92. Geno Smith to the Jets, Giants Make Moves & NFL Free Agency Chaos

This week was one of those situations where delaying the podcast a few days actually worked to our benefit! This year's NFL free agency period was insane, and both the Jets and Giants were right in the middle of it. 

Geno Smith is back at quarterback for the Jets, and LeeJay is...ok with it? The Giants are looking much better on paper than they did last year. The big question at the end of the day for both teams is whether any of this will really matter?

The Dummies also go through some of the major NFL moves. 

We also chat briefly about the Knicks, Lou Holtz, St. John's, and the World Baseball Classic. 

Our Mt. Rushmore this week is all about who we would want at the plate with the game on the line. 

Please enjoy!

Timestamps
0:00: There's a bat in Will's apartment
13:21: The Jets in free agency
31:31: The Giants in free agency
44:50: The rest of the NFL
1:01:29: Sports shorts; Mt. Rushmore

Transcript

00:00:01.41
William Hernandez
Greetings and salutations, and welcome back to Two Dummies That Just Watch, a sports podcast between friends. This is episode number 92.

00:00:13.69
William Hernandez
i am one of your hosts, Will Hernandez, and I am here with my co-host for this week, Mr. Lee J. Perilla, rocking the Colorado Rockies hat this week.

00:00:27.61
William Hernandez
That is one that is missing from my... from my collection. Anyway, sir, what's going on? How are you today?

00:00:35.23
LeeJay
Powdy.

00:00:36.34
William Hernandez
but they Did you get any hail down there today?

00:00:40.41
LeeJay
Not that I know of.

00:00:41.24
William Hernandez
Okay, we we got hail today. ah Yeah, it was nice and sunny yesterday. And and then today, it's cold, it's raining, there's hail coming down.

00:00:53.08
William Hernandez
ah but What a fucking shit show. My goodness. It's crazy how much the weather has changed in 24 hours up here. buta So, first things first. Number one, i want to thank everybody who showed up for the live stream on Sunday.

00:01:13.05
William Hernandez
i thought that it went pretty well. I think I checked. we had at ah at one point, people watching. At one point. So I'm not sure who you all were. we knew some of them because some people were chatting to us in the, uh, in the chat there. So i we thank you for that.

00:01:32.82
William Hernandez
And now we have 50, 50 subscribers on YouTube. So if you have not subscribed yet on YouTube, we ask you that you do that.

00:01:46.36
William Hernandez
So appreciate that. Number two, Larry and Richie have given their picks for the World Series team voting.

00:01:56.66
LeeJay
There we go.

00:01:58.94
William Hernandez
And they both went with Eric.

00:02:00.86
LeeJay
oh

00:02:05.74
LeeJay
Eric has something to celebrate now being a remember has to pay, uh, one of my tabs when we're there.

00:02:12.35
William Hernandez
So here's the thing. Larry took it a step further And he actually picked his team based on the teams that we picked.

00:02:23.83
William Hernandez
Okay? So here's who he has. His catch is Molina. First base is Galarraga. Second base is Ryan Sandberg.

00:02:35.53
William Hernandez
Shortstop is Kyle Ripken Jr. Third base is Mike Schmidt. Right field is Tony Gwynn. Center field is Ken Griffey Jr.

00:02:47.93
William Hernandez
Left field is Barry Bonds. His starting pitcher is Greg Maddox. And his closer is Trevor Hoffman. And his manager is La Russa.

00:02:59.57
William Hernandez
So, pretty good.

00:03:02.74
LeeJay
Full disclosure, I picked Eric as well, and I'll tell you why.

00:03:02.78
William Hernandez
but

00:03:05.53
William Hernandez
Okay.

00:03:05.91
LeeJay
And I told you came down to one position, and I'm gonna be honest.

00:03:08.41
William Hernandez
What was it? What was the position?

00:03:09.02
LeeJay
I hate the fucking Braves, and Eric picked two Braves. So you are you automatically won those positions. So that's why there was a tie. And I just waited, I guess the way I did it, i guess just so coincidentally enough, it came down to center field.

00:03:24.38
LeeJay
And we all know, listen, Jim Evans was a good center fielder.

00:03:25.33
William Hernandez
Hmm. Yes.

00:03:27.64
LeeJay
Great defensively. Had some great years there, but Ken Griffey was a better baseball player than him.

00:03:32.92
William Hernandez
Yeah. Better offensive. Yeah. And I.

00:03:34.90
LeeJay
All around, all around, he was better than him.

00:03:35.29
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:03:37.06
LeeJay
And that's the reason why. If not, he would ah if he would have picked two other positions, I would have had him like in a clear landslide. But I couldn't, I fucking hate the Braves.

00:03:42.26
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:03:47.70
LeeJay
And I know playing a game and it's not fair, but I don't care. was my game.

00:03:51.00
William Hernandez
Yeah. um I kind of, after I had chosen the team, i was like, I think Eric's is better. Like, I knew Eric's was better. um But the other the other problem, too, with that exercise is that you're, you're I feel like if I'd have been more prepared going in, i would have probably picked other players.

00:04:11.23
William Hernandez
But that's not the point. he' supposed to It's supposed to be who comes to mind.

00:04:13.62
LeeJay
anybody Anybody can pick a better team. It's about your knowledge in the game and the sport that you love and going back as far as you can to remembering who the players are that you saw play.

00:04:16.12
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:04:19.83
William Hernandez
Yes. Yeah, yeah,

00:04:24.86
William Hernandez
yeah.

00:04:25.41
LeeJay
It's not is's not any fun if you have time to study and do all this other bullshit.

00:04:25.59
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah.

00:04:29.11
William Hernandez
Right, yeah. Give it, like, a a lot of thought. um No, I agree. so So thanks for playing, guys. Appreciate that. By the way, so Monday – so select going back to the NCAA tournament stuff, right?

00:04:45.24
William Hernandez
The I'll have all the it I'll when we record on Monday, I will have all the info for if you want to join in. So Selection Sunday is on Sunday.

00:04:57.94
William Hernandez
So what I'll do Sunday night is I'll create the league. And I'm telling you guys right now, again, i will relay the information on this podcast.

00:05:09.59
William Hernandez
So going to have to listen to the podcast to get in. That's as simple as that. Because you're going to need the password and all that stuff to get in. So that's it.

00:05:19.91
William Hernandez
That's the way this is going to work. So you're going have to tune in. And I will put all that information in the beginning of the episode next week so we get that out of the way. Anyway.

00:05:31.42
William Hernandez
Sir, I wanted to... ah Here's a funny story for everybody out there. Especially if you live in a city. So yesterday, it's been a weird week for me.

00:05:44.78
William Hernandez
There was a death in the family this week, and was my it was my stepfather's father. So, you know, step-grandfather. So I was in the city this past week.

00:05:56.47
William Hernandez
Had to drive down, took off from work Tuesday and Wednesday. Got sick. son what Woke up sick Wednesday morning. I won't get into the details. Leachie's aware of what was happening to me.

00:06:10.90
William Hernandez
Wednesday morning.

00:06:12.14
LeeJay
Ooh.

00:06:14.36
William Hernandez
So I come back home. i didn't go to the, um i cut I cut things short on Wednesday. Came back and I crashed out. Took like a five-hour nap.

00:06:25.32
William Hernandez
I think I got up, slept on couch from like two to seven. Get up, start doing stuff around the apartment.

00:06:35.20
William Hernandez
I'm in here, in this room. um I'm like just tidying stuff up just to get ready for my workday tomorrow. And I go outside the room.

00:06:46.42
William Hernandez
And there's like a hallway. And on either end of the hallway, one end of the hallway is the bedroom. The other end of the hallway is the the living room And there's a door to go into the living room. Take a look at the door.

00:06:59.53
William Hernandez
The fucking, um the door to the living room. And I see this.

00:07:07.45
William Hernandez
um i couldn't even describe in my head what it was at first. Like this brown. thing on hanging on the wall.

00:07:18.01
LeeJay
And it wasn't him throwing up of his his physical ailment that day.

00:07:18.07
William Hernandez
And I'm like,

00:07:20.90
LeeJay
That's not what that was.

00:07:22.22
William Hernandez
no, no.

00:07:22.63
LeeJay
yo. Mm-hmm.

00:07:24.06
William Hernandez
I look at him like, what the fuck? I out now was like, what the fuck is that? i was like, is that a fucking animal? Did an animal get into my apartment?

00:07:36.54
William Hernandez
So I start, you know what I do? i fucking start walking. so You know where my treadmill is? You've seen where my treadmill was in corner, right? This is where this thing was above the treadmill, by the window.

00:07:48.73
William Hernandez
So I start walking and I'm like, is that a fucking bat? Like you're kidding me. That's a fucking bat. I get closer, I get closer. I get about a few feet away.

00:08:01.53
William Hernandez
i took out my took out my phone, zoomed in take a picture. And I'm like, that is a fucking bat. B-A-T. bat.

00:08:13.27
William Hernandez
And I'm like, you gotta be fucking kidding me. No idea how this thing got inside, okay?

00:08:21.29
LeeJay
Uh-huh.

00:08:21.47
William Hernandez
I'm like mini-freaking out a little bit because I'm like, okay, what do I do?

00:08:21.53
LeeJay
it

00:08:27.59
William Hernandez
Like, what am I going to do here? So guess what I started doing like an idiot? I started throwing things at it, okay? Because I wanted to see if it was alive. threw a couple of things at it.

00:08:38.33
William Hernandez
It kind of briefly moved and then it just stayed there. So I'm thinking, okay, am I going to, am I going to trap this thing somehow? But then I start thinking, oh, is that a good idea? this thing might have rabies.

00:08:51.13
William Hernandez
If this thing bites me, guess what? I'm going to end up in the fucking hospital. So i was like, okay, I am going to email my landlord and be like, Hey, listen, there's a bat in my living room.

00:09:04.31
William Hernandez
Here's the picture. Have somebody come over here tomorrow to take care of this thing. So what do I do? I close the door and I'm like, am I going into the living room for the rest of the night?

00:09:16.60
William Hernandez
But occasionally I am checking to see if it's still there. And at one point I opened up the door and it's flying around. I'm like, okay, I'm done.

00:09:28.17
William Hernandez
I'm done with this for tonight. So long story short, a couple of exterminators come today. and they checked all the around the living room, and they didn't find it.

00:09:40.05
William Hernandez
It state was nowhere to be found. They checked every nook and cranny that they could. They were checking under the couches. They were checking behind the cushions. They were checking in in the radiator. They were checking in a light fixture.

00:09:51.86
William Hernandez
So the guy thinks, and they went to go check under fireplace as well, because there was a fireplace. The guy thinks that it it it's somehow probably, like he's 90% sure that it it got out, that it escaped from wherever it was.

00:10:05.08
William Hernandez
So he told me that if it does come back, I would give, you know, to give them a call and they'll come back and, you know, take care of the situation. But, bro, I just like like of all the fucking things, dude, there are so.

00:10:20.12
LeeJay
look ah you didn't Lucky you didn't kill that motherfucker when you threw something at him. Because it's illegal to kill bats in New York.

00:10:27.19
William Hernandez
Is it really?

00:10:28.25
LeeJay
Yeah, they're protected species. And you can't you can't you you especially can't kill them during their breeding season.

00:10:30.14
William Hernandez
oh my fucking God.

00:10:34.78
William Hernandez
Awesome. That's awesome.

00:10:36.50
LeeJay
Yep. You can't trap them. You can't kill them. The best way to do it is let them leave, open a window, let them get out. Yeah, it's illegal to kill them in New York, in New York State.

00:10:44.33
William Hernandez
That's interesting. Well, apparently it got out. So...

00:10:47.34
LeeJay
that's why That's why he told you to call them back. he should have told you don' He should have told you.

00:10:49.59
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:10:51.58
LeeJay
He should have been a little bit more specific specific and told you what I just told you.

00:10:55.10
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:10:55.76
LeeJay
Because naturally, people are going to freak out.

00:10:56.23
William Hernandez
Well, because I didn't know any of that.

00:11:00.06
LeeJay
And the first thing they think about when they see something like that is kill it. And meanwhile, you can't kill it.

00:11:03.39
William Hernandez
I wasn't... Yeah, I was trying to trap it like in the box to get it out.

00:11:08.09
LeeJay
Yeah, you can't even do that.

00:11:09.34
William Hernandez
um Which is stupid. That's dumb. That doesn't make any sense to me. Because they had a um net. They were going put it in a net and I guess bring it outside. Yeah.

00:11:18.19
LeeJay
No, they're just gonna bring it outside. They're gonna bring it outside.

00:11:19.61
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:11:20.56
LeeJay
Like I said, they're protected for whatever reason.

00:11:20.86
William Hernandez
yeah

00:11:23.38
William Hernandez
That's interesting.

00:11:23.41
LeeJay
They're protected species.

00:11:25.43
William Hernandez
ah Well, we'll see what happens tonight. Let's see what happens if we record this fucking podcast.

00:11:30.74
LeeJay
Yeah, you did way too much. I would've took my shit, I would've went and would've fucking went to hotels overnight and got a cheap hotel for the night. And so those niggas, yo, call me, excuse me, i didn't mean to use that word.

00:11:42.55
LeeJay
I would have called them and been like, yo call me when you're my apartment. I'll meet you there. As matter of fact, the keys are under your apartment.

00:11:46.48
William Hernandez
I, uh...

00:11:47.63
LeeJay
I don't care. Do what that you do what you want

00:11:49.65
William Hernandez
I, uh... It was locked. He was like, you made it You did the smart thing and trapped it in the in the in the in the living room. Bro, if there would not been a door... Because you know there's a door to close the living room door.

