Not Breaking News - Russell Wilson Will Wear Black And Gold

Technical Director: I just have to make sure that I'm muted. Yeah, that's probably a good idea. Can I double? Okay. All right, let's go.
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Technical Director: I think it's hilarious because we can never get these music settings right, no matter how much equipment I buy or how many times we practice. Welcome to the Sports Forge. Here we are live in Pittsburgh and live all over the world on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube. which is Twitter and Instagram. Thanks for being here. If you're watching us on Instagram, we appreciate it more than you will ever, ever know. And of course, not breaking news. We're going to go over a lot of, not a breaking news. Did I say that right? A lot of, not a lot of, not a, that could be a new segment anyway. And of course you can always catch us, our podcast, On the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get your frigging podcasts. Anywhere. We drop it right after the show. We drop it right after the show. And Radio PGH, we are streaming live. So if you're in your car. Don't wreck. Right. You don't want to do what I do, which is I watch YouTube videos while I'm driving. You put them up there right on the heads up display. I hang it on the heads up display and I watch them. Yeah, because, you know, I need to be entertained while I'm driving around. But you should not do that. My entertainment is driving. You can listen on Radio PGH. I'm going to drop that comment in the comments section. Bookmark Radio PGH, subscribe to the podcast, subscribe to the YouTube channel, listen to Hockey Jesus, all that other kind of stuff. But hey, man, there was some big, big news today.

Hockey Jesus: Wow. Big news today.

Technical Director: I woke up this morning and said, wow, that I think I think I remember Hockey Jesus stating that it'll never, it'll never happen. Never. It will never, ever.

Hockey Jesus: I said, sure, we can go live when it happens.

Technical Director: Because it's never going to happen. And it happened today. It happened last night. Not officially, but because I guess it was time.

Hockey Jesus: Why would they do that so late at night like that? That doesn't make sense to me. Like if you're going to break the news, like you want to see Russell Wilson tweeting it out with Renegade. I mean, which is pretty cool, by the way. Did he do that? I missed that. Yeah, he did. He tweeted it out, tweeted it out, you know, whatever you want to say. Yeah. He says year 13. Pittsburgh.

Technical Director: Yeah. Yeah. So how do you feel about Russell Wilson being a Pittsburgh Steeler? I had a lot of feelings about it. I know Steve does so many different feelings and we as a live show right now, you can call in, tell us how you feel. Look at the number in the bottom of the screen. 412-805-7236. And for those of you who watch the show on a regular basis or listen, you will notice that there is one important member missing. The Grand Schwabini. The Grand Schwabini.

Hockey Jesus: Oh yeah, that's right.

Technical Director: Somebody's not in that chair. He is not here. Well, I'm sitting in his chair. Right. And we hope him a speedy recovery. He is, I don't know what he has, but he's sick. And I know he wanted to be here. He said he's sick. Well, no, I know he wanted to be here tonight. I know that.

Hockey Jesus: If he's really sick, he won't call in. Because if he calls in, we're going to ridicule him.

Technical Director: Yeah, we'd like him to call in. So just in case you forget my phone number. I think we just start ridiculing him until he does something. It's under asshole in your contact section. Or maybe Klein. What do you think my number is? What do you think comes up on Schwab's phone when I call him?

Hockey Jesus: Calvin, I bet he has, I bet he has it in his Calvin.

Technical Director: No, no, not Mark. He writes so small you can hardly, it says Chris Klein.

Hockey Jesus: I guarantee you. No, no way. No way. It's Calvin. Yeah. Yeah. I'm sure it's Calvin.

Technical Director: Yeah. I'm not going to say what mine says. All right, we got a comment coming in here. Let's just see if we got any comments on this. Yeah, CDs in the house. Everybody's commenting on Mark, as well they should. Yeah, the CDs in the house, good moves, free starting talent. That's pretty accurate, I think. Talent, talent you can use. Pat on track is watching on YouTube. You're finally back, Pat. You're finally back. Mark always looks sick. If Wilson is crap, no loss. If he gets Steelers to the AFC Championship, he owns a contract. Okay, so I'm going to start. Let's get into this. I'm going to start off with this.

Hockey Jesus: By the way, that television is really distracting. If you see me go like this, people that are watching, it's only because I'm distracted by the television.

Technical Director: Yeah, and we've got the NFL Network on. DG is in the house. Hey, David. Glad you're back. We did take the week off last week. We did. We had to. Sometimes we do get burnout. You know, I was ready to go actually. Were you? I'm sorry about that. Well, there's just no way I can do it.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, no, it's fine. And you know what, the only reason I was ready to go because I was on West Coast time. So I was like, kind of, you know, in a low point. Yeah. And the problem would have been though, like, my computer died, because I forgot to take a power cord with me. And I ordered one on Amazon, and it showed, you know how they take a picture of stuff arriving? It showed it at my daughter's apartment in a locked place, and it wasn't there. It was nowhere.

Technical Director: Yeah. Well, I can tell you from experience that it's hard to be completely 100% accurate when you're an Amazon delivery driver.

Hockey Jesus: No, it was literally in the spot it normally is. Like every package that's ever been delivered there has been received except for that one. So it's probably serendipitous we didn't run.

Technical Director: Yeah. Well, go figure. The engineer forgets his power cord.

Hockey Jesus: You know what? You know how I remembered? I was at Green Tree Hill on the way out to the airport. For those of you who know Pittsburgh, you know what I'm talking about. Coming down Green Tree. And I'm like, we have enough time to go back. Yeah, of course you do. Hell no. No? No, dude, because when you make that trek back down Green Tree Hill, it's another half an hour. Yeah. At least back to the point you were.

Technical Director: I get it. I get it. Well, hey, listen, whatever. Pat on track on YouTube. Hey, thanks for my second go around Mitsubishi. Bill's cube room is, this joke is going nowhere. Yeah, as usual. So I had for weeks, I actually thank God for the Pittsburgh Steelers right now.

Hockey Jesus: Oh my God. This is like Christmas in March.

Technical Director: Right. You've got the Penguins are packing it in and we'll talk about that later. Absolutely. And of course, we've got headlines that mean something, something we have a good time with and what we're watching. Yep. And you've got, I mean, I don't even know what to do. with what you're watching. Oh, you're gonna love it. I already saw it. Oh, I know. We're gonna have a lot of fun with this. Too bad Mark isn't here, but, you know, perspective. Of all the times to get sick, Schwab, get another booster. Would you just get another booster?

Hockey Jesus: Schwab, if you would have gotten the booster, you would not be sick.

Technical Director: You would be dead. Yeah, that's exactly right. And so, you know, with the penguins packing it in and the pirates, for those of you looking for the buckos. And the pirates hit some home runs. Of course they did. But spring training means, first of all, nothing to anyone. And second of all, especially to the Pittsburgh Pirates, because it doesn't answer any questions. I mean, there are teams where spring training answers a lot of questions, but it never answers any questions for the Pirates. So I'm not even going to do a report until the first game of the season or the day before the game when they say, here's our lineup for tonight, because that'll be the only night that they have that line. All right, back to Russell Wilson and the Steelers. Let's hit to the main story. Yes. Let's get it. Weeks and weeks and weeks ago, when we were talking about Russell Wilson coming to the Steelers.

Hockey Jesus: I mean, basically, both you and Mark really didn't believe he was really coming to the Steelers.

Technical Director: I did not. Yeah. You were of the opinion like, Never gonna happen right now mark to his credit.

Hockey Jesus: He did after a couple weeks He was definitely the most optimistic out of all no doubt for sure and even when it looked like it was gonna happen I was still being mr. Pessimistic. He was like, oh no. Yeah.

Technical Director: Yeah, but the question is what I can't remember is I don't even think you were for it You were against it.

Hockey Jesus: No, I didn't give it any thought because I didn't think it would happen Okay. So now that it's happened, I have given it some thought. So I want to hear your thoughts on this. Okay. First, my first thought was there's no way they would do this if they had to pay him $30 million. That's a gift, right? Right. Second, there would be no way they would do this if they had to pay him $15 million. Right. But they didn't. So the reason they did it, number one, was for the money, right? The money was right. Okay. Second, Let's face it, Tomlin loves Russell Wilson. And the reason he does is because the both times that they played the Steelers, he's absolutely trounced us. That's true. He's almost had a perfect quarterback rating. Yeah.

Technical Director: Like a 147 rating or something.

