9-8-22 After Hours with Amy Lawrence PODCAST: Hour 4

In the after-hours Lord there at file week one begins to say anymore. I am yelling good morning to you Thursday Thursday, September 8, 2022 starts of the NFL season. I know we haven't forgot about tenants we haven't forgotten about baseball. Yes, there is a college football weekend as well, but all of the hope all of the promise. All of the infinite possibilities. The great anticipation. You know as well as I do, you gotta buckle up because the NFL is the best reality show on TV, baby, it's back after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio.

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This is why me by the power of the NFL. It's just different. It's just different. We are just different when it comes to the National Football League we throw a fill in the blank question out there on our social media and you have responded into robes that show question very first one of the 22 season this year. The key to success for my NFL team is what's on Twitter a little radio on our Facebook page after hours with Amy Lawrence because were getting serious now peeps. We are freaking get serious.

My mom hates it when I say forget sorry mom, 20, 22 bowl season is upon us and so were good dive deep this time 24 hours from now 5 AM Eastern time or while 5 AM Buffalo time on Friday to a.m. Rams time on Friday. Earlier on Friday we will have a game to talk about an actual game that counts. If you miss my conversation with Bill's sideline reporter from our Buffalo affiliate WTR a.m. 550 sports radio he's actually in Los Angeles for the kickoff along with what he swears are 10,000 members of Bill's Mafia believes that 10,000 bills that will be crammed into so by Stadium for the season opener tonight will see whether or not they make a lot of noise, but felt about you join us live from Los Angeles in the second hour of the show order to bring back part of that conversation because he had some really cool insight on this team and is season, and why it's different even than the last two years and the promise and the potential and also the expectations pressure is a privilege as our friend Boomer aside and says so can find us on Twitter or Facebook. And while you're there, you join us on survivor islands. We have a Archipelago should we have to. Well I don't overreact out 1/3 to purchase 1/3 island J is the one who backs the deep finances for purchasing the lighthouse keeper. They print money every day.

It's totally fine, so we've got E flat new blog are in cocoa silent if you don't get the references well go back and get the podcast very first segment of the show you'll understand.

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I don't know why you are you a handful of you are still having issues, but it's not on us because we bad lab rats. We that guinea pigs we've had my dog can do it okay, but my dog and my mom they can both do it, and neither one of them have any idea what a survivor pool is all you need to do is find the linkage pin to the top of our show Twitter after hours. CBS use that link and if you don't already have an existing CBSSports login just create one it and email it the password. It's so easy. And then our Facebook page to again pin to the top you're looking for a shoot Jeff live out his last name is on survivor and survivor shall my gosh it was somebody else on me on Twitter approached JetPro since my I watched and watched some survivor in the past but my brothers family their religious survivor watchers.

I'm an amazing race water anyway. Look for his photo his gaffe on the top of our Facebook page and we just wanted to join us on survivor islands. I don't know if you're gonna get cocoas or to get Isola new blower, but either way better watch out for the sharks and also watchers six because I'm ruthless. I will push you into the water.

I made my pink yet. I have no idea what to do. I just know that I've never paid made it past week six I made it multiple times to week six, but I've never made it past week six of the survivor pool so we got survivor islands. But we've also got an office survivor pool and Jay and I are planning on doing this together.

Do you think that B's elevates past week six, what, what's your like longest you've ever been alive in a survivor last year and survivor island. I think I was out in week three, I don't. I hadn't done no metal that often in the past.

So, oh no. You know I mean I got the idea that I think will be all right. Last year I see my fingers. My problem is I tend to save teams where now is not about that.

Don't take to survive in advance who can down the road because for the most part, you're likely not even need to worry about it past week 12. I'm a very few people survive all the way to the end. So you go with it the easy pay. Now there is an easy pick in the NFL.

But you go with the obvious jets to the Titans over the Jets leisure in week three and in the course is when all season way to get through to them at all. We could look at the bangles much about all same for the men now know were not doing that were absolutely not getting cute.

I mean no getting cute were to go straight savage winners. That's okay but I just need to know who gets the final say is my question.

What if we did like you pick three topic three to we have ones that match.

