After Hours with Amy Lawrence PODCAST: Hour 1

Seven months I got a man the first Tuesday after the first football weekend whom I didn't do my dishes. I fold my laundry I did even about my groceries on Tuesday and it be like a doughnut brick is dropped on my head. I made it just despite the monsoon and the flooding in the area which is good. I'm not complaining managed on Tuesday morning to stop at the grocery store on my way home from work because I had not in my refrigerator. My housesitter who was taking care of the house and the pets while I was in Houston has a left food and condiments and other things in my fridge because she's also going to be taking care of the house and the pets. While I am in Wisconsin starting on Saturday. Short trip just about three and half days and I will I will be taking nights off will be working from Green Bay, but she left a bunch of stuff in my fridge. There's more of her stuff in my fridge.

Then there was my food and and my drinks and condiments in my fridge before I went to the grocery store because I hadn't gone since I returned from Houston anyway that just got indicates to you why you had to go. I had to go Tuesday morning so I stop I get my groceries. I'm all loaded up I get home I managed to feed the pets get the cold stuff into the fridge and at least the rest of the car was unloaded and then of course Patty had to go for a walk to get her medicine so I am about halfway down the block when all of a sudden I get hit with this wave of tired boy and I'm wobbly and the dog and are walking about the same pace which rarely ever happened as I get back to the house and I was all I could do just to get back to the house get her taken care of get my teeth brushed and get in bed and I I told producer damage try to read a page of my book all my goodness I did even make it a paragraph. Not even a paragraph out of my book before I was falling asleep, nodding all my books. I finally gave up and fell asleep right away but even when I woke up not a whole ton energy for much of anything. It was taco Tuesday in my house so I made is taco Tuesday and also had an opportunity to catch up with former Heisman Trophy winner and College football Hall of Fame quarterback Danny Warfel. For those of you who are college football nerds are college football fans going back a couple decades you'll remember Danny Warfel. He was he was Steve Spurrier's QB the first big time QB and he not only won the high somebody help to lead the gators to the national championship and he while he's got this incredible football story. He made it into the NFL for a cup of coffee, but then he discovered a different purpose in a different passion in his life.

His path is been anything but easy. It's really incredible. The pitfalls that he's encountered both physical meaning health as well as well want to give it away because I want you all to hear the conversation, but just as well logistically and some of the I would say challenges that were thrust on him that really he had nothing to do with Israel understand. Like I said I don't want to give it away because you can hear the conversation, but it was really good to catch up with him and to hear what he is doing now in his life. You guys will be blown away by how his path took a very drastic turn post football. So that was also on Tuesday afternoon really good to talk to Danny but that was pretty much all the energy I had between the interview of the conversation with Danny and then taking care of Penny. Of course, and then taco Tuesday. That was about it chain I did a little planning for the rest of the week we looked at some of the storylines for Tonight Show, but it definitely is the home show. It definitely does feel like that so I'm happy that we survived the first football weekend I believe that dipping our toe back into the football waters.

We did a pretty good job.

Nothing majorly derailing the show. We had some amazing storylines as always are because that's the NFL. The best reality show on TV. I'm not sure if you saw the headline, but the enemies who in the world knows why the enemy thought it was a good idea to go up against the first Monday night football game of the year, but the enemies had their worst ever TV ratings because football stole whatever was left of their audience award shows. Maybe just maybe they feel archaic now Oscar's enemies. It's not that these people are incredibly talented but have you noticed even starting before the pandemic that people are watching less and less of TV as it pertains to really rich people, winning a lot of awards and and and kind of the shows that emphasize the gap between them and the rest of the United states of America and so I did. I don't know if they'll ever be restored to their former glory.

But I certainly know that up against the NFL.

They got no shot worst ratings ever for the enemies of all time low against Monday Night Football, I tell you all the time that football is a cash cow and it's the league that every other league wants to be when it grows up and to that end, I saw you know much I love this kind dirty stuff II saw this article that was kind of highlighting the, the earnings power of the NFL and why it is that you've got a family like the Walton painters who will build up bid close to and shell out close to $5 billion to be a member of this NFL ownership group is all share that with you coming up a little bit later on because it is the home show. You know it's your opportunity to ask Amy anything and we decided it's not even executive decision. This was a team decision after some further discussion we decided to put ask Amy back into its long time spot which is middle show. Well middle show middle show of the week. The effect of the middle portion of the middle show but for those of you are listening in the Pacific time zone.