00:12:00.54
William Hernandez
I probably would have went to my mom's. I'm completely honest with you. Um... Anyway. Okay. So... This is a weird week as far as... It's funny, like last week there was nothing going on.

00:12:17.69
William Hernandez
We do this like freelance episode. And this week all hell breaks loose. So, figured that we would keep things mostly on target and just talk about NFL free agency.

00:12:28.20
LeeJay
to to

00:12:36.09
William Hernandez
More specifically, look at exactly... What the Jets and Giants did this week. And the NFL New Year started on Wednesday.

00:12:47.49
William Hernandez
But brother, there was so much happening. ah Monday and Tuesday and even into Wednesday. so here's how we're going to do this. We'll talk about Jets and then Giants.

00:13:01.46
William Hernandez
And then we'll talk about some of the stuff that happened in the broader NFL. And we'll, you know, we'll spend as much time or as little time as as, as, you know, we want here. I think there will, there's going to be a lot of things to say, especially maybe from Lee J's side about what the Jets did this week.

00:13:17.69
William Hernandez
So let's start here. The biggest storyline for the Jets really coming in was what they were going do at quarterback.

00:13:29.82
William Hernandez
And, uh, at least for now, they traded for Geno Smith. Yes, that Geno Smith. They got Geno Smith in a 2026 seventh round pick from the Raiders for a 2026 sixth round pick.

00:13:52.53
William Hernandez
let's let's Let's just pause here and talk about this because i think... We, and I had, it's funny because that this was all different heading into today because we we had to delay the lady episode and we had all these quarterback options that I had here. It was like Kyler Murray and fucking, I can't even remember who the hell I had listed here. It was a long list of names that were out here.

00:14:16.95
William Hernandez
But, um sir, you're um your thoughts on this whole Geno Smith thing, and I feel like I get what they're trying to do here. i i really do.

00:14:28.15
William Hernandez
But I can only imagine what the reaction was from a lot of people this week from this move.

00:14:41.37
LeeJay
trying to um um I've had so many different approaches in my my mind for this.

00:14:46.54
William Hernandez
Yes. We can talk through everything if you want.

00:14:49.40
LeeJay
Now because everyone knows how I feel about Geno Smith.

00:14:50.30
William Hernandez
I'll do this. Yes.

00:14:53.98
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:14:54.47
LeeJay
ive been i've seen I've been clear about that. That's why Rob rob texted me and said, Massachusetts shoot it Eric, that's what he calls him. So I think that's is gonna be his new nickname, Massachusetts shoots its Eric. was asking why we were ducking the podcast, because he missed the clip that you put posted about it.

00:15:10.35
LeeJay
and ah And then he wanted my take on Gino Smith, and then Rob put a laughing emoji, which means Eric is probably expecting me to go off like on a, you know, be unhinged.

00:15:10.42
William Hernandez
oh Oh.

00:15:20.18
William Hernandez
Yeah, sure.

00:15:20.66
LeeJay
yeah

00:15:21.30
William Hernandez
I think a lot of people are expecting that.

00:15:22.78
LeeJay
ah But yeah, ah it's just because everyone knows how I feel about this guy. Listen, my joke is that i don't you can't trust a black guy named Gino.

00:15:35.77
LeeJay
He was here. i don't even know how to go about this. Listen, I don't know. I don't know what I'll say this. I'll ask this question. What what the Jets what did the Jets fans what did they want?

00:15:49.53
LeeJay
Like what was out there that was better than him? Or instead of winning six games with Geno seven, you're going to win maybe eight now.

00:16:01.94
LeeJay
If you're looking for... All the talk so far with the Jets was for this year was a bridge quarterback.

00:16:08.40
William Hernandez
Right.

00:16:08.91
LeeJay
That's what he is.

00:16:10.34
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:16:11.38
LeeJay
Listen, him and Jonathan and I have been going about this too. We don't we don't like him. We don't like him.

00:16:16.46
William Hernandez
Yeah, of course.

00:16:16.47
LeeJay
But Jonathan was like, if you're expecting six or seven wins, that's probably what he'll do for you. And then you can move forward with that because right now, my biggest take on the Jets is... forget about looking for quarterbacks and this and the Jets have to win games to make them feel like, to make them feel a certain way, to make them feel like the coach, the coaching, the GM, everything is going in the right direction.

00:16:33.99
William Hernandez
Right, yeah.

00:16:39.77
LeeJay
Keep on losing to to get quarterbacks and all. It's a, it's a, it's like, ah it's like the hamster wheel, it's hers. Like I call it's it, it's just, it's just a carousel of disaster, man. We can't continue to do this.

00:16:52.47
LeeJay
So is that me defending Gino a little bit? Maybe if that's what you want to call it. i don't i don't I just don't know who who the Jets really wanted. Like Kirk Cousins. He's going to give you the same thing.

00:17:03.70
LeeJay
And I think Kirk Cousins is washed. To be honest with said that last year.

00:17:06.36
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, right.

00:17:08.25
LeeJay
Yeah, he won't with Atlanta toward the end, but whatever. Kyler Murray probably was the best the best option of garbage.

00:17:16.73
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:17:16.73
LeeJay
So you get you get the best garbage. I don't know what that means.

00:17:18.46
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah.

00:17:20.98
LeeJay
Who else what was out there? you They're still talking about Carson Wertz.

00:17:23.51
William Hernandez
ah

00:17:24.46
LeeJay
Oh, I almost threw up. Come on.

00:17:26.30
William Hernandez
Well, what about Willis?

00:17:26.62
LeeJay
we we we saw Who?

00:17:28.42
William Hernandez
about Willis?

00:17:29.02
LeeJay
he He wanted too much money and he got that. um i wasn't As a Jets fan, I wasn't willing to do that again. The guy had a couple good games.

00:17:35.08
William Hernandez
Mmm. Mmm.

00:17:36.13
LeeJay
I get it. they He didn't get as much as everyone thought he was going to get. But I wasn't willing to accept that the Jets do that again.

00:17:46.78
LeeJay
And then you spend that money. he he Let's say he lays ah he lays an egg like Justin Fields and here we are again. And then you spent all that bread and now you' go you're going to release him. He ain't who you thought he was.

00:17:58.58
LeeJay
Let him go to Miami. The weather's nice and let him suck over there. It's okay because that team sucks too.

00:18:05.21
LeeJay
I just, I don't know. I don't know what

00:18:09.02
LeeJay
I don't know any realistic options with everyone that was out there. What did you want to expect? Because everybody out there, besides Willis take him off because he got a contract as a starter because he's going to be a starter.

00:18:16.45
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm. Right.

00:18:17.94
LeeJay
Everybody else was a bridge. Let's go over it. Kirk Cousins, we already said that. No. Kyler Murray, the best of the trash. Listen, I don't like quarterbacks um to run my team that when they sit in a chair, their feet don't touch the ground.

00:18:30.16
William Hernandez
Come on. Let me.

00:18:31.88
LeeJay
um' ah i'm on i'm ah I'm out on that. He was good at the beginning of his career. Fine, whatever. He's been injury prone, blah, blah, blah, whatever. I'm out on that. Carson Wentz, I'm good.

00:18:44.73
LeeJay
they were talking about training for jacob Jacoby Brissett.

00:18:47.50
William Hernandez
Yep, that was an indicator. I have the names here, yeah.

00:18:49.40
LeeJay
Okay, is the is that better than Gino? Or we're talking about the same stuff? It's all the same pot. So just pick one and see what happens. It's it's it's essentially for one year.

00:19:04.57
LeeJay
And then, I don't know. su i don't know i really To be honest with you, I don't really know. I don't really care. I just want them to win some kind of games, man. More than three games and not be out of it by my fucking birthday, which is our October 1st.

00:19:15.42
William Hernandez
So here here are some of the names that I had originally. We talked about Murray, right? You just talked about Jacoby Brissett. We talked about Malik Willis, obviously. Tua.

00:19:25.72
LeeJay
No.

00:19:27.00
William Hernandez
Andy Dalton.

00:19:27.95
LeeJay
No.

00:19:28.79
William Hernandez
Jared Stidham.

00:19:28.92
LeeJay
But I mean, Andy Dalton, up keep on going and I'll say why I'm saying yes. Go ahead.

00:19:33.77
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:19:34.14
LeeJay
Go ahead.

00:19:34.36
William Hernandez
Okay. ah Jared Stidham.

00:19:37.68
LeeJay
No.

00:19:38.42
William Hernandez
We had Wentz. ah Garoppolo.

00:19:42.40
LeeJay
No.

00:19:43.14
William Hernandez
Mariota.

00:19:44.76
LeeJay
Yes.

00:19:45.62
William Hernandez
Okay, Garden Minshew, Matt Jones.

00:19:47.24
LeeJay
No.

00:19:49.56
William Hernandez
This is possible trades. Would have been Matt Jones.

00:19:51.38
LeeJay
Yeah, but they're asking for a second round pick, so I would say no to that.

00:19:53.53
William Hernandez
Okay, Spencer Rattler, Will Levis, Davis Mills, Derek Carr.

00:19:55.72
LeeJay
No.

00:19:58.07
LeeJay
No.

00:20:00.66
LeeJay
Yes.

00:20:04.34
LeeJay
Yes.

00:20:05.33
William Hernandez
Okay.

00:20:05.78
LeeJay
And the reason why I said yes to the guys I said yes to, because they're gonna do the same thing that Geno Smith's going to probably do here.

00:20:10.90
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

00:20:13.26
LeeJay
There's no one there that's going to take, who on that list as a non-Jets fan, if you sign them right now with the the way the team's constructed, is going to take the Jets, not dare I say playoffs, not just in contention, contention within the last two to three weeks of the season.

00:20:33.21
LeeJay
like just Just say none.

00:20:33.66
William Hernandez
I mean, may maybe, caroppolo maybe maybe.

00:20:34.65
LeeJay
You don't have to be nice. Yeah, when was the last time he played?

00:20:39.64
William Hernandez
Right.

00:20:40.02
LeeJay
Yeah, I'm out on him.

00:20:40.12
William Hernandez
That's yeah. Right. That's probably the only one i would say. Maybe.

00:20:46.49
LeeJay
So that's that's the point I'm trying to make. all this

00:20:49.53
William Hernandez
No, I get it.

00:20:50.17
LeeJay
Everybody wanted Kyler Murray because he was the closest thing to if he did well, he could be the future.

00:20:56.44
William Hernandez
Yes, right.

00:21:00.31
LeeJay
ah Yeah, I told you. His feet has to touch the ground, and they don't.

00:21:04.28
William Hernandez
Okay, but here's the problem, though, in some ways. What happens if they win six or seven games, and then it's like, well, you don't get a high draft pick again.

00:21:12.25
LeeJay
Yeah, I don't i don't care. i just said it i i just i just said it two minutes ago.

00:21:13.02
William Hernandez
You don't care about that. Okay. Okay.

00:21:15.83
LeeJay
The Jets have to win football games.

00:21:15.86
William Hernandez
Okay. You don't care about that. Okay, gotcha.

00:21:18.68
LeeJay
I don't care about the two. The Jets have been losing. you You texted me. so you to it you're gonna We're going to bring this up later about the Raiders. The Jets have been losing. They haven't made the playoffs since 2010.

00:21:29.88
LeeJay
What quarterback have they gotten? What great draft picks have they gotten?

00:21:33.02
William Hernandez
Sure, yeah.

00:21:34.55
LeeJay
The Jets have to win. You win, you bring players that probably already in the league that we don't have to worry about drafting. We know who they are. Now you can just sign them.

00:21:43.35
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

00:21:45.60
LeeJay
You've got a boatload of draft picks that you could trade, move up, move down, get more picks, whatever, whatever. The point is to win, to have people now want to come here that are established football players that could win, get into the playoffs and win. We've been we've been playing with this this draft tree for 15, 16 already.

00:22:08.71
William Hernandez
That's ridiculous.

00:22:09.39
LeeJay
They're still looking for their quarterback. there He's nowhere to be found. So we want to still play this game and still lose. There'll be another 15 years of losing. That's what that's what that's what Jets fans want to do. You know why? Because they're the majority them are losers.

00:22:23.85
LeeJay
That's what you want to do.

00:22:23.87
William Hernandez
Holy shit.

00:22:24.69
LeeJay
You want to be a loser all your life? be a loser. I don't know what to tell you. I really don't know what to tell you. I want to win. I want to win as a fan. I'm tired of sitting here in my house, going to games, wasting my time, watching.

00:22:38.20
LeeJay
And by October 1st, like I said before, they're already out of it. Granted, it's a little exaggeration, but they were out of it, I think, by Halloween last year.

00:22:46.26
William Hernandez
They were out of it by Halloween.

00:22:47.16
LeeJay
Come on, man.

00:22:47.74
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:22:48.12
LeeJay
That's not fun. What many games is that? That's not even half the season, I don't think. That's not fun.

00:22:54.76
William Hernandez
It's about half the season. Yeah.

00:22:55.82
LeeJay
Yeah, not if that's not fun.

00:22:55.86
William Hernandez
Like seven games. Yeah.

00:22:57.10
LeeJay
that's I'm just watching to say, oh, maybe we could build on this guy.

00:22:57.53
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:23:00.50
LeeJay
Oh, maybe we could build on this guy. I saw this. ah Fuck off, man. Come on, bro. this is I think this has less to do about Gino and more about the Jets have to fucking win, man. They have to win. It's tiring.

