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Episode 20: A Little Bit of Everything
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The boys are back to full strength and run through the gamut of topics this week! Team USA is taking the World Cup by storm, Brendan Sorsby is headed to the NFL Supplemental Draft, and the NHL has already had its first blockbuster trade of the offseason.
Also, a lot has changed since the last time we did a full dive into the state of the MLB Season. Who is still hot, who has cooled off, what hardware should we be dialed in on, and what about the state of the game this season and beyond. Plus, to honor the 25th anniversary of the Houston Texans, Justin brings you his top 25 of Texans of all-time. All this and more on the 20th installment of The Coastal Launch Sports Talk!
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Introduction and Episode Overview
00:00:00
Cody Atkinson
Hello and welcome to the Coastal Launch Sports Talk. I'm Cody coming to you from the bayous of Houston, Texas.
00:00:09
Justin Daulton
And I'm Justin coming to you from the magic of Orlando, Florida.
00:00:12
Cody Atkinson
And today we will be your destination for, well, for a lot. First off, I missed the Stanley Cup wrap-up show last weekend. So I have some final thoughts that I need to get off related to the Stanley
Stanley Cup Final Thoughts
00:00:26
Cody Atkinson
Cup. um Also, i think on Tuesday, like the day after you recorded, but a day before we posted, ah Brendan Sorsby's saga appears to finally have reached a conclusion.
00:00:37
Cody Atkinson
We would be remiss to not ah give our final thoughts on this as well. Also, on top of that, we've got the MLB monthly check-in. We promise to check in once a month. It's time to do that, see what the hottest stories are in the MLB right now. And in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Texans, Justin has prepped his top 25 Texans of all time list. So we've got a lot to get through today. We're going to call this one a speed run. And with that trajectory set, it's time to sit back, walk in, and get started with the rundown.
00:01:08
Cody Atkinson
This is the Coastal Launch, and we are ready for liftoff here on episode 20. Yeah,
00:01:14
Justin Daulton
20, man. That's crazy. ah First off, welcome back from vacation, man.
00:01:16
Cody Atkinson
dude.
00:01:17
Justin Daulton
Glad
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00:01:18
Justin Daulton
to have you back.
00:01:18
Cody Atkinson
Thank you, thank you.
00:01:19
Justin Daulton
Did you get to listen to the pod last week?
00:01:22
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, so I listened to the, for I would say the first 45. I haven't finished all of the wrestling talk yet. It is still a battle that we know I'm waging to be interested in wrestling.
00:01:35
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:01:35
Cody Atkinson
And so, but I did listen to all of the non-wrestling talk and really, really enjoyed it. So, um and also at one point you said something along the lines that this is where Cody would say, don't ah don't sleep on UNC.
00:01:51
Cody Atkinson
um in regards to the college world series you were right that's what i would have said and i was right because they made the college world series file
00:01:57
Justin Daulton
Absolutely. Called it. Well, glad to have you back, man. But as you said, let's speed run this thing. Let's get into the big topics. I'm going to give you the floor, man. We're going to kick off with our last NHL talk for at least for a little bit as we get into the offseason here.
00:02:11
Justin Daulton
But what are your thoughts on the the Carolina Hurricanes?
00:02:13
Cody Atkinson
unless they keep making trades
00:02:15
Cody Atkinson
If they keep making trades, they'll keep it. But yeah, what are my what are my thoughts on the Stanley Cup?
00:02:15
Justin Daulton
Unless they keep making trades.
00:02:17
Justin Daulton
Asterisk on that, yeah.
00:02:19
Cody Atkinson
I think you and you and and Judd covered it really well. Shout out to Judd for for covering last week. ah But the one thing that like I feel like wasn't mentioned was that they the Canes did make the switch to Brandon Bussey in that, which is something we had kind of thought about.
00:02:32
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:02:37
Cody Atkinson
We we we did the would you stick with Anderson, would you move to Bussey? They moved to Bussey. We both said Anderson, and it works like a charm. um He, ah what was it? I guess that would have been 3-2 or 2-1 at the time. So he wins three games. I forget the exact. I think he wins three games for him to finish out the series in six games. Just an incredible run. Shout out to Bussey. If you're not familiar with him, great story. He, I believe, has just was playing like in the AHL or the WHL for just an eternity and finally...
00:03:12
Cody Atkinson
got picked up on waivers and got a chance in the NHL and just absolutely shined on like three year, $5 million dollar deal. just so Just a guy came out of nowhere, couldn't be happier to be here and and made a name for himself.
00:03:27
Cody Atkinson
I do think, I heard that Anderson had like a concussion or something, something along those lines. So I think it made the decision to move to Busse easier, but still shout out to the coaching staff, the GM, everybody involved with the decision.
00:03:40
Cody Atkinson
To have him on the roster and to make the switch to him and win the with the championship, I, for one, was stoked to see it go back to Carolina because I was one of the more Carolina-friendly podcasters in the in the NHL space.
00:03:54
Justin Daulton
Yeah,
00:03:54
Cody Atkinson
I feel like I was i was higher on Carolina than most. I had them in the Stanley Cup from the start, and they they rewarded that.
00:04:02
Justin Daulton
yeah go ahead and take your victory lap on that, man. You called it from the very beginning that it was Carolinas to lose, and they they they took care of business. So take your victory lap for sure. Tip right the tip of the cap to you, good sir.
00:04:11
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I mean, that was that was like the whole reason for being like, hey, I want to touch on the Stanley Cup was I wanted to victory lap. I missed my chance. I needed to do it. I needed to remind everyone that I had them going to the Stanley Cup from day one, although I did have them losing to Colorado, but that was fair at the time.
00:04:23
Justin Daulton
Yeah, absolutely.
00:04:28
Justin Daulton
mean, and obviously Colorado are not making it in. so But what a good segue into the team that did beat Colorado inevitably. um But John Tortorella, the manager for the Vegas Golden Knights who got hired in, as we talked about multiple times on this podcast, the last 20 games of the season, got Vegas into the playoffs and let them all way to, what, two games short of winning the Stanley Cup.
00:04:51
Justin Daulton
will not return to the Vegas Golden Knights.
00:04:51
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm.
00:04:54
Justin Daulton
um i not I don't have a lot of thoughts on this. i don't know if you do but like it's worth so like it's a weird decision but that must mean that they already have some some names in consideration maybe there was some playoff you know kind of behavior that led to the decision you know we talked a little bit with the and not doing your media for the western conference final when they wrap that up you know does that play a factor into it so um i just don't see i don't have a lot of thoughts on it just more so like i never really liked him as a coach so like cool great um but then to me that just reads that vegas already has a contender already in mind for this position
00:05:31
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I guess for me, i just I missed the part where they only hired him for the rest of the season. like That's such a crazy concept to me. They had a Stanley Cup winning manager.
00:05:42
Cody Atkinson
They fired him with, like what was it, eight games left in the regular season or something? Hire Tortorella to give them a playoff run without a long-term contract.
00:05:46
Justin Daulton
Mm-hmm.
00:05:51
Cody Atkinson
I just didn't know that that was the facts of the matter when they did it. I assumed he was being hired for the playoff run and for... you know, years to come because they thought that he was a good fit.
00:06:02
Cody Atkinson
Um, you know, the, the word on the, on the streets is he's a tough coach to play for. He's a disciplinary and he's a, he, he demands a lot from you. And so he wears on you, but that works perfect in the playoff when you're at your most fired up. And if you only have to deal with them for like a month, um, and it worked like a charm. They were so close to, um,
00:06:25
Cody Atkinson
Winning Stanley Cup, ultimately, shout out to you for your your call on Vegas' goaltending issues that that showed proved to be um what they couldn't overcome.
00:06:37
Cody Atkinson
But I, for one, just could not believe that Vegas fired their coach to hire a guy for a month and then do a search all over again. I just did not know that that was the facts of the case when it happened.
00:06:50
Cody Atkinson
And I was shocked. This Vegas needs to be studied, just the way that they run their business, um the risks that they take, the lack of
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00:07:00
Cody Atkinson
care for the optics. It's incredible. And I will be watching very closely to see how this plays out for them because this is a huge risk, in my opinion, knowing the full details of the deal they made now.
00:07:14
Justin Daulton
Yeah, I mean, it's it's almost one of those situations is the the devil you know better than the devil you don't type of situation, right? And, you know, what's out there? Are going to bring up a college coach type of situation? Or is there another coach that's out there that got fired, let go, and maybe they have some juice in it to come to Vegas and continue what has been an amazing franchise for the what the first less than 10 years of its of its existence? So
00:07:38
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:07:40
Justin Daulton
i I have a hard time questioning what Vegas does.
00:07:41
Cody Atkinson
They're cutthroat there, man. I'm telling you. Yeah. and That's the thing.
00:07:46
Justin Daulton
flurry you know what like three seasons after bringing him in like they they have no remorse i mature in terms of like moving on from players or coaches
00:07:47
Cody Atkinson
yeah
00:07:54
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, they're they're like the sports version of like, what what is the phrase? Like shame is a market inefficiency. Like people who have no shame just do better in life because they like care they don't care.
00:08:02
Justin Daulton
yeah
00:08:05
Cody Atkinson
um And like they're the sports version. Like they have no shame. They just do whatever they want. They they don't care if you agree with them or not. And their fans don't care because they keep winning. So why would you care?
00:08:16
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:08:16
Cody Atkinson
It's a case study to me, dude. Like what happens to Vegas over the run? How many championships do they get? What does the fall off look like when it finally comes? Cause they just do not care.
00:08:26
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Speaking of front offices to be studied, segue, um ah the Florida Panthers broke some news last night to the hockey community, and this is where you kind of alluded to. Unless there continues to be trades, we'll continue to talk about hockey.
00:08:40
Justin Daulton
But the Kachuk brothers are reunion are, I guess not reuniting, but uniting in Florida. Brady Kachuk gets traded from Ottawa to Florida for three first round picks and a second round pick.
00:08:52
Justin Daulton
I just want to put out there first, the league.
00:08:53
Cody Atkinson
Bonkers, dude.
00:08:56
Justin Daulton
Florida has not had a first-round pick in the last five seasons because of what they've done to bring in Matthew Kachuk and then their goalie that I can't think of name right now. They traded for him two seasons ago.
00:09:10
Justin Daulton
so they have And they obviously moved first-round picks.
00:09:10
Cody Atkinson
don't know.
00:09:14
Justin Daulton
there's many, many, many, many years now where Florida is not getting first-round talent in regards to just trading for first-round talent. But yeah, you you alluded to it, bonkers trade.
00:09:25
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Bonkers. do what deep what what i from Give me the lightning fan perspective from this. What does do to you? what does this do to you
00:09:34
Justin Daulton
I mean, it makes one line really scary, if I'm being honest. It doesn't fix all their issues. they were The Panthers weren't deep enough to sustain the injuries that they had this past year.
00:09:46
Justin Daulton
They got cold and they could not get back hot. They couldn't get momentum going. I don't think In my all am i honest opinion, I don't think Brady fixes all the issues that they have. This is a step in the direction that does fix some issues that they have, but they still have a lot of a lot of work to do over this offseason.
00:09:57
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:10:03
Justin Daulton
Obviously, they still return a lot of players that won back to back St. Lee Cups. Like i said, it makes one line really, really scary, but at the same time, you know Victor Hedman comes back and plays the way that he usually does, Victor Hedman shuts down players like these guys, like both of them.
00:10:20
Cody Atkinson
yeah
00:10:20
Justin Daulton
So, I mean... from a lightning perspective, it's still going to be a heated rivalry no matter what. Every time that we either go to sunrise or they come up to to Tampa.
00:10:30
Cody Atkinson
He said it. He said heated rivalry.
00:10:37
Justin Daulton
But yeah, what ah what what are you thinking from ah as you're kind of getting back into to the ethos with all this?
00:10:37
Cody Atkinson
No, I feel you.
00:10:44
Cody Atkinson
Man, i I think this is a huge trade. like i Florida is a team that, at least from others, like that I've kind of heard, it's like people have them as a bounce back candidate next year before this trade, just because two Stanley Cups, obviously the wear and tear, everything got to them, and they they fell off entirely. but you know There's always even the chance of just like, hey, one bad year and everybody's rested up physically and they bounce back next year. And then you add Brady Kachuk to that and you have just the juice of of brothers playing for the same team, possibly playing on the same line.
00:11:18
Cody Atkinson
i love it i I'll use this partly as a segue to our next question too, because I'm drinking the Kool-Aid now and I hate to do this to you. Because like...
00:11:30
Cody Atkinson
i just I was already thinking, like, who's who's coming out of the East next year, right? Like the Lightning, good chance for a bounce back.
00:11:34
Justin Daulton
right?
00:11:36
Cody Atkinson
Florida, this is a huge move in the right direction for them. Obviously
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00:11:40
Cody Atkinson
not Ottawa anymore. Carolina just won the Stanley Cup and had, like, $11 million dollars in cap space while doing it.
00:11:47
Cody Atkinson
The Canadians, we saw them on the come up. The East is going to be – incredible come playoffs next year again that doesn't even consider like the Red Wings finally making it in possibly or whatever else happens. um I love this trade for Florida.
00:12:02
Cody Atkinson
um I will always root for brothers re reuniting. I love this trade for Ottawa too. I don't care who you trade. it's It's hard to pass up three first round picks, two of them this year. So Ottawa has their own and two picks this year. So they have three first round picks this year alone. I think they get a second round next year. And then the the other first is in like 2029. So it's like a ways into the future, but You can't pass that return up. You have to take it three immediate first round picks to try to help them build for the future. Love it on both sides. But if we're transitioning to way too early Stanley Cup predictions, Florida as just a team that has the DNA and now has an extra bullet to fire. um And if you make a big trade like this, like.
00:12:45
Cody Atkinson
If you're going success, it's going to be immediate because you're selling off the future, right? So if it's going to hit, it's going to hit quickly. So I'll take way too early. Give me Minnesota because of the fandom. And also, I'm predicting Minnesota to make a trade for Dylan Larkin, who wants out of Detroit. And then versus Florida. Getting a little mini Florida.
00:13:07
Cody Atkinson
um And I hate to do it to you. Sorry, man. But I drank the Kool-Aid.
00:13:10
Justin Daulton
Yeah, yeah no that's just that's just straight straight disrespectful, honestly.
00:13:11
Cody Atkinson
I just...
00:13:14
Cody Atkinson
and I know.
00:13:14
Justin Daulton
um
00:13:15
Cody Atkinson
i know. I understand.
00:13:18
Justin Daulton
um
00:13:18
Cody Atkinson
I didn't want to do it, but i but but it's the truth. It's how I feel.
00:13:22
Justin Daulton
Obviously, the homer. He wants to say Tampa. The window's still open. Vazzy, obviously, we talked about it last week while you weren't here,
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00:13:28
Justin Daulton
bringing home his second Vizima trophy. And then Kucherov bringing home his second Hart trophy.
00:13:33
Justin Daulton
Coop finally getting his first coach of the year trophy. The statistic that I want to give you real quick the last time that Nikita Kucherov and Andrei Vasileski won their respective trophies that they just won, the Lightning then won back-to-back Stanley Cups for the next two years. um
00:13:48
Cody Atkinson
There you go.