It will be at OB at 1:40 AM Pacific time 4:40 AM Eastern time. We found it really makes a big difference.

Actually, we had kinda moved around to a couple of different spots is based on interviews that we hide or based on this strange desire to investigate what would happen and how it might be impacted, but we decided that people have built their schedules and are creatures of habit. We are creatures of habit and so it needs to go back to the spot that it's inherited or inhabited, I should say for the better part of the last nine years, so we have about 2 1/2 hours.

That seems to be time for you all to come up with your creative questions so you can send them to our show Twitter after our CBS while you're there, please vote for the TD of the week were getting Lotta healthy traffic to our poll both on Twitter as well as on Facebook, but he got after our CBS on Twitter, it's pain to the top of our show Twitter account and that you will also see the bright orange box that says ask Amy anything she can send your questions there. I saw actually producer J. Some of them were coming in already earlier in the week. I did see one actually, we have trained our listeners. I don't want to compare them to lab rats or Pavlov's dog but we have conditioned and trained our listeners so they know what's coming. During the home show and summer was a bit ahead of Ms. here and there, not only with time away, but different shows moving around yada yada yada and so we are pleased to announce that ask Amy is returning to the spot where you are most comfortable word feels like your sweatpants and a broken in pair of slippers. I have not yet worn my slippers this year. Well going back to the wintertime. I haven't worn them this summer/it's not even really fall yet starting to feel like bones in blazes, but it's it's not fall yet so haven't worn them since probably the late spring, but I was tempted I was tempted. On Tuesday evening because it it was already. The temperatures were already plummeting down to low 60s in my neighborhood and I turned off the AC. I opened up a bunch of windows and come to find out could be 55 in my neighborhood.

By the time I get home in the morning, which is amazing. Bring it, bring it all.

Can I tell you something funny my work email has a password that essentially is something along the lines of bring on some are about to tell you what it is because just in case you can figure out where to log into my email. That's probably not a smart play by me, but it's something along the lines of let's get the summer because in the spring time. It was so busy it was just insane. Total insanity and I just wanted the calm of summer it didn't turn out to be that call, but it was a breather, at least a little bit now when I type it in. I think what in the world why in the world that I want summer should know there were some fine elements of the summer spending time at the beach, going rafting on the Delaware River did three different baseball games actually Fenway Park and city Field and Yankee Stadium and all three of them.

The temps were damn near close to 98 act well or over 98, Fenway Park was J 97°. At first I lose all my God is so hot it was so hot and Yankee Stadium on Saturday was blazing hot as well. We were in the sun.

The entire time because of my friends and I we can look around. There were a bunch of empty seats in our section, even though we were nine rows off the field. We were directly behind the Tampa Bay rays dug out and she and I were looking around again to realize that a bunch of people had left our section, and were either in the MBP club we had access to the Ford Field MVP club or they were standing at the concourse up at the concourse in the shade because it was too it was so damn hot. We it was one of the one of those days where you're completely soaked every part of you. You might as well just embrace it as of the free drinks work were critical they were clutch just so you know that is not normally how I go to baseball games. These happen to be a gift from the Odyssey sales department.

The Yankees sales team and I was greatly appreciative. Which reminds me I need to write them a thank you note. Anyway Lotta baseball games this summer, but the temperatures that the heat and the drought 9+ week. Still haven't mowed the lawn, but at least it's almost green again parts of it that are blissfully great.

I never thought I'd say that but I missed my green lawn. So with the rain we've gotten it looks as though have to mow pretty soon.

I don't know what the temps are going to be like in Wisconsin when I go this weekend, but I'm hoping that just for fine.