Hockey Jesus: So, so he thinks that's the Russell Wilson he's getting. Yeah. Right. Which makes sense. And when somebody plays so well against you and you know, I don't know if he has a man crush on him, but I mean, he's always wanted a quarterback who could be like Russell Wilson, somebody who can run the game and not make mistakes, and a veteran, kind of like Ben, right? So a position that he doesn't have to think about anymore. And now he does it. So it's like the perfect setup for him. So that's number two. Number three is, what if he's Cam Newton 2.0? When Cam played for the Patriots, he was awful. Right. Yeah. So, so, you know, I, I, I, unfortunately, because I have a hockey line, I'm thinking about when the, when the Penguins signed Carlson and everybody's like, Oh my God, they got Carlson, the best defensive guy in the league guaranteed to make the playoffs. They're going to be great. Now they're not only going to win a playoff round, they're going to be contenders for the cup. Did you think that?

Technical Director: with the pens. I didn't think they could get worse.

Hockey Jesus: Okay. All right. So let's go back. So so I didn't think they could get worse. So everybody's thinking now that because they got Russell Wilson, they can't get worse. And the reality is, let's say Russell Wilson wants to be a little bit of a gunslinger, make some mistakes. They can get worse because the Steelers, and you know, they're in, they're actually in a really good position right now because they have a new offensive coordinator. So you don't know what this offensive coordinator is going to do. Is he going to open up the playbook? Is it going to be a little bit more throw it deep to open up the run? You know, they're still going to run the ball.

Technical Director: Well, that's a guarantee, right?

Hockey Jesus: So, but you don't know what that's going to be. So that actually could work in the Steelers favors one, having a new offensive coordinator and now having, you know, a pro ball talent to be able to run set offense. That being said, you know, what's going to happen. I mean, I don't think they've actually had a press conference on this. Correct me if I'm wrong. But do you know they're still going to come out and say they're still going to be a quarterback competition for this position?

Technical Director: Because they have to. Well, I don't think they have to.

Hockey Jesus: I don't know. I mean, think about how many times Pittsburgh Steelers have screwed their starting quarterback.

Technical Director: Well, the last couple, potentially.

Hockey Jesus: I mean, every quarterback signing they've had post-Ben has been an absolute disaster. Yes. Right? Yes. So what makes us think like this could be different? Right. That's the only thing. So those are the things. Did I think right away that they were a better team? Yes. But I only thought that because Big Ken is such a terrible quarterback.

Technical Director: Well, therein lies the real issue. He's terrible. And everybody knows that I was, and I still am to a certain extent, a huge Kenny Pickett fan with him when he was coming out of college. I'm curious what other people think.

Hockey Jesus: I haven't seen anything. Yeah.

Technical Director: Come on. Well, it's all the doctor. He wants us to know that Tomlin and Will Fife are both fashion designers. That's the real reason for the signing.

Hockey Jesus: She's actually a superstar. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Technical Director: And she'd be a fashion chief fan. Yeah, but Tomlin's wife is a fact. She does have her own line of clothing.

Hockey Jesus: Well, I'm thinking she's going to dress here.

Technical Director: Yeah, I think that's what's here. Possibly. Stupid stats. Wilson had 24 touchdown passes last year, and the Steelers have only had 23 since Ben retired. That's fact. Yeah. And, you know, listen, none of these stats mean anything to me. Here's the thing. Here's the thing that I was kind of on the fence about this. And the reason I was on the fence about it is because I still think that Russell Wilson has something left in the tank. Not what he had four or five years ago. But if you look at last year and you look at his stats, which have been all over the radio and all over the internet.

Hockey Jesus: And he had a, by his level, a bad year last year.

Technical Director: Right, 3,000 yards passing, 26 touchdowns, not 24, and eight interceptions. And he was benched for the last two games. He also, as far as rushing goes, he rushed for 341 yards with three touchdowns, with a long run of 21 yards. I mean, this is a guy in his career who has a quarterback rating. This rating says 100, but that's not ESPN's rating. I hate how they do that. But 43,000 yards, averaging 7.7 yards a pass, 334 touchdowns and 106 interceptions, rushing yards, up 5,300 rushing yards and 29 rushing touchdowns. Yeah, no matter what, even an old Russell Wilson. better than a young Kenny Pickett. He's just better.

Hockey Jesus: You can't deny that. Period. You can't deny that.

Technical Director: Now, take away the veteran minimum, because that brings up the question, like, we know that Russell Wilson is getting paid $200 million plus from the Broncos, guaranteed. No matter what. No matter what. So he can play for free and still be rich. Well, he can't play for free. That's not according to the rules. You understand. OK, $1. $1. Well, he's playing for the rules, but you can't remember your power court. for a fucking show out.

Hockey Jesus: A dollar in NFL terms is 1.2 million. Yeah, whatever.

Technical Director: So yeah, actually, you're right. It really is. Now, I'm getting some Instagram comments here. Just G.I. Joe says, and we got him for free, basically. Exactly right. He did get it. Exactly right. And so what I'm looking at here, and I was listening to Paul Zeiss, DG says, Wilson and his wife have some kind of business relationship with Akersher. That is true. I heard that.

Hockey Jesus: Hey, David, I'd like you to work on that and a little bit more.

Technical Director: Yeah. Well, here's the thing. When I heard that like a week ago, in my mind, I went, click, he's coming. But I didn't want to say anything.

Hockey Jesus: Well, I mean, Actorshare has nothing to do with Steelers management. They've already given the Steelers 20 million this year.

Technical Director: Right. But there's some – no, no, there's ownership. There's a guy that's part of it.

Hockey Jesus: Oh, yeah, that's true. That's true. No, he has a relationship with Actorshare.

Technical Director: Who the hell knows what that relationship word means anymore? Especially in today's day and age. Well, I mean, do we really want to go?

Hockey Jesus: What kind of relationship do we have? That's what I want. Well, you know what our relationship with Schwab is, right?

Technical Director: Yeah, I know. Utter and complete disappointment. Anyway, so. Back to this $1. million. I was listening to sports radio this afternoon. And I got to tell you, of all the guys in Pittsburgh sports radio, the guy that I really like is Paul Zeiss. I know, you love this guy.

Hockey Jesus: I love Paul Zeiss. That's because he's an old funny duddy, kind of like us. Yeah, exactly. He's not afraid to say whatever he's thinking. That's the reason right there. He farts on the radio. Yeah, which is brilliant. It's a brilliant move. Well, I mean, farting on the radio. Does he really fart on the radio? So I've been told. Oh, you've been told? Yeah. He told you that? Don't you listen to the fan guys? They're always talking about Zeiss farting. Yeah. Oh, in the room? Yeah, having issues.

Technical Director: Yeah. Well, if he thinks it's all right, then maybe I should start thinking it's all right.

Hockey Jesus: Well, I don't think that's a good idea because you almost killed me once when that happened in a basement. All right. Okay. All right.

Technical Director: I guess we're in a studio, but I mean, you know, it's a basement studio. No, this is a basement, too. This is my basement studio. Basement studio. So what Paul Zeiss did is he summed it up. He made it real simple for the people who are against this. So if you don't like the Russell Wilson signing, I want you to think about this. And there is a downside that I didn't hear him talk about because I didn't listen to his whole show. $1.2 million, the veteran minimum. The worst case scenario is that he is not any good. And the Steelers are a team last year that made the playoffs with, I don't care what Mason Rudolph did, with horrible quarterback play as a whole. So the worst case scenario is he is the same as these two guys combined, and we bang out another 8 and 9, 9 and 8, maybe 6 and 11, and guess what? You don't know him anymore. He's gone. Right. The best case scenario is obviously this team somehow cobbled together a playoff run, meaning they made it to the playoffs.

Hockey Jesus: And won a game or two. Getting there. That would be a run.

Technical Director: Right. But they didn't win in the playoffs, of course. Huge, huge problem here in Pittsburgh. So the best case scenario is they take this team and they go to the Super Bowl with Russell Wilson. So your worst case scenario is your – it would be nuts. I'm not predicting that. Believe me. I'm not that – I'm not that stupid. But – well, I am that stupid. I'm not that stupid when it comes to stuff. You're welcome. I'm not, you know, but, but your worst case scenario is you got this guy for the veteran minimum. There's no money on the back end of it. If you cut him, you're capped and you're in tight. This is, this is the one that did it for me between right now, Kenny Pickett and Russell Wilson, you know, Pickett's playing on his rookie deal. How much money do you have tied up in the quarterback position on your roster as opposed to like the Bengals or the Browns?

Hockey Jesus: Less than last year. Yeah. Yeah. A lot less than last year. You paid Mitch Trubisky $8 million to suck.

Technical Director: Yeah. Okay.

