After Hours with Amy Lawrence PODCAST: Hour 4

I think so. I don't know I'm a breeze or Jake coming here and and read what I posted on her Facebook page is responding to a question that did not got a surprise that producer Jaden asking this question on the air anyway. I do go back. My point in saying all of that is I don't think that I I cross any lines or that I was offensive in any way. I was very careful in how I phrased my answer, but I do go back and I respond to many of your questions on Twitter on Facebook separately because I recognize that Jake cannot get all of that we will be specifically limited to a segment where there's a heart out meeting, we are we are forced to stop talking at a particular time so that we don't get all your questions. We save some of the best one for our video versions of asking me anything will do another one of those coming out before the fall expires, probably sometime in October's and that's when my favorite months of the year so you can always send your questions to our show Twitter after our CBS producer J keeps track of those and then on her Facebook page 2 as I say I'm trying to go back and answer some of them I knew that I was gonna get our sarcastic response or nasty response about the Cleveland logo to because of course you can't make any jokes about the Cleveland Browns because fans always get upset.

Brian would like us to know it's not a new logo for the Browns that had the elves since the 50s with Paul Brown and Jim Brown. I knew that, but it's new on the field. Thank you, Brian Heath is Art Modell tried getting rid of the logo back in the late 80s and 90s. Not supposed to strike fear, but bring good luck. Oh but wait, I missed the part not supposed to strike fear like you sarcastically stated goal. I'm telling you Cleveland fans that some of you are the you get your painting in a wide and you get more upset about the dumbest stuff. Not all of you, but some of you are you just are defensive so quickly.

Brian, thank you for the information I said it's not my logo. It's not my team so the fans like it good. I'm so glad.

And yes I did know that it's not something new, just new on the field.

I appreciate that you are very kind to set the record straight sarcastically stated it's after hours with Emile are everything will time I talk about Cleveland summonses me a message you a Cleveland actually I think I don't hate claim a lot of you hate Cleveland at your front Cleveland. Actually my first baseball game I ever attended when I was a kid with my grandpa was in Cleveland I fond memories of Cleveland being someone who spent Webb Northeast Ohio is a second home to me that's where my mom. The family is from. So pretty familiar with it, lives migrant. Lived on a street that was half decorated in brown and orange and half decorated in gold and black for the large brown and orange motor. I can imagine that my grandparents would be rolling over in their graves if they'd heard Freddie kitchen say that you familiar with all the traditions I love Northeast Ohio will say that it's after hours on CBS sports radio or live from the rocket mortgage studios whether you're looking to purchase a new home or refinance yours. Rocket mortgage can help you get there home loan solutions that fit your life rocket can Brian, thank you for listening to good to hear from you.

The hump show is nearly at an end for us to got one hour to go hear about your hump day is just beginning. And once you get through it. Week two of the NFL season is on the horizons of working to get to little bit of that actually is a precursor to that I saw this information that is so crazy it's crazy numbers, information about the worth of the top NFL teams and the number of NFL teams that are valued in the top 50 of all pro sports franchises is pretty incredible as I would just one drop that on you because here we are week number one in the power of the NFL. It's already flexing its financial muscles to be sure, and it seems like every time there's controversy or whenever there's a headline that grips us during the off-season, that is more off the field than on just disappears. Once we get the games underway, and I'm not saying that's a positive thing up by I don't think the game should be the end-all to be all but that is a reality that is how it goes. Once the game started and the NFL Commissioner and the owners they bank on that they bank on the games themselves the competition that sucks you in and almost causes everything else to go quiet or to fade away even an elf on the middle of a field house it could resist. You can find me on Twitter as Brian did a law radio also on her Facebook page.

Like I said I'm very careful. I don't think I offended anyone. But I guess it will tell me if I did like Brian did 85521242278552124 CBS is our phone number. I want to give you the update on Albert pools he had a single last night, but he did not have homerun number 698 just saying that is crazy homerun number 698 will be his next one.