That's very complicated. Okay so you pick three I pick three and if we have one in common but what if we had the gaming, but not the winner in common and I can completely like the plague. Okay, this sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun. Join us on survivor islands that do that Facebook or twitter and don't delay also save your pick.

Just save your pet save 10 times the weight of the computer tells you your pick is saved, then you can breathe more easily. If after hours here on CBSSports radio were not quite done with baseball, nor are we done with tennis and I'll just quickly drop his hand on you for those of you who are waking up on this Thursday morning yes were going to talk about football but we also have a drought ended in his four American at the semi finals of the U.S. Open first American man to reach the semi finals. Excuse me since 2006. I'll do the quick math at 16 years since an American male, a red-blooded American male has survived to the U.S. Open semifinal. Thanks. Good for you freight the CFO first trip to the U.S. Open semi's with a victory on Arthur Ashe Stadium others the same guy who knocked out Raffaella Dall. He had some big time firepower in his box like Bradley Beal wizards All-Star guard TiVo group in Maryland is that we were looking at a group in Maryland. So the fact that he's still alive. Now it's almost house money if you will. He's the 22 seed first black American male to reach the U.S. Open semi final since Arthur Ashe going back 50 years.

Andy Roddick was also in the stands on Wednesday who was the last one from the US to get to the semi finals in New York, and it's it's cool because he's a fresh face with a fresh game but it's also awesome because he understands what this means for American tennis. He sadly K were all rooting for one another as much as were competitive into amended individual sport. We want to US Tennessee back on the map role pushes you so happy to be doing. I know you sure you're coming soon finds will doing just the same super capable doesn't replace so role role so the really gentle primes and most get this ready for nerd alert.

This is a dubious neural nerd alert like something along lines of what we give you forward the US men's national team in soccer and how bad they are. Most of the time entering this year's U.S. Open American men have gone 74 consecutive majors without a title, that's brutal, not super happy with the amount of American that's brutal Roddick. The last American mailed to witness a major championship in 2003, 74 majors in a row when I get is the era of Roger and Rob and Novak and even Andy Murray. Enough is enough.

This is our national tournament. Let's go Francis CFO 22 years old and among active American med assist him and John is or who ever even reached a major semi final. Right now he is among a group of semi finalists who don't have any major widths so it's wide open. If you miss it actually just ended a few hours ago one of the top seeds one of the top seeds remaining is Carlos Alcaraz.

He survived a five hour and 15 minute five set battle against the Onyx center. They played on Wednesday night and it was well past midnight.

In fact, if a member correctly didn't end until our second hour or close to our second hour to New York time. It was well past 230 when this match was over because our update from Pete McCarthy actually was. It was during the match.

It wasn't done yet and so that's how late Alcaraz had to play and that the marathon five hours and 15 minutes, and freight.

The CFO course will be a little bit fresher younger. So this is an opportunity for him to be able to make even more noise and ends carry the US flag to now the finals of the U.S. Open. So this is pretty exciting for Francis the after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBSSports radio baseball on Wednesday we had a pair of doubleheaders for both New York teams, both New York teams locked in battle in their divisions. The Mets had started the game started.

That the day I should say a tied with the Atlanta Braves for first place in the NL East but they end up sweeping a doubleheader from the Pirates, Jacob DeGraw, if he's got no more restrictions. It appears I he gets the wind. Seven scoreless innings in the second half of the doubleheader against the Pirates only allows three heads. He strikes out eight. Meanwhile, the pair of RBI double for Francisco Lee door that provides most of the pop for the Mets in that second game they want to raise should be a tight race between three teams are for players. So Francisco Lee door makes reference to the braves who were playing just a single game in Oakland.

But yeah, with those with those RBI doubles with the pitching of Jacob DeGraw. We don't need much more. Whirly was a blowout in that second game and the way that the Mets had lost three previous two teams that were dead last, and that includes one gimmick is the Pirates and teams are the basements of their divisions and the fact that they'd only scored four runs over the course of three losses had to be concerned but Buck Showalter said hey it's a little much longer season than this three games. It's a track record that we've established here were going to figure it out, working to get together and they do in fact get a sweep of the Pirates on Wednesday.

