New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Travis Returns to The Land, Jason Hypes the Birds and Drone Sweet Drones | Ep 115
Wed, 18 Dec 2024
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Cleveland Heights High School alumni and also Cincinnati Bearcat alumni. The University of Cincinnati finally knocks down Xavier after about five years of the cross-down shootout. Yeah. It just feels good when you can win one in the city, especially against your rivalry.
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Speaking of the Bearcats, you see those Jordans right there. Those are the Jason Tatum's, man.
Okay.
Jordan Cincinnati Bearcat edition. Now that the Bearcat basketball team is officially Jordan as well. Jason, what do we got coming up?
We got a great episode coming up here, guys. We're going to talk about Travis's Cleveland homecoming. The Eagles passing game seems to be just fine. Nothing to see. Nothing to be worried about. And we're debuting a brand new segment. Can't wait. But first, as always... Yes, sir.
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Holiday release schedule. Christmas Film Club with Kylie drops Christmas Eve. That's right. Tuesday instead of Wednesday. Another very special guest episode is going to be coming up Thursday, January 2nd. So be ready on some awkward days because of the crazy weird schedule that the Chiefs are dealing with. Oh, yeah. As well as holidays. Yeah. We finally got someone.
The 92 percenters have been demanding on the January 2nd episode. Oh, yeah. We've been waiting for this one for a long time.
Everybody has.
You're going to want to see it. You're going to want to see him or her. We're not going to give it. Well, they'll probably tell you who it is. But anyway, we're also going to have another Wondery Plus bonus episode dropping tomorrow. Ooh. Yep, that's right. That's right. So a lot of new heights coming up to you. I don't even know.
I would just be ready.
I would just be ready. It's coming when it comes. We're coming in hot. Jets Jake will let you know on the socials. His Twitter fingers are working quick.
It's X now. The Bearcats are playing an arrowhead. That's right. Everybody, Cincinnati Bearcats versus the Nebraska Cornhuskers. No doubt. A matchup that I don't even know if the – I don't know how much history is between these two schools, but I – I've never seen these two go out. Teams play? Yeah, I have not witnessed that either. I've never heard of these two teams play.
So this is going to be big. And, I mean, obviously, busting with the boys, Will Compton, Nebraska Kernhusker.
Did he reach out to you? Because he reached out to me, and he's fired up about it.
I mean, how can you not be fired up?
He's like right away.
It was the moment it was announced. Football, baby, in GEHA Arrowhead Stadium.
Yeah.
Jihad! Thursday, August 12th, UC will open the 2025 season versus the Cornhuskers. So it's going to be a fun one. The first game of the year, got to love it. Are we going? If I can make it, I'm there. Typically, Sunday games, we play Sunday games. Saturdays are a pretty busy day for us. But, I mean, it is right there. Yeah, if I can get over there at Arrowhead, I guarantee you I will be there.
Yeah, I got nothing else going on, so I'll be there.
The Bearcats are playing Minnie Mahomes. Dude, look at this guy. His dad played there as well. I forget his actual name.
Time out. This guy that looks like Mahomes is Raiola, the old center for the Lions' son?
Son. I'm pretty sure that's why he went to Nebraska is because his father went there.
Dominic Raiola, yeah. Wow, that's pretty cool. Did not know that. He looks nothing like Dominic. Can we put a photo of Dominic? Show Raiola for the Lions. This guy used to be just a pipple. Look at that.
Look at this. That's a fucking football player right there.
Chip off the old block. I guess he kind of does look like him. I haven't even thought about it.
He's got a little bit for sure.
Yeah.
For sure. I think I saw Dylan at a Chiefs game not too long ago on the sidelines. Can't miss him. Can't miss him. Big dude, man. Big dude. You can see why he's got the size like Pat does to play the quarterback position. Dylan and Pat, I believe, had the same quarterback coach in the offseason. Their non-team quarterback coach, Jeff Christensen. Shout out to the Christensen family.
Jake, his son, is a good friend of mine as well. And they play the game very, very similarly. Obviously, 15, the hair, some of the antics are the same. But Dylan's got all the tools, man. He's legit. And the Bearcats are going to have their hands full first game of the year next year.
In more Ohio news, we have the Ohio State anti-flag planting law officially put into effect. Ohio State Representative Josh Williams introduced the OHIO Sportsmanship Act on Tuesday in an attempt to curb flag planting attempts. or also an attempt to be petty as fuck.
The bill would prohibit planting a flagpole and flag in the center of the Ohio State football field on the day of a college football game, and to name this act the OHIO Sportsmanship Act. I don't like it.
I'm not going to lie. I had so much like – when I think of Ohio State Buckeyes, I think of just toughness, man. Yeah. I think of just – and I just don't think this is a – a toughness type move, right? I just, you know, I guess I want to have sportsmanship. You want to have all that, but I don't want to shit on anybody.
It is for the NCAA to determine, not an Ohio state representative.
You get the fuck out of here, Josh. You're going to arrest him? Is that what you're saying? You're going to arrest the guy?
This is all just posturing, and it's just petty, and I don't like it. I don't think it's cool. I think it's stupid. Some of the best parts about the rivalries are when dumb things happen like this. Obviously, it was way over the top, and there was full-on fistfights and tear gas.
Yeah, we don't need fistfights. We don't need fistfights, and this antagonizes that. I'm not a favor of it. Not a favor of it. At the same time, this is just doing a lot. It's doing a lot. But shout out to the Buckeyes. Shout out to the Wolverines.
Shout out to Jason Nevada. Saved the flag from hitting the ground. Or got it back.
That's what it was. He got it back. Got it back. That's right.
