9.9.22 - JR SportBrief Hour 1

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This is a time a year where everything is starting to come back.

Dog days of summer all over Labor Day was this past Monday, the NFL season started last night with that ass whipping at the bills handed out to the Los Angeles Rams. We got a full slate of games on Sunday got the basketball Hall of Fame tomorrow. We have a tournament that the NBA is considering for the middle of the season. Major league baseball is getting into their stretch on major league baseball is also looking to implement rule changes all its they will be implemented.

Not this season, but it's coming. Francis TR fall the loan American remaining here at the U.S. Open. Each stronghold on for dear life. Amazing tennis match.

At least the start Spaniard young Spaniard 19 years old.

Alcaraz is beating him up right now, this minute tomorrow. We got a full slate weeks to college football, some exciting names, exciting teams, Texas and Alabama will get a set of given gifts are set up.

Get started and then pretty much in the what I would consider the best nightcap we got the gators and someone who is probably maybe could be the most electric quarterback in college football. And speaking of electric.

One of the most electric players that the NFL is overseen at the quarterback position.

Lamar Jackson Friday is here Friday has come and basically gone and Lamar does not have a new deal. Lamar Jackson is going to head into the season and play with no extension to be costly for somebody will be costly for Lamar in the long run or will it be costly for the Baltimore Ravens so we have a busy busy Friday if you want to participate in the show, something that is also very common and this is your show if you want to hit me up. It's easy 855-2124 CBS. That's 855-2124 CBS. You can also find me online. I am on twitter I am on Facebook. I am on Instagram. I am at JR sport brief super producer and host Dave Shepherd how are you and at the same time, I just realized the guy who said that the Buffalo Bills are going to win every game he didn't call last night what happened to him. I don't how you keep track of all your callers reminder had a thousand. I'm not exaggerating. Last night it but where the hell was that Gaia I know you think that's an opportunity what you would want to: update, I'm good man I can contract wells will score high right now. It's unbelievable, it's a it's a beautiful thing. It had you going to give it about a month, the NHL and NBA. There will be underway in a month from now will will pretty much be in and baseball their postseason. And so this is this is almost like the appetizer right now that a full slate of college football games tomorrow.

We have a full slate of NFL games on Sunday and on the NFL side. Things got kicked off last night.

As I mentioned the Buffalo Bills. They beat up on the Los Angeles Rams at home. The final score 31 to 10, and it should've been a little bit higher up the score. If we didn't get all of the turnovers really from both sides, mom. Nobody could hold onto the ball in the early part of the game and Matthew Stafford, yet an ugly game disgusting. I guess if he closed his eyes long enough, you would think he was back in Detroit with alliance three interceptions seven sacks he was hit 15 times.

If that happened to Tom Brady. Wonder how Tom Brady would be feeling but anyway, Matthew Stafford stunk every body stock Matthew Stafford couldn't find another receiver not named Cooper cup Alan Robinson making his debut one reception for 12 yards. Speaking of the number 12 I don't think Kim Akers played more than 12 plays in the game. Jaelyn Ramsey on the defense got burned fricassee steam broiled cook to a crisp. M hungry Jaelyn Ramsey gave up six completions for 124 yards and two touchdowns got the best games for Jaelyn Ramsey. Quite frankly, he was very clear in saying it.

We got our asses kicked in the head coach Sean McVeigh got a contract extension only hours before the game took place. Sean McVeigh. He talked to the media after and he said listen folks, the buck stops with me.

When you look at a lot of the ways that this game unfolded feel a huge sense of responsibility. This team ready to go. I take a lot of pride in that. And that's on me.

I can do better. There was a lot of decisions that I made that I felt I didn't put our players in good enough spots is a humbling experience board and stay connected yeah humble should mumble the defending Super Bowl champs sure Von Miller isn't there to terrorize quarterbacks on their behalf. He's now playing for the Buffalo Bills and he had to sacks yesterday three tackles for loss. He might as well have pitched a tent in the backfield Rams are going to be fine. Seattle stinks.