Then there will be some temperatures on Sunday night that are doubted to say the 50s of the 60s and so it feels a lot like football whether I will be at the Bears Packers game at Lambeau Field on Sunday night. I'm going to Wisconsin to honor Grammy Helen because I haven't been back since we lost her but while I was there. I'm doing a couple of shows from our Green Bay affiliate and also going to the game on Sunday, everyone in Wisconsin, regardless of whether or not your huge football fan.

My Grammy was a huge football fan, but you watch the Packers because that's what people do, that's just what you do if you listen Wisconsin and she wants the Packers every week with my uncle, and died. To that end, it feels appropriate to spend some time at Lambeau in and watch the Packers and then as a sale be doing two shows from Green Bay's were already making preparations for that we are 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 for home loan solutions that fit your life. Rockets can, I saw this post on our Facebook page. I believe the listener's name is John, but it is not. John will just call him John because, you know, we've had a bunch of football post. Already we've got RTD of the week post up there's just a lot happening in his first few days of the NFL season and I don't want to misquote demands on me to go ahead and pull it up. Pull up the post because it's hysterical. Hold on.

It actually is on RTD of the week pull if I think producer day if I think correctly and he said no, not their own. Nope. It's on our deck press couple see what I mean, there's like so much happening. Okay, this is John. I enjoyed past tense. I enjoyed all of the football talk as if it's over now.

Week one in the box when we go spring football talk it's done. It's over. I enjoyed all of the football talk, but there's always a but isn't there. You know there's always a but. But now I just want to focus on other sports strolling yesterday serious, just forget about football, after which one knows it but I enjoyed visiting Patty enjoyed it. I was thinking of her doing that. We just get back to other sports now consideration. But you know how much I'm sorry the host of the show is decided we will veto that suggestion. I know we we offer a suggestion box. In fact, I direct all suggestions to producer J he's in fact in charge of the suggestion box.

He's the gatekeeper if you will, the filter because I got stuff to do.

Or as Tom Brady says I'm 45 I got a lot of bleat going on my gosh I listen to the let's go podcast on Tuesday evening really know only funny but very compelling to be great in the TV booth if he's the guy that he is with Jim Gray if they can move Jim Gray into the broadcast booth with Tom Brady.

They will be a fantastic combo because Brady is these no holds barred to that is obviously not the case, but it is a different Tom Brady than the one that you hear at press conferences is completely different. He's funny, he's open, he's authentic, not Mr. perfect. I mean the man he admits he talks about his weaknesses.

He talks about things that go wrong and in games. He talks about things that you'll never hear in a press conference anyway.

Mike my pedal why got on that.

My point was only that was only that that what was my point by point about listening to. Let's go Tom Brady take into consideration. I don't know something about the suggestion box and the suggestion box goes through producer J does not come to me because I know because I'm Tom Brady and I got a lot of bleat going on 45 years old man say this is what happened. Spaghetti play brain edit even more operational during the home show because I have one thought, which is about how I'm 45 years old and have a lot of bleat going on and I think Tom Brady and I think podcast and I think Jim Gray that I think broadcast booth and I can't remember what the point was not it just cannot happen mainly more lovable as a host don't lie, but the spaghetti play brain when you pull one strand of spaghetti off the plate. All other thoughts just come right off the plate on it. There's just nothing I do. You're not sorry. Anyway, podcast is great and we got a few more snippets from the podcasts that I want to share with you tonight. So back to John who says he enjoyed all of the football talk, but now just want to focus on other sports. I responded to him. I tried to respond with humor wrong time of the year for that. Ha ha who's just trying to let him down easy.

I was trying to break it to him gently. I do know it worked. What is you want more of his work on routers. Well, here's what he said I am into baseball. My team is the Yankees.

Enjoy your weekend. Keep safe. Thank you for your response. I happen to know because I I see his avatar post a lot on our Facebook page that he also every time you post. I'm glad you're back. I might not about a day off in four weeks, but he's really got them back the four months we just had a baseball more that one week of football. I enjoyed it for much of John just because John is in the wrong era, listening to the wrong show at the wrong time. Will John the baseball lever and the Yankees lover a bowl because it was Yankees in Boston on Tuesday night. Judge Swan drilled her the right to level as far both the glass there goes far gone out of the building all over the hard green monster over the most decisions also use second homerun of the night Judge is the seventh of the year are all taught at 4111. How we'll go all three run school Florio raises glittering three run double laboratory that have been in the 10th inning and so with those three runs of the Yankees tacked on the 10th.

