JR SportBrief Hour 2

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It is a four hour show I get started 10 PM Eastern time, 7 PM Pacific every single week night. We opened up the show, talking about.

I meet with Oka suspended for the entire season by the Boston Celtics Celtics also made it very clear. We will evaluate his standing with the team later at a later date. So there is no guarantee that I mean you'd Oka will return to the Celtics as head coach. But we do know this for right now. He's done he's finish for this year and he apologized and so he made a decision show Missoula assistant head coach will take over the team for this upcoming season and it is a harsh penalty, knowing that what he did is consensual and you know people have affairs. People have relationships etc. the Celtics may wanted to eliminate the distraction. Did he need to be punished. Yes, but they want to get rid of the distraction and that they did. If the Celtics go on a 10 game winning streak in its the day that I'm you'd Oka supposed to come back off the on the losing streak.

It's just this is going to be talked about all season different degrees in different references the situation would bloom if you missed it you can go ahead and hit rewind on the free Odyssey at Thursday night football is rolling along and when I say rolling modest will mean literally because as this moment moment that I speak the Cleveland Browns they are running and rolling all over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The current score is 23 to 14 is about 3 1/2 minutes left in this game, and dammit I don't know Kenny Pickett is going have to get that call soon because the Steelers cannot generate offense. The Cleveland Browns is basically dominated this game on the ground. They are just pardon the pun they are running away with it. 162 yards on the ground in the Steelers.

They are having a difficult time mustering up any yards hundred on the ground 147 passing and Mitch Stravinsky. He is going to hear more calls unless he helps lead some type of miraculous turnover. I mentioned to you about Ben Simmons so we still have a lot to do as we wait for the conclusion of this Monday Night Football game before we move on to the Ben Simmons and Saul JP p.m. Thursday night football shack. I will not allow you to you know put a stamp on things. I know we discussed what took place with Anna.

You'd Oka final question, do you believe he's going to return here as Celtics coach in the future too soon itself.

I believe that we never see them with the Celtics ever again. And the reason why I feel that way.

As I mentioned this to you in our preshow meeting.

Our preshow phone call whatever you want to call it the reason that all these allegations in the nature of what happened were leaked and came to light and we saw all these big-name MBA media pundits tweeting these things out is there. There is friction in this tension between you'd Oka and the Celtics organization in these types of situations. We never really see what's going on behind the scenes and the fact that they were handing down internal discipline and letting everyone know what happened, tells me that he's in a bad place with the organization.

I think they're using this kind of a news as an excuse to suspend him temporarily and then looking to find a reason not to bring him back next year. I really wonder though what role Brad Stevens has in the situation that she have his eye on another head coach in the NBA is there assistant and assistant for another team that he's been lusting for. Is there someone at the college level. He likes. I don't think we see you'd Oka ever with the Celtics again, though, and I think it's going to cause a lot of tension within the organization because it was clear that the players like Tim they got up every day to play for him, with which and basketball is extremely rare because remember the players make a whole lot more money than the coaches so if they really cared about them and they really liked him, and it's obvious that they did and the Celtics still decide never to give them a second chance with the team. I think it will be an unmitigated disaster for the organization. While he did it to me. We can we can speculate as to what took place and what and brats did not. I mailed Oka did it.

You did it even you know you not supposed to do this and he did it. And these are the potential repercussions. I mean, based on what we just saw a couple months ago on the NBA finals.

I see no reason as to why Brad Stevens want to go ahead and hire someone else to look for an excuse to do so, you'd Oka.