No, I don't know, man. And last piece of new news. We got a Bill Murray and myself golf video that just went out on YouTube. That's right. All right, gents. Singles matches. Jason, you're playing Bill. All right. No injuries. Yes, that's the goal. Well, this is a club where they never lose a ball. Oh, no. Awesome time. So fun. Bill was, I mean, just what you would think. Funny as hell.
And a great time.
He's got a smooth swing.
Yeah, baby.
You?
So.
We got to loosen that thing up, man. We got to unwind you just a little bit, man.
I'm not. We got to unwind me. Am I wound up?
That thing looks tense. You just look tense out there, man.
If you guys want to check that out, you can go to, I think it's like, I don't even know what that freaking thing's called.
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At Jason Kelsey on YouTube. There you go. You'll find it. I think that's my shameless plug for the day. Nice. That's it for new news brought to you by Seek You. Let's start some of these bold topics. Bold topics is brought to you by American Express. That's right. Don't leave home without it. Let's get a little Chiefs recap in. Chiefs 27, Browns 7. Trav, what was it like to be back in the land?
Dude, I just love that city, man. Yeah, man. It was so fun. Something about being back by that lake. When we flew in, I felt like a tour guide just telling everybody every single city that we were going past. Yeah, every monument. I love it. Every building. Oh, that's where my mom worked right there. The big one, the key bank. I don't know if you saw it.
It's the biggest building in the city.
What else? Oh, my God. Everything from just flying into the city, seeing the skyline. I have such a love for... an appreciation for how we grew up and, and the fun that we had and, and, you know, all the people that we, we knew that helped mold me and, and have the values that I have today. And a lot of them were at the game and, and I, I knew they were at the game. It, it felt awesome to, to,
whether it was my friends being there, my friends' parents being there, my childhood friends' kids now watching me like I was a little kid watching the Browns. And it's just – it's so crazy to drive to the stadium. I mean, I had crazy flashbacks of going to – the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is right there on the same block as well as the Science Center. The Science Center was –
we went there on like field trips to both of those places as kids, you know, school field trips and silly memories, like going to the cafeteria at the science center and spitting spit balls at like random people and getting in trouble for it as a kid, just being just reckless and like getting in trouble with my friends and the memories and all that silly stuff was just like,
going in and out of my mind and i just you know it just it felt so surreal and i i don't know if it's the last time i'll ever play in cleveland but it kind of felt like i was like giving it one last hoorah before i'm done because you know i've only played there twice in 12 years so yeah unless uh we get thrown on there in the in the next couple i don't really see it ever happening again and
It was just a special day for me personally, man. So shout out to everybody from the Heights and everybody from Cleveland that showed up for me and has always supported me in life, not just since I've been in the league.
It was a great game for the Chiefs, you guys, on defense. Chiefs defense has been lights out all season long. They forced six turnovers, including three interceptions against Winston. Trent McDuffie, he just got his first career INT. He's been so good. For the last couple years, and he's just getting his first INT. Is that true?
It's pretty crazy, yeah. And it came off of a play where he was staring at the jumbotron as the ball was being thrown.
Talking about as the ball was being thrown, he was looking at the jumbotron?
Yeah, sometimes guys... Do they teach that? I don't know if they teach that, but he's a savvy football player.
I've heard you look...
at the jumbotron like while you're running to like the end zone like you're out in the open see where people are at i've seen i've heard people doing that i've never heard of this what all right yeah play the clip brain is for whatever reason i somehow glanced up at the jumbotron because it was a scramble drill and just saw him launch it and i was like that's the my size are you kidding me like the big the big screen
You can see his eyes go up, too. I'm running into the end zone straight ahead. Uh-huh, uh-huh. Let's see him launch it. That's crazy.
And the Jumbotron is a little delayed, too. So for him to, like, turn his head around and find the ball, knowing that it's not like the... Yeah, it's crazy. It's a crazy thing. And talking to Trent about it, man, I'm just happy as hell for him, man. The guy has been one of the... Best cornerbacks in the league since he's gotten the league, since he was drafted here.
He doesn't necessarily have the interceptions to prove it, but he has the play to prove it. And he's helped us win two Super Bowls in a row, man, and is one of our best players on defense. And it kind of goes, I don't know, unnoticed a little bit because the interceptions just weren't there, man. But it's good to see him get his first, man.
What do you think about, yeah, first of all, congrats to McDuffie getting his first interception. What did it feel like offensively? You know, it felt like you guys got into a little bit more of a rhythm, you know, still probably not as good as you would want to be. I mean, dude, first of all, before we go even any further, shout out to Joe Tooney. Big time. Are you fucking kidding me? Big time.
This dude. Just an Ohio football guy.
You know what I'm saying?
Going back to his old home state. People have no idea. This dude left guard, slid out, and just went up against the best player in the NFL over the last decade. Like, no big deal. And, like, did a good job. Like, don't get me wrong. Miles got him a couple times. They're definitely chipping him.
I mean, this fucking Miles Garrett. But he went out there and blocked his ass off. That was awesome.
Holy cow, that was great.
He's a staple for this team, man. It killed us that he wasn't able to come out there in the Super Bowl last year, knowing he got – I think he tore his pec before the Super Bowl last year. But, yeah, he's such a pleasure to have on the team because he's such a fucking team guy.
So unselfish.
One of the toughest guys that I've ever been around. I think he's got a crazy stat going right now that I don't want to jinx, but after the season, remind me. Yeah, let's not. But it's just he's always been that guy that can just fill in whatever you need. He can play center. He can play guard. He can play tackle. And obviously guard is his best position.
