
Lightning Round of Callers // Trouble at UNC for Belichick? // Agenda Free Friday - 9/4 (Hour 3)
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Felger & Massarotti — Lightning Round of Callers // Trouble at UNC for Belichick? // Agenda Free Friday - 9/4 (Hour 3). Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
Is filgrant man is your favorite afternoon show? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. filgrant man's You guys saw the numbers on YouTube and on the podcast and I saw the numbers at SI like I There's just for one reason or another there is intense interest in this story and And you know, I think as long as there's that intense interest in the story people are gonna be pursuing it and So like it wouldn't surprise me if there was a story next week before the game on Wednesday And Murray that caught your ear. Why it did because it makes me believe that we are gonna get a story sometime between maybe Monday and kick off Wednesday night in Seattle and we are not done with this story I thought we were it had died down, but then we got that thing from the athletic that their investigation that they looked at
Dianne Rossini dropped yesterday and that gave me enough to think okay Maybe they start talking about this a little bit or bring it up again during the game Wednesday night during the law or maybe at half Time because they did again. They breached it at the pro football Hall of Fame game at the beginning of the summer But you know, when you mentioned yesterday a week's time will probably gone by at that point So maybe you know people have short memories it goes away when I heard Brea this morning I I we all know Bert ease. I heard that and said oh something's coming. So who knows it might get worse You know, there is that whole There's one of those kids his thing like you know who knows so it could be nothing But it feels like we're getting a story it could just be nothing like to me that athletic story yesterday It was not much, but at least it brought it back It was you know, you mentioned it was in the The headlines of ESPN dot com. It was going viral again her name was ringing out on these social media streets That's enough to get people chatting about it again Even though there wasn't much in that article, but that's an interesting point It's like even if there's no revelation If there's a big takeout piece on a major news outlet ESPN or something like that and it just
Reinteres the conversation is that enough for NBC on the day of the game to pick up the conversation Sure, and now we're just having the conversation is just bringing it back up is enough to sort of well There it is, you know what I mean? I mean anything that comes to the surface again and that people can see is bad for variable I think the score can start to cut you off my I think the score could dictate it What if they're down 21 nothing at the half wouldn't you have a producer you wouldn't you think a producer would get in the Ear of Toreco and Collins worth and say hey start talking about a tumultuous off season slow start for this team things that have Happened to them like I would if I was a producer I'd be in there we were saying that So here we go. It's maybe it's coming now it feels like it and I just I don't know if we get anything Solacious or any advancement of the story or any you know gory details. I don't know but just said it's might come back is enough to Well probably by the label and you know you just have to deal with that thing and that thing sort of I don't know if it's a cloud or that it's a
Distraction or a cloud or just a thing it's just a thing that you might have to be waiting through next week if you're a Patriots fan never mind a patriot so that was Murray's opening take Oh just real quick because now I've opened up a can of worms, but it's okay I like these rabbit holes are our CPA. I'm just got on my email up So Nathan writes back in our CPA. Nope. Mass is wrong again Itemizing means you fell out a schedule a mass and include the deductions with mortgage interest state and local taxes Charbled donations qualified medical expenses etc. Oh, I see okay. I'm so fired up you read my email Thanks you guys are the best But if you have a list to your wages, you know exactly how much the right office as soon as I hear schedule a you know what I do I Ford it to my guy and say here you got this I Please I can't I'm not if I can write down my gambling losses just tell me what you need for me and I'll give it to you And you could put it on schedule a schedule B you can put you just put it where you got to put it
You do that. That's why I pay you and I'll just tell you what I lost Yeah, so he means itemize from a tax return point of view I I Brian said you got a list or itemizer when he said itemize in the hallway and never mind Do you do you're on taxes? No, God no, I mean not even close no no years ago. I did when I didn't own anything But now I do I never not I haven't yeah not once never not once I that's just the kind of thing that I'm like I know He used to make my dad so mad to because my dad's was really good at math I offer eat for 20 plus years whatever it's been 30 I just take everything and I stuff into a big envelope and I send it And you figure it out you got it send me that bill that's it Hopefully I'm getting something back and now I'm gonna start telling you the games that I lost and I'll send you that That's no problem. I think most people do it just so everything in an envelope But if you need to tell me I can start stacking up losing scratch tickets and stuff in in those envelopes as well Maz I mean Murray Kevin writes in you can claim your losses on scratch tickets. Oh, oh, oh boy. That is good news for your boy
But I bet you have to you know in case you get honored you have to document it. Yeah, so he's got it. Oh, I hang on to them Keep them hang on to you a lot of some of them have like the second chance winners You scan them and you hope for the best minute never really happens, but you fingers crossed Okay, so you can write off scratch tickets. That is thank you emailer. That is good to know Okay back to your phone 617779085 here's oak in How's neck Also known as Quincy go ahead, Oak That's right. Hey, I wanted to call on Maz 90% of the time he goes right up my stink pipe But you know what he's absolutely spot on with the red socks I said it the other day and I'll say it again and my question is for Felga. You ready Mike? To the other patrons working out a side deal with another team On a contract that would make them happy for Gonzalez and they're gonna sign them and trade them. Do you think that's a possibility?