00:13:48
Justin Daulton
so So will history repeat itself?
00:13:50
Cody Atkinson
That's a good stat, dude.
00:13:52
Cody Atkinson
That's a good stat.
00:13:52
Justin Daulton
That's a good stat.
00:13:54
Justin Daulton
Will history repeat itself? I don't know. There's still a lot of issues that Tampa has to fix. They've got to figure out what's going on with the headman. We just traded Darren Radish a couple days ago as well to free up cap space and a little bit more on the aging side, on the defense side.
00:14:08
Justin Daulton
So there's still some issues that Tampa needs to fix. they got to show up defense. which was, as we talked about on the pod, which was the detriment of it to to the to the team in the playoffs against the Canadians.
00:14:19
Justin Daulton
So there's still some issues to be fixed, but I have faith in and the front office to really take care of it. So from the Homer perspective, yes, the Tampa Bay Lightning should win the Santa Cup next year.
00:14:30
Justin Daulton
From a realistic standpoint, the team that is definitely more poised to do it is the Carolina Hurricanes. They are returning, I think I saw 90% of their roster.
00:14:40
Justin Daulton
Then they have a chance to re-sign, and they have a chance to re-sign the guys that that were there.
00:14:41
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, it's like all coming back.
00:14:46
Justin Daulton
i think, I mean, you touched on so many of them, right? The the Canadians look poised to make ah to open this window over the next couple of years. you know, Florida obviously going to be in contention, Buffalo probably going be in contention, Boston always in contention, Detroit looking to take a step up potentially, but even at West, like there's still a lot of juggggernauts on juggernauts out there. Like you have Colorado that's still sticking around. Vegas is going to reload and keep going.
00:15:10
Justin Daulton
You mentioned Minnesota. I still like, i still, like i still like the ducks
00:15:13
Cody Atkinson
Dallas is going to be good too.
00:15:17
Justin Daulton
to to have a be
00:15:17
Cody Atkinson
The Ducks, yeah.
00:15:18
Justin Daulton
it to be in a conversation. So it's going really fun to watch NHL next year. And we're only, what, three months away from it being here basically with preseason because it starts in September and rolls into October.
00:15:31
Justin Daulton
So from a logistics, like a logical standpoint, I'm actually going to go out West and say, you know, if it's not Carolina, I think it's Colorado or Arizona. maybe ah a team like the Ducks that have a chance to make the run in and get in and win it all because the way that the the Ducks front office is building it they' they're doing it the right way obviously Colorado is built for these deep runs they just play that crap when they got into the playoffs so yeah I think it's a wide open race both sides like I don't think one side is better than the other I think the west gets better the east also gets better which i don't know how that's possible but it's be real fun season to watch next year
00:16:09
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, im I'm stoked for already.
00:16:12
Justin Daulton
Yeah. I just needed to be ox over already. um World Cup. I was about to jump up to Brandon Sorsby. We're not at Brandon Sorsby.
00:16:21
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, not quite yet.
00:16:23
Justin Daulton
You and I got to chat a little bit today about the World Cup. And my text message was to you is Messi is really good at soccer. And and it's a...
00:16:31
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, he is. That was before he scored his second goal and broke a record too.
00:16:36
Justin Daulton
Yeah, correct. So dude is a dude is a generational talent. It's something that I can't wait to tell my kids in the future, are like how good Messi was as a soccer player.
00:16:46
Justin Daulton
um But you wanted to talk about it seems like and I don't want to jinx it as a team that's going to play here in a couple days. It seems like the US is here to be competitive.
00:16:59
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, i mean I mean, it seems that way. And I'll let you say most of it. So I didn't get to watch the Paraguay game at all. So the the only thing I know about the Paraguay game is we won four to one and I saw some clips of of multiple talking heads being like, this is the best performance I've ever seen from a U.S.
00:17:06
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:17:17
Cody Atkinson
soccer team on the international stage. And I was oh, snap, like. That four to one was a big four to one because i didn't know. was like, I mean, we talked about it like we didn't preview the World Cup. We didn't get overly invested in it as something to to look into like we did with the World Baseball Classic or the Olympics or any of these other sports that are going on.
00:17:38
Cody Atkinson
um so like I wasn't like was like i don't know who Paraguay is I just assumed they weren't very good um and then I saw everyone talking about how was the best performance ever so I was able to lock in for USA Australia which was a great first half of the game rough rough second half but they held on to shut him out and I was like buddy this this might be like this might be worth getting excited about right like you already won the group Set in stone.
00:18:04
Cody Atkinson
um You got, you know, however you want to handle the turkey game. And then you talked about how the bracket breaks. Like, there even one, even one unexpected win, ah this becomes a ah monumental, you know, soccer nation changing World Cup run where like kids are raised up loving the sport because they they they watched this when they were five, you know, or seven or whatever, like, it's got the chance.
00:18:31
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:18:33
Cody Atkinson
So I mean, from from what I gather, you're you're also telling me you believe in the USA team. So did you did you get to watch it all?
00:18:40
Justin Daulton
I got to watch the first half of the Australia game because I was at work when it started. so I wasn't able to watch the second half because I was coming home. um Paraguay, I think I'm open that day so i would like crashed as soon as i got home um there was no sitting on to watch anything uh i did the same as you watched all the highlights of the paraguay game and it just straight belt to ass the entire game uh paraguay didn't stand a chance but um i think i saw the stats this is the first time in any world cup that the u.s has participated in that we've won multiple games by double digits uh so that so that
00:19:14
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Or by multiple goals, right? Not double.
00:19:18
Justin Daulton
Multiple goals, yeah, but multiple scores, yeah.
00:19:19
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:19:20
Justin Daulton
um So like that goes to show just how different this team is playing. I think I saw first in World Cup history that a team opened up with two own goals scored in their favor, which is just a crazy stat all to itself.
00:19:29
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:19:33
Cody Atkinson
yeah
00:19:33
Justin Daulton
um But you you referenced it. I didn't think it was a serious topic until I saw the way that the bracket could break down. And shout out to The Athletic for putting together this odds-based bracket.
00:19:46
Justin Daulton
The way that it was shaping up, is and and I need a check for today, is that our odds aren't are odds favor or potential for the first knockout round was to face against Bosnia, which is like sub-50 rated FIFA ranked team.
00:20:01
Justin Daulton
So there's a really good chance that we win that game. And then the way the bracket goes from there, we don't play anyone competitive until potentially the quarterfinals, if not the semifinals, just depending on how some of the matchups go along the way.
00:20:16
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I think i think this morning it yeah i think this morning it was the quarterfinals. because I think it was Spain quarterfinals was ah was a real potential. and you're like, ah oh, that's when it gets real.
00:20:16
Justin Daulton
and I don't want to say these teams aren't competitive, like third they're still in it.
00:20:28
Justin Daulton
Yeah. So I think that's the same thing I saw i was either Spain in that round, depending on how shaped, it shaked out or Germany in the semifinals is kind of how it could play out.
00:20:34
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm.
00:20:36
Justin Daulton
So there's a real good chance of, yeah.
00:20:37
Cody Atkinson
Germany or France, I think. there's there was It looked like France was on that side too, so that would be pretty interesting.
00:20:44
Justin Daulton
The only thing that would change it is if any of these teams fell into second or third place rather than winning their group. So that's England, Germany, Spain, Argentina, any of these teams. As long as they don't fall into second or third place in their group, then there's a chance that we have – I don't want to say cakewalk. Nothing's a cakewalk when you're in international play, but a more favorable road.
00:21:08
Justin Daulton
two meaningful games. So you have a chance to rest Pulisic who's been dealing with a calf injury. You can, ah you can afford to to, sick guys that are facing yellow card or have yellow cards right now.
00:21:20
Justin Daulton
Um, in the Turkey games, because, because the Turkey game isn't.
00:21:21
Cody Atkinson
i Yeah, they got to do that against Turkey.
00:21:24
Justin Daulton
Yeah. I mean, honestly, you have a chance to to phone it in for a game, let's get healthy, play smart soccer and kind of go through it. Um, but yeah, I mean, I remember, What was it? was it Was it 08 when they played in South Africa?
00:21:40
Justin Daulton
Was it that year with the with the with the big horns and all that stuff?
00:21:46
Cody Atkinson
remember was 8 12.
00:21:48
Justin Daulton
It was one of those two. And that was the first time that I really saw the U.S. s potentially being good at
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00:21:54
Justin Daulton
soccer on the men's side. Obviously, we know how good the women is' on the women's side is. But that was the first time was like, oh, this is a team that can do something.
00:22:01
Justin Daulton
And then we fell flat for the next, like, 10 years. So, like, meh.
00:22:03
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm.
00:22:05
Justin Daulton
But that was still, like, Tim Howard and golk Donovan as the striker and all that stuff. so flash forward to now when you have the christian politics of the world um to really lead this team into this this generation of soccer fans you have a really good chance to to sway that the way that we talked about you know the u.s hockey team you know changing the trajectory of u.s hockey um this year with the wins men's women in the in the sled hockey team winning gold this year at the olympics you now have a chance to really inspire this this generation of kids to go out and play hockey
00:22:38
Justin Daulton
now you have a chance to maybe split it and be like hey you're also going to go play soccer and see which one you're better in so yeah you hit the nail on the head man like it's going to it's going to inspire generations to come to want to play soccer and play on a national level and potentially win this nation's ever first ever world cup and like i don't think it's this year i don't think we i don't think we're on the same level of a france germany spain england
00:22:44
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm.
00:23:03
Justin Daulton
But the fact that we can get there and now we're in the conversation with them, I think that speaks volumes to what we can see in four years from now. And a potential, maybe four or eight years and actually be, hey, you can get to a semifinals matchup and potentially make it to the finals because now you're playing at that same level more times than not.
00:23:23
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's it's, it's a slow build, right? Like I heard somebody on the radio on like Sunday, they were talking about how this is a, it might be a soccer country right now, but just wait till the world clips over and nobody will care anymore. And it's like, well, it's, it's a slow build, man. Like,
00:23:38
Cody Atkinson
It's this is this is the most excited I have seen in this country for the World Cup because USA is good.
00:23:39
Justin Daulton
It takes time.
00:23:46
Cody Atkinson
That means that the next generation can be built up with a different expectation of what it means. And then you're funneling more players to the sport and then you perform better and then it kind of builds over time. But there is a chance like if.
00:23:58
Cody Atkinson
if this usa team based on the way the bracket is breaking out right now like if this usa team does not make it to the quarterfinals then i could hear the argument that like none of this will stick right like i could hear that like but but if you get to the quarterfinals even just to the quarterfinals and you've got you're one of the last what would that be like eight teams playing in the world cup and it's you versus spain a game like that just changes the way
00:24:09
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:24:24
Cody Atkinson
soccer is viewed in this country and can become the catalyst for being actually competitive. You know, as far as like winning it all comes in, you know, four, eight, 12, 16 years, especially, and then don't get me started. If you, if you get an upset and you knock out Spain and you have a chance to play Germany or France, like now you're really talking.
00:24:45
Cody Atkinson
Um,
00:24:45
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Yeah.
00:24:46
Cody Atkinson
It's just a difference in and though the the kids who are choosing sports right now, like which one are they going to choose? and um when When we were kids, like soccer wasn't really one of the choices you could choose. like I never played soccer.
00:24:59
Cody Atkinson
it but it wasn't viewed as and It wasn't really viewed as a man's sport. you know It was kind of like, but that's what Europeans play. um And so it just wasn't one that I that i ever like was signed up for the leagues. like I was signed up for baseball and football and basketball. like Parents don't sign you up for soccer.
00:25:16
Cody Atkinson
And and the the more that changes, the more competitive you can be.
00:25:17
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Yes.
00:25:19
Cody Atkinson
And ah the vibe the vibes of the of USA World Cup are much, much closer to Olympic hockey than they are to what the World Baseball Classic was.
00:25:30
Cody Atkinson
And I am soaking it up. It is so fun to watch.
00:25:33
Justin Daulton
I don't know much like because I know you don't you're not on on Twitter really anymore. But like, have you seen or heard of like the reactions that like these people like the the Europeans that traveled over here and like how they basically like have fallen in love with with with America and like these stadiums and like someone tweeted, i think they went to the Auburn game and they tweeted, like, what do you do with these stadiums?
00:25:43
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Yeah.
00:25:53
Justin Daulton
the rest of the year and auburn like responded with like the kicksticks and stuff like that and like just the most insane like moments in Auburn history.
00:25:59
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:26:03
Justin Daulton
And so it's just like everyone getting this introduction to like, we don't just like, yes, we don't have these stadiums that pop up in neighborhoods like you have in Europe and all and and and in England and all that. We have, we build cathedrals of stadiums and massive stadiums that they're not just there for football, but they're there for so many other events and and insane moments.
00:26:14
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:26:23
Justin Daulton
And it's so cool to kind of see everyone be like, oh, sports are different in America.
00:26:23
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm.
00:26:31
Cody Atkinson
it's it there it Just get get America interested in soccer the way it is with baseball and football and see how the World Cup plays out. like we'll We'll be up there, dude.
00:26:39
Justin Daulton
right
00:26:40
Cody Atkinson
like I'm not saying we'd win it. like These are still nations that this is their number one sport and they pump out talent like crazy and they they they know the game better than we know it.
00:26:50
Cody Atkinson
But like it be we we'd we'd compete real quick if ah you know if we had the same passion for it.
00:26:55
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:26:58
Justin Daulton
The only other topic I have before we before you go over, have you heard of Freddie on Twitter?
00:27:04
Cody Atkinson
I vaguely, he's like the the German guy that's like visiting everywhere.
00:27:05
Justin Daulton
So, yeah.
00:27:08
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:27:08
Justin Daulton
so he came in, he went to, he flew into to somewhere in Tennessee, went to the game in Auburn, in Auburn. And then he started to like live tweet his, like his adventure through America. And it started getting traction. And then it it hit JJ Watts feed.
00:27:26
Justin Daulton
And he put them up in like the best hotel in Houston and decked out his room for him. And then like paid off all this, paid for all this, like everything basically. And then,
00:27:37
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:27:41
Justin Daulton
langley in oklahoma and now they're in new york basic and they basically said that they will not leave of america until germany loses in the world cup so and like but but and that's the thing like they're also getting good seats like they they were in nrg now back to reliance stadium and they got upgraded they were in the nose weeds and they got brought down to the field level for the game so like so it's it's really cool it's really cool to watch it it so like if you have it like go online and like and anyone listening way
00:27:49
Cody Atkinson
Oh, dang. They're gonna be here for a bit.
00:28:02
Cody Atkinson
That's what's up. What an experience.
00:28:09
Justin Daulton
go see what everyone's been doing, like 92.9 or 93Q in Houston. Like we're like, Hey, Freddie, call into the call into the radio station. We want to talk to you about like Ella Langley and all this stuff.
00:28:19
Justin Daulton
Like it, like he's become a celebrity through this world cup, but like he's been tweeting about going to like Bucky's and like his life being changed by eating raising canes and like going to water burger and everything.
00:28:20
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:28:28
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:28:30
Justin Daulton
Like he's living like our dreams of being internet celebrities out here. It's just like blowing up because of the world cup. It's, it's really cool to see.