But, I mean, to be able to maneuver or move around and, you know, be wherever the team needs him to be and going up against the best in the league, you know, that's a huge task, man. I couldn't be more proud of the guy, man. What did you think of the offense as a whole? We're rolling, man. We're putting up touchdowns. I think we got in the red zone before half and didn't come away with any points.
But outside of that, man, there's a few just – we're off just a tick on a few of those drives. It's not far off. It's all correctable stuff. You know, it's all depth and routes. It's all timing. It's all, you know, hand placement and blocking and in the run game and identifying the defense and where everybody's going. And it's all fixable stuff.
And don't get me wrong, the Browns and, you know, Schwartz. Yeah, Schwartz. Jim Schwartz. Schwartz did an unbelievable job of – Making shit tricky. He's a very good coach, yeah. He does a great job of making things tricky. He kind of specified that game plan against a lot of the stuff that we like to do. Played heavy outside leverage with a lot of the man coverage with, you know, help inside.
And that forces us to go outside with the ball a lot. And, you know, I think – I think that's where that game, this Browns game, really helped us improve because we gained a lot of confidence going outside the numbers there with D-Hop and Xavier. It's going to be even more fun getting my guy Hollywood Brown back this week. When's he getting back? This week? He's back, baby. He's back.
I thought it was maybe for the playoffs.
I didn't know he was going to be back that fast. Oh, yeah.
He's back. We're going to get him nice and primed up for the big dance.
Love that.
Yeah, I think it was a great game for that. Obviously, Pat and Noah have been hitting on all cylinders all year. And Pop, Isaiah Pacheco's running downhill, the two-headed monster we got. Really, three-headed monster we got with him, Kareem Hunt, and Samaj P. Ryan. Getting them pistons going. I'm excited to keep growing.
I'm a big fan of all three of those guys. I like Pop. I like Pop, right? Kareem played a huge role when those guys got hurt. I don't know. I love Piran and the way he plays.
He's just smart, dude.
He's been such a pleasure to have, man. He just seems like an awesome dude to have in the locker room.
Dude, he's the best, man. The absolute best. He's been the I got you guy. Whatever you need, coaches, players, whatever you need.
Third down backs. You can't – I mean, Kenny game, we're going to get to the Chiefs or the Eagles in a second. But Samadze Piran makes a lot of plays and does a lot of unnoticed work on that third down.
Well, speaking of unnoticed, before we get too far, since we're giving everybody shout-outs, we gave Big Tooney a shout-out because he moved to tackle, but somebody had to fill that left guard spot, and Mike Caliendo stepped up. Mike Caliendo? Yeah, Caliendo's stepped up. I mean, he's another one of those guys who just is always ready.
He's hanging around, waiting for his opportunity, and couldn't be happier for him to have such a good game, his first game back in there.
And I'll do this. I do want to touch a little bit. So the reason – I guess sliding out to tackle is so hard for Tooney. It's such a different technique. It's more space. It's a different kick set. You're getting to a different spot. A lot of pass setting is getting to the right position between the quarterback, the defender, getting there –
requires a lot of reps usually to feel where that proper positioning is. Now, I think Tooney played tackle in college, if I'm not mistaken, so he's done that before. But to go out there midseason like that and, I mean, play the way he did, I thought was just so impressive. And then he's going in with a new guy playing next to him in Caliendo. Like, there are a lot of moving pieces there.
And I thought Pat looked – I mean, outside of the injury that we're going to talk about in a second with his little ankle, his weak ankles. I love you, Pat. You have the weak ankles. He's got the – he looked to be the most comfortable, which is not usually the case against a Jim Schwartz-style defense and Miles Garrett. Yeah.
You know, I think that there's been a lot of pressure on that left side in particular and throughout the season. And it felt like he felt really confident in the protection this past week, which was great to see. Let's talk about the injury. We did, unfortunately, see Pat Mahomes get rolled up on late in the game, diagnosed with a mild high ankle sprain following the tests.
Still considered week to week. Are we going to see a Carson Wensylvania Christmas? Wensylvania? Wensylvania.
Back in PA?
Wentzel City? Wentzel City? What's the...
I don't know what's going to happen for Christmas, but I know this weekend, Pat's been taking all the reps this weekend. But what we do know is that Carson, he's prepped and ready to rock and roll, like he always is. A pro's pro, as they say it in the league, man. The guy takes his job very serious and is always ready for the opportunity if it presents itself.
But we all know Pat is one of the toughest guys in the league. He's going to play through anything and everything that he possibly can, all while making sure that the team's best interest is there.
Yeah, and obviously I'm joking with Pat about the weak angles or whatnot, but he's just sprained those things so much at this point that I feel like it's a mild high ankle. He's going to tape it up. He's going to be just fine. Yeah. And if you think it's going to be that difference, all you got to do is watch the playoffs where he ended up winning a Super Bowl against yours truly.
That ankle worked just fine. A lot of people were talking a big talk about it, and there's going to be times where he's probably going to pull up lame and it's going to hurt. But I got to believe that this thing's going to be all right.
We're playing meaningful football games right now. So I know Pat wants to be out there for his teammates and his coaches more than anybody, man. He's always been that guy. But it was cool to see Carson get in there, get his feet wet a little bit and spin the rock, get us a big first down late in the game. And, yeah, it was funny, man. You don't realize how much –
hearing a cadence from another quarterback is such a big deal, man. The timing. I used to hate it.
The first thing you got to do when a backup quarterback is going in, you have to bring them to the bench where all the offensive linemen are at and listen to it. Otherwise, somebody's going to get a false start. Somebody is going to get a false start.