He made his decisions, his choices and now, unfortunately he's going to have to live with the potential consequences 8552124C BSS 8552124C BSS someone else in the NBA, who has made plenty of decisions and is having to live with the consequences of his own decisions is Ben Simmons. Yes, the gigantic six-foot 10 point guard or forward or whatever the hell you want to call him now for the Brooklyn Nets. Even though we have yet to see him play a minute or a second for the Brooklyn Nets we know about the situation last season last year playoffs because we did see a play a minute. This year Ben Simmons basically got spooked he's plan talks and he socks he's afraid to go to the free-throw line. He's afraid to be fouled. He doesn't want to shoot the basketball and it hurt the squad got them eliminated. This man saw the ghost of Trey Young approaching him at the basket and even want to jam the ball because he didn't want to be fouled and go to the free-throw line, and so then he steps away from the team that he doesn't want to trade and Doc Rivers is all you think Ben Simmons can be a championship guard on the championship teams. I don't know Ben Simmons wants to leave. They stepped finding Ben Simmons, Ben Simmons is saying my mental health is not where it needs to be in any finally gets moved and traded the Brooklyn for Harden and he's ramping up to play in the sixes are withholding his pay and then he has a back issue and he's drawing attention to himself and in talk to anybody until this week Ben Simmons sat down with JJ Reddick, who does his old man and three old man and the three podcast and he said a few things. He admitted that he could've done some things better, but then he also blamed that the Sixers and it seemed like he didn't want to take full responsibility for his actions. Like for instance let's keep in mind Ben Simmons that that Miss playoff.I want you to listen to this explanation, Ben Simmons basically said oh yeah I turned in the I just saw jersey. I didn't see it was Trey Young. I just I go for it. Listen Ben says I didn't realize after the fact. How big that was when I want to take the shot. When I think even Inc. about the don't listen to this for whatever reason that's the play that everyone talks about everyone is everybody sort of puts on you as is the blame right that single night in the moment I despond and unassuming treason to come over quicker something comfortable and I seem to tease going on northeast with exactly get up something and okay quick passes go flustered, not knowing how much space there was a happened so quick to ring and in the playoffs. You need to make the right decisions majority without moment it happened and I was like okay you know that's on thinking I realize how little rooms also is that all you found out how big it was when they will burning your jerseys when the series was over when the fans in Philly, so we don't want you anymore and join the course of the podcast Ben Simmons made it very clear he's like, and I still got family in Philly.

I love Philly. I grew up in Philly, most folks don't like you. Everybody was waiting for you to step out onto the Basketball Ct. in Philadelphia you to do anything but sit on the bench and you have surgery, they don't like you. And after that entire fiasco and situation.

Now, Ben Simmons. He's letting everybody know I was not in a place to play. Why did you come back for today's practice.) I was trying to trying to do the right thing and I just was not enough place to play, but I wasn't there. I just couldn't do it and I are getting together practice – he spoke to Dr. before practice other dock I'm not ready as I'm not ready. Please just understand not try to let them know prior days I will join anywhere. Martin Hart was a little I like to cite one millions of light for the Lord was doing that you're doing some purpose MSR photons like location.

You seem like there was no fines like not lifting weights but physically am I one of the strongest guys on the team so light on this wonderful little things in the buildup of upset I didn't handle things right away, but also the team that's what you want to honk with all blame that seeing they they badgering you and you basically quit on the squad man yeah they went back at you. I believe that but what were you doing, they paying you money they're paying you to play basketball, go do it you wanted to quit and then you want to play games and that's I don't know I don't have any sympathy for Ben Simmons. He's going to step into a situation and it's a it's an odd situation all by itself knowing you have Kari Irving there you have Kevin Durrant who just a few months ago didn't want to be there, probably still doesn't want to be there and you have him Ben Simmons, who never seen him play basketball legitimately, and more than a year year and 1/2 we don't how his back is going to react. We don't know where he is mentally. It's a good basketball situation for him is not to be tasked with running the team, no one is going to look for him to go out there and drop 20+ points a game. Play defense run the fast-break initiate the offense of Kari Irving is sitting down but we don't need you to be a superstar plate D cut to the basket if you couldn't open shot do us a favor at least attempted if it's in your range, which we know he really doesn't have too much any but he can still go out there and be a productive basketball player. We have seen him be one of the best we have seen him be an All-Star in so knowing that the Brooklyn Nets by themselves were going to be a massive story Ben Simmons returning Kari Irving on a contract year. Kevin Durrant wanted out. And now he's here how the three of them fit together with all the ancillary pieces.

The Royce O'Neill's neonates they brought in some burdensome weapons teach a warrant.

Joe Harris is expected back in should be healthy. They got some guys can go out there and ball so the East for many reasons is going to be very very interesting.

Thank you. I meet with Oka for making the Celtics interesting.

It's not just Grant Williams and his his leg injuries that just unfortunately pop up every other month yet the Chicago Bulls ball is having another surgery on his knee. The 76ers should be an interesting team because they got Joel and being who plays with a broken face and broken hands. This just it just goes on.

Cleveland is an emerging team. The East is going to be fun. Miami is not going anywhere. Milwaukee isn't going anywhere. Hopefully there healthy MBA is going to be a wild wild situation this year. Let's just see how it all rolls and runs together as the JR sport ratio here with you on CBS sports radio we are going to take a break and we come back with talking about a a return from injury. We have no idea when Ben Simmons is going to return to what he looks like right now in the NFL this season.

