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Chapter 1: What notable events did the hosts experience over the weekend?
I'll say this much, Bob. You and I and Limits all had very notable weekends. Big things happened for all of us. I'll begin with the common greeting of how are you, and then we'll get into it. Everything good? Ron?
Except I started without my microphone on, so maybe this Ron seat is affecting me. I don't know.
He did that three days a week.
Everything good? Yeah, everything's good. Beautiful day out there. Looking forward to another interesting week of sports.
How are you? I'm okay. I'm good. Very good. What temperature does the... Does it need to be to start to melt the snow limits? Is the sun going to do that today or no?
Slowly. I asked that question of Ray Petlin just to interrupt our meteorologist. He says it does a little, but you need the temperature to get above 30 degrees basically.
Is that ever going to happen again?
I don't know. Well, the Punxsutawney Phil Groundhog said six more weeks, but he says that every year. It's almost like a foregone conclusion. Do you know him, Bob? I've met the hog, yeah.
Limits doing well? I'm doing well, yes. I've never met Punxsutawney Phil, but I do have groundhogs in my yard. Bob's probably interviewed him. They probably had a sit-down like Bob with Mike McCarthy. And that's where we begin today, Bob, is the notable things that happened to all three of us this weekend. What day was your sit-down with Mike? Friday. Friday. That's still the weekend.
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Chapter 2: What was the significance of Mike McCarthy's interview?
For sure. Michael Manko down the right side. Crosby sets up Manko.
Why is he going down the right if he's a left winger, Bob?
Because you're playing him like Dan Bosma, off the wrong wing. Yeah, that's true.
He can do that. So, Michael Manko and Limits met at Champs up at Penn State. We did. Because you were both going to the outdoor hockey game. How did it go? Did you guys talk behind my back? What happened? We talked behind your back, in front of your back, and all the above.
Yeah. But we said a lot of very complimentary things about you, Joe. We shared a lot of notes and our appreciation for you. And we went to Champs, which is a very, if anybody's ever been to Penn State before, they know what Champs is. It's like the biggest hangout spot in all of Penn State. Yeah.
And yeah, we had a fun time just chopping it up about a lot of different things. Very nice, man. That doesn't tell me any details. What did you say about me? What did he say about me?
He asked me my favorite and least favorite parts about Joe. And I told him that my favorite part about Joe is how you embrace me and how you believe in me and the rapport and connection that we have with each other. And we talked about how you walk to work in the middle of the snowstorm as well.
And how you were shoveling your driveway and was so angry shoveling your driveway that we came and picked you up. Even though you probably could have drove to work, we picked you up and drove you anyway.
Bob, have you been to Champs Sports Bar? Before we go on, did he tell you about yelping? Did you have a yelp story?
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Chapter 3: How did the hosts react to the weather and its impact on sports?
This, to me, my initial reaction when they hired Mike was they just rehired Mike Tomlin. And Art said he wanted to run it back. And he pretty much is.
Yeah, the only thing I would think that they must be thinking, if Rodgers, they saw enough of him to know that he can still throw the ball when protected. He could still diagnose other teams' defenses. They need more help. If they get another receiver who's a really good receiver, let's say they go out and get somebody who can step right in and compliment Metcalf. Alec Pierce, for example.
Yeah, there are guys out there. And if you do that, then perhaps you can give him more opportunity to move around the ball, quick decisions, believe the offensive line. I can understand what they're thinking with him coming back for this year, but I don't think we'd be having the same conversation next year at this time, even if he did come back.
In other words, how about if he shocked you and had a really good season and they won a playoff game or two and now he's going to be 45?
Right. Well, then he'd be fully on the Brady plan. I just think this is a bad plan. If this is the plan, it's a bad one. Could they go 9-8 again, 10-7, whatever they were? They were 10-8 in the end for the third straight year. I don't like it. It's hard for me to believe many people would.
I guess, Bob, if you do bring in another receiver, your offensive line, some of the young guys there are a year older. McCarthy, better offensive coach than Arthur Smith. I guess it could work well. Maybe for a playoff win, but that feels like the ceiling. I would agree with that. And it also feels like there's an implosion factor here with Rodgers, who's going to be 44.
This would officially be his age 44 season because he turns that age late in the year.
But that's the thing. We haven't seen him other than his wrist, which he played through, and I thought that was... you know, good on him to do. But if he does, you know, sooner or later there's going to be an injury that's going to require him to be out, you would think, at his age for at some point. So that's when it could change drastically.
But, you know, I don't think at this point they're going to do anything except move forward with him for one more year. And I didn't think I'd be saying that, honestly. I thought, I told you, I thought Will Howard or Mason or somebody else other than him would be their quarterback. And even after his press conference, I was still convinced that that was the case.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of Aaron Rodgers potentially returning?