00:28:39
Cody Atkinson
yeah I've seen a lot of people losing their minds over Texas barbecue, which has been really fun to watch.
00:28:44
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:28:44
Cody Atkinson
But then I did see somebody who was doing the same thing, but they were like at a Denny's and I was all right, you don't have to lie to us. Like, that's not good. They were like, this is really good chicken. was like, you're at a Denny's. That's not good chicken.
00:28:55
Cody Atkinson
Get out of here.
00:28:56
Justin Daulton
Go to Waffle House, man. Get some culture and you go to Waffle House.
00:28:57
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Yeah. I was like, yeah as it you went to the wrong spot. Don't record this one. Yeah.
00:29:04
Justin Daulton
Well, i'm glad that I'm glad that the Europeans are enjoying America because we we've enjoyed their their countries for some time now. So definitely definitely fun to watch everyone freak out about everything. Let's move on to our last topic, man, on the rundown before we get to some of our fun topics of the of the week.
00:29:20
Justin Daulton
You wanted to talk about Brendan Sorsby to kind of wrap up the saga of episodes that we've had about Brendan Sorsby.
00:29:27
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, no, I just, I'll keep it quick. I don't want to talk about Brennan Sorsby a lot because I know everyone's got fatigue about it, but just to just shout out to the way this ended, it's finally seems to come to a conclusion and we will not be having a player play the season after it was discovered that he'd bet on his own team um in the same sport. Like we, we well we won't have to deal with that. And so one was like, just shout out to the big 12 for not backing down. Ken Paxton threw some,
00:29:57
Cody Atkinson
some some shots there way talking about if you try to enforce your rules, there's a lot of liability for you there and they turned around and just sued Texas Tech and Ken Paxton.
00:30:07
Cody Atkinson
um And just said, well, we're going to do it anyways, because this is the right thing to do. And this is what our members want to do. And I think that lawsuit really had a lot to do with ah Brendan Sorsby and Texas Tech both realizing that this was going to get dragged out to the last minute and that they just needed to make a decision on the future and and and part ways and kind of wipe their hands of this mess.
00:30:32
Cody Atkinson
So just, just so glad that there was still an avenue for us to get the outcome that was so blatantly obviously needed, despite the fact that the court systems couldn't really do it for us. And also just to everyone who like, didn't, didn't let it be like, didn't let it go under the radar, right? Like the, the, the quickness in which this ran its course makes it feel like the outrage was, wasn't just, but,
00:30:58
Cody Atkinson
this also doesn't run its course the way that it does if the outrage isn't there. So like the outrage worked. It's not that we, it's not that we got outraged for no reason because it was always going to end this way. It's that we got outraged as fan base. We got outraged as, as administration, as everybody involved in sport got outraged and stayed outraged and and chose to not let this go to get swept under the rug. And because of that, we don't have to watch, um,
00:31:25
Cody Atkinson
We don't have to watch college sports die even more than we're already watching it die. And that was the my thing that I wanted to say real quick. Just kind of ah a fun joke. But um ah was Brendan Source be an industry plant? Because I have seen multiple people file and get injunctions to be able to get an extra season based on their age.
00:31:50
Cody Atkinson
And I read it and i go oh, that's it. I don't really care about that because at least they they weren't gambling. So like, whatever, just give them the extra year. not Not even worth my time to care about. And that was not the case before Brennan Soresby. So I feel like this may have all been staged. like like Like he was never going to play, but they staged it to get us all fired up so that when we saw all the other stuff that we were complaining about, we realized that we didn't really care that much about it anymore.
00:32:16
Cody Atkinson
So Brennan Soresby, Industry Plant, you heard it here first.
00:32:20
Justin Daulton
Yeah, i only note that you didn't touch on there is that he's going into the supplemental draft for the NFL. a Quick yes or no, we don't need thoughts on it, but quick yes or no, you think he gets drafted?
00:32:30
Justin Daulton
Okay, right.
00:32:31
Cody Atkinson
Oh, 100%.
00:32:34
Cody Atkinson
I would say there are multiple people in the NFL who have gambled either in college or... like Like Calvin Ridley still plays in the NFL. He gambled on his team.
00:32:44
Cody Atkinson
He just wasn't with the team when he did it. He was injured away from the team.
00:32:48
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:32:49
Cody Atkinson
So like it's a little bit different. But then also, like, Keyshawn Boutte bet on himself... He bet on prop bets about himself throughout college. It just wasn't figured out until he already left college, but then he was drafted into the NFL anyways, although it did hurt his draft stock. So I think Brandon Sorsby, who could have been a first rounder next year, even though I think he's averaged the d NFL would tell you he could have been a first rounder.
00:33:13
Cody Atkinson
um I think he will get dinged. He might be in the supplemental. He might go for like a third, a second or a third, but he's still going to get a shot for sure.
00:33:24
Justin Daulton
There. No wrap up this week for, for you guys listening. We're going to talk about Rays and Astros that big topic. And then two notifications for you this week, Cody, um the NBA draft begins Tuesday.
00:33:35
Justin Daulton
Do we already know who's got the number one overall pick? Did the latter lottery already happen?
00:33:39
Cody Atkinson
Washington. Yeah, well it's cat ah Washington Wizards, I believe, number one pick. ah Utah Jazz, number two.
00:33:47
Justin Daulton
And then the NFL nfl supplemental draft, not far behind it, begins on Friday.
00:33:52
Cody Atkinson
Oh, sorry. i No, that's my bad. NHL draft on Friday.
00:33:56
Justin Daulton
NHL draft. There you There you go.
00:33:57
Cody Atkinson
I typed NFL. Yeah, NHL not supplemental. NHL draft Friday. So, ah yeah, I was i did set you up for failure.
00:34:03
Justin Daulton
Set up for failure, guys. Look at this.
00:34:06
Cody Atkinson
That's my bad.
00:34:07
Justin Daulton
But all right, man. I'm going to kick it to you, man.
00:34:10
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, just...
00:34:11
Justin Daulton
Let's talk some Major League Baseball.
00:34:13
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, man, that that was just ah a neat fact for everybody there. Two drafts this week. So if you're a draft person, get stoked for it. We'll definitely talk about anything that comes out, especially on the NHL side next week. But for this week, it's it's the MLB check-in.
00:34:26
Cody Atkinson
um We're going to do this format a little bit different than we did it last time. Obviously, last time it's it was a where were we right, where were we wrong format. We will probably bring that back closer to the end of the season for the final. Like where were we right, where were we wrong?
00:34:41
Cody Atkinson
That's tongue twister. But right now, how we're going to do this is I have five kind of what I feel like are storylines worth highlighting. So I'm just going to give these to you, Justin, and I'm just going to let you react in whatever way.
00:34:50
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:34:53
Cody Atkinson
So the first storyline, there are two teams. in the MLB that are continuing to play far above what we thought they would coming into the season. These are teams that we thought would be bottom dwellers, not only in their division, but in the league that continue to thrive. And that's one, the St. Louis Cardinals, who are 41 and 34.
00:35:15
Cody Atkinson
So since our since our last check-in, they've gone 18-7. They've cooled off a little bit, but they have stayed above 500, and they have passed the Chicago Cubs. They're second in the NL Central and first in the NL Wild Card.
00:35:29
Cody Atkinson
did not I had them as a bottom dweller. um And then the Chicago White Sox are the other story that continues to thrive. they were We talked about them a little bit last time. They weren't even at 500 last time. They were like 19-21.
00:35:42
Cody Atkinson
They're thirty nine and thirty seven right now. They still sit second in the AL Central. Only one game back of being first in their own division. And they they are, I don't have their wild card written down here, but they are in the wild card as it sits right now. I think in the second position of the wild card. So if the season ended today, and this is not a small sample size at this point,
00:36:02
Cody Atkinson
Both of these teams would be in the playoff, and I would have argued that – I would argue for the life of me that both of these teams would be more likely to fight for a top five pick than they would be for the playoffs. And and and here they sit.
00:36:15
Justin Daulton
Yeah, I'm going to take a small, small, small victory lap and saying that the St. Louis Cardinals were going to be a potential division winner. I had said that in the last one, i think we're going to talk about our division picks here at the end of this segment.
00:36:27
Justin Daulton
But i I made the gutsy call, like, hey, the Cardinals have a good chance of like making a run here. and not only are they doing that but they're they're beating teams that we thought were going to be the potential division winners. Passing the Cubs was no small feat.
00:36:42
Justin Daulton
Obviously the Cubs are dealing with a lot of injuries um right now so that that's not playing in their in their favor but everyone gets hurt so like you got to be able to pull up AAA talent and win baseball games.
00:36:52
Justin Daulton
So it's kind of crazy that the carnals are doing that and then on the white sos
00:37:00
Justin Daulton
Sox were going to make a run. But I did say that, if remember correctly, last time we did this a month ago, I was like, keep an eye out because this is a team that has the potential to do something special. So, you know, i still think both teams are are lacking in some regard.
00:37:10
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm.
00:37:15
Justin Daulton
i think the white sox are you know playing with ah playing with house money you know with the with the talent that they brought in this year is enough to make a run. I'm still not confident enough to say that they can, but there's a team that can still do it I still believe in this Cardinals team that they can, they can keep going and keep winning in a division that as we, I think we're going to continue to talk about all season long is a very winnable division.
00:37:38
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, i both of these. I mean, the the Cardinals, that they are in like one of the tougher divisions, really, like the three of the Brewers, Cardinals, Cubs, Pirates, um all 500 or better. So it's very tough, but they sit in second. They've proven that they are going to legitimately compete for it. And the White Sox have every chance to take their division. That is a very, very, very winnable division. It will come down to the White Sox or the are the Guardians. and And that's that. But yeah, absolutely not saying either of these teams are going to make a run, but these are absolutely two teams to watch out for because they both are sitting in a playoff position right now.
00:38:13
Cody Atkinson
And there's no reason at this point, there's no real real reason to believe they can't um wind up in a playoff position at the end of the season, which, In and of itself alone would be just an incredible accomplishment for teams that that aren't supposed to compete this year. Obviously, like you said, they all they both have holes because they weren't supposed to be here yet, and yet here they are. Ready to compete for the playoffs, and I personally will be rooting for both of them to to get in because I think that would be a lot of fun to just have some fresh blood.
00:38:42
Cody Atkinson
in the playoffs and then have these teams to kind of look forward to next year. Similar on the NHL side where we're like, you know, locked in on the Ducks and the Canadians, like these could be the MLB versions of of the Ducks and the Canadians for us.
00:38:55
Justin Daulton
Yeah, 100%.
00:38:57
Cody Atkinson
And so now I've got two teams. This is not necessarily the opposite. This is two teams that have flipped the script since our last check in. When we did our last check in,
00:39:09
Cody Atkinson
I didn't write this down in the best format, but the Phillies in the, in the first check-in that we had, the Phillies were a sub 500 team that had just fired their manager.
00:39:21
Cody Atkinson
And now they have gone 23 and 13 since that check-in, they sit at 42 and 35 and they are back in the playoff picture themselves as well. So,
00:39:32
Cody Atkinson
i'll I'll go one at a time on this one. I'll let you react to Philly. But apparently an incredible decision to let the manager go and an incredible decision on who to bring in because the Phillies are legitimate contenders again. And with that roster, I mean, they're right back to to being a World Series type contender.
00:39:49
Justin Daulton
Yeah, i it's something I'm going to admit that I was wrong because it's it's we we both raked them over the coals for firing their their their manager less than a month into the season.
00:40:00
Justin Daulton
But it turns out we we are not Philadelphia fans and that we don't know what's going on inside that ball. club and it worked out and it's like you said they have a roster that has the potential to beat any team that comes to play them.
00:40:14
Justin Daulton
The Rays just struggled against them over the weekend. So it's it's a team that... you know, maybe isn't as deep as some of the teams that we talked about in the Atlanta Braves or the Dodgers or even the Yankees, you know, that in terms of depth or the Mets, you know, not, not saying that all these teams are competitive that I'm mentioning, but not as deep as these teams are, but like Bryce Harper just hit for his fifth cycle in his career.
00:40:39
Justin Daulton
Schwarber is toe to toe with Jordan Alvarez. And home runs like there's a good chance that, you know, the Phillies are competitive all the way down the wire.
00:40:49
Justin Daulton
And I'm the first one to admit that I was wrong because I thought this team was going to fall apart at the seams and they I thought maybe you were looking at a fire sale come the trade deadline and, you know, you know, clean house and potentially rebuild in Philly and boy was I wrong.
00:41:03
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, yeah i be we we both were. And that's why I'm going to transition to somewhere where I was very right. We're going to clean this up real quick. So I'm talking about where we were right again. um The Cubs is the other team that I have that has completely flipped the script since our last check-in. um At our last check-in, the Cubs were twenty seven and fourteen I believe, had one of, if not the best record in baseball.
00:41:24
Cody Atkinson
But I pointed at some of their pitching expected metrics, and I said, I think this is a little bit fool's gold. They haven't had a tough schedule, and the underlying stats say that that they're playing above their skis. and The Cubs have gone 13-23.
00:41:39
Cody Atkinson
since that check-in so they now sit at 40 and 37 as mentioned before they dropped from i believe they were first in the nl central at that check-in and now they're third having been passed by both the brewers and the cardinals um the cubs are still in the final wild card spot but there are three teams that are only half a game back of the cubs so they are in desperate need of a turnaround but um a shout out to me for calling with the cubs were not the best team that pays for
00:42:07
Justin Daulton
Turns out Alex Bergman is not the the messiah for the Chicago Cubs.
00:42:11
Cody Atkinson
No, not not not so much. so That's our our two teams that have flipped the script. We had our two hot teams and our two teams that have flipped the script since our last check-in.
00:42:22
Cody Atkinson
So teams keep an eye on. Can the Phillies continue to do it? What will the Cubs make of the rest of their season? That keeps you locked in on the NL. That keeps you locked in on the NL Central.
00:42:33
Cody Atkinson
Two things that we will continue to talk about because they are very big stories. This season and keeping us locked in on the NL, Justin, are you aware of how... insane the NL Cy Young race is about to be this year?
00:42:46
Justin Daulton
Yes, I very much am, yeah.
00:42:48
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, so for anyone that's not, I'll get you to – when we get to the end here, I'll i'll get your thoughts on how you think these these guys stack up. But I've got some stats here for the top – for not even the top.
00:43:01
Cody Atkinson
i so I had to skip some guys really, but this is six six names that I think we've talked about kind of here on the show um that are that are in the running for ah the NL Cy Young. We have Jacob Mizerowski who has ERA.
00:43:14
Cody Atkinson
He has 138 strikeouts and 93 innings pitched. That is insane.
00:43:18
Justin Daulton
cheese. Mm-hmm.
00:43:20
Cody Atkinson
um He has a.753 width, and he a he owns the fastest single pitch thrown by a starter this season. And his fastball, hit the average velocity on his fastball is the fastest pitch for a starter.
00:43:32
Cody Atkinson
this season. Jacob Mizorowski is the real deal. Absolutely a contender for the Cy Young. We also have Christopher Sanchez, who we talked about recently, went on his 50 and two third inning scoreless streak.
00:43:44
Cody Atkinson
That streak was broken, but he still sits with a 1.8 He has 121 strikeouts and 105 innings pitch. So not quite the pace that Mizorowski is, but he's given you more innings than Mizorowski.