We know that Prescott is out with a broken thumb broken bone in the sand, but Jerry Jones. Let us all know he might be back sooner than later. I'll explain on the other side of the break. The JR sport ratio on CBS sports radio that's right is the JR sport ratio here with you on CBS sports radio 36 seconds left Thursday night football. The Cleveland Browns currently lead the Steelers 23 to 17 Steelers have just looked they look flat. They actually threw George Pickens the ball. It's been an ugly situation tonight for the Steelers is, unless there's some type of metal miraculous comeback that currently under a an official review. I'm trying to verify what exactly they're reviewing is obviously him or near here with you think it might be processional ball placement. Cleveland does have the ball right now. The fact is this game is likely going to be over unless the Steelers have some type of come back and then we might as well all get ready for the Kenny Pickett saw because having trip risky at the helm now for game number three still not going anywhere you want to talk about dink and dunk us. It's not even a dink and a donkey.

It's just where we going and so it actually is ball placement's fourth and inches right now the Cleveland Browns of China pretty much ice this game with 40 seconds left on the clock, 855-2124 CBS Mike is calling from Baltimore on the JR sport ratio what's up Mike well I don't know what that I don't know what the hell Mike is doing. Mike sounds like he was calling me from a lift as a bathroom or padded cell. So right now the Browns China run this clock in this Thursday night football on Amazon is is interesting trauma drawing off size back things up.

Yet the AFC North in a general sense. Just this year is it's interesting we got we have a couple. It seems in transition here. Obviously tonight the matchup between the Browns in the Steelers just it's not all that exciting out the gate, Jacoby preset is starting. Mr. Bilski is starting. These are basically two placeholders, one for the Sean Watts and the other one for Kenny Pickett or whoever ultimately might be the next quarterback for the Steelers. We know what a trip risky for the long run doesn't look like it. You have the Baltimore Ravens they just added Jason peer Paul today to the defensive line, and you got the bangles run around Joe Burrell selling every body year. I deleted all my social media because I don't need to listen anybody people are crapping on us will be in all into and we just went to the dam Super Bowl and so I get it I understand it, but the AFC North is just it's about all that, all things considered, the ravens or the bangles are likely to win.

The bangles are gonna got 15 more games left here in the season but they look into hot they're not looking too good right now, and I mentioned to you what that the ravens have been able to do. They added Jason peer Paul.

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Matter fact we have more than a final score. We have a touchdown recovery on one of these flea fit flickers the game is done. Cleveland gets another touchdown in the game 29 to 17 so the Browns here they improve their record on the season to 211, the Pittsburgh Steelers. They now fall to one into in this. This is your prototypical ugly ass game bad. How does this things finish up and let me let me first of all tell you about both both QB's Jacoby preset doing a decent job holding down the fort until the Sean Watson returns 220 yards to touchdowns mixture Bilski and this is where things get ugly completes 19 of 31 passes for 209 yards. Not G.

Harris has 56 on the ground with the TD Nick Chubb had 113 yards and a touchdown. He was out there dragging defenders every time you looked up and if you have to look at that the stats for the teams in its totality is bad, ugly, 171 rushing yards by Cleveland so 104 for the Steelers time of possession and this is what happens when you run the ball efficiently. Cleveland had the ball for 36 minutes 23 minutes for the Steelers. They couldn't muster offense and if you are the Pittsburgh Steelers. If you are Mike Tomlin, what the hell you want to trip risky out there for the next game for what what were we doing here the Steelers won victory came in and basically opening up the season 23 to 20 that the play that wacky game in overtime where where kicks were missed all over the damn place and nobody wanted to win Steelers walk away with the W they just lost to the Patriots 17 to 14 another terrible born asking and tonight, what are the Steelers do absolutely nothing. They lose to Cleveland 29 to 17 and so I hate to say it with these and these are two teams going nowhere. Sorry, I don't think that the Cleveland Browns are going to be hot enough. By the time the Sean Watson returns that there would seem that anybody should care about and if you're Browns fan you care what what you what you expecting Super Bowl here we going to have some type of a miraculous situation where Cleveland still Wednesday. The AFC North is there a chance all yeah there is not that the ravens a better position to do so so good for the Cleveland Browns.

They have a record of two and one. This is kind of best case scenario for the team to start while DeShawn is out, but if you think about the season so far. They barely beat the Panthers almost let the Panthers and Baker Mayfield right back into the game. The Browns they lost to the New York Jets because they could not execute at the end of the game and into the night they beat a Pittsburgh Steelers steam dammit these Steelers they're trying to figure out what the hell offenses right now and so, although the Cleveland Browns are two and one. It's a great situation to be in. It's not like they are playing the best brand of football, but all you have to do what no DeShawn, I get it. All you have to do is just kinda sorta stay afloat. Thank you Amazon for broadcasting a a meat and potatoes. Run the football dominate the clock type game Cleveland Browns certainly in control. For tonight, so as we continue on with the show will talk about the Browns will talk about Pittsburgh will talk about their lack of offense, dammit. We'll talk about Kenny Pickett and will talk about the real feasibility of the brown staying alive until DeShawn Watson returns the JR sport preshow here with you on CBS sports radio 855-2124 CBS. That's 855-2124 CBS the phone lines are open to you right now and then. Speaking of a return. We have a head coach, former head coach in the NFL. Heat sees a potential return I'll tell you what is on the other side the JR sport preshow on CBS sports radio's the JR sport preshow here with you on CBS sports radio Thursday night football is a wrap.

