Full Transcript for Mac & Bone Hour 4: Panthers vs the Simms Family

3: It's very passionate. You'll lose an hour of your life. He's got cheese rankings. I urge you, Joe, just step away from Willie. 00:03:30 Speaker 1: Joe, do you think, like, let's try your best to work, to put a ranking on it. Like, I understand this is only for five games for Bryce, six games for other quarterbacks. but we were going through the list and I honestly believe he's playing and it might be number five, but I honestly think he's playing right now at a top five QB level. Do you agree with that? Do you think it's that good? Would you say top seven, top 10? How would you, how would you put it? 00:03:55 Speaker 2: I really can't argue it. I was thinking that this morning that it's pretty incredible for, and I know we started seeing at the end of last year, like the second half of last season, but even so, to do what he's doing after the struggles we saw those first few years is just remarkable. And it's, and we, we, I know we talk about, we write about and hear the Brad Izzik effect. And it's just so many different things that I think are at work and, you know, getting a more pieces around him and his confidence in himself. And it, It's unbelievable, guys. And again, you're right. I mean, it's five games, but it doesn't feel like a mirage. It just does not feel fluky. There will be better defenses that they'll face. But guess what? That one Sunday wasn't bad. the Eagles linebackers aren't great, but, but they're, but they're front four, especially in those interior guys, Jordan Davis, Jalen Carr, like they're really good. And, and they're, and the Eagles secondary is pretty good. And, and, and Bryce said, you know, you've talked about like, it wasn't his best day. And he's still look at the stats at the end of the day. And he's over a 90 passer rating, 280 yards, two touchdowns, and he protected the ball. So, It's it's been fun to watch him just take this huge, huge step in year four. And it's going to be it's going to be kind of cool to see what he does with these, you know, like. The Green Bay defense is good. Obviously, the Denver defense is good. Those are going to be fun chess matches, and I'm excited to cover them. 00:05:44 Speaker 3: What do you think the job that Brad Idzik has done so far, not just with Bryce, but overall in how he's calling these games? 00:05:54 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he's been really good. It's been, you know, I know the first couple of games were like, Whoa, really kind of top heavy, uh, you know, on, on the past game, when's the run game going to kind of get come into play. And now we've seen the last two games that that's exactly what's happened with, especially in the second half of these games, you know, kind of, you know, uh, but putting these games away on the back of Cuba Hubbard and the offensive line when, when you've got a lead, but, um, yeah, he's, that's another guy that I don't feel like, you know, you, you can really overstate his impact. And I just, he's, you know, I'm talking to it and talking to Bryce, like there's a connection there. Like, and it's not to say Bryce didn't have one with canalysis, but let's be honest that that relationship was strained from, from, you know, dating back to the benching and, and, you know, I give Canales credit. Like he, he really took strides to, you know, to, I mean, he, he said like repair the relationship. He'd go to Bryce's summer camp, the youth camps every summer that Bryce would hold here and still does that. And, um, but I just, there's a real connection with Bryce and Izzik and, uh, you know, and, and, and listen, I, A connection alone isn't going to move the ball down the field. Brad Itzik's a smart, creative dude. And he's, shoot, we might be talking about him in another month or so being on the radar. when teams are looking for head coaches. 00:07:35 Speaker 1: No doubt. He has that look of the offensive whiz kid type, you know, that the league absolutely loves. We're talking with Joe Person. Get his great Panthers coverage at theathletic.com. Joe, what do you think about this defense? Because the first game was so freaking horrendous in terms of 291 on the ground. in terms of 59 points given up that in some of the statistical categories, they are still like, they're going to be working all season, right. To get some of those numbers back down. But like I brought up, I've been following this the last couple of weeks since then, their EPA is third in the league, you know, per play and total EPA. What do you think of the way the defense has played? Albeit to the last two weeks without the starting corners. What do you think about that unit? 00:08:24 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what I was going to say. I mean, you're talking about doing it the last two weeks while J.C. Horn and Mike Jackson are recovering from injuries. And this was arguably one of the top three cornerback duos. 00:08:39 Speaker 1: Last year in the league. 