We know Seattle stinks and well working to find out how bad they really stink when Russell Wilson decides to carve them up on Monday Night Football but will get there next hour working to talk about some of these absolutely amazing match shops Seattle stinks San Francisco San Francisco is basically saying ourselves, wait, wait a minute, we got tray Lance right here. This man could go boom or he could go bust we going to do. We gonna throw Jenny garrotte below and there eventually.

What's gonna happen. You have the Arizona Cardinals dignity starting off their first game of the season against those Kansas City Chiefs that should be fun.

Arizona is finally going to have to play an entire season not look great to start and fall apart at the end Cliff Kingsbury got an extension, Murray. We know he got an extension $230 million. And so the NRC is so NFC West is not exactly a cakewalk. But the Rams are still the cream of the crop until somebody knocks them off and so yes it was disappointing.

Yes they took in Al.

They got the Atlanta Falcons next man.

Not too shabby. The Atlanta Falcons are probably gonna be one of the worst teams this upcoming season flattened. They have Marcus Marriott as their quarterback Lisi start the season. Werner my commitment and he's a rookie. What you expected nothing.

Kyle Pitts and Drake London will be praying for new guy to be drafted next season.

That's what the fark is a prayer for so expect Alan Donald to pretty much terrorize the Falcons.

That's a difficult thing coming off a championship to go out there and destroy again. We haven't seen a repeat champion sent some guy named Bill Bella. Jack had a quarterback named Tom Brady and this is something that they did back into thousand five. The last team that might've been close to repeating his champions. Lo and behold happens to be the Seattle Seahawks, Pete Carroll and an ill-timed call at the goal line and Russell Wilson with an ill-timed pass to Malcolm Butler that was an opportunity to go out there and repeat. It's not anybody's birthright here, but anyone who wants to look at the Rams and and be concerned. Don't be worried. Not yet. Yes. Would worth is in a broadcast booth. Yes, Odell Beckham Junior is still recovering from his knee surgery. Yes, Alan Robinson has to become acclimated. He asked her become acclimated with the offense, Kim Akers as Sean McVeigh shared with the media today. He has to show up and he has to be an active participant in the offense Bobby Wagoner is now a member of the team, but Bobby Wagoner does not specialize in just chasing down the quarterback.

The way that Yvonne Miller does so there adjustments that need to be made, but nobody counted nobody needs to be overly concerned after one game against the wall. I want to say ultimate champions, but they are the team that is being favored right now by most folks, including me, the Buffalo Bills small like the Rams got beat up by the Jaguars is not the Rams was like they got blown out by the lions. They got beat up by a team that can legitimately go out there and when the Super Bowl so when they beat the. The Falcons 31 to 10.

Then it hit him with the reverse. Everybody's gonna relax 855-2124 CPS does 855-2124 CVS Emond's call for Marilyn your CBSSports radio. They are going. They are I'm really happy to be able to call into Gavin… You are I called in a couple weeks ago let you know about Boulevard got but I had to think tonight Berkeley. I wanted to talk about gave David because what you showed everyone last night.

I do not like in the knocking to be able to you know that be fine with covering Stephan big mall like that man is you going to be a really good player this year. You look amazing, absent absolutely well on the weekly seen his growth we seen what he can do in the playoffs. He ain't no small human being, not by any stretch of the imagination. And so for this go around someone who I think he's gonna move his his yardage opens about 1000 range and and probably grab 10 CDs so insert. This is not a not a shock, not a surprise man yet, and one more thing, Karen Akers, I know you said something about about you know damn thing and you need to get more involved in all but you know why what you like. I don't understand it but thought you would barely put in the game and like I know so many fantasy owners were on black night with the fact that he was getting nothing like it was blowing, I don't. I don't know and I don't well I'm coming with them and explain it to you right now it's it's it's rather simple and thank you Emond always call from Maryland if you heard Sean McVeigh today talk about Kim Akers.

