Trey Wingo, the host of the new Pregame PowerUp on Mondays and Thursday at 6 p.m. ET on DraftKings Network, joined The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz on Wednesday to talk a little football.
After getting through Stugotz’s Top 5 places Bill Belichick could land next year, Dan asks Trey if he would agree that the 49ers have been the best team in football the last five years … it’s just that the Chiefs just have a better quarterback. Trey says, yes, he would agree that the 49ers roster top-to-bottom has been the best for a long time. But, with no offense intended to Brock Purdy, Patrick Mahomes is Patrick Mahomes and that dude is freakin’ magic. Furthermore, one of the coldest things Trey says he’s ever heard is Mahomes telling his family before the final game of the regular season last year that he had DECIDED the Chiefs were going to win the Super Bowl. He truly is the difference maker of all difference makers.
Moving on, how big a problem does the Bengals have when it comes to Ja’Marr Chase and his contract situation? Trey says he thinks it will get ugly quickly if the Bengals fall to Kansas City this weekend. He says it had felt like a new era in Cincy since Zac Taylor arrived, but with Chase holding out and Paul Brown going old school about in-season negotiations, it just reminded Trey of a conversation he had in the offseason with someone who he trusts who told him the vibe is not good. With all due credit to Jerod Mayo and the Pats, Trey says if you’re the Bengals you can’t have that team walk into your stadium and win Week 1. There are things in Cincinnati that aren’t sitting well right now, Trey says.
Meanwhile, in Sunday’s Dallas-Cleveland game, Trey found himself saying after the first half that one quarterback, Dak Prescott, looked like a guy who had earned his big-time contract while the other, Deshaun Watson, looked like a guy who never should have been given his big-time contract. Moreover, this is not a one-off for Watson, as Trey points out that ever since he arrived in Cleveland and served that 11-game suspension he has not come close to the player he was when he was with the Texans. Trey says there is a big problem in Cleveland as Watson’s cap hit for the next two seasons is $72 MILLION!!! There’s no way around it. Trey had a stat to back it up too — on Sunday Watson was 0-for-10 on throws of 15 yards or more down the field. That’s the worst percentage ever since they started keeping the Air Yards statistic in 2006. Watson is not getting it done right now and as he said in his piece here on DKNetwork.com, it is time for the Browns to consider playing Jameis Winston.
For more on Trey’s viral tweets and his take on steak, check out the full interview above and make sure to check Trey out on Pregame PowerUp on Mondays and Thursdays at 6 p.m. ET on DraftKings Network!
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SHOW BREAKDOWN
Local Hour: Don’t Tell Me That On My Birthday
Today’s cast: Dan, Stugotz, Chris, Billy, Jessica, and Tony. We kick off the show with epic Mad Dog sound on the Jets and an incredible Cleveland Browns radio hit. And while Dan wants to discuss the continued escalations around the Tyreek Hill story, Billy has breaking news on the Marlins uniforms and Stugotz has both a Top 5 0-1 Teams and Top 5 1-0 Teams in the NFL. Then, Taylor Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris, Chris debuts a new down-the-middle tone, and Stugotz’s book sales are taking off. Plus, Tim Miller, the host of The Bulwark Podcast, is here to give us expert insight on last night’s debate between Kamala Harris on Donald Trump.
The Big Suey: Dolphins-Bills ASMR
After Dave Grohl announced that he has fathered a child out of wedlock, Dan asks the question: is there any celebrity you’d be willing to put on a pedestal? Then, how rough is van life? Plus, Jevon Holland had a moment, we play a game of Against the Spread, and it’s time for some Dolphins-Bills ASMR ahead of Thursday Night Football.
Hour 1: Starts With A “M,” Ends With An “A”
Trey Wingo, who sounds like a 3-count chicken meal at a Mexican restaurant, is here to discuss his real name, the Top 5 Places Belichick Can End Up, Patrick Mahomes’ excellence, the Cleveland Browns debacle at QB, and how to properly consume steak. Then, are steak people or wine people more annoying? Also, we take time to celebrate the historically bad Chicago White Sox with some mesmerizing stats. Plus, our friendly neighborhood race lady Jemele Hill is here. Jemele questions why we always put the onus on victims to create change, whether that’s in sexual assault or interactions with the police. She also breaks down last night’s standout moments from the debate.
Hour 2: Generation CFB
As Dan teased by its official name at the end of Hour 1, Jessica and Lucy are here for another installment of Gen CFB. This week, the Texas Longhorns had a dominant win over the Michigan Wolverines, but it was a big week of upsets around college football and they dive into each of them. They also preview Week 3 of the College Football season. Then, Ariel Helwani is here to discuss his beloved Buffalo Bills and still having the highest viewed video in the history of our YouTube channel. He also dives into UFC 306 and his newest endeavor with Yahoo Sports.
Postgame Show: Jen Smetana’s Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Are bad losses at home Marcus Freeman’s kink?
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