I did the math actually wasn't that difficult. In the last three games 27 runs for the Yankees. Remember the offense of sloppy offense of woes while they broke out the bats on Saturday at Yankee Stadium with 10 runs. I was there I watched a good thing I wasn't late because there were six runs in the first day at Yankee Stadium against the rays that they had 10 games in that series and are on Sunday. Now they've got seven runs against the Red Sox in extra innings on Tuesday 27 runs in three games and wall the Blue Jays and raise are battling back and forth and split their doubleheader on Tuesday. The Yankees are sitting now on their six-game lead after they beat the Red Sox in extras, but the big headline the one you'll see it honestly might be bigger. You're not yet you say you're not paying attention to this AL East race more people around the country care right now that Aaron Judge is encroaching on Yankees history and American leak history in the sixth inning and eight innings you here with John Sterling on Yankees radio, number 56 and home run number 57 and don't tell Aaron Judge where he stays or how many homeruns you got to go through a number of sources to number the Flickr approach box show RVR numbers from the written letters on holes amount of adjectives is really impressive. I need to take one out like you did the other way and then get Whitlock on home look like a breaking ball reduced noise just as rotten. Balls out so well. I think he's aware of what's going on but I think he's I think when you're in around team and around the and be in the guy keeps he is definitely the guy.

He is definitely the man and the more that I watch Judge and see the fans react to him, the more I think this is just my personal opinion I'm sure it's not the only one am not alone in my island.

But having been at Yankee Stadium.

It was even full. It was probably two thirds full on Saturday. Don't know why because the Yankees were sucking before that because it was hot. I've no idea why because Yankees fans are spoiled rotten. I'm not really sure but maybe because of that. Anyway, this daily and never got full. Not even close to full and yet there is an on unmistakable indelible buys. When Aaron Judge Dodd anything, anything, he was playing centerfield on Saturday.

Giacomo Stanton was in the game as well, but whenever I was Judge leading off know what he was leading off with I can't remember now, anyway. He was the star he is the attraction.

It's not just because he's chasing this homerun record.

If Yankees lose him.

It's a huge blow, so my PSA to the New York Yankees is do whatever you have to do to be able to keep him yes, he let off so the people that missed the beginning of the game.

Thank you. Producer J they messed him up you two hits in the first inning ship Yankees batted around in the first inning on Saturday and he had to hit the first inning alone and as I said before, when the rest of the Yankees lineup is hitting it makes it nigh impossible for pictures to pitch around him right that they can't get around him because they can't just put them on base and assume that no one else is going to hit the big deal right now and the Yankees obviously are chasing a division title, but all eyes on Aaron Judge not just in New York but around around the league and certainly with the casual fans because he is a lightning rod. All right, I didn't realize how late I just went with the first segment. Please forgive me for yammering on and on. I mean that is kinda what I do on the show but I should be mindful of timestamps so coming up later on the show asking me anything. Send your questions to our show Twitter after our CBS order our Facebook page.

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That's what division title. I bet you can guess which one an update on deck Prescott to so a lot happening on this edition of the show. It is the home show is the middle show the work week after hours with Amy and some CBS you are listening to the after-hours podcast don't all is Rose yes on Twitter or do. It was a cold 1227 Temple blue book of years and suitably key seats. The Chicago Bears circling out of this is 2015 four of them.

It was quite a first weekend in the NFL with individual feats of strength in civil that cause your jaunt to drop open baby left me all the time.

How do you do it or why not. This touched out of that touchdown. What we generally start with winning teams because at least that's one way to be able to narrow it down and then we look for winning touchdown for winning teams or in the case of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Westwood One Sunday night. The only bridges that happen to be a very impressive one-handed twisting falling down catch Kevin Harlan right now with Mike Evans and the connection that he and Brady have.