It wasn't in the most glowing fashion. Kim Akers was basically benched okay and it's not because Sean McVeigh is a stupid human being. We know he's one of the best coaches in the NFL. The man has a photo graphic memory.

He's only 36 years old three years ago. He went to his first Super Bowl. He outsmarted himself against Bill Bella check one of the greatest coaches of all time. A couple years later he goes back to the Super Bowl and actually wins Sean McVeigh is not a dumb human being and so we can look at his decision-making and nobody will be perfect. Part of the job of the coaches to be criticized is sometimes criticized just too much second gas that's that's what happens because it's only one coach the decisions and the buck stops with one guy and so if you take a chance you be criticized.

Why didn't you do that if you lean this way people will go away wanted to do that if it doesn't work. People will tell you apart. That's just the nature of being a coach, you will be second-guessed, especially when it goes wrong because nobody is right all the time. Sean McVeigh talked about Kim Akers today like an individual who didn't understand a blocking assignment.

He talked about Kim Akers like someone today who was in the right position who didn't give or show effort and I don't know. You don't have to be a professional football player. Most of us understand that the job of a running back doesn't stop or just start when the ball is handed to you there other elements that you need to take care of when you're on the field, typically blocking pass protection. Nana D called me in a decoy. There's more to it then hey give me the ball and let's see if I can push it out for 5 yards, plus that's this, not just the job of running back so that's why Kim Akers didn't play it. So for anybody who looked and set all my God, my fantasy numbers. They absolutely stink too bad. Sometimes we gotta get out of the fantasy element or fantasy aspect and look at the reality, the Los Angeles Rams ain't trying to rack up fantasy points to get money the Buffalo Bills again. The money that make you millions and millions of dollars. People sitting at home. I just want to make a little bit of extra scratch my plan fantasy. They try to win games you Tonawanda buck and a Sean McVeigh feels that he is a player on his team loose dog in it than he angle plan wash early so basically he put Kim Akers on notice. He said that this will be ebbs and flows throughout the course of the season and we have to see how he performs just like everyone else but you heard it very clearly when I played a few minutes ago Sean McVeigh knows the buck stops with him and let's also remember these are your defending super bowl champs.

Let's not all be too concerned, too fast. The JR sport ratio here with your CBSSports radio 855-2124 CVS. That's 855-2124 CVS. Speaking of concern when we come back you can hear from Nick Sabin. Doesn't sound too concerned about Texas will talk about some of the other great college football games that will take place tomorrow is the JR sport ratio he wants CBSSports radio but we know the NFL is back and I have something very very important to share with you football fans the first Sunday of the NFL season is here and drafting sports book and official sports betting part of the NFL as a can't miss offer new customers can bet just five dollars and get $200 in free bets instantly and as an added bonus for week one, everyone can experience the thrill of drafting's early when promotion is simple that on an NFL team to win.

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Just flipping around that I'm really gonna pay close attention to in one of the games is really the kick off is the number one ranked team in the country, Alabama to be taken on the Texas Longhorns and one a month favorite cities in the United States of America that happens to be Austin, Texas hey Shep you been down Austin before – they haven't thinks it's an amazing city meadow knives dangerous place and I don't mean the coming crime while they wait is sick.

Street is a very fun place.

I don't I don't know how anybody goes to Texas and I don't see graduates but gets anything done. But I digress. Great food, great drinks and great other things, but Texas is going to be hosting Alabama. That game is going to start at noon Eastern time and we saw what Alabama did the Utah State last week, 55, the nothing embarrassing in the Texas Longhorns come on a no Alabama but they took on Louisiana Monroe and they beat them 52 to 10 and so here we have a matchup and I feel like this is every matchup.

Because at this point of his career, Nick Sabin has basically just pushed out a million disciples Sarkissian Sark.

The man was his former offense of coordinator, the man who went to the Falcons in stock that join up in any went back to being the offense of coordinator at Alabama. He's now the leader for the Texas Longhorns as a young quarterback like I mean real young quarterback and and Quinn Ewers. He has one of the best of not the best running back in old college football to be John Robinson but that's probably not going to be enough to beat Alabama Alabama is favored to win by 20 points. And who knows, it's probably going to be more than that. And so here we have it. The cantankerous Nick Sabin. He was asked about Sark's IK. This man used a cultural and your staff.

