After Hours with Amy Lawrence PODCAST: Hour 4

Wake you up on a Thursday morning just checking on producer J to see how he's doing. If he's awake to great sleeping day for either of us actually and saw this entire show.

During commercial breaks. Obviously, before the show we both running around like chickens with no heads and so it's been it's been a lot of fun of via steps. A lot of energy and not a lot of downtime and so I hope the show reflects that we been working hard behind the scenes. I will admit I never intended to spend a full hour open live tour versus PGA Tour golf. However, it's seemingly the story in 2022. That will not die and I am sure Bryson Jimbo is the one who's writing the live goal statements.

If a betting gal which I'm not. I might put some money on that is after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio.

Thanks much for hanging out with us on this Thursday morning we seen a lot of traffic to our social media. I think that's a direct reflection of the fact that were getting closer and closer to football season, and to that end, we've got reports coming from multiple conferences. What coverage is multiple divisions in both conferences.

I do miss my conversation with longtime NFL GM Randy Mueller. He was with us from Idaho. Please put this time during the off-season between Seattle which is where he works and Idaho which is where he goes with his family to get away those conical to catch up with him and Idaho but he's already busy himself and relating to get a GM's perspective on what it's like. These last few days before they break camp before they have to make the final roster cuts. We also talked about his top storylines heading into the NFL season. The DeShawn Watson suspension. What this means for the NFL as well as what it means for the Cleveland Browns and Jimmy garrotte below storylines is that one's not going away anytime soon but as much as all of that is really compelling at it is II always learn when I speak to Randy you'll never guess what he calls the rock as in the rock. Dwayne Johnson.

He's apparently got a preferred nickname and now that Randy is part of the XXL which is been retooled and rebooted under the rocker with the rocks direction I had to ask him what do you call him exactly good step you want to check out our podcast to be didn't hear it live and you can always catch that podcast right after the show is done.

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I feel like Jerry Jones was making headlines on Wednesday. It's that time of the year again. Actually some tough news for the Dallas Cowboys. Overall, but specifically the Dallas Cowboys offense of line if you hadn't heard Tyrone Smith is suffered a torn left hamstring and so he could miss multiple months.

At this point the Cowboys left tackle going to be out for an extended period of time. It's hard to know exactly how long they're working on more reviews, more medical test coming up on Thursday, but according to the reports he was her on a running play he was making a block on Lake Vander Ash, the great Cowboys linebacker, and he went to the ground. He did walk to the locker room without any assistance. And the good news is the ACL in his left knee. They determine right away was intact, but it sounds like there's a problem that Walt will cost them entirely season could cause him to miss months and this is a guy who's a pro bowler and a minion may or may not know the movie the blindside boat. We all understand if you understand football, you know how important that tackle is whether it's a lefty or righty when your quarterbacks are in the other direction. It's your responsibility to protect his blindside and so to lose this guy who so good at his job and so good and so established in front of Dr. Prescott is a huge deal, so want to see how the Cowboys adjust but were talking about days now until the regular season kicks off on its devastating loss for them. So that's one big piece of news coming out of the NFL, but that's not it got a couple of other updates from guys who've missed time with injuries like Jim is Winston himself giving you an update on his health and then just in general, the closer we get to the start of the regular season which is two weeks from today, two weeks from Thursday as in today and it is because all of our various time zones in the United States are now officially into Thursday two weeks. I said this earlier because it made me laugh when I told my mom that producer J nice but a couple hours prepping or prepping brainstorming and preparing for football season. My mom said football season is got early to be doing that actually little do you know mom. She gets her football info from me well and from her husband who is big into fantasy and so makes her watch football or at least testable of the TV for hours every Sunday she will get like halfway through the first row the games and mom will send me a text.

I'm so tired of football of the week one night emitted the first games you have a long way to go invest in some earplugs okay.that means Rick producer J you know that the mean trick because that is literally one of my favorite movies scenes of all time. All you do is drop a couple of notes of it and you know that I guy losing you feel that mean trick that's very underhanded of you. You need to lose that moment so why are you trying to derail what I'm saying here on the show of course you'll get see his face evil eyes I'm telling you it's after hours here on CBS sports radio. Yes, that comes from my favorite comedy of all time. It's an oldie but a goodie. If you don't know it's money pit with Tom Hanks and the scene where the bathtub goes to the floor and he gets stuck in the rug.