I sign in trades and that kind of thing really doesn't work with Well, you know maybe yeah, I mean, I guess that's possible. It doesn't feel like that's where this is headed but conceptually Could it be could they say listen Christian? We can't we're not we're not gonna give you what you want If you can find someone who will And then let us know and we'll work out a trade with them sure happens all the time so that yes that conceptually could absolutely happen Yes The the NBA actually does sign in trades because you can sign a player for more than the other team Kensington You sign them and then trade but so it's not technically a sign trade but that kind of thing. Yes Do you get the sense that that would be happening? No, but I think that's the direction it's going yes Yes, I could see a trade happening. I mean definitely these last couple of weeks now this thing isn't done I would think they probably wouldn't work with him Hey, where would you like to go after his trainer came on this very program this week and called their contract language trash
And now Gonzalez is starting to be a little bit more chippy about the whole situation and rightfully so I can't imagine that if this thing You know comes to a head and they say hey, we're gonna have to trade you Christian. Where'd you like to go? Yeah, right they're not gonna work with go at yourself. We're gonna look for the best return. We'll send you to Siberia. Yeah, I have to Try the Ukraine How about Dean and Shrewsbury hi Dean. Thanks for hanging on Hey, you're welcome. I think the Patriots would have a lot less winning if they weren't cheating Maybe they have with two a couple super balls or three super balls But we just hear about this Billy Kundov kick and that was a huge huge swing I remember hearing hearing it when I was in a plane and hearing that he missed the kick and That was got us to a super ball So we've just cheated left and right and we wouldn't have been winning nearly as much if we weren't maybe we'd have two
Super balls or three super balls, but I don't think more than that. That's a harsh take. I've never even said that I'm just pointing out that you've done it. You did it go relook Pull up that Kundov kick he shanked that It's not a reason looking at like 4d or whatever. He actually made it to the to the uprights on the scoreboard He made it to where he was aiming just not the real ones and they've rushed him out there too As I remember well as you weren't here the day we did this you know why Because the Patriots were screwing with the down marker that you let stadium scoreboard had at second down versus third down They were effing with the down and distance marker on the scoreboard So they were they were totally taking with the the whole scoreboard up there on that end of the stadium was Fugazi Just to effort the Ravens. I remember that part and so that's what you know they That the the Ravens claim that you know You should know the down and distance and their claim was well that the specialists are Behind the bench behind all the big guys they can't even see the down and distance markers the sticks on the field
They're not counting every down because they're kicking up against the net They rely on the scoreboard to know what down it is and they have a routine on first down You're doing this on second down you're getting ready on third down you're standing on the sideline with the blah blah blah blah And they were down the scoreboard was a down behind No, that's funny and so kind of had to rush on out there and Was obviously aiming at the up uprights on the left not the uprights on the right either way anytime I see a kicker Trot that kicker more likely than not is missing that kick when he runs out there. Yeah, yeah Yeah, you want a calm kicker and still it's but it's no guarantee But I remember that vividly him trotting out there and say holes gonna probably miss this thing at 32 yards Right here's Anthony and brain tree on the Bella check story high Anthony Hey guys, how you doing? Hey, I know you guys have already touched on a couple of the different parts of the Bell six story But what I don't understand is a school like UNC Where let's be honest there no more for basketball than football and the real reason they brought Bella check on
Was trying to rebuild something like that Why wouldn't they just eat the money and just move on rather than going down the road of the press and everything Lambrady's owed like what one million one and a half. Let's call his kid another one and a half It was much to say three four million dollars bills owed another ten Anthony just eat the fourteen million dollars Move on bill even if they went eight knowing the off season bill wasn't coming back anyway Anthony so they get rid of them why invite the bad publicity to the school with everything else is going on can me stop you Excellent question. Yeah, it's a good point, but it's not just 14 million right you'd get the whole contract No, well, I depending on why he was fired. No, it was the first three years of guaranteed So he signed a five year fifty this is bill five years fifty first three are guaranteed so only 30 are guaranteed They've already paid him ten so it's the balance of 20 million for him and He's right about Lambrady and Steve Bell check they're both really high paid for their positions But and I'm putting this in air quotes. I'm changing only a million bucks here and there you and see with an endowment of