We did however have homerun's from the other guy that were watching Judge Swan auto drove the right field level is far both the blouse on their goals are all over the green monster over the most decisions also second homerun of the night George is so lovely here are all taught in full. How we'll go way to the whole railroad school Florio scores raises clearing three run double for good laboratory that showed sterling on Yankees radio and just for people who are Red Sox fans or know what Fenway Park at Lansdowne Street but you catch a stripped Aaron judge goes deep in the sixth and the eighth inning and with his batting average, now at 310. He's actually not that far off when it comes to the Triple Crown numbers.

I don't know whether or not he'll catch up to that the batting leaders in and batting titles for something he would consider with Aaron judge right. That's why the season is so impressive because he's not just a homerun hitter.

He's he's got all of the tools in his bag. Back when I went to Yankee Stadium on Saturday. He had two hits in the first inning. The Yankees batted around. He had to. It's in the first inning.

Did you know he got 20 more homeruns, then the next guy on the list in the majors that insane like the Dodgers with a 20 to have game lead over the Padres were a playoff team in the NL West Aaron judge with 57 home runs. Kyle's warbler is next on the list with 37.

Even my trout know you missed a bunch of time, but he did have homeruns in seven straight games. He's only in quotation.

He's only got 35 so judge is sitting on 57 home runs he already leads the majors with 123 RBI and then if you consider the American League batting leaders 310. He's fourth-place 9006 of a point behind Luisa Reyes of the twins.

Then you got Xander Bogart what Luis is at 319 you got Xander Bogart at 318.

Hosea break you of the White Sox at 312 and that Aaron judge so it's not that they have heard mentioned around Aaron known are not know for sure no Paul Goldschmidt sorry Paul Goldschmidt, the two of them are both dynamic for the Cardinals book Paul Goldschmidt your hearing the Triple Crown pursuit with him, but Aaron judge that's unheard of. He may very well with the MBP, though there still a pretty strong push for show.

Hey Otani as well, back to back the former Yankees pitcher actually went on record. Tuesday is saying that he thought it should be show a Otani and not Aaron judge who wins the American League MVP. Regardless those votes are not cashed yet but with his batting average up to 310. He's at least in the conversation for a Triple Crown judge during the Aaron judge is now sitting on 57 home runs, but does not want to keep count the numbers here about the numbers talk about the numbers, so others who number the Flickr approach box show RVR numbers from the holes you ration your oligarchs like to do something coming home and we can maybe is really good about them. I love what labor Torahs as to say really it's the motivation of Aaron judge. They follow his lead, not homeruns because they don't hit the ball like he does by labor Torres had the big bat in the 10th inning in Boston last night with the bases clearing double that he had in the 10th inning and so now after what was a stretch when they were scuffling to score runs. The Yankees have 27 runs in their last three games. And while the Blue Jays and the rays split a doubleheader on Tuesday you got those he's behind them, taking each other out. If that makes sense. So splitting wins is not going to get anybody closer to the Yankees. The rays were on quite a tear for a while but then ran into the Blue Jays, who right now are just as hot and for that reason.

They're both prevented from picking up a lot of ground in the AL East. So as it stands, the Yankees lead the Blue Jays by six jays of 17 of their last 10 I George Springer had a big homerun last night.

Actually this is kind of fun. He was busy doing his post game interview when velocity came calling to you so on. Sportsnet you can't see the Gatorade bath but just trust us. He got a bath from Vladimir Guerrero Junior after that though the Blue Jays and the rays they split Blue Jays have actually leapfrogged Tampa Bay in the standings there at six games out the razor at 6 1/2 and that the problem is you. You can't split wins, you can't go 50-50.

The rest of the way and expect to catch the Yankees more than likely I know they've slumped a bit. If I'm not mistaken there still below 500 since the All-Star break, but for now they are protecting that lead atop the American League East in the National League East, the World Series champions there, and again there within 1/2 game of the New York Mets and we've heard this before we heard the football of the Braves catching up to the Mets now.

Actually, the Mets can feel them breathing down their necks and so that's also a race to watch the Dodgers, though not so much the NL West, not so much mind.

There are three weeks left in the baseball regular-season printing waiting often delivers well. Paul will want to slaughter down right out of Kershaw. The second one.

