The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Big Suey: Early Onset Paterno (feat. Dianna Russini)

Episode Date: January 16, 2025

Dan Le Batard has nice eyelids, and Dianna Russini and her biceps wants to make sure he knows it. Dianna is here to break down all things football, but she has to help us get down to Dan's best celebrity look-alike first. Then, Dianna explains the dilemma she's facing with the Eagles game this weekend as her kids don't have a babysitter, her season ticket holding husband wants to attend as a fan, and she has to work. Plus, the latest on Tom Brady and the Raiders, Mike McCarthy, the Chicago Bears. the Tennessee Titans, Marcus Freeman, Russell Wilson, and SO. MUCH. MORE. Also, Jeremy and Dan break the Miami Heat's trust and announce the return of the original Vice jerseys...10 seconds before they were supposed to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.

So, you know, what are you doing right now? Just now? Yeah. My father said, what are you doing? I said, TV. And I took, TV. And I took a picture. Oh, that's cute.

Speaking of cute, we have a question for you, very important one. We're gonna put two men on the screen and you are going to tell us which one looks younger. Oh, okay. Don't worry about anybody's feelings here. Just give us your honest appraisal. Dan and Al Goldin.

Diana Rousseau. The player in the background. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Dan looks younger. Yeah. So I think you can judge, you can figure out people's ages I have found by their eyes. Mm-hmm.

The lines around their eyes can usually tell you. And I think Dan has really nice eyelids. They look young Is Dan helping his case by casually flexing his biceps right now? I do the same thing all the time I'm like yes so the Cowboys are looking for somebody to come over. I put an hour in the gym in the morning. I'm gonna show this off. Dan's showing it off. He said you have nice eyelids. No, no, no. Nice eyelids.

It's okay. Your hair is small. Did you get a blepharoplasty, is that what it's called? I am not comfortable with this group of people objectifying me. I object in 2025 to all of you leering at me and saying I have nice eyelids. You've been fat shaming the shit out of me on television for 20 years.

Well, your eyelids are not fat. I think it's almost impossible to have fat eyelids. Not true. So you heard Jess just talk about this eye thing. You guys definitely don't know what she's talking about. I know what she's talking about because I'm gonna guess our algorithms on TikTok are the same which is-

Thank you Diana, save me. Yeah, women do the same thing. We look at other hot girls, a couple sports things and beauty secrets. And the biggest beauty secret thing, the trend right now is you get this surgery. They cut these tiny little like slits at the top of your eyelids and they pull it back to just give

you sort of that Dan youthfulness where it just gives you a fresher look. But the thing that's fascinating about it is the women that are doing these, they're documenting every day. And when you look at the photos of the first two or three days of recovery, it is the most frightening image because there's obviously all these little slits around your eyes, an area that you would think is so sensitive, but it works. Then you look at the before versus the after like, Oh my God, they just they look 10 years younger. It's crazy. It's a it's like super black and blue. It looks like you got two black eyes. And then, yeah, it's just. It's like super black and blue. It looks like you got two black eyes and then, yeah.

It's just wild. Some of us are naturally beautiful like Dan and some of us have to go get slits in our eyelids. It's true. I would like for the video team to find whatever video they can of me young or old, because you guys think you're hurting me in some way by telling me I've been ugly or am ugly or my face is bloated.

Or I only have nice eyelids. We're comparing two hot guys to each other, Dan. You know what? You are saying, look, you don't understand quite how egregious this insult is, okay? So, Dan, I'm gonna frame it for you this way because they're not experiencing this the way I am. I've been trying to hide my fat in front of people

for 20 years and I've failed because this show does very well at making fun of my fat. Do you know who Chris Penn is, Diana? That's Oliver Platt. That's Oliver Platt, close up. It's easy to get the two mixed up. Y'all are being disrespectful, man. It's an unfortunate episode.

You disrespectful so-and-so's. That feels almost intentional. Honestly, this is better than Chris Penn, though. Yeah. No way. As in more accurate. But all right, put up Chris Penn now, guys. The eyebrows are a little closer on Platt.

Who is that? That doppelganger? Don't say that, Diana. You're making a word. Don't say that. You think I am Oliver Platt's doppelganger? Okay, look, I would like for you guys. Wopper Gang.