hundreds of millions of dollars and money coming out of their ears Why are they invite all this scandal over what for them could be considered chunking? No, it's a legitimate question and I would say because they feel duped They're been they're vindictive. Yeah, you know, they're agitated about something. They want to take them down You know and just letting them all go and swallowing the money and not doing any of this They might deem as letting them off easy. Yeah, it's a win like for Bill. It's a win. Yeah, right He gets his money. He's happy and they probably feel like he's mailing it in that's how bad I mean there's going there and failing and then there's going there in this I mean a complete I mean like napalming the thing is what has happened there with Bella Chuck Mark and Quincy go ahead Mark I just want to practice this by saying Bella check definitely deserves anything that comes to him and that fat pig LaBarty too But I just wanted to ask Matt Was everything the red socks that about Frank Cohen are true when they let them when they pushed him off the door
Ultimately, yes Right, and did you like that? I know I thought they smeared him. It's fair Okay, so do we not see the correlation here? I do totally see the correlation, but I thought Frank Conan did I treated the red socks more fairly than Bella check treated North Carolina and I'm with mass on this the difference is Bella check deserves it Frank Conan might not have But that's not the argument. That's not your argument No, it's your all right. Well, right, but but it's the principle of it You don't smear somebody on the way out to justify getting them out. It's the same thing Yeah, but it depends on what that person is No, it's the same thing don't do that So no, it depends on again I generally agree with this point. I get it. You don't smear the person Okay, but in this case the person who's getting smeared has done a lot of smearing. I'm just point out it It's a smear we smear in teetha Sorry John very good the Fire the only time I just want to point out is that it is a smear to
to You know have a whole story based around the questions you're being asked is Really flimsy and a smear and low But that's all that I'm pointing out that just shows you the depths that UNC is going that's how bad they want to get Bella check that they're willing to do that and you know For all intents and purposes feed these reporters in Carolina What's going on down there? And it's not a completed investigation They're not even publishing what the answers are to the questions. They're just publishing what they're being asked Which is low and a smear and listen Bill probably deserves it you can't really go on a witch hunt the UNC is but but Murray had a good line before you Don't want to be the victim of a witch hunt what Murray don't be the witch Be some ails. Yeah, so look the guy Mark. I'll just tell you that it my my reaction I admit is emotional. I got I got grant you that my only point was Mike's point about the the you know mechanics of it
If you want to use that term totally fair With Bill Bollochek. I have to have any sympathy. I don't You're misleading the public. Yeah, not as bad as usual, John Now I I don't worry. I don't need all your scratch ticket people here because I are they call oh I just telling you the We are an insidious law. Oh my god What as as as What's that give me a good adjective For the scratch ticket people at the counter at the gas station that you mean all I go and I ask the girl If you you're really in that you got it you want to fill up your tank You got a dinner to go to with the wood and I'll say I'll have four lucky Well, what what none give me three what's hot two what no what number you on on one? What number you on on that no no You know what I is anyone hit on those thirties is maggot too strong a word Vermon I More shopping the right adjective Creetans I'm trying to find the right because it's not I don't want to paint you a two but you know that's pretty low
Yeah, you're not evil but oh My god, no maggots are good. The maggots in line for the effing scratch tickets I just need to get my pack of gum and go I'll be out of here in 10 seconds as you're That's what the cuz you never know sometimes the she those gas stations attend It's too. I'll tell you like you don't want those ones because they just you know I can't just hit Greg and print Greg and Bridgewater go ahead Greg what do you got? Hey guys, I'm the reason I was calling I'm not a scratch ticket person It's just I played poker and I go to the machine. It was a lot I don't know if you guys are rewards members at like Moeigan in Foxwoods, they give you a statement at the end of the year of what you lost is a nice scratch ticket thing You can only you could save $10,000 in losses and scratch tickets But you have to go against your documented wins. So you have to have a documented five wins of whatever 12,000 then you could dock the 10,000 statement is a tax break, but I'll hang up on this do you have to be up at that level? What if it's 200 to 100