Why drive with title is 50 500. This is one of domination is so it seems fitting that Clayton Kershaw was on the mound for the Dodgers locking up there ninth NL West title in 10 seasons member. Last year it went out of the wire with the sentences. Go Giants and fiscal one the division though lost to the Dodgers in the divisional round loss to the Dodgers game 501. Nothing game was a Chris Taylor hit or something like that.

That gave them a winning game five in San Francisco that was a fight series so it will be the Giants this year at the Padres are actually a playoff team at their 20 1/2 games back of the Dodgers. So here is my concern about the Dodgers and really I said this about the Yankees earlier in the year when you're on such a torrid pace that no one is pushing you. There's no sense of urgency. There's no adrenaline there's no pressure. Really, you're not feeling that tension in your gut.

The county prepares you for the playoff teams that have to play for their postseason lives. The final month of the season or even really apply this to any sport you remember me, even going back to 2019, when the Washington nationals were 12 games below 500 and make they had to fight and scratch and claw and then he faced elimination different times in the playoff. They were prepared for that because it took them every last bit of the regular season just to earn their their spot in October. That's not the case for for these Dodgers and while I know they got veterans there like a Freddie Freeman who won the World Series last year with the Braves like Clayton Kershaw who tosses the seven scoreless innings last night like milky bats, who won a World Series with the Red Sox and you got veterans but nothing else besides a World Series championship will do for these guys. They set the bar so high 98 wins already there.

One differential is 320.

They've got the best home road records in major league baseball.

Anything short of a World Series is failure and yet they're not playing that kind of baseball over the last month or really last two months of the season so that's my concern. As much as these guys have been through the fire before it's a little bit like the golden state warriors going back to those days when they were trouncing the West and they were getting pushed and they would cut a low fit and admit that they were bored during the regular season. They certainly could find the other gear because they knew what it took to win so let's see if those Dodgers have that same ability to flip the switch that proverbial switch if you will. It's after-hours here on CBS. You can find me on twitter a lot already, also on our Facebook page. Try to go back and answer some of your questions were asked Amy and as always we have the links to our podcast and our guests are pikas that separately tell you about our guest on Tonight Show. If you missed it earlier.

Plus, Nathaniel Hackett and about-face by the Denver Broncos rookie head coach and I'm assuming it's not because of the hot takes over social media that the man should be fired after one game. Please make me roll my eyes. It's after hours on a Wednesday morning good morning to you on CBS sports radio you are listening to the after-hours podcast is 60 you will be after-hours time to talk football with the Lord's. Well, we've heard over and over. You probably seen it more than one. The decision to kick a 64 yard field goal after the Broncos left 41 seconds playoff the clock without calling a timeout. They were clearly unprepared for 1/4 and five situation Broncos head coach that they don't Hackett admitted as much, that it caught them off guard when they went from third and 14 to 4th and five, and then there was a decision. There was a lack of preparation and they didn't know what to do. Ultimately, they did end up trying a 64 yard field goal. Instead of allowing Russell Wilson and the Broncos offense to try for the first down. I think that this is probably the other that Jack Prescott with the fractured thumb. The most talked about moment of the entire first week of the regular season.

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We are breaking it all down. We had a guest from Seattle Brenda Chris Dalen KOA radio in Denver. Nathaniel Hackett said very clearly that they had competence in their kicker and he said they never expected to to pick up as many yards they don't. Third down and they were prepared for fourth down and without explicitly saying it that is offense could get that yardage to be able to convert the first down to get them closer to Brandon McManus's range.

It was a total disaster.

They really shot themselves in the foot by not calling the timeout, the first of three to try to figure out what they were going to do. So the whole thing kinda blew up in his face and there's been a lot of criticism of Nathaniel Hackett because he's a rookie head coach and he was seemingly unprepared. I think it's ridiculous. The number of people deep, deeming him a failure saying that he's over his skis that he had that deer in the headlights look beneath son of a coach.

He's a longtime operative coordinator and he earned this job with Denver because he impressed John Elway and George Payton. Everything else in that moment he botched it royally and he's now admitted that this wasn't the way that they should have played it in hindsight, of course, which is 2020 on Tuesday changing his mind about attempting an overlong field goal.