So what about the Atlanta Braves who were in Oakland for a day game. Since there is reason to believe game in which the Braves got both the pitching and hitting. Remember they had made a scored 10 runs on 13 hits or something like that to survive the A's on Tuesday but they get six solid innings from Spencer Strider. In fact, he gave up two runs in the first inning and then went five more innings scoreless to earn his 10th when he was excited about it. Plus of the offense. So far, just a first searching for ministries rate plus feelings in my mind, passing gas as you hear on Braves radio. It was Strider but it was also Von Grissom the rookie second baseman as the braves now have a seven game winning streak and get this this almost seems sacrilegious there sharing back every now and then end it may not be just the heading, that's contagious. It may be the power of that particular backed foreign server is wrong on roads. Magellan already like minerals is does amazing grace and just about to go is the same one he felt like a rookie Robbie Grossman batting in the nine the whole apparently use the same bad it was able to get ahead and also had to RBI to go shopping together and so forth for the braves the World Series champion. It seemed like nothing can derail them.

They just keep on coming Bobby by virtue of the doubleheader that the Mets had the half-game lead atop the NL East. Another wild finish for the St. Louis Cardinals on the raise. Everyone ate out of their last nine and the Astros went on a walk of wild pitch a lot happening. Major league baseball will try to cram a little more air and judge with another homerun, but as promised, the Buffalo Bills will kick off the season in Los Angeles await a chance to catch up with sideline reporters out the patio of our Buffalo affiliate 550 sports radio also builds radio network, and I want to bring back a little bit of that because he does a great job of setting the stage, it's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBSSports radio you are listening to the after-hours podcast played for unanimous. They were talking about was so you understand that going in 20 understand the flow of the game is just another game we understand his adoptive watching us to spend weeks in a full season works cited for the fourth's after-hours Lawrence accepted not another game not they drag it out with us on this Thursday morning. It is now the day that the NFL season kicks off 2022 and begins with the bills in Los Angeles at the Super Bowl champion Rams where there will be a banner raising ceremony and Josh Allen got some advice and some counsel on how to whether that emotional storm, though it sounds like there are a lot of bills and in LA we had a chance to catch up with Dalke pot show was a sideline reporter for the builds radio networking with our Buffalo affiliate WTR 550 sports radio and I started out by asking him whether not he believes Josh Allen that it is in fact just another game. I tried hard to make it just another day right believe that you keynoted not just another game right at the opening of the article back in a make or break season, but it's definitely not treated like you know a Sunday early November. Yes, let's say it that way.

Good point. What's been like so far in LA with those Mafia and the buildup to the kickoff. I mean, you know you know it is a myth created with driving the travel so well that always transplants everywhere. The destination city in game for a lot of people. It's either LA or Miami this year. The most Road boat Road city schedule this year or in the Northeast showed some going to places like Baltimore Maddie or Chicago and notifying cities, but will build off you get a chance to go to LA or down to Miami.

That's like, okay, let's do that. So make LA the first game of the year, give people a chance, revved that up and think about what it's like Sophia first time you met Stadium for some people, including myself, there's a lot of water lock a lot to build transit were estimated by personal estimation is probably over 10,000 mg in the stadium so Thursday night to be pretty crazy neurological on my flight while you normally quiet a charter with the team is on the real sideline reporter. I didn't do that on this trip I came out of the early because my family came out, my wife, my son are here. They're going to the game you know that people make in a week out of it like we are doing is a big bills Mafia event down and not the beach tonight.

I was a part of that reason some money to charity.

People do some radio work and now it's just a thing is just absolutely incredible. Why why is excitement so hi Sal Wallace, the most debated season in a quarter-century 25 years. The team want to chewable in the early 90s 9393 know it's been a long long time and we know that they came very close last year to reading the chief and the Costa Mesa ginger game. Many of us including people you you that we get all no disrespect to the Bengals, you did win in Kansas City.

I understand that people think that the bills would've been that team representing AFE if that was the case the expectations you have all you have the phone the blanket look like your Buffalo is this team doesn't have the what the bar is this one is one when party is not a successful season a lot of ways now know you can look at a lot of factors right injury.