Hey, this man knows a lot about your players, what the hell are you going to do with Texas.

What are you going to do with Sark knowing that he knows all about your program is what Nick Sabin said coach. Every preparation is different for each game by 11 o'clock kick against the coach that knows a defense like yours.

Well how you just about going into this week will, and always seem to play several teams now that, no wealth, but you act like we don't know them just because somebody knows you when they play. It does mean the garbage in this because you know them when you plan the menu beta meter. Oh my God.

The conversations between him and Bill Belichick must be gold a subject. You think they talk about anything besides football probably yes.

What as how's your wife for like two minutes and then they just talk football what one honestly talking about under Belichick's case. You know the beautiful partners with. But, yes, and in so many words and will talk about his layout arrival. She's good house while she's good what about that line back you that what about that Matt Jones heat man must be some drive conversations over the JR you know this. Those guys are actually very captivating off-camera. They just don't want to give you they don't want to give you too much, I'm aware okay good you are you, you kind of taken note.

You taken a fun to be making fun of thine dry vigil start know you not speak.

Speaking of dry individuals sarcasm. I guess he is a little bit more more personality. He opened up his yap about taken on his former boss. One of the biggest mistakes people make is like this is gotta be the games get to define our program that might that might not not that concerned about it.

I'm more concerned about just the way we play the game you know settle all my goals to be in Dallas December 3 right.

This game has no impact on right be great awesome opponent. I want to play really well. All I want to make sure that our guys play our style of football brand football and do it the way that I know were capable of doing.

I'm sure they're saying the same thing in their locker room right because we don't impact them going to the SEC chairmanship game either but it's an awesome opportunity to get teams to good coaching staffs and in an unbelievable environment. Be a great setting for college football nonstop man and not so much about what's taking place right now. The big 12 championship Army there two things that Texas is coming down towards one is getting out of the big 12. The second one is not even get into the big 12 championship is just looking at the clock and waiting for Archie Manning to show up waiting for that man to come through and hopefully help change this program let's see how seasoned he is coming from the great Manning family tree Alabama's probably going wipe them out tomorrow. This will be fun to watch. Archie Manning won't be out there.

Let's see what Quinn Ewers does. Let's see if he shows up in his Aston Martin. You can think of a name, image and likeness for his vehicle.

He's going to drive himself to an ass whipping that'll be a good one to at least start your Saturday off with and then in the night That should actually be fun and it's really one individual player that I want to see his name is Anthony Richardson starting quarterback for the Florida gators down in Gainesville. This man is a freak athlete of nature is about six to he has to be about 225 to 30. He is built like a truck and he has the athleticism and I'm not exaggerating like a gymnast.

This man is finishing practice and he's doing forward flips in the back flips inside flips last week when the gators beat the Utes. This man was shot spinning fake passes he reads like a combination of Patrick my homes in Lamar Jackson. We haven't seen his passing acumen all the way yet. He rushed for three touchdowns. But this man is dynamic, we can go through this entire football season and he has already built himself up, I believe into ending this year is one of the top prospects I think he can do it. I think he can up his game. I think he could do some major damage in the season. The gators are going to take on Kentucky but my eyeballs will be on Anthony Richardson.

I want to see what this guy can do a freak of nature. If you thought Lamar Jackson looked absolutely amazing as they thought this guy was a running back playing at quarterback. Let's see how Anthony Richardson continues to develop the rest of this season the JR sport preshow here with you on CBS sports radio when we come back. Speaking of a prospect there's one in action right now it's going down in Queens New York and everybody from Larry Fitzgerald to Michelle Obama is currently watching him play Francis TR fall, trying to represent the United States of America at the finals for the U.S. Open to talk about will be come back. You are listening to the JR sport brief on CBS sports radio you are listening to the JR sport brief on CBS sports radio. I love your show every week.