No, that no well Well, it's not documented anything over $5,000 is documented So anything that's like I know that isn't documented, but you know, okay So you got a win a sizable amount or lose a sizable amount you can't write off that way Yeah, you can't write off $200 in gambling. I can't imagine it's got to get to 5,000 I think we know and then over five grand I think with the tickets Yeah, I know they make you go to the office if you go hit over five grand Otherwise, a deposit right on your phone. It's pretty nice If you hit a grand, they'll put it right in your account your phone. I'm worried the scratch ticket I love them. I can't I love them. I like they I'm no short trash at my core The what was I gonna say? The but at least you know, you should they should let you do with gambling as you do with your investments Which is what you have to do anyway you net your capital gain versus your losses And you give that to them and you should be able to do it with gambling. It sounds like you can't I've just never actually done it I mean, if you don't gamble enough to do it. I you know
There have been times not currently But the scratch ticket thing Okay, Murray start to start to document your scratch I think I'm gonna. Yeah, this is good news and let me know how you do. What do you if you had to guess What do you net plus or minus every year on your scratch tickets? How you can't possibly be plus oh no, no, no No, definitely not Who's to say I you know Might you qualify for these these exemptions. Yeah, I mean sorry my qualify for assistance Back with more after these words don't go anywhere Now for a Feltger and birch on the sports hub One of the sources I spoke to that was interviewed You know was concerned that if we reported the questions being asked it might potentially Prevent UNC from continuing with investigation Because clearly there's a lot left to uncover. I give these are questions being asked
Not definitive proof So I think reading between the lines here. We've had a month of Time between belt of Steve Michael Embardi being on administrative leave And now it appears the investigation has pivoted to Steve Bella check And I think what they're trying to do is find out if these allegations are true And it's one of the things that multiple sources told me is that the investigator after the sources would Give their response to those questions Um would ask if they had any proof would ask if there was any text messages screenshots Because that's the thing there's there's rumors there's questions And then there's proof and I think that's what the internal investigators are trying to find now Pat well to their WRAL reporting this stuff out on bill balochek and UNC quite an incredible turn down there Let's do a lightning round shall we please Jimmy? It's It's To you by blue sky restoration contractors
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Community now that people like give a heads up on a tweet that say what you believe this is isn't real And they explain why the post uses AI generated images falsely to pick and play Matthews after cosmetic work Okay, no credible sources report any such change stop getting fooled by this stuff And I'm yelling at one of my best friends who sends me stories all the time like your your brain is putting now You believe all this nonsense. How do you not know this is fake The long and short of it is I don't care what he looks like no I just saw the picture is totally fake the lightning round is brought you by blue sky restoration contractors About Howard and Randolph go ahead hour Yeah, I know very quick uh is you want to invest in Bellagick or someone else investigating you and she And the other thing is part of the reason I want to give it a bell attract is because you're done with such an a hole when they first came in That's why they can't well it bill was such a disaster and such an a hole That you and see instead of just swallowing the salaries and moving on Are dragging them through the mud
Which again he deserves it I have no sympathy for but that's what they're doing that's how bad that that's how bad It's been down there and that's Ultimately on him if you were a decent human being They treat him decently on the way out the door Instead of going after his kids drug problem, you know That's how bad it was down there But you know what is interesting I've heard other people talk about this is Jordan sort of disappeared She's definitely known as uh out there as she out there all Mm-hmm. I mean I haven't seen anything about her in a long time how about under Feed or Twitter I guess she wasn't in Ireland so I was just gonna ask that was she at the doubling game You know and I watched a fair amount of the game and uh and not that they're gonna flash to her every two minutes But even in the post came is not like I saw her on the field afterwards as they were all celebrating and everything like As she as she got out of dodge As the heat has been turned up and she's gotten out of that you know like where's her? We're she and all this