Things like that but letting me like this is the best roster in the NFL. I believe in many people do with maybe the best quarterback you cannot click certainly close to it in the NFL. The terrific coaching staff trip report office sign.if you walk into the Hall of Fame. Five years after his career retires to close out games and get to the quarterback. You don't make a move like that doing it to get over the hump to finally when Lombardi bring a championship home and that's what this is all about this.

Your wood using the same standard applied before 2020 kicked off in 2021 or is this really the culmination of what they've done over the past several seasons. Note everyone before 2020.

That was like people thought what you play with house money. Raymond Tina just broke the playoff drought for that and for them to get to the cabbage agreement 2020 was really remarkable was awesome and yet they were one of us can see, but was also a pandemic to work. It felt different than what he said okay or cubicle 2021 yeller what he knew that they could get their I would like take a break your break there still can't seem to be anything they don't want they got to Kansas City they lost the weight lost disappointment right 13 second usual clothes looking well but going in the season. It was not the same way it is now. Now it's like you, you got you. You've reached the chairmanship game and 13 seconds. According to Jim Bishop game is no excuse now you been there twice you got over the hump and then you went get bomb you what got Bob Miller Josh Ellis fifth year, you know, this is this is that there's no more taking a step back on short. Now it's finally getting over the hump doing it or spending a few minutes with Bill sideline reporter cell to pot, show the builds radio network from LA from the LA area where it is party time for bills fans says potentially 10,000 of bills Mafia will be in the stadium come Thursday night for kickoff against Aransas after hours here on CBS sports radio. We know there are a bazillion strengths we could list for the bills roster and it may be one of the strongest rosters in the NFL. Certainly in the AFC. What are your weaknesses maybe Achilles' heel for this team to start out what could be there coordinator right now but we don't know you know Joshua never had a new offense of coordinator Josh Ellis gone for years regarding table and Dorothy was quarterback coach last three years.

When are you elevating Ken Dorsey look for the first time you ever call plays in the preseason and what is that look like what what what happens when you only have 30 seconds to make an adjustment to make a call to get the play in about that dynamic work in the whole quarterback room has turned over you know you have running table correct Cauchy charity and Davis web and Mr. Bilski all gone now. Right now you have Ken Dorsey and Joe Brady and Chase Kane on the Matt Barkley in the great room and it felt thank nobody talks about it, but it's a change lighting that could be something that it's not working early the season. Maybe that's why it's an adjustment that Joshua never had to make this adjustment. Now we have the other one obviously previously century towards ACL and thanked him for giving night and it's been a really good battle at that spot for his starting spot. Melting Jackson will start at one corner spotting the third your plate. Not super experience for those really like to me: well, when freebies went out last year, we find opposite him. Its first trumpet tire you on six trumpet Christian Benford of Villanova, a fantastic camp and preseason what you think okay will shouldn't the first trumpet when that job. Think will be the case but that's not the case is not because he was combat necessarily, but even thinking about you rookies will now have to go get L Rob Cooper cup that I refill a few weeks from now what does that look like it is not put that poppy somewhere what you think you could manage about Seo me the roster may be loaded but just every now and then you could see where there could be a couple weaknesses out the pot she was with us from LA how do the bills combat what they're going to see in Aaron Donald because depending upon who you talk to. Of course, there can be better defense of players but we know he is a wrecking ball and is got so much experience, not to mention the confidence that comes with a Super Bowl ring knows I can't give you the secret posted on how to combat right the nose.

There was one he wouldn't be Aaron Donald Murray recognizes that the best player in the entire NFL regardless of position, which is something to say but that's how good he is. But let me just throw this out there for people think about why coaches earn home. Kroger was the LA Rams office of one coach for what to three years.

Just a couple years ago you want to get turned down every single day of practice. Also Yvonne Miller on their finally lined up next Aaron Donald perhaps season last year.