Oh God, now that's Chris Penn. He's in. No. Oh, you don't like that one? First of all. Okay. I mean, that chin looks like he has a plus one to whatever event he's going to there.

There's a lot going on there. You don't have a chin like that. Recipes. Okay, listen. He's been dead for 20 years. Diana, lest you think they're being cruel to me, okay? The way this started was. Not Robbie Coltrane.

Come on. Hold on. What are we doing now? We're just throwing up fat people at the table. Hold on, can I see him clean shaven? Guys, guys, let me explain something to you. There is simply nothing you can put on that screen that I have not already been lashed with, so have at it.

Just let me get through the part of the show where I'm explaining to Diana the incredible cruelty she's walking into, and I want her to have it and be able to play with it. You're coming into a situation, Diana, where they have accused me of looking older than someone that they're accusing of having early onset paterno.

There's Hagrid without the beard. None of the baggage associated with paterno, just like the physical. We have compared him to two different deceased people. Paterno was an 80-year-old coach my entire lifetime. He was an old coach my entire lifetime he was an old man my entire lifetime they're saying i am older than someone with early onset paternal but that's not the worst of it

the worst of it is they have said that i look worse than chris penn they say i look like chris penn died which he, and then got sicker. Oh, come on. Now we're just putting up any fat person. Oh, come on, man. Fluffy, now we're putting up the comedian Fluffy. Dan, you don't look- That's good skin. He does have good skin. But that's also touched up.

Yeah, that's a Photoshop right there. Well, touch me up. Well. Phrasing? It's an HR issue. We should try to see what Dan would look like with the filter. Like just the light, Jess, you know the ones we use

on Instagram and the stories, they're just like these very light skin smoothing filters. It, I think it would be dangerous. I don't use them, but yeah, it's okay that you use them. Oh, Jess, you're just all natural on social. You just lean into this is me, accept me, all the flaws with it. Yeah.

You don't do that. And there's no filter on those biceps, Diana. Yeah. It's called you're naturally beautiful and everyone knows that and it's frustrating, but some of us who are older, a lot older than you Jess, we have to make ourselves feel a little bit better.

So you slap that filter on. But for Dan, first of all, I don't know why you guys, I think the problem is Dan's always been the oldest person on the show. So to everyone that works with him, he probably feels like he's 60, but he's just been doing it so long. Dan, how old are you?

Why did they put up two photos of Dan just now? I mean, he's almost six. I'm 56, but I've got early onset paterno and I look sicker than a dead Chris Penn. You look good. And also like you being sad doesn't do great for your lines. So I have a question for Diana. That's a football related question.

You're a mother. Are you putting your kids to bed before Ravens bills like the rest of us responsible parents because no child should see what's going to happen at Orchard Park. This is one of the biggest games of all time. I agree. We're actually having a major problem in this house because I am covering the Rams Eagles game in Philadelphia. And as you guys know, my husband's family's it's season ticket holders. So he's attending the game as well.

And we don't have childcare at this moment. So we're trying to figure out how we're gonna leave New Jersey to go to Philadelphia so I can do my job and he can attend. And I would think you guys would understand that don't you think that I should have the priority because it's my job to attend the game, to cover it as a journalist? He's making the argument that his family's had

season tickets since 1974. And that while he understands it's my job to be there, he thinks that he should have the edge this weekend in case we don't have the childcare. In fact, I would actually like your answer because someone needs to solve the problem here to be there, he thinks that he should have the edge this weekend in case we don't have the childcare. In fact, I would actually like your answer because someone needs to solve the problem here unless Michael, you want to take over and watch Mikey and Joey for me. Well, Diana, I have a question.

First of all, without getting too personal, how old is your husband? Was he alive in 1974? Kev is 39. So no. So they had a strong like decade of doing this without him the only five his family is fine without him finally two hours away they are surviving you should not have to justify anything beyond i'm working we i'd bring

in money for all well but hold on a second yet i i would just ask diana uh... this genuinely. Does your husband, you've called him an Eagles fan zealot and I don't know where Eagles fans are this week on I'd Like to Wave AJ Brown and Fire Sirianni. But wherever the emotions of that reside among adult children that you run around, your husband included, you chase the other two

and I'm sure he's a bit of an infant too and I don't know him, I don't have to know him if you told me that you dated around your husband included you chase the other 2 and I'm sure he's a bit of an infant to and I don't know I don't have to know if you told me that you dated a bunch of the Tommy Tommy to veto the agents. Does your husband have any earthly idea how hard your job and your journey actually is like does he have any capable understanding of how hard it is to be you in the insider game, or does he have no understanding of that?

