The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Tiers of Tears (feat. Dianna Russini)
11 Nov 2025
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Chapter 2: Can the Dolphins realistically win the Super Bowl?
They can. No, they can't.
They can. They can win.
Mathematically possible. They can win the rest of their games. They can. And they can't.
They can.
Can. Taz is right. They can't. They can. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Bills can't. Bills can't. Dolphins can. Like, that's ridiculous what you're saying. Diana Rossini's on with us, senior NFL insider for The Athletic and host of the Scoop City podcast. Diana, is the Bills window closed?
It is not closed, but I'm not very curious about the Dolphins schedule because I'm in Greg's camp here. I think the Dolphins can win the Super Bowl. Oh, come on. You're trolling us. Well, look, right? They've got the commanders.
It's an easy schedule. It's the Saints. It's the Jets.
They've got the Saints. They've got the Jets.
They're all looking at the Dolphins and saying, we've got the Dolphins.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of the Bills' Super Bowl window closing?
And then I see a lot of people reacting. angrily to you don't do this to Brian Dayball. And I'm just curious before I throw it to Diana, why do you think people care about that so much when Brian Dayball's just a guy?
Yes, I agree. It's because it's the New York market. If Brian Dayball was just fired from the New Orleans Saints, nobody cares and we're not talking about it. It's New York. It's why whoever the Jets coach is or the next Jets coach is going to be disproportionately discussed.
I really think, like, I agree with you. Dayball is an unremarkable NFL coach looking for work.
I don't even necessarily agree with the unremarkable part. Like, OK, fine. Like, he is just a guy. But he was doing, like, Jackson Dart's having a good season. And I understand they're 2-8. I wouldn't want to change, you know, potentially the offense that he runs next year because they have a new coach, Diana.
Yeah, look, the New York market thing, I'm with you, Greg, on it. And sometimes I still think that gets blown out of proportion. Yet, look how many people we've seen leave New York and have success just from the players, right? Like Daniel Jones, Leonard Williams. Maybe this will be Brian Dable's future where he has success outside the Giants. Saquon Barkley, right? But...
Dan, I was with you a little bit from a... No one was surprised that Brian D'Abel got fired, right? We've been talking about it every single week.
I think what happened here was because the quarterback has shown that he is talented and could be the guy here, and the relationship between him and Brian D'Abel seemed to be the best part of watching this New York Giants team before they collapsed against Denver and lost to Philly. and just really started losing against the Niners.
I think there was a moment here where you went, okay, if you're the New York Giants and you have the quarterback, what do you want? Well, you want a really good offensive play caller because this kid has potential. Who's a good offensive play caller? Oh, Brian D'Abel. Remember what he did with Josh Allen? Oh my gosh. Oh wait, he's our head coach. So I think there was belief that now is the time.
The best version of Brian D'Abel is here. Unfortunately, the reality is Brian is a good offensive coordinator. He is not a great head coach because so much comes with it. And I think that's why in this next chapter of the New York Giants, in terms of what they're going to be looking for, I would lean more towards them searching for a we talk about this kind of in a funny tone, but leader of men.
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Chapter 4: How does Dianna Russini view the current state of the Dolphins?
Brian Dable got the job in the end. Look, Mike Tomlin's name is floating around there right now because we don't know what the future in Pittsburgh will be. I think we have this conversation every year. What happens? He stays in Pittsburgh because that's how they do it. I just think the model for John Mira, like what he should be looking at in terms of what do I want this to be and look like?
I think they need to look in New England. You get the leader of men and you get the really good offensive coordinator. It doesn't, the answer of just getting the OC as the head coach, you know, from history doesn't really work out as well. And I think this Giants team needs that. I think they've tried all the other ways.
I think this is a time where they need to find the guy that's going to be the disciplinary again, because that's when they've had success.
Can I get a ruling from the group here who have raised children? I think I don't have children, so I'm not going to judge Diana's parenting skills, but I think she's
doing something with her kids that some parents might say is not something that you should do now how old are your kids diana four and three okay so uh she has been picking up the phone when they're misbehaving and this works undoubtedly and she has been threatening that she's about to call santa claus yeah that's a good move that is a good move that's a good move good for you diana okay is it zaz is it too early
No, never. No. Is it working?
It is. But with my children, I have learned it runs out like it only works for a week or two. And then they're like, that's not Santa. That's grandpa.
OK, so then you move on. Like maybe next time you say I'm calling the police.
Oh, wait, wait a minute. I just said back here, one of my friends. They, to their kid, they always are threatening to call the cops.
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Chapter 5: What parenting techniques does Dianna share involving Santa Claus?
They just trade for him and he immediately makes an impact. Like they do a really good job on both sides of the ball. But I just, I think it's the understanding of what they could be is the frustration, right? AJ Brown, three targets again? You know, like, what is this going to turn into by the end of the season? And how are they going to get him more involved?
