After Hours with Amy Lawrence PODCAST: Hour 4

Friday I needed Friday to get here quick. Although this time tomorrow I will be little parking at the airport getting ready to get on the flight so this particular workweek is been a little more hectic because were try to get used to the football schedule again. I it's also the last week of summer about that last week last full weekend of summer. Summer is fading and waning and yes football is fast and furious over all into week number two and I think by this time next week probably will be a little more adjusted to this to this the season and into everything is going on but I will admit it kinda hit me smack in the face and then starting out on week number two.

Thursday night we got a brand-new element to the NFL season, and that's Amazon prime, not quite exclusive, so it's kind of funny when they say exclusive because it isn't actually in the Kansas City and Los Angeles markets you were able to watch the game over over network TV. Whatever network normally carries the games in those two cities. What those two metros you are able to see the game still but nationally. The only place you could watch the game outside of KC or LA was Amazon prime. You could listen to the game on West would wind it because I did that when I was getting ready for work and also you could listen to it with the local radio broadcast either Kansas City or alike. Yes exclusive, but it doesn't mean that if you don't have prime you are unable to follow the game or watch the game at all. That's not the case and as I found out last that I didn't even realize it when you go to prime to to turn on the broadcast. They actually give you the option to record the game. I had no idea you could record on a streaming service but apparently there some way to do it's off to try that down the road as well about the broadcast looked beautiful course arrowhead Stadium with all the fans decked out in red it is quite a sight to behold the audio is great lease for me. I didn't have any issues with the audio or the video.

I thought Al Michaels brought instant credibility. The fact that he's the first face and voice that you hear when they get to the broadcast of course data, a pregame casting and crew of thousands. Ryan Fitzpatrick with a Hawaiian shirt and a code that did not match Tony Gonzales looking impeccable as always alongside Andrew Whitworth. The Rams offense of lineman who just retired after winning a Super Bowl and then Richard Sherman to get a variety of voices and a variety of experiences in the NFL. And you also had Carissa Thompson, who was right there in the center of it so Amazon shelling out a lot of money to bring in the biggest names in the most I think interesting characters that they can compile along without Michael's though Kirk Kirk Street.

Two prominent football voices in the United States again getting instant credibility to this broadcast were not talking about some kid right out of college who is calling his first games and Amazon.

They spent money to the hilt to make this as professional a broadcast as they could possibly make it an while the numbers will be anywhere like the 18 million viewers that tuned into Monday night football or the types of viewership numbers that routinely accompany NBC, CBS, Fox will be the same because not only do do you not have the same number of sports fans with prime think the idea behind his 11 year contract is that Amazon prime wants to increase its viewership by attracting people who want to watch the NFL, but it's it's a little more difficult to find right, I saw our friend Ross Tucker of former NFL offense of lineman tweet about the over under number of relatives who come to him around 815 or 820 Eastern time asking how they can find the game and why the game isn't on TV and so is much as were immersed in the sport and were immersed in football, so we knew it was on Amazon prime.

The average football fan would have no idea write me at something you have to go and seek out there are times when my my mom or my mom says will send me who's got the game tonight right so if you're immersed in it or you work in the business will you know where the games air, but if you're not in your casual fan, then you probably had trouble finding the game last night because for the first time ever, the national broadcast was exclusive to Amazon prime TV at their own hashtag on Twitter so what did you think I love the picture and the audio and video quality were were great and I love Amazon prime for a lot of reasons I've been a member in long before they got football and things of that I have my own account. I don't just use my mom's but there video quality. They produce a lot of dramatic TV series and it's it's like watching TV meets TV quality. It's over the air quality so I thought the quality was dynamic.

The only thing that is annoying and I'm whatever this is just me first world problems is that you can't watch a bunch of other channels while you're in the app right.

So while you're streaming on Amazon prime.

Even if you have a smart TV.

You can't hit one button and go to your last channel. You can't rotate through bunch of different channels in order to watch a baseball game say I have to back out of the streaming change the input on my TV and go to my cable so probably in the future I'll end up watching the football game on during October. For instance, when there's so many postseason baseball games going on and I can't afford to be just watching football all put football on my laptop and I'll end up watching baseball on my TV so I know it's not perfect if you want to watch a bazillion things. Mostly, though, I think it's changing our habits right Netflix wasn't as huge a deal. 10 years ago or YouTube was in his huge deal. 10 years ago we change our habits.