00:23:14.76
LeeJay
It's annoying.

00:23:18.36
William Hernandez
What about these other guys that they, they, they, it, it, not surprising that they went heavy, heavy on the defense here. Um, I would say maybe the biggest guy is Fitzpatrick. You tell me if I'm wrong, because they traded for him from the dolphins and then he's going to be signing a three year deal pending a physical. i don't know if that's official yet.

00:23:42.42
William Hernandez
Um, Then we got Demario Davis, Joseph Asai, Kingsley, i don't even know how to say this guy's last name, David Onyamata, Danae Belton, Nashawn Wright, and then they got Devondre Sweat in the deal for Jermaine Jackson.

00:24:05.06
William Hernandez
Are you surprised that they went, so, was it Jermaine Jackson?

00:24:06.30
LeeJay
Jermaine Jackson? that's the That's the Jackson 5, Jermaine Johnson.

00:24:10.36
William Hernandez
your page i It says Johnson in here.

00:24:11.51
LeeJay
Jesus Christ.

00:24:13.60
William Hernandez
Damn.

00:24:15.35
LeeJay
Christ. That's the first, that'll be the first instance Eric drives off the road tomorrow morning. ah

00:24:25.98
William Hernandez
Holy shit, dude. Okay. Are you surprised that they went so defensive-oriented here?

00:24:30.94
LeeJay
Nope. Nope, because if you think about it, their offensive line was pretty good last year. They got pieces on there. They got the left tackle. They got the right tackle. Their offensive line wasn't bad. They they just signed ah another offensive. i think he I think he plays right guard maybe from the Raiders. paul Parham? forham I can't remember his name.

00:24:49.50
LeeJay
um I think they just signed up this morning maybe or yesterday from the Raiders to be because I think they lost a John Simpson.

00:24:51.97
William Hernandez
Oh, okay.

00:24:57.27
LeeJay
I think he went back to the Ravens.

00:24:57.42
William Hernandez
What's up with taking all these fucking Raiders? Jesus.

00:24:59.67
LeeJay
Huh?

00:24:59.90
William Hernandez
I said, what's up with getting all these Raiders? It's interesting.

00:25:03.65
LeeJay
who then did you who's who they got from the raiders i know that fought just the one guy just the one guy the part parham part ham apart far ham and he's offensive lineman um jermaine johnson i didn't want to see go but if you want to be honest honest he has he got hurt came back wasn't really productive and that's that's salah's guy so i think that was a good trade got a bit that that that sweat dude is a monster in the middle he's huge

00:25:04.31
William Hernandez
The Jets? Yeah. You just, didn't you just Somebody else from the Raiders? Okay. Gotcha. Okay.

00:25:29.50
LeeJay
my favorite that My favorite signing, and I'm surprised he only got a one-year deal, and one of the teams that gave him the one-year deal was Najon Wright.

00:25:37.76
William Hernandez
What does he play?

00:25:37.85
LeeJay
Had a career late year last year with the Bears. If I'm not mistaken, he's the one that, oh, my God, that controversial interception, was it during the playoffs, downfield with Brandon Cooks, where everybody thought he hit the ground.

00:25:52.58
William Hernandez
Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes.

00:25:53.08
LeeJay
I think that was him that intercepted it.

00:25:55.18
William Hernandez
Gotcha.

00:25:56.14
LeeJay
He's good.

00:25:56.34
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:25:56.46
LeeJay
I like him. he He's really good. um Yeah, they had to go defense. The defense sucks. All I keep hearing about Jets' great defense over the last few years, and they're trash.

00:26:06.98
William Hernandez
Yeah, well, yeah.

00:26:07.42
LeeJay
so yeah.

00:26:08.16
William Hernandez
No interceptions last year, so.

00:26:10.26
LeeJay
they could pop I think they should go defense with the second pick.

00:26:16.38
LeeJay
With the 16th pick. If you feel confident in any one of the quarterbacks, I don't care what any team projects them at, you take him.

00:26:25.21
LeeJay
And then you try to get another you try to get another receiver. They got enough picks. They can figure it out. They'll figure it out. But that's what that's what I would like to see them do. But i'm um with the with the signings, i'm i'm ah I'm okay with them. It's fine.

00:26:40.47
William Hernandez
As far as the draft, so you're you're thinking defensive guy in the draft but for that second pick.

00:26:44.86
LeeJay
I would like Bailey from Texas Tech, but like it's not up to me.

00:26:46.98
William Hernandez
Hmm.

00:26:49.38
William Hernandez
What does he play again?

00:26:49.50
LeeJay
Edge Russia.

00:26:50.74
William Hernandez
Edge rusher. Okay.

00:26:53.26
LeeJay
I think it's David Bailey.

00:26:56.02
William Hernandez
Do you think there's anybody out there that they they might trade that second pick for? Is that a possibility? Because I haven't heard much about them trading that pick.

00:27:02.14
LeeJay
I mean, and because because because number two, with with a with the number two, anything and under number one with not a QB heavy draft, no one, they could get all those other picks any other time.

00:27:05.05
William Hernandez
They seem to be standing pat.

00:27:18.14
LeeJay
If there was another quarterback in a running, they would be getting phone calls. I'm not saying they're not getting any now, but this probably not, the pot is not sweet enough.

00:27:22.97
William Hernandez
Right, yeah.

00:27:27.00
William Hernandez
Yeah, because who's out who else is out there that's a QB right now? Oh,

00:27:29.85
LeeJay
The only one that I'm also hearing out that may get drafted in the first round, and I'm seeing it at the Jets' number 16, is Simpson from... Where is he from? Alabama.

00:27:39.48
William Hernandez
right, yeah.

00:27:40.30
LeeJay
That's it. every Everyone else is going to be... there's gonna there are there There are other quarterbacks, but it's way later in the draft.

00:27:46.68
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:27:49.75
LeeJay
So...

00:27:50.18
William Hernandez
If you were to give this, ah let's play a little fun game here. If you were to give this free agency signings a letter grade, A being the best, F being the worst, what would you what would you give them?

00:28:04.43
LeeJay
them like a B.

00:28:05.51
William Hernandez
A B? Okay.

00:28:07.22
LeeJay
Yeah, I'll give him like a B. and Like I said, ah I see what they... i see what This is my opinion on what they're trying to do here. Because none of the names they signed on defense are big names.

00:28:18.59
William Hernandez
Right.

00:28:21.02
LeeJay
You have to spend the money. It's not like your money rolls over to next year. You have to spend the money somehow, some way. They know they're not really ready to win now, but they want to be competitive.

00:28:29.62
William Hernandez
Right.

00:28:30.46
LeeJay
So with the signings they made on defense...

00:28:34.78
LeeJay
They could be competitive. Hopefully, Geno learned from the first time he was here, does more of what he did the two years in Seattle when he had pretty good years, or dare I say, even half of that, or a little bit more, three quarters of that.

00:28:43.59
William Hernandez
Right.

00:28:49.14
LeeJay
So they can be competitive. Because think think about this. like Let's say it a they go out and they're one of the teams that, let's say they signed Hendrickson or they traded for Crosby and gave up all of that. that doesn't That doesn't get you any closer to winning a Super Bowl. So why would you do that for?

00:29:04.82
William Hernandez
I see what you're saying. Yeah.

00:29:06.23
LeeJay
It doesn't make sense. So you're just trying to fill in some pieces to say, you know what? These guys are good, but maybe they didn't really have an opportunity where they were because there was some people in front of them.

00:29:16.89
LeeJay
And maybe they could flourish here because we've seen what they can do when they had the opportunity, the little bit of an opportunity stuck on a team in front of, behind people that were better than them.

00:29:26.35
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

00:29:27.45
LeeJay
And we don't, you know, we don't break the bank. We give them whatever, 15, whatever, whatever the contracts were. don't really care. And go from there, but not saying at the same time, because when you make certain moves, then the fan starts to sing, oh my God, world um ah Super Bowl, playoffs, this, that, right?

00:29:45.85
LeeJay
you don't you know't We don't want to do that either. So I think it's fine. I give him like a B.

00:29:52.77
William Hernandez
It's funny, because i was i was wondering whether... And we'll get into the Crosby thing later, because that's a fucking shit show right now.

00:29:59.48
LeeJay
i got I got an opinion on that. I actually sat down and I thought about it.

00:30:00.98
William Hernandez
Okay. Okay, wellll we'll get there. oh because it's ah It is on the list. um I wondered whether, considering all the all the draft picks the Jets have and the cap room that they have, whether that that thought crossed their mind they were that they would trade for him.

00:30:18.90
William Hernandez
Um... I don't know, man. I don't know if I'm dealing with Brady, doing any dealings with Brady. But anyway, they haven't cut Justin Fields yet, have they? It's not official, right?

00:30:31.16
William Hernandez
Am I...

00:30:31.52
LeeJay
I'm not sure.

00:30:31.86
William Hernandez
Let

00:30:31.87
LeeJay
I thought I'm not I'm not a I'm not even sure yet.

00:30:35.32
William Hernandez
me see. Because that was the one thing that I was looking for. Yeah, they haven't... hasn't been He hasn't been cut yet officially, which is weird to me.

00:30:47.70
William Hernandez
Um...

00:30:50.87
William Hernandez
So now the thing is, the headline that I'm seeing is now that they got Geno Smith, they need a backup to him. So we'll see how that goes. Who they get for that?

00:31:02.17
LeeJay
ah shef ah Adam Schefter reporting, the Giants have just signed Calvin Austin to a one-year deal, worth up to $4.5 million.

00:31:10.66
William Hernandez
Oh, interesting.

00:31:13.11
LeeJay
So he was under Steelers last year.

00:31:13.18
William Hernandez
He's a wide receiver, right?

00:31:17.51
LeeJay
Yep. More of a like a I want to say like a punt returner guy. Slot guy. I guess kind of maybe he could do a little bit of what Robinson was doing, being that they lost out on him.

00:31:32.89
LeeJay
Wendell Robinson.

00:31:33.09
William Hernandez
Well, on that, yeah, he he wants to go hang out with Dayball in Tennessee. um So on that note, let's let's ah let's switch to the Giants here because they did a lot as well this week.

00:31:49.69
William Hernandez
um So a couple of one questionable re-signing. I don't know why you you you brought back Evan Neal. I'm just, i' I'm confused about that one. um I would say the biggest thing is signing Likely, Isaiah Likely. So they signed him from Baltimore, three-year deal that can earn him up to $47.5 with incentives.

00:32:16.50
William Hernandez
And it's going to basically make him one of the highest paid tight ends in the league. Now, i saw so I was reading some stuff the past week because right now the Giants have four tight ends on their roster.

00:32:32.12
William Hernandez
It's quite possible they might keep all four these guys. and And here's what I've been reading. They might have likely in the slot more often than not.

00:32:45.53
William Hernandez
Instead of at a tight end. So you can keep Bellinger. And you can keep the other two guys. Because apparently Harbaugh likes to run these heavier packages.

00:32:56.82
William Hernandez
So just because they have four guys on that play the same position right now. And people are thinking they might cut one of these guys. That might not be the case.

00:33:08.95
William Hernandez
Especially since the Giants didn't really...

00:33:11.72
LeeJay
Wait, hold on. Didn't Bellin just sign with the with the Titans?

00:33:14.58
William Hernandez
Did he? Or am I missing? Am I? Am I? Did I fuck that up?

00:33:18.01
LeeJay
i thought't

00:33:19.16
William Hernandez
Let me see.

00:33:20.19
LeeJay
I think he signed with the Titans.

00:33:25.82
William Hernandez
and Maybe they don't have. I think at the time when it came out that they. Yeah, you're right. They signed officially came out six six hours ago.

00:33:38.14
William Hernandez
um OK, so that's one less tight end then on the roster. But still, I think they still have a, I'll

00:33:47.59
LeeJay
Who's the third guy?

00:33:50.84
William Hernandez
tell you right now. Giant

00:33:56.66
William Hernandez
depth chart.

00:34:00.76
William Hernandez
It is, let's see. Oh, come on. They don't have it on the, so as of the end of last year,

00:34:15.08
William Hernandez
Theo Johnson. So here here we go.

00:34:16.41
LeeJay
Yeah, that Theo Johnson, that I know.

00:34:18.65
William Hernandez
Yeah. ah Chris Manhurts. This is the updated. They have it right now. They got Likely number one, Theo Johnson number two, Chris Manhurts number three, and Thomas Fadone the second as the fourth guy.

00:34:33.82
William Hernandez
So yeah, for they still it's still here. Four tight ends. And this is with Likely as being the tight end right now.

00:34:38.91
LeeJay
only way those two guys are going to make it at the end is is special teams.

00:34:39.10
William Hernandez
So... no Yeah, right. But you yeah.

00:34:42.86
LeeJay
They're not playing side end.

00:34:43.80
William Hernandez
Yeah. No, no, you're right. It may, yeah. I mean, let's see. Let's, yeah.

00:34:48.76
LeeJay
Manhurst had a couple catches. He's mostly special teams guy. And the other guy.

00:34:53.45
William Hernandez
Ferdone.

00:34:53.98
LeeJay
Yeah, it's not yet. it's they got They have two tight ends.

00:35:00.08
LeeJay
Let's be serious here.

00:35:00.11
William Hernandez
Lee Jay's not, Lee Jay's not buying the, you're not buying that.

00:35:01.83
LeeJay
I'm not buying a crap. Come on.

00:35:04.10
William Hernandez
um I'm looking at the depth chart as ESPN has it right now. Interesting. Interesting. Anyway. I still would have liked Kenneth Walker, but we'll get into him later.