Because I think that's what he wants. And I think that's what they want to do because he's that good. So, look, they're at the top of the NFC. They've got Seattle and the Rams, who to me are the best teams playing right now in football.
Let's get the tears of tears for Diana. Let's get these ready so that she can make a ruling for us before we let her go. And can you guys get for me the Jalen Phillips tweet, please? Because he had a forced fumble last night. He had a recovered fumble last night. He had four pressures, no sacks. He's going to be helped by that defensive line, which doesn't particularly need his help.
But Howie Roseman does what the Bills did not do. because they got another pass rusher in Philadelphia in Jalen Phillips. When you look at everything, the totality of people complaining in Philadelphia that the offense is not doing enough, I want to ask you a question about Lane Johnson, their right tackle. Is there a better right tackle in football? No.
Where do you put him on most important players the Eagles have? Like if I said one, two, three, four, five.
He is the best player on offense for the Philadelphia Eagles. Lane Johnson is the best player on the Philadelphia Eagles.
I don't think people know this. Like I think people like you know this. I don't think the people listening to this, they talk about A.J. Brown and they're talking about all the other players that play offense for the Eagles. But that guy gets hurt last night. All of a sudden they're going to have problems.
Let me be even clearer. It is my opinion, but it's also from me asking the people on the Philadelphia Eagles team recently about this. I've had conversations with guys. Who is the best player on the team? And it is not even questioned. It's always Lane Johnson.
Always. He's the best right tackle ever. And do you dispute this?
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Chapter 6: How do the hosts react to Dianna's parenting stories?
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Are you on the fan right now? Did Mike Greenberg call you yet? Are you ever going to go back to ESPN? People think it's so weird you're a writer now. All those years on TV, all those years, and now you write? Who reads that?
Stugatz.
Why did you take a job at the Atlantic? Mom, I work at the Athletic. What? You're on YouTube?
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugats.
Let's speed her up, Roy. Let's speed her up. Let's get out of here. She's the host of Scoop City with The Athletic. She's the NFL, senior NFL insider for The Athletic.
Diana, is Joe Burrow returning this month?
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Chapter 7: What are the different tiers of crying discussed in the episode?
But what it could have been, right? If Matthew Stafford, this is a team that looks primed, ready to go for the Super Bowl with Sean McVay. If he was in New York, would Brian Dable still have his job?
Talk about clutch genes, Matthew Stafford, Dan. That guy's got a clutch gene like no other.
I just want to know, what's another way of saying somebody comes through in the fourth quarter? Exactly, exactly right.
Perfect way of saying it. Okay. Clutch jean, Dan said. I'm wrong. A clutch jean.
Thank you.
Wearing a pair of clutch jeans. He wears clutch jeans.
Thank you.
Yes, that's right. We should start making those. Clutch jeans. We should start making those. They sound tight in all the wrong ways. They do sound very tight, Greg. Jeremy has one question to close it out. All right. Which is worse, Diana? Weeping or sobbing?
Sobbing.
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Chapter 8: What conclusions are drawn about emotional expressions in parenting?
It's a good question. There ain't two. Does Bo Nix stink? Do you realize that this is Diana's life as she walks through life? Some guy shouting behind her. Does Bo Nix stink? There ain't two. Does he stink? Her life. Look, in the Northeast especially, guys like you on a street corner. Me? Guys like you. Clutch Gene. Asking for the opinion of does Bo Nix stink? stink as she's trying to leave.
She's got to leave. Thank you, Diana. He does. He doesn't. He doesn't. Goodbye.
That's my girl. I'm going to go cry. Goodbye, Diana.
You've got to do this, okay? Listen to me. I want it to escalate. Look, if she's willing to put her kids... You're on the naughty list. Listen to me. Listen, if she's willing, okay, to tell the American people, okay, that she puts her children in freezing cold to be raised by deer as a threat, I need this to escalate into you become a really threatening Santa. Like, you need to be.
You need to start out really kind, but it needs to escalate. Like, we've got six weeks to perfect this, and I want those kids scared for Christmas that what's coming down their chimney is doing so with a machete.
You go outside right now.
Can you get me the sound of Mad Dog Please complaining about the government shutdown?
All of you should be ashamed. Every single elected official on both sides of the aisle should look themselves in the mirror how they let down the American public and made us a laughingstock around the world. Around this is not about winners and losers, who is right and who is wrong. This is about doing something good for the American people and say, you know what?
All right, they're wrong, but I got to step up here and make sure that the air traffic controllers are there with aircraft and towers. Not saying, you know, your turn, LaGuardia. Your turn, Kennedy. Newark, it's been 40 minutes. Send a plane out that's been sitting there for 15 hours. That's not the way this works.
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