Looking back, I should've gone for just not not you know one of those things you look back at it you say of course we should go for we must available, but in that situation. We had a plan.

We had a plan. We knew the 46 was the mark. We were third and 15. I think third 13, more upset about the play before to lose yards to be able to know giving that there would've definitely been better to recall that same plaintiff X regards thinking that when you sit there and so you see we all know he's got a big leg.

You know he's been kicking for a long time you know I'm wanted to know give him that opportunity want to give him a chance to win the game right there and you have the distance just one little bit left and is just one of those things is unfortunate but that was her plan going into it and an officer. Looking back at it, you know, if you missed the field you're always going to wish you would've gone Fortin.

If you were gone for it not gotten it would give them a chance that I agree with that. I think regardless of whether you go for it and you convert the fourth down or you don't. If you trust your quarterback and your offense that's always the better play because the 64 yard field goal is not a high percentage play is not ever Brandon McManus or maybe a little more competent with the thin air, but you're nearly as confident its lumen field not right you not nearly as competent and looming field with the 12 man making a ton annoyed expires on the kick coat jacket that he got out of his system would use about 70 was sucking in pregame warm-up before basketball and they break about seven threes in a row when you say well get all the business out of your system not actually how it works, that after hours with Amy here on CBSSports so wide that legislate to circle back one more time. Why go for the field goal. Instead of putting the ball in the hands of your Pro bowl veteran QB go for it on fourth down and then you hit the mark. Wait a bit hard to really starting to go for 6 yards okay for six airlines where we want to be and we got decision want to give it to our you know Brandon and we did and didn't work sucks but that's part of just really is not left to the much left to the imagination. But imagine the chaos that's going on between the sidelines where there now scrambling to change their mind they change their mind. They were going down some of its intent to go for, but not if it's more than 518 they go for it. Or I guess if you think about third and 14, what was the snap before let's just say for the sake of argument, they got no yards or 1 yard.

I'm pretty sure call me crazy but he just said we were planning to go for it on fourth down until they got to the 46 yard mark because that was on the fringes of of McManus range. That's crazy. They actually change their minds when they got more yards only want to think that's odd they were going to go for it on fourth down and then decided to go for 64 yard field goal, but here this to is why you have to look at that 30 seconds to ticked off the clock. They were still unorganized and they were so unprepared for that moment, he admitted as much when do I do. He should be fired. No who you know what producer Jay had to have a brilliant ID.

Remember earlier when we played up a snippet from Mike Tomlin. He was asked about his young running back Jaelyn Warren, who had to step in for Naji Harris on Sunday when knowledge he was knocked out of the game with a foot injury and he said what about Jaelyn Warren's leg mess great place to begin okay guess who did urinate down his leg yet, in a manner of speaking, I don't think he enema girl that I don't like to talk about bodily functions on the air but is that he said at first, not me is that appropriate. I think it moment they wait.

Botched the clock they would all that time and planning for more than five they change their minds actually actually planning for fourth in 12 or 10 or eight. They change their minds. Fourth and five, they take the ball out of his hand.

I just can imagine if that was still Peyton Manning which of course Peyton Manning would've said that's not happening were not going for the kick he would set the kicker back to the sidelines so would Tom Brady and all these guys are alpha males. Ehrenreich can you imagine no negative ghostwriter get the hell off my field, is what he saying any interested. It was a game on it was week one.

He did in fact urinate down is like capable happening for younger, that's absolutely what happened really quick. Tony's been hanging on in Idaho.

Tony save me from more of the talk about this big botched mistake. What's up yeah you really I love your show. God bless your producer why is that because they deal with me know. Yeah, exactly. Gotcha. Okay good start. Tony going. I love you hi can you actually will want to know your opinion on the wrong thing in the ground need this on right but it's irrelevant.

I it's irrelevant you need to Tony Tony Holland. It's irrelevant that they need him because he's not available till week 12] point we have so many good players on every position. Okay, so why are why is everyone discounting them what everyone is.

I'm sorry can't answer for everyone. I can only answer for me. It certainly is not optimal