00:43:57
Cody Atkinson
um And he also has a whip just just north of one And beyond that, we have Shohei Otani, who um I don't know if you're aware of this, but he hits as well. he's Not only does he have these pitching sets, but he hits as well. ah He's 7-2. He has a 1-4-7 ERA, 78 strikeouts in seven seventy three and 73 and two-thirds innings pitched. So not as much pitching as the other guys, but I think he was late to the season in debuting as a pitcher because he was still coming off of that injury that he had at the end of his other l LA stint, a sub one whip as well.
00:44:29
Justin Daulton
I think the and think he also, and Dodger fans can correct me if I'm wrong, if there's any that listen to the show, um I think they also inning capped him at the beginning of the season when he did start pitching so to ease him back into it
00:44:39
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Yeah, he had a ramp up. He had like, it's like kind of like did his spring training with the team. He had that ramp up. So yeah, he's he's definitely trailing in innings pitched, but also he hits. um And he's a 1-4-7 ERA and a sub-1 whip. He is a Cy Young caliber pitcher and an incredible hitter at the same time.
00:44:59
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:44:59
Justin Daulton
And he learns pitches just for the fun of it, which is just, like, remember watching the, and a couple years old now, but, like, the the staff asked him, like, hey, can you throw a slider?
00:45:09
Justin Daulton
And he learned a slider how to throw a slider over the weekend, and it was also one of the nastiest pitches he's ever thrown. And, like, I just hate how good he is at baseball.
00:45:14
Cody Atkinson
That's just so wild. Yeah. I've gone from hating it to just like deciding to respect it. I was a huge fan of just watching him play on the on the Angels. I hated him when he moved to the Dodgers because they didn't need to get any better.
00:45:29
Cody Atkinson
um But I just i you can't help but respect that you watch it and you're like, yeah, dude, I got to sit back and and just soak this in because like my kids will be asking me about show how well how it was to watch Shohei Otani one day.
00:45:40
Cody Atkinson
Same as Messi, you know?
00:45:41
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Prime show hate.
00:45:43
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:45:43
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:45:43
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Exactly. So we got we also got Chris Sale. Chris Sale is 37. I don't know if you were aware that like I didn't realize Chris Sale was back back, you know, like I knew he was back to pitching, but I didn't know he was back back.
00:45:53
Justin Daulton
yeah
00:45:57
Cody Atkinson
He has 214
00:46:00
Cody Atkinson
99 strikeouts and 84 innings and ah and a whip around one. The only knock against Chris Sale is that he is unfortunately doing that this year when everyone else is doing better things.
00:46:11
Cody Atkinson
like that's an incredible that's ah that's a In some years, that's like ah a unanimous Cy Young stat sheet. And this year, it's it's maybe good for like fourth.
00:46:19
Justin Daulton
Yes.
00:46:22
Cody Atkinson
I included Paul Skeens on here as well because he is the two-time defending Cy Young, but he has a.286 ERA, right which is not pedestrian in any way, shape, or form, but feels pedestrian compared to what we've been throwing out there. he has 107 strikeouts in 88 innings pitched and also sub-1 whip.
00:46:43
Cody Atkinson
and then I would be remiss if we didn't shout out our boy Mason Miller, the only reliever um that could technically be in consideration but won't sniff it because he's going up against starters, putting up the same numbers. He still has a sub-1 ERA at.87. He has 61 strikeouts and 31 innings pitch. So he is still almost averaging two strikeouts per inning and we're three months into the season.
00:47:09
Cody Atkinson
um And he has 20 saves on the season. So... That's not everybody. I skipped Chase Burns of the Reds because I didn't want to be reading stats off for 30 minutes. And I know on both, I believe on both the Pirates maybe, or no, but on both the Phillies and the the Brewers, there's their second pitcher is also putting up incredible numbers that that could be considered for the Cy Young. So I'll get your thoughts on who you think the leader in the clubhouse is in your eyes, but what an incredible...
00:47:41
Cody Atkinson
race that we get to watch.
00:47:44
Justin Daulton
Yeah, initial thoughts, it should be Mason Miller. Just from a pure dominant, i you know the the award is for the best pitcher in the National League, right?
00:47:56
Justin Daulton
And for all intents and purposes, Mason Miller is unhittable.
00:48:02
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm.
00:48:03
Justin Daulton
there's no if, hands, or buts about it. like The fact that he has a sub-1 ERA, he probably hasn't given up a run in like weeks just with that ERA. And he's putting up saves out of... mariano rivera style uh run that he's on um so it should be mason miller but you're right it won't go to a reliever because the reliever can't be the best pitcher in baseball even though he probably is the best pitcher in baseball um the answer probably is jacob misurowski to be completely honest and it's not really close i mean i know it's close but it's not close at the same time.
00:48:26
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:48:38
Justin Daulton
like The pure domination that he is doing, like basically every time the Brewers hand him the ball, it's a guaranteed win. And it really just comes down to, does the bullpen blow the game or not when he hands it over to the bullpen?
00:48:50
Justin Daulton
Which something to acknowledge is that the Brewers have holes. This is not a perfect team in the NL Central with the Brewers. like They have bullpen issues. They have bottom of the lineup issues. So there' there's a lot of things that the Brewers need to address come straight down line here in about a month.
00:49:05
Justin Daulton
But whenever Jacob Mizraowski gets all, like he is the purest definition of an ace. And that's in the national league right now. Like he is, when you look up the word ace, he's that's the picture next to it.
00:49:17
Cody Atkinson
and Yeah, 100%. I'm right there with you on that. um to To your Mason Miller note, so Mason Miller is the only pitcher on this list whose underlying stats would actually argue that he's been unlucky.
00:49:33
Cody Atkinson
to have given up as many runs as he's given up. Like I have the FIP listed here for you, which is like fielding independent pitching. So it tries to take away the impact of the fielders to say like what would have happened You know, all things aside, if you know outside of how your fielders play like let's equalize this and say what would happen and and he has a point three three, which means he he would have given up like a third of the runs he's given up if. ah If it was feeling independent where everybody else is either floating close to it or or has proven to be a little lucky, which you have to be a little lucky to put up stats like these so definitely.
00:50:12
Cody Atkinson
agree on the Mason Miller side. It won't be him, so I'm also there with you on Mizorowski. I think he's, when you look at 138 Ks over innings, um plus that era like That's just who I'm going to go with. And and some of these other guys, like I will expect probably some regression, like Christopher Sanchez is no longer on a 51 inning scoreless streak. So he's probably going to have trouble keeping that ERA down at 1.8.
00:50:39
Cody Atkinson
ah But Mizorowski, like I wouldn't be surprised at all if he finished the season with a 1.5 or something insane like that.
00:50:45
Justin Daulton
ah A sub two ERA for sure, yeah.
00:50:47
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Yeah. So also with you on Mizorowski there, but not a single one of these pitchers can take a deep breath because they will be in the race of their lives ah for the rest of the season. and And that's definitely something to tune in for.
00:51:02
Cody Atkinson
Beyond that. I think that is that is representative of how much better the NL is than the AL this year. That's, I think, maybe the biggest storyline in the sport as a whole. is So if we look at it from kind of the aggregate, the NL has 10 teams above 500.
00:51:22
Cody Atkinson
um What is it? We we have 30 baseball teams. So there's 10 of their 15 teams are above 500.
00:51:26
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Yeah.
00:51:28
Cody Atkinson
And one of them, the Pittsburgh Pirates, is at 500. The AL only has five teams above 500. So half the number of teams. The AL's combined winning percentage is like 48.4%. The at Right now the NL has four teams above 500 that would miss the playoffs, and the AL has one team that's below 500, the Toronto Blue Jays at 38 and 39, who would make the playoffs if they started today. These leagues don't appear to be playing the same sport.
00:52:01
Cody Atkinson
The NL is insanely better than the AL right now, and and that's fascinating to me.
00:52:08
Justin Daulton
ah say well I while I agree, I think there's also and something to be said that the ALs is top-heavy. like we We talked, I think, a lot about it in our in our primers at the beginning of the season that there's a lot of teams that are going to be looking at moving pieces at the trade deadline, potentially even just blowing it up for the end of the season.
00:52:14
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, that's fair.
00:52:17
Cody Atkinson
It's...
00:52:26
Justin Daulton
You you talked about the Astros right so much that the gm is on you know on a burner contract right like you know what is he is he going to burn it all down or is he going to justify having a job next season? Right.
00:52:37
Justin Daulton
So, so many of these teams, like so many of these divisions are super, top heavyy like i got it pulled up purely the yankees and the rays are separated by two games mathematically, both over 500 by a considerable margin.
00:52:51
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm.
00:52:52
Justin Daulton
um The Guardians and the White Sox, both over 500. And we talked about the White Sox, how they're trending you upwards. And then Seattle, over 500 in the AL West by a game. But also the Athletics are right there in only two games out of 500, Rangers outside of 500 by a couple of games.
00:53:12
Justin Daulton
So it's it's very top-heavy in the AL, and like I would still put a lot of these top-heavy teams against the best of the best in the National League, and i think we'd still have a really good World Series.
00:53:23
Cody Atkinson
I would think, honestly, I'd probably say I'd only put two up against them in the National League and think we'd have a good series. like maybete Maybe Seattle, but really I'm just looking at like new new New York and Tampa.
00:53:31
Justin Daulton
I still think I... I
00:53:34
Cody Atkinson
like That's it for me right now. unless somebody Unless somebody turns it around.
00:53:36
Justin Daulton
i think I... I think I would still dip down to Cleveland. I mean, they're 41 and 37 in the central. Like they still have a roster that's top to bottom.
00:53:43
Cody Atkinson
That's fair.
00:53:45
Justin Daulton
Like you still got J Ram, Bazana's playing really good baseball as well. That, you know, I know that he's still in that triple A, MLB kind of up, down, up, down, kind of figure out if he's going be an everyday player for them. Like, you know, you, you've got potential on that lineup, you know, see what you can address. Like they were at 500.
00:54:07
Justin Daulton
what's four games above five hundreders so like they're trending in the right direction but think they have a lineup that can be competitive if you put them against, you know, you know, I won't say the Braves or the Dodgers, but like they can run up against any other, them against the Brewers, Cardinals, I would feel pretty good about it being a pretty competitive world series.
00:54:26
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, that's fair. the The Guardians are a little struck right now by the fact that, like, J-Ram is hurt, but he'll be back um there.
00:54:32
Justin Daulton
Right.
00:54:33
Cody Atkinson
They have an outfielder, DeLotter, who's hurt, but he'll be back. So right now they don't feel, like, on the same level as the the rest of the teams that we're talking about. But when healthy, they'll be right back there on that level.
00:54:44
Cody Atkinson
So that that's fair. So maybe maybe there's, like... The teams that are above 500 in the AL are still worth getting interested in, but by and large, it's just amazing how much of the AL is below 500, and that's teams that we thought would be good.
00:54:59
Cody Atkinson
That's the Astros, that's the Orioles, that's the Blue Jays, that's the the Tigers and the Royals. like it's
00:55:06
Justin Daulton
Yeah. For sure.
00:55:07
Cody Atkinson
it's It's pretty shocking to see that that discrepancy.
00:55:12
Justin Daulton
sure
00:55:13
Cody Atkinson
We'll kick it to the last and MLB check-in topic before we revisit our picks. The overarching story that hangs over this season is the pending lockout with the CBA ah negotiations this offseason. The expectation at this point by most in the MLB fan base that that we will at least miss games next season, if not miss the whole season. And I think that was almost...
00:55:41
Cody Atkinson
like further this week when the MLB proposed what feels like ah like, like largely unnecessary changes to the draft format. There were a couple of things,
00:55:52
Cody Atkinson
in the changes that like if you change the financial structure of the sport like obviously you have to adjust certain things but but they're they're throwing out there making high school players ineligible for the for the draft so high school players domestic high school players would be forced to go the college route obviously we see this in other sports with the nfl and the nba so not crazy from that perspective but um A large thing to throw out there when you're also trying to introduce a salary cap for the first time, they would have to play for two years in college before they would be eligible for the MLB draft.
00:56:28
Cody Atkinson
um And this would separate out a secondary international draft. So there would be two drafts. There'd be the domestic draft and the international draft, both 12 rounds, both with a much more standard draft.
00:56:42
Cody Atkinson
compensation structure the if you know anything about the and MLB draft the compensation structure is confusing as all get out and teams bargain been hunt here, so they can overpay for this guy here and it's chaos but ah they're they're really trying to clean that up I.
00:56:58
Cody Atkinson
I feel from from ah from a fan perspective, as a fan of college baseball, um there's a little bit I could get excited about here if they work out some of the kinks and make this a better proposal. I don't hate the idea of college baseball being more talented, but also this feels crazy to throw out when you're also throwing out a salary cap and the players already hate you.
00:57:20
Justin Daulton
Yeah, I think you're asking it a lot. I mean, i don't I don't have an issue with any of the the proposals, right? Like, think about historically the type of players we would have had in college baseball. Clayton Kershaw would had have been a Texas A&M Aggie.
00:57:31
Cody Atkinson
That be incredible.
00:57:31
Justin Daulton
Like, right?
00:57:32
Cody Atkinson
I think about that a lot, actually.
00:57:34
Justin Daulton
I mean, Mike Trout would have played college baseball. Like, in essence, Bryce Harper would have played college baseball. Steven Strasburg would played college baseball. Like, youre there's so many great players that skip the win straight to MLB.
00:57:49
Justin Daulton
Deservedly so, but think about what would have happened instead of because of that. So... you know I don't have an issue with it. I can see where the MLB is asking too much when they're the big ask right now is doing the salary cap and the salary floor.
00:58:04
Justin Daulton
and obviously in the TV distribution rights, obviously a big talking point as well. So i think you're asking for a lot to get across and still play baseball games next year.
00:58:17
Justin Daulton
So...
00:58:18
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:58:18
Justin Daulton
I don't have an issue with it. I do think, I think one point that you had, I think it is eight rounds for the draft now in that 12, I think was the proposal for the draft.
00:58:27
Cody Atkinson
Okay. I thought it was, I thought it was 12, but it might be eight.
00:58:30
Justin Daulton
Yeah, I think they were shorting it because they don't have the the high school prospects. So they were shortening it down to eight was the resulting factor of it.
00:58:35
Cody Atkinson
Mm-mm.
00:58:38
Justin Daulton
I do like the separate draft for the international players. I think that's something that we need instead of it just being an international free agency mode that you had. So I think, you know, how cool would it been for like to draft Shohei Watani, right? And like how that have that factor in Junior Caminero, obviously for the Rays. Like, what would that have looked like? did Do you still draft?
00:58:58
Justin Daulton
writes Is it like the like NBA where you can draft rights of people and that you kind of the negotiate that? There's so many different factors that happen in it. I think the ultimate bottom line here is they're just asking for a lot to change in one CBA.
00:59:12
Justin Daulton
That's going to result in obviously a lockout. We know a lockout's going to happen, especially if the Dodgers go out and trade for Terry Scoogle here in a couple weeks like and they've signed him to some sort of contract extension.
00:59:23
Justin Daulton
i throw it out the window that We know that the lockout's happening over over the winter.