So that's one candidate, also from Paul Allen on Vikings radio Justin Jefferson, my goodness. If this is what were in store for he could set all kinds of records this year on saints radio.

Welcome back Mike Thomas to the tune of two scores and then just in fields. One of the impressive plays in the slop in Chicago bears radio Jeff Joni Agassiz finds Dante Pettus Cross body cross field so you can vote on Twitter after our CBS on my twitter a little radio and I'll retweet now and then on our Facebook pages have to scroll down a little ways and you will see the TD of the week pole first week of the NFL season, and course. It's the first time that were getting back into our routines and our familiar rhythms, which is fun. We love this kind of stuff when last we left you there was a major uproar coming out of Seattle because new head coach Ricky had coach Nathaniel Hackett had made a dubious decision to kick a 64 yard field goal in Seattle as opposed to giving the ball to his quarterback Russell Wilson on the fourth and 500 minutes ago.

Forget the part about the timeout because there's really no explaining that he had no explanation for it.

But would you believe that Hackett has done a bit of an about-face, now 24 and not even 24 hours after the game he revisits the decision to kick what would've been the longest field goal in and about the second-longest Bill Golden about history versus giving his with a $258 million quarterback the football on fourth and five Sir Pete Carroll would've given Russell Wilson the football in that situation, but is it possible, and P. Carol knows Russell Wilson better than Nathaniel Hackett does probably doesn't betroth them or did a little more to so your to hear from the new Denver had coach but my gosh, I was reminded. It only took one week of the NFL season Margo Bilotti to be reminded of how insane football fans are in the hot take that literally wear me out. There are people who are ready to fire him after week one. I get. It was a really bad loss and he made some awful decisions. And I'm not suggesting that you just overlook those in and the buck stops with the coach but for heaven sakes. Seriously fire him after one week.

Great idea. Look, obviously that's extreme, but his is the idea that here you are the standard that you said the first game you got a new quarterback you're supposed to be able to hand the keys to him.

The first big decision to make, and you fumble it vendors no way around then worse for me than you come back not even what 12 hours later roughly you like yeah I probably made a big giant mistake.

But here what I was thinking I was still kind of like even when he admitted the mistake.

He still heads the bed so it's still the idea that like you most want to sit them down like you do you realize 64 yards. I don't care how much confidence you have and 64 your earthly know you've got a track record. He was far.

It's not like he never tried this before anything over 62 Brenda McManus had never made it and it's not enough for me to hear Willy's got the leg forward. Super. That's not exactly what golf it's not. If it goes in the area must go through just help for you actually got a book easily get blocked it 64 what you there's too much going against you.

Fourth and five Russell Wilson should not be something we are looking at is Mount Everest.

Something that you should be able to do that. Agreed. I will say the only reason why game situation where you might not have confidence because they had been on the 1 yard line multiple times and fumbled the ball and failed to get into the end zone so I don't think the game was lost on that play a lot of mistakes of the 12 penalties over for the day was bad, but you're setting up a regime when you're setting up your one you set a really poor tone because you basically told your entire locker room. I don't trust you guys that's not the way to go about it. You only got it right now sitting there a lot of trust kicker.

No, no, and I have to say, it dawned on me as I was thinking about a Tuesday listening to the hot take reaction.

The difference between Brian Dave all the new head coach of the giant cool guy like jumping on him after they go over to the women as opposed to settling for the point after in the tie against the Titans on Sunday they were so tight that he trusted them and gave them the opportunity even though it's obviously not fourth and five. It's not that far but to go for the win and say screw it were not settling for a time were not look like losers to be aggressive, that instills such not only a great confidence but an awesome spirit in your locker room. The guys were psyched after the battle. That's the tone and know that know when you come in as the first year head coach of the first two games you're not just play it for today.

Your plan for your career for your your resume as you will. You gotta set the tone. I know that sounds ridiculous will go three weeks later doesn't matter.