He has complete understanding, which is why this is such a buffoon response from him to say that he should be at the game, because he gets it. He lives this with me. I've told you guys about it. I wouldn't be able to do what I do without Kevin because he comprehends the NFL landscape so well, and he understands the competitive NFL landscape so well and he

understands the competitive nature to it and he understands the importance of me being there for the athletic to cover a really big game but he doesn't have the ability to separate and maybe even a little bit of the maturity to go oh wait this is my wife's job I am attending like he thinks he's part of it. Like I think he thinks AJ Brown is his brother. Like he thinks Nick Sirianni is like Uncle Nick. We're not, we're not the Eagles. We support them, we cheer for them.

I have to go cover them for this. Yeah. Wow, she just went to her home. You can't do that though, cause he's got a great job too. But I've tried that. Like I'll point to things, you know, or the roof or, you know,

I point to the watch I got him for Christmas or the nice new sneakers I bought him, you know, but he contributes too. He's not a state home dad. So I don't have a lot of argument here. Diana, you have a very strong argument. They've been season ticket holders since 74. That means there was a strong decade

where they did this without your participation, sir. Going back to this, huh? Yes, absolutely. He thinks he's making a great point. You don't think, you. Let him cook. No, but he's looking how he leans in his seat. I got here late and I'm cooking now, baby.

Let him cook. Well, listen to me, I'm gonna make the point again. You guys might not have heard it. It's not that a show that doesn't listen is unimpressed by your point. I'm gonna make it again. I'm hanging on every word. I can't tell whether you're not listening

or you're not impressed by the point. Which one is it? It's on him. So either way, whatever you decide, your kids cannot be awake for this Ravens-Bills game. No child should see that. That's going to be ultra violent. I'm being told that the weather is going to be bad, which I think lends itself to more drama and more narrative building around these quarterbacks who are the two leading contenders for MVP. Is this indeed one of the biggest playoff games of our lifetimes? Yeah I said it the other day on Scoop City on the podcast and I had people react crazy like I was overstating what this game means and and what it will be everyone

obviously pointing to the Chief Spills game and you know with the 13 seconds and and we all know how that turned out. And that was a tremendous game. I remember watching it and I didn't get that assignment when I was at ESPN. I think I had like Titans bangles and Sal Palantonio got that game. And he's on the field chasing after Josh Allen

and Patrick Mahomes after the Chiefs won that game in incredible drama and fashion. But I think for this one, the reason why I think it is what it is, is obviously the conversation we've had all year about sizing up Lamar Jackson to Josh Allen and who's the better quarterback, all of that. On top of the fact that this is,

they are playing the best football of any other team right now. They are playing at the height of what they've done all year. They're arrested. They're healthy. Um, on top of the fact that I like the I like that there's a little bit of nerves in this Lamar Jackson hitter with it again. He gets a little hitter with it again. Hit her with it again. You gotta respect that. Stop for a second. I'm sorry. We've got breaking news We're betraying the Miami Heat. We are they say we have an embargo. We do not have an embargo

We are not bought and paid for by the Miami Heat Jeremy. What is your breaking news hurry up? Dan the original Miami Vice jerseys are back The original Miami Vice jerseys are back! You gotta be kidding me. Are they wearing that this season? They debut on Friday against the Nuggets. Diana Rusini. Huge deal. Does an incredible job of covering this sport.

