallas in the playoffs. 17 to 10.

22:35Rich Eisen:That was your guy growing up? At Keysar. Keysar Stadium. Sure. Yeah. And then we had to suffer through DeBerg. And I think at one point we had Plunkett. I mean, you know, it was a bad time. Towards the end of Plunkett. Yeah. You wanted the Plunkett on the other side of the Bay Area. That's the Plunkett you wanted. Yeah. And then I was there for the arrival of the Messiah and Joe Montana. And we just had Steve Young on in our number two of this program. You know what I mean? And we were talking about revenge games, certainly with Micah going back to Dallas. Yes. And how Montana played young that one year in 1994.

23:06Rich Eisen:That's one of the top revenge games of the last 40 years or anything like that. Yeah, we were very concerned when the upstart forced out our Joe Montana. Right. And then to come in and break all of his records and pick up some more Super Bowl rings. It was pretty damn impressive. I love that you're wearing your hat. You're letting your colors fly. Yeah, yeah. Lifelong. Yeah, and you got Robert Patrick on the show as well. I know he's an Atlanta fan. He's been on here before. Neil McDonough as well. Frank Grillo is in the cast this year. Is it true Sam Jackson's coming? Sam Jackson was announced he's doing a spinoff, Nola King, set in New Orleans.

23:45Rich Eisen:Oh, so it's not on. He's not on. So he shows up in our season three in order to continue his story. Yeah. Okay. I got to spend some time with Sam. And, you know, we're old timers. So we just swapped war stories from the trenches. And yeah, he's, again, iconic in every which way possible. So he told me some actual backstories. You should have him on and ask him about Pulp Fiction because he was sharing some stuff as a lifelong fan of that movie. Yes. Going on, what, 31 years now. Do you want to give us a little taste of what he was sharing? Speak of Sam's stories? Yeah. Oh, my goodness. What did he tell you?