00:08:41 Speaker 2: So, yeah, I really think the linebackers, I mean, Derek Brown's been terrific. They've gotten some good play out of young guys up front like Lee Hunter and Even Aaron Hall undrafted from Duke. But I look first at those linebackers because that was a real problem area for this defense the last couple of years, especially last year when Josie Jewell is ruled out pretty much or retires at the beginning of the season. And, you know, you're kind of forced to throw Rosa Boom in there. And you've got Trevin Wallace, who we know was sort of kind of mid. But, boy, Devin Lloyd and even Bobby Okereke. Like, I remember when they signed him late, obviously, in August, talking to some folks around the Giants. and they were like, yeah, he's okay. You know, he's, you know, he's kind of lost a step and I don't know. He's, he's, he's found something here because he shows up around the ball too. 00:09:48 Speaker 1: And just Lloyd. 00:09:49 Speaker 2: And I, I think the two of them in the middle of that defense have been a real, you know, I think that's kind of one of

the, probably the key to this improved run defense. And there making plays in the backfield too. Like, you know, O'Kara K getting after and good on a Jero sending the blitz to, to start that game Sunday against, you know, a quarterback who'd never really had a real NFL started. I know he'd done week 18 mop up, but, that was just a tone setter right from the jump. And I think was, was a big play in that game. 00:10:23 Speaker 1: Big time. Joe, I'll tell you this, Bobby Okereke bone and Joe person, two people who have found the fountain of youth here in Charlotte. 00:10:30 Speaker 4: All right. 00:10:30 Speaker 1: I want you to know that real quick. 00:10:33 Speaker 3: I saw at Joseph person on Twitter, your link to the athletic.com article you have up right now about the offensive line. How do you think it plays out on the left side with, with Walker and Freeling once he gets healthy? 00:10:47 Speaker 2: I think they're going to have Freeling be the swing tackle initially. You know, I think, you know, I remember all along, you know, when, when they drafted him, it was like, well, this guy might need a year. That's not the worst thing. Taylor Moten got a year when, when he was drafted to sit behind Daryl Williams. But, but so that's kind of where I think it's heading, but, They like Freeland. I know he had some ups and downs those first four weeks, but listen, that's going to happen with a rookie tackle in this league. And I think he still has the look of the longtime future pillar at left tackle for this organization. And I don't think we've seen the last of them this year either, but I think initially he'll probably be that swing tackle guy backing up both Walker and Moten. 00:11:42 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think we agree with you on that, and I hope that's kind of the way they play it. We got a good question here from Steve Carolina Cat on the text line. Not his government name. You don't think Carolina Cat's the last name? I don't think so. So he brings up some I brought up earlier. Now, I kind of always want to preface this because I'm a big Mike Jackson fan, but you know how it works, Joe. You can't pay everybody, and if you can find a young player– You know what I mean? To be more economical, that can ball. So you can see where this is headed. Steve is asking, is Will Lee kind of the guy that could allow you to save some money by not giving Mike Jack an extension? Do you kind of feel that way or should we chill out a little bit because it's early? 00:12:28 Speaker 2: No, I think that's very legitimate, and I think Will Lee was drafted with that in mind. I mean, they had every opportunity to re-sign Mike Jackson. It doesn't mean they don't like him. It just means they've got a lot of money already tied up at that position in J.C. Horn, and it also means they're going to have to start looking for ways to save money at some certain positions because they're about to give Bryce Young a whole lot of money. And you're going to have to mix in these guys