On the second floor. Oh my gosh I feel a walrus. What that laugh. Do you think that would be great for the radio show or no if I know my lab is a cackle on that until you it's it's a you know, giggly, sweet, girly laugh. I do not have that I understand. My life is like loud practice that just about that way I would say he must've been like those in the mirror things kind of glad to do was my range. We've all those moments that we just lose her mind not laughing at me is laughing but it's not funny. That's the part that is amazing. Is it just it's an iconic stretch of laughter and it's all it's all done over something that's not funny at all, through the inspiration to talk about your mom advertise a football it is not going to do is let go.

I hate to tell you Bob, you are far closer to the beginning that you are due the end she is.

Did you know you absolutely know I can name that tune in. Note 1st that was much as it does apply to my mom and her boredom after 90 minutes of the NFL season. You know that playing that tromping the on the show see I tell you that's all you dropped I can tell you that my gosh funny coming up this hour. What will do some QB news, everything will date out. I get questions on my social about how quickly Kenny Pickett becomes a starter for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

I'm telling you it's happening every single day, and the national host. I'm not even in Pittsburgh.

I can only imagine that local chatter in Pittsburgh… Tom Hanks. That's our friend Mike Tomlin.

Good stuff. You'll hear from Mike Tomlin. Also, why is one quarterback talking about being a psychopath is anyway working to get you as much as we possibly can. You what we like drawing drug bank of sound effects.

That's just the producer J's face and get this giant enormous toothy grin on his face having fun because were not talking about the Cleveland Browns of the NBA that the end of producer J's fund is all fun and games until I bring up the November or Kd. It's after hours here on CBS sports radio let's run through some of the top storylines from the baseball diamond diamond drama as we call it on Wednesday evening out. The Braves did not play Wednesday evening or to the Mets.

Actually, the Braves played Wednesday afternoon they swept the Pirates into right now the Braves are again what the hottest teams in baseball we seen this multiple times over the course of the summer.

They've won 14 of their last 16 and Kyle right and set win number 16 to match both Justin Berlinger and Tony Goslin for most in the majors also show beach in different ways are like defensemen moms so whatever the day about license credit to know the stuff I rightly went to Dansby Swanson morph into a grizzled veteran right before our eyes while search the Atlanta Braves closing in on the Mets of the Mets were idle last night, they start a series against the Rockies on Thursday. Today, but the World Series champions are within a game and 1/2, though, let's give credit where it's due. New York has beat back every challenge by these World Series champions to this point that the NL East in the NL Central.

The Milwaukee Brewers have run smack dab into the buzz saw. That is the Los Angeles Dodgers over these last couple of days and for last night it was over almost before it started. The Dodgers batted around in the first inning and then batted around again in the fourth inning. I trade Turner, Freddie Freeman, you can keep these guys off-base right now but it's not just them often Barnes in the in the nine-hole had four RBI last night so Dave Robert still has the Midas touch. Andrew Heaney picked up his first weight in four months. He strikes out four SKUs me strikes out 10 and the Dodgers really helping the St. Louis Cardinals atop the NL Central because made the Brewers look listless and lackluster, but the Cardinals didn't win. They lost to the Cubs on Wednesday and have approvals did not home or really, that's all I need to say. I know that's all he cared about our approvals did not home or he still sitting on 693 after hours here on CBS sports radio looking at the American league.

Beware of the Cleveland guardians. I'm telling you right now they are locked in years 12 pitch swung on, and there's a high fly ball deep left-center field survey).

Please give units to nothing. Guardian 12 swung on so Gonzalez Western like company building that still the left-field line lookout in there that was covered in hot and three solo home runs. Given the guardians of three nothing leave. I like the playoff caliber to that's a really good team list of injuries Mr. Grissom baseball gets things like that. It's not that I don't care what what Cal. Quantrill has to say, but we covered this earlier and I can't not hear it. I want to be a judge of what Cal is saying, but I cannot. I cannot only hear the obnoxious singing in the background or list of injuries. Mr. laughs what it starts to go back go back to be getting it quiet for a second there any probably pretty close to the.

The visitors clubhouse. The Guardian clubhouse in San Diego and you could hear him laugh when it starts. I like the playoff caliber to that's a really good team list of injuries. Mr. okay now just waking up. You gotta keep going because it gets even more obnoxious. Once the all starts in the background. I like the playoff caliber to that's a really good team list of injuries Mr. Grissom baseball teams like that support the bad team to consider is this is kind of the barometer where we sit.

We really can handle.