It happened twice. We went, you know, just a regular cadence on the first one, and somebody jumped, and then finally we went on a hard cadence. And I'm not going to lie, he almost got me three times in a row. Yeah, he's got a hard cadence now. He's got a good cadence. He's going to buck that thing out. He's got some good frequency when he comes out.
I almost preferred when backup quarterbacks went in, let's just go on silent cadence.
Silent cadence.
Like, we're more used to it. Let's avoid this issue altogether. It's so awkward going into another cadence and the timing of it.
Yeah. Anyways. It can be useful, though. But, yeah, it was fun to hear. And I told him, I was like, dude, you got a hell of a fucking cadence. I didn't realize until we're in live bullets. And you know what I mean? You got to fucking get off the ball. I was like, it's some good shit, though. And you know what?
It's an honor to fucking get into a huddle with a guy that's, you know, taking snaps, had his hands under your ass. It's fun.
Oh, there you go. Speaking of next week, the Chiefs are going to be playing the Texans on Saturday. That's right. A little day early game now that the college season has slowed down. We've gone to these Saturday games. In the middle of playing three games in 11 days, including a Netflix Christmas Day game. Yeah, what is this like, man?
How are you guys feeling about a Saturday and then a Christmas Day game?
Honestly, man, I'm excited, man. I'm excited. You know, the body's... Not as excited to get out there and try and run around and get the game plan together during practice, but I'll play whenever, man. I'll play whenever, wherever. I just know that I'm so fortunate to be able to play this game that I'm going to cherish every time I get to play on the field.
So I'm not going to harp on the schedule that was given to us, especially this late in the season. It kind of seems crazy, and it feels crazy, and it feels like it's a challenge set by the NFL to be able to, you know,
finish as the one seed and knowing that you know we have won two in a row but i think uh i accept that challenge man i think it's gonna you know make it make it feel that much better if we can get out of this um get out of this little three game stretch with three wins and um it makes us feel a little bit more confident that you know we can we can get after it uh against some of the best teams in the afc uh week to week to week and um especially some of the best defenses so
Yeah, best of luck to you guys. I can't wait to watch it this week. Texans are playing a little bit better right now. Stroud and those guys seem to be rolling. Nico Collins, is he healthy again? He's healthy, right? Back and doing his thing. So, yeah, it'll be a good one. In Arrowhead, this is a big one. You guys win this one, you might be getting two bye weeks coming up.
I don't want to get ahead of ourselves. Don't get ahead of ourselves.
I don't know if there will ever be two bye. Oh, I get you. Yeah, don't have to play the last game. And, yeah, I got you. That's a little motivation. It's a little motivation. We control our destiny, man. We know if we finish the season off strong, we can get some time to get healthy or at least get our bodies back to – Get home field advantage. Yeah, get some home field advantage.
I love playing at Arrowhead, baby. Playoff games at Arrowhead have become my favorite environment in the world.
It's so quiet in Arrowhead.
It's so peaceful, isn't it? It makes you feel at home. It really does. Chiefs Kingdom really just knows how to do it right, man.
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Trying to hype it up, Jason.
Sorry. Hey, let's get to some more of the biggest. All right, let's get to three. Hey, let's get to some more of the biggest stories from coming. I forgot I'm an idiot. All right, let's get to.
All right, let's hit three more of the biggest. This is very hard to read. I don't know why.
All right, let's hit more of the biggest stories from Week 15 in the NFL before we move on to a brand-new segment. Ooh, brand-new segment.
I don't even know what this segment is. Me neither. It's so much fun not knowing anything.
That's when you know, like, when Intern Brandon has something cool lined up, I get excited.
Fire us up, bud. Eagles 27, Steelers 13. Jason, initial thoughts on the old PA rivalry?
How aggressive do I want to be? Do it. This was huge. I mean, Steelers, one of the best defenses in the league, one of the best teams in the league.
Yeah.
Eagles, obviously, there was a lot of noise this week on the press conferences last week from Jalen Hurts, from A.J. Brown, more notably, from my man Brandon Graham. A lot of stuff swirling around, and most of it centered around the passing game. Actually, all of it centered around the passing game. I think that this team –
Over the course of the season has turned into this, you know, control the line of scrimmage, very physical run game. Saquon Barkley is obviously having a career year, potentially historic year. The defense, oh my gosh, has just been playing lights out really ever since Tampa Bay. They've been one of the best defenses in the NFL up front and the back end.
Their linebackers are playing better than I've seen potentially ever by an Eagles team. a couple of linebackers and the Kobe Dean and Zach bond. The one question mark was what has happened to the passing attack? We have AJ Brown. We have Devante Smith and we have a franchise quarterback and Jalen hurts. Why is this not happening?
There were some press conferences that leaked out people clearly frustrated and they come out and they answer the freaking bell.
Oh yeah, we can do that too.
They answer the bell against a great team that they were going to have to throw the ball. As good as this run game is, Cam Hayward, Mike Tomlin, this front, this Pittsburgh Steelers defense, they're not going to let you be one-dimensional and beat them. And I just thought it was like, dude, this is the sign that this team is a complete team. They need to do it continually now, right?
Now, I kind of do – we'll talk about this in a second. But they showed that they can do this, right?
Against great teams, yeah.
They still got a great run game. And if Jalen is going to play like this, deliver the ball to A.J. Brown, Devontae Smith had a big game.
Yeah, both over 100 yards. Yeah, so it's –
I just feel like this was such an awesome game if you're an Eagles fan. And I think I'm probably not alone in saying that. I think a lot of Eagles fans feel that way. So, yeah. Very happy. Do the birds have a 2017 vibe going on right now? I mean, barring some crazy things happening, Minnesota right now is peaking. They looked great on Monday night. Sam Darnold lights out.
Yes, he did.