on rookie deals like a Will Lee, like a Lee Hunter, when you pay a quarterback $ 50 million a year or whatever it's going to be. And certainly, look, I know I'm getting a little ahead of myself, but I think that week we're starting to see where that's headed, too, with the Bryce contract, right? 00:13:20 Speaker 3: Yeah. 00:13:21 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's a great point by your caller. And Will Lee is kind of like Freeling. He's going to have... some rookie mistakes, but you see, you step back and see the big picture. And there's a lot to like with how he's a player, man. 00:13:39 Speaker 1: Wheatley too. There's some good, there's some talented rookies, man. Dan Morgan's doing it. Dan Morgan's doing it. And so is Joe person, ladies and gentlemen, the athletic.com read his, uh, a recent article, read all of them, but read the recent article at the athletic.com about the old tackle situation. Joe, you rock, man. Appreciate you, brother. Be good. 00:13:58 Speaker 2: Appreciate you guys. 00:13:59 Speaker 1: Have a great week. All right, there you go. That is Joe Person. We also have Beard Estate, speaking of rookies, saying, ask when Hecht will finally take over. Yeah, due to time constraints, Bo. We did not get that in. But I watched Fortner struggle, and PFF actually had him with zero pressures allowed the other day, believe it or not. He had a couple rough whiffs in the run game. I do find myself kind of wondering, would they make that change this year? Maybe they'll ride Fortner out for one year. But he definitely– I thought he would be more kind of solid and stable, Fortner, than he has been. 00:14:31 Speaker 3: They've got a lot of guys on ice ready to go whenever they need it, whether it's Freeling or Willie or Hecht. And that is depth that they did not have before of guys ready to take over spots. 00:14:40 Speaker 1: That's what the good organizations do. I remember being younger and looking at, like, Philly and the Steelers. Steelers were the best at it, yes. And I'd be like, they always are drafting– The replacement, when they know someone's going to be afraid. And now I'll be damned, you're starting to see us do it too, man. 00:14:57 Speaker 3: How many times did Pittsburgh let a guy go and you're like, really, they let that linebacker go? 00:15:00 Speaker 1: Then another one that was better came up. There are three, four edge rushers. It was a pipeline. It was a revolving door, yeah. And they always had a guy who was good or better waiting. So we're starting to get that going here, man. It's a good feeling. We come back. 00:15:12 Speaker 3: Talking Heads, Talk Panthers, the Sims Family Edition, Sports Radio, 92.7 WFNZ. 00:15:43 Speaker 1: Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. We are working. We have our insiders working on a very disturbing, upsetting story bone. There are cheating allegations being thrown out there. What did he do now? He's not in a relationship. What happened to him? Get that mic back on, Bones and Riley. What you talking about? You blaming Finney? What happened to Finney? Cheating on Finney. What'd you do, man? There are cheating allegations being thrown at a couple of our former coworkers in a local golf tournament. And we are investigating this. We are shocked and appalled. Shocked and appalled, Bone, that people could think these guys would do that just to win. 00:16:23 Speaker 3: We need witnesses from the Rocky River Country Club that witness this whole thing. 00:16:27 Speaker 1: We'll read it off in the tech segment, man. I'm cracking up, though. Crack it up. Oh, my goodness. It's shocking for these names to be involved. Next, you're going to tell me 92. Next thing they're going to tell me 92 is you use a foot wedge on the golf course sometimes. You know what I mean? This is ridiculous. That's not true. You cannot believe everything they say about me. The fake news, they spread many lies. Oh, my goodness. All right. Anyway, good to have 92 back in studio with us. All right. Let's do some talking heads talking Panthers. And let's start with this Sims situation. Because this is probably going to get you all fired up because of the... A relationship between Panther Nation and Chris Sims, one of which he claims now to not understand. I don't get it. I don't understand. Let's start, Bone, with the latest chapter in the Chris Sims Panther history. It started at the end of the week last week when not just Chris Sims. But on a separate podcast, Bone, his dad, Phil Simms, both picked the Eagles with a backup QB and all kind of backups on the O-line to beat the Carolina Panthers. Listen to this. This was put together online. There was a mix of the two cuts. So first you're going to hear Chris and his game prediction last week. Then you're going to hear Phil. 00:17:53 Speaker 5: I'm going to one-up you, and this is one of my upsets right here. I'm going to go with this. At home in Philadelphia, the Eagles' defense is real. It is really damn good. And I'm going to play a little bit of the angle again of like, hey, Carolina off a bye week, not totally sharp, right? Yeah, it's a hostile environment and all that. And then the other thing that I think plays into the Eagles' hands is, of course, they're playing one of the worst defenses in football right now. And I know they've got a bunch of injuries on the offense, but I think that they might be able just to play a slow, ugly game, control the clock, run the ball, efficient pass here and there. Tanner McKee, just be careful. Play through the defense. Know that they can keep you in it. This is one of my upsets of the week here. A little bit of just a gut feeling about the culture in Philadelphia, everything they deal with. They are tough. 00:18:42 Speaker 1: We always say that. 00:18:44 Speaker 4: I really expect Tanner McKee to come out and play well. I remember watching him at Stanford. I was like, wow, he's better. You know, I wasn't putting much into it. I said, he's better than I thought he was going to look. And he's