I said here he's a one, but he's not one of those guys.
I thought, again, this is old for me, but if they had kept Pickens and have those two together, I think they might have been significantly better in terms of scoring points.
Well, I don't want to get into that whole story again, Bob, because you're assuming that this offense under Arthur Smith would have maximized talents of two receivers. They can't even maximize the talents of one.
All I'm saying is they've still been looking for a number two, and they had a guy here instead of just ā They had a guy here who wouldn't have worked. Well, maybe not. Maybe so. I don't know that. All I know is that he had a good year because he knew he had to have a good year.
Well, what now? He's out there.
You want to go get him or are they going to franchise him? If I'm Dallas, I'm not bringing him back. I would have said the same thing if he were in Pittsburgh. I'm not bringing him back. I would have ridden his motivation to get paid to This past year. That's what I would have done. And if it didn't work, it didn't work. They've had some things that didn't work. You try. It's risky, sure.
But you try.
Well, the cat's out of the bag. Bob Pompeiani with a beautiful interview with Mike McCarthy. And Mike McCarthy on whether him and Rodgers want to recreate that magic tells Bob that is the plan. And we have breaking news. Oh, either that or some morning tea. What is it? What's happening, Lemus? Did the Pirates sign a third baseman? Wouldn't that be nice?
Did the Reds not get Suarez? Did he fail his physical? Can he come here? Wouldn't that be nice?
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Chapter 5: What are the thoughts on Kenny Pickett's draft pick status?
Gourmet the Owl. Oh, really? On the video feed. I haven't talked to Gourmet in a long time. He just responded. Yeah, I can jump on the video.
That's great.
I'd like to hear his thoughts about Eugenio Suarez. Me too. And about how if it's not him and it's not going to be, who will it be?
Chapter 6: How did the conversation shift to the Steelers' quarterback situation?
But anyway, somebody suggested Kenny Pickett the worst draft pick in franchise history. I'm not so sure I disagree with that. I'm not so sure I disagree. There have been worse players recently. right? And guys taken higher that were worse. But when you think about
The point the franchise was at where it was post-Ben, you needed a guy, and the fact that they had him in their backyard and obviously got to know him better than anybody else possibly could, you'd think from a personal standpoint and from a talent standpoint,
and they completely ruined it and botched the pick and set their franchise back years, I think it's the worst pick in the history of the Steelers. Do you, Bob?
Chapter 7: What insights are shared about the McCarthy family?
Well, it's certainly up there, given the fact that they needed a quarterback, and you try to hit those quarterbacks. I would, and I suggested this to you back there, they also, back in, what year was it? 2018, 17, whatever year Lamar Jackson was taken. Yeah. And that was, you know, if it was 2018, we're getting toward the end of Ben Roethlisberger. You knew that was coming, right?
And they have drafted quarterbacks before. They passed on Lamar Jackson to take Terrell Edmonds. I like Terrell. I do.
Chapter 8: What are the implications of the Penguins' current performance?
I've gotten to know him a little bit. But you don't take a safety in the first round if you are, in fact, looking at quarterback. Now, you may not have thought Lamar Jackson was going to turn out to be what he was or is, but he was there. But, yeah, as far as the quarterback choice itself and you were basing that ā This is our future guy.
I mean, give me some worse ones. In history, Devin Bush, now he's a functional player in the league. He was actually good for the Browns this year. It was a horrible draft pick, yes. Jermaine Stevens always is at the top of my list. But he's a guard. I know. Or a tackle, whatever he was. He's an offensive lineman. To me, that doesn't even compare.
No, but he was the first-round pick who did nothing.
I know. He got cut really quickly.
He was a bust. So was Artie Burns. I mean, we could go down the list.
So is Jarvis Jones. But the quarterback position itself is such an important one that when you get a chance in the first round to take one, that's where you got to hit. And that's what they didn't do in that draft.
That's what they didn't do. I mean, we could go back to Troy Edwards, a wide receiver taking 13th overall. Okay. He also, by the way, was at least functional. He had 200 catches in the league. Who were some of the, Jermaine Stevens, horrifying. He was, but he was the 29th pick and he was a tackle. It's not even in the same universe as taking Kenny Pickett, not in the same universe.
Who else, Bob? Huey Richardson. Well, he's one who's up there at number 15 as a linebacker. And do you know how many sacks he had in his career, Bob? Wrong. None. None? I was going to say one.
So he's up there, but he's a linebacker. Because you mentioned Troy Edwards. I don't remember if you did. Yeah, I did.
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