Brian Flores is doing some outstanding things on defense. But I do think this Eagles team, it's about as complete as you can get. I mean, you go down the roster. These guys are playing lights out. They have great players. They have great coaches. I don't. Let me put it this way.
I don't think there's a team in the league that they aren't competing with or beating a good majority of the time when they play them. I just feel that way right now. I think that they are up there. I think this is a great year. You know, got to stay healthy. I always got to hope that is the case. But I'm confident if I'm a Philadelphia Eagle. Very confident.
the eagles ice the game on a drive that was 21 fucking plays a good old long drive drill with 88 yards and took 10 minutes and 30 seconds how about that off the clock the longest drive in modern record football books uh belongs to the tennessee oilers 25 plays in 13 minutes and ended with a 19 yard field goal ew oh that's daggering yeah for both teams that's fucking daggering
No, that's pretty fucking impressive. And shout out to the Birds, man. They're freaking flying around. Big time win against the Steelers.
They're rolling.
And like you said, kind of shut all the critics up about the old pass game.
I used to not be a fan when guys would say things in the media that would create controversy or stir up things. It kind of just a lot of times can be divert attention.
Well, when it doesn't pan out for them in the end.
Well, yeah. If it wouldn't have panned out, it's terrible, right? Like it's bad.
It goes the other way.
What all these guys did by talking about it openly in the media is force them all to take ownership and fixing it. And not just them, the coaches, everybody. I mean, they were all hard at work with what was going on in the media because they knew they all had to go out and have the game that they did against Pittsburgh. And they ended up answering it in just a magnificent fashion.
I mean, they all played so well. Yeah. You know, Jalen was on time. AJ was a man on a mission. Devante was making plays. You know, it was just, it was very fun to watch. You know, when stuff like this comes out, it tends to either galvanize you and bring you closer or it can kind of tear you apart and separate you. And they clearly had the latter.
They clearly, you know, were galvanized by this situation this week. So, you know, hats off to all those guys and the coaches and everybody from this past week. And, you know, Yeah.
That's what I'm talking about.
I'm proud of those guys for sure.
Well, next week the Eagles got the commies, got the commanders over there in Washington, and the Eagles can cleanse the NFC East with a win, which is the playoff berth when you win the division. It's a big game. Big, big, big, big, big game right here. How about that? The NFC East got some juggernauts over in the NFC now, man. Huh? You got the Eagles. You got the Lions. You got the Vikings.
The Rams are still the Rams. You got to fight.
You're talking about the NFC, not the NFC East, right?
Yeah, not just the NFC East, but the NFC in general.
The NFC is loaded.
They are, yeah. It hasn't necessarily been that. You know, Green Bay, they got a fucking great team. Great quarterback, great coach, great defense.
Anybody in the NFC North, yeah, you hit the nail. The Vikings are playing as good as anybody. The Lions are still, until somebody beats them, in my opinion, the best team in the NFC. Green Bay is right up there with those guys. They are playing fantastic right now. Dude, sleeper. I don't sleep on Tampa Bay. Come on now. Dude. Their defense is fantastic with Todd Bowles.
They're playing great right now. Before Mike Evans and Godwin went down, this team was on track to be one of the best teams in the NFL. Record-wise. It's only because both those guys went down that they aren't up there with everybody else.
So the fact that Mike Evans is back and healthy, about to get his, what, 10th consecutive 1,000-yard season, it looks like, after missing like four or five games?
Ridiculous.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are fantastic.
No, they are.
So, yeah, there's a lot of great football in the NFC right now, and we got a tough one this week with the Commanders to try and clinch the division. Yeah.
Good luck, Eagles, baby.
This is the fun time of year. This is when you love watching football. Yeah.
Starting to play some meaningful football, man.
Who had the biggest big guy play of the week?
Dude, there were some good ones this week, man.
There were some real good ones. And I know my favorite one was from the 330-pound tight end slash offensive tackle Big Dan Skipper for the Detroit Lions. Let's show this clip. This is my favorite one. I don't think it's going to win. I don't think it's the best one. We know which one's the best one. But this is my favorite just because Skip's been there for a long time.
I feel like he's almost like a character of the Detroit Lions. Like, I just love. Did that knee touch? It was close, but it did not. Upon further review, he gets in there before that knee's down. Yeah. But the big skipper gets in there for the score.
Shout out to skipper, man. I mean, just a classic tight end naked. Just a little boot, man. Slam for five steps going left, three steps going right.
Yep, come on back down. They legitimately use him, not frequently, but like a decent bunch where he's running routes like as that second tight end like option. Yeah. Or third, usually it's the third tight end, but either way.
It puts teams in a tough position, man.
I just, yeah, you get that beef out there. 312-pound Cardinal offensive lineman Jonah Williams scored a fumble recovery touchdown. Let's take a look at this one.
Let's see it. I mean, great strip. Good strip. Good strip. Get on it, big dog. Get on it, big dog. Does he have it? Does he have it? Does he have it? He's out of bounds. That's controlled. That's touchdown. I mean... That's close. That's close. That's nice. But I'm glad they gave it to him. Way to get... Way to just... Way to be there.
Way to not just fumble that fucking thing out of the back of the end zone. You know what I mean?
Just to have the savvy. Stout used to say, when you go at the ball, you wrap it. You don't go... He used to say, you go out with your hands. Don't be like a koala, batting it around with your forearms. I'm like, what is that? Do koalas bat it around?
I mean, he koala'd this thing for sure.
He did. He definitely did.
He koala'd that thing up. But honestly, the best one. The big one. My favorite. Yeah. Trevante Sweat is now the heaviest player to 366 pounds to ever run with the ball in the NFL. Tops Ted Washington's 365. Look at this dude. Stiffy. Come here. Set up the block. Hit the highway. Get outside. This was electric.