I think that the board should really settle difficult music blaring disco music.no breakdown you think you would like to know do you think they're praying their plunking guys were doing press conferences or they're just what is so cold it is so well I don't know what music the American one said to me that on Twitter that he thought it was the sound of a truck backing up but that is not the case. It is not a beep. It's all one more time for people are just waking up okay that's a really good team list of injuries Mr. Grissom baseball existing like that support the bad team to consider is this is kind of the barometer where we sit anyway if you want to wake you are now so we have no idea what that is, we don't know if it's up, recorded, or if it's an actual person in the clubhouse. We just know that Cal hears it and starts laughing and then it's all been excessively loud for the rest of his. His comment shows a fire alarm. Starting off with the Greek fire alarm with bird that's way too loud for a bird. I don't know what it is but it's fantastic anyway. Guardians fantastic as well as seven.

Nothing shut out of the Padres and they are protecting their lead atop the AL Central now sitting at four games over the twins who are going wrong and the White Sox actually got a win last night, an impressive win for them in Baltimore.

Lucas Jay Leno ends up with the victory, a run on four hits and he pitches into the seventh inning. So those are some your top storylines coming from the world of baseball. The tip of a race. They are also one of the hottest teams in baseball actually get to walk off on a throwing error by the Angels until their 10th when in 12 games. But if you're thinking that they might be the only team to really and the Yankees. Well, think again rear swing drive 150+ field to the top of the box right off the wall. It started in play. Probably will score easily from second sprayer races to the bag.

He slides it with an RBI double on one picture the Blue Jays have a three to Ben Wagoner on Blue Jays radio and they were in Boston. I happen to be listening to this Red Sox broadcast because of the Jimmy fund telethon. The fact that they were raising money to support the Jimmy fund which supports kids with cancer, and the families that have to go through that ordeal. So I'm listening to some of these families and 70s kiddos get interviewed on the broadcast would joke a stately own and company Michelle McDonough in there as well and it was a really compelling game goes into extras, but boom right away. It extras the Blue Jays jump on the Red Sox and is much as the Red Sox are trying trying to come up with some type of forward momentum there still going the wrong way but so far there was overdrive love a lot about what matters.

You know, we may come across Alex Cora manager for the Red Sox referring to them going over ate with runners in scoring position so Dave dropped three in a row and are now four games below 500 in the basement of the American League East. But the raised the Blue Jays. There getting closer. The Yankees are now actually insight. I still say the Yankees end up winning this division because it's a mammoth lead that they built, but the race of as a say of 18 of their last 10 there now within 7 1/2 games in the Blue Jays are just eight games back in the Orioles still that little engine that could. That's what I call them when I was doing an interview with Rob Long on the big bad morning show on Monday at 1057 the fan are Baltimore affiliate. All right, you can find me on twitter a lot radio also on our Facebook page. I can't promise no more singing all we just got a tweet indicating the name of the song that's playing behind them. So we need to check it out during the break to see if I can from us yet we do. Jacob said the song is holding on by disclosure okay so let's check it out to see if it matches I made there playing it at mock decibel levels impressive and could pick that out. Well somebody has to know what if it's a song playing in a clubhouse right up if that's what actually what was I wasn't sure that was music anyway will will check it out. Thank you Jacob. It's after hours with Amy Lawrence CBSSports radio you are listening to the after-hours podcast all after-hours Lord I do as you disco club music.

What's old is new again, thank you to our friend Jacob who did in fact recognize the two that's being played behind California looking to redo it again just like we heard the song that the start of the song disclosure and its bite. Sorry. Disclosure is the artist holding on is the song here you go you ready list of injuries Mr. Grissom baseball teams like that support the bad team that outplays on time just so we can say that would give me a headache. Knowing what it is and it's allowed. It's so loud behind Cal quadrille that there's no way he can avoid it, but a lot of times of injuries. Mr. those press conferences, or those press rooms are literally right out the clubhouse at stadiums, especially with the visiting team and so no doubt he heard it and started to laugh because that's where were you took a pause. The only one that was kind of thrown by that music is I really heard him speak like 17 times. I don't yet have any idea what he said I can tell you someone who's covered a lot of short morning, Amy.

Nice to see you been a lot of locker rooms with a blast of music during postgame interviews PR people go over to the radio whenever it is torn down and the players would get test yet say come back and turn to the clubhouse and the right about that when soundbites trying to see the radio station what ever media secondary you heard this year. Cal quadrille your answer a question.

This is the guardians and there on the road.

Diego and he's answer your question will to play. Repeat now and the music starts behind him and will vaccinate all listeners identified the song and it's just it sounds like a clock.

It's at the club, music, or J.