00:35:19.42
William Hernandez
i So they signed Tremaine Edwards to play linebacker. Edmonds is basically, I'm sorry, is it Edmonds or Edwards?

00:35:29.81
LeeJay
Edmonds.

00:35:30.59
William Hernandez
Edmonds.

00:35:31.03
LeeJay
is it Now you got me fucking confused. Michael Jackson, Freddie Jackson, Jermaine Jackson.

00:35:35.03
William Hernandez
Yeah, it's Edmonds. Tremaine Edmonds. It's Edmonds. It's Edmonds. So he's basically taking over for Bobby O'Karrick, who got cut. um ah So the other key signings, they bring back Illuminor, which was, I mean, you had to bring him back. I'm i'm a little, i don't know if you saw today. i think it was today he had his press conference and he showed up in a suit and people were asking him, well, why, why did he show up in a suit? And I guess it was basically because was, this was important for him to come back.

00:36:04.82
William Hernandez
You know, he wanted to be, ah He wanted to be here. So um they basically also ah redid their whole special teams. i don't know if you saw this.

00:36:16.86
William Hernandez
Jason Sanders is now the new kicker.

00:36:18.97
LeeJay
hmm.

00:36:19.32
William Hernandez
And Jordan Stout is now the new punter. There are also some other Gunnar. They brought back Gunnar Ozueski.

00:36:25.79
LeeJay
No, Shesky.

00:36:26.65
William Hernandez
Yeah. So he's the return specialist. so he he comes back. They re-sign Isaiah Hodgins. They re-sign Micah McFadden. um but We talked about O'Neal. They brought it in a fullback in Patrick Ricard.

00:36:39.52
William Hernandez
know Evan Neal.

00:36:39.74
LeeJay
Every every Neil, not Shaquille O'Neal.

00:36:41.66
William Hernandez
Yeah, that's what I said, Evan Neal.

00:36:42.94
LeeJay
You said i thought you said O'Neal.

00:36:45.05
William Hernandez
Oh.

00:36:48.36
William Hernandez
I'm so out of it today. I don't know why. i don't know what's happening here. um so and I just want to go through the list. I so already mentioned Caleb Murphy they signed.

00:36:59.32
William Hernandez
We talked about Ricard. Eric ah era are Darius Washington, safety, Greg Newsom II, a cornerback, and Art Green, and a cornerback. From what I was reading, some of those guys are kind going to be special team dudes as well.

00:37:14.46
William Hernandez
So ah they got rid of O'Karrick. And I can't believe james hunt james ah Bobby O'Karrick.

00:37:19.21
LeeJay
Who?

00:37:21.69
William Hernandez
They cut him.

00:37:21.94
LeeJay
O'Carrikay.

00:37:22.74
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:37:22.90
LeeJay
O'Carrikay.

00:37:24.02
William Hernandez
O'Karrick, yes. And then they released James Hudson, which I still don't understand how that man stood the whole season. after what happened in that second week against um against the Cowboys.

00:37:37.81
William Hernandez
Singletary avoids getting cut because he restructured his his um his contract. um I would say a B overall, maybe even a B minus, because here's the thing, and you just mentioned Calvin Austin, right?

00:37:57.45
William Hernandez
where's the Where's the other threat at wide receiver? Because right now, here you're starting here you're starting three that that that ESPN has. Malik Neighbors, okay?

00:38:08.87
William Hernandez
Darius Slayton, and Bo Collins. That is not exactly outside of Neighbors or Murderers row when it comes to wide receivers.

00:38:20.76
William Hernandez
I would have liked to them to get another big-name wide receiver. um that's probably the biggest thing i would take out of this. And can we, let's pause here for a second. Let's let's talk about OBJ.

00:38:34.42
William Hernandez
Please.

00:38:38.07
William Hernandez
I don't where this infatuation with OBJ continues to come from. This guy is fucking washed.

00:38:51.46
William Hernandez
He's washed. He's done. 2017. two thousand and seventeen Ankle fracture, surgery. 2020, ACL tear. 2022, ACL tear. 2024, knee surgery.

00:39:10.25
William Hernandez
2024, you know how many targets he had the whole season? 18. 18 fucking targets. The only reason why he has a ah good overall career ah numbers in totality is because of what he did with the Giants.

00:39:28.47
William Hernandez
Guys, he's been shit between 2019 and 2024. His yards per target are only 7.39. His yards per have dropped to 41.9 between 2019 and 2024. His peak years, his yards per game were 95.9.

00:39:42.74
William Hernandez
to forty one point nine between two thousand and nineteen and two thousand and twenty four his peakque years his yards per game were ninety five point nine Do you want any other stats, sir?

00:39:57.37
LeeJay
Nope.

00:39:58.04
William Hernandez
Okay.

00:39:59.07
LeeJay
I'm not a Giants fan. I wouldn't sign him, but this is what happens when you don't, I don't know, I guess you don't build the roster the right way.

00:40:00.92
William Hernandez
Enough. Yeah.

00:40:08.51
LeeJay
You re-sign the plays you shouldn't re-sign. and you You don't go after the I don't know. I don't know. So then people start being rumored again that it was actually good for you when they were here. And maybe you could, John harbaugh or Harbaugh could resurrect his career. So I don't know. I don't fucking know.

00:40:24.38
LeeJay
I don't know.

00:40:25.06
William Hernandez
It's stupid, like as you like to say. it's's it's It's really fucking stupid. Now, whether – and I forgot to ask you. Let's go back you to the Jets really quick. You're looking at that roster right now as it's as this constructed.

00:40:37.00
William Hernandez
We're going to have the same the same exercise with the Giants. How many wins you think is coming out of that roster for the Jets?

00:40:44.21
LeeJay
um so i'm I'm so happy you asked this because I forgot to mention this before.

00:40:48.43
William Hernandez
Because I want to do the same thing for the Giants, but go ahead. Yes. What are you thinking?

00:40:51.42
LeeJay
you ever seen You ever seen the movie Shallow, Hal?

00:40:54.04
William Hernandez
Of course. One my favorite movies.

00:40:54.78
LeeJay
Great movie. I love that movie, right?

00:40:56.26
William Hernandez
Yes. Same.

00:40:58.58
LeeJay
The funniest part of that movie was the two shallowest people would probably be considered two of the most ugliest people in the world, right?

00:41:04.35
William Hernandez
Right. Yes.

00:41:05.08
LeeJay
Meaning Jack Black and I still call him Costanza. The guy from Seinfeld, right?

00:41:10.58
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yes. Yes.

00:41:11.16
LeeJay
So, you know, story goes...

00:41:11.33
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:41:14.72
LeeJay
He's very judgmental. He wants he wants to be nothing with nothing but tens, Jack Black.

00:41:18.07
William Hernandez
Right. Yes.

00:41:19.16
LeeJay
He runs into Tony Robbins in the elevator.

00:41:19.29
William Hernandez
Right.

00:41:21.12
LeeJay
He puts this little curse on him. Now he sees women how he wants to see them, what he wants to see, right? That's what I want. I want to run into Tony Robbins one day in a broken elevator. He does he does that to me.

00:41:33.66
LeeJay
And when I'm watching Jets games, I see what I want to see.

00:41:35.55
William Hernandez
That's hilarious.

00:41:38.62
LeeJay
I see winning, i I see touchdowns being thrown. I'm like, yeah, yeah. You're sitting with me watching the game. You're like, what the fuck is he watching?

00:41:49.11
LeeJay
And dare I say, that's the year that we win the Superbowl. And I could die that way because I know nothing else. So Tony Robbins, if you hear me out there, that knows when this ain't gonna happen. Can you find me and do that to me, but for my football team?

00:42:02.14
William Hernandez
Holy shit.

00:42:03.32
LeeJay
Because um i don't i don't i don't like playing this game anymore. i hate this game.

00:42:10.74
LeeJay
I just, I just hate it So with that being said, with the way it is right now, I'll say double. So six.

00:42:22.20
William Hernandez
Six. Okay. Let's see if that stays with six when we do our NFL preview later in the summer.

00:42:30.62
William Hernandez
I mean, I feel like that's fair. zica You gotta double. It's the same thing with the Giants. It's like, i think going to the playoffs is not a possibility.

00:42:46.78
William Hernandez
Do I think eight and nine is right now? I'm looking at all these moves and you have Harbaugh coming in and blah, blah, blah. Whole year Jackson Dart. Guys are healthy.

00:42:59.06
William Hernandez
I can see eight and nine.

00:43:01.53
LeeJay
See, the problem with these, like I said, with the Jets, they're good moves. then They're not moves right now that's putting put you over the top.

00:43:08.83
William Hernandez
Right.

00:43:09.17
LeeJay
They're just good.

00:43:09.53
William Hernandez
That's, yeah.

00:43:10.58
LeeJay
Like Demario Davis, he's on the, you know, backside of his career. He's 37, 38 years old. He was here with the Jets before. He's a good, I know what they signed him for. He's a good locker room guy.

00:43:23.96
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:43:24.28
LeeJay
Keep the locker room together, call the defense, because that's probably what he'll do.

00:43:27.80
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:43:29.10
LeeJay
He's just a good veteran to have. That's good to have when you're trying to build camaraderie and just wins like we're talking about.

00:43:37.11
William Hernandez
Right.

00:43:38.23
LeeJay
But there's not knockout punches on either on either side, either for the Jets or the Giants.

00:43:42.42
William Hernandez
Yeah, no, i agree.

00:43:43.18
LeeJay
They're just good, solid pickups where you could just start to win again and start to feel better about yourselves as a team, which I don't mind.

00:43:43.70
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:43:50.42
William Hernandez
Right. Yeah. Yeah.

00:43:53.26
LeeJay
that's You have to start somewhere. You just can't continue to lose, man. It just... beats up on your mental and you're just like, ah, get me out of here.

00:44:04.15
LeeJay
But whatever we see what we see what happens.

00:44:07.70
William Hernandez
Yeah, I mean, you know, I'm sure we to get through the draft to see what that looks like and see what other kind of moves that are that are being made. um But i would I'll say, like I said, a B. Maybe even a B- minus for for these guys. I will i will say this.

00:44:27.76
William Hernandez
I'm impressed that Harbaugh came in and basically swung his dick around and got his way here. Though I was reading... That Shane has a lot more power than people think.

00:44:39.58
William Hernandez
I know Eric doesn't believe that, but listen, I'm just telling you what I've read. So. All right. Are we done with the New York teams? Are we good to go?

00:44:49.88
LeeJay
would like to be done with them forever, but yeah, for now.

00:44:53.26
William Hernandez
That's not possible. Sir, that will never happen. You kidding me? we're we're We're fucking gluttons for punishment. Okay. Let's start with this whole Raven situation.

00:45:05.75
William Hernandez
I got a whole bunch of moves here. We can spend as little time or as much time as we want to, but I feel like we should talk about this whole situation out of Baltimore. So, first things first.

00:45:17.66
William Hernandez
So, Baltimore signed Trey Hendrickson, reported four-year deal worth $112 million. dollars After its trade for Max Crosby fell apart over a failed physical, Crosby was...

00:45:33.58
William Hernandez
crosby was Not happy with the Raiders. We knew that for a while. i don't even think he played in a final couple of games or whatever it was.

00:45:43.83
William Hernandez
And, you know, apparently, what was it, on Tuesday, we got the news that this this deal had gone through, supposedly, between the Raiders and the um I think it it got announced on Monday. It leaked out Monday. And then we got the news on Tuesday that Yeah, because I was sitting in the bar when you texted me that um in Greenpoint.

00:46:06.97
William Hernandez
That deal fell apart, and everybody was trying to figure out what happened. And apparently it was over a failed physical. So don't forget, nothing was official until Wednesday. all this It was open period on Monday and Tuesday, and then everything could be officially so officially announced on Wednesday.

00:46:27.64
William Hernandez
Sir, you said earlier that you have some thoughts on this whole situation, so the floor is yours.

00:46:33.40
LeeJay
So I think back in December, as you mentioned, he was going at it with the Raiders or whatever. He wanted to play.

00:46:38.94
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:46:39.63
LeeJay
They didn't want him to play because the knee or whatever the case may be.

00:46:41.47
William Hernandez
Right. Yes, that was what happened. Yeah.

00:46:43.35
LeeJay
Right.

00:46:43.83
William Hernandez
Because he missed that game against the Giants, I believe.

00:46:45.53
LeeJay
Fast forward. I think he just had surgery in January, right? So the Ravers go out and trade for this guy. We're in the month of March. If you think about it, you knew he had surgery in January.

00:46:56.88
LeeJay
Do you think that knee is fully healed? No matter what kind of surgery he had.

00:46:58.30
William Hernandez
He's not recovered. Yeah, yeah.

00:47:01.53
LeeJay
So the physical may not be foolproof. We already know that. Here's what I think happened after I i thought about that.

00:47:11.77
LeeJay
They wanted to sign their big-time center, Lindemann.

00:47:15.32
William Hernandez
Right, yep.

00:47:16.25
LeeJay
They had a contract on the table from apparently almost as similar to the Raiders, three years for 78. He wound up leaving and going to the Raiders three years for 81.

00:47:24.45
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

00:47:25.02
LeeJay
They lost a couple other players. i don't know them off the top of my head. They said to themselves, yo, we still got time. Now we have more money because these players left.

00:47:34.60
William Hernandez
Right.

00:47:35.42
LeeJay
Trading two first round picks, which we probably going to need now because we lost a lot of people. Yeah, this going to happen. And if the easy out is physical, send them back, nix the trade.