We change the ways that we consume media and we consume sports and it's happening all over in every other genre. So of course it's going to happen with football and then of the bottom line right Amazon paying billions with the be billions of dollars to have the rights of Thursday night football for I think it's 11 years I think the contract is a lead in years. So you either get prime or you listen on the radio and after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio.

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The NFL still has the power to draw people in, which means that there will be fans who get Amazon prime specifically to watch football. That's what Amazon's banking on. That's what the NFL is banking on this being a profitable partnership between the two entities, and to that end. It's also not a mistake or coincidence that they put the best matchup of week two on Thursday night football next week. It's another rivalry coming from the ASU nor did I say was Pittsburgh and Cleveland next week on Thursday night football. The NFL is throwing Amazon prime. These Thursday night games that fans don't want to mess into that and again they're hoping this will create a larger viewing audience and will be profitable for both the league as well as Amazon as if Amazon needs more profit.

Really, I don't know who I to look at that producer Jake who's got the you more bloated annual revenue is it Amazon or is it the NFL. Can you Google just to be a quick search. I don't know if there is you can find a petite, you can Google, Amazon, annual revenue, just for kicks and giggles because we know that the NFL Commissioner Roger Caddell who was there with Jeff basals last night. Roger Odell is stated his goal of making the NFL at 25,000,000,000.25 million 25 million 25 billion $25 billion a year industry. So if Amazon's raking in more than 25 billion per year, but I suppose it's Amazon giving a handout to the NFL. I met automatics much more than what tell me what is it $470 billion. It that revenue in 2021 you from .110. Okay.

So when I tell you that the NFL is the sports league that every other league want to be when it grows up Amazon is what NFL wants to be what a gross holy cow meat about people having Amazon. It's not as rare as you think football fans. Once you figure out where it is actually someone said to me earlier on on Twitter that he can only afford basic cable. He doesn't have the money for prime which I understand sometimes you have to make a choice between one of the other. A lot of my family members have cut the cord so they only use streaming for the annual fee I pay I think that what I paid last year or this year skews me, and in February was up but I hundred and $12 for the entire year.

That's far less than what I pay for cable as it left and I want to tone it shows on Amazon, so it may be worth the investment or worth the switch. All had to say the NFL is doing. Amazon a solid by putting the best game of the week on Thursday night featuring two dynamic quarterbacks were becoming household names. While Patrick Holmes already is the former NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP, but Justin Herbert is getting there and put them both. All I know prime time on Thursday night at arrowhead Stadium, which is a looker when it's full, and the ground shakes when it really gets rockets. Pretty amazing that initially Justin Herbert and the Chargers picked up where they left off or not a murder with his second touchdown. It is many weeks one-yard. Herbert the right side of the end zone for more than they Should.

Matt Smith on Chargers radio so you can listen to local radio. If you don't have Amazon, so for that reason part of the reason we had a lead for the Chargers at the half. 10 to 7. Both teams had moments where they were able to move the football but also had moments where they came to a grinding halt said neither team had a +50% conversion rate on third down, but man, if you thought that was impressive. Justin Herbert hooking up with Xander Horvath is not a target that a lot of people would know maybe to work into this offense a little more. There was also a moment dangling there for cheap stands in the first half that was vintage Patrick Holmes's misuse attraction motionto try to get the outside. The fires of some touchdown improvisation chasers seven so so 2022 that's been told this on cheap radio see what I mean all kinds of ways you can follow the game moans is brilliant at creating on-the-fly. He is the prototypical improv quarterback mean this is a guy when I think about what with Watkins is that in the pregame that llama Holmes is great and all, but Aaron Rodgers is on another level. Okay yes Aaron Rodgers has more MVP awards. Aaron has an arm he can throw over days. He is so experienced and really is never seen anything on the football field that that's new vitamin at this point, but Tom Brady. There isn't anything that he hasn't seen out there. He processes football differently but it's not that big of a separation between Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Holmes.