Hockey Jesus: This, this, there is no downside to that. Kenny gets nice increases every year because of that rookie. Of course, of course. He's a quarterback.

Technical Director: Yeah, but there is absolutely no downside to this at all. And if you say, well, the downside is he sucks in the next year, we got to start all over at quarterback. Look, if you were going to go solid with Kenny Pickett this whole year, and he sucked, You had to start over next year with a new quarterback anyway.

Hockey Jesus: Well, you hit the only downside, and it's a very small downside, by the way. It's not like going down Mount Washington. It's more like going down your driveway to the road at the end.

Technical Director: You mean this drive Saunders Station?

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, the one at the end there.

Technical Director: Now I'm going to start getting hate mail. Yeah.

Hockey Jesus: Well, you should. But the reality is, the downside is that Ken doesn't get another year of trying to be the starter for this team, right?

Technical Director: I don't think that's a downside.

Hockey Jesus: Well, I'm just telling you why I think it might be a downside. Because if you thought he was a number one pick when you took him in, clearly they did. And you want to further the development of your future quarterback, this stops it in its tracks. And the reality is, if he was your future quarterback now, there's no way you can think of him as your future quarterback from today forward. No, he's not. He's done as the quarterback. Because the only way you can think of it is now he's preparing to be the backup for whoever comes after Russell Wilson. Let's say Russell Wilson works out and things go well enough that he wants to come back next year. You're not going to have him for more than a couple of years. And at that point, you're in the fifth year contract of Big Ken, and you're probably not going to pick up that fifth year contract if he's going to be the backup. And he's going to get paid $22 million to be the backup. So that's the downside. But here's another upside that I don't think we need to hit. And that's they're taking advantage of the small window of opportunity they have with this defense. This defense is aging. It's not getting it's not getting any younger. I mean, with the exception of J.P. Junior in the second.

Technical Director: Right. And DeMarvin Liao and Benton. I get it. We don't have to critique them.

Hockey Jesus: They're just young. But TJ's window for being awesome is probably closed after this year or next year. He's not going to be awesome all the time. And the reality is he's probably going to get hurt more because he's getting older. And if he doesn't slow down or he doesn't take less reps, it's going to be a problem. So they're going to take advantage of peak years with a a much better quarterback. And I like that about this signing more than anything, because they're kind of bringing together the best of the defense with whatever they have left with the offense. And the second thing, and I think this should not be discounted, is they're shutting those stupid wide receivers the hell up. George and Deontay, if they decide to keep Deontay, Yeah, that's some more news. They absolutely can no longer say, throw me the damn ball. I'm open. You can't hit me. They will never say that with Russell Wilson. No, they can never say that with Russell Wilson. So now they got to put up or shut up. And probably the other thing, and this is more about Russell Wilson than it is about the Steelers. Russ probably has something to prove to the Broncos. It's not like he's just leaving a good situation. They cut his ass. Yes, they did. And they said, we hate you so much, we're going to pay you $30 million not to play for us for the next three or four years.

Technical Director: Yeah. I don't think it's they, I think it's Sean Payton.

Hockey Jesus: I completely lost respect for that guy. Here's the funny thing about that is Sean Payton doesn't like him because he can't learn the whole playbook. He could probably learn the Steelers offensive playbook over the weekend. We don't know what Arthur Smith is going to do.

Technical Director: We don't know what Arthur Smith is going to do. Hell, I knew the playbook.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, I mean, it wasn't that hard. So, I mean, it's kind of like the best scenario in all worlds when it comes to this. And there's no way the Steelers could have ever passed that up. Yeah. I mean, I'm sure there were other teams out there that he would have played for, but the Steelers said, No, no, you know what, we're just we're just going to stick with big Ken. Yeah, I'm sure that there would have been somebody else. But this just is such a prime opportunity. You can't pass up. And by the way, it is an experiment. It is a little bit of a crapshoot. You don't know what you're getting. But the downsides, they're only that small when it leads out to the road.

Technical Director: It's and it's outside the box for the Steelers. It's that it's completely outside the box.

Hockey Jesus: think about what they've done outside the box in just less than a year. Right. And I did their offensive coordinator right season. Right. And now they went out and signed a veteran.

Technical Director: Now, of course, they didn't have to break the bank for him. So it was easy to be outside the box on this one.

Hockey Jesus: I absolutely agree with that. And that's what we started with. But the reality is, is they did it. And now he's a Pittsburgh Steeler. And It makes the season actually a little bit more exciting.

Technical Director: Oh, absolutely. A little bit more. Hell, I mean, I'm like looking forward to it.

Hockey Jesus: No, come on. Let's face it. We were really looking forward to bashing the big candidate.

Technical Director: No, you know what? I don't like bashing, you know, especially when it's mediocre bashing. I would rather have like Big Ken or whoever the quarterback is throw like five interceptions a game and fumble the ball in the end zone. You still might get that with Russ.

Hockey Jesus: But that's good bashing. You still might get that with Russ. I don't think so. He can make mistakes. I don't think so. Amy's got a question. Amy, we want to know how Mark's really feeling.

Technical Director: Yeah, I wonder what Russell's wife thinks about him coming to Pittsburgh.

Hockey Jesus: Did you see some of the stuff she put out there? No. I did. I looked into this just a little bit. Okay. Why? You just wanted to see pictures of her, didn't you? I was kind of curious what she looked like. Yeah. And you know, Russ is kind of a shirt guy and she's like a model and kind of like an artist. So I thought maybe she was like four inches taller than him and I wanted to kind of make fun of that. But as it turns out, they're about the same height.

Technical Director: Yeah. Well, we can still make fun of that.

Hockey Jesus: That is true.

Technical Director: But yeah, Russell Wilson's not a tall guy. No, no, he's not at all. Yeah, I think I have I think he is. Well, here we go. Thank you, Amy. This Well, let's just say that Mark is really sick. He has fever, chills, and he's probably spending a lot of time in the restroom. And DG does have good feelings for Rancho Albini. Feel better, Mark. Of course we want him to feel better.

Hockey Jesus: No, but Sierra is actually, she's pretty excited. I think she's more excited about getting out in Denver, Amy, than she is about coming to Pittsburgh. And I actually think that her and Tomlin's wife are going to become good friends.

Technical Director: But let's be realistic here. Let's be realistic. How much, I mean, these two are a power couple. They've got a lot of money and they've got a couple private jets, I'm guessing, at their disposal. How much time is she really going to spend in Pittsburgh?

Hockey Jesus: Maybe the odd Sunday? Dude, they have like four kids too.

Technical Director: Let's face it. They don't raise their kids. Nannies raise their kids.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, you're probably come on. No, you're probably right about that.

Technical Director: But you think she's making eggs or egg whites for her kids in the morning?

Hockey Jesus: No, but I think she's ordering off the menu. Yeah, right. I mean, I don't think you know.

Technical Director: Yeah. Ordering off the menu.

Hockey Jesus: No, I think it's going to be fun. It won't be Taylor Swift fun, but it will be Pittsburgh Sierra fun.

Technical Director: I happen to think that Sierra is much more fun than Taylor Swift, but that's for other reasons. I absolutely agree. Here's a comment we're getting on Instagram. DenCost69 says, what good does $28 million do if you're too cheap to sign a safety or an inside linebacker? Thank you.

Hockey Jesus: Who was that?

Technical Director: Den cost 69. All right. On Instagram. And for those of you watching on Instagram, I don't get my comments in the same place there. They haven't been merged. So I have to keep looking at the other screen. So I'll just read it. I'll get Yeah, yeah. And I'll try to then Mark's gonna be mad at it. We want him to be bad. Is he watching? or is he sleeping? What is he doing? He has the chill chills.

Hockey Jesus: Really? Does that mean he can't he can't hold the phone? That'd be straight to bed. You know, when you get the chill, I know all about the chill. You're like shaking.

Technical Director: You can't you know, I get the chills every time you walk in the room. Hockey Jesus. That's that's that's normal. So yeah, this comment by on Instagram. What good does 28 million do? So here's the thing. I think the other thing that Paul Zeiss was talking about is not only do you get him for the veteran minimum, but you've saved a huge amount of money. So now, go out and find somebody.

Hockey Jesus: They're going to spend it on defense. They spend all their damn money on their defense.

Technical Director: Well, how does it change the draft? And here's what I think, and then you go. I think the draft becomes about, and somebody made a comment earlier here, Eman Marie on Facebook says, now beef up the line in secondary.

Hockey Jesus: I think we're going to see remember the old line got beefed up last last they could still use. They need a center though.