00:47:45.51
William Hernandez
Right.

00:47:47.86
LeeJay
We got to draft people now because we lost people and we got money. So fuck it. Sign Hendrickson. What happened the day after they signed Hendrickson? Four years, 112 million because they had the money because they lost out on guys.

00:47:54.67
William Hernandez
Right.

00:47:58.52
LeeJay
So now they have more cap money.

00:48:02.04
LeeJay
so instead of So instead of keeping that trade, when now you need players to be replaced because you're not signing anyone, nix the trade, get our girae draft get our giraffe picks back, whether be for this year, whatever it was. I know there was a first this year, right?

00:48:16.49
William Hernandez
Yes, it was a first. Yeah.

00:48:18.20
LeeJay
And start piecing the players that we lost. And let's just... spend some of the money that we were able to get back, being that we weren't able to resign so many players that we lost out on. And that's what they did with Hendrickson.

00:48:29.37
William Hernandez
Some people were going after the Ravens for backing out, which I don't quite understand at all.

00:48:35.67
LeeJay
They could do what they want.

00:48:36.95
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:48:37.01
LeeJay
That's why its that's why they say, they make they every time you see one of these things done, they say, it's not official, but ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba.

00:48:45.67
William Hernandez
Right. Right. Yes. Yes. Yes.

00:48:48.17
LeeJay
That's why they call this the the legal tampering period.

00:48:48.31
William Hernandez
yes Right. Yes.

00:48:51.61
LeeJay
You can offer people contracts. They can accept it, but either one can back out if something happens.

00:48:57.33
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

00:48:58.04
LeeJay
I think this happened to the Jets a few years ago with Anthony Barr when McKagan was running a team. Anthony Barr, I think, was big-time linebacker with the Vikings when they were trying to build up that defense, blah, blah, blah.

00:49:09.43
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

00:49:10.10
LeeJay
He signed a contract, and then he backed out. He went back to Minnesota for whatever reason. I don't really remember what it was. But that's why it's legal tampering. Nothing here is official. Anyone can do whatever they want. And I think that's what i think that's what happened.

00:49:23.22
William Hernandez
So here's the timeline with Crosby, okay, in this and the surgery. He goes in and has the surgery in early January to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.

00:49:36.18
William Hernandez
Here's the problem, though.

00:49:39.58
William Hernandez
They thought it was going to be a like ah more of a minor surgery. it ends It ends up being in a full repair, leading to a three- to four-month rehab timeline.

00:49:51.48
William Hernandez
So apparently, supposedly, he's off crutches and on schedule. I guess what the Ravens weren't crazy about the way things were progressing. And that's like the rumor about why they um this trade fought fell through.

00:50:12.76
LeeJay
Like I said, that's not the reason. But that's the easy reason to give everybody.

00:50:15.81
William Hernandez
Right. Yes, guess, guess, guess. Right, right, right, right.

00:50:18.74
LeeJay
Because it's it's your job, if you're going trade for someone, to find out about them physically before they take a physical. And the totality of the surgery that they had.

00:50:29.74
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

00:50:30.31
LeeJay
That's how I look at it as. this yeah The fatal physical and all that, that that's an easy out. You can tell your doctor, yo, make sure you fail him.

00:50:42.52
LeeJay
The doctor says he failed. I don't like the way this looks. He goes back to the Raiders. Wink, wink. Yo, that that knee? and I don't think y'all should do that. Doctor said it. we We're out. That's all they need.

00:50:53.21
LeeJay
Come on. you If you think that doesn't happen in the NFL or any sports, you have your head up your ass.

00:51:00.34
William Hernandez
So the Raiders are now saying that they're not going to trade him, which is fucking crazy to me.

00:51:03.42
LeeJay
Yeah, they're thinking about... Now they're going to think about keeping him.

00:51:07.80
William Hernandez
I wonder how he feels i'm about that.

00:51:07.96
LeeJay
Because what what's happening right now is because once you put that physical part out there... It drops.

00:51:13.79
William Hernandez
It's going to scare people away. Yes, right, right.

00:51:15.26
LeeJay
It drops what you got in return from initially, which is what I told what i mentioned when in our group text.

00:51:18.07
William Hernandez
Right.

00:51:21.62
LeeJay
All that drops, forget about getting a first rounder. There I say, forget about getting a second rounder. You may start at a third rounder, maybe a fifth rounder, maybe a sixth rounder in another year. That doesn't do you, that four but four his for the Raiders trading him, that doesn't do them good now.

00:51:37.72
LeeJay
They don't want that.

00:51:37.80
William Hernandez
Yeah, right.

00:51:38.84
LeeJay
So that you're better off keeping him, he he rehabilitates. And he's good. they picked up a bunch They signed a bunch of people. They got a bunch of picks. So maybe he sees us in a different light now.

00:51:53.24
William Hernandez
Yeah, maybe. that Yeah, I mean, that's a good point. I mean, they they're going to have, ah you know, they're going to have a new quarterback coming in. So... um It's just a, again, I can't remember like a big like a big deal like this falling through ah the way it did.

00:52:10.32
William Hernandez
But, you know, shit happens. Now, rest of the league. I mean, we don't have to go through. I have all these all this shit here.

00:52:16.02
LeeJay
Hold on real quick.

00:52:17.42
William Hernandez
Yes, yes, yes. Oh, did something happen?

00:52:19.29
LeeJay
and china I'm trying to, trying to. Danny, Danny Schefter is reporting.

00:52:24.86
William Hernandez
Oh, boy. What did he say?

00:52:26.03
LeeJay
Kyler Murray's going to the Vikings.

00:52:27.74
William Hernandez
Wow. Okay, I'm not surprised about that.

00:52:30.81
LeeJay
I'm not seeing it yet on Instagram, but as a joke, we called Danny Schefter.

00:52:35.48
William Hernandez
Yes, we call Danny.

00:52:36.66
LeeJay
Will's brother, Danny, we call him Danny Schefter.

00:52:37.69
William Hernandez
Yeah, because he's been...

00:52:38.66
LeeJay
Just so you guys, and there's no Danny Schefter out there.

00:52:39.17
William Hernandez
ah You know, I'm...

00:52:40.69
LeeJay
It's Adam Schefter.

00:52:41.22
William Hernandez
i'm out

00:52:43.96
LeeJay
But he's saying he's saying that the Vikings have signed Kyler Murray.

00:52:44.51
William Hernandez
I'm not... Yeah, I'm not surprised. Yeah, and I got the NFL alert right now. Signed a one-year deal with the Vikings. So... um Listen, i I... Eric, you want you want you want come to come defend your boy next week?

00:53:02.74
William Hernandez
McCarthy? Hey, listen, you know what? I was all about him too, so I can't even i can't even talk shit. But I was reading some stuff. because it well um Another podcast that i listen that I listen to that does a lot of NFL, they had the beat writer from the Vikings on last week, and he was saying that a lot of the people at the in the Vikings organization think it's more with McCarthy between the ears and anything else.

00:53:34.94
William Hernandez
So, that he doesn't really prepare like an NFL quarterback. Take that for whatever it's worth. I don't know. But, oof.

00:53:45.66
William Hernandez
That's some, there's a reason why this guy got fired. Their GM for letting this guy walk. Darno.

00:53:57.16
LeeJay
I'm tired of that too. That's so stupid.

00:53:58.63
William Hernandez
Darnold, I should say. Darno.

00:54:00.30
LeeJay
I'm tired of that stupid fucking excuse.

00:54:00.32
William Hernandez
darno

00:54:02.30
LeeJay
That's dumb. he No, because people are stupid.

00:54:03.25
William Hernandez
That's what people keep on saying.

00:54:07.61
LeeJay
He made a decision to move on. He had a good year. Guess what, too? He shot the bed the last two games of the year, the most important games of the season for the Vikings. I don't want to take anything from... the ah When people say that, they they're going to make me bash the guy that just won a Super Bowl, and I don't want to do that because I'm happy for the guy.

00:54:23.77
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:54:24.09
LeeJay
But you know what? You're saying that as if as as if the guy could see into the future, and he fucked up by letting him go because he soared into the future and he let him go.

00:54:28.70
William Hernandez
Yes.

00:54:32.28
William Hernandez
Right. Yes.

00:54:32.98
LeeJay
But we failed to mention the last two games of the season that Darnell had was the reason why the Vikings fucking lost.

00:54:39.99
William Hernandez
No, you're right.

00:54:40.41
LeeJay
He sucked.

00:54:41.34
William Hernandez
i agree with that.

00:54:41.59
LeeJay
He sucked. And they said, you know what?

00:54:43.26
William Hernandez
It was awful.

00:54:44.28
LeeJay
They said they had to make a choice. Are we going to spend, because he was a free agent, are we gonna get are we willing to give him this money that he wants, are we going to take the chance with the guy that we drafted? you have to You have to pick your poison. No one knew that this was going to happen.

00:54:58.16
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:54:58.23
LeeJay
No one had the Seattle Seahawks winning the fucking Super Bowl. They had a good defense.

00:55:02.26
William Hernandez
Right.

00:55:02.70
LeeJay
They had a good team, but no one had them winning the fucking Super Bowl. So everybody to stop that rhetoric because it's stupid.

00:55:05.52
William Hernandez
Right.

00:55:07.88
LeeJay
It's dumb. Go ahead and continue to bust windows, you morons. God, people are so stupid.

00:55:18.65
William Hernandez
And the other thing, too, it wasn't like Darnell was like that direct reason why the Seahawks won the Super Bowl either.

00:55:24.88
LeeJay
Yeah, they had a good team.

00:55:25.08
William Hernandez
You know?

00:55:26.30
LeeJay
bad ah and You know, he didn't have the best Super Bowl either.

00:55:26.58
William Hernandez
Yeah, overall the team. Yeah. No, he didn't. No.

00:55:30.71
LeeJay
You know, let's let's the last few games, too. At the end of the year, he didn't have good games.

00:55:36.06
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:55:36.15
LeeJay
They had a good team and some.

00:55:36.27
William Hernandez
Yeah.

00:55:37.71
LeeJay
And this is why we say football is the most dependent team as far as like ah everybody being know and everything clicking the whole team. He doesn't have those pieces around him, those games he had. you He might have been in the same position.

00:55:51.51
William Hernandez
yeah

00:55:51.90
LeeJay
as last year with Minnesota. But good for him, he won. And this is not about bashing Darnot. It's about more people that continue to write this narrative in this and this stupidity about, oh, this is why the GM was fired. You see, he let him go. And then you sign this guy and you got this midget and this and this. Yeah, go away, man. Go away.

00:56:10.52
William Hernandez
Midget.

00:56:11.22
LeeJay
Go away. Go into your, oh my God, just forget it. I'm done here.

00:56:15.13
William Hernandez
Sir, not supposed to be talking about midgets anymore. They're,

00:56:17.85
LeeJay
My God. that's the the The Vikings just signed a little person. Baby Yoda.

00:56:24.12
William Hernandez
Come on! Baby Yoda.

00:56:26.51
LeeJay
Come on, bro.

00:56:26.87
William Hernandez
Jesus Christ. Stop. Holy shit. All right.

00:56:35.32
William Hernandez
I would say this. I'm looking at the rest of this list here. Romeo Dobbs signs with the Pats. I don't know if that. Do we consider Romeo?

00:56:46.70
William Hernandez
He had a pretty good year for the Packers last year.

00:56:48.25
LeeJay
he had When I saw how much money he got, I was like, Jesus.

00:56:49.24
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah. um I mean.

00:56:51.58
LeeJay
Because he was in a run. i I heard briefly that the Jets mention him, but I guess that's probably why they backed out. That's four years, $68 million.

00:56:56.63
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

00:56:58.45
LeeJay
Yeah, I'm good.

00:56:59.26
William Hernandez
a lot. Well, I mean, look what Mike Evans got, too. That was who I wanted. I'll be completely fucking honest.

00:57:05.10
LeeJay
He's on the back end of his career too, but I'd rather give him the money.

00:57:05.24
William Hernandez
But we Yeah.

00:57:07.86
LeeJay
He's proven. hes

00:57:08.73
William Hernandez
Right.

00:57:09.08
LeeJay
I know what he could do.

00:57:09.21
William Hernandez
That's what I mean. Yeah.

00:57:10.24
LeeJay
Romeo Dobbs ain't there yet.

00:57:11.58
William Hernandez
Yeah. Well, that's the thing. like i do I was going ask you, do we think Romeo Dobbs is the number one guy? i don't know.

00:57:19.32
LeeJay
Well, right now... Isn't he their number one guy right now?

00:57:21.94
William Hernandez
yeah he is. That's what I mean.

00:57:23.51
LeeJay
Because they they let dig they let they cut Diggs.

00:57:25.47
William Hernandez
Diggs is gone. Yeah. They cut Diggs.

00:57:29.53
LeeJay
And they might have cut him more because of what's going on with him legally. 68.

00:57:32.86
William Hernandez
Yeah, Dobbs signs... It's four years, 80 million.

00:57:35.03
LeeJay
sixty eight Well, how much was it?

00:57:36.34
William Hernandez
Jesus Christ.

00:57:37.01
LeeJay
I thought I saw 68. 68?

00:57:38.17
William Hernandez
No, it's four years, 80. That's four years, 80. I'm looking at his stats right now. Hold on.

00:57:50.18
William Hernandez
Last 55 reception, 724 yards... last year fifty five reception seven hundred and twenty four yards Six TDs, 13.2 yards per reception.

00:58:04.85
William Hernandez
He's still only 25. So, I don't know.