It really isn't. I mean, the, the way that Patrick can extend plays and now he's younger and more athletic than Aaron.

Aaron doesn't run around nearly as much. Patrick and Doc he can feel the defense. He's got that that instinct and that sixth sense about the defense of where it's coming from and how he's got timing and field vision and then he just creates new arm angles the matrix makes it up on this touchdown throw to Jared McKinnon in the second quarter was four score the game for the Chiefs. It looked like he was shoveling the ball from shortstop to second base I mean he was Steve get the lead runner out there on the diamond starting to them what the guy can do and this is all on the move frequently wrongfooted and everything else and yet he creates so seamlessly which is why you so much fun to watch. So you got a 10 seven leave for the Chargers at half their I say this I point this out only because I want to know the Chiefs are not just waiting because Patrick Holmes is is Patrick Holmes. No, actually as good as he was against. Don't tell me against the Cardinals in the first in the first week of the season. They have yet put together a stretch when they feel like they're completely locked-in all the way through mean Patrick said that after week number one and again last night. The offense sputtered to start. They did score their first trip inside the red zone. But then they punted four times in the first half, which is double what they had in their first game and so it's not perfect yet what we've seen is that the defense is stepping up to and was able to limit what the Chargers could do in that first half, but the acrobatic catches in the acrobatic moves were just limited to Kansas City 15 yards.

William slides down the Chargers out of their leave. The Chargers defense is so much better to enter that and at this point in the game as Mike Williams is hauling in this acrobatic catch he first grabbed it with his right hand he pulled in Nantucket against his body and then tweet and lands on his right butt cheek that's how he stays inbound. He's doing that he already has more receiving yards, then the Chiefs have in their entire passing and so not only are the Chiefs defenders that infused with some youth. Now I to go along with their experience of receiving the chief defense carry its own weight, but the Chargers defense is much improved. We know this know they didn't get to Patrick Holmes officially for more than one sack. Khalil Mack was in on that one. Both defenses are forces to be reckoned with. In addition to the offenses which is why these two teams or are going to be challenging and part of that AFC power power, but I got a call power not a power struggle would work a power struggle would work reported that AFC power pyramid were thinking of power just power. It's a Friday morning I'm dreading about where the word is just escaping me, but my point is, both these teams will be in the mix, and we know the AFC is stacked so they're going to be pushing like everybody up like the bills at some of the other teams. He talked about in the AFC and so the Chargers are much better team, even though later in the game. It was like the one mistake right Justin Herbert. He is he the guy who can make any throw in the field to maybe not, is as adept at the improvisation, but man it's a lot of fun to watch him play.

And so he continues to move the team up and down the field. I have over 400 yards of offense one moment that one moment when they were in a hurry up, turns out to be the turning point, Georgia will search. I love how much Mitch Holt is packed into that play-by-play course he did have 99 yards J Lynn Watson going the other direction. So first thing there in a hurry up offense. The Chargers and maybe just maybe that is one reason why Watson had his eye also. The two previous plays Herbert had gone to the same receiver and what they do. He was about to go to that receiver 1/3 time.

Watson was ready great anticipation for the rookie quarterback out of is your hole to say was due Washington state and he's 1/7 round pick were not talking about a guy who was coming into the NFL with a bunch of fanfare and pomp and circumstance. Now they picked him in the seventh round and he proved to Andy Reid and the coaching staff that he belonged out there in the field. Some progressively get better during camp played obviously a high level in college soon back there so is Lucas could competition the figures prior most most of all Jess's progress in admitting Good size can run you saw that after the interception those beautiful was beautiful on Chiefs radio and he read their 17 unanswered points over the third and fourth quarters for the Kansas City Chiefs and that was really the turning point. They tack on a couple of field goals and while they do give up another touchdown to the Chargers. They are able to hold them off and get their second win and yet this is not a perfect offense of game for the Chiefs, not even at home.