I'm going to need to go back to the beginning.
Watch the juke he puts on the left tackle. Dude, this is as good as Colin Saunders. Colin's like, look at him. Slide. Break off. Stiffy. Stiff arm. Bro. Stiff arm. I was ferocious.
What is happening? They need to get this dude out on fullback.
He needs to be a fullback on the goal line immediately. Put him in the new Frigerator Perry, man. Look at this guy. Oh, my God. A big man rumbling, stumbling, bumbling. Dude, that was electric, man.
You just got to love it.
Joe Burrow doesn't love it, and I completely understand. But Stiffy, set up your block. Get outside. Oh. It's so good. It's so good. 360 pound, just giants, just Titans.
I'm glad I ain't got to block that guy.
Just setting up their blocks, man. Fuck. I'm glad that that didn't happen against me. I had to try and tackle that guy. That was an offensive lineman he fucking stiff-armed. What have you done to me?
I'm going low. I don't know what those dudes are thinking trying to go up top on that dude.
Fucking take a knee to the face and get a concussion?
I'm perfectly fine. You know how many times I've taken knees to the face? I used to cup block for a living. I'm cutting.
Ah, dude. Open field cuts, man. Yeah. Yeah, I did good old days. Back when it was legal. Shout out to Devondre. Hell of a play, bub.
Absolutely.
what is the weirder object flying over new jersey that's right with all these uh drones flying around what another giants fan playing with a banner demanding john mara to fire everyone or or what or else we won't stop until you fire everyone
I'm going to go out on a limb and say Mara can wait this one out if he really wants to.
The still unidentified drones that have been spotted over New Jersey or all over the East Coast cities, to be honest.
Yeah.
The aliens are among us. The Pentagon said it.
No, they're not aliens.
Dude, what? You heard what the Pentagon said.
No, it's not aliens. They didn't say it was aliens.
Dude, ask Dad. He's been on the satellites, dude. He heard them. He's got to still have those satellites hooked up to some speaker somewhere.
It's a little concerning that these things are just hovering around. I don't know what they're looking for or what they're trying to find, but they're searching for something. You know, some say that it's just, you know. Just some people messing around? Yeah. They got some commitment to messing around, if that's the case.
Heck yeah.
I don't know what's going on. I guess hopefully we find out someday.
Maybe it's just a coastal safety precaution. Just making sure there's no, you know. All right, let's get out of here. Yeah, I don't even want to. I want to get into conspiracies about what the fuck those drones are. They're sniffing around for nuclear activity.
They're sniffing around for nuclear activity.
Come on now. They think it's among us. Everybody saw that video. They don't want to freak everybody out.
Everybody saw the video that Joe Rogan posted.
No one go crazy. Everyone keep calm. They're just drones. What are they doing? We don't know. Somebody's fucking around in their backyard.
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Oh, shit.
That's a new Heights food court. That's right, Trey. What? Who doesn't love a good food court? It's a food court. We'll find out. Long-time listeners of the show know that we love a good food debate. Like the time we called candy corn overrated, which I don't know that that's much of a debate. I think that's pretty much settled fact. Jason refusing to gatekeep pizza toppings.
Travis's ban on tubular-shaped meats and mayonnaise. And the fact that we don't know if Denny's is a diner or not. I do know. We know that it is not a diner. It is 100% not a diner.
It's part diner.
It is a diner in disguise. is disguised as a diamond.
No, you already said it. Fuck.
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This is what we're doing.
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I'm super pumped.
The social room back at Cleveland Heights High School.
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Today's food court topic is exotic meats. All right. Inspired by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. On 1053, the fan, when asked if he's ever had raccoon after it was recently mentioned by Panthers wide receiver Xavier Leggett, Jones said, and I quote, I've eaten a lot of raccoon. I love that it's a lot of, like not I've eaten raccoon before. I've eaten a lot of raccoon. The answer is yes.
It's not uncommon at all. One of my favorites is squirrel. I don't know what the fuck. We were on raccoon. I don't know where we went and turned left to squirrel. It's wonderful. We all had our favorite pieces. My mom and I would even ask for the brain of the squirrel. Nice, Jerry. Delicious. Seriously. All right. This explains a lot, I think.
This explains so much, Jerry.
Is squirrel meat a meat? Well, yeah, of course it's a meat.
It's definitely a meat. That's not a... What else would it be? Yeah, 100%. It's any animal that's cooked.
It's not a vegetable. It's damn sure not a vegetable. That's pita. Is it a meat you eat? I'm not going to lie. I will try any meat pretty much.
Good for you, man.
I mean, as long as it's not like roadkill or something that's like rotten, I'm going to give it a chance.
I mean, squirrel and raccoon are both technically roadkill, but so is deer. And I've seen you eat jerky.
I would try some squirrel. I've had rabbit. It can't be that much different than rabbit. I'm not fucking eating any of this. I don't know about raccoon. Is a raccoon a rodent? I'm not eating rabies, dude. I'm just not doing it. Can we get a origin of species for a raccoon? What family are we in with the raccoon?
I'm pretty sure it's the rodent family.
That's what I think.
You would think it's rodent. It's 100% rodent.
They got like hands. I need to, can we get something? Can we get some answers here? Procyonid family? Is that procyonid? Procyonid. What else is in this fucking family of animals? Raccoon. There's something that feels weird about eating a raccoon. More so than a squirrel. Like I'd eat a chipmunk before a raccoon.
No.
Raccoon. What is its closest family?
It's right there.
I'm trying to figure out what other animals are in this thing.
