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Snyder Denies Hiring Private Investigators (Hour 2)

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October 18, 2022 8:24 pm

Snyder Denies Hiring Private Investigators (Hour 2)

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October 18, 2022 8:24 pm

News Brief l Angelo Cataldi, WIP Morning Show host l Dan Snyder sends email to the NFL owners denying he hired private investigators

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In terms of why that franchises been so dysfunctional and Daniel Snyder.

Jim, our sacred duty 24 hours to kick them out on if he thinks enough owners will be on board with voting to remove Daniel Snyder. You will situation but I just in the workplace. Standard though the stamp once owners talk amongst each other. Go to the right decision. I know my unfortunate role.

We probably need to go down concerning diversity could be a wildcard, but he's not saying what he said today if a doesn't think that Daniel Snyder did a lot of things wrong, which we already know that he did or to that. The other owners are to back because let's just say I'll take a key if Jim per se said this and then you had like 20 something other owners go yeah publicly, I don't agree with Jim. Dan did nothing wrong, then those orders are to turn on Jim so Jim was basically the voice here for what I would think would be the majority feeling of the other owners could there be three or four other owners that go yeah I actually grew. Daniel Snyder potentially. Jim's got a no go the way that the majority owners feel because you know how tight that NFL owners fraternity is and how exclusive of a club that is and how many times a sweet things under the rug for Jim to speak out and pretty much say we got a kick. This guy had a league he's gotta know that he's good to be back by at least the 24th the 23 other owners that would be required including him and to make a 24 to get Daniel side. Your homes are cheap then put a target on his own you're tacking like an office of attorney.

One of our own, and you also know you started ostracizing pushed aside in a dense latter category.

I was in a fraternity in college and I remember that there was this kid that we knew he was in the fraternity but he was someone that we knew and he was like in the inner circle, but he was actually in the fraternity, and I remember that one night he showed up to a party little bit intoxicated and he was trying to fight one of my friends so politely said to the if you right now throw a punch at an actual brother that's in the fraternity. You have all these other people come down and kick your ass. So right now these are members of the fraternity that people removed from a fraternity but you have all reasonable orders that are involved in the fraternity and you know the people in the fraternity that there was something wrong here and it's up to you to go to the process to get about the fraternity and pretty much Jim per se has to have a lot of clout in this fraternity to be the one to put all this out there on record any has to be speaking. I would imagine for the other brothers a.k.a. the other owners in this fraternity right now that the majority of them if they got to a vote would not want Jim or say as an owner anyway. What's right one more Jim or Sam.

What bothers him the most with Daniel Snyder will owners situations and there's no and you know there's a lot of friendships in this is you. Talk is that there's just a lot of closed as some of things that represent and you I want the American public will know he wants the American public in the world to know what they are about as owners and don't get me wrong a lot of skeletons in their own closet. But whatever the information is that Jim per se has a Daniel Snyder. He is that annoyed at it that he wants Daniel Snyder out as an owner and he's willing to go on the record to say that when it comes down to this fraternity, guys. It's time to take out Daniel Snyder and that's got to be a big feeling of the other owners in the league girls he would've never said it because this is avoidable spaghetti and have to give his true thoughts on this, but he elected to do so very telling. Russell Wilson has been a disaster for the Broncos says there's no infighting or finger-pointing in the Broncos country. Let's try lock now in our divisional locker room.

He got so I'll be horribly played for each other and I am everybody.

I didn't go away. But everybody's fighting the butts off every day you guys up front line.

Sievers Titans running backs the deep defect and Stevens align linebackers. It just means our saviors, and quantum. Everybody's plan for each other with filet we can win the game.

I wonder if he even has a good understanding of the reader the room because it was Derek Wolf. Remember last week or two weeks ago joined us and Derek Wolf said that he's probably isolated. Already a lot of people in the locker room.

He has his own quarterback coach Jake keeps his joined us before. I guess he has an office. According to Derek Wolf.

Jake keeps in the facility and it was Derek Wolf who said he thinks he's paid in Manning buddies not paid.