She comes on with us regularly to make us a bunch of dumbasses smarter about the sport that we claim to like more than any other. And we break her analysis. Why is Jimmy Butler on the graphic? To let everybody know about a fashion choice. No, not just any fashion choice. These were the most popular city edition uniforms in the history of the NBA. I think they sold more than any out of all the ones that they've done. And it really changed the course of basketball uniforms entirely and across all of sport. Because of the popularity of this jersey, all the teams started doing vice, especially in Europe, and they were all hot

sellers. Guys, this is a welcome bit of good news for this franchise. And the Heat really pushed to bring these back. This is not like in conjunction with a bunch of other teams dropping jerseys. This was the Heat pushing for a long time to bring these back. This is not like in conjunction with a bunch of other teams dropping jerseys. This was the Heat pushing for a long time to bring these back. Two city additions, what do you think of that, Diana? I think that was a really good move because it gave me a chance to catch up on some stuff.

I have 15 missed text messages, including some coaching stuff, so thank you. Yeah, we're wasting. This was good, I'm excited. These jerseys are gonna be hot. Yeah, Diana, I'm sorry. This is disrespectful to you, all of it is. And Jeremy, we're a marketing arm now for this team. It's disgusting.

Like, what do I put him on? Here, let me see, hold on just a second. That thing just... Yeah. Yeah. Major Pinoli on the ice, five minutes for spreading propaganda. What do we get that one?

Oh, it's personalized. And also... and also made by the five minutes high-sticking diana respect your sport uh... the size of this game in our and america's most popular sport it feels like uh... on on merit it kind of feels like all it feels like we're gonna all watch the super bowl we're what's the super bowl before they play the super bowl if we're just talking about i know these teams merit being the best team and she was trying to like make comparisons to that that bills chiefs game that that established unnerved for the Buffalo Bills

that has always kind of lingered, this team, you know, famous losers in the Super Bowl, and that was an incredible game, but we do a lot of reverse engineering around the myth around that game. We remember it as great because it ended up being great, but the storyline's entering that, where you essentially, it's like a game of Highlander.

There can be only one. You have two franchises simultaneously having the same narrative around it. You got to win the big game. You got to go through Patrick Mahomes. They're fighting for the right to seemingly do that unless Houston shocks the world. So the narratives around this are plenty and you have the two leading candidates for MVP. I really can't fathom, especially in that primetime window on CBS. This is the biggest divisional game of my lifetime. Hey there Wellness Warriors. If you're like me, prime time window on CBS. This is the biggest divisional magic of contrast therapy. Meet our new amazing sponsor, Redwood Outdoors. They're making it easy to bring the benefits of saunas and cold plunges right

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Stugats! How'd you go sail off? This is the Don Lebatard Show with the Stugats! Diana, can you put it in the historic context as well of this, which is for 20 years this sport became this popular because being atop the AFC East was where the Patriots could live getting buys every year, winning championships, doing what Kansas City is doing now before Kansas City did it, which is now the best one only gets one of those to make i'm getting a buy and i'm gonna play a team in the next round i'm not gonna have to go through both

baltimore and the bills the bills go seventeen years without winning a playoff game they get josh allen there at the top of the sport he's playing the mvp an organization that it can be argued if not one of the best three in all of sports the last twenty years the ravens are an organization that births excellence and they'd be something closer to the patriots if not for the patriots existing because that team has been that good for that long

this game and the history of the league and the stakes, what is it? When Mike says it's the biggest one ever, do you say, no, it's bigger than that? No, I think Mike said his lifetime, which I'd say the last 10 years, I can't speak to, I don't know what was at stake 30 years ago. But for my time covering the NFL, this is. This is without a doubt one of the one of the biggest games I hate. I hate ranking it and reading it. Because here's the thing. I had no idea the Bills were going to be this good this year.

I was the one yelling and screaming on the show in the summer going, guys, this is rebuild time for the bills. This is not a team that has any star players and good options on offense. I don't know how this is going to work. Stefan Diggs gets shipped to the Houston Texans. I can't name the other receivers that I think could actually make a difference. And then we figure out that, oh, wait, they don't actually need any superstars because they've got they've got the guy, they've got Josh Allen, who's

figured out ways to win every single game and has grown and improved this entire season that I think that's one of the bigger storylines headed into this. The mistakes we've seen Josh Allen make in the past. He doesn't make those anymore. He doesn't. Well, that's clean that up. Diana, that's I mean mean you say that's clean that up i didn't know that that was a thing that people could do i've seen it in my lifetime with tiki barber he went from fumbling to not fumbling but for josh alan to go as an evolution at the position but when i said the evolution of the position