Not even with my Holmes doing what he does. He's under 250 yards passing is a couple of touchdowns, but they were only one only one of three in the red zone the same as what we saw last week against the Cardinals because the Chargers D is much improved and this is a battle I love this I love is already what we seen from the AFC West LA they have to hold off the Raiders in week number one and week number two they twice have a double figure lead against the Chiefs, but are unable to prevent the Chiefs from coming back so there's a very very slight margin for error in this division. Unless of course you're the Broncos and you choose to go for 64 yard field goal is that of just going for it on fourth and five in I could help it.

All right, what's the after hours game of the week on Twitter after hours. CBS also on her Facebook page and your reaction to the debut of Amazon prime football that weird weird Amazon prime football Amazon football football Amazon what you think is all right. I also like people what you said you sure where during commercial breaks. I tend to flip over to a baseball game or to literally anything else that is in the commercial and I couldn't do that yet, so we could watch our laptops, though, and then watch something else on TV, which I daresay will be valuable.

Once we get into October were baseball players are taking job producing more phone you could use of phone to what I thought you I do have multiple TVs in my house, but there are different rooms of the thing to help me get one TV and then run to the other TV and then run back will see my my main floor TV. Actually, our Apple TV on that one is outdated, I guess. So with the buyer updated or new Roku River sold my Amazon prime app on that TV upstairs didn't let me watch the game because it's not up to date. I guess my downstairs TV had has the more updated were you getting your steps going up and down the stairs. All right, so your thoughts on Amazon football. I stayed a few more times. It's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio you are listening to the after-hours podcast under pressure in the right sideline 30 to 34 yard line and understood it is slow to get up really slowed revenue. You don't ever see you so continues to be incredible times their hopes alive on the after-hours time to talk with you, Lawrence. Not only did Justin Herbert wrote the yard six which was the turning point J Lynn Watson, the chief defense coming up with the play of the game by. He later got hit hard by Mike Dana who ended up hitting him and when that happened he is. He was affected for the rest of the game. He was grimacing. He was in pain.

I he was really struggling a couple times even to throw the football. That was you here with Matt Smith and company on Chargers radio. He was gotta get out the best that he could so I taught fourth quarter for Justin Herbert but did lead them on another touchdown drive and through that 7 yard strike to Joshua Palmer with every single throw or move that you could tell that he was feeling that the shooting pain. So whether it's bruised ribs. Whether it's cracked ribs. He was getting x-rays after the game. He did not speak to the media but is head coach Brandon Staley did stuff game and not consider quarterback in any level. Football cleats offer and do more for their team and will their team to give him a chance on him.

There's nobody that can do what he can do. Nobody showed a lot of guts. He showed us what he shows every day that were never out of the fight he brought us back and give us chance of source, a tough NFL game and he took some big hits and none of those pickets had any impact on him bring his team back like he always does whatever he was going through into standard and replace the school district leaders and Mike Williams, who finished up with well over 100 yards receiving their body slams in this game.

Did you see the chocolate out of what was it was a couple different Chargers who picked up Travis Kelsey and slammed him on the field like it's WWE Chris LoPresti's here in studio was that Darwin James is sure was. He's healthy. He is the use of ECF Elizabethan.

Then when Mike Dana derails Justin Herbert. He also knocked back. In fact, I feel like depending on which crude is for the NFL. There might've been a flag there about piledriving the quarterback even though you could tell that he was trying not to apply his full weight to Herbert, but he definitely got like square to I feel for defensive players.

It's so hard to know what you can and can't do. This is like a small margin for error between flag and no flight and that its objective as well so depends upon the crew but when you have guys like Kurt Warner, for instance, saying that the field is tilted in favor of the offense. You know that it's a big deal so you hear what Brandon Staley had to say he's okay. He's tough. We got it.

If this is an indication of what were going to get through the AFC West buckle up again.

The Broncos are to continue to make bonehead decisions. They probably will be part of the equation moving forward. But what we've seen so far is is pretty incredible from these teams and the Raiders will get back in action coming up so Selah just out of curiosity. Any insight as to why the NFL gave us a doubleheader on Monday night a week to both of the games originating from the eastern picture that I know we were so accustomed to that week one split doubleheader right now you have the West Coast game. I guess maybe it has something to do with honoring the TV package for ESPN. The amount of games that they have to get why they're doing it in the same time zones. I don't know the answer to that. You're up early this morning, but what did you think of Amazon prime football what to call it TNF on prime Amazon football here.