Identify house music is so loud. Listen, I like the playoff caliber two that's a really good team list of injuries Mr. Grissom baseball teams like that support the bad team to consider is this is wrong my iPod. I bet one of your son does. Thank you Jacob were actually really thankful that he identified that music brides like stop playing that song never tell Jay to stop doing anything because he will literally take that as his invitation to continue the bottom of a mystery, though this is been on her mind since the first hour of the show animal. It is no you I knew I was little I knew that was music just didn't know what it was and that was figuring knowing the configuration that had to be the clubhouse right behind him or something that's fantastic. I really miss those days of covering a team in their own clubhouse or right outside their clubhouse. I'm good with that. If I don't ever going to a locker room again and I didn't. I did it for several years in my career. Happy if I never have to do it again. It is not an easy place to get your job done.

Whether you're male or female. I I was extra challenging uncomfortable moments in the lock absolutely are some athletes who will go out of their way to let you know you're not welcome no longer part. I'm not at all and say I'm not telling you more stories. He was notorious Ashley when he was madly after the Red Sox tried to trade him for Alex Rodriguez at the start of the 2004 season. I was at spring training. That year with my local radio partner in Providence, Rhode Island.

He was just me. He was so angry at the Red Sox at the media at everyone. He was just angry at the world that was going out of his way and try to make people miserable teammate even warned me about being around his locker because of how he was treating people in that spring training once once saved San Antonio homes from negative questions from jet reporters covering the Jets for a fan. He'd made a mistake.

I don't know exactly what was the key drop the pastor in the game and if you did make himself available after the game at Sunday and then again the day after media available shall not until Wednesday to become out was walking Wednesday's usual today. You turn the page start asking about the next game and that he put himself in that position because he didn't face the music on either Sunday or Monday and it was onslaught of questions about whatever the mistake was five-minute and they're asking questions in five different ways. He's not answer you want to drive.

I actually felt bad for him just a Mughal radio guy in there and I'm looking for no one's ever was a little radio guy, but whatever I want to talk about the next game for my reports.

So finally I get this? Will breaking up with their plan was so faced with dolphins on on something to talk about their defense a little bit. He looks over at me with a small Eagles. Thank you and then discriminate over he came back over to me. He said I want to thank you for all the reporters came over me like you asked question 18 different ways you want to Peter sure you homes be at-bats tight. I like it QB now is to wrap up our show managed to went fast play that with the background instead of the regular you can concentrate on the way through bet on that one.

You are listening to the after-hours podcast. You will will will start with this unit here on sports radio Len Dawson Hall of Famer and a four-time champions of three times in the AFL.

Also with the kids that she's in the NFL Super Bowl for he was the MVP played a lot years in this league. He passed away, and right away Patrick Holmes wanted to talk about Len Dawson.

This is from Sirius XM NFL great person for every interaction with them. From my first working to cancel our main he's always been someone that's shutting advice of light in the where we are at our main GCC Soto appreciates being the king is a cheese quarterback can be in the Kansas City community and so I think that's been the biggest take away from him and obviously he would like you said he was the quarterback. He's on the help they can see she's become who they they are him and Schram Lamar high Army movements in the Dallas Texans to the Kansas City again in the first of morning, when the force keeps stamped canonicity cheese Len Dawson died at the age of 87 so long and sleep prosperous life. Maybe you did not know he was elected to the Pro football Hall of Fame as both a player and a broadcaster which is pretty amazing. KM BC is where he worked as a sports broadcaster and so the chief community will no doubt honor him over the course of this upcoming season. It's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio Aaron Rodgers is not in the Hall of Fame yet though he is headed there. And even though unibody atoms are no longer on the same team debonding. Of course, is going to continue to rave about the guy who threw him back this for the first stage of his career as a man. No I don't I don't discount anything noted that Erin was able to do for me because AMI is best quarterback know in my opinion, a plate of what he did for me was not just about the type of laws or whatever they through you know great back shoulder. Whatever you have, the Michael Jordan of spectacle make you play better, you don't bring out your best just bobbing on the field is like is a great leader but it was it was more so just about always notice a note to let you know, ever known and got us in his 115 here at that point, whatever the get days off know today so would be times when he was approximately just notice it will start the like. Not not falloff knock knock products in car but when the same as when Erin is out there high praise from Devante Adams for Aaron Rodgers on the pivots. I seems like everyone these days is raving about Roger's ego needs more of that debate about whether or not Philip Rivers ends up in the Hall of Fame. I happen to think he will. Maybe not first college at Justin. Herbert actually is grateful for the support he receives from the former Chargers QB. I wish I got a chance of human study and learn from them for a couple of years and 23 I know that the competitor wasn't for him to build for as long as interest is missing and the father is a lot to me and we saw lots prove your continue what he built and Chargers YouTube 16 seasons of Philip Rivers who was the Chargers version of the Ironman were making our pivots into thinking pivots make your pivot into the north where there is an actual quarterback competition still going on. Mr. Mickey was brought in by the Steelers to push Mason Rudolph to challenge Mesa Rudolph turned into a three quarterback competition. A three way race if you well but Stravinsky feels like he's done what he has to do so all would like more lasting obviously but hopefully you're not sure why should be on your whole body work.