quarterbacks who can move throw do both things be a running back throw the ball to see him become a player who is, that team turns the ball over less, historically less than any team. Like they don't, they're not only not reckless anymore, that's a team that is as good as it is and has eliminated all the Bill Stench precisely because Josh Allen doesn't give the football

away anymore. That used to be the knock on him when I would talk to defensive coordinators before their games especially the big ones I can remember specifically with Cincinnati. It was kind of let's just wait to see if he makes a mistake let's see him throw the ball away and let's take advantage of it let's take advantage of especially in the red zone. And that's they can't do that anymore. They can't do it because it's not happening. And they're you know, I can tell you the Ravens defense already

is going to have their hands full with this offensive line in Buffalo because they're another unit. I think that's been underrated a bit or at least overlooked at times as we saw them handle the Broncos front with ease last week They're also really deep too. They suffered they've suffered injuries, especially in that game. They suffered a big injury number 70 I forget his name for the moment, but he was dominating went out of that game That was as you mentioned one of the best D lines in the league one of of the best defensive fronts and this, I think, what have they allowed? Just 14 sacks on the season, uh,

for Josh Allen who leans on his mobility and his athleticism can hold onto the ball a little bit longer to make plays. That's an insane number for Sack Surrendered. I was talking to someone in Buffalo right before I hopped on with you guys. Um, and we were just like having like broad stroke conversation about keys to the game. You know, what are you guys thinking about? And it's just so funny how like the simplicity of some of this can be like,

I know we could spend an hour deep diving into the X's and O's of what the difference will be, but his answer was just like, slow down Lamar, you know? Like, because at the end of the day, that is going to be the difference. Can the Buffalo defense figure out a way to slow down Lamar? Because, oh yeah, there's that guy, Derek Henry

in the backfield now too, that they've got to worry about. And it's no longer entirely on the quarterback. And that's the edge the Ravens have now. Even though we've seen in years past, teams have struggled stopping Lamar too, but now they gotta worry about both these guys. On top of the fact that Todd Monkin's done a really good job with this offense outside the run game,

there's obviously options in the passing game. So I do like this time of year where you want these answers of the smallest of details, but I think that's also what adds to how awesome this game is gonna be. It's just, is it gonna be Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson? Who's gonna play better? And that's gonna be the answer to who wins this game.

Someone just tweeted this one at me. I'm not sure who this actor is or if this is offensive in some way, but I guess like the facial hair. That's a dude from Rounders. That was a dude that was trying to collect from Ed Norton in Rounders. Wait, are you sure that's him?

I know Rounders pretty well. It doesn't look like that. I'm pretty sure that's a dude from Rounders, man. I just saw Rounders, dude. Is there a guy, an actor, someone famous, Dan, that people have said you look like that maybe you don't see but you lean into it. Robert Pastorelli. That's his name. I don't this flounder is the answer

to your question. Yes. This is it. Well, that's the first one I got. So this is it. So I arrive on television and I'm fat and Tony and Mike are very popular on Pardon the Interruption. It's a groundbreaking show and they hate me everybody hates me because they want on the in my some the fact that who replaces tony and mike and so what i get immediately is an assortment it was my first introduction to people shaming me physically this this way i mean obviously they did throughout my childhood but uh... that that to buy indignant about rounders and i was wrong

you can't make my noted i'd just watch rounders and I was wrong. I mean, I noticed. I just watched rounders, dude. Mike, do you realize how often you're indignantly wrong now? It's occasional, but memorable. No, it's all the time. No, it just sticks out because it's such a rarity. We got super bogged down in here. He's like, no, no, Google is in rounders. You're kidding.

Is that gamma? No, I don't know my executive producer at all. No, I need to be right here. Yes, I need to be right about rounders. Let's interrupt everything so i can be right about around i don't know what i different search don't trust and all that he's talking about his face being rounder don't want don't trust him to use that as material need to be right arounders uh... diana i've been getting flounder

from animal house it was my introduction to learning i look like flounder from animal house i believe the people they said it so often i must look like flounder from animal house but i did not think I looked like Flounder from Animal House. My self-appraisal was pretty bad. It was not that bad. It was not, I look like a comically fat goofball in a movie that's made fun of by everybody. But is there someone that you think you look like,

or maybe someone has suggested it, that you don't necessarily like, or maybe someone has suggested it, that you don't necessarily see, but you wanna take it? Like, for example, someone once said I look like Sloan from Honorage. I don't look like Sloan from Honorage, but guess what I'm gonna tell people I look like? Sloan from Honorage, right? Like, you take that.