I work about 60 hours a week, every week I get off work at about midnight and I doing here so love yourself every night from work and I appreciate you and your my drive home from work and I appreciate you being you and being fresh. Thank you Coley now with 855-2124 CVS that's right it's the JR sport preshow here with you on CBS sports radio college football tomorrow. Told you that I can't wait to turn on the gators in the evening time is a take on Kentucky and it's not so much for the actual game. I can't wait to see Anthony Richardson and another start I want to see if he's going to do some back flips spinning fake past jump over somebody it's common this guys electric heat is a highlight machine is given me a reason to sit down and and watch the gators they got a new head coach and Billy Napier taken over for Dan Mullen who got the boot at the end of last season and so yeah, I can't wait young and speak in a young right now in Queens, New York city, US tennis center where basically coming to a close for the U.S. Open is been a lot of attention obviously placed on Serena Williams. This is her career as we believe came down to a closing she's gonna move on to retirement a word that she refused to use but we've seen the elevation of several young stars we seen cocoa golf in action. She didn't win, but on the American side for the men right now we have seen the.

The elevation of Francis TR fall the man from Maryland parents happen to be immigrants from Sierra Leone. He grew up here in United States of America at the tennis center down in Maryland and I've heard about this guy for 10 years as a prospect.

He has the tools, the six tanks 200 pounds guys big and strong as fast he just beat roughly on a doll last week. This man if he winces match tonight which is currently trailing strong to stay alive. This man has a chance to go to the final and the man that he is playing against Carlos Alcaraz. This man right now is a young man he is 19 years old. He just played a match Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

That lasted until 2:30 AM Eastern time.

This match lasted more than five hours. He is out here on the court right now. A couple of will have about this right now. A couple games away from going to the final on Sunday 19 years old.

We have the deal would watch and rough on the doubtful all these years represents Spain and here we have another Spaniard this one at 19 years old, was just ready to will pass if I gotta think about a great great American tennis player on the men's side, I got a call back almost 30 years now. At this point. So Francis TR Foley drama stay alive here in the fourth said he just tied the tided at for all he's drawn trying to stay alive ship you think you can come back and do it.

I do, I do. I mean, Jerry talked about his game and a second when he got in this fourth set is nothing short of remarkable.

Considering all the tread. He's put on his tires beating the doll beating Rube live, you know, but it's JR it's amazing to me because when we grew up American males dominated the sport. I mean, they were always 1213 in the Santos Agassi yeah yeah Chang in in in courier in the before that obviously the greats like McEnroe and Connors – even proceeding them. It's amazing to watch an American male tennis player be in the final four at Arthur Ashe yet will you know there they are so many other countries that have have gotten involved. There is so much competition for sport or athletes here in United States of America.

I want to say our best athletes are going all the sports, but they don't deeply run a note to a tennis court that's that's just the reality.

Our judge was asked the other day. Hey, why are you the only 6 foot seven 280 pound baseball player is very clear everybody else. 267, 300 pounds to 8250 playing basketball, playing football, their defensive ends.

This small forwards in his swing in the back. I'm sure that we can get plenty of other 6 foot seven giants to go out there and play baseball but is it is it going to make sense. Are you going to get to the money if you think about the finances that are available here to a tennis player in the United States of America. Year-over-year Francis TR fall was was basically been on the scene for further 10 years now started making money, five, six, seven years ago winning prize money EA make it more than a mill per year.

This will probably be his most lucrative year.

Let's think about that right now he is ranked number 22 on the WTA rankings when it comes down to men. This is a global ranking is ranking is likely to go up at the conclusion of the U.S. Open. What is Eagle make this year now know, what would you say shop of a mill and 1/2 maybe two no more than three probably no more. Depends on if you winces if he winces he clearly supplants $3 million. Well, I mean that, based on how it's going. Now he's he's hanging in the inside yeah he's he's hanging right is probably easy.

All things considered. I love to see them win.