So everything in my grip this point. Well done minicamp. The practices the trolling preseason game so wasn't about showing lastly as a unit from us also just so you can do is control to get better from there. And that's all that maturity and yet there are so many people who would like to see.

They think they would like to see Kenny Pickett, the rookie on the field sooner rather than later Jesus wrapping up his very first camp. Strauss and Thomas Maria's my progressions and so happy with how it progress that would throw cancers with a lot of guys around Kenny Pickett, who course, played his college ball at Pitt, but Mike Tomlin gets the final say so what about this last preseason game what the impact on the QB battle work. This work is weighted appropriately so work is significant and increasingly sold more stating exposing so make no mistake, this is a significant time.

I have no idea what he saying is I get so wrapped up in his word that his inflections, the NFL is better because of Mike Tomlin in so many ways. In other words, there is no starting quarterback for the Steelers just yet yet is the defending champion well in the defending AFC champion is the Cincinnati Bengals and Joel Barone cleared to get back to practice to be out there and do everything is required of them. Even if he's wearing a red jersey.

This following his appendectomy at the start of training camp, monotonous flow of camp your defense every golf cart implanted in some of them are starting soon so you better start imperatives, the need about each other so I'm really glad that he is the latest round of comments to the media are little spicier little more interesting that what we got the beginning of his career. Oh my gosh like as bad as Bill Belichick yes Job are always anxious to get on the field against different teams, though he's just now being cleared for contact after appendectomy. It's after hours on CBS so much attention onto the rebuild offense around two in Miami. General manager Chris Greer, how important is this season for two every year for every players bids are part of the relationship you might have alerted to the playcalling nor players surrounding with playmakers Wilson and most of the chase segments. It also will for us. It was really just trying to improve our team speed dynamic to explain space to a fantastic work to law Mike Sheppard leadership stuff. A lot of players and talk about how taken over fun watching Chris Greer on CBS sports HQ refers to my kids had coaching Mike McDaniel who loves to rave about to pray, that you have received publicly this off-season, expecting him to have an all-pro season. I'm expecting QB the Dalton patriots are looking up the bills and the AMC here till for Matt Jones when you don't actually have it on the coordinator think this process laid out for us to focus on. But how can we display better how's we just fundamentally be better for me with open God, whatever were you sure in the middle doesn't really matter for the office line level and things like that so it's a lot of fundamentals of the just fix those.

It really is about what you do X's and whose lives you should be able to compete with players that we have all the talent that we have.

It just so fundamental throw to the open guy and anybody can do that right question. I really do lie I sell just a little bit again because it's one of my favorite words into the thesis out now. There's no real Segway here, except that James Winston is coming back from a couple of injuries including the ACL and is chomping at the little bit more.

I don't really have any set up for the snack soundbite from James Winston, just that he he loves game day, even if it's preseason farming spares us to get a sense of looking at about listed bonding part parcel. Football is about. I mean I'm excited for that muscle. We have time for one more and we got to left on her list but one more will save Trevor Lorenz, have you heard this can Dorothy L Ken Dorothy's a former NFL QB for Miami quarterback Miami has in college and now the offense of coordinator under Sean McDermott and he is even admitting that McDermott wanted to be up in the booth because he gets a little too fiery on the sidelines. I like to think I'm not too much of a cycle to be is on but no it's a passionate game and I think you know of units is balls football, you know, I mean, so Genesis could be one of those things I will do what's best for the team and what's best for for me: about the problem with her to be over the box without regard to Dorothy about the I like to think I'm not too much of a psychopath that there was video that was put up with just that little bit of the quotes when you hear the felt like too much of a cycle right and Josh Allen quote that little video and responds with, isn't that whatever he psychopath would say something along those line really funny looking forward to seeing the start of football and of course seeing what the bills can do with not just the bills right if every team hope springs eternal were now two weeks away from the start of the NFL season, in fact, enjoy your Thursday will talk you tonight after hours with Amy Lawrence CBS sports radio