00:59:30
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, that's the thing for me is I feel like this just muddies the waters like they're trying to. upheave, whatever the word is. They're trying to reset the entire structure of the sport.
00:59:41
Cody Atkinson
And even if the two sides were in agreement that that needed to be done and were working together, that would be a lot to accomplish one offseason.
00:59:42
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:59:49
Cody Atkinson
And then you mix that in with the fact that only the owners agree that that needs to be done and the players are fighting it with their lives. um To me, it was disappointing to see this because I was like, well, that, the the like this just makes it even more clear that um we're going to be missing games in in the near future but yeah to your point i don't like the international draft would be would be good there's a lot of there's a lot of shady business in the international market right now. That's really not good for the players at the age of 12, 13, 14. They're getting put in terrible situations and there's a very dark side to that. And and maybe the draft can help clean that up. And um obviously I would love to have seen Clayton Kershaw play for A&M. Maybe we'd have a championship by now if he did. So I would, I would be stoked from that perspective, but also I understand
01:00:38
Cody Atkinson
you know ah the the way that that that changes history and the the competitiveness at the college level and is there enough money there to support that many extra players flowing into it there's all these things to consider and um you know it it's definitely i like the idea of revamping it but i'm very worried that we just don't have time to do that right now so
01:01:03
Justin Daulton
Sure, that's fair.
01:01:04
Cody Atkinson
We'll see where that goes. i think those are the big I think for me, those are the five biggest storylines as we sit here on June 22nd in the MLB season. 70 to 80 games in, depending on who the team is. i Not quite at the halfway point, but nearing it.
01:01:18
Cody Atkinson
I feel like these are the stories. so We're going to retouch on division winners and World Series picks here, Justin. i'm gonna go I'll go AL and then NL. I'll read you who you picked last time and just let me know if if you think that needs to be changed.
01:01:33
Cody Atkinson
So you've got AL East Tampa Bay Rays, AL Central Cleveland Guardians, and the AL West Texas Rangers. Are you looking to switch any of those up?
01:01:44
Justin Daulton
I'm going to stay with the Rays. That might change next over this next month. I think there's a lot that can happen. There's a trade deadline that's going to be huge for the Rays. And I think the conversation around Aaron Judge and when he can potentially return also will play a ah major factor in this American League East race.
01:02:04
Justin Daulton
Not to mention, or not to forget it, but like the Blue Jays only eight games back. You touched on it at the beginning of this. like If there's a team that can make a run, it disrupts the top two. It is the Blue Jays.
01:02:16
Justin Daulton
But I still think the Rays, top to bottom, they have the best rotation in the American League East. They have really good bats top to bottom. I think if you could go in there, get another outfield bat to really bolster. We talked about a Jordan, a Byron Buxton, you name it. like There's players out there that potentially teams are going be ready to move on from the if the Rays can make a big splash.
01:02:38
Justin Daulton
get ah i think I think you're about a ah middle relief pitcher in an outfield bat away from this being a serious World Series contender and just kind of get some mojo going back the right direction. So I'm good with keeping the pick on the Rays.
01:02:51
Justin Daulton
um The Central, I'm still going to stay with the Guardians just because I still don't have the guts to pull the trigger on the White Sox. But going to be very fun watching this division, or at least these two teams, battle it out. Obviously, we talked about the injuries that the Guardians are dealing with, but it's going to really fun when these two teams are are playing very meaningful games in you know late July into August and even into early September.
01:03:23
Cody Atkinson
And then you got Rangers in the West.
01:03:26
Justin Daulton
Yeah, i'm gonna I think this is what going to change. i think Seattle is very clearly putting their their flag in this division right now. i'm that I'm not confident enough where you know you may differ with me and it in in go athletics on me because you're you're a fan of what the athletics are doing out West.
01:03:43
Justin Daulton
But it's the same position that I feel about with the White Sox. I just don't know they have enough And for a full 162 to say yes. So, but Seattle looks like the Seattle that we expected to see at the beginning of the season.
01:03:57
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, no, I mean, these are, so that gives you race guardians, mariners. That's what I had on the last um check-in and I'm going to stay with all three of these.
01:04:07
Cody Atkinson
um To your point, I could go like like I'm not going to go Yankees one because I'm just being a hater to because the Yankees regularly scheduled summer drought has not begun yet.
01:04:21
Cody Atkinson
And I went and I looked at the calendar and I believe that will begin on July 6th when they play the race because.
01:04:22
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:04:28
Justin Daulton
Well, he's calling a shot.
01:04:29
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, no, I went and looked. du they They have an easy schedule up until they play the Rays. And then they play the Rays. And then after that, it's a bunch of above 500 teams. So I'm i'm calling they're their summer drought to start there.
01:04:43
Cody Atkinson
if it starts earlier, that's sad. But I'm going calling it to start there. So I'm going to stick with the Rays. I also don't have the guts to go White Sox. If the Guardians get healthy, I think they're just a better, more complete team. And then i've I've had the Mariners from the start. I said they were going to be down this year, but I still thought they were going to win a very bad AL West. And I think that that remains.
01:05:04
Cody Atkinson
um On the NL side, you've got Braves, Cardinals and Dodgers. Honestly, don't see any reason you would come off that, but let me know if you're going
01:05:16
Justin Daulton
uh as much as i want align align with you and go padres like that's a nine game gap between the dodgers and the and the padres uh five and a half games back in for st louis over the i guess milwaukee but there's a lot of the interdivisional games still to happen where that that that gap can be erased very very quickly uh i'm gonna keep all three i it's gonna be like we've talked about it it's gonna be interesting to see what the phillies do over the next month to see if they can put themselves in a position to to you know buy at the by after the all-star break you know and be not just a wild card team, but potential. you know can they Can they run with the breaks for a full 162? So it's going to be interesting. That's the two-team race. I think each division really has a two-team race. I don't see the Pirates coming up into it. i don't see the Reds coming back up into it in the central region.
01:06:05
Justin Daulton
And I definitely don't see anyone out West stepping up into, into this conversation. So I think this is an Atlanta, Philly, Milwaukee, St. Louis in l a and San Diego conversation for the rest of the season.
01:06:18
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I agree. i'm I'm sticking with the Braves. The Phillies are on an incredible run and there's every chance that when we do the July check-in that I've switched to Phillies, but I'm not going to do that yet just because...
01:06:30
Cody Atkinson
The Braves haven't done anything to make me think they're going to fall off. It's just that the Phillies have gotten hot and maybe they won't be able to sustain it.
01:06:36
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:06:37
Cody Atkinson
going to stick with the Braves. I've got the Brewers in the central. i will ride with the Brewers until the season's over. It's just the team that I believe in the most top to bottom in the NL central. I'm sticking with the Brewers, but I will, I will come off of the Padres. I wanted to, I, I wanted to be a hater. I want to not pick the Dodgers.
01:06:58
Cody Atkinson
um but the Padres have just fallen way too far behind. There's too much ground to make up, and they're proving to be a team that has too many flaws to compete over 162 with the Dodgers. like There's still a team that can get the Dodgers to run for their money come the playoffs, but I don't think they're competing with the Dodgers over 162.
01:07:18
Cody Atkinson
I'll switch it up there and go Dodgers. So we both have the Rays. We both have the Guardians and the Mariners. We both have the Braves and the Dodgers, but where we differ is in the NL Central. You of the Cardinals and I have the Brewers.
01:07:31
Justin Daulton
Yeah, and I don't see myself coming off the Cardinals for for a while.
01:07:31
Cody Atkinson
And then in,
01:07:33
Justin Daulton
I like what that team is doing out there.
01:07:35
Cody Atkinson
I mean, why would you? You're out on a you're you're like out on a limb with that one, and and it's looking good right now, so you might as well stay out there because the longer you stay out there, the smarter you look. So you you might you might as well stay out there on the ledge you've given yourself.
01:07:45
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:07:49
Cody Atkinson
you know World Series picks.
01:07:50
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:07:52
Cody Atkinson
You've got Rays over Braves, and I have Braves over Yankees. Are you coming off of that at all?
01:08:00
Justin Daulton
For now, yes. And I'm going to go Braves-Mariners as my pick. um
01:08:10
Cody Atkinson
Braves over Mariners.
01:08:12
Justin Daulton
Yeah, still Braves winning. and More so that I need to see what the Rays do at the trade deadline before I can really say yes, this team has a chance to get deep October run.
01:08:22
Justin Daulton
As it stands right now, we don't make any big moves. We don't get another bat. We don't get another arm into the rotation or into the bullpen. I think this team is an early help, whether it's first or second round in the playoffs.
01:08:34
Justin Daulton
And it's just because like we need to get better. We need to get healthy again. We need to get bats going again. get Like I said, get the mojo going in the same direction or the right direction. We're 3-7 in our last 10. lost today to the Royals, which is a bottom-feeder team.
01:08:47
Justin Daulton
We should have beat the Royals. So I'm 100% confident to say that this team can go and be in a World Series or even win a World Series. But if we can make some moves, I would feel a lot better come the July check-in.
01:09:01
Cody Atkinson
Nice. I'm going to stick with Braves over Yankees. I think we've got the same concept here. I don't see any reason to come off the Braves. And like I was kind of hinting at earlier, there's only a couple teams that I really truly believe in in the AL. That's the Rays and the Yankees.
01:09:15
Cody Atkinson
And the Yankees, like you were just talking about, they have a lot more firepower right now. um And so it's the safer of the two picks, although I would certainly be rooting for the Rays in that scenario. Safer of the two picks, but I, under no circumstance, will to believe that the Yankees will win the World Series this year. So whoever they meet in the NL, I have with a little BTA for them there.
01:09:40
Justin Daulton
Nice.
01:09:41
Cody Atkinson
And with that, man, I'll give it over to you. you You're wanting to celebrate 25 years of Texans, and so let's see what you got.
01:09:47
Justin Daulton
Yeah, 25 years of Texans, man. for those of you who don't know, I've been a season, or I was a season ticket holder, my family was, from day one with the Houston Texan organization until I moved here into Orlando. So I have had a front row seat basically to a lot of ah downs, a lot of bad seasons as a Houston Texans fan. but also a lot of good seasons in there. Obviously, we you know talk about the 2010 to 2013 range, and then your Deshaun Watson years after we moved on from there, and then obviously now with D'Amico Ryan's era. So lots of good to talk about here. um
01:10:27
Justin Daulton
i have a question for you, Cody, on how you like to kind of see this go.
01:10:29
Cody Atkinson
All right.
01:10:30
Justin Daulton
Do you want me to burn through 25 10? do you or do you want me to talk and give you like
01:10:36
Cody Atkinson
Let's go.
01:10:37
Justin Daulton
or i'll give you a couple of pots on it
01:10:38
Cody Atkinson
Go 25 20 and then go to, or could you go yeah, like go five at a time.
01:10:40
Justin Daulton
Okay. 25
01:10:45
Cody Atkinson
go twenty five to twenty one
01:10:46
Justin Daulton
to 21. Five at a time. Okay.
01:10:47
Cody Atkinson
twenty to sixteen fifteen to eleven you know like go five at a time
01:10:54
Justin Daulton
ah time okay
01:10:54
Cody Atkinson
and and And then when we get to the top 10, we'll see how much time we've taken and how how we want to structure that.
01:11:01
Justin Daulton
Okay. I want to give everyone some context to kind of how I built it. So obviously I went on statistical, you know, how good they were in their years as a Houston Texan. But I also wanted to incorporate what they meant to the community in Houston and the impact that they had on the community.
01:11:15
Cody Atkinson
Interesting. Okay.
01:11:17
Justin Daulton
Because a lot of these guys, especially towards the top of this list, um had a huge impact on the on the community and still live in Houston. a lot of these guys do because they because of how much they fell in love with the city and what what the city gave back to them over their years.
01:11:32
Justin Daulton
So I'm going to go 25 through 21. and And I can give you some thoughts on them as you as we go. 25 was Chester Pitts, offensive lineman in the early years.
01:11:40
Cody Atkinson
Okay.
01:11:40
Justin Daulton
Yeah. brutal guy, brutal type of inside tackle guy. So number 24, I have Case Keenum. Case Keenum obviously but needs to be on this list.
01:11:53
Justin Daulton
Houston guy for for life. Came back to the organization multiple times to help this team out multiple times for for what it needed to be. 23 is Chris Brown, the kicker. His name starts with a
01:12:04
Cody Atkinson
Not even familiar with him. I did not know he existed.
01:12:07
Justin Daulton
K. Core memory for me. I am... in the stadium It is December 24th, Christmas Eve, and we are facing the Indianapolis c Colts.
01:12:19
Justin Daulton
And at this point in time, i don't ask me what year, I was probably in middle school, maybe early high school timeframe, and we still not beaten the Indianapolis Colts, okay? We drive down the field two-minute drill.
01:12:32
Justin Daulton
Chris Brown lines up, nails the three-point field goal to to upset the indian Indianapolis Colts on Christmas Eve. I'm in church clothes. I'm in the full getup because we're going to church after the game. So Chris Brown is an emotional pick for sure.
01:12:44
Justin Daulton
But that's why he's a little bit of lower down the list.
01:12:44
Cody Atkinson
I was going to say, do the stats back it up or is this fully emotional?
01:12:45
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:12:49
Justin Daulton
Let me get you some Chris Brown stats for you. He was the leading scorer in the Houston, Texas franchise until Academy Fair Baron took that this past season.
01:12:54
Cody Atkinson
Okay.
01:12:58
Cody Atkinson
Okay.
01:12:58
Justin Daulton
Where his stats?
01:12:58
Cody Atkinson
I mean, that's that's fair. that's that's That's the only stat really I need right there. is that So he was he was legit. This is not just a one game pick. He was legit.
01:13:07
Justin Daulton
Right, yeah. I mean, he was I don't have field goals made because that stat doesn't really matter. But 128 games in a Houston Texan jersey. And there's only like there's only like three or four names higher than that on this list.
01:13:21
Justin Daulton
And all of them are potential ring of honor guys for the Texans. um
01:13:26
Cody Atkinson
Okay.
01:13:27
Justin Daulton
Number 22 is TJ Yates, backup quarterback that back recorded by that won the first division title.
01:13:30
Cody Atkinson
I was curious. Okay. I was going to bring him up if, ah if he wasn't on the, so since you had Case Keenum at 24, if, if Yates didn't appear in these five, I was going to give him a shout out, just shout out TJ Yates.
01:13:39
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:13:43
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:13:43
Cody Atkinson
Cause him and Case Keenum in a lot of ways are just like the same guy for what they mean to the franchise.
01:13:47
Justin Daulton
Yeah, but the reason why TJ Yates is higher than that list Yeah, the reason why he's higher on the list is 2011, Matt Schaub goes down with the plantar fasciitis injury in his foot and leads a ah historic run down the stretch, beating the Cincinnati Bengals to win the division our first ever division title in 2011. And I lost my mind for the first time ever as a Texan fan to finally have something to be proud of as a Texan fan.
01:14:15
Justin Daulton
And then number 21 is Kevin Walters. This was the Texans slot guy. This was their Wes Welker because this was that era where we were the Texans and they still in a way are that blend of Denver Broncos and New England Patriots style of play.