I wonder how much the visionaries in that locker room and how much is it yes we know Russ has the power, but there being relationships. Let's just say being formed and the guys that are supposed to respond to the leader, and Russell Wilson saying yeah I'll stand behind this guy a lot of times in the NFL where you have a bad quarterback or bad player and people don't know that I know you're just not seeing what were seeing. I haven't heard a lot of vocal support really for Russell Wilson and I don't think Russell I think Russell Wilson has displayed really in this last year year and 1/2 two years. Russell Wilson is all about himself rustles that is not a good leader, and Russell does a lot of bizarre things and start to become a punch line for a lot of jokes, which is a shame because this was a guy that not that long ago was considered to be a great player in the NFL guys in the locker room. Ryan better doubting Russell Wilson right now probably at least one 1050 got a defense at least you think. I mean, they got it now they've been playing very good last night. I didn't stop after stop stocking just part of the field and you watch Russ got there's three and out sack the following: completion it's gotta be just a game of occult to awful pics in the fourth quarter seen a player crumbled this quickly like this from such an elite level.

Usually it's a gradual decline but this one from him being a great quarterback. Although Seattle is the biggest joke in the league for not want to know him anymore try to kick him out of running that relationship to everyone saying man scattered something that we did pull right now is Russell Wilson, considered to be top 10 quarterback Emily 90% would say no right now before the year he was viewed as a top 10, top 75 quarterback we had that conversation outside of Brady Rogers. The homes in Allen Michael's that this guy and you make the case for Herbert make the case for borrow some other quarterback to muscles was in that category.

Russ is not only fully on the top five is falling out of the top 10 in case it is 15 better quarterback submersibles the fewest points per game in the NFL that the worst offense. I yeah I don't see how you you can make it like let me ask you right now this quarterback Russell Wilson.

Would you rather have right now. Right now this year. Okay, Josh Allen, Russell T. Josh Allen Zach Wilson arrestable Russell Wilson to a tone that I love rustles three games to look at other tour and honestly fairly sappy or Russell Wilson also take Russ but Bailey's eyes a moment the game honest, I would consider Jones Russell she's I hate to say on a setting I may take my Jones how Russ looks lost Patrick more homes are also the homes just in Herbert Ross, Herbert Derek car Russell will car Omar Jackson Russell Lamarr Burleson Jacoby percent Russell Wilson I'll take Russ protective bad but Sean Watson Russell Shaw Lawson. Even with the Russians can happen any particular Russell Wilson also take Russ mixture Bousquet irascible Russ Brian Tannehill Russell Wilson wow you hate Brian Tannehill to honestly this is a regular season. I driving out to Kino quarterback II think it's easier say who do not take Matt Reiner Russell Wilson Isaac Marais Mina Trevor Lawrence or Russell as a journalist, Davis Mills, the Russell rustles jail and hurts hurts.

Daniel Jones, Russ Cooper rush Russ Rush down for the ride. Jack Carson once said, I thought, no, no, not just Osgood left Dutchess also take Russ Jimmy grapple up all man Russ BM head-to-head of your account that you want to say that I have.

It's I'll take Russ Jimmy's been to Ricketts Matthew Stafford Mr. Peck six also takes after this year they both embed Gino Smith and I can clearly show face and say Russ Wilson I can't Tyler Murray while come on do everything because not play well but Lisi's rushing yards last week in a while and they scored nine points. I know uncle Russ. Okay I would go, but I'm just going up your answers. Kirk cousins Kirk and Rogers Rogers and without Betty affects just the field. He's bad I'll take Russ Jared Goff lesson really know take Russ the guidelines joke, but Brady Brady, Marcus Mariana, I'm plain awful.

Now the only thing is they win when he doesn't throw Solomon else's memorial for 20 yeah the three knowing that when he completes 13 pendulous so it's not great.

I'll take Russ Jamison. Winston Russ Jason will Russ Baker Mayfield Russ Ross and Arnold Russ and finally PJ Walker, Russ 19 quarterback suggesting that you would rather have over rustles you watch a play to BP this year.

No one BP for outsourcing or off like it is a dead man walking on what the Broncos offense needs to do to turn things around. This is very disappointing. We need to have a lot more urgency across the board starts with me as a coach going to all of the coaches and into the players we have to look from within. Everything a person is look themselves, how we can all get better because there still a lot of football left coach for yourself. We suck right now were horrible right now will be better. Melvin Gordon why he was benched in the game, courtesy of NFL network so sure of your conversation this note to tell you exactly what happened, shall you have time that you empty part of the offense in the second mention anything to so when you're on the sideline, just clueless. But a disaster. This is not that Williams is out for the year like playing great Nick Sabin last one here says the team was nervous on Saturday against Tennessee. Really I got here this one have great energy and you want to be loose.

I thought we were tight especially start again income level from our players always chant were Chanhassen want to go straight without that's bad, sounds like Mike McCarthy right before that 49ers given that we were prepared before class. You guys understand nervous but public was totally different.