Interesting question disappeared Lightning round barged by blue sky restoration contractors continues with bill in Quincy with the red Side go ahead bill what he got Ha Get it but not planning to go up there. Oh He's talking to someone else. Oh, he wasn't talking to us. I don't think so No, I think he was talking to someone else So like that lady you called the other day Yes, yeah, right she was hammering out something in the room Uh, how about Adam in Rhode Island joins us now in the lightning round go ahead Adam Like take that 48 yard of use money back then and he shanked one in the opening game When we are the Patriots hoist of the banner sure and two for Maz baseball I looked up major league baseball at batting average leaders last week
It was eight guys over 300 and the whole major leagues now it's four that is a gregis. What do you guys think? So it's been uh, it was been going on for most of the year right out of the gate The overall average in the league at one point was like 236 or something I don't remember But I'm not surprised him. I mean the pictures dominate the game. I told you I think they jacked the ball in the middle of the year. I think it's part of the reason the red stock started scoring But you know, you said it's an era of pitching on that first point uh, it was definitely being used against kunda in that AFC title game kick. I don't know about Vanderjack. Maybe I mean you're going back 22 years with that one But here's uh, here's all I know that during that era the opposing field goal percentage at Gillette stadium was the lowest in the league So obviously a northeast stadium in the outdoors is going to be near the bottom But they were dead last opposing field goal percentage was dead last at Gillette stadium so Did it have uh, I can't believe it had no impact like like all the stuff they were doing
Why do it if it had zero impact it had to have How about texture in the car on bell checking you and see on the latrine go ahead to dexter Hey boys, uh, I for one would be shocked if jordan did not stand by bill through all the To love and all that but you know, I just read these reports and uh, sorry if you guys have mentioned this I've been off the grid all week in training, but I think the war had already begun You know, I bet you and c went to bill said it's not working out. We want you out here and then bill and typical fashion said Well, you guys don't have dick. I'm not leaving and now you're kind of seeing these reports about you know leaking the stuff about the kid and It's about to get nasty. I think they're about to jump in the foxholes Yeah, if my guess is that part of it and not just bill being an epic a hole on a day to day But I bet it started last year with the negotiations on the buyout right there were There were reports on that there were buy out discussions And bill probably drove a hard bargain And they probably got all pissed off at the table and they said okay You can do it that way or we can do it this way I do want this to go bill or it got contentious last year
I think to what he pointed out that scenario I don't think that conversation even happened between those two parties if it did it was last year But now they look at what's going on and these things are happening and then those in charge of UNC And maybe some boosters say we have an out here. Let's explore this and it's gotten dirty But if they want them out You got to do what you got to do right I just again because I'm rooting for the story I'd love to see bill just stick it out And digging his heels and It'd be a good story if they kept winning And all of that I mean that would just create that chaos And I'd be interested to see it He's not going to step down because of a storm like this No the only time he would ever resign is if he had a better opportunity like it was with the Jets and Patriots Right, so he's that big of an a hole Which this party to give him credit for like oh you want me gone I'm spitefully staying go up yourself Exactly so that I don't think you're going to see him You quote unquote forced out or forced to resign he wouldn't do it on principle well it depends