01:14:29
Justin Daulton
And that was what Kevin Walters was. He was just that scrappy, probably could have been a Texas tech guy for all we know. And it just had a lot of fun watching him play football. I don't know where he went to school, but he he seems like a Texas tech guy.
01:14:40
Cody Atkinson
He feels like, yeah, he feels like the Wes Walker type, the Texas Tech guy.
01:14:44
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:14:45
Cody Atkinson
No, that that that's a solid solid entry to the top 25 here. um Yeah, I think the differentiator between Case Keenum and t j Yates is that more of TJ Yates' accolades were actually in Houston. like Case Keenum did a lot for other franchises. like He had the Minnesota Miracle.
01:15:04
Cody Atkinson
He accomplished you know more than TJ Yates, but a lot of what he did was elsewhere where TJ Yates was like pretty pretty set.
01:15:05
Justin Daulton
Right.
01:15:14
Cody Atkinson
in like When he got his chance, it was here, and and and he would deliver you a playoff win, and that was all he could get you, but that was you know a heck of a lot at the time.
01:15:17
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:15:24
Cody Atkinson
so Definitely shout out both Case Keenum and TJ Yates.
01:15:25
Justin Daulton
He was that... Yeah, he was that time period, like Davis Mills, like Money Mills, like he was that like, if you need to go and get a couple wins, you know that you can get TJ Yates in there for a couple wins and and and take care of business while you wait for the starting quarterback to come back around.
01:15:31
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:15:39
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. And it was always like they teach it. He, but he would show up and be like, yeah, they they had to give TJ to call. They got them out of the deer stand and, and signed him to a, to a two week contract.
01:15:47
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Yeah.
01:15:50
Cody Atkinson
And so we're getting TJ Yates until the playoffs are over. was like one of those kinds of things. And you're just like, oh, heck yeah, dude, here we go.
01:15:58
Justin Daulton
ah Going into the next segment, number 20, Antonio Smith, defensive tackle on the inaugural Bulls on Parade defense that we had.
01:16:02
Cody Atkinson
Okay.
01:16:06
Justin Daulton
He went by the Ninja, had a really cool like little sword flick like celebration that he had. um the Probably the lowest, I think he is the lowest ranking member of the Bulls on Parade defense. But man, he he was a blast to watch as a D tackle.
01:16:21
Justin Daulton
that That first time that you ever saw that prototypical blend of get after the quarterback defensive tackle but also can still eat a double team and do run stopping down the middle as well so um dude was a beast on that on that uh on that defense uh number 19 connor barwin if you if you remember connor barwin um
01:16:35
Cody Atkinson
Okay.
01:16:40
Cody Atkinson
Familiar with the name at least. Linebacker? Is that right? Am I on the right?
01:16:43
Justin Daulton
line Linebacker, similar to Case Keenum, his biggest athlete didn't come as a Texan.
01:16:44
Cody Atkinson
Okay. Yeah.
01:16:49
Justin Daulton
It came when he went to Philly for the later half of his career and just played on better teams, honestly. But still and one of those guys that was a part of that Bulls-on-Prey defense that we're going to continue to talk about on this list because until the last two years, the Bulls-on-Prey defense was the best defense that we had in Houston.
01:17:09
Justin Daulton
um Number 18, Jadeveo and Clowney. um a lot ah lot of people are are much higher on Clowney.
01:17:12
Cody Atkinson
Okay. The
01:17:15
Justin Daulton
He just was never going to reach the heights that he had from the hype video. of the Everyone knows the Michigan game and and and the history.
01:17:22
Cody Atkinson
Michigan hit, man.
01:17:25
Justin Daulton
he just never he never came to that fruition he is someone that had a lot more success when he left Houston, but he just never became that JJ Watt, Clowney duo that we wanted to see when we drafted him number one overall in a time period where we probably should have looked somewhere else so but but the number one overall pick.
01:17:44
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Well, we also sit here in the current iteration, which is Daniil Hunter and Will Anderson Jr. And that is that is way more dynamic than what we ever got from the previous duo, which was to no fault of J.J. Watts. It was Jadavion Clowney wasn't a sax guy. he ah He just turned out to be a run defender and he just wasn't he wasn't a big sax guy. And so, yeah, definitely enough in comparison to the hype of what he was supposed to be. I can see where he his ranking is kind of It sits here versus anywhere higher.
01:18:18
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Number 17 is the first and only entrance of punters or people too. um One of the greatest Texas A&M Aggies of all time. and one of the greatest Houston Texans of all time Shane Leckler um dude is a beast of a punter if putters can go into the Hall of Fame Shane Leckler deserves to be in the Hall of Fame just a good old Texas boy he loves to he's another one and pull him out of the deer lease whenever you need him to go out there and and give you a couple games but Shane Leckler when he finally came over to Houston he played in Houston for with who I have his number of
01:18:31
Cody Atkinson
Shane Leckler, baby. Let go.
01:18:51
Cody Atkinson
He played for a long time given how old he was when he finally came over here.
01:18:56
Justin Daulton
96 games in the Texans jersey. So, yeah, I mean by the time he came over, played a long time and and with Houston, but just a good guy that played with the Texans for so long and honestly took care of business on the special teams unit.
01:19:10
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, absolutely.
01:19:12
Justin Daulton
And then to round out this five is Mario Williams. 100% handout for the Texans. um No fault of his own.
01:19:23
Justin Daulton
He played really well. I'll give you some baseline stats. 86 games in a Texans jersey and got a fumble recovery touchdown and then 29 sacks.
01:19:34
Justin Daulton
And one it was an interception that led to it. And the 205 total tackles as a Houston Texan. So a good stat line for the amount of games he played. but he just didn't play on a good team and that's what really hindered his development as a player, had much better success when he went to go play for the Buffalo Bills um later on his in his career.
01:19:54
Justin Daulton
But that was ah that was the first time that I really paid attention to the draft and really was upset that we took Mario Williams. We shouldn't have taken Mario Williams. We should have taken Reggie Bush in that draft.
01:20:05
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Yeah. I don't have a lot of thoughts on those five. There's there's definitely some some gaps in my Texans knowledge there. like Antonio Smith, Connor Barwood, not super familiar with. I agree with the holding back of Jadavian Clowney's because he, it was just because of some of the hype and what it felt like he could have been versus what he was. And and then obviously you just shout out Shane Weckler. Love the, huge, huge fan of of that inclusion there. So yeah, not not a lot of notes on on this five.
01:20:36
Justin Daulton
Yeah, I think from this point on, there may only be like one or two names that you don't know going forward because this is where we're going to start really getting into who I consider to be legitimately the best Houston Texans of all time.
01:20:45
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:20:46
Justin Daulton
Number 15, shout out to my fantasy football name, Whitney Merciless.
01:20:50
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:20:50
Cody Atkinson
I knew, I figured he would end up in here somewhere.
01:20:50
Justin Daulton
What the
01:20:53
Justin Daulton
It's got to be on the list, man.
01:20:54
Cody Atkinson
Lord have mercy.
01:20:55
Justin Daulton
Whitney Merciless, yeah, Lord have mercy. This is a guy that played right next to Brian Cushing, Connor Farwin on the linebacker side of things. Played a little bit with Miko towards the end of his career. so like, just a stacked linebacker crew.
01:21:10
Justin Daulton
But Whitney Merciless is a bigger version of what we have with Aziz Alshire. He's a guy that runs down the hill. He's going to knock your head off. like He's a that's going to play that old-school style football.
01:21:22
Justin Daulton
And when you think of like the prototypical linebacker, that was Whitney Merciless. It just an all around beast of a player.
01:21:32
Justin Daulton
And when he finally retired, what was it like three or four seasons ago from from pro football? It was a sad day because I also had to retire my fantasy football name because that was such a good fantasy football name.
01:21:40
Cody Atkinson
and Yeah, if you recall, i believe the first ever Texans game I went to was with your season tickets. We saw the Saints, and I think Whitney Merciless had like two sacks that game, and I deemed him my favorite player because he put on the best performance in my first game of the season.
01:21:50
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:21:59
Cody Atkinson
And now I believe that was the day where where Lord have mercy was was created. I think we came up with that at the game.
01:22:05
Justin Daulton
I believe so. Yeah. And then proceeded to have it for what felt like another 10 years.
01:22:07
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:22:10
Justin Daulton
It wasn't 10 years, but it felt like 10 years.
01:22:10
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, honestly. Yeah.
01:22:14
Justin Daulton
Number 14, Jacoby Jones. um
01:22:17
Cody Atkinson
Okay.
01:22:18
Justin Daulton
Jacoby Jones obviously wins the Super Bowl. Also, so rest in peace, Jacoby Jones no longer with us. by really really came into his own as a special teams player. Really became that... that next generation like Devin Hester type guy that only done did anything as ah as a punt returner kick returner.
01:22:39
Justin Daulton
Did absolutely nothing as a wide receiver on any team he played with. But he has such a pivotal impact on this team. Over the years, fell flat a couple times in the playoffs, but he's not the only Texan player to fall flat in the playoffs, especially in recent memory.
01:22:55
Justin Daulton
But Jacoby Jones was one hell of a player and definitely someone that deserved to be shouted out on this list.
01:23:03
Justin Daulton
Number 13, who I consider to be the team's first ever shutdown corner, that if you put him on an island, he can shut down half the field. Shout out to Kareem Jackson.
01:23:15
Cody Atkinson
Okay.
01:23:15
Justin Daulton
K-Jack was his nickname on the team. He's only a someone that's going to be on this list a little bit later. Played on the other side of Jonathan jonathan Joseph. And honestly, that started that iteration of Bulls on Parade and really gave the chance of like when you merciless can go out to the quarterback to mico can go after the quarterback jj walk and out to the quarterback jadeviel clown he can stop the run like because k jack and jonathan joseph were shutting down um the field um and also k jack was just a part of that alabama it's a houston uh pipeline that we saw that worked out for many many many players and still pay it still pans out yeah
01:23:51
Cody Atkinson
Still working out.
01:23:53
Justin Daulton
um Number 12, it might be a name that you don't know. This is the the last one I don't think you're to know. But Owen Daniels, tight end.
01:24:00
Cody Atkinson
um Everybody knows Owen Daniels.
01:24:02
Justin Daulton
Okay, okay, cool.
01:24:02
Cody Atkinson
Come on, man.
01:24:03
Justin Daulton
Shout out to Owen Daniels, man. This guy was that...
01:24:06
Cody Atkinson
If I knew Kevin Walters, I know Owen Daniels. That's all I'm saying.
01:24:08
Justin Daulton
That's fair, that's fair. Owen Daniels, man, was Wisconsin tight end, but just hard-nosed tight end. You're old school.
01:24:19
Justin Daulton
I'm going to throw you to the dirt, and then to go get this touchdown type tight end. Almost the type of guy that you expect to play like for the Pittsburgh Steelers, but played in the in Houston instead.
01:24:30
Justin Daulton
But shout Owen Daniels. I do believe until last season was the leading yards and reception leader in Houston Texans franchise history until Dalton Schultz passed him.
01:24:41
Cody Atkinson
That's crazy.
01:24:44
Justin Daulton
So shout out to Dalton Schultz. on the list. there's As you're going to see, there's not a lot of current iteration or current generation Texans on this list.
01:24:50
Cody Atkinson
I was starting to wonder.
01:24:52
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Not to say that this list can't change over the years, but definitely there's only one name that is actively on the team that's in the top 10. So there you
01:25:02
Cody Atkinson
Oh, and you already spoiled it before the show started too.
01:25:04
Justin Daulton
Yeah, already spoiled it for you. Yeah. Number 11, Jonathan Joseph. Just talked about him with Kareem Jackson. Jonathan Joseph was the the GOAT in terms of the team on the corner.
01:25:16
Justin Daulton
I have stats for you for Jonathan Joseph. 131 games played as a Houston Texan. Seven total touchdowns, which leads to the defense in total touchdowns all-time.
01:25:27
Justin Daulton
And 17 total interceptions. Seven of those I could say were picked six. in four hundred and 499 tackles as a cornerback and somehow it got two sacks in there as well uh just an all-around what you expect from a ah versatile corner especially in that that weird time where you had guys like darrell revis that were coming onto the scene um and really kind of reimagining what a number one cornerback could be in the nfl so john joseph was that kind of hybrid of like
01:25:57
Justin Daulton
old school corner where I'm going shut you down, but then I can also go out, play the run, get tackles and and play hard-nosed football as well. Kind of what we see from the Derek Singles of the world, you know, Kamara Lassiter is of the world now for the Texans, you know, kind of that, that now what we expect from, from cornerbacks, but that's your next five. So that just to recap, I'm going for you. Whitney, Marisalich, Jacoby Jones, Kareem Jackson, Owen Daniels, and Jonathan Joseph.
01:26:22
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, we already kind of touched on Whitney Merciless there. the The main other one that sticks out for me Owen Daniels, just one of the most unassuming football but like like great football players of all time. like there's At no point ever watching Texans football did I look at Owen Daniels and I was like, what a tight end, man. like He's so great at this or great at that or this. like to He was just kind of...
01:26:44
Cody Atkinson
the like quintessential safety blanket that just stayed around for forever and racked up an insane amount of stats he's like kind of like that almost like a jason whitten mold where you're like how'd you do it how'd you do it for this long at this level yeah so yeah shout out owen daniels deserves the deserves the ranking but crazy that he turned out to be that good
01:26:56
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Same time period Yeah. Yeah. Staff line for you O'Day. 102 games Houston
01:27:07
Justin Daulton
Texan, 4,617 total yards, 385 receptions, 29 total touchdowns over his career as a Houston Texan. four thousand six hundred and seventeen total yards three hundred and eighty five receptionist twenty nine total touchdowns over his career as a used in texan
01:27:19
Cody Atkinson
Like if you, if you had asked me just like unassumably weeks ago, like, yeah do you think Owen Daniels had more than 4,000 yards? I'd be like, there's no way he only got four at a time.
01:27:30
Cody Atkinson
Like, like, that's just the way I view it. I'm like, yeah, dude, throw it to Owen Daniels and he falls. Like, like he's just going hit immediately because he's in the middle of the field. So you're getting like five at a time.
01:27:41
Cody Atkinson
It's way too many catches to get. And so now he has well over 4,000.
01:27:43
Justin Daulton
think
01:27:44
Cody Atkinson
It's one of the more unassuming careers.
01:27:46
Justin Daulton
But I think you're you're about to say, like he's a guy that just always fell. He always fell forward. He would catch the ball and, like, immediately fall forward and there's two or three yards every single time he got hit.
01:27:50
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:27:54
Justin Daulton
So, like, Drew was just a beast, but he was a red zone threat. Like, when you talk about what Matt Schaub needed from that safety blanket, that was O'Daniel and Kevin Walters. Like, those are to the two guys, like, down the middle of the field that you knew that were always going to be there for Matt Schaub.
01:28:08
Justin Daulton
And what hell of a career as a Houston Texan. Yeah.
01:28:12
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, absolutely.
01:28:14
Justin Daulton
Now we get to the top 10. So obviously these are the the guys.
01:28:16
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, we can go one at a time here.
01:28:19
Justin Daulton
All right. One at a time. Number 10, first running back on this list, Lamar Miller makes his appearance on this list.