Before this came up against Tennessee, said the mightiest bombings and watch Alabama back this title given that when the SEC championship, but Alabama raise an eyebrow big time concern, back, a radio legend Angela Cataldo joins us talk about all the ladies of the Philadelphia Eagles and the Phillies or get separate OCS game number one tonight against the slam Diego Padre local radio stations range of your favorite scenes from your home town, you can completely remind your local support to listen to the free app today listening to local radio stations range of your favorite scenes from your hometown and you can completely remind your local template to listen to the free app today listening to the second show. We continued his guilt show coast-to-coast on CBS sports radio what time it is right now to be a Philadelphia sports fan as the Eagles are six NLB loan undefeated team left in the NFL and also later tonight first page of the LCS between the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Diego Padres.

Let's go out to the gas line right now.

I will come in one of the all-time great legends in this industry wrapping up the final few months of his career is been with WIPO's the mornings were ever a man that I learned a lot from as I was his intern. When I was at Temple University and that is the great Angelo Cataldo. The angel always good to hear your voice. How are you what a great urine that never got became much well that's nice of you to say take your contract will probably over my contract angel for being honest about everything that you know that Nick Sirianni right now there's one thing is, as you know, to win in Philadelphia in the love you forever, but that when you really embrace the city, it takes it to a whole next level. I would've never thought after that flower comment last year that Sirianni would've lasted long in Philly but it's been just incredible to the masterful job is done really well and you're right about that big that the end of the cowboy game on Sunday night. We just found out today again allowed you to the public "game the second game, at least one maybe two members of the cowboy on the yield to him.

You guys don't belong things you at the end of the game, but public director like the cowboy's cheap shot, but the difficulty looks across the game. Only you and then going up the final agreement about their legal now officially a Philadelphia map, like the rest of someone else. That's also officially a Philadelphia it is jail and hurts you believer that he is the franchise quarterback for the Eagles showed a prior Internet. 91% now.

Thank you God and that he proved it in a real slow decline to the point now where you believe that they wanted to accuse the guy you know you have leadership qualities that are very, very hard right be really good for a long time and he's so levelheaded to remember. I talked to him once when he was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy and he always said I'm always get a better myself. Most of the believer myself, but it wasn't a cocky way.

Wenches got in his head too much like Wentz could be a more talented quarterback that hurts when you look at it, not a college but jail and just as the professional more more I understand where it came out that he played with Nick Sabin and Nick Sabin. We thought that you and I and all the media will jail" rep we do something that will not help.

He knows how to tune it all out where you really seen 1/4 game guides on a drive being 17 plate eight minute length on those drive in the wind again and you letting effluent 2024 and he's already lucky.and if you just can't not a good quote that we dined at your immediate knows exactly how to handle situation in the pressure we well forgot that I couldn't be more impressed with. I remember years ago I was on your show and I was crossing how we rose been a lot of people were it's a big tip of the cap to Hallie because any time how he looks like he's down and out and maybe he's about to lose his job.

He finds a way just come out of nowhere and restore confidence. A lot of people want to be completely remade but the really great destructive secondary change grabber Gartner job.

Many young guys he brought Jordan Davis in the middle of why he just made one good move after another and yet it and added it didn't somehow manipulate guys under another if they don't have the best team in the top three right now we don't achieve. Also, I love to good year last year and they were nine and eight. I know no one was thinking that they were to probably take this step this year with how that season ended, but when you say okay we have jail and hurts. He's our guy. There's one thing to say it but this off-season they should put them in a position to succeed because that will that the draft given up that first round pick for Ajay Brown. That was a will now move window. Great move of God.

Brown giving more attention Ajay Brown then you got you got a solid you got one of the best blanket we hear a mean this webpage felt that we keep waiting for the other shoe to drop all at the Baha'i and they're not implying a complete game of football and their still single.

You know it feels like this is a 30 minute team in their 30 minute system could not be older opponents of financial consulting. They are the greatest second order came in NFL history to this point and literally score 14, 17, 20 point quarter. Then they go to break they come back and then nowhere near as good. So we are growing and growing well with playing a different style. All I know you're sick to know that there were happy that we know go on around here. We know the name and number really good big. I forget what month what month it was dear member is look at told you when you throughout the ceremonial first pitch for the Phillies probably would've been you, yet you review the reason for this turnaround with Philadelphia were just save your walk. I strike that emulated my delivery.