What if they really have it really have the goods have evidence of Steve really Really doing some bad stuff And at that point the university says bill Step down or we're going to release this stuff Step down or we're going to release the findings are invested you want to protect your son like Maz mentioned this earlier If they really got him Okay, so but that's if they really really got him if Steve has a drug problem if and he was getting high with the player or two I mean that's already out there Would bill shut it down for that? No, I don't think so like that like not at this point like now I think Bill might even go listen I might have played ball with you before even though he wouldn't but Now now you're coming out for my family So F you no, I'm not going anywhere you're gonna have to take me out on a court order. There's a game on Saturday I'll be on the sideline you know like that thing. Yeah, I don't know if he cares about his family as much as he cares about spiting That's true too and winning you know and being right or himself. Yeah, yes exactly
So unless they have real evidence of Steven pushing weight across state lines and there's a big trafficking operation I don't think anything's gonna happen like it's a salacious story But I don't think he's going anywhere Pushing weight across state lines Oh good grief. This is where we are with Bill Bell check in UNC. I thought he'd be good there I thought he'd be like a tournament team. What a disaster absolute epic disaster Aduck includes a lightning round bride tea by her friends at blue sky restoration contractors update with Murray and then we're right back Boston's best sports talk You can count on it. You'll a plus a tool is a fudge I I keep saying green tea Monday agenda free Friday Here on Felagom as by the way, this is the four o'clock hour supposed to be a gas per day, but gas per Uh is off today He would have been as usual brought you by premier basement water proofing Our guys at premier wish everyone a great labor day weekend and wish the New England football team
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Especially for a dude i i've begun to boycott birthdays even my family members That tracks boycott would completely radio silence. I'm not even gonna Complete boycott just the big ones when she's 60 you'll celebrate that one anything in between I definitely not until we get there Uh, so like i've gone a complete birthday boycott I i get like you know all these text threads of your like oh happy birthday I completely ignore. I'm boycotting birthdays. I can't stay i want nothing to do with your birthday You got a long anniversary. I'll give you a little tip of the cap on that one 44 years no small feat every freaking a hole Has a birthday to be married 44 years. That's no joke. Okay. So Happy anniversary to your parents there. Marry that's almost longer than you've been alive Yeah, okay, that's pretty close. How about uh Neil and Indiana hi Neil Hey, I'm going I'm like god. I think the Patriots are gonna get absolutely killed next Wednesday just given
Gaza situation like rables tone comments I think we might get killed wondering what you asked about the game. I think getting killed's on the table But you could pull it up so i don't know i don't i don't i don't i can't So too high to predict and week one is so topsy turvy too like weird things can happen That's one of the reasons I actually kind of like the Patriots They should have never lost in a million years that stupid raiders team at home last year But sometimes teams just aren't prepared you catch them sleeping Seahawks did hard knocks this year. There's been some changes with their Their roster again, yeah You know so but darn mention this the other day the other day too So they're gonna be starting a rookie running back this jadairian price. Yeah, I mean they get gouged by Walker Who's now with the chiefs last year if he was still here. I'd probably really strongly take the Seahawks That you know, I don't know like he he was he picked your part I've signed that it was such an epic mismatch last year. Yeah, huge. Okay. It was a mismatch on a neutral field Now you're going to their place that's a tough place to play no doubt about their crowd
Baner night as bartholus the other day the teams raising the banner at home on opening night are 14 and three 17 and four I thought Something like that some sort of you know crazy winning percentage so If you weren't close then why are you close so AJ Brown and Romeo Dobbs make that big of a difference Has Will Campbell's arms grown in the six months since that game? No, no, but he is healthier than he was in the Super Bowl I mean there's something to that he's still I don't care how healthy I know the arms are still short the rushers here and he's here The arms not going to get there and if they kept their defensive line intact I think they have yeah, the most part. Yeah, I mean still Williams and Murphy and Demarkis Lauren Don't they have like six guys that they just yeah, they got a lot of freaks up front. So you know, I don't love that But there's also look there's the darn old factor too, and I know he's a Super Bowl winner. He is he was he was not great in that game He wanted to give it to you. He sucks That's true. I got a note Gonzalez plays. That's a big yeah