Technical Director: They need a center. They don't sound now and they weren't able to sign the bill center. So now you get a you get a good center. You drafted a good offensive lineman. if they're going to trade Deontay. They're not going to trade Deontay. I know the rumors are about that. Deontay wants to stay now. Of course he does. He's going to be Mr. Happy. Yeah. Do you think he'll run backwards still when Russell Wilson? I don't think he will, because Russell Wilson will throw it so far out in front of him that he's got to run and go get it.

Hockey Jesus: No, he'll still find a way to run backwards. Yeah.

Technical Director: You can get better with that, too. I also think they're going to draft the quarterback.

Hockey Jesus: I think they're going to draft the quarterback. I mean, that wouldn't surprise me. I just hope they don't do it in the first three rounds, to be honest with you.

Technical Director: I don't know. But here's the thing. CD, Pat Peet, Scone, three free agent centers out there, the draft, O.L., and middle linebacker.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, there, there, there are a lot of centers out there. They're saying that in the second round, the center that they like will probably be available. I love the idea of going out there and getting a middle linebacker in the first round. Right. Love that idea. Right. That would be where I would spend my, my first draft pick. Right. The second draft pick would absolutely be in the secondary. Love the idea of getting a cornerback, but if that center's there, that's where you got to go. Yeah. So, um, and you know what, after the second round, I don't know what you do with cornerback. I think either at that point, you got to go out and get a veteran, of course, also right now. And I think lastly, I guess you got to think about that safety position a little bit. I mean, you know, Minka is much better when Pat Peterson was playing that safety position. Maybe they got to go get another veteran safety to help out.

Technical Director: You know, I'm thinking that The whole draft scenario… Oh, by the way, they're going to need another black receiver. That's what I'm saying. Yeah.

Hockey Jesus: So, I mean, trading Deontay… Everybody thinks they should get Tyler Boyd. Probably not a bad signing. No, I think that would be a good signing. Yeah, I think that would be a good signing. I mean, they're not going to spend… What did Pittman get? $25 million or something like that? I don't think they're going to go get a guy like that. Yeah. Although they could, that's the kind of money they're saving.

Technical Director: Pat on track, Micah Hyde.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, Micah Hyde, not terrible. He did get cut by the bills. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What about Jordan Poyer?

Technical Director: I have no idea who that guy is. He played for the Bills. I think he played safety for them.

Hockey Jesus: And we'll take one of those guys. Yeah. Hey, Pat, send them down. We'll take them.

Technical Director: Yeah. Anybody can make the deal happen. Anybody from the Bills. Yeah. I think that we're going to have an exciting offseason.

Hockey Jesus: Remember, the Bills defense wasn't that great. So you're taking guys off the Bills defense. Not ideal.

Technical Director: Well, I think this is a good thing for the Steelers. I think this means they're all in on this year.

Hockey Jesus: Yes, he that offensive line guy from Georgia Memphis.

Technical Director: Now here's the here's TG. We need a punter who is consistent. It shouldn't cost.

Hockey Jesus: Oh well, I have moves. I have moves here you go. I think we got one.

Technical Director: The Steelers did sign a punter today. Yeah, who they sign? I don't know.

Hockey Jesus: Should I look at Johnston or something like that anyway? And guess how much he costs three times what our quarterback costs? I love that. He's a three him for three years, thre Houston's old punter, I g don't have to worry about you know, I would not be s

Technical Director: I don't know. They'd have to spend $25 million on him. Yeah, well, welcome to the NFL. The punter is from Houston, says Amy May. Yeah, the punter is from Houston. I forget you guys. You know what? I think Amy May does a better job than her husband. I think, you know what, Amy May, we- Amy, next time Mark is sick, just show up.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah. You have his spot.

Technical Director: Maybe we're thinking about releasing Amy, or releasing the Grand Schwabini.

Hockey Jesus: We should think about that in the next off season. On a team-friendly contract. Amy, we're going to sign you to a team-friendly contract. Yeah.

Technical Director: It's got to be team-friendly though, because it's just a tryout for a year. Yeah.

Hockey Jesus: That'd be good.

Technical Director: We were talking earlier about- What kind of cap hit does a Grant Schwabini have? What's his cap hit this year? Do you know?

Hockey Jesus: it's it's it's up here. Yeah, it's fine. Maybe I'm just thinking about contributions. It's time to start thinking about him as a cheaper replacement. And not only that, Amy would definitely bring the girl.

Technical Director: All right, listen, guys, I want to remind you that you can catch the sports sports podcast. We drop it after every show. So if you can't watch the whole thing, you can go back and you can listen to it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Where do you get your friggin podcast? And you can always visit our website at theporcheslive.com, theporcheslive.com.

Hockey Jesus: Theporcheslive.com. I was reading M. Ann Marie's comment about the bar.

Technical Director: Yeah, I mean, great story, but why? I think he's still signed with the Bills. Well, yeah, but my whole thing is like, honestly, I mean, great story. I think he should have been comeback player of the year, even though he only played a couple downs the whole year on special teams. Yeah, just because if you literally die on a football field, and then you have I mean, if it was me, even at that age, I think I'd be like, I'm out, man, I'm out, you know, and come back and play and put the time into the work in and overcome that. That's great. But like, let's think about this from a football perspective. You know, how effective is he going to be as a football player? And I really just don't know. You know, I really don't.

Hockey Jesus: Well, they need to play somebody on the other corner position right now.

Technical Director: They don't have anybody. That's true. That's true. So we will see as time goes on. And yes, let's talk about Mason Rudolph. D.G. says he's bummed because all mention of Mason Rudolph has stopped. I hope he lands on his feet. Maybe he'll be back with another one point two million league minimum as an emergency QB three seat. That's the point. They could not have Mason Rudolph here with Kenny Pickett and have any semblance of… They could. They could.

Hockey Jesus: They could. And who knows? They've done weirder things. It's possible. Yeah, but I just think it's time to go. If I'm Mason Rudolph, I would just let him. So this is interesting.

Technical Director: Denkoss is… Yeah, that's, that's exactly right. Yeah. That's why, why, why would he come back? I don't know. Number one, he loves the abuse and why, why would the Steve now think about this? This is why I think they're going, I can think of 1.2 million. That's exactly right. Oh, this is why they're going back to, I think the draft for a quarterback to fill out that room, unless they find some cast off. for something, but it's like you're not going to. Mason Rudolph isn't going to come back for like the league minimum to be the back to be the third string backup. And then of course there will be a controversy. Who's the backup? Kenny or Mason?

Hockey Jesus: Garden Minshew can get $25 billion. Yes, 15 million guaranteed. Rudolph can get more. I'm sure Rudolph can sign a backup contract somewhere for $3 million.

Technical Director: So Denkoss on Instagram says he's been a Steelers fan since 72. Yeah, I'm old 65. Wow, somebody older than us. Yeah, number one. And number two, nice on Instagram. Welcome.

Hockey Jesus: Welcome to the old Instagram. Oh, yeah. Well, thanks for being here. And on Instagram. Nonetheless, I know doing all right for 65. Yeah, yeah. I know what he's watching on Instagram. Well, don't we all? Yeah, me too.

Technical Director: Gannett says, Rudolph to Minnesota. Is that breaking news, DG? Is that breaking news? No, but he could go there. It makes sense. Yeah. Speaking of which- Minnesota still beats a quarterback. They do. Kirk Cousins, $100 million guaranteed. $100 million guaranteed over four years. Right. Here's the last point that Paul Zeiss made that I thought was Incredible. I actually thought it was incredible. He said, let's go through the scenarios. All right. Kirk Cousins, $100 million guaranteed, $180 million total contract, $100 million guaranteed. Russell Wilson, 1.2. Is Kirk Cousins 100 times better than Russell Wilson? there's a same age here's the problem with that thinking well i mean it's just it's it wasn't like a like you know apples to apples but it was kind of like everything i mean no he's not here's here's where i think one playoff win in kurt cousin's career here's where i think a comment like that is really really stupid okay okay and it's because he's not getting paid 1.2 million to play this year

Hockey Jesus: He's getting paid $33.5 million a year. It's just that the Steelers are only paying him $1.2. That's very true. That's what you have to think about. He signed that contract, so he gets paid it. And there are very few people in the NFL that get guaranteed contracts. And, you know, we should be talking about how stupid Denver is. Because that is the mistake you make when you make these big contracts. Now, maybe Atlanta just made the same mistake.

Technical Director: Yes, I believe they did. And I'm a huge Kurt Cousins fan.