The Cleveland Browns beat the Pittsburgh Steelers at home.

The final score 29 to 17.

The Cleveland Browns improve their record so far to start the season at two and one and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

They fall to one and two to the Cleveland Browns.

The conversation is going to revolve around how far can they go. How much can they keep the boat afloat until DeShawn Watson returns and for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The conversation is going to be around their offense, their lack of offense and how long is it going to take before mixture Bilski has to have a seat and Kenny Pickett takes over. We know Mike Tomlin is one of the most respected head coaches in the NFL we know is locker room loves them. He has an excellent pulse on what takes place, but this is going to have to be a decision that he has never, ever have to face when do I give my my young hotshot quarterback a chance to go out there and unseat the other guy and I don't think Mike Tomlin is just gonna pull the plug quickly, but when he does he's going to be sure about it just a matter of when we get to the top the hour to share with you more details from the game tonight when I hear some of the calls. The touchdowns that did take place. This was one of those grind that out games. This was one of those hey we want take our time.

The Cleveland Browns went out there. They controlled the clock and they took it step by step by step 855-2124 CBS.

This 855-2124 CBS. I also want to feel you went on someone who used to coach and then took a break and then this week said yeah Abby, I'd be willing to come back in coach next year and that Sean Payton before I hit the phone lines. I do need to tell you this Aron judge did not hit a homerun tonight. He almost hit a deciding homerun but the ball stopped at the warning track in the New York Yankees in 10 innings they still be the Boston Red Sox.

The final score there's you heard from Marco Bilotti 524 and so Aron judge his home on watch continues his batting average, now at 316 still leading the American League still leading the world in every offense of category in his game tomorrow. It'll be on Apple TV and I just made a joke on Twitter that now that he's on Apple TV. He will hit two home runs and will be a lot of ticked off people who won't be able to see what sucks 855-2124 CBS 855-2124 CBS Brian is on the line your CBS sports radio Brian what's up. I dared to grab me. I wanted to little bit about how great the ground when what tonight is Jacoby preset you know Browns fan. I was a little leery about him in the packet in his confident, but tonight we really saw another side of them were camel captains thrown the ball going shorter passes you don't know your patient downfield, and I think he conclusion condition for when DeShawn Watson is available we can be player continued, you know that's that's the part that that there's there's not too much clarity on. I mean I think when it comes down to Jacoby preset. We've seen enough of him in the NFL in his career where what you see is what you get. He's okay.

He's a stopgap. What he's doing right now Jacoby preset is his job site Andrew Lott decided to retire will Andrew lock while he's gone. While he is Jacoby preset and it's like old Jimmy garrotte below a certain Tom Brady is hurt. Well here we go here's Jacoby preset now is he going to be able to hold things down all season until the beginning of December. Time will tell if you think about the Browns in his schedule over the next several games and thank you Brian for: not the Browns play Atlanta next Atlanta can do, wanted to things they could start off the game Houten and choke which is likely it's what the Falcons do, but the Browns yeah they they they should be favored against the Falcons. The Browns then take on Los Angeles. The Chargers I would go ahead and favor the Chargers in that matchup. So the Browns they might fall to forward into at that point or excuse me three into at that point.

New England is on the docket. You never know with New England they have to division games against Baltimore and Cincinnati.

They have Miami.

That's not to be a cakewalk. They have Buffalo not going to be a cakewalk. Tampa Bay not going to be a cakewalk. And then you pull up in the game where DeShawn might be eligible to return it's against his former team in Houston against the Texans. That's week 13. If we haven't seen that sitting around 500 is, is that enough. I don't know. We might be too far gone at the early part of the seas near the Browns have had some some some Twinkies for games.

I mean Carolina the Jets will beat him in in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh doesn't know what the offenses you have Atlanta.

This is pretty much the easy part of this schedule when it gets November, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Miami, Buffalo Tampa Bay.