00:58:12.84
William Hernandez
He's got 21 career touchdowns. That still seems like a lot of money for him.

00:58:22.17
LeeJay
Oh, it's worth up to.

00:58:22.46
William Hernandez
no

00:58:22.97
LeeJay
So there's probably incentives in They're just not showing them.

00:58:24.75
William Hernandez
Incentives, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He went to Nevada.

00:58:29.70
William Hernandez
How many wide receivers are coming out of Nevada? Anyway, so Dobbs, pay Pats, Mike Evans goes to the 49ers. You know, that's pretty good for Purdy there.

00:58:43.13
William Hernandez
i don't know. Is anybody else here stands out to you? There's list that I have here. Malik Willis obviously went to the Dolphins.

00:58:53.85
William Hernandez
Not really a lot of big names jumping out here to me.

00:58:56.28
LeeJay
Not a trip McDuffie in the trade. Then he, then he got resigned.

00:58:59.00
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

00:58:59.86
LeeJay
He got the bag.

00:59:01.02
William Hernandez
Right.

00:59:02.07
LeeJay
um I thought the giant should went after him.

00:59:05.72
LeeJay
um Cause they, they lost a cornerback.

00:59:09.50
William Hernandez
Right.

00:59:09.96
LeeJay
They got Newsome, but he's not going to be a starter there. I don't think.

00:59:12.89
William Hernandez
Well, I mean, I wonder if they're really going to target because you keep on hearing for the Giants to draft the guy at Ohio State to be to um the the quarterback there. What the hell is his name?

00:59:25.30
William Hernandez
Oh, God.

00:59:25.73
LeeJay
Downs, but he's a safety, right? Jalen Downs?

00:59:27.90
William Hernandez
Oh, it is a safety. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So in that quarterback, yeah.

00:59:30.96
LeeJay
I've heard that too, but my thing with the with the Giants is is that you could have got an extra pick. Trek McDuffie is 25 years old and a lockdown cornerback.

00:59:41.78
William Hernandez
Hmm.

00:59:43.10
LeeJay
Your position's done there.

00:59:46.43
William Hernandez
Right.

00:59:46.46
LeeJay
Now you've got an extra pick. You go get that receiver, whoever the second best receiver is, and then you still got another pick in the first round.

00:59:54.31
William Hernandez
Hmm.

00:59:56.20
LeeJay
It's not like Trent McDuffie is like in his early 30s. He's 25 years old.

01:00:00.32
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:00:01.43
LeeJay
I think what happens with these with these teams, I think they worry too much about contracts. And they say to themselves, we sign this rookie. We don't have to re-sign him and give him the money that Trent McDuffie got.

01:00:12.60
William Hernandez
Right, right.

01:00:14.17
LeeJay
But he may not work out. So you either way, you're not going to know. You know this guy is good. Trent McDuffie is good. He's a lockdown cornerback. Lockdown. Money good. Worth every penny. That's why I see it a little different there, especially with his age.

01:00:27.61
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:00:30.87
LeeJay
But then it didn't work out that way, so. I don't know what i don' i don't know what the Panthers, I see one here just now. i don't know what the Panthers are doing with Jalen Phillips giving him with that bread. That guy ain't worth that money. But that's why the Panthers are going to Panther.

01:00:46.04
William Hernandez
By the way, i forgot to mention, our plan is to live stream the draft, which is, what what is when is that? April NFL Draft.

01:00:59.96
William Hernandez
That is April 23rd. That's the first round. So we'll we'll we're going to live stream that.

01:01:12.58
William Hernandez
We'll have some fun with that one because we can't just be waiting in between picks. We'll have to do some like trivia or something like that for for that one. All right.

01:01:25.94
William Hernandez
figure we could spend the rest of the episode talking about these little so we'll do a little sports shorts, which we haven't done in a while. So what's going on with the Knicks? How are we feeling right now?

01:01:37.83
LeeJay
I feel good. I'm um i'm told you. Nothing's going to change my mind. not Not a loss against the Lakers. Not a loss against whoever they look. The Clippers. They smacked the shit out of Utah yesterday as they should. Came out a little rusty. Little little whatever.

01:01:51.00
LeeJay
But they wound up beating the crap out of them. But I will stay on my soapbox a little bit.

01:01:55.98
William Hernandez
Yes, go ahead.

01:01:57.46
LeeJay
And I did ask a question a few months ago. And I said, maybe he's in the doghouse for a particular reason. But I didn't understand why Jordan Clarkson was being benched.

01:02:05.61
William Hernandez
Right. Then he had a big game last night.

01:02:06.04
LeeJay
and here And here we are.

01:02:07.02
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah.

01:02:08.44
LeeJay
He had a good game. He had a decent, he he came in against the Laker game, did well for those few minutes, was part of that lit, what you want to call mini comeback, if that's what you if I dare say.

01:02:17.82
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

01:02:17.85
LeeJay
Then he played against the Clippers and then he had a big game yesterday. So not, not too many people talking about Cat anymore. um I guess, I guess they, they ran out of things to say.

01:02:31.22
William Hernandez
let Well, let me ask you let me ask you this because I saw – and a granted, this was a – had a weird week. I wasn't able to like really lock in on on looking at different stories and different headlines and whatnot.

01:02:43.48
William Hernandez
But there was a headline in the ah in The Athletic, and maybe you saw this as well. And basically it was a question, why are the Knicks regressing basically going backwards? Yeah.

01:02:55.51
William Hernandez
I mean, is that happening? mean, are they?

01:02:58.62
LeeJay
They lost a couple games in a row. Before that, they they won. They were winning. They lost to the Lakers. They lost to the Clippers. You know, sometimes you you don't... East Coast teams don't get off to great starts on these West Coast trips.

01:03:11.70
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

01:03:13.04
LeeJay
It's a weak excuse, but that's what happens sometimes with the traveling and the time change and blah, blah, blah, blah. blah blah blah it's ah It was a two-game losing streak. They came back yesterday and they beat Utah like they were supposed to beat them.

01:03:26.46
LeeJay
the The schedule gets a little softer now. they get They get Charlotte, who's not a bad team. They're just not a good team.

01:03:32.46
William Hernandez
No,

01:03:32.98
LeeJay
um They're young. They're upcoming. Whatever. um Listen, i'm I've been steadfast on my opinion.

01:03:43.74
LeeJay
um I don't think I've changed on my opinion about the Knicks.

01:03:46.94
William Hernandez
no you haven't.

01:03:48.56
LeeJay
I'm not going to fall in line with these Dodo Birds. Because either these are the same ones that want to come party with me when it's all said and done. And I'm not allowing you into my party.

01:03:59.16
LeeJay
You can stay outside with Stephen A. Smith and his goons. But with that being said, it doesn't change.

01:04:04.57
William Hernandez
13 games

01:04:07.34
LeeJay
this this The basketball season is very long, just like the baseball season is very long. We're going to have ups. There's going to be downs. Highs, lows, blah, blah, blah, blah. blah They lost two games in a row.

01:04:21.42
LeeJay
That's it. It's not their first losing streak. It probably won't be their last until the end of the year. Now I'm more worried about where they fall in line once the season ends.

01:04:31.70
William Hernandez
thirteen games left.

01:04:32.22
LeeJay
And let's let's just get into the playoffs and see what happens, man. Let's just see what happens. you got You got Tatum coming back. He's back. He's going to be here for the playoffs.

01:04:44.60
LeeJay
I mean, look, does anybody change their opinion on the Pistons? Not too long ago, they just had like a fucking four or five or six game losing streak. Are they at the bottom of the cellar now? They're not. it These things happen.

01:04:56.76
LeeJay
For God's sake, they lost against the Nets. They had a 20-something point lead and the Nets beat them.

01:05:02.01
William Hernandez
Right, yes.

01:05:02.55
LeeJay
What does that mean? Nothing.

01:05:04.60
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:05:04.63
LeeJay
ah

01:05:05.59
William Hernandez
It happens.

01:05:06.42
LeeJay
It happens, right? So let's just finish out these 13 games. and let the chips fall where they may.

01:05:16.02
William Hernandez
So they got the Pacers tomorrow. They play Pacers two at the next three. Pacers tomorrow in in Indianapolis. Then they got the Warriors at home. Then the Pacers at home on St. Patrick's Day. I'm sure that's going to be fun.

01:05:28.98
LeeJay
And i let's go piggyback one of our conversations that we had a couple of weeks ago, ticket prices. You know how those tickets are going for, for the Pacers game, who are like, who have like one of the worst six records in the NBA?

01:05:40.71
William Hernandez
It's changed St. Patrick's Day.

01:05:42.87
LeeJay
Not even St. Patrick's. What's the other game that they're playing them? it's not even It's not even St. Patrick's Day. was another It was another day. Whatever. Even New Orleans Pelicans, too. They're playing them coming up soon.

01:05:52.63
William Hernandez
Yeah, the 24th. And the Wizards as well. um I don't know. 175.

01:06:00.91
LeeJay
That's cute.

01:06:04.00
William Hernandez
Come For the Pacers game!

01:06:07.15
LeeJay
for almost $400. $400. the warriors are going for almost four hundred dollars

01:06:11.80
William Hernandez
Jesus Christ.

01:06:13.18
LeeJay
And that's on a secondary market.

01:06:14.49
William Hernandez
Jesus. Be like that guy from the videos.

01:06:17.24
LeeJay
I was watching a clip of his before we went up came on. That guy's hilarious. The blood of Zachariah.

01:06:26.64
William Hernandez
Jesus.

01:06:28.44
LeeJay
This is why i'm not going to win next game. Rangers tickets and prices are down though. I wonder why.

01:06:33.56
William Hernandez
Oh, well, I wonder why

01:06:37.14
William Hernandez
Maybe it's time.

01:06:37.37
LeeJay
might I might go to a Rangers game because I want to take my son to a hockey game. and I wanted to go to UBS because it's actually not far from here. it's like a 15-minute drive. But I'm like, shit, I could just go to the Ranger game, spend the same amount of money. i don't got to drive anywhere and pay for parking.

01:06:53.56
William Hernandez
That is fucking crazy, dude.

01:06:57.20
LeeJay
Yep, not interested.

01:06:57.90
William Hernandez
That's insane. That's, that's, it's, yeah, I don't even know what to say about that.

01:06:59.13
LeeJay
Nope.

01:07:02.71
LeeJay
Not happening.

01:07:02.87
William Hernandez
um

01:07:06.33
William Hernandez
All right. I feel like this happened like a ah year ago now with Luke Holtz passing away. um The long time Notre Dame coach. The only thing I'm really going to say, yes, yes, yes.

01:07:16.63
LeeJay
Yeah, hold on real quick. My brother DMB, he says we the thing of Kyler Murray on Instagram.

01:07:18.94
William Hernandez
yes

01:07:23.77
LeeJay
And he goes, yeah, signing with Vikings.

01:07:24.34
William Hernandez
Of Kyla Murray? Oh. Yes.

01:07:27.51
LeeJay
He goes, this little fox gonna light it up with Jefferson.

01:07:36.12
LeeJay
Holy shit. Anyway, go ahead.

01:07:38.74
William Hernandez
I will say one thing. um I was reading something about Kyla Murray, and I don't know if that's really going to happen because he has a tendency to not stay in the pocket. And... um You're not really going to get those long downfield throws by being on the run and throwing.

01:07:59.19
William Hernandez
Anyway, we'll see how that goes. But yeah, i mean the only thing I want really wanted to say about Holtz was that... um

01:08:08.02
William Hernandez
You know, I said this on on Facebook when he died. because people always ask me, why you a Notre Dame fan? Why you Notre Dame football fan? I get this asked all the fucking time.

01:08:18.52
William Hernandez
Guys, you got to understand, when I was growing up and I was old enough to be left ah be left home by myself and babysit myself, that's when I started watching college football.

01:08:30.52
William Hernandez
You got to understand, they were on all the time.

01:08:35.80
LeeJay
They were on every they were on every weekend.

01:08:37.67
William Hernandez
They were on every – and they still are. So that's you know that's kind of what happened with me, why I gravitated towards Notre Dame. And listen, Lou Holtz was – he was the coach when I started watching them.

01:08:54.30
William Hernandez
So ah you know hes he's always going to have like this, ah I guess, special place in my fandom of Notre Dame. And just college football in general, you know, and I know he stepped away because he kind of got burned out by, um, by the standards of Notre Dame, you know, that was always a big deal about, you know, the, the, the academic standards were so high. It was hard to recruit guys and be consistent.

01:09:21.24
William Hernandez
Cause don't forget back then they were really fighting with players from my, from, from Miami because that was the other big program back in that, in that, during that time.

01:09:28.25
LeeJay
and that's my That's my team.

01:09:28.65
William Hernandez
So yeah, yeah. Well, nobody cares. Um,

01:09:31.64
LeeJay
Yep. That's why they smacked ass.

01:09:35.67
William Hernandez
fucking guy. um So, you know, and I remembered, I said the same thing on Facebook as well. When he went to South Carolina, I couldn't like comprehend what was happening when he did that because I was too young to really know about that type of stuff.

01:09:51.93
William Hernandez
But, um listen, fairly or unfairly, he kind of became a clown when he got on TV. He is he said a lot of real stupid shit on TV.

01:10:03.13
William Hernandez
But, you know, overall, um Oh, he was.

01:10:05.88
LeeJay
he He was terrible on television. he was like He was like Tony Dungy, which is now leaving NBC.

01:10:07.74
William Hernandez
Yeah. Yeah, he was really bad.