You go, okay, I don't see it, but if you do, okay. Who is that for you? I have to think about this for a moment. Amin is very eager to tell me who that is for me. No, I'm just saying that's a dangerous game. See, I don't look like her, damn it. But also- Take that off the screen. Diane, that's a dangerous game you're playing

because then you might end up, not you specifically, but someone who follows that advice might end up like the girl from, but someone who follows that advice might end up like the girl from Love is Blind who kept saying, I look like Megan Fox. When people tell me I look like Megan Fox. It's the most dangerous game. Dangerous game.

I get Sandra Bullock too. Dangerous game, right? Like I'm better off going Snooki. I look like Snooki. Although she's very pretty too. That's a bad one. She's short also. You're not that short.

Yeah, no, I'm taller, people always think I'm short. I'm tall, for a woman. I'm not comfortable with all of this objectifying we're doing in every realm today. I would like to start a segment where Diana points to things in her house with her bicep showing while she wears Eagles green and claims. But you don't like objectifying.

Claims. Which was the beach. Claims to be. The thing is, I mean, I'm doing it right. and claims to be. But you don't like objectifying. Claims to be. Claims to be. Weird backpack sentences. I mean, I'm doing it right. When she claims to be objective and comes on here supporting Eagles Green, I wanna go through some fast football topics with you

and not to make you compete against Mina Kimes, but I was legitimately stunned that when we hit Mina Kimes with this music for a long time, it rattles her, and she can be rattled. She'll walk in the wrong place on a TV set and try to process all the information in her head, which is tons about football, and give it to you clean and crisp

because she's got seven minutes of material, but we're asking her to give us 25 seconds. Are you ready for the challenge of doing this with a number of names? There's a lot of news and a lot of fame around the news. Yes, and I'm aware of, me and I have had this conversation, so I'm ready to take her down.

Okay, 20 to 30 seconds at a time on each topic. We've got a ton of them for you. Tom Brady. Has all the power in Las Vegas. He's gonna be the one to make a decision. He's got a tremendous influence on that organization. We can debate whether or not we think that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I'd say it's a good thing because that guy knows how to win. So I think the culture in Vegas is about to

change big time. So you're reporting that he's going to probably, it's up to him, but he's probably going, if you had to guess, you think he's going to leave 300 million dollars in broadcasting to go run the Raiders oh I don't know if he's going to leave broadcasting I just know he's going to have a very very heavy influence and say on what they do in Vegas I don't necessarily think Tom Brady's gonna be walking around the facility every day I could see him probably keeping his home in Florida because his kids are still young he wants to be around them the whole father stuff is important to him.

But I do know that there's a lot of Tom Brady-ness that is going to be part of the Las Vegas Raiders and they want it that way, Mark Davis especially. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the father stuff is important. The whole father stuff. Has in the history of broadcasting, there been a dude calling a game of someone he's actively trying to hire?

I don't think so, because we've never had an owner in the booth. Have we ever had an owner? No. Right? No, like this is a very peculiar setup this weekend. Like it's pretty impressive. Does it bother you?

Like I see that it doesn't bother me. That setup doesn't bother me, but I am bothered by the lack of pre-production access that Tom Brady is allowed to have. Who is bothered? But I think he could, like, look, there's been a lot of discourse online about his ability to do this or his inability to do this and when a giant thing is not available to him in terms of pre-production, you kind of wonder like, well, maybe we shouldn't do this

because he's certainly not improving without that access. Look, I think the access is obviously important, but I've been told by teams, actually, I recently had this conversation, the best crews need the least amount of time in those pre-production meetings. The most prepared are usually the best and they don't need to sit there

and talk with Sean McDermott about what they're gonna do on defense because they usually know, because they've watched enough and studied it enough. So yeah, do I think it's hurting Tom Brady that he's not getting as much intel as he could possibly get, but he's Tom Brady. He should be able to know, see, and-

He's being asked to do things that you're being asked to do as a player, which is identify things, which is why it just goes to show you how difficult television can be, because he knows more than anybody. Faster. It's so hard to communicate and articulate it

in a very short window, which is what you're asking me to do, which is why I'm struggling right now, because it is hard. Diana, we wasted 20 minutes of this interview. We haven't mentioned Dion Sanders or the Cowboys one time. Give me something.