I'm pretty sure the lamest term is rodent. They're in the rodent family.
No, no, no. Rodent is rodentia. I know that.
Dude, I'm not eating fucking raccoon. I'm not eating squirrel. I'm not eating bugs. I'm not eating snake, kangaroo, deer.
Let's be honest. Let's be honest. If you fried that thing upright and put some general sauce all over it, it's going to be just fine.
I'm out. I'm out on all that. I'm out on Guinea pig. I'm out on duck. What's the strangest meat you've ever had?
What's the strangest meat you've ever had? Probably duck. I don't, I don't know that duck qualifies as strange. That feels like it's pretty much established.
I'm not fucking with duck. I had it one time and we didn't love it.
You're out on duck.
Yeah. I guess alligator, the alligator nuggets.
Alligator nuggets. Tastes like chicken.
Yeah.
I had it again at Eagle's Tailgate. It tasted like lobster more. More like lobster. It wasn't fried.
Survival of the fittest or survival. I'll eat fucking meat. You know what I mean? I'll fuck it.
Yeah. If you're starving to death, yeah, you'll eat whatever you can. That's how being alive. I mean, there's that story of those rugby players that got trapped up in Alaska or something like that when the plane crashed. And they were full on eating each other. I mean, you got to do what you got to do. We're not talking about that level. Jerry Jones is not trapped in Alaska.
And all he finds is a raccoon. Jerry Jones is a billionaire. And he eats a lot of it, apparently.
Jesus, Jerry.
I love that he stayed true to who he is. I actually am a fan of this.
Jerry, you ever had...
Let's see. Weirdest things I've ever had. I've had alligator. I've had bull testicles. I've had bison. I've had elk. I've had... I don't think I've had guinea pig, quail. One I want to have. I want to have bear. I've heard blueberry bears in particular. I'm good. It's got some good flavor to it. I feel like I had something... unique when I was in Africa. I've had rabbit.
I had a scorpion in Thailand right there on the street. I'm not going to lie. Don't do that one. It was absolutely terrible. Should we attend the world champion squirrel cook-off in Arkansas? Maybe we get Bobby Boucher to go with this. Look at this shit, dude. That guy looks like somebody who eats squirrel. I'm in, dude. I'm going. I'm already convinced.
Even if Travis isn't, I'm going and I'm eating some squirrel. What kind of squirrels? Are these like domesticated squirrels or are these like they put traps out and they're like getting these things? You know what I mean? Are these flying squirrels? Are they regular squirrels? Are they corn feeding these squirrels? I think these are just squirrels they find in the house.
These grain fed, yeah, right? Listen, I only eat non-GMO organic certified squirrel meat. I don't mess around with the hormone-laced squirrel meat.
You can't go wild. You can't go wild. You got to go tame because then you're just biting into rabies.
All right, final verdict. Is squirrel meat a meat you eat? I'll try squirrel. I don't know that there's much I won't try. I'm not going to lie.
I'll let you try it and then hear what you got to say about it. I respect your opinion.
You know the one I want to have because I saw it on Chef's Table? Moose lips. Apparently, they eat that stuff over in Russia. I don't know that I want to go to Russia anytime soon. Yeah. But moose lips. I'd be into eating some moose lips. Yeah, you would. Probably smacking them.
I love a good schmackin' meal, but I'm going to say that that's probably not schmackin'.
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All right, man. Hey, Travis. Hey, Jason. This is Coach Drinkwitz in the University of Missouri.
What's up, Coach?
And I have a question for both of you. What is your favorite post-game meal?
Post-game meal.
And he's frozen custard. Could be bronze. Could be KFC. Thank you very much. For Chiefs and the Missouri Tigers.
Love it. Love it, Coach. M-I-Z-Z-O-U. Missouri Tigers. We actually got a Cleveland Heights Tiger that just signed his letter of intent to go to University of Missouri. Shout out to Marquise Davis running back out of Cleveland Heights. I'm sure he'll play running back there. He's one of the best players in the state of Ohio this year.
I'm pretty sure I saw a stat line that had him rushing like 24 rushes for 400 yards and eight touchdowns in one game. Gosh.
One game? There's no way.
Dude, I swear to God. There's no chance. Dude's a fucking absolute beast. Yeah, shout out to Mizzou, baby, over there in Columbia, Missouri. Post-game meal. What is your favorite post-game meal? You said a few of my favorites off the rip. Andy's Frozen Custard. Slide over there and get you an 87 Ultimate Cookie Custard, man. Oh, okay. This shit's delicious. Got to stop over at Andy.
Shout out to Andy. I'm down. I just love to pig out on some pizza, man.
Yeah, pizza's hard to beat.
I love just getting just boxes of it and just fucking just going one by one. Pizza might be my favorite food altogether, though.
I'll be honest. I'm not a huge post-game meal guy. A lot of times I don't eat. Why? Especially the food that they provide for the teams after the games. It's usually just been sitting around, and it's terrible after the games.
Dude, we had a good one up there in Cleveland, Ohio City Burrito. What?
Yeah, not bad.
Man.
I usually go protein shake, a little creatine, and then I'm straight. If I'm being honest, I'll go pizza. Pizza's a solid choice. Go over there to Chick-fil-A and get some fries? I'm doing... Some high school garages. You know what I mean? That's my post-game meal.
There you go. I'm with that. I used to love the Jimmy Johns in the locker. Was that Mike's?
I liked Jimmy Johns.
At Cincinnati?
Cincinnati had Jersey Mike's, and it was fucking terrible. Man, I loved it. It was so soggy. You would be sitting around, and Jersey Mike's is good.