had success when he does in preseason games and whatever. 00:19:00 Speaker 1: He has a really good arm. 00:19:01 Speaker 4: He's calm in the pocket, all those things. I think he has a really good chance against Carolina to have a solid to a really, really good game. 00:19:11 Speaker 1: Are you calling the upset here Panthers lose to the Tanner McKee Eagles? Yeah, I'm taking the Eagles. Yeah, absolutely. 00:19:20 Speaker 4: Not just because of the quarterback, not that, but just the whole team and what they've done. They've been battle-tested many, many times, and they come through. 00:19:30 Speaker 1: Not this group. Not this group of backups. Different team right now. So that was Chris on his podcast, Phil on with Kay Adams there, both doubting the Panthers before the game. 00:19:40 Speaker 3: Mac, there was more that you didn't hear. William Gilmore Sims, a 19th century novelist, picked the Eagles to win. Hilda Sims, an American stage actress from the 40s, also went Eagles. Kirsten Sims, an American ice hockey player, went Eagles. Luann Sims from the Arthur Gottfried show in the 1950s went Sims. And Willie Simms, A late 19th century jockey, horse jockey, also picked the Eagles to win together. 00:20:06 Speaker 1: What about former Oklahoma running back Billy Sims? It wasn't listed on here. What about Jess Sims from game day? Did she pick against the Panthers too? Mine stopped at old Willie Sims. It's the rivalry that I'm not sure will ever end. And I didn't know Phil was involved in it. We had Phil on the show a couple years back. It seemed like he was saying nice things about Bryce. certainly nicer than his son does. And for Chris to be like, it's a bad Panthers defense, like, tell me, Chris, you only watch the opener. Like, seriously, to not acknowledge a defense is playing better since that debacle. Also, I heard in there a Canales play calling reference as well. I'm not sure you're up to date on that situation. But anyway, so here is, we fast forward to yesterday, Bone, when Chris Sims was on with Mike Florio, right? The regular pro football talk show. They're recapping all the games. They talk Panthers, Eagles, and Florio now gets involved bone trying to stand up for Chris Sims because he has Sims has been hearing it. Well, no, he's been hearing from Panther fans. And then the Panthers on Twitter bone mocked his, they used his clips and they clipped them up and they kind of mocked him on Sunday night after the game. So listen to this. 00:21:22 Speaker 6: And I'd like to see them be less petty, better winners. They put out a social media video last night trolling you because, God forbid, you did your job and engaged in an honest analysis of the game and came to the conclusion that you thought the Eagles would win. 00:21:36 Speaker 5: It was one of those, yeah. 00:21:39 Speaker 6: When you win, just take your win. Because when they lose, they're going to throw a drink on someone. So when they win, let's act like you've been there before. And

maybe that's the reality. They haven't been there before, so they're enjoying it while they can. 00:21:50 Speaker 1: Well, they have some issue with me. 00:21:52 Speaker 5: I mean, this is probably the third time in the last year where, I don't know, I've obviously gotten underneath the skin of some people there. So I don't know what the deal is, but yeah, we'll see. They're doing a great job. Bryce Young, certainly really good there. Can they get that defense playing to where we thought they could possibly be? They spent a lot of money on that side of the ball. They've been underwhelming. So yesterday was a good start, but again, like we said, it was Tanner McKee. How good was it that way? Offense certainly has had some really good moments. And they are capable of running the ball. And when their three receivers are healthy, they can be dangerous. That's where you look at. So good win for them off the bye. But, yeah, that was one of those games where I went, hey, there's an upset that happens every week. Man, Carolina off the bye. Philadelphia is tougher than people think. And that was kind of one of those I picked there. But, yeah, Carolina took it a little personal. 