Yes, at least have some guys in the building may have a little insight into maybe some things that could challenge Aaron Donald little bit more thing that could be done like that asking too much hay. When you have the office of line coach Vern Cromer who went against them every day, you might look for some things that you do. Maybe we have a little more success but you can't do this rec.Yvonne Miller who get saved In the hammock say what gave you guys some trouble while you were there what the teams will get you where you said you know what those are the things that we struggled a little bit again. I think those are the kind of thing just to lean on when it comes to him, but I mean he's so fantastic. Those are very good centered much more on Ryan Bates is one guard that was on the other side larger sample writers apples garden played for the LA ramp so they have a little bit of I think Intel and insight is this Rams team simply from the personnel in the coaches that are around but obviously you still got a glutton execute the guy is fantastic and he can be a gamebreaker two years ago the Rams went to the bills goals were up 25 points. The Rams came back and took the lead. If the bills didn't score in the end, it would've been.

I believe the worst comeback lost bills or have lonely in that game. The reason the Rams came back almost strictly because of her Donald on the that she completely dominated the football game in the second half. Aaron Cromer was on the team on the Rams for that game and I would think Sean McDermott coaches would say what did you guys to have to help you against and maybe use that to a little bit of their it is a relatively small fraternity in the NFL.

And yeah, there are a lot of guys who are now lining up with or against former teammates or guys that they used to talk smack to be a lot of fun kid waves if you want to hear the rest of that conversation with Elka Pozzi.

Oh, there is more to it.

Bills sideline reporter and he's in LA for the kickoff, along with 10,000 of his closest bills Mafia friends. It's on the podcast. As always the entire show is podcast. Did broken up into individual hours and the interviews are also podcast it separately after hours Amy Lawrence.com available minutes after we end the show. Every weekday morning.

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I feel like I have a deer in headlights look right now. I'm not quite yelling.

The way I was when I encountered the rat on the way into the office last night. It was involuntary yelling wasn't quite that pitch, but it just came out of my mouth when I saw the right and he saw me, or rather heard me go and then he ran.

Thank God because I know what to do. I was ready to run back to my car and not come into work. Jay would've had to come out to get me with the rat brigade. I guess the more noise I made the more the rat has no idea what's happening very disoriented and I know rats are good for a lot of things but blocking the door to work is not one of the just.

I don't eat it just happened it just there was involuntary yelling after hours with Amy Lawrence. There might be some involuntary yelling at the TV when football is back baby on this Thursday night and we been asking you to fill in the blank in 2022. The key to success for my NFL team is what Jay, are you prepared to answer this question, always keeping you you're not prepared okay here's the deal. This is why I have a deer in headlights. This is why potential he has dear and we shot filed our entry and we jumped into the survivor pool here at the office were doing this as a joint venture in other words, I paid NJ piggybacking on is that really what that means no the next drink is on.

You just that's how we are splitting is the so the next drink is on meds I get my money back. Anyway, we looked at week number one and right row. We already agree on anything and I'll do comfortable with anything we'd never one just don't know what could happen. We flip-flopped what like seven or eight times just in that like 45, seven or eight times I'm looking at it. Oh man, I have the schedule open in front of me and I still not eating it remotely comfortable with any of these so that my first thought, well, we had many first thoughts but my first thought was something along the lines of Baltimore at New York, meaning the ravens Lamar Jackson against the Jets, who will have Joe Flack was there starting quarterback so that was one of my first thoughts but then I was thinking, okay maybe the backers of the Vikings, but I love that because it seems like the Packers have stunk to start the season in the last couple years over last year they were in Jacksonville against the saints.

This was the game in which they were they were pounded with 20 to 3 or my remembering that wrong. It was bad and my grandmother's assessment of the Packers was thus I don't think they were trying very hard right you were Grammy right you are, so I thinking about that but I don't trust the backers out of the gate. They get a lot of changes on the receiving core. Then I was thinking tightens over the Giants for the Giants that Jay's team and we want to root against Jay's team and week number 11.

What about the problem is we can't.

I was thinking that maybe bangles against the Steelers, but chase like heck know that the divisional game which I agree Francisco at Chicago. I like that one. The Niners trailing his first game with the Chicago defense rears back and just gives him the welcome to the NFL.

It's true.

I mean, there's so many individual was really just don't know what you have and we can never one can only see preseason that does not matter. What matters to the ravens but otherwise you will ravens ravens Q magically get ousted by the Jets by the judge why I feel like a lot of people take that game ravens over the Jets, which also makes you want to break out in hives. What was your brilliant idea for Monday. Monday, yes my dear, for Monday. What's the game on Monday night.