I didn't find out until years later Jersey Mike's actually makes good subs until... Because, I mean, the ones that were there for postgame were like... The fact that you won't eat squirrel, but you ate those Jersey Mike's subs that were sitting around for hours and just soaking up all the hot salami and ham juices. Like, I don't know how you got that.
That was the Italian dressing on those fuckers.
Dude, it was disgusting.
Those sandwiches sucked. You just, you took too long of showers. You got to get them while they're hot.
Let me tell you, they weren't hot ever. They were bad sandwiches. And then somebody's like, hey, you know what's really good, Jersey Mike's? It's like, no, it is fucking not. And they're like, no, let's go. I'll show you. You get this. And I went there. I was like, oh, yeah, it is good. When the bread isn't soggy as fuck. I've never liked post-game meals. They're always bad.
Well, thanks for calling in. Coach, thanks for calling in. I will say I'm more of a Popeye's man myself. If there was something I would do post-game, I'd get some Popeye's chicken.
Ooh, is it going spicy or original?
I go dark meat, spicy. Gotta go. Dark meat only. Red beans and rice on the side. Apple pie.
Ooh! I don't even fuck with apple pie, but I'm in with you.
Those apple pies on Popeye's. Fuck with it. Good.
There you go. Well, now you got it. Coach, uh, drink wits. Get your guys some apple pies from Popeye's. That's a next call. Yep. On the new Heights hotline. Let's hear it.
Hey guys. I was just wondering how you felt about being dethroned as the top trending pet name in sports. I didn't know that. I didn't know we were on top over.com. According to their 2024 top trending, Pet Names Report, Jalen Brunson is now the number one trending sports name, and now Kelsey is number two. Way to go, Jalen.
And I just wondered, because last year I saw that you were number one, so I just wondered how you felt. Just wanted to get your reaction on being dethroned by an NBA player. So please, let us know on the pod. Thanks.
Jason, do you have any idea who Jalen Brunson is?
Hey, plays for the New York Knicks. Actually went to Villanova.
Look at this guy.
I've met Jalen Brunson.
I'm proud of you, man. You've met a lot of people.
I think Jalen Brunson is also just a good name. Let's be honest. That's a great name.
Brunson? That's a good dog name.
I just like the full name, Jalen Brunson. There's something with it that it just runs well together.
It rings. It definitely rings.
I'm pretty happy to be dethroned, if I'm being honest with you. I'm honored on the people that did name their pets after us.
I was about to say, we named a pet after a famous athlete that we loved.
Yeah, Bell.
Yeah, Albert Bell.
Albert Bell. I don't know that we should brag about that, but we did.
But we definitely, we can relate because we've done this. For sure. It's awesome. So I'm honored if Jason doesn't want to be honored.
I said I was honored. I'm just not upset that that trend is dissipating. I don't like being the popular pick. I don't like being... It's not my style. Bell was cool because there aren't many, many people that have named the dog Bell after Albert Bell.
And it was a girl dog, B-E-L-L-E. It's so fitting. It was so fitting. For sure. Other sports names for dogs include Wemby for Victor Wembyana, Witt, W-I-T-T for my guy over in the KC Royals, Bobby Witt Jr. Okay, okay. Purdy for Brock Purdy, Mr. Irrelevant and 49er starting QB. Bronny for LeBron James Jr. Nice. And then Diggs, Stefan Diggs. Diggs is a good one. Messi, Lionel Messi. There's a bunch.
You can't go wrong. Yeah. New this year include Sweet Simone for Simone Biles, I would assume. Caitlin Clark. Shohei is a solid name for any pet. Luca or Dog Chick. Dog Chick instead of Dog Chick.
I see what they did there.
Don't love it, but I see it. I respect it. I respect the effort.
I'm just really into human names for dogs. Just straight up this.
Yeah, the older I get, these are all human names, but I hear what you're saying.
Yeah, but these are like, they're like too creative. Who's that over there? That's Greg. That's my kind of dog name right there.
You've had three dogs.
Do you think I'm naming these dogs, Travis? I have no say in what these dogs' names or anybody's name is. I'm picking the path of least resistance to just get this fucking name.
There's no way. I know you way too well.
The only one I kind of did was Baloo because we did Winnie. And then that became Winnie the Pooh. And then we were like, oh, what's another bear? And I was like, oh, I like Baloo from the Jungle Book. So we got Baloo as Baloo. But the other, Nessie, that was chosen by the breeder. If it was up to me, it'd be like, hey, that's Bob.
I'm kind of with you on these. I'm in on this. Yes, I am in on this.
Right? I like Bernadette.
Bernadette? What the fuck?
That's my style. I like human names for dogs and dog names for humans.
I've never met anybody named Bernadette.
That's what I'm saying. I have. One of my teammates' girlfriends was named Bernadette. She was a great person. She was great. Call her Bernie. It's a great nickname.
Yeah. Bernie.
I'm a fan of dog names for people.
and people people names for dogs i want to see like i want to see a guy named red or spot a guy named spot a guy named red i know i know a fuck ton of reds red is a strong human name and a good dog name what's another like classic dog name spike uh spike i mean come on now there ain't not one of those top pet like classic names that aren't going to do well for a person
I don't know if that's true. Spot Duke. Duke is, shout out to Nick Foles, named his son Duke. Nice. Nice. Rex. Rex Ryan. Hates the Chiefs. I'm going for days. I'm telling you. Fido. Dude, you mean to tell me you met a dude named Fido? That dude ain't a dog?
I don't know. I don't even know what a guy named Fido even looks like.
You know he's bringing some good attitude to the situation. You know he's going to be fun to hang out with. You meet a motherfucker named Fido. That dude's going to be a good time.
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