01:28:25
Cody Atkinson
Really?
01:28:26
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Let me get you. Where's this text? Lamar Miller, 56 games as a Houston Texan. So what's that? That rounds out to about five, six seasons, 4,756 yards on the ground.
01:28:40
Justin Daulton
2,934 yards in the air. um Sorry, no, i got on the ground. in the receptions, which is insane for running back from that time period eighteen total touchdowns as a texan and are as total touchdown yes and thirteen on the ground five through the year So he was at – obviously there's another running back that we will talk about on this list much later on.
01:29:08
Cody Atkinson
Really?
01:29:09
Justin Daulton
um but that was like – we traded for Lamar Miller. He was not homegrown talent. he was nigh He was not – he wasn't drafted. He wasn't the guy that we you know that we groomed into this offense.
01:29:21
Justin Daulton
He was a guy that we traded for from the Miami Dolphins that was like – ah Part of that gimmick offense, if you remember that early, that mid-2000s, Dolphins, where they wanted to do the Wildcat and all that. So he was the guy that was there for that, along with the the other running back that his name is escaping me out there Miami.
01:29:37
Justin Daulton
by but mar Miller was that like downhill running back that they needed on the Dolphins, but fit our style of offense so much better. And at a time where you still had Andre Johnson, DeAndre Hopkins, you know, and kind of feeling that fire, that, that tail end of, you know, shop and kind of the gap until Deshaun came around, like Lamar Miller was the guy. He kind of held it together until we kind of figured out that we needed to completely rebuild. And we gave the keys to the kingdom to the wrong man and Bill O'Brien.
01:30:06
Justin Daulton
But we don't talk about that as a Texans fan anymore.
01:30:08
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:30:09
Justin Daulton
So, yeah.
01:30:09
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, no, I guess I just am shocked to figure out that Lamar Miller was here for as long as he was. I always viewed him, like I remember the trade for him and being excited for it. I remember letting him walk and being bummed about it.
01:30:22
Cody Atkinson
I think that was when they went and got Carlos Hyde, who ended up being great for a year as well.
01:30:23
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:30:25
Justin Daulton
Yeah. That was part of the, that was that that was the rebuild time.
01:30:26
Cody Atkinson
But
01:30:28
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:30:28
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, but I always viewed Lamar Miller as like the first of the stopgap running backs where like I just also thought that he was only here for like two years.
01:30:35
Justin Daulton
Mm-hmm.
01:30:37
Cody Atkinson
so Realizing he's been here for 56 games, that that makes a lot more sense how he cracked the top 10. In my mind, yeah i did not realize he was in Houston long enough to to get on a list. you know
01:30:50
Justin Daulton
Imagine Lamar Miller in this offense, like the current offense.
01:30:53
Cody Atkinson
Lamar Miller was awesome, dude.
01:30:55
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Number nine, we're going back to the defensive side of the ball. Brian Cushing at number nine. um
01:31:01
Cody Atkinson
That's actually lower than I thought it would be
01:31:03
Justin Daulton
I thought so too, but there are some names above him that have to be higher than him, unfortunately, but Brian Cushing... Dude is an insane guy. I'm glad that he's getting some love now as a former Texan. Like, obviously, he was the schedule release video guy for us this year.
01:31:19
Justin Daulton
He's overshadowed because his bash brother on the other side of him and is J.J. Watt. So a lot of the media and and the attention went to J.J. Watt. But Brian Cushing is a guy that got here before J.J.Y., was here after J.J.Y., but played an amazing brand of football. like Everyone knows the taking his helmet off, running it running into the other guy, and gushing blood and going back out there to play.
01:31:43
Justin Daulton
A seminal picture that a lot of people have. And some stats for you. Let me give you stats. What's his name? 104 games as a Houston Texan.
01:31:55
Justin Daulton
And... He has four full touchdowns, 13 and a half sacks, four interceptions, four of those are all four were pick sixes, its six hundred and total tackles.
01:32:06
Cody Atkinson
Cheers.
01:32:08
Justin Daulton
So dude had an insane career that doesn't go into the fact like his sacks are so much lower, but it doesn't go to show like what he was able to do as a linebacker. He was such a mobile linebacker that he could run with wide receivers down the middle. He could body a tight He could go into the run game, stop the run.
01:32:27
Justin Daulton
Like he was everything you needed as a kind of utility linebacker. And that's what he was drafted to be. he was drafted to be this utility guy out of USC, and really be like, well, you know that you can count on Brian Cushing on that on that side of the ball and you don't have to worry about him.
01:32:41
Justin Daulton
He became so much more to to the franchise and to the into the fans and deserves to be in the top 10. And I try my best to get him in the top five because i in my brain, he deserves to be top five.
01:32:54
Justin Daulton
But Brian Cushing is someone that deserves to be in the ring of honor and needs to be in the ring of honor and should be the next name up there next to J.J. Watt and Andre Johnson.
01:33:02
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I mean, no no arguments here. I was surprised to see him as low as nine. Also, just a guy who stayed around the around the organization since then. i don't I don't know if he still is, but i think at one point he was a strength and conditioning coach.
01:33:14
Cody Atkinson
um i don't am Am I right on that? he was I think he...
01:33:18
Justin Daulton
think I don't think he is. I know he's a part of the organization, but i don't think he's a coach for the organization anymore.
01:33:21
Cody Atkinson
Okay.
01:33:23
Justin Daulton
i think he's just an ambassador.
01:33:23
Cody Atkinson
Okay. I thought he was strength and conditioning at one point cause i thought we made the joke since he had a steroid issues that um that that that that was what his program was going to be.
01:33:30
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:33:33
Cody Atkinson
But maybe we were talking about the potential of him of him doing that. But yeah, it's a guy that stayed around the organization. um Easy to root for, for sure.
01:33:42
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Number eight was the name I spoiled for you. Kaimi Fairbairn at number eight. Now the the leading Houston Texan point scorer in franchise history. I don't have, as as I said with Shane Leichler, I don't have stats written down for kickers.
01:33:56
Justin Daulton
But we know what Kaimi Fairbairn is about.
01:33:58
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:33:58
Justin Daulton
The jokes that we had all season was just get to the 50-yard line and let Kaimi Fairbairn win the game for you. Because you can win the game 9-0 or 9-3 with Kaimi Fairbairn with the defense that we have.
01:34:10
Justin Daulton
But that's proven to be a really good strategy for the current iteration of the Houston Texans.
01:34:14
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:34:16
Justin Daulton
So the Kaimu...
01:34:16
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, it's it's pretty... pretty wild to like he not only is he reliable as a kicker but the there's an insane amount that this team has relied on him the last few years to kick over 50 yards like he they don't give him easy kicks and he delivers way more often than not he's uh just incredibly underrated they put him in difficult situations and he just delivers time and time again absolutely kickers are people too good to see him in the top 10.
01:34:19
Justin Daulton
go
01:34:45
Justin Daulton
And the highest paid kicker in NFL history as official of this offseason. So, deservedly so. Number seven, DeAndre Hopkins, a.k.a. Nuke, as they called him when he was here in Houston.
01:34:57
Justin Daulton
Never forget, what was it, the 2014 season where he didn't drop a single pass the entire season. i A beast in fantasy football, but the a lot of people forget he lined up on the other side of Andre Johnson for the first like three years of his career.
01:35:13
Cody Atkinson
That's crazy.
01:35:13
Justin Daulton
and learn from Andre Johnson. Like there's a reason why so many people talk about Andre the way they do, because he's that silent assassin, very quiet, doesn't really get too high, it doesn't trash talk, unless you're the Tennessee Titans.
01:35:26
Justin Daulton
And you get to remember, yeah, Corlin Finnegan.
01:35:26
Cody Atkinson
I don't remember
01:35:29
Justin Daulton
But DeAndre Hopkins is the same guy, silent, doesn't talk, doesn't get too high, unless you're um the Washington Redskins player that got his ankles broken in training camp. Yeah.
01:35:39
Cody Atkinson
remember who that guy was. I remember the the...
01:35:41
Justin Daulton
I want to D'Angelo Hall is the name coming to mind.
01:35:42
Cody Atkinson
I can't...
01:35:44
Justin Daulton
i want I want to say D'Angelo Hall.
01:35:45
Cody Atkinson
Maybe. Maybe.
01:35:47
Justin Daulton
um
01:35:47
Cody Atkinson
and I'll look it up.
01:35:48
Justin Daulton
But, yeah, but I mean, D'Angelo Hopkins is what you expect.
01:35:48
Cody Atkinson
and You keep talking.
01:35:53
Justin Daulton
if you build the perfect wide receiver in Madden, D'Angelo Hopkins is the perfect wide receiver. Like, tall, lanky body, huge hands that can catch literally any pass that comes your way.
01:36:05
Justin Daulton
Had amazing body control, like tiptoe on the sideline. Like, any pass in, like, he played with some really bad quarterbacks And he made them make some of these quarterbacks look like Pro Bowl potential quarterbacks.
01:36:16
Justin Daulton
Let me give you stats on DeAndre. 110 games as a Houston Texan. 24... Oh, no. My list went away. Where'd we go? Sorry, sorry, sorry.
01:36:27
Justin Daulton
ah
01:36:29
Justin Daulton
110 games, 8,602 total yards, 40 yards on the ground. So we did some reverse sweeps him. 632 receptions, 54 total touchdowns was his line as a Houston Texan.
01:36:44
Justin Daulton
And honestly, if he didn't play on the other side of Andre Johnson, and if he played with competent quarterbacks for the rest of his career, those numbers would have been significantly higher. And maybe even potentially talking about a Super Bowl in Houston with DeAndre Hopkins because he was that good of of a wide receiver.
01:36:59
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, it really was. I believe it was D'Angelo Hall. So good good good call there. But yeah, DeAndre Hopkins, um not as high as he could or should be on the list because he was weighed down by lack of quarterback play for his entire career and then was involved in the worst trade in Houston Texans history, cutting his time with the Houston Texans way short of what it could have and should have been. So shout out D-Hop.
01:37:27
Cody Atkinson
Could have been better. It could have been more.
01:37:29
Cody Atkinson
You know what i mean?
01:37:29
Justin Daulton
Could have been better.
01:37:30
Justin Daulton
Should have been more. Number six to close off this next group of five, Dwayne Brown. Left tackle um that played so long with the Houston Texans.
01:37:36
Cody Atkinson
Okay. Yeah.
01:37:41
Cody Atkinson
Another memorable trade.
01:37:42
Justin Daulton
Dwayne Brown, 100th. Yeah, correct. Another from the, no, Washington? Where was he from? I forget where he came from.
01:37:51
Cody Atkinson
i don't know where he came from. i was thinking when he he held out and was traded to Seattle.
01:37:56
Justin Daulton
Yes. But that was where we got a draft pick back from. We got a number one overall draft pick, or first round draft pick back from him. So we did get compensation back.
01:38:03
Cody Atkinson
yeah Yeah. Oh, yeah.
01:38:04
Justin Daulton
um
01:38:04
Cody Atkinson
We for sure did. But that that I remember the holdout. They wouldn't pay him. And then they had to move him to Seattle. And I think that was actually not long before they decided to trade for Laramie Tunsil, which is another devastating trade.
01:38:15
Justin Daulton
Yes. Dwayne Brown, 133 games um as a Houston Texan, which is only second to a name that I will mention later on this list.
01:38:26
Justin Daulton
Or sorry, third behind Kiami and then another name.
01:38:31
Justin Daulton
Dwayne Brown was the guy, man. He's the one that protected Matt Schaub. He's the one that protected TJ Yates, Case Keenan when he came in for backup roles. Dwayne Brown was that anchor on the offensive line for so many years and was a guy that, like,
01:38:46
Justin Daulton
We paid him a couple of times and then he held out when we decided that he was no longer, you know, a top five, uh, offensive lineman. And we ended up being right because he went to Seattle and crashed out. So, um, but man, Dwayne Brown was,
01:38:57
Cody Atkinson
But then we were wrong because we replaced him with just a different crash out.
01:39:01
Justin Daulton
that's true. That's true. It took us a couple of years to fear that I will there. I mean, tonsil, obviously you can tell Larry, my tonsil, not on this list.
01:39:04
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:39:07
Cody Atkinson
No.
01:39:07
Justin Daulton
Um, cause impacts on community garbage.
01:39:10
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, zero.
01:39:10
Justin Daulton
Um, um,
01:39:11
Cody Atkinson
Impact on fellow players, to zero.
01:39:14
Justin Daulton
Yeah, correct. Cared more about his Jordans than he did is than his quarterback. um But Dwayne Brownman was a beast. Deserves to be up here. Not top five, obviously, but definitely deserves to be in the top ten. He's the quintessential Texan, just the guy that he went out there every single Sunday. He knew exactly what you're getting.
01:39:32
Justin Daulton
Didn't commit a lot of penalties. Didn't give up in that many sacks. It came from the right side of the line, which is where Match Top got hit the most. But insane career to to play the to be a left tackle for a team for that long. You don't see it anymore.
01:39:45
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, absolutely.
01:39:46
Justin Daulton
um Number five, Matt Schaub.
01:39:51
Cody Atkinson
Really? Okay.
01:39:53
Justin Daulton
Virginia quarterback, man, Matt Schaub, as of right now, is still the best quarterback.
01:39:58
Cody Atkinson
I guess I should have known he was on this list because TJ Yates and Case Keenum are on the list. In my mind, we were done with quarterbacks.
01:40:03
Justin Daulton
mean, Matt Schaub has to be.
01:40:04
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, yeah, that's fair.
01:40:06
Justin Daulton
Um, but as of right now, matchup is still the best quarterback in franchise history with the caveat of what can happen in the next couple years, if things go well over the next couple years. Um, once again, i built this list off of community impact and time with the service or time with the team. Deshaun Watson not on this list. Cause I don't think anyone in the city of Houston wants to acknowledge that Deshaun Watson even lived in the city of Houston.
01:40:28
Justin Daulton
Um,
01:40:28
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, Deshaun Watson was as close as you could be to securing being the best quarterback in franchise history after like two seasons, and he did the one thing you couldn't do, and now he's nowhere near the list.
01:40:41
Justin Daulton
um
01:40:42
Cody Atkinson
Crazy.
01:40:43
Justin Daulton
Matt Schaub, 90 games played, total yards 24,091, 23,221 those on the air, 870 rushing yards, not known for his running, but almost 1,000 on the ground.
01:40:55
Justin Daulton
Good for him.
01:40:56
Cody Atkinson
There you
01:40:58
Justin Daulton
124 total touchdowns, all of those to the air, so he did not get in any bootlegs into the end zone. But Matt Schaub is a guy that... ushered in the Texans into being relevant in the NFL and handed it off to what it is now. Like, i don't think we i don't think we're the team now if it isn't for Matt Shaw because of how, because of the amount work that he did, the the contracts that he did, obviously the end of his career wasn't great.
01:41:20
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:41:26
Justin Daulton
The pick six is outweighing the total touchdowns thrown at the end of his career, which led us to blowing the team up and then eventually getting Deshaun Watson, what, like ah two seasons later or whatever it was.
01:41:39
Justin Daulton
So, um but yeah, not a lot to be said about Matt Schaub because he was a guy that, A, looked like he was high the entire time he played because of the because of his eyes.