These are human being on the matter. These are not robots is not likely forget to stop these guys have feelings they have thoughts they have. Were they look around the go is this really the guy is even have any idea what is happens in locker room to judge. You can lose your players real quick just as fast as you can get them to rally behind you, you can lose all of them you need to set the tone you need to make your opinion strong you fall like yours cures. Look, I understand the visual art show did you ever do PR there's a lot of this job. It's not just exes knows this can't be done in the blackboard. You can't just come up with a good plan, replacing Pat use whiteboards now okay.

My mom even uses the whiteboarding is the things that make me not there so many things that are just so easily solved. From the beginning and then you set yourself up to fail and then everybody else look around. Don't you know what I got to really start working to start a just and work out for it. I see this is why we love Marco but I don't feel bad about going late anymore because because you know he's here. You are listening to the after-hours podcast will 60 you will be after-hours with the Lord's will end with the column one for Monday night football in the fateful 64 yard kick but you also hear the reaction of Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner. Now generally Kurt does air on the side of quarterbacks because he believes that quarterbacks should have the ball in there, but in that particular case. He was not alone in his opinion, that you are taking the ball away from the quarterback that you traded multiple starters and draft picks to get on your roster, and in not huddle because you wanted a guy of his caliber. A pro bowler who could take command in those situations, it's after hours with Amy are oval for the TD of the week it wasn't there because it was a cake instead. You can vote on twitter a law radio or on our Facebook page were taking your questions were asked Amy anything as well so they know Hackett meeting with the meeting on Tuesday, changing his tune a little bit about his desire for his decision to go for a 64 yard game-winning field goal instead of the fourth and five with his offense. 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 and 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 recall that same plaintiff X regards. I mean, I plan to get married by the time I was 35 and have kids but it didn't happen like sometimes you just gotta roll with it. Every single decision in life can be laid out.

There's a flowchart. What happened in the final minute FL game then that I know it may seem like it that easy right it's not your considering the atmosphere your considering the personnel that you have in any case they bring to McManus while Britta McManus and told them if they were on the 46th left – whatever it was that he could make the cake that he had plenty distance, but distance and accuracy are not the same thing.

Not to mention that with Seattle in a hostile crowd.

It wasn't the pain era Denver completely completely a learning moment sure about but also an epic failure in his first big test as the head coach so can we ask you again, why, why did you go for the field-goal coach respect and go for it on fourth down and then you have the mark of the market will set before resorting 46 yards for six airlines where we want to be and we got there we had made the decision want to give it to you know Brandon and we did and didn't work sucks but that's part of, I believe that they actually change their mind if he's telling the truth and they were going to go for it on fourth down, but I think that's fairly obvious we can all watch the TV know that there trailing by a point there, not even in mid feet with her about midfield with a 3014 they had gotten the 9 yards from Javon J. Williams and gotten over midfield but still there pretty damn close. That's for down territory just obvious that we call it for down territory for a reason. It's a late game situations and that's why you have a valuable quarterback for moments like these.

Could you imagine trying to take the ball out of Tom Brady's hands in that situation, not to mention, would you be supremely competent that Tom Brady would in fact find a way to convert 1/4 down. Would you take the ball to Patrick will hold would you take the ball out of Justin Herbert or Lamar Jackson on the fourth and five thing anyone would you take the right will not only bring the veteran. Would you take out about Ryan.

I guess now that they've got their kicker.

You probably would never take it to be recorded, but if your goal that coach Frank Reich. I understand that coach Hackett believed in his kicker. But that's not a high percentage play. I think that when you sit there and say he's you 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.

Given that opportunity want to give him a chance to win the game or have the distance just one little bit left and is just one of those things is unfortunate but that was our plan going into it and an officer.

Looking back at it, you know, if you miss the field-goal you're always gonna wish you would've gone Fortin. If you were gone for it not gotten it would give them a chance that I don't know that there's anybody out there who think they should it take to 64 yard field goal. Even though we don't know the outcome of the fourth and five.

I agree with pretty much every former player current player analyst expert yada yada yada whose yelling that's why you brought Russell Wilson to town. That's why you gave up so much, if not for that scenario than what what's good for is not exact situation. Speaking of quarterbacks for Heisman Trophy winner in college football Hall of Famer Danny Warfel of Florida is next. It's after hours CBSSports