Hockey Jesus: Maybe they did. But if Kurt retires because he can't play anymore, then they don't have to necessarily pay him.

Technical Director: So, Yoho Sun, who is formerly Yo Carey, is back in town. Thanks for being here. Here's the opposite view. Turd Biscuit 2.0. Tomlin getting his first losing season. Wilson was 11-19 in two years, nearly double the loss.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah. I mean, that's who you're getting. You're getting the Denver Broncos, Russell Wilson, not the guy who won the Super Bowl, what, eight years ago? Whenever it was.

Technical Director: Yeah. Pat on track, $100 million for Kirk Cousins. Jesus, no wonder a bottle of store brand ranch dressing is $5. Not sure I make that connection.

Hockey Jesus: Well, and mayonnaise is $12 in San Francisco. Is it really? There you go. Pat's on track on that one.

Technical Director: You know, Cousins is much better than Wilson at churning through major contracts, says DG. So here's the thing. Here's what I think is interesting. Kerr Cousins, in his NFL career, 12 years, will have made, because if you remember when they were the Redskins, they franchised him three years in a row at basically an average of around $20, $23 million a year. And that's all guaranteed. At the end of this four-year contract, if he plays it out, he will have made in his career $411 million. Oh, that's chump change. And at this point- That's no Mahomes money. Yeah, but one playoff win. Mahomes has how many Super Bowls?

Hockey Jesus: Three. Mahomes is going to … Dude, to put it into perspective, Mahomes is going to net a billion dollars out of the NFL before it's all said and done.

Technical Director: I love this CD says Denver is just swimming in all the weed money. Well, that's why they signed Russell Wilson to a $250 million guaranteed contract. I mean, before Sean Payton got there.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, Pittsburgh doesn't have weed money yet. So yes, that's why it gets one point.

Technical Director: Well, it's not it's least it's not weed money that's on the books. You know what I'm saying? I have no idea what you're talking about. Okay. All right. Let's get one more comment in here before we move on. Pat on track says 400 million. That's a defamation settlement. Well, hopefully not against the sports board. Yeah, right. Exactly. Let's move on here. I want you guys to know that Hockey Jesus is in the house. And Hockey Jesus preaches on the podcast after every single Penguins game. And more importantly, Hockey Jesus now does his analysis after the game on YouTube, on the Sports Porch Black and Gold on YouTube. So hop on over to YouTube, subscribe to the Sports Porch, because you can pick up his video and his analysis. And he does a fantastic job.

Hockey Jesus: I'm getting better. I'm getting better.

Technical Director: Unfortunately the penguins are not getting that. They are not. So I want to hear what you have to say about the penguins because my impression of this is right now they're packing it in and kind of trying to set up for next year?

Hockey Jesus: I wish I could say that was the case, but they're actually trying. And this is the problem.

Technical Director: Okay. So they've lost six out of their last seven games.

Hockey Jesus: Yes. But let's talk about the elephant in the room first, the Jake Gensel trade. Yes. Okay. Everybody wants to know why they trade Jake Gensel. Why would you trade your second best scorer on your team? And the reality is they didn't want to. And reading the tea leaves, And listening to what Dubis has been saying and all the upper management and even the players, it sounds like they did it reluctantly only because they realize they're in two positions. One, they're not in a position to make the playoffs this year. And two, Jake Gensel is the only guy almost left on the roster that they could move because everybody else has no movement clauses. So would they have rather liked to get rid of some of these other guys? Absolutely. But they can't because of the way the contracts have been structured. So the reality is he's a victim of that situation. Now, the reality is also that the value they got back is suspect, right? Right. Because that's what I've been hearing. They didn't get a number one. They didn't get a true number one. They could get a number one Carolina and they traded in Carolina hurricanes. You're welcome. uh, down there. Yeah. Carolina people, I believe that's you Yoho son. Right. And that's true. It is him. And, um, the, the, the, and they didn't have to give up any of their top four prospects. And I covered this a little bit in my analysis, but the, the, the reality is the prospects they did get still are the best prospects that the Penguins have. And if you're going to rebuild or a retool, however you want to say it, they're two different things, really, but you have to just start plug in the pipeline full of picks and players. And that's what this did. They got basically six players for one. And no, none of them are good or great and will play in a Jake Gensel fashion in the next ever. Right.

Technical Director: But… In the next ever? No. That's a new timeframe you've just established. I did. I just… The next ever. Infinite. I don't know why I don't write these down. Yeah, you should write these down.

Hockey Jesus: I am. But the reality, the reality is, that's the situation that the Penguins were in. And they had to trade him, unfortunately. Now, the other reality is, and this will never happen, but I have to say, just because I can't let go of Jake yet, they could get him back in the offseason. He will be a free agent. I don't believe that Carolina is going to sign him long term. So they could go back and sign him again, because they do have more money freed up to be able to sign people. But the question is, will they give him a discount? And it sounded to me like between Dubis and Jake, there was a disconnect, because I think that Jake thought that they were going to negotiate throughout the year, and Dubis never wanted to do that.

Technical Director: Well, they didn't tell him he was being traded until Thursday.

Hockey Jesus: Thursday, right. And I think those two things just made for a really weird ending in Pittsburgh. And the funny thing is, is they'll be back, the Carolina will be back in Pittsburgh. And the last game that I actually picked was against the Carolina Reds. Serendipity. And the last game that I saw was Jake Gensel's last game.

Technical Director: You know, I really don't even realize what the word serendipity means. I just felt like that was the word.

Hockey Jesus: I just love the word too. I used it earlier. I think everybody just used serendipity in the sentence in the comments.

Technical Director: Yes. Yeah. We'll use it in the next forever. Like serendipitous sassafras. We've experienced quite a lot of that.

Hockey Jesus: So that's reality. And on top of that, so penguins are actually still trying to win. And that's what makes this even more frustrating because they did. They actually did phone in the game against Washington.

Technical Director: Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Like it seems to me like the game against Boston.

Hockey Jesus: The game against Boston and the game against Edmonton. Those are just two good teams taken at the thing. Yeah, those are really good teams. Yeah, that that Edmonton game should have been 4-0 at the end of the first. It was only 4-0 at the end of the game, so I think they were actually a little lucky that they only scored four goals.

Technical Director: Are you sure it wasn't 4-0 or was it 6-0? It was for nothing because you are the hockey Jesus. So Pat on track here says Steve wasted his time studying engineering. He clearly should have been an NHL GM. I'm not dead yet. Yeah. And we are spoiled says the doctor. Mario then said get ready for some time in like 500 seasons.

Hockey Jesus: Hey, you know, we've lived through those before, so we're all right.

Technical Director: And he also says, serendipity, a back-and-sale movie with John Cusack. Thanks for that. That's more like a Pat on track comment than anything else. Pat affects everybody in the comments. For those of you who are tuning in right now, we have a lot of people on X watching us right now, which is awesome.

Hockey Jesus: So please follow us, TheSportsPorts1 on X. They're probably getting my tweets because I tweeted out the Hockey Jesus after every game.

Technical Director: Yes. And do you tweet it on TheSportsPorts or on TheHockeyJesus?

Hockey Jesus: I do it off of mine. I do it off of mine. You got to put at the sports sports one though. Oh yeah, you're right. Of course. We'll get this down.

Technical Director: We're old. We're old. So anyway, for people watching for the first time, Pat on track. He's a college buddy of ours, Pat. He's got this mind that works in these strange ways. And he's like the cliff. If you know Cliff Clavin from Cheers, he knows everything. But when he imparts that knowledge upon you, there's no straight line between any of the sentences. except in Pat's mind.

Hockey Jesus: It's like that board that those crazy people put up to try and connect the dots. Yeah, you mean like homicide detectives? Yeah, right. You know, with the string that kind of connects everything. All these go all over the board, but they never seem to connect.

Technical Director: Yeah, except to them, except to them.

Hockey Jesus: Oh, yeah. Everything is right around that picture of Pat right in the middle.

Technical Director: We call that Pat off track. And I really want Pat off track to have a segment on our show. But I think he's just he's either too shy or too drunk. to do it. So DG says, it seemed like Gensel's value was less than expected. I think that Sid may have felt a bit surprised that Gensel was gone. He seems down and in a fog. Letang has been fairly horrible lately.