I think it's all smoke. I think a conversation happened. Everyone's Kyle wink-winking this thing. I don't think the Dallas Cowboys had a plan. I think they thought this would work out with Mike McCarthy. Mike McCarthy is like, nah, I'm good. This isn't what I want in terms of a plan. I think they thought this would work out with Mike McCarthy. Mike McCarthy is like, nah, I'm good. This isn't what I want in terms of a contract. He walks, Jerry's left going, all right, I got to go find a head coach. This is the Dallas Cowboys though.

Every single person in America that coaches football wants an opportunity to coach for the Dallas Cowboys. So starts making some phone calls, which is what he's been doing the last few days. And he's reaching out to people. And I think Dion Sanders is someone he reached out to. I just don't think that Dion Sanders is going to be at the top of the list at the end of the day. Once once the Dallas Cowboys start these interviews, Robert Sala, the former Jets head coach, he's going to be meeting with Dallas over the weekend.

He's the first official interview, as well as Leslie Frazier. He's going to get an opportunity as well. Diana Frazier. He's gonna get an opportunity as well. Diana, correct me if I have any of this wrong, but the way that you phrased that, I was not familiar with the details, that McCarthy wasn't so much fired as offered a contract that was insulting or that he couldn't take.

So if you're making that as a detail, are you telling me, oh no, Jerry Jones is telling everybody, I'm going to be in control of the coach. I'm not going to pay a coach a lot of money to coach the Cowboys. I'm gonna pay them in power. They're gonna have the blessing of being able to somebody,

to be somebody who coaches the Cowboys. Yes, so from what I understand, they never got to that that deep negotiation window. They just had enough conversation about what the future was going to be that they realized, yeah, this is not going to work. On top of the fact that it didn't hurt that Mike McCarthy had interest from the Chicago Bears and the New Orleans Saints sitting there. But I think for Jerry, I think Dallas fans are sweating this

more than Jerry is from what I understand. I think he feels very good that he's gonna be able to get whichever coach it is that he wants. There's a little chatter about Jason Whitten out there. Faster, faster. We gotta speed this up. Whitten coach and waiting is what I- We gotta speed this up.

But then it fell apart because McCarthy got fired, right? Yeah, so Jerry's always loved Jason Witton. He's always wanted him to be part of the Dallas Cowboys at some point, at some extent. So I don't necessarily believe that he's gonna be named the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, but I do think it's a name that we got to watch over the next few weeks to see if he would be part of a coaching staff. Titans general manager. Rand Karthon was fired last week.

Right now, they're looking for somebody new to step in here. They've interviewed over 12 different candidates. They called back about eight for the second interview. Mike Burgonzi. He's the chief's assistant general manager. He was the most recent one to come back for that second interview. Marcus Freeman. Marcus Freeman. Marcus Freeman. Marcus Freeman. Happy at Notre Dame.. Marcus Freeman, happy at Notre Dame.

He's had opportunities in the past before. He seems like somebody that doesn't really want to make that jump yet. He's got that patience. Unlike we've seen other college coaches. I think he wants to stay. Russell Wilson. Russell Wilson, uh, wants to be back in Pittsburgh. He's working out, ready to go. I don't necessarily believe the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to go a hundred percent. Yes. Russell Wilson is gonna come back. I think they're gonna take the next few weeks

to make a decision on what they wanna do. Mike Tomlin. Mike Tomlin is staying in Pittsburgh. There's definitely teams that are all watching that, but for him, Pittsburgh's not gonna move on from Mike Tomlin. Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers, I think the new head coach in GM