I'll report I'm happy to help if you really want to watch something when the Eagles would imply facing the viewer at Lincoln financial and I'm going out to you really going to with losing spin that you're going going into a witness to retire but you're so right. They lose their gonna run me out.

You know the way it works. You come to put this into perspective. Angela, could you been on in Philadelphia for a decade after decade after decade you had so much success you've never lost your fastball now were getting into the final months of your radio career. Just what you feel that we really really long time, and the challenge that you work with should not go when we script to show we know go. I am so ready to be over but I can't deny that right now I'm kinda having a real good time because think about that. So much great stuff going on at once. Sending me out with some great stuff to talk about spectacular last few weeks seems right now are the Philadelphia Phillies. What is Rob Thompson, brought to this team because it just looks like they've been a different ballclub. Another built while they could hit home runs. I got two great pictures to start things off, but this seems go for October. What is the manager, manager, human being which are directly with the robot Joe Girardi did not develop relationships with players older I get the call that a binder with and pretty much do what pictures and situations because they can't pitch three straight days of general B's rule pitch, Payment, and it was like organization wax baseball have a good time. He's not big upbeat personality shift. The guy that relates to players and these 58. He finally got a chance to be better than driving all the human feeling all the players at the same time I can't thank you for doing this today and also was great to spend a few segments with you on the air this past summer, Apple got a good luck. Enjoy the next few months and always say this, the two biggest things I learned from you when I was in turn was preparation and in the entertainment value and that help me a lot of my career so I can't thank you enough. That way you like quality in turn lead great. We want to credit you for the rest of our lives got all the best, Angela will make you proud. Thank you and local radio stations from your home town. Remind your local to listen to the free today listening to local radio stations range of your favorite team from your home town, you can completely remind your local to listen to the free today listening to local radio stations range of your favorite team town that you can completely remind you to listen to the free today listening to this show so I freaking ESPN article came out that was reporting that Dan Snyder has hired investigators to track the NFL owners and also Roger Caddell and he has dirt and he's been compiling a file even as a file on Jerry Jones so if you want to kick Dan Snyder at the NFL. He's going to take you down with them is pretty much really what the gist of that report was now Dan Snyder has categorically denied anything that was being reported that ESPN article in today at the owners meetings.

Jim per se basically said we gotta get Dan Snyder out of here and he thinks the supporting other owners and Dan Snyder then fire back or a team spokesperson for the commander fire back and said when the investigation does conclude you will see that there is really not much here to kind of evoke Dan Snyder losing his team and he also said him and his wife will not sell the team so there was a memo sent to the owners today is I guess Dan Snyder is not at these meetings are, I don't. I haven't seen them at the things I saw Jerry Jones leaving today. Like right. That must've been 20 minutes ago. The reporters are tracking him down and you know Jerry Jones. He stops in and talks to anybody that he is talking but he is talking and walking through this whole thing. So this is just gone to a crazy level. I do think were moving in a direction that Dan Snyder's get a lose Washington commanders, but you have to wait and see. So this is the memo or the email that Dan Snyder just sent to the NFL owners. I would like to address a recent ESPN article that contains false and malicious statements about the Washington commanders are management team and be my family is particularly shameful for ESPN to diminish the very real accomplishments of our president Jason right ESPN alleges was placed at the commanders by the league and has no power to make real change. I know you know this to be false. Unfortunately, ESPN ignored our efforts to correct the many falsehoods in the article before its publication.

There is one allegation in the ESPN article that I feel it is important to address immediately. The article cited unnamed sources said they been told that Snyder instructed this Hayes law firms to hire private investigators to look into other owners and Commissioner Caddell. This is patently false and intended to erode the trust and goodwill between owners that I take quite seriously.

I've never hired any private investigator to look into any owner or the commissioner. I never instructed authorize my lawyers to hire any private investigator on my behalf for any such purpose, and I never would. While we while we are actually while we all are fierce competitors on the field. We are a part of this organization because we love football teams in our fans having the privilege to own a franchise and America's sport is something I know none of us take for granted falsehoods and lies being spread about any of your organizations hurts our league our players in our fans and we simply cannot let them go unchallenged. Thank you for taking the time to read this you have any questions. Sonia and I are always available to answer them and we look forward to discussing these issues with you at the appropriate time. So Hickey what I take from that does Jim per se. The way we interpret it today. Basically said if you got information Daniel Snyder come on out and release that information and let's take the gloves often and let's get right here that's a labor Jim per se basically called the bluff and ESPN article saying that you want to hire private investigators and don't get me wrong, there's a lot of things well documented about Jim per se warehouse that he owns. There was a dead woman in it.