If he's not playing I'm picking the C-Rx Chris in Scottsdale on the Billy Kundiff miss. Yes Scott I'm sorry Chris Sorry, you know, no, I was gonna tell you I coach with Tundiff and I coached a lot of four minutes out players in Scottsdale and Arizona here I was just calling to tell you a call Screen screener that I'll call next week. I'll go to talk to him tonight and ask him about this situation But I will tell you that when I talk to these guys that you know coach was McNabb and band and Bosch and a lot of guys You may not know but when I talk about the Patriots a lot about all the stuff They you know, they have a lot of funny stories about the stuff that was on in that stadium Between the field the board everything Um doesn't really bother them too much. They don't really care too much But I will say that generally speaking they're they're not fans of the Patriots So but I'll give you guys a call next week. Okay. Just stick on that video. Okay. Yeah, keep us posted give us details I would just say Touch on this yesterday briefly the Harbos I mean, oh yeah, no they're top of the list listen
No one was worse than Balochuk and the Patriots during those years no one no one did it to the extent that they did it and the scope of Their maneuvers and the just the absolute persistence which with which with they with with which they did this stuff no one matched them But the Harbos were probably second They were next in line. Don't you think definitely the numbers two and three on the list What was I think I'm mixing with the camera glasses? Oh, yeah Those two so like the Ravens don't have much of a leg to stand on Probably both cheating against each other growing up with long commercial free segment comes your way next I want to get to the gossip everything you said is right The comment that Robert Kraft made at the beginning of camp about having made him You know a big offer did that Because it put pressure on him did that at all annoying him absolutely Absolutely because you know that that was the main request was like hey let's let the
let's let Elliott Wolf and and And Christians agent handled that and then you know Well, we'll laugh and joke about it later on but then it's like you know Kraft shows up and you know He says what he says, but I get it. It was true at the time But it's just not all the way true like the context is like yeah, we did offer you to be the highest paid But contract language was kind of trash, you know So it was like we had to kind of sort through that kind of stuff to make it make sense That right there super cut of the week super cut of the year when you're thinking about your next haircut Use your head head to any of the 120 Boston and Providence supercuts salons supercuts real smart here That is coach flight Christian white uh Christian's houses positional coach if you will trainer offseason training coach defensive backs coach And he was on with us earlier this week and That comment got a lot of play as it should have it's Often further insight even though I think his overall tone and demeanor during that
interview was optimistic that something would get done that comment, you know That comment landed because it called out what we feared Was the fact when robber craft count and said that the first day of training camp in the first place We'd offer him the highest contract at his position the highest contract in Patriots history We're at the time. It's like that cop that statement means nothing It means nothing unless you know the details of the contract and what the real money is and when it's being paid out It doesn't you can the money's not guaranteed you can call it whatever you want But it doesn't matter. It doesn't make it a good offer and it turns out that was the case And uh certainly Maz I don't think that that comment has helped matters between the sides because it feels like There's been some uh, uh, I don't know it feels like the acrimonious risen a little bit here between the sides As we are closer to game day, which isn't a good thing No, but uh, you know, I go back to the beginning Which is I'm not sure did crap speaking up help things at the beginning? Codno Obviously not so like you know, you start to if put both sides are agitated
Like you know, let let it go Equally guilty on that one now But I would say the Patriots started it unless you count Gonzalez rubbing his fingers together at the Celtics But that wasn't really a comment about the Patriots He didn't say anything he didn't give any specific number He didn't say you know, I mean all he did was I want to get paid So I don't think that that was nearly as bad as the Patriots speaking up. So I think the Patriots have been speaking In their usual fashion I I hear the craft's voice In the commentary. I mean again, I told you the the Adam Sheptor report now Two weeks ago that they're not close. They've never been closed the pats aren't in the neighborhood Withers to inside for this the pats have never been there Are not close to going there that report he put in there now my variable values defensive lineman over cornerbacks That I think comes from the team at if I had to guess that's when Adam Sheptor calls up Adam Sheptor finds out what's going on This is what's being offered. This is how far apart they are probably finds out from the other side