are gonna make that decision. Woody is sticking to his word. He's gonna let those coaches and GM make that decision But I have a hard time believing he's gonna be in a New York Jets uniform next season. Teenagers running the Jets True! Brick and Jack are the sons of Woody Johnson. They have influence. They talk to their father They want to run the Jets eventually at some point in their lives Woody Johnson wants the crown. Mike Vrabel! Mike Vrabel! at some point in their lives, Woody Johnson- Mike Grable! What's the crowd? Mike Grable! The head coach of the New England Patriots, they just went from being a franchise that

has zero direction to having a full identity. I expect them to compete with the Buffalo Bills next season. It's the best move Robert Kraft could have made after obviously making a bad decision in hiring Gerard Mayo despite the fact that his intentions were good. Mayo wasn't ready for the job. Mike Birbal is ready to take this thing and try to get another Super Bowl for the New England Patriots. I'm sorry I did all that to you.

Yeah, I kind of wanted to hear the rest of that Jets answer too. I want to hear the rest of that Jets answer and I blew it. Did I beat Mina? No. No. You spent the first. It was my fault. She got better help from me. I ruined you at the end.

It's my fault, not yours. I did not fall on my words once. The only reason why I stopped was just because I was talking and I couldn't hear your next question. I could have been even faster. I flew through that. Yes, at the end. But the first couple of questions we gave you

in the speed round, you took your sweet time. You didn't give me the music. The music was playing all the time. If you gave me the music I would have sped up. We'll do better next week. Listen, Diana, you've gotten great at all of this. I think you know this. Diana, surely you know this. I am trying to get the Netflix job. How am I going to get the Netflix job if I'm not winning in this round? You gotta say Netflix correctly when you're under pressure. The Hemorrhoids. Ha ha ha ha ha.

Thank you, Diane, I appreciate it. I feel a lot of this was greatly unfair, but I have to admit to something. I did a moment during all of that introspection, self-reflection, I was just lashing out at Jessica because she's been mocking the way that I look and I didn't realize I was doing it because she pressed on what has been an eternal shame

my entire life since I was a boy, since I was an insecure little fat boy in phys ed. All I said, check the tape, Al Golden looks younger than you. That's all I said. I always thought Dan was handsome. I remember the first time I met him, I was like, he's a good looking guy.

I never said he wasn't handsome. I never said you were fat. I never said anything. You're falling for it. He've always thought Dan was handsome. I remember the first time I met him, I was like, he's a good looking guy. I never said he wasn't handsome. I never said you were fat. I never said any- You're falling for it. He's fishing for compliments, guys. You're right, you're right, you're right. Just stand your ground. And he's eating that fish.

Fried. I dated a guy that looked like him. Who, Dan or the guy on the street? You dated John Favreau? Flounder. John Favreau. Rudy. I wish he was as charming as that guy, but he wasn't.

It's weird that there's two famous John Favros, right? It is. Is the other one famous? Is he just, he's famous for having the same name. That's not famous. I mean. Well, we know who he is. I think that counts.

I don't think he's famous for the name. There's plenty of John Favros out there. No, but I was so confused when I found out that the other John Favro wasn't the John Favro I was thinking of. There's also two John Kras't famous. No, but I was so confused when I found out that the other John Favreau wasn't the John Favreau I was thinking of. There's also two John Krasinski's. What? Yeah, one of them works for the athletic. Covers Minnesota sports.

You gotta change your name, pal. No. I think so. No, like it's an office space situation. He should change his name. Michael Bolton. Michael Bolton. There you go.

She gets it. And she still wins us. Okay, we thought we were, what news do you have on your phone right now? Diana, your life is crazy. You wanna hear something funny? Someone just texted me about the Brady stuff with broadcasting and ownership.

So I gotta go work on this, but interesting. Diana, please tell, like honestly, what your day is like, how much news will come over that phone, legitimately breakable news in the next 30 minutes it's not breakable it's usually just just details of stuff that's happening it's that that's usually what i'm working on is just getting little nuggets all day long okay uh thank you for the compliment i forced out of you. I'm sorry that there was so much objectification in that I don't like being compared secretly

to a flounder from Animal House, and I've been trying to keep that in disguise that it doesn't hurt for 20 years. Speaking of nuggets, vice uniforms back tomorrow against the nuggets, huh? Ah, this guy. It's gonna be great. It's been 10 minutes already.

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