Those aren't easy games just go out there and and when man 855-2124 CBS David is calling from Buffalo. You're the JR sport Risha and Tigre are prepared take my call but I man the love that shows all the want to weigh in on the game from right. I think to me what really came down to her rebroadcast up on the broadcast will they were on the field way too much the night God know Corey would dominate the Khyber conductor Nick job Kareem Hunt that really formable one through part I don't know if they are play out. Even with their schedule. But if they can run the football in this day and age the NFL.

That kind of an anomaly and that that's going to keep them again and got a pizza bad game, but if I'm Pittsburgh right now I'm at your fan I'm saying Greg and credit cricket. You know what your bit you the backup quarterback and to be Pickett did not get paid that much is not great you go what you got graph capital probably you Glock you find a guy next your ticket from Ohio State to quit from Alabama.

You gotta find out of Pickett that a good I put a bid next next year, Mike Doblin okay thank you Davis: from Buffalo your firm CJ Stroud and then Bryce young at Alabama and and also Stroud up in Ohio yet. It's it's it's going to be time you just want to throw candy pickets of the wolves.

If you feel that he has long-term viability. You can always think about the next quarterback, the quarterback of the future. What this deal is going to just tank in and suck this year. That's not that's not where they are. If you think about Kenny Pickett. It's not like they snatched him up and I don't know the toilet.

He was the first quarterback taken a selected him at number 20 overall.

I don't think the Steelers are just gonna throw him out there and see if he sinks a swim and then go okay well you you suck so let's just go in and bring in a next guy possible. What is going to be the crap season for the Steelers could be, but I don't think it'll be intentional 855-2124 CBS Johnson is calling from Pittsburgh your CBS portrayed law JR thank you for having me on a that last collar job .15 that out of excuses team that the Colorado River court is evaporating before our very eyes. There are no black and I agree with that last collar we have a guy Kenny Pickett. We drafted in the play football not not now thought with Danny Schmidt to chew gum on the sideline that God would need to get the ball came and you need to play Sunday for jet. Think about when he came back to pit when he came to pit walk into a wonderful situation is the key to Battle's adversity.

The kid note that JD is time for Kenny and Pittsburgh bringing it with me tonight. That's all JR thank you Johnson for calls in Pittsburgh. This is height. This Johnson was he. He could probably go out there and help the Steelers play defense. We all new and we all know that the Steelers selected Kenny Pickett and number 20 overall because they feel he has a chance to be their future quarterback. We have to figure out when that time is is that time that ours and into the future.

I get it.

Your Steelers fan you want to win me ask you this, you throw Kenny Pickett out there what you expecting what is the overall goal for the Steelers this year.

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Are they supposed to make a massive dent with Mitch Stravinsky at the help. The answer is no to both and so if you're not going anywhere this year Woody Woody Russian Pickett for I trust and believe in Mike Tomlin. I think he has a cult of a pulse on what the locker room is I think the locker room respects and ensure this is uncharted waters for him in every body because Ben Roethlisberger isn't there old reliable stand in the pocket deliver the ball have God's fallen natural legs and easy ankles and he's not there anymore.

I remember rolling around Pittsburgh last year. It took me five minutes to get off of the plane and getting in over to my hotel and the older drivers telling me all man we got fire Mike Tomlin Tomlin has to go. We don't need this limelight are you serious you understand how rare it is to actually have a coach or one that is respected one US cachet to that point. The man didn't have a losing record you.

How rare that is this called a coaching carousel for reason teams like the Lions Jaguars, they get made fun of because typically the organization operates like a carousel like a revolving door come income outcome and come out hire someone high that got fire that person the Steelers have always been a team that take that's on the strategic and I just cannot hire folks and then find them and bring them in. That's what clown shows do parts of the New York Jets start with the Steelers are the one of best organizations for reason continuity respect and they got it and so yeah Kenny Pickett is in the play this year or they just going to throw him out there and see what he got Lingle take some more time. I wouldn't rush it as much as the fans in Pittsburgh wanted is our last caller said Kenny Pickett is from Pittsburgh plated pit Kenny Pickett. He's battled adversity you want to know what Kenny Pickett has not done yet that could really rattle him right out the gate. Kenny Pickett has not played in the NFL and there is a big difference between doing it pit and doing it on the same field, albeit, but this time for the Steelers hold another situation and scenario when Myles Garrett is trying to rip your head off to care for it you ask for, you throw Kenny Pickett out there too soon you might be screwed both now and into the future dangerous dangerous scenario and situation were going to get ready to take a break and we come back on the other side will talk about it not mentioned to you, Sean Payton will get into him not shy about his future and in what his potential plans might be, will give us a Sean Payton will talk about this Thursday night football game. The Cleveland Browns beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 29 to 17. Cleveland goes to and one the Steelers go wanting to. And as you just heard from our recent caller.

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