00:22:44 Speaker 1: I did, too. I picked it. 00:22:45 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:22:46 Speaker 6: I picked the Eagles before I knew that Hurts was out. And then after it was done, it's like, you know what? Am I going to go back? This would be a great chance to do a Mulligan. It's like, nope, I'm sticking with the Eagles. I still think they can win the game. So come after me too, Panthers. You want to come after Chris? Come after me. 00:23:00 Speaker 3: So now you can dislike Florio too. We've got a fight on our hands. I'm concerned now, though, about Chris Hamps. Because I think he's going to reverse course now and start to pick the Panthers when we've had success of him picking against the Panthers. 00:23:12 Speaker 1: You think so? You think he wants to get everybody in Charlotte off his back? Everyone just encourage him to keep picking against the Panthers. Don't change anything. This is working for us. Chris, you have been down on Bryce in your commentary big time. You have said some very inflammatory criticism. You ranked him 31st going into the season. on the quarterback list. You don't necessarily have over the years. And that's your prerogative, right? Like as an analyst, we all have teams and players and coaches that we doubt and teams, players, coach we believe in. But like for you to act like when the Panthers kind of have fun with you, and for you to wonder why the fans are always all over you, that feels disingenuous to me, Bone. He knows why. He doesn't understand why there's this thing here. I feel like you know why, and you're just kind of playing dumb about it. And that's what bothers me. Just own it, man. You know what I mean? When you're in that national role, I'm sure that there's plenty of fan base. Constantly. There's never a fan base not happy with it. Plus, he's opinionated and doesn't shy away from it. And some of those opinions are a little out there. Like, somebody reminded us on the text line, he had Matt Corral ranked as the No. 1 quarterback in his draft class coming out. Now, in fairness to him, he also had Mahomes as No. 1 in his. But, like, he prides himself on this, like, non-groupthink original thought. And sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I just, I would like a little more of, man. I didn't see this with Bryce Young going into the season. I know there were flashes. I know he played well in the second half last year, second half year before that. But I ranked him 31st and I didn't. You know what I mean? Like a little more of, hey, man, this dude's making like Pete Prisco did the other day. Pete Prisco's annoyed Panther fans for the way he's talked about Bryce and the Panthers over the over the years. And he came out and said he's making me eat my words. He's an MVP candidate. More of that would be nice. 00:25:05 Speaker 3: The one thing I don't like about the Sims stuff, and I'm not trying to be like, old man, get off my lawn. 00:25:11 Speaker 1: I don't really love the spleen. 00:25:15 Speaker 3: Jokes that much, to be honest with you, anymore. The ruptured spleen stuff. Because that is a pretty... serious thing to go through. He's alive and fine, though. 00:25:24 Speaker 1: I know, I know. He's okay. Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age. You don't like the guy that said, Chris, let me explain to you why we don't like you. 00:25:32 Speaker 3: I mean, it's just like 30 people. That's at least well played. It's well played, but it's like 30 people in a row. 00:25:37 Speaker 1: Like, we get it. Like, I don't know. Maybe I'm becoming a big soft Travi. I don't know. A big soft Travi. Is that what Tara calls you? My big soft Travi. No, she calls me daddy. 00:25:52 Speaker 5: Oh, my God. 00:25:53 Speaker 1: Oh, my God. 00:25:53 Speaker 4: Look at Finney. 00:25:55 Speaker 1: I have Finney's face over there. 00:25:59 Speaker 3: Oh, man. 00:25:59 Speaker 1: What did I say? That might be the most badass thing that Bone has ever said, Finney, on this radio show. That's not true. Remember that one girl five years ago called me Spicy Papa. Well, that actually... But that, like... Yeah, that happened, and you just relayed it. The way you did that right there was like... I'm a badass. She calls me daddy. I'm basically Fonzie. I'm Fonzie. I'm Fonzie mixed with a little Charles Bronson, mixed with a little Brad Pitt, with a little Clooney on the side, a little DiCaprio thrown in. All right, anyway, let me get back to the text here. 704-570-9610 if you want to get in. 00:26:38 Speaker 2: Oh, God. 00:26:39 Speaker 3: Even Sirwine was taken aback by that comment. 00:26:43 Speaker 1: I did not see that coming. Did not see that one. Is she listening or do you know she's not listening? That's why you said that. No, she called me that. Yeah. All righty then, man. 00:26:58 Speaker 3: Good for you. I can