Hockey Jesus: David, I think you're right with those comments. I don't think the fog was around Genzel leaving. I think the fog is around the fact that he can't figure out how to, by himself, personally fix this problem. And that's tough on Sid, because he's won at every level that he's ever played at. He's never had two losing seasons like this in the NHL back to back. Because remember, his first season was a losing season. And then the next season after that, they made the playoff. Yeah. They lost in the first round that year, but still he knows how to win. He doesn't know how to lose. And I think that's what you're seeing with Sid and don't be surprised if in the, in the post season, he ends up signing, signing a, you know, an extension to his contract so that he can, he can finish his years out in Pittsburgh. And you know what, if he wants to go, he'll be able to go. He's Sidney Crosby. If he's done with his time in Pittsburgh, which I don't think he is, I don't think you have to worry about Sid coming back as the consummate professional. He's been his whole career, since he's been 19, he's been nothing but the best.

Technical Director: And our resident troll is back, Kyle. Porch, what's up? Kyle, you missed all the talk about Brady already. Well, he was on the phone with my wife. He spends a lot of time on the phone with her. Well, you know, there are worse places to be. I'm not sure what they gossip about. You want to know it. Here you go. It's about how Delta flies. Number one, Mariah Carey. Number two, Tom Brady. Number three, Pittsburgh Property Diva. That's enough said. Exactly. Of course, what that means is I've got to put her lovely face up here. She's our biggest sponsor, the Pittsburgh Property Diva. Thank you. Without her, this would never happen. You're absolutely right. That's very true. And there've been many times we're as close to not happy, but we won't go into that right now. DG says he's got a couple of new wingers without Russ that he's asked to score with.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah. Well, Russ is back now. So that's, that was, I actually thought that might help them in the Edmonton game and it did in the first period, but let's face it. They're going to need more than Brian Russ. If they're going to try it, they have to score three or four goals. They're, they're, they're problem all year in all season long. And this is the last on, on the, on the pay ones. their power play and their lack of scoring. Those two things have cost them this season. You know what? I thought they were going to get it back. I said that they're going to need the final third of the season was when they were going to start to soar, and they did the opposite. You know who's soaring instead? The New York Islanders. They're probably going to catch either Tampa Bay for Philadelphia for that last spot. Because the Islanders, you know what they did? They made a coaching change. And maybe that's what the Penguins should have done. Maybe they should have made a coaching change. But I just don't think Dubas was ready to make that trade. And I don't know what the management thinks about Sullivan. But we'll find out in the postseason. I promise you that.

Technical Director: We'll find out. Chances of them eking into the playoffs? 0.0001%. OK.

Hockey Jesus: They have to go. So you're saying there's a chance. Well, they're not out of it yet, right? But they literally have to go like 12, three and. Well, three and four, I think in their last 19 games. If that works out, yeah, 12, three and four in their last 19 games to make playoffs.

Technical Director: That's just not. And DG, final follow-up comment on this. Magnus is gone, which I hate because I love that name. Jari and Ned have been shaky. I mean, they're getting tired. That's what I think. I think they see the writing on the wall. They're not going to make the playoffs.

Hockey Jesus: But if you look at Jari's save percentage, he had 42 saves and a 9.05 save percentage in that 4-0 loss. OK, that's working pretty hard. I mean, that's not like he shit the bed. That's, that's exactly right. Oh, and also, Roo'Weedle got traded. And so he's gone to, they got a fourth round pick for him. So honestly, a fourth round pick for Roo'Weedle, who, by the way, will play well for the Rangers in that seventh, eighth position, whatever you want to call it. The Rangers are super deep with defense. And we'll talk about other teams once the playoffs come. But yeah, so they got rid of Roo'Weedle also.

Technical Director: All right, guys, thanks for watching. We're going to move on to our next segments here. I want to remind you, you're watching the Sports Porch on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, X, and Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe on the Hockey Jesus. That's right. And you can find the Hockey Jesus on our YouTube channel after every single Penguins game. It's the Sports Porch on YouTube, and it's the Black and Gold Sports Porch. You can't miss it if you're a Pittsburgh fan. So subscribe to that YouTube channel. When's the next Hockey Jesus?

Hockey Jesus: It will be tomorrow night. Tomorrow night. They play Ottawa, they play two teams coming up Ottawa and then San Jose at Ottawa probably could be a loss. Honestly, I'm not rooting for them to lose, but the more losses actually the better. Yeah. Better to get a top five pick at this point if you're going to miss a playoff.

Technical Director: Absolutely. They could use that. Maybe they could make it a trifecta. Mario, Sidney, the next Phenom. No, not this year.

Hockey Jesus: See, my biggest… There's no Phenom this year. That's why I say this year. Maybe next year though.

Technical Director: My biggest concern right now, and then we'll move on to what we're watching. My biggest concern right now as a Pittsburgh sports fan is that we are entering a period of the next-ever time where all three teams are mediocre at best. Now, we know the Pirates. We don't have to talk about them right now. We've already been there. Yeah. But the Steelers now with Roethlisberger gone, and what's going on there, and now the Penguins.

Hockey Jesus: Look, it only takes about five years to rebuild a hockey team. That's about how long it usually takes, so five years is not that terrible for a short downturn. As far as the Steelers are concerned, look, they're due to get a Super Bowl in the next five years, so I perfectly expect it.

Technical Director: Ooh, there we go. We've got a prediction. The Super Bowl. Okay. Just look at their history. Moving on here.

Hockey Jesus: It's hard to right now. Pittsburgh is not getting a basketball team seeding.

Technical Director: I would love that, though. I really would. I would get back into basketball.

Hockey Jesus: Russell Wilson likes to invest in soccer teams. Yeah. Maybe we'll get a soccer team. I'm sorry.

Technical Director: I don't know.

Hockey Jesus: I'm just saying.

Technical Director: I don't know. He likes to invest in sports teams. Yeah. Well, we have a soccer team.

Hockey Jesus: We'll get a women's NHL team before we get a You think so?

Technical Director: Oh yeah. Okay, for another show. We blasted through all the time. So what we're watching, what this segment is, is exactly what it sounds like. What we're watching. You should go for it. There's a billion, you think so? Yeah. Really? We're gonna have, okay. There's a billion things to watch streaming online, every single network, you can find it on every, you know, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Peacock, which I think is the worst name for a streaming channel. Peacock. Yes. I mean, we've been through the Peacock. Yes. Hulu, whatever. So these are some things that we're watching that we like, and we hope maybe you will watch them too. And of course, it's not a requirement. So what I am watching right now, I actually have completed this. caught my eye. I started watching it. And I could not stop. And it is one of the best comedy, drama type shows I've watched in a long time. The Gentleman.

Hockey Jesus: Oh, it's funny. I was gonna pick that one up.

Technical Director: Oh, let me tell you something. So good. There's one thing that you just you have to get you have to get used to that quick Cockney accent, British accent. That's a little hard, but you can put the subtitles. You could do that, but I'm telling you, give it one show and you'll catch up. Yeah. Man, let me tell you something. This show blew my mind. It was so funny. Really? Oh my God. The Gentleman on Netflix. I think it's eight episodes. I actually finished it earlier today.

Hockey Jesus: Is it like Seinfeld-esque where they don't really talk about anything or is it like a show about something?

Technical Director: It's a show about something. I'm going to tell you what the something is. I'm reading this from the IMDB database. Eddie Horniman inherits a family estate, initially aware unaware it's home to a drug empire run by a syndicate that has no plans to vacate. It's created by Guy Ritchie. It stars Theo James, Taya Scodelario, and David Ings. Do I need to answer that question? Yeah, of course. Okay, so what happens is this guy is in the army. He's serving Great Britain. He's actually with a UN security force out on detail. He gets called home And when he gets home is because his father's sick. He's on his deathbed. And then when he gets home, you see that he's not just a normal army grunt. He's from like an aristocratic family. Well, I mean, it was the U.N. Well, right. But I'm not going to say anything more about it, because if I say anything more, I will give away things that are actually hilarious.

Hockey Jesus: But that makes sense in the in the title of the jump. Yes. You would expect.

Technical Director: But look at the title is The Gentleman, plural. Yeah, plural.

Hockey Jesus: Right.

Technical Director: Yeah. So there are other, you know, dare I say, gentlemen involved. But, um, yeah, let me tell you, it this one had me laughing out loud. And, you know, I, I love the old 80s and early 90s comedies. Yeah, I'm not into the comedies today. I don't know why that is. So it's been a long time since I've watched a show where the timing and the cinematography and the writing all came together to a point where I think eight episodes, every episode, there was a moment where I was just like, Oh, Yeah, just because they you're like, I know what direction this is going in. And it sounds horrible. It's gone. Oh, my God, I can't believe this. And then it goes in a completely different direction. That's 10 times worse than you never saw coming. So I highly recommend this show. The Gentleman on Netflix. It's absolutely worth every minute you spend watching.