01:10:10.46
LeeJay
Thank you, Jesus.

01:10:10.71
William Hernandez
Yes, I saw that. Well, I don't...

01:10:14.33
LeeJay
Thank you, Jesus.

01:10:18.22
William Hernandez
I'm laughing because...

01:10:18.31
LeeJay
isn't it Listen, there's only one reason why Tony Dungy was let go, in my opinion.

01:10:20.85
William Hernandez
ah What do you mean?

01:10:24.15
LeeJay
And it's not because of his football acumen or his knowledge of football. He's fucking boring.

01:10:30.39
William Hernandez
is boring.

01:10:31.40
LeeJay
That's the only reason he's gone. That guy,

01:10:33.14
William Hernandez
He is very boring.

01:10:34.49
LeeJay
That guy did nothing for anyone. Good riddance. He's good. He got plenty of money. Go have fun.

01:10:40.47
William Hernandez
ah The reason why I'm laughing about thank Jesus because, he you know, he's ah he's he's very...

01:10:44.89
LeeJay
Yeah, he's really religious.

01:10:46.46
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:10:46.90
LeeJay
And you go take some of that money and build a church now.

01:10:47.24
William Hernandez
So...

01:10:53.30
LeeJay
Take his boring ass out of here.

01:10:55.10
William Hernandez
Oh, my God. I wonder who they'll get to replace him.

01:10:58.68
LeeJay
Bob Costas.

01:11:01.32
William Hernandez
Fuck you. Enough.

01:11:03.13
LeeJay
Matt Vaskurgeon.

01:11:04.34
William Hernandez
ah Listen.

01:11:06.55
LeeJay
Nick Swisher.

01:11:06.74
William Hernandez
Now you're pushing it.

01:11:10.25
William Hernandez
fucking guy. Holy shit. Anyway, moving on. St. John's, they won today. They won their quarterfinal game in the Big East tournament.

01:11:21.97
William Hernandez
They beat Providence 85-72, and now they will play Seton Hall tomorrow in the semifinals. That's a 5-30 game. ah Yeah, man. I mean, I don't know. It's crazy to me that they're still only predicted as a fifth seed and and in the and the tournament.

01:11:40.18
William Hernandez
But, yeah, I mean, I don't really have much to say other than the fact that, you know, it's the first time in 40 years that they won back-to-back Big East regular season and titles, which is fucking crazy to me.

01:11:52.57
William Hernandez
Thank you, Rick Pitino, as much as I hated that hire in the beginning. ah I've softened up to it, but we'll see if they can win another Big East tournament championship.

01:12:05.14
William Hernandez
they got to get past Stephen Hall, which going to be a tough game tomorrow because it always is. Shout out to Hofstra, by the way. think it's, what, the first time in 30 years that they go into the tournament, if I'm not mistaken.

01:12:18.68
William Hernandez
So, ah

01:12:21.62
LeeJay
Speedy Claxton.

01:12:22.68
William Hernandez
yeah, man, he got them in there. He got them in there. So, and then finally, ah Mark DeRosa, you're a fucking idiot.

01:12:35.19
William Hernandez
this whole situation with Team USA in in the WBC where he didn't really know the the rules, really, and he sat all these these starters.

01:12:46.33
William Hernandez
You ever watch this guy on MLB Network do, like, yeah.

01:12:49.94
LeeJay
I've occasionally seen my mom. ma He's east I don't know, whatever. He's he's fine. He had a good baseball, a good baseball career.

01:12:57.50
William Hernandez
Right, but yes, but he comes up with...

01:12:58.30
LeeJay
You can't say stupid things like this if you're trying to look to get a head coach managerial job one day.

01:13:01.88
William Hernandez
ah what that Thank you. Yes. that's the I think that's the like the problem. and He kind of comes off as a doof on MLB Network. i've i watched I have watched many and MLB in the morning, whatever the fuck that show is called.

01:13:14.20
William Hernandez
um and he just I don't know, man. The fact that they had to rely on another team getting them into the quarterfinals is just like fucking ridiculous to me. Because he sat Kyle Rowley and he sat a couple of other guys and And people are giving Nolan McClain don't know if you saw that.

01:13:32.92
William Hernandez
Come on, guys. Enough.

01:13:34.42
LeeJay
This this goes goes to this is goes to my opinion of when you asked this question originally, and it does and it remains the same. I don't really give a shit about this World Baseball Classic. I think I watched a total of two innings.

01:13:45.34
LeeJay
I don't just get the baseball season started. I get it for your country. I understand. i was in the military. I get it. I understand. But at the same time, let's can we move on?

01:13:56.31
LeeJay
Can we move on?

01:13:56.44
William Hernandez
It's, I think it's the other, it's the other, it's the other countries that take it more seriously than than the U.S. does at the end of the day.

01:14:03.80
LeeJay
and i and i And I know exactly why this... Whatever. I mean, I know why.

01:14:09.40
William Hernandez
Yes.

01:14:09.40
LeeJay
Not that I know why. It's my opinion.

01:14:11.16
William Hernandez
Right.

01:14:11.40
LeeJay
I'm just, in totality, I'm just done with this shit. It's like the Olympics. Let's move on. Can we end this already, please? Bring it to the back of the barn. Someone win so we can move on with our lives.

01:14:21.91
LeeJay
Come on. Let's go.

01:14:23.43
William Hernandez
I think this would be better if it was the Olympics. Personally, I think it would make more sense, but I don't think, I don't think MLB would take two weeks off in the middle of the season for the Olympics. I just don't think they would do that.

01:14:37.59
William Hernandez
um I do like Jason Stark's idea. Do the, do this during an all-star break, take a week off, like a complete week off and do like, the quarterfinals, the semifinals, and the finals during the All-Star break.

01:14:56.57
William Hernandez
He thinks that would be put some more juice. You can do like the qualifying stuff now in spring training, but take that whole week off and do it then. I actually like that idea better than than this.

01:15:06.87
LeeJay
i think she I think they should get ah a dollar worth of gas and a match and just fucking set it on fire.

01:15:13.46
William Hernandez
They're never going to do that. Because of the outside interest outside the U.S. All right. No, this is a really short episode. That's fine. We were on the air for three hours on Sunday, guys. We gave you three hours worth of of content on Sunday.

01:15:32.18
William Hernandez
Okay. Our Mount Rushmore this week. God, this was a really fucking tough one. It was a Mount Rushmore of baseball players that we want up at bat.

01:15:45.72
William Hernandez
when the game is on the line. And this was, I had a lot of honorable mentions for this one.

01:15:57.59
William Hernandez
But um <unk> we're two weeks away from opening day. So this is very timely as far as ah Mount Rushmore is concerned.

01:16:09.62
William Hernandez
ah Sir, do you wanna start off with some honorable mentions first?

01:16:14.01
LeeJay
You have to hear my man ah Fernando Tatis Jr.

01:16:19.76
William Hernandez
That's a good one.

01:16:20.60
LeeJay
My guy ah Rodriguez from the Mariners.

01:16:24.92
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:16:25.62
LeeJay
um and he was an honorable mention but he's actually my number four so i'll start there jose altuve

01:16:31.80
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:16:36.44
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:16:36.66
LeeJay
he's a he's a he's a little little pest and you could get he could get you any kind of hit that you need or a walk if you need be so i think he does it all at the plate

01:16:40.70
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:16:47.33
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

01:16:50.23
LeeJay
just my opinion. And a yeah, would I definitely, and you know he's ah he has a soft strike zone being that he's so short.

01:16:56.71
William Hernandez
Right. Of course.

01:16:58.10
LeeJay
So yay yeah, Altuve's my number four.

01:17:03.61
William Hernandez
No, it's good. um

01:17:05.02
LeeJay
i try to I try to keep it some somewhat different from the number four because the first three were just like automatic for me. And probably the third my third one you're probably not gonna like, but,

01:17:17.37
William Hernandez
No, that's fine.

01:17:17.53
LeeJay
but

01:17:18.06
William Hernandez
Because I've got somebody on here that... Maybe we have the same guy. Because two guys came to mind immediately. Then I had to think about the other But... Let me give you some of my um

01:17:31.04
William Hernandez
honorable mentions. Kike Hernandez, he always seems to come up big in the playoffs. See, this is this is more like playoff baseball for me, personally. Who

01:17:46.43
William Hernandez
the hell else? Dave Freeze is another one that seems to come up big in certain spots. Jimmy Rollins, begrudgingly.

01:17:54.66
LeeJay
Jimmy Rollins, fuck him.

01:17:55.61
William Hernandez
i know, I know. But you know what?

01:17:57.94
LeeJay
I would never put him on any list except the shit list.

01:18:04.79
LeeJay
Him and fucking Utley, fuck both of them.

01:18:08.18
William Hernandez
And another guy I had on here was ah Nelson Cruz. But my number four, close your ears, Yankees fans. Freddie Freeman.

01:18:25.62
William Hernandez
Bro, I... It's not it's not because of the grand slam he hit that that one year. It seems like this guy, especially in the playoffs, gets big fucking hits when it matters the most.

01:18:39.35
William Hernandez
And he was a fucking pain in the ass against the Mets all those years that he was in Atlanta. So... um Yes, Freddie Freeman. Freddie Freeman is um my number four guy.

01:18:55.22
William Hernandez
Sorry, Yankees fans. But I do have a Yankee on this list, so.

01:19:01.02
William Hernandez
Go ahead, sir.

01:19:01.13
LeeJay
That's fine.

01:19:01.86
William Hernandez
You're number three.

01:19:02.93
LeeJay
Or another honorable mention.

01:19:04.31
William Hernandez
Yes.

01:19:06.01
LeeJay
i'm gonna I would say Judge too. I didn't put him on the list, but Judge.

01:19:11.16
William Hernandez
You know why he's not on my list? Because he fucking chokes in the playoffs and he went 0 for 40 the other night. When when ah they needed him most on the WBC that you don't care about. But still.

01:19:21.17
LeeJay
Yeah, don't. Because those same Yankees fans are going to tell you that McLean shit the bed too. So I don't, I wouldn't, I want to, don't play that game. Let's not play that game. So going to match your Philly with another Philly.

01:19:33.04
William Hernandez
Oh, no. I know where you're going.

01:19:33.96
LeeJay
Bryce Harper.

01:19:34.99
William Hernandez
I knew it. You piece of shit.

01:19:38.34
LeeJay
I've always liked that guy, man. I don't got a problem with him. Yeah, he hasn't won the big game and all of that, but I don't know. I've always liked him as a baseball player coming up as a young kid. It feels like he's been in the fucking majors for 50 years already.

01:19:49.38
William Hernandez
I know. He's been around for a while, dude.

01:19:50.77
LeeJay
He's been around for a while.

01:19:52.89
William Hernandez
I think he was...

01:19:53.57
LeeJay
Unfortunately, he plays for the Phillies, but that's that's the way it goes. He's been around since Jesus Christmas, bro.

01:19:59.83
William Hernandez
so I was about to say he's been around since Jesus. I'm going to look it up right now. He

01:20:04.36
LeeJay
Single digit years, meaning like.

01:20:07.67
William Hernandez
he debuted when he was... God, he's already 33?

01:20:11.26
LeeJay
Yeah, he's only 33 still.

01:20:12.34
William Hernandez
Holy fuck!

01:20:12.46
LeeJay
He's still not even that he's still not even like old yet.

01:20:16.14
William Hernandez
Let's see. He was... Golly, he was 19 when he debuted in 2012.

01:20:20.73
LeeJay
Yeah, he was. Yeah.

01:20:22.39
William Hernandez
Holy shit, dude.

01:20:22.57
LeeJay
2012. OK.

01:20:26.05
LeeJay
Nope.

01:20:26.26
William Hernandez
And he played...

01:20:26.89
LeeJay
2000.

01:20:27.29
William Hernandez
and he played a... ah Basically played a full season in 2012. 139 games.

01:20:32.25
LeeJay
Yeah, he was what? Originally a catcher, right?

01:20:34.17
William Hernandez
Yes. Yeah. Wow. He won the Rookie of the Year that year. The Nationals.

01:20:39.52
LeeJay
Mm-hmm. For the... What is it? Nationals.

01:20:44.17
William Hernandez
Golly.

01:20:45.21
LeeJay
Yeah, he's been... I just... You just think...

01:20:47.00
William Hernandez
oh

01:20:47.21
LeeJay
Him, you think like...

01:20:48.63
William Hernandez
yeah

01:20:48.95
LeeJay
You would assume he's older than 33. He's been in the league since like 2002. I don't

01:20:53.85
William Hernandez
Yeah, yeah. yeah. Yeah.

01:20:56.18
LeeJay
i don't know. yeah I feel like he's one of those players that has been around for a very, very, very long time. And what is it? What you said? two thousand and twelve

01:21:03.48
William Hernandez
two thousand and twelve Yeah.

01:21:04.76
LeeJay
thirty three years old yup all right 2012? 33 years old. Yep. All right. It's still a while, but... You just would think it's longer than that because it just feels that way for some reason.

01:21:13.59
William Hernandez
yeah

01:21:13.78
LeeJay
But yeah, he's he's number three for me.

01:21:17.10
William Hernandez
All right, so my number three, oof, this is, because i got I've got a couple of options here.

01:21:28.89
William Hernandez
I'm going to go Pujols. Albert Pujols. um Yeah, I mean, he was ah he was always one of those guys in general, regardless of whether there was postseason or regular season, that you did you did not want to see up there when the game was on the line.

01:21:45.82
William Hernandez
So, because that guy it almost didn't could hit a home run at any point at any time. So, he is my number three.