We need something little low you say it will catch you, I mean, it seems comfortable and familiar to me because about Michael's progress so that part. You know, did not seem strange bars the presentation when I thought it was fine I would.

I will admit I did not make it to the end of the game had to get up early this morning, but I think it will be fine to not know I'm used to, because I'm been an Amazon guy for a while, so I've used prime streaming like to watch the Yankees here New York when they're on song.

It wasn't a brand-new thing for me so didn't feel too far and so maybe I'm not the most objective person to ask Jay and I were annoyed by the same thing which Ann and I that prime for years to but the fact that you can't select table serve when you're at and that you get go flip over watch the baseball game or sometimes I just don't want to watch commercials yeah so all flip over to about Star Wars on TNT or something. That was the only thing during baseball playoffs.

I'll probably have to have my laptop with prime and then watched baseball yeah that's the right eye that is the one thing with stream in the sports that I just kind of I gotten gotten used to and come to accept but it is frustrating, or even if you have the ability to switch it's not an instant thing. There's been a delay as a buffer that I can be tough. Yes, so people are figuring out that this is a new thing that it's here to stay right it's an 11 year deal. It billions of dollars so you're gonna have to get used to it is deftly that the present as well as the future.

I'm sure there will be more leagues that take advantage of the money that comes from these various streaming packages all right straight ahead. We've got your QB news to come to get you set for week number two on Sunday. Plus the boom moment of the week and you can vote for the after hours game of the week on both Twitter and Facebook. You are listening to the after-hours podcast so as we come to this verse. I just lay down the a long list highlights Sawyer goal were also short moment right here with the grandstanding of port one is taken when writing your Molina 325 start as a regular season majorly battery passing Mickey will bill you had 1963 through 1975 with the Detroit Tigers was allowed to manage honestly early on specially as the crowd was so awesome. You know, make a me just give constant chills and tear, you know, just trying to manage my adrenaline because it wanted to just go through the roof. Wainwright got here Molina continue to work together and as they get deeper into this 2022 season. They'll continue to set more records that Wainwright not even sure he's retiring yet with that. We know you got here Molina is and then of course you got the operable component is a good time to be a Cardinals that is not what Oliver Marmol told to follow these Cardinals John Rooney on Cardinals radio and no joke. I'm not missing any of the Albert pools that bad. Listening to him on the radio just adds an extra element of electricity and so excited he only needs three more so about one per week, but he has not had one since last Sunday writing hit home runs on Saturday and Sunday are to last weekend.

So were waiting on him.

He said RBI and consecutive three consecutive games, but not home runs since last weekend. It's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio. I guess he doesn't need to steal all of the headlines. All of the time the Cardinals got a good thing going.

We are really excited about week two because of what we see week one that makes sense. We we tend to overreact and then I try to tap the brakes and sometimes I don't tap the brakes but after week number one. It's such a small sample size that we need week number two to help us figure out what in the heck is going on got divisional matchups.

We've got some conference matchups among teams are expected to be powers that we just got some opportunities to see these teams in action again against very different competition is we've got QB that are injured, we've got to be more help from the people around everything as we head into week number two of the wealthy. But when we start with the game that just wrapped up the kicked off the weekend Patrick Malone finished with 235 yards passing couple of touchdowns and perfect the cheese offense wasn't perfect, like the fact that it was all hands on deck Justin Watson came in a little banged up close around pretty any warning. It's a probable All-Pro corner and so for a guy like that to make their imprint on the game.

That'll help us out as we get into something like this that we can we get touchdowns in and everybody was first suffered from your root chakra to the ball faster stuff like that. I saw the second half. We just we trust in our lawn week we gave him a few chips a few receivers hidden tightens, doing stuff to help them out.

Great job of Jimmy that sounded enough time to make those throws but is a great defense and although we battled and found a way to get to where Jesus kept us in the game.