show you a text. Does Daddy want Bojangles tonight? Yeah, you're darn right I do. 00:27:03 Speaker 1: Okay. How about that? I underestimated you, Bone. I never saw you as the sort of guy that would be called Daddy in a relationship. I mean, it's free to you, too. You can call me that if you need to. I mean, Mrs. Mack calls me a bunch of names. I can't say them on the radio, though. They're cuss words, and they're not complimentary. I do get the Sweetums, though. I do get the Sweetums. Fitty, are you at the call-you-Daddy stage of the relationship yet? Oh, my God. No. No? Okay. No. Your love, I shouldn't say love, I shouldn't do this to you. Your, because it's early, your, it seems pure. It seems we're very pure. your love. It's not as raunchy as Bones. 00:27:42 Speaker 3: There's nothing raunchy about what I said. 00:27:45 Speaker 1: You're called Daddy. We sometimes call Mac Daddy. I'll sometimes get hit with Zaddy, and I don't know how that makes me feel. What does that mean? That's like when you call someone Daddy, but you're at Zaxby's, and you have to use the Z's for everything. Zaddy. The Zaddy with a salad. Don't they call their salad Zalads? Yes, they do. Y'all get the Zaxby humor, Bone? No? I didn't get it. I know the Zaxby's menu, so I get what you're throwing down. Oh, my God. Bone started this whole hubbub, and he's just sitting over there chill as can be, man. Doesn't know what this is all about. I didn't really think it was that big of a deal. You know what I mean? I can tell you right now, I have never had any woman call me daddy in my entire life. Oh, you haven't lived? My daughter and my son when they were like six years old or less, I think. I think that's about the extent. The text line means saying that zaddy is better than daddy. So I guess it's a good thing. What is zaddy? Zaddy is zesty daddy. Jack's zesty daddy. So did you just trump bone? Is fatty better than daddy? I wasn't trying to. I don't know if I want to be a zesty daddy. I get greeted most of the time by, hey, buddy. That's how I get greeted. Meanwhile, Mrs. Mack calls me fatty sometimes. Not near as good. All right. Anyway, what happened to this segment? Are we done with the audio, I feel like? I think I ended that. This dude said, everybody on the text line better start calling Bryce Daddy. Damn straight. I call him Daddy all the time. 00:29:19 Speaker 3: Damn straight. When we come back, it's the wrap-up. We get you set for the NBA starting today. Duke's in action tonight. It's Mac and Daddy on Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. 00:29:33 Speaker 1: I might be in trouble now. 00:30:00 Speaker 7: Oh, don't wait a minute. Y'all thought Bryce was finished. Carolina beat the Eagles. Now y'all pay attention. 00:30:06 Speaker 1: Two touchdowns and Tommy Trimble. Bryce was on the mission. 00:30:09 Speaker 7: Three sacks on the defense led by a new lieutenant. Two for Aaron for 120 and Coco was a menace. 25 to 14, Carolina handled business. They were sleeping on their pants. Now the whole world got a witness. 00:30:21 Speaker 1: Next week, we got champion. 00:30:22 Speaker 7: We dominate our division. 00:30:23 Speaker 1: We got the victory. We got the victory. We with the Lickin' Fittin' Frizin' Persian Feelin'. There you go, baby. Richard Cannons continues to produce Panther rap anthems on a weekly basis on social media. There's the latest one about getting the dub in Philadelphia. Love it, man. Love it. Love it. 00:30:44 Speaker 3: Cannons go boob on Instagram every week. We have to get this guy to show at some point. 00:30:48 Speaker 1: There you go. We should. And someone ought to call him Daddy, man, with rap songs like that. I mean, you are just. 00:30:53 Speaker 3: Stuck on this thing. Are you jealous that you're not the only one that calls me Daddy? 00:30:57 Speaker 1: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. You got a reaction on the text line on that. This dude said he almost wrecked his car when Bone told the world that he is called Daddy by Tara. 00:31:08 Speaker 3: I didn't think it was that big of a deal. 00:31:10 Speaker 1: Oh, my God. Don't take for granted, Bone, your Daddy status. All right? Doesn't happen to all of us. Only the chosen few Daddies. 00:31:17 Speaker 3: Don't be mad that I wear the pants in the relationship 35% of the time. 00:31:20 Speaker 2: 35%. 00:31:20 Speaker 3: By the way, she listens to the podcast later because she's a... a teacher, so I'm probably going to be... Philly, I have a question for you. I'm not worried about it, but do you have to include that in the podcast? 00:31:36 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, because I told Maddie to go listen to it, so... Yeah, it's got to be included. So you're now giving your girl's name on the air, huh? There you go. Well, Boned or Mac did yesterday, so. Oh, my bad. Was I not supposed to tell her identity? We were calling her Maddie the Batty off the air. Did she know that? Oh, my God. Yeah, and I was not a fan of that nickname. Daddy called her Maddie the Batty. And so did Fatty. Now Fitty's Fatty. 