calls the pages to check calls the pages to talk about it And that's what he hears back. Well You know Adam. I mean Some rables call and he doesn't value corners like you would defend So I think that came from the team Gonzalez has had to hear that you hear in other quarters that Gonzalez might not be the biggest variable guy You know, where does that come from so I think The the crafts get their word out Just not directly Gonzalez is getting his word out A little directly the comment he made to the Fox 25 reporter yesterday was kind of a a wopper Talking about how much respect he has for the Seattle organization They built their team they kept the pieces and they've done what they've done Which is a direct illusion of them signing their guys where the Patriots haven't So I think the direct comments from Gonzalez are picking up a little bit You know, he's said quote unquote. It's frustrating. So he's admitted to his frustration and Some veiled shots. He's done his thing online
the Gunna Should have been done by now And then what was the other day? I've seen the clip I was out that day. It was with Barth right he was the one that we're signing lyrics to some song with his Remember the specific lyrics. We were all laying down tracks that day What was the song? Practice what you preach right by LFC blah blah blah. What was it? I don't remember the Is the artist the remember his name practice what you preach by who I FY why FN luchi You have more why FN luchi Top five hands down huh heard they caught you slipping with your pants down. Yeah Can't go on that mission and be playing round yeah All that tough talking got you man down. Yeah. Yeah look You know the real gone always win in the fake gone get exposed
I don't see no competition. It's just me at the top And I know this is a two-seater But it's just me in the drop until the day I get that billion. I won't even stop I need more Barth doing this. This is great Oh, no, that's all that uh that was the good stuff so we'll land out you'll hear more in the weekend review You've got me in the two-seater And I know this is a two-seater But it's just me in the drop until the day I get that billion. I won't even stop Until that day I got the billion. I won't even stop Can't go on that mission and be playing round yeah, it's hard to find someone less street than me But I was far I think we found him He's the best you know the real gone always win in the fake gone get exposed I don't see no competition. It's just me at the top And I know this is a two-seater But it's just me in the drop until the day I get that billion. I won't even stop
Yeah, what's what's in the drop mean? Yeah, I don't know Yeah, okay, two-seater I'm thinking a sports car. I think I get that part figured out luchi So um here we are friday. We're all off on Monday. I assume yeah, yes when we reconvene I'm working Monday. Are you I'm working with Barth. We're gonna drop some more rhymes Are you on the air you do them? I'm in the mass seat nice Okay, so Barth and yeah, but then when we reconvene Who knows maybe there'll be a new variable story which brayer seemed to intimate today Yeah, that there's a variable story coming next week and We'll be on the verge it mean if christian's office isn't signed when we get back on the air on Tuesday What are we talking about? Well those two things. Yeah, the imminent story of rabble and receney that thing being back up and the ridiculousness of them not signing Arguably their second best player Because why isn't it ridiculous? It's just such a bad look and as I've said and others have to if you're a rookie
Or a young player in that locker room How do you not look at this and say well what it's my turn? I'm probably not getting paid either like because I might be too good What a stupid thing. What are this guy not to? Like what what did he do wrong? He's too good. Yeah Everyone else who was drafted when he was drafted who succeeded at a high level has gotten a new contract Except for him He was picked by the wrong team because he's too good No, really you can be good, but not expensive good He had the misfortune of being picked by the team that wouldn't pay. I mean seriously Uh, so that's coming. I you know, so there the patch are going to it's not like the patch are taking the weekend off They're actually like doing the full Because the games on Wednesday tomorrow's like a Wednesday It's the first injury report of the week tomorrow. So yeah, try it that way. So like they're gonna be on the practice field fully working talking against also supposed to talk tomorrow At the podium So we'll see where that goes, but it's all come to a head and I can't believe it I can't believe it's come to I come to this come down to the wire like this the fact that's even come down to the wire is a bad look
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