01:21:58.79
William Hernandez
God, my number two and number I think it'll be contentious, but we'll see.

01:22:03.48
LeeJay
i just picked i just picked I just picked modern, like today's baseball. That's what I did. So I didn't go back way back when. I just wanted to do it right now, whatever hit me in the head.

01:22:10.90
William Hernandez
No, I, Yeah.

01:22:13.34
LeeJay
And ah that's what I did. Not to make it too complicated on myself, because then it just gets too complicated.

01:22:18.52
William Hernandez
Yes.

01:22:18.93
LeeJay
So number two for me is Kodai Singer's brother or cousin or nephew, whatever you want to call him, Shohei Otani.

01:22:19.24
William Hernandez
Who's you?

01:22:28.88
William Hernandez
I didn't even think to put him on this. since It's funny to me. Yeah.

01:22:32.09
LeeJay
so yeah he's that oh yeah i would i definitely want him up if the game was on the line 100 all the bullshit aside that's the i want that guy up number two easy easy call for me

01:22:32.14
William Hernandez
It's a good one, though.

01:22:35.98
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:22:43.00
William Hernandez
Yeah. That's not surprising. Okay, here my here's my contentious Navy pick.

01:22:52.31
William Hernandez
Derek Jeter.

01:22:54.24
LeeJay
oh boy

01:22:55.54
William Hernandez
Bro, I mean, say what you want, but in the playoffs? How many times did he come through the playoffs with big hits?

01:23:04.48
LeeJay
I don't know. I don't remember.

01:23:06.30
William Hernandez
A lot? I watched a lot of those games growing up.

01:23:09.62
LeeJay
Name one.

01:23:11.70
William Hernandez
Mooney name one.

01:23:12.66
LeeJay
I just want you to name one. I asked you a question.

01:23:14.62
William Hernandez
Dude, you think I remember?

01:23:15.35
LeeJay
You told me had a lot of games. you come from the club. Just name No, without Googling it.

01:23:17.24
William Hernandez
Yes.

01:23:18.19
LeeJay
Just name one off the top of your head. All right.

01:23:19.77
William Hernandez
God, I don't fucking.

01:23:21.74
LeeJay
That's it.

01:23:21.88
William Hernandez
They were, trust me, they were enough.

01:23:23.38
LeeJay
i just i just answer I just asked a question. you You made a statement and I asked a question. That's all I did. And you couldn't you couldn't name one.

01:23:28.51
William Hernandez
Sir, you know I forget

01:23:30.22
LeeJay
thats so i I didn't do anything. I just asked a question. That's all I did. You made a statement and I asked a question.

01:23:33.85
William Hernandez
forget.

01:23:35.84
LeeJay
That's usually how it goes.

01:23:37.05
William Hernandez
You're asking the guy with the bad memory to name one.

01:23:39.24
LeeJay
I don't know. You can't use your bad memory against you now. You can't do that. Don't do that. You made a statement. I asked a question. That's all.

01:23:47.18
William Hernandez
Right.

01:23:47.43
LeeJay
You didn't know. That's it. We good. Jerick D is the number two.

01:23:49.82
William Hernandez
And my answer too many to count.

01:23:50.95
LeeJay
That's it.

01:23:51.97
William Hernandez
There you go.

01:23:52.22
LeeJay
ah Okay, we good.

01:23:52.81
William Hernandez
That's my answer. All right. All right. Who's your number one?

01:23:56.87
LeeJay
I'm biased. My man Juan Soto.

01:23:58.79
William Hernandez
He's my number one.

01:24:01.59
LeeJay
Come on. Do we think it was going anyone else? Come on.

01:24:05.17
William Hernandez
What is that?

01:24:05.38
LeeJay
He's

01:24:05.87
William Hernandez
Let me ask. Do you think that's really a bias, though, that it's Soto? I don't think it is.

01:24:10.04
LeeJay
biased to me now because he's on the Mets. That's why I say that.

01:24:12.36
William Hernandez
Well, yeah, but he was doing this way before he came to the Mets, though.

01:24:13.69
LeeJay
maybe does he Maybe does he make my list? If not, there's a bunch of great players now that haven't made my list that people could argue me about that I don't think are whatever to this list that we created.

01:24:19.74
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm. Yes.

01:24:23.61
LeeJay
But now that he's on the Mets, that's how it looks. But I don't care.

01:24:26.87
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:24:27.01
LeeJay
It's Juan Soto.

01:24:28.02
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:24:29.66
LeeJay
Just everything about him. Power. He could hit single if you need it. Double. Triple.

01:24:35.38
William Hernandez
Mm-hmm.

01:24:36.09
LeeJay
Home run. He has the great eye. So he get the walk. He could do a lot of different things on the plate, man. And that's ah that's why he's, done um all all so all jokes aside, that's why he's my number one.

01:24:50.36
William Hernandez
You know who who I kind of had in the mix? Manny Ramirez. What you think about Manny?

01:24:55.32
LeeJay
Yeah, man, I can see that.

01:24:58.42
William Hernandez
Hideki Matsui also had some big hits with the um with the Yankees.

01:25:03.43
LeeJay
Aaron Boone.

01:25:05.37
William Hernandez
Stop it.

01:25:06.44
LeeJay
At least he hit a 3-1 homer though against the Red Sox, I do remember that.

01:25:09.43
William Hernandez
Are you making fun of me right now?

01:25:13.11
LeeJay
No, i'm just I just said this made a statement. That's all I did. I didn't ask a question. I made a statement. I made a statement of a hit I remembered of Aaron Boones. That's all.

01:25:22.58
William Hernandez
Piece of shit. Bonus. Bonus. Bonus question. If you had to pick. I think we've done this before. One closer.

01:25:34.63
William Hernandez
What's a closer? Come on.

01:25:38.93
LeeJay
ah I'm going to try to pick somebody different besides like Eckersley and...

01:25:43.89
William Hernandez
Mariano.

01:25:45.21
LeeJay
I'm not going to do this step because this guy's a brave and I'm not doing it just because of that. Or else I would have picked him.

01:25:49.81
William Hernandez
Who?

01:25:50.87
LeeJay
Schmaltz.

01:25:52.78
William Hernandez
Ooh, that's a good one. That's a good one.

01:25:54.76
LeeJay
Ah, shit. You

01:25:57.80
William Hernandez
i'm gonna go with... um

01:26:01.59
LeeJay
you know what I'm going to go with the guy that I thought was you were going to pick originally on the on the game. I'm going to go with Lee Smith.

01:26:07.49
William Hernandez
That's a good one.

01:26:11.21
William Hernandez
Man.

01:26:18.12
William Hernandez
I'll go with... the

01:26:21.74
William Hernandez
I'll go with Trevor Hoffman.

01:26:23.72
LeeJay
Oh, that was Larry's pick.

01:26:24.85
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:26:28.47
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:26:29.50
LeeJay
I mean, yeah, he he was he he was good.

01:26:29.85
William Hernandez
Game...

01:26:31.10
LeeJay
I just... He had that fucking nasty change-up.

01:26:32.71
William Hernandez
Game... Game seven starter. i already I already know who I would go with. Prime.

01:26:39.35
LeeJay
Frank but frank Viola.

01:26:40.73
William Hernandez
now Prime...

01:26:41.88
LeeJay
Oh, i know I know my guy, because I remember I did this to myself.

01:26:45.62
William Hernandez
Okay.

01:26:46.46
LeeJay
Jack Morris.

01:26:48.23
William Hernandez
Ooh, that's a good one.

01:26:49.61
LeeJay
That's my guy. Just because of that fucking game that he pitched... Um, in the world, rock star, rock star, Jack Morris, is easy.

01:26:53.75
William Hernandez
Right, the World Series against the Braves. 11 innings. won nothing Yeah. Yeah. My guy is Madison Bumgarner.

01:27:04.41
LeeJay
Okay.

01:27:04.47
William Hernandez
That dude was fucking money. During that stretch when the when the Giants won those World Series, who was better during that stretch?

01:27:10.15
LeeJay
Mm-hmm.

01:27:12.38
William Hernandez
Very few guys that were better during that time. um Now, shit, what the hell even happened to him, dude? He kind of washed out. It was very weird the way that happened.

01:27:22.60
LeeJay
I think he went to I remember him going to Arizona on a decent contract and I don't remember him having.

01:27:27.64
William Hernandez
Right, yeah.

01:27:32.12
LeeJay
ah That's what I remember, like the last thing I remember of him. I don't think he had a good year. They're not 100% sure.

01:27:39.96
William Hernandez
looking up I'm looking it up right now. You're right about Arizona. Guy, he's 36. Is he still pitching? No.

01:27:46.84
LeeJay
No, I don't think so.

01:27:47.70
William Hernandez
No, he's out. He's been out for two years already.

01:27:49.82
LeeJay
Yeah, I don't think so.

01:27:49.94
William Hernandez
Three years. Wow, he retired ah at the he at the age of 33. Bro, he was a four-time All-Star.

01:27:55.14
LeeJay
He's been gone for a while.

01:27:56.58
William Hernandez
Yeah. ah Let's see. He never won a Cy Young, which is interesting. But what is his postseason numbers?

01:28:04.05
LeeJay
Didn't he pitch that... didn't he Wasn't it him against Syndergaard in that wild card matchup?

01:28:11.95
William Hernandez
Oh, that's a good. That's a good.

01:28:14.04
LeeJay
Where it was like they were like matching each other inning for inning.

01:28:14.19
William Hernandez
i i don't know.

01:28:17.02
LeeJay
It was a really... it was a really I don't know why that that why I'm thinking about that, but I remember that i remember that game that he pitched. And it was against Syndergaard, and they were like... It was a really good pitching battle.

01:28:30.33
LeeJay
I could be totally fucking wrong. I don't know why I'm why i'm thinking that.

01:28:33.05
William Hernandez
So he never lost a no he never lost a star in the World Series. He was 4-0. You don't know what his ERA was in the World Series?

01:28:43.23
William Hernandez
We were close. zero point two five

01:28:45.21
LeeJay
ge

01:28:47.23
William Hernandez
0.25. He actually pitched – he was actually much better in the actual World Series. than and than than the previous. Because he was... His um ERA in that and the d in ah and the divisional round was 4.43 and the LCS was 4.15.

01:29:03.35
William Hernandez
four point one five But when that motherfucker got to the World Series...

01:29:06.84
LeeJay
yeah he got He got better as the the game became more, um I guess you want to say more important.

01:29:08.15
William Hernandez
Yeah. yeah and Yeah, yeah, yeah. He shut shit down as time went on. Holy hell, bro. And he got ah he also had a save in the World Series.

01:29:19.77
LeeJay
Yeah, i remember that. Yep.

01:29:20.89
William Hernandez
Yeah. Anyway. That's it. We're done. Look at that. um i was going to say I want to go see i what the fuck's that movie called, but it doesn't come out this weekend. It comes out next weekend.

01:29:36.89
LeeJay
Which one?

01:29:37.11
William Hernandez
Holy shit. The one with the alien with Ryan Gosling.

01:29:41.30
LeeJay
Oh, yeah.

01:29:41.91
William Hernandez
Oh, Project Hail Mary.

01:29:42.65
LeeJay
Yeah, it's next weekend.

01:29:43.90
William Hernandez
That comes out next weekend. So I think I'll be going to see that. I got to try to squeeze that into where... ah when St. John's is going to be playing next week. I'm hoping St. John's has the, the, the Friday, Sunday, and not the Thursday, Saturday, but we shall see. We'll figure it out on, on Thursday, on Sunday, selection Sunday.

01:30:06.52
William Hernandez
So again, guys, if you want to be part of the contest, you're going to have to listen to the show ah next on Monday or Tuesday morning when it comes out. so you can get all that ah information. so

01:30:21.59
LeeJay
ah real quick here here it is real quick so 2006 the nl wild card game bumgarner pitched the complete game forehit complete game uh shut out and then synderguard and then synderguard uh pitched seven innings allowing zero runs before leaving the game the giants eventually won three nothing

01:30:21.94
William Hernandez
All right? that's Yes. Yes.

01:30:32.25
William Hernandez
Oh, that – yes.

01:30:38.84
William Hernandez
That was right. that was the one It was only a one-game back then, right? it was a Yeah.

01:30:44.62
LeeJay
it was just one it was just that one game it was that duel

01:30:46.46
William Hernandez
It was the – yeah. it was the But no, it wasn't just a one-game playoff back then, I think.

01:30:50.52
LeeJay
Yeah, just one, yeah, that that meaning like the duel between them.

01:30:51.38
William Hernandez
Yeah.

01:30:53.00
LeeJay
that's It wound up being a good game.

01:30:53.82
William Hernandez
Yep.

01:30:54.04
LeeJay
That's why I'm saying it was a duel.

01:30:55.32
William Hernandez
Yeah, I remember being in a bar in Chicago watching that game, and we were very sad when it was all said and done.

01:31:01.11
LeeJay
The only reason why I remember that game too, because I wasn't home watching. I was listening it to on a radio because I was driving for Uber at the time.

01:31:07.42
William Hernandez
Oh.

01:31:09.08
LeeJay
So i I don't know.

01:31:09.49
William Hernandez
Damn.

01:31:09.88
LeeJay
I remember that. Yep. There it is.

01:31:14.30
William Hernandez
All right. Well, that's going to do it for us this week. I am Willa Hernandez here for Lee J. Perilla, and we're going to come right back at you in a few days on Tuesday. So take care, everyone. Peace out.

01:31:27.80
LeeJay
Later.