00:32:02 Speaker 2: What? 00:32:04 Speaker 1: I'm Fatty. I'm Fatty. Don't call him Fitty. No, I'm Fatty, your daddy. What is he? Vladdy? Zaddy. Zaddy. I don't care. I'm not him. What is he, a baseball player? Oh, God. 00:32:17 Speaker 2: All right. 00:32:17 Speaker 1: Anyway, Mac, refocus, baby. Refocus here. All right. Let's see what we got. Coming up in the world of sports tonight, NBA gets started. Three games on NBC tonight. Starts with Piston Celtics at three. Then it's Knicks and... uh sixers lebron with the sixers for the first time pretty interesting against the champs um uh and then it's thunder i love this rivalry thunder and spur so i'm gonna dabble in nba i'm definitely gonna dabble in duke in tennessee acc network uh exhibition at seven tonight too man it's a. 00:32:50 Speaker 3: Good night for uh tuesday and october got a little hoop and then tomorrow there's also some college football on the night too there are tuesdays and wednesdays man that's on the

night as well there you go baby there you go not the the biggest games but it is uh Middle Tennessee, FIU, Missouri State, Delaware, and South Alabama, Marshall. If you're not me, but if you're into betting, those could be games you're looking into. And tomorrow, obviously, the Hornets get going in Brooklyn. Big Hornets show tomorrow. We will work a ton of Hornets conversation in. to our Bryce Young superlatives. We're going to mix it in. Got to get some college football going tomorrow on the show, too. Are we into Panther power rankings right now? 00:33:26 Speaker 1: It is Tuesday. Are we caring where they are? Where are we at on power rankings right now? It depends where we're at. I have a feeling after this week I might care. Somebody says we're up to 11 on one of them. We're 15 on ESPN.com. That's not good, man. Seriously. Moved up three spots, though. 00:33:42 Speaker 3: In one of them, we dropped three spots during a bye week. 00:33:44 Speaker 1: That's true. That is true. We care about the ones that are good. How about that? Pretty much. I just hope the committee bone respects our win. Do you think all the hurt eagles will hurt us with the committee? Oh, here's a real test, Matt. Pete Frisco's rankings. He's coming around, man. 14. Okay. 00:34:02 Speaker 3: He's not fully come around yet, though. But he says Bryce Young is a legitimate MVP candidate. Bill Wilmer told J.J. Jansen his advice on Notre Dame with the referees. Add another priest to the bench and quit whining. 00:34:17 Speaker 1: Oh, my God. All right. Anyway, let's get to some of these texts here. 00:34:23 Speaker 4: 704-570-9610. 00:34:23 Speaker 1: Let's see what we have going on in the text line. All right. So this this alleged bone, alleged golf tournament scandal at Rocky River. Somebody texted in and said, your co-workers, I think, have been I think have been busy cheating. And he shows me the leaderboard from this Rocky River tournament at a Rocky River where DJ the Suit Stout and Frank Garcia and two other teammates, Bone, won by eight shots. And the guy says his buddies that lost by eight shots are all scratch golfers. Oh, my goodness. I find it hard to believe, Bone, that these men of integrity would be caught with any shenanigans on the golf course, damn it. That should be suing for slander. I know. Get the lawsuit going, Garcia. Congratulations on your title, y'all. Maybe this guy's buddies are just upset. 00:35:12 Speaker 3: Garcia's on a tour. He's on the bag tour, right? I mean, it's not inconceivable that they won by eight shots. 00:35:19 Speaker 1: Not at all, baby. Frank had a day, man. If Frank hits them four hundies straight, you know what I mean? You ain't going to win. I got news for you. 00:35:28 Speaker 3: DJ can't fire me still, can he? 00:35:30 Speaker 2: No, no. 00:35:31 Speaker 1: I'd look into this. I'd look into this. All right, let's see what else is going on in the text line. Steven from Huntersville says completion percentage would be Bryce's only quote-unquote bad stat. Another texter said Bryce's completion percentage is lower than the other stats, but it's because of all those throwaways. Yeah, he's safe with it when under pressure, but I think it works out, you know, doesn't turn the ball over. He's 21st in completion percentage to their point. That's probably his worst one. 00:35:56 Speaker 3: Can I say something, Mac, also about the offense right now? Yes, he's got Coker and T-Mac. They still don't really get a ton necessarily out of that third spot that we get. Hasn't played hardly. Brazel got hurt. There's still another level to get to here when they add a consistent third option of that guy down the field. 