Today, that will be a bronco seal you feel comfortable with that, I would. I was so comfortable.

I think it's the 12th man I think is terrible by four what we haven't seen them on the field yet, but I gotta go off the Jets yeah I think so you know Smith. Generally, I do not so for those of you who don't know, I've been a bronco fan since age 13, I I I try to stay away look at me I'm stuttering.

Try to stay away from my team because it makes you break out in hives. Pick my team to win anything reform anyway right double.

I don't know. I don't know what to do this. I told root when I'm working so is it.

Sometimes I have to wait until after the fact to get excited or be depressed but I'm just telling you the Broncos lose in Seattle. It wouldn't blow me away. I wouldn't love it, but it wouldn't blow me away because it's the Seahawks. They have incentive to they have well quarterbacks, many quarterbacks, but it wouldn't stunned me, considering the fans there in Seattle. Do you think they'll welcome Russell Wilson back with lots of cheering. I would think that I do it because you know I the 12th man is like 40 or 50 men to stand right right okay so this is what we asked you to fill in the blank in 2022. The key to success for my team is what J.

Are you prepared to answer or are you taking a pass on my team needs. It's a long list offense of line.

It's all just trying to give me a solid office at one point let me know. We have something to build on and that's all W offense of line. It is the anchor of any NFL teams. Let's run through some of your responses on Facebook again. You can find me on twitter hello radio, if you haven't yet signed up for survivor islands and island chain. We named them were ready for you. Just bring your sunscreen Jay doesn't know that yet.

He actually put on heating oil instead of sunscreen the beach on Saturday and he looks like a Rob start a red lobster.

It's now seven days later Eddie still is like a red lobster Eagle are on Facebook Packers to stay healthy, especially the old-line and special-teams better play about the high school level.

All I think they're going to with Rich Pataki as their new special-teams coordinator. I have faith. Tom is the key for the commanders is for Carson went to believe it's 2017 and prayer would help. I don't know about that. I'm not sure that prayer will help. I think you gotta go with Carson went to the MBP form can then on twitter is also a giant stand. He wants Daniel Jones to limit his turnovers that the key to success. The old-line the black banner for Seguin Berkeley to stay healthy and play all season. Well, those are multiple keys to success. Interestingly enough, all on the offense of side.

Does no one have any concerns about the Giants defense noted concerns about the entire roster. Another post on Facebook. Aaron says holding teams in the final two minutes of each half that the key to success for the Vikings in 2022. Chris says it's help for Baltimore Gina Lyons fan loud and proud, though he doesn't actually the picture. He's got just a shadow box or as avatars residing on Facebook for the lines to be successful.

They need grant no quitting and consistency and I got the lines of Moji. You gotta admit, there's no better a Moji when it comes to NFL teams in the lion suite. Randy doesn't give me a key gives me a prediction I don't want your predictions when you make predictions NFL laughs in your face. So Eric says for Jerry Jones to fire himself as GM.

I mean these are key is not wishful thinking peeps at the same Steve and different Stephen says the Cowboys have to cut way back on penalties. If Zeke can finally come out of his two-year slump and an improvement from the offense of line you questions about the old-line for the Dallas Cowboys. Yet again Don another ravens fan. The key is to stay healthy. Last year Baltimore decimated with injuries seems like a common theme. It's not just last year at the end of Joe Flaccus's tenure with the ravens. It was every year. It's not there roster was on the IL DL the IR the I don't I don't kick a ball straight there so many injured reserves and lifts and all other kinds of things. Alan said that my Steelers can keep the quarterback upright and keep the defense off the field they should do well.

Steelers defense actually picked the Steelers defense and fantasies so I think you're Steelers defense is on the field you're in pretty good shape. Jordan goes with the Bengals offense of lying to protect Oberle fills as defense for his Niners Kenny the new coaching staff and Daniel Jones for the Giants. Let's see looking for some other was all Dominic says with the dolphins. It starts up front.

The old-line needs to give it to high Curtis as Trey Lance has to have a good season and Jim says the Chargers had coaches to relax on the analytics I talked about after hours with Amy Lawrence CBSSports radio