But he is probably going to go home, but my point being that don't matter if he goes home with a mill and 1/2. This year, or two or three or 45. It pales in comparison to the type of money that athletes make another sports top basketball player. Not even a top basketball player a role player, a guy on the bench a guy who doesn't suit up and is basically a practice player is someone making $2 million, $3 million a year to practice and sit on the bench. We got hundreds of those guys in the top tennis players if you went crack in one of the championships. One of the four Australian US British Wimbledon French. If you ain't doing that man you you use hanging on by thread. Your point know that your conviction is the highest earning tennis at the history of the sport.

He is just a shade under hundred and $60 million first lifetime. Now, as you alluded to with Roger and Rafer Novak.

Those guys have now been around for 20+ years.

Damien Lillard is not even a top five NBA player is going to make that amount of money in three years time in almost 2 years. At the end of his contract.

This man is going to make 60 a year. Come on now, you can easily be 3536 please make an still short. Yeah, what will you what you mean for the MBA. He's very short. We went in regards to height stature. What I'm saying is, those contracts are smaller guards don't age well look at three right, I'm not talking about that rated the fact is, he can make $60 million a year at his age out of his prime $60 million a year and a top tennis player on earth man in prize money. He is not scraping that maybe maybe if you become the an icon.

Maybe if you making money off of the court. You can do that many Osaka is a is an excellent example. She hit her hot streaking and won the U.S. Open a few years ago. She's fallen off. Whether due to injury or or mental issues are not being able to handle the pressure she makes most of her money as a pitch woman as a pitch person and so it's tough here in United States of America. I love tennis just as much as I love is basketball the NFL baseball.

I love tennis is not the same type of sport. You can't sit down and watch it every single day, which you can, not at the same level of you thinking about the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, the French Australian open, etc. but the fact is our best athletes within good reason. They gravitates of the sports a lot of it is a cultural thing you go all over here in the South. I can walk right down the block here in Midtown Atlanta from the studio to walk right to a football game within a 2030 mile radius. I can go to all ton of data plan at a high level and high quality where guys like cam Newton were produced not the same with tennis got a practice to go find someone you have to be able to to get with the competition stuff it be nice if Francis TR falcon can move on.

It be nice if you can help elevate the US men's game.

These he's still in his 20s believe is 26 years old right now there other young American men. There are others we been saying this for a very long time, as in a doll. Spain better Switzerland and then you have joke of it which was Serbian.

They have pretty much dominated men's tennis for the better part now of 20 years and I want to call it a nightmare scenario or situation. We have no idea what things look like the Alcaraz over the next bunch years, but he is 19 years old and he is already ranked number three in a world he looks like he might be on his way. He is firmly in control right now of going to the U.S. Open final in man we we just might have to wait one more day and year. We might be waiting a whole lot of years before it sinuses is here on the scene.

I think if anyone can quote "carry the mantle for tennis man. Maybe it's maybe it's cocoa golf cocoa was 18 years old, and that's on the women's side, Serena is gone.

Serena and Venus carry things for the women we've seen other women come and go in the rankings always shifting go up, they go down.

It's a hard knock life year. Our best athletes playing in the NBA plan in the NFL. Maybe there's maybe they're going it's a baseball which is another difficult sport to get into depending on where you live not is easily accessible unless he were Francis TR falcon do not looking all that great right now hanging on by thread. I'll update you on this match as it goes on.

Hopefully it extends on. If it ends rather sooner than later. Ain't good for TR fall's the JR sport re-show here with you on CBS sports radio were going to get ready to take a break and we come back were going to talk about the sport that absolutely dominates here in the United States of America.

It's the NFL. The Rams, the bills they got us going last night but we have our full slate coming on Sunday. Lots of games to watch, run through the list. I'm in a run through the schedule and unwanted so you the games and I'm going to look for on the tell you the games that you should absolutely pay attention to him to do it. On the other side of this break as Michelle Obama is impressed with the Moxie of Francis TR fall when talk more NFL on the other side is the JR sport re-show CBS sports radio