00:36:16 Speaker 1: Not that the other guys can't do that. 00:36:17 Speaker 2: Brazel. 00:36:17 Speaker 1: You know, that'll be next year with Brazel. 00:36:19 Speaker 3: When Brazel gets in there, there's a whole other level to this offense that we haven't. 00:36:22 Speaker 1: Even seen yet. Definitely. I mean, it's to the point where, Bryce, you want to have T-Mac and Coker in. But other than that, I just see Bryce as a guy that just spreads it, man. You know what I mean? Just spreads it around like Oprah on a giveaway day. Look under your chair. 00:36:36 Speaker 3: I'm not saying 7,000 yards is possible next year, but I'm also not saying it can't happen. 00:36:43 Speaker 1: This dude says, when Bones alter ego daddy persona, I picture him like Hugh Hefner in a robe with a cigar. And a glass of bourbon. I had a robe on at Cherokee over the weekend by myself. There you go. That was solo daddy last weekend there at Cherokee. I wasn't drinking bourbon, though. That's a little strong for me. That's too harsh for daddy there? Yeah, I know a lot of people love it. I can't get down with that either. Okay, so a couple of texters were mad at Goldie again today. Adam Gold, I know you're surprised. He praised Bill Belichick so much that it bothered people. Tar Heel fans loved it. I mean, he's basically peeking in his window at this point. A couple of people hated it. He talked about how he won in New England over and over again and didn't have the greatest talent. And people took umbrage with this. This texter says, stop, Goldie. Bella Cheat was nothing when Brady left. It was the biggest drop-off in a coaching career. Another texter says, oh, this is Picante. Adam Gold, more like Adam Bronze. Once Brady left, the Patriots were done winning. So there you go. I have a kind of, like Belichick, great football coach, but I do feel like Goldie laid it on a little thick, ignoring the fact that the greatest winner, greatest quarterback ever. You know what I mean? Was there with him. And then when he left, the greatest quarterback won another ring, and Belichick barely won seven games. You know? 00:38:09 Speaker 3: I mean, Belichick, the defensive mind, is still the greatest of all time. The stuff he did with the Giants, winning those Super Bowls. 00:38:15 Speaker 1: So, yeah. The Marshall Falk Super Bowl, the game plan to stop Marshall Falk is legendary. 00:38:20 Speaker 3: The stuff in Parcells' book about their game plan to slow down, at the time, the revolutionary Bills offense. 00:38:26 Speaker 1: Oh, that one, too? That was another one. Yeah. 00:38:28 Speaker 2: Yeah. 00:38:29 Speaker 3: He goes to Parcells and says, we have to let Thurman Thomas run for 100 yards. And Parcells is like, are you crazy? He's like, no, if they run the ball, Jim Kelly's not throwing it all over the yard and they're not moving as fast. If Thurman Thomas gets 100 yards plus, we win the Super Bowl. And he got 100 yards and won the Super Bowl. It was thinking of like, we're going to let a guy run. Yes, we want him to run the football. We don't want Jim Kelly to be throwing it to Reed and Lofton. 00:38:54 Speaker 1: I love it. I love it. So he is a genius. The Marshall Falk game plan was to beat the living crap out of him as a receiver within five yards, right? When you can chuck him and you can hit him. And they completely took him out of that part of the passing game. There's still the genius level. But does he have a game plan to stop Malachi Nelson and the Syracuse offense on Saturday night? I think he does. I don't even know if he's starting, Fit. Fit, who is the Syracuse starting quarterback? I'm going to have to research that. Yeah, me too. They've used like four of them, I feel like, this season. 00:39:24 Speaker 3: Someone says it's not impressive that Garcia's in the back door. 00:39:28 Speaker 1: You pay to be in the back door. Oh! i thought he got qualified oh damn frank i thought he qualified for it we thought you had some cute card or something oh my god i like this one jj jansen called taylor moten grandpa on today's show and this dude said jj you almost a decade older than bro how you calling him grandpa Oh, my God. Anyway, we've got to get out of here, y'all. We had some fun today, baby. We had some fun. Fatty, Zaddy, and Daddy, baby. That might be the new name of the show tomorrow. And hopefully I'm not saddy. 00:39:58 Speaker 3: How about we just keep this between us? 00:40:01 Speaker 1: Don't put it on the podcast, man. Now I see what's happening. All right, we've got to get out of here, y'all. We'll talk about Duke and the exhibition. We'll talk about the start of the NBA season. We'll have a ton of Hornets combo tomorrow. And you know we're talking Panthers and college football every day. So tune in tomorrow. Good work out of the fit dog, the bone man. Colin Hoggard, Charlotte Sports Today, coming up next.