01:41:50
Justin Daulton
But man, want to talk about someone who had a connection with Andre Johnson? he He lived by the philosophy that that Johnny Manziel had with Mike Evans. Like, Evans is down there somewhere, to throw ball.
01:42:01
Justin Daulton
Matt Schaub did that with Andre Johnson.
01:42:01
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:42:02
Justin Daulton
He's like, Andre's down there somewhere, just going to ball. And it worked.
01:42:06
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. It's a, it's a little bit of a, I think a knock on the organization as a whole, that he's still the best quarterback in franchise history. I think it's a, a little bit of a knock on just the quality of quarterback play through these, these 25 years, but at the same time, he is the best quarterback, has had the best quarterback career and yeah, gets the shout out for it. Top five.
01:42:27
Justin Daulton
Hopefully it changes in the next couple years.
01:42:29
Cody Atkinson
Hopefully I am less confident in that than I was after a said rookie season of the quarterback that could change it in a couple of years.
01:42:39
Justin Daulton
we had to have hope man we got to have hope
01:42:42
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:42:42
Justin Daulton
um number four is arian foster um i will i will never forget that that game one against the colts uh that he had and i'll never forget the scramble that everyone had in fantasy football to try to pick up arian foster the next day um everyone putting in waiver claims for for arian foster um give you your stats for arian foster 76 games played which is way lower than i thought it was i don't remember i remember the crash shot happening
01:42:46
Cody Atkinson
Okay, that's fair.
01:42:59
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm.
01:43:13
Justin Daulton
But in 76 games, 8,873 total yards, 6,472 of those on the ground, 2,401 of them through the air, 255 receptions. We really love that New England style offense with the Dinkin duck the field back in the day. two hundred and fifty five receptions we really love that newless south of of offense with the din and duck down the field back in the day But 68 total touchdowns, 54 on the ground, 14 in the air.
01:43:35
Justin Daulton
Arian Foster was and still is the best running back in Houston Texans history. um Could potentially change. Could. We got some guys on this team that I feel really good about i'm going forward right now.
01:43:47
Justin Daulton
um but man arian foster was a cult killer he was a guy that anytime though they really played the c colts i don't know what it was about the colts but he could beat that team just by himself it was basically give him the rock and let's see what happens and he was a guy he was the johnny menzel before johnny menzel happened because he was one those like yeah i got paid to play at tennessee I was making $20 a week playing for Tennessee.
01:44:11
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm.
01:44:11
Justin Daulton
I needed food on my plate. I took money. um So really started to usher in that conversation of like college players needed to be paid and look at where we're at now. So, um but the, the impact that he had with Houston and he still claims Houston, even though he crashed out really hard at the end of his time went in in the with the organization, but it's still someone to this day that claims the organization and still very much cares about the organization.
01:44:34
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I remember um his, just even his preseason run that first year, I tried to pick him up on waiver wires before the season started, like after the draft had occurred, but before the season started. And this was so long ago that the...
01:44:49
Cody Atkinson
They wouldn't let the app wouldn't let you do it. You had to wait until game one to be able to make any, any free agent acquisition. So I got stuck in the rush with everyone else, even though I was early on him because I saw him falling out in the preseason and wanted to grab him since nobody else was watching the preseason.
01:45:07
Cody Atkinson
And the app wouldn't let me do it.
01:45:07
Justin Daulton
yeah
01:45:08
Cody Atkinson
But if that happened again today, I would, ah I would have been on him. I ended up losing him to James Doty.
01:45:15
Justin Daulton
Not the Odie.
01:45:16
Cody Atkinson
Tough, tough.
01:45:17
Justin Daulton
um I'm gonna give you a chance to predict my top three in order.
01:45:22
Cody Atkinson
on
01:45:26
Cody Atkinson
Shoot. I'm going to say you went Miko, three. JJ, two. Andre, one.
01:45:36
Justin Daulton
You almost got it. You almost got it. It is D'Amico at three. D'Amico... If it wasn't for the top two guys being Hall of Famers, JJ obviously will be a Hall of Famer here in the next couple of years.
01:45:51
Justin Daulton
um If it wasn't for the fact that the top two guys in front of him are Hall of Famers, D'Amico, with his current sense as well, would be the best Houston Texan of all time. If D'Amico brings a Super Bowl to the city of Houston, he will be the number one Houston Texan of all time.
01:46:03
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Yeah. If he, he has the benefit of now coaching the team and being able to extend his legacy that way he could hurt it or extend it.
01:46:05
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:46:12
Cody Atkinson
He's obviously been extending it at this point. If he is able to do what hasn't been done yet, he immediately jumps to number one.
01:46:19
Justin Daulton
Yeah, if you want stats for D'Amico. Surprisingly small number that i i didn't expect. 86 games played um as a Houston Texan. Two total touchdowns on the defensive side of the ball.
01:46:31
Justin Daulton
Six and a half sacks, eight interceptions, two pick sixes. 636 total tackles, which is crazy for a middle linebacker.
01:46:37
Cody Atkinson
Jeez. It's up there with up there with Cushing, I think. i think they're similar.
01:46:42
Justin Daulton
Yes, up there with Cushing. Yeah.
01:46:43
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:46:44
Justin Daulton
um And same number as... Once again, the early part of his career really hindered was just poor play from the organization. Not until you saw Matt Schopp come in to really elevate that team. And by that point, D'Amico was already starting to get a little older.
01:46:58
Justin Daulton
So it sucked to see such talent get wasted. But D'Amico to this day still is like he can put the pads on and go out there and run with Will Anderson Jr. and and and Daniel Hunter. So good on him.
01:47:08
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
01:47:10
Justin Daulton
But yes, he's someone that's extending his legacy as a Houston Texan and deservedly so. um number two is andre johnson um not for nothing on this one it when you're talking about community impact jj just has the community impact at number one um but andre johnson was the first guy to make the houston texan jersey popular like you couldn't go to school or walk down the street and not see a number 80 jersey walking around in houston um It was great to see that he was the first number that got hung up in the ring of I know the Texans don't retire numbers, but he was the first one to get putt up in the ring of honor.
01:47:46
Justin Daulton
First Houston Texan to ever be inducted into the to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Shed a little bit of a tear when that, because I literally remember standing on the seat to look over to see Andre Johnson jumping into this the crowd in Reliant Stadium and all that. So insane career. 169 games played as a Houston Texan.
01:48:08
Justin Daulton
13,597 total yards, 13, all those through the through the air, nothing on the ground, 1,012 receptions as a Houston Texan, 64 total touchdowns through the air as well.
01:48:21
Justin Daulton
like No reason why that he shouldn't have been a Hall of Famer. I still think he should have been first ballot Hall of Famer. Got on a second try, I believe is what it was.
01:48:32
Justin Daulton
But, man, like, Andre is still someone who lives in the city of Houston, loves the city of Houston, shows up to, i feel like, more than 50% of the games every single season. He was one of the guys that helped bring D'Amico back to the organization and when they were hiring um and just a great ambassador for for the organization. And the McNair family loves him, and there's a reason why, because he, ever since he got drafted, has been a Houstonian, basically, the for for the rest of his life.
01:49:00
Cody Atkinson
yeah 100 by far even with d hop having been as great as he is and andre johnson by far the best receiver in in texans history and just ah an incredible guy to root for as well i forgot about the community impact aspect of it if i remembered that i would have swapped them and i would have got your order correct i forgot that that was a criteria
01:49:21
Justin Daulton
Yeah. But yes, as I've already alluded to, yeah, as I've alluded to JJ, why the number one Houston text of all time, a lot of that is based off of the community impact. Obviously he still has an amazing impact on the, on the football side of things. 128 games played as a Houston Texan 43 total yards, all those, he has five rushing yards, 38 receptions.
01:49:42
Justin Daulton
Three of those risks are five total touchdowns. Three of those receptions were for touchdown, uh, receipt, uh, catches. And one rushing touchdown as well. um Here's where the numbers start getting insane for you.
01:49:57
Justin Daulton
101 sacks as a Houston Texan.
01:49:58
Cody Atkinson
That's so many.
01:50:00
Justin Daulton
Two interceptions, both of them back as pick sixes. And 531 total tackles.
01:50:08
Cody Atkinson
think we're both of the pick sixes playoffs too.
01:50:08
Justin Daulton
Like... Yes.
01:50:12
Justin Daulton
Yes.
01:50:13
Cody Atkinson
I know there's the Bengals one.
01:50:13
Justin Daulton
Yes.
01:50:14
Cody Atkinson
I feel like they did it twice to the Bengals.
01:50:15
Justin Daulton
And then the Buffalo, did it to Josh Allen in his second season or whatever it was before Josh Allen became Josh Allen.
01:50:16
Cody Atkinson
That was Buffalo. Okay.
01:50:20
Cody Atkinson
Okay.
01:50:25
Justin Daulton
But mean, the community and impact is also not to be dwindled either. I mean, when when Houston was ravaged by Hurricane Harvey, um his his ah his foundation came in and paid for so much for people to get back on their feet.
01:50:31
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:50:40
Justin Daulton
Yourself being impacted during that hurricane as well, right? And, you know, the city of Houston and everyone else coming coming together and really rallying behind, not just JJ, but Everyone else trying to get everyone back on their feet.
01:50:51
Justin Daulton
JJ is still someone that's an ambassador now. it wasn't for the fact that Phoenix is like hub for former athletes to live in, I'm sure JJ would still be living in Houston.
01:51:03
Justin Daulton
But everyone just retires to to Phoenix, Arizona for whatever reason. And like JJ is still someone who shows up to many games. Still someone that is on Twitter.
01:51:13
Justin Daulton
He calls football games. There was, i think last season, every single game he called for the Texans, the Texans won the game that they played.
01:51:19
Cody Atkinson
Nice.
01:51:21
Justin Daulton
um And it's someone that you still see 99 jerseys walking around the city of Houston. And you will continue to see 99 jerseys walking around the city of Houston. It's a jersey that I wish I could still buy.
01:51:32
Justin Daulton
i can't for some reason buy a JJ Watt jersey on the team shop for whatever reason. I've been tempted many times to send you like a hundred bucks and just go down to Reliance and buy me a JJ Watch jersey z because I need one.
01:51:42
Justin Daulton
But he is someone that...
01:51:43
Cody Atkinson
It costs more than a hundred bucks.
01:51:46
Justin Daulton
and They're like $130 now. Yes. I would send you the other $30 once we figure out exactly how much it costs for a J.J.
01:51:51
Cody Atkinson
There go.
01:51:51
Justin Daulton
Watt jersey.
01:51:51
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm.
01:51:52
Justin Daulton
um But when you look up Houston Texans, when you search Houston Texans online, J.J. Watt's one of the first things that pop up there. And he is someone that's not just an amazing football player, but an amazing guy.
01:52:05
Justin Daulton
And I will never forget when he got drafted. And guys in my school said that we wasted our first round pick on J.J. Watt. And I told all them, you're wrong. JJ Watt is going to be a beast and you're going to rue the day that you said that JJ Watt was not going to be a good football player. And that's still something I hold on to to this day of that because I pay attention to the combine and I pay attention to pre-draft things that I called JJ Watt much earlier on than most people did.
01:52:31
Justin Daulton
JJ is still someone that so many people in the city of Houston will still look at as ah as the all-time greatest.
01:52:37
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I believe the most common tweet after J.J. Watt was drafted was, J.J., what? People were not happy. i remember seeing that one a bunch. People were not happy, and that's because they just didn't they didn't know.
01:52:49
Cody Atkinson
He turned out to be, like you said, the greatest Houston Texan in the history of the franchise. and even if Even if you want to debate it, you're not going to debate him lower than two behind Andre Johnson.
01:52:59
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:53:00
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:53:01
Justin Daulton
and and And I'll take Andre being number one. Andre had that impact as a player on on this team and obviously still still does as a Houstonian. Just JJ just had such a big impact on the community and still it does have an impact on the community.
01:53:15
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, absolutely, man.
Episode Reflection and Next Segment Teaser
01:53:17
Cody Atkinson
I think that's ah that's a pretty slick top 25 there. I don't have a lot of notes, don't have a lot of complaints. um I just want to shout out the player we talked about before the show, Dunto Robinson, my personal one of my personal favorites who understandably is not a top 25 player, but was an absolute treat to watch.
01:53:34
Cody Atkinson
um Also, shout out some of the current guys that could still work their way onto the list in the future, although they weren't here. Looking at Derek Stingley, Kamari Lassiter, Will Anderson Jr., Nico Collins.
01:53:45
Justin Daulton
Daniel Hunter.
01:53:47
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, Daniel Hunter, I feel like might be old enough that his tenure won't be long enough, but... Still absolutely could if he if he sticks around ah you know a few more years.
01:53:56
Justin Daulton
keeps putting up the numbers he does. i Absolutely.
01:53:57
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Yeah. And then you're looking CJ still has a chance to to turn it around. Obviously, he has to do different than what he's been doing. But a lot, a lot, a lot of guys on this team that can make the top 25 still similar to how much real estate Bulls on Parade has in that top 25. When these units come together, man, a lot of the guys can make it. Yeah.
01:54:21
Cody Atkinson
Definitely could be the next era of that. And it'll be exciting to watch, man. Season's just coming up around the corner. And this absolutely has every every measure to be the, potentially, to be the greatest season in Texans history. And that could shake up that top 25.
01:54:38
Justin Daulton
100%.
01:54:39
Justin Daulton
I'm already sipping the Battle Ray Kool-Aid, so let's go.
01:54:41
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, let's do it. That's all I've got on this episode, man. This was a fun one. This was a lot that we had to cram in here. I think we did it well, but it's good to be back after a week off. It's good to be talking sports again.
01:54:54
Cody Atkinson
What do we got next week? Is next week stadium food?
01:54:57
Justin Daulton
It sure is. I was about to say, next week we have fun.
01:54:59
Cody Atkinson
oh buddy. Yeah.
01:55:00
Justin Daulton
It will be ballpark food. And just for everyone, just as a teaser for what it's going to be, we're not talking about burgers and hot dogs and chicken fingers and helmet nachos. No, we're going to pull up the the most insane food items from all 30 teams, and we're going to have a conversation. I don't think we're going rank it, but we're going to talk about the ones that we're goingnna bite we would most likely want to go eat and ones that are like absolutely not. Never a million years, I'm not touching that that ah that monstrosity of a food item.
01:55:27
Justin Daulton
But we're going to really fun time talking about ballpark food next
01:55:31
Cody Atkinson
that feels spoilers we're probably going to eat them all outside of a couple I think Seattle does weird stuff with crickets maybe but other than that like we're we're probably going to eat a lot of the monstrosities so and you can definitely look forward to that but
01:55:34
Justin Daulton
week.
01:55:44
Justin Daulton
Absolutely.
01:55:46
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, with that, we're we're back to full force. I know you'll you'll have your week off here in the next month or so, but we're back to full force and we'll be full force for the next couple weeks. So keep tuned into here.
01:55:58
Cody Atkinson
Until then, we'll see you next time. I'm Cody.
01:56:01
Justin Daulton
adjusted.
01:56:02
Cody Atkinson
Peace.
01:56:03
Justin Daulton
Peace.