Hockey Jesus: I started watching Louder. You said to watch that, right? No, that was that was what I started watching it. And I liked it, but I was like, the characters just weren't great. Yeah. Well, see the price characters. Okay. But there's just, I don't know. I'm going to finish watching it regardless. Aren't there like two seasons or three seasons? I think there are three seasons. Yeah. I think there are three seasons. I think I almost made it through the first one. Yeah. I was on the plane. So, you know, you were kind of stuck. Yeah. Like, what are you going to watch? Well, except they didn't have live file in United. Yeah, Kyle, try. No, he's works for Delta. I don't. Kyle, I need you to get Delta the flight direct to San Francisco. Oh, okay. Yeah.

Technical Director: Well, he's work on that sooner or later. Kyle's going to be the CEO. I know. I'm telling you right now. Kyle, I need you. I need you working on. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So yeah, I could not get into Loudermilk. And we talked about the reason.

Hockey Jesus: But yeah, I'm definitely that was on my list. I was like, that looks like something that's fun.

Technical Director: This one is worth bringing it right to the top. And then I spun it into something. Yeah, this one is worth. Bring it to the top of the list. Okay, it's it's going to my top of my list. What are we watching? h j. Of course. And CD says, sold the gentleman. Good. I'm glad he's going to watch it. Did they have bolts in the emergency door on your plane? Let's not go down that.

Hockey Jesus: Well, let's just say mine was not the plane where the wheel fell off.

Technical Director: Thank goodness for that. All right. CD is watching. Or not CD. I'm sorry. This is another, I think, serendipitous… This is a little bit off the grid for me. Yeah, and I do want to get Pat on track's comment in here. Thanks for being here, as always, Pat. All right, Pat. One of our closest friends, one of our biggest supporters. He says, good show, boys. Way to put in the work. I'll get in touch, no matter possible.

Hockey Jesus: Hey, Pat, don't forget about that trade with Buffalo. Yeah, I'll get in touch. We need a free safety deal here.

Technical Director: I'll get in touch, yeah. Sweet. Put that bottle down. All right, so hockey Jesus, serendipitous. I mean, please explain this. Searching for the historical Jesus with Jean-Pierre Espos. This guy is a super intelligent guy. I actually think I see how many, where is this on?

Hockey Jesus: It's on the Prime. It's an Amazon Prime.

Technical Director: I think I started watching this a couple of years ago and watched like maybe 15 minutes. No idea why I stopped.

Hockey Jesus: I think that's possible because I think it was out in like 22 or 23. Yeah. Either last year or the year before. Yeah. And it's funny because I've seen a lot of historical stuff. And I'm like, this can't be any better. And I saw that it was like 14 episodes and they were all like 20 minutes or something like that. So I was like, Is this guy, am I going to learn anything new from this guy? Like, you know me, I know Jesus, I know the life, I know the Bible.

Technical Director: Actually, I didn't realize you actually knew Jesus.

Hockey Jesus: Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Jesus and I talk every day. Yeah. Okay. Okay. So, so, so when I saw this, I'm like, am I really going to learn anything?

Technical Director: And, and by the way, we're going to have to pop another trade of those.

Hockey Jesus: Okay. When you see the historical Jesus, it usually means somebody like an atheist or somebody is talking about Jesus. Because they don't want to talk about Jesus as Lord or Christ or in a religious way. They just want to talk about him in a historical way.

Technical Director: Yeah, like as an actual figure.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, just a person who lived on this earth, like you or me, right? Like the historical Jesus, not like what happened, you know, with people falling.

Technical Director: Like how much did he pay for rent?

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, stuff like that.

Technical Director: Did he have cable TV?

Hockey Jesus: That's exactly what this is. Really? Only in like a first, you know, century Galilean.

Technical Director: Cable TV in the first century way. Which didn't really exist.

Hockey Jesus: Well, maybe.

Technical Director: Are you sure? I think it did for the Egyptians. I mean, if you believe Einstein's theory of relativity, everything is happening all the time, all at once.

Hockey Jesus: So I'll say probably what's happening for the Egyptians, but not for the Jews in Galilee. Okay. Okay.

Technical Director: So the Egyptians, The Egyptians had cable TV, but not the Jews in Galilee.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah. I think that's, if we're going to go back that far and TV exists, the Egyptians. Yeah. Or maybe, maybe, maybe the Chinese. Maybe. Anyway, it definitely wasn't there, but here's the thing. So I started watching the first episode and I'm like, Oh, I'm actually learning a little bit about like, just Jesus, the person, like, you know, he wasn't like, you know, Oh, you know, and everything was from the Bible. He was actually, he talked a lot about what the Romans occupation was, and like what Jewish life was like.

Technical Director: You're talking about, you're talking about the guy, the Jean-Pierre guy. The Jean-Pierre guy. Yes.

Hockey Jesus: This is what it was like living back then. Right. That's it. Like, and they were like, so by default, Jesus just would have been like another stone, a stone worker in Galilee, probably worked with his dad for a while. Well, he was a carpenter. Well, that's what they say. But he's saying there's no way there were no trees where he lived. Like, absolutely. It doesn't make sense that he was a carpenter. Like so, I mean, and who cares about whether that's controversial or not? He's just looking at the history of the place and what people probably did.

Technical Director: I get it. What would this guy have been like in real history as opposed to reading the Bible?

Hockey Jesus: And like Jesus' dad, Joseph, just disappeared. He was like, he probably died like on the work site somewhere. Right. And like Jesus had a lot of other brothers underneath him. Could you imagine that? I know. No, I couldn't. Oh, great. He's Jesus. My brother, Jesus. Or, hey, you know.

Technical Director: I'm Jesus's brother.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay. I'm Jesus's brother. I can get you with Jesus.

Technical Director: Look, what we forgot to tell you is occasionally we experience a little blasphemy on this show. We got some comments.

Hockey Jesus: It's actually not blasphemous because you're just talking about the historical Jesus.

Technical Director: CD says they had rabbit ears in channels 2, 4, 11, 13, and 53. Yeah. Pat can't leave the show yet. Einstein had two theories of relativity. Klein, special and general. They will both mess up your mind, yet allow GPS to work. Thank you. That was kind of, that was somewhat on track. Yeah, that's definitely on track.

Hockey Jesus: So anyway, so I was just learning a lot about like the historical area. And like they showed a map of like the places that Jesus went to when he was like a rabbi. By the way, he was a rabbi before he was, you know, Jesus Christ. you know, the big rabbi in the sky. Well, okay, I get what you're saying. He was just like a normal rabbi that you go around to different places and talk about things. And rabbi?

Technical Director: Yeah, and rabbi-ish. Yeah. There's a made of rubbish. Where is Mark when we really need him? See, he picks this time.

Hockey Jesus: We'll get his critique of this next. I can't wait. I'm sure he's going to watch this. Oh, yeah. Hey, you know what, Amy? You should just pop it on his on his television now. He can't get out of bed. Oh, yeah, that's a great idea.

Technical Director: Yeah, just just put it on. Don't even have to strap him down. The chills are just in there. And it just keeps running like the episode.

Hockey Jesus: Oh, yeah, that's a good idea. By the way, I watched this almost back to back to back the whole thing. Yeah. Because where were you? The hockey game was over. Yeah. And I wasn't about to watch Minnesota play. We haven't played.

Technical Director: Was this over the weekend?

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, like last night. Oh, I just watched it last night. Have you completed the series?

Technical Director: Yeah, dude, 20 minutes times 14. Oh, they're only 20 minute episodes.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

Technical Director: Yeah. So it's like, well, Jesus did have a short life.

Hockey Jesus: He did. And they're really talking more about the historical area. Yeah. Yeah. We've established that. Yes. And, and, but I, I've learned a lot and I think you will too. I figured during a time of Lent, if you're interested in learning about Jesus, there you go. You've got, you've got searching for the real Jesus.

Technical Director: All right. What we're watching, Hockey Jesus is searching for the real Jesus. And apparently the penguins right now are as well. They need a real The sports sports podcast is dropped right after this live show on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get your friggin podcasts. And by the way, that's the pirate for the buckoes report. He likes to show his ugly mug once in a while during our show. Moving on to the last segment of the evening. This is headlines that mean something. And why is that? Well, I mean, look, how many headlines do are we exposed to every day? I mean, thousands. You know what, I get that little notification on my phone that says your screen time is up or down 16% this week. And then it says something crazy like down to six and a half hours a day. When in the hell am I looking at my phone for six and a half hours? I mean, like, Does it count right now? I don't know.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, it must if it's on like right now. Yeah.