Also sweet and we play our best football and I think the defense was huge for them to keep us in that game makes a place to poison the board Allman in the skin. Just give us a chance and I think it was a young defense like that to see that this early in the season to carry us to wrestle with young defense with Jaelyn Watson and the pick six and then Justin Watson hauling in a 41 yard TD pass from a home so it's new faces and yet the result is the same into a no start for the Chiefs, the Las Vegas Raiders lost to these chargers in week number one. And so now they're looking for their first win of the year for Derek car still try to get acclimated to Josh McDaniels but they're doing a whole lot of talk in George Millet's article was observed on Michael call me to make sure that my kids were in bed already is. Are you don't go for your kids voice. It was good about that but we have our conversation just just make sure him and are always insane. Certain documentation just in those couple weeks we been doing that alone assists just the growth of the communication Argosy no members keep doing this with him will get on get it rolling them centers search I Raiders hosting the Cardinals are also looking for their first win this year after they got pasted by the Chiefs in the season opener out Joe Barro and the Cincinnati Bengals losing that crazy overtime affair against the Pittsburgh Steelers there now on the road at the Dallas Cowboys in week number two and what do you look for with that Dallas defense Joe Barro Parsons is a router player plan for him everywhere where he's at all times can you and Mike is why I'm not so comfortable taking the bangles in the survivor pool but it is good for rice instead of Jack Prescott for the Cowboys as Jack is nursing that some injury releases the veteran is not new to the Cowboys for a while until years know that that's done what you're doing to support a chance for doing this will tough out there so closely you know what, referring to Kellan for the offense of coordinator.

That was the suggestion of some fans can he get out there and Sudha Cooper garage. The Cowboys are not putting back on IR.

They're not making a quarterback new move excuse meets Cooper rush or bust.

We shall see. Pete Carroll told us four months that Gino Smith was the leader and was taking command of that quarterback spot with the Seahawks and boy did he show up in a way that thrilled Pete Carroll on Monday night football.

What we have gotten whole what will the whole career behind him where he was learned and studied and grown and it always had a great attitude maintain the opportunity to learn got real commitment and not to mention that he's got a terrific arm and so you put all that together and were not seen the same to maybe six or seven years ago were soon a different version of knowing while he spent four years when my Russell. You don't really get the chance to show so nobody ever knew. So we've just been backing up and for him to go out under those circumstances without much pressure and focus in the country like that. It was about the marvelous performance Carroll rating on Sirius XM NFL radio. Can the Seahawks to do it this week fell on the road at the San Francisco 49ers were presumably we will not see the slop.

The trailheads played in in Chicago right now for trail and he still try to make that starting job his own and that means seeking leadership and accountability. Once adjustable center of the Simplot so it's my decision. Most the time when the ball goes, how it gets better. Things like first in the snow I played in the snow. I call this Wednesday past protections, whatever.

Maybe most of this is a play called Kyle something. The day I see it is this. There's always been much better answer, because whatever there is always watching the tape. The result is always an option is better answer must do like disclose directly placement. Little things like that. Notice no. 232 versus 34 and a little things like with a lot of slop so people looking forward to seeing Trey without the monsoon Justin fields and the bears as well. Tom Brady has got the Buccaneers on the road at the New Orleans Saints. This is one of the choices were after-hours game of the weekend lately not been so easy in the Superdome. They know how to get the job done there like record players on both sides of the ball. Been a long time so stuff environment to play uniquely good teams on the road got to go play will and just cost sometimes replayed him having a great job that course Davis Winston facing his former team got balanced to make room for Tom Brady Buccaneers only had one touchdown that game on Sunday night against the Dallas Cowboys, though they did get 127 rushing yards from Leonard Burnett so for the saints.

It was a big fourth quarter come back there.

Also one and 04 17 straight points in the final 12 minutes to get the Buccaneers that might be a taller order just a taste of what's to come in week number two. So what is the after-hours game of the week. Well, you can find the pole on our show Twitter after-hours CBS or on our Facebook page. Love to hear your reaction. Amazon prime. People are yelling at me because, well, just because that's what we do. The last weekend of summer.

No yelling, just enjoy breathing because pretty soon it will be followed audit which actually I'm all about. I'll talk to you Sunday night from Green Bay. It's after hours on CBS sports radio