Technical Director: I don't even remember where I was going with this. But headlines, it means something we get a lot of them. And we decide to pick the headlines that really do mean something in life. And we're going to give them to you. Now. I'm going to make you go first. Oh, yeah. This is your headline. And I'm just gonna put the headline up there. Go for it. Hj.

Hockey Jesus: Grant Cardone says earning $400,000 a year would embarrass him as a husband, father, and human being.

Technical Director: Now, before you go any further, I want to make sure that my wife is not watching this because she might actually call Grant Cardone and offer to divorce me and marry him.

Hockey Jesus: The subtitle on there underneath that was, how do you make sense of $35,000 a month?

Technical Director: Now, is he saying, I know you're going to get to the article, is he saying that's not enough?

Hockey Jesus: He's basically saying that's like as if you were taking a minimum wage job. Yeah. What? Yeah. He's a guy that- I know who Grant Cardone is. Most people do. Right. Yeah. I didn't know who this guy was, and I'm like, what is wrong with this guy? He basically says that if you're doing something, that you're basically broke if you're only making $350,000 a year.

Technical Director: Well, maybe with inflation, I mean, eggs are $3.99, $4 for 12. And mayonnaise is $12 a jar now. In San Francisco. Yeah. Yes.

Hockey Jesus: Well, maybe if you're making $350,000 in San Francisco.

Technical Director: Is mayonnaise really $12 a jar? Yeah, it is. How in the hell are you going to make… I mean, that would ruin my life. How can you eat a whole jar of mayonnaise in a day?

Hockey Jesus: And it's not like you can go without mayonnaise. You can't. And I think that's what Grant's saying. Basically, you need to make more than this to be able to get get life.

Technical Director: To provide for your family? Yeah. All right, talk about the article. Is there anything ridiculous that he says other than that? Because to me, honestly, that's ridiculous. I want to talk about shaming. Look, 99% of America makes a lot less than $400,000 a year. So now you're shaming 99% of America.

Hockey Jesus: They basically said, this guy's out of touch with reality. Thank you, Lord. Yes. Thank you, Hockey Jesus. And basically they said, this guy has no idea what he's talking about when it comes to this. They do talk about passive income coming in, how you can make more money just because you might do something or you might sell something on the side or something like that. But still, that that that amount of money is nothing like is just it's just a dumb thing to say.

Technical Director: Yeah, I mean, Grant Cardone says earning $400,000 a year would embarrass him as a husband, father and provider, human being.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah. And provider, you know, basically he's saying that's not enough to provide for your family.

Technical Director: I'm actually kind of embarrassed that I just read that headline out loud.

Hockey Jesus: That's why I had to bring it up, because normally we say something that's funny. This was just stupid.

Technical Director: Yeah. So DG says, I watched the show where Grant Cardone started from nothing and bartered and hustled money from people. I don't know Grant or his wife, but I personally think that they are full of shit. Hey, listen, did you ever watch, what's the Wolf of Wall Street? Wolf of Wall Street. Yeah. The scene where Leo's playing with Jordan Belfort, who's a totally real guy. I knew. and I knew of them back in those days because I was heavily into the finance business. I knew all about this guy and what Stratton Oakmont was doing. And if you didn't know it was a scam, shame on you. But then he's pitching those millionaire infomercials. I used to watch those late at night. Of course, I was like, not in the best shape, but I would watch them. Yeah, I would definitely watch them. Pat says, remember when GH was shamed by not knowing what a barcode scanner was? Two Drexel guys invented the barcode technology. Pat on track. When are you coming on the show, man? That was beautiful. Okay, headlines that mean something. Now, I pulled this headline up because you were in San Francisco. Oh, nice. And I have a question for you. Beautiful. Okay. It's all over San Francisco. I know. I know. And well, maybe, maybe. Sure. I'm very good. Actually, I think you can say. I think you can answer this question actually. Just ask. Okay, so I'm just going to, what stands out in this picture? Now if you're listening to the podcast or you're listening on radiopgh.com, I'm not going to describe it yet. I'll describe it once, Steve. What stands out in this picture?

Hockey Jesus: I have to say whatever that flower thing is. Okay, very good. That big pipe coming out of the middle of it.

Technical Director: Yeah, okay, so that is a huge flower. Yeah.

Hockey Jesus: And all of those people… I can see that some are taking selfies with it, some are actually just taking regular pictures. Yes, yes. The guy with the white hair is not even looking.

Technical Director: I don't know what he's doing. The headline is Corpse Flowers Intense Stench Attracts Visitors.

Hockey Jesus: in San Francisco. They're smiling. They're smiling.

Technical Director: Okay. So I'm going to read this. This is from Sky News. Okay. Oh my God. So corpse flowers intense stench attracts visitors to San Francisco. You pay attention to the comments for me. Yep. Some reports smelling rotting flesh, hence the rather grotesque name, but others detect rotting food, sweaty socks, or even garlic. People have lined up to get a whiff of the corpse flower because it's a plant that only blooms once every seven to ten years. The Amorphophallus titanum, and I wonder why it's called Amorphophallus if you've seen the picture, gets its nickname from its stench described by some as the smell of rotting flesh, though others detect hints of rotting food, sweaty socks, or even garlic. Sounds like it should be a Food Network show. Crowds lined up at the California Academy of Science. science is a research institution in a museum on Wednesday, as the endangered tropical flower bloomed releasing the you were you didn't. Well, this is this this is a few months ago, the intense scent, the corpse flower only blooms for one to three days despite taking up a decade to do so. Lauren Gregg, a horticulturalist from the CAS, which is in San Francisco, says the smell is essentially bad by design. It's kind of imitating the smell of dead carcass to get all the flies to come and interact with it, pick up pollen, and then take that pollen to another flower, blah, blah, blah. It was the first bloom for this flower, who they've named Mirage, which was dope. I wonder, Mirage, because it looks kind of cool, but it smells horrible. Good thing it wasn't Mariah. Right. which was donated entirely in 2017. In certain directions, I definitely picked up on the sweaty socks, sweaty gym clothes, but probably luckily not full-on rotting meat, but definitely a smellier plant than average. Some meetings, this woman moved some meetings and waited in line for about an hour to catch a whiff of the plant. Monica Becker. Dude, they're smiling in that picture. Took her child out of school to see the flower in person after watching it on the live stream. When we heard it bloomed, we were like, we got to go first thing in the morning when they opened. So we were here. That's what I want to smell. I smelled sweaty feet, sort of sweet, pungent, kind of like your shin guards after soccer. Now this is your hockey gear. The Amorphophallus titanum is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It's listed as endangered, I wonder why, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature with only less than a thousand individual plants left in the wild. So my question for you is, Do you think that smells any different than the streets of San Francisco?

Hockey Jesus: Well, I can I can honestly tell you that I was surprised that I didn't see more homeless people than one. But that's because they knew you were coming. Well, that's possible. They could have cleaned the streets for me. I doubt it, but it's possible. Right. But the reality is, is when you smell something, you really smell it. Like we were walking down the street and we walked past this one tree. Somebody did something to that tree.

Technical Director: There you go. Right.

Hockey Jesus: Maybe it was a relation to the… Maybe it was a small version of the corpse flower, but I'm telling you something was dying either in that tree or around that tree, but you wanted to get away from that as fast as possible. You did not see me taking a selfie. You would have not seen me smiling like those people. You mean like those people right there? Look at them, they're smiling. This place smells so bad. Oh my God, selfie. It's a corpse flower. God, if I can bottle this smell.

Technical Director: Well, and I can make all kinds of jokes about smelly phalluses.

Hockey Jesus: Well, the other thing about San Francisco, by the way, they do have a, their trees and their flowers, dude, it's like, it's like cat in a hat in certain spots. Like you swear that you're like in a cartoon.

Technical Director: And with that, we're going to end this cartoon right now.

Hockey Jesus: Oh, well, all good things happen.

Technical Director: Hey guys, listen, we had a lot of people watch this show. I'm really, really pleased about that. Thank you very much. This has been the Sports Sports, the Black and Gold Edition on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, all over the world. We're going to drop the podcast right after this show on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get your frigging podcast. DG says, thanks for another good show. See you next week. Feel better, Grant Schwabini. Pat on track says something that I don't even want to say. Uh, all right guys, thanks a lot. That was Hockey Jesus and I'm your technical director and I am out.

Hockey Jesus: Feel better Mark.

Technical Director: Get back next week. Contract for Amy Mack.