We know about the DUI like there's a ton on Jim per se that we know publicly but I feel like Jim basically today. Challenge that the and and state that he's not afraid and there's no apprehension about Dan Snyder and he thinks he should lose his team and we were wondering to open up the show. If this would move rather quickly.

Not not in terms of moving that side which could be in play. But if you're Dan Snyder.

If you have information you kind of feel like now is the time, but in that article it says he's not hired a private investigator to track the commissioner or the other. 31 owners so maybe this is a bluff, Dan Snyder where he's kinda just delaying delaying the lying and he actually does have something, but through that article what you believe or not, he doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt for us to believe that he did nothing wrong here and there's already a punishment and I say punishment and air quotes because it was already we can pretty much already over, but you gotta kinda think that right now. Daniel Snyder's. I guess trying to play nice here. Maybe this is the level of desperation, he realizes that there's a good chance to lose this team and this stuff comes out that who knows how it got out but now he saying that he never hired a private investigator on any of the owners and in the commissioner Roger Caddell where someone close to had to say.

If it wasn't him himself to ESPN that he did that so that's a weird response by Dan Snyder but I don't know if he sounded true because I never tells the truth.

No waste on the truth. There is no make that up to specific grants why they did it, but it's when those things were.

I don't think you could just make up of wasn't true also interesting. This is dated October 17 yesterday. This is written before, per se, spoke which means he was unaware of. Basically, Jim per se doing something that an owners never done, which is basically speak out publicly against insider see them lying in this letter or this email should say in order to get try to save face to simmer down. Maybe some tensions between the other owners in him and now I wonder with Jim per se base for the next day going nuclear. How how he reacts next and maybe this was not Dan Snyder telling ESPN that he hired people to track the owners.

Maybe someone had a conversation over the source was winner of the source was made and some conversations with the owners. Maybe Jim per se know something that we don't know but like maybe it is another thing is possible that Daniel Snyder did hire private investigators really find much really find much that would be damaging evidence eligible under percent.

There's if this gets out, which it has. He's hired private investigators allegedly if you ask me. I just give you my honest opinion on the show.

Do I believe it or do I think that this is an attack on dance that I absolutely believe Daniel Snyder has given me zero confidence that he could do anything right in terms of operating our football team the right way so I 1000% believe until proven otherwise that he hired investigators do. I think the investigators found much probably not.

They find anything that was monumental.

Probably not. And I'm not saying there aren't skeletons in these owners, closets, like God, I totally cognizant probably of some wrong things that owners could have done the past. With that being said though I said this when this article came out. I'll say it again, there's not a lot that we really agree on in society. People love to disagree just for the sake of disagree, but 9.9999999 times out of 10, and I asked the question you want to see dance letter in the NFL. Most people are going to say no. So what is the information. If at any at all that Dan Snyder has that is so significant that the other owner should be shaking in their boots where if it does get release you think people are good dual 180 here and move the focus off of Daniel Snyder potentially being picked out were there be people doing somersaults and cartwheels in the streets. He's finally gone after he's ruined this once proud organization. What is the information that you could potentially have that would be so significant and so damaging that people want to just kind of pushing aside taken a stand Snyder being bitter or just dance that are being the crazy uncle at the barbecue that you like yeah Yep Yep Yep Yep Yep Yep you know you're just saying Yep because you have to read things you have a conversation and annexing it all.

The moment he takes a breath and stop talking you run in the other direction to get a beer out of the cooler is evidence but I don't think he has anything really all that damaging. And today we are yesterday. Send this message out to the owners that I would never hire private investigators to track you yes you would go. Are you kidding, you obviously would do that. I hope he loses a team. I hope he doesn't keep on torturing those great fans because the stadiums and dump teams and dump the organizations adopt and they become a national laughingstock. That's what they become the fans and go to games anymore and the fans that do go to games they have sewage pipes that burst on them and have crap on the fans craps on the fans and pipe scraps on the fans.

I don't think he has much here and at sunset from the start show is your evidence because there's not much that he probably has that would make me say outside of something to do with racist remarks, misogynistic remarks, sexual assault that Dan Snyder could have on the other owners that would make me say wow he has something that we didn't already know, and that he has something that would overtake the potential momentum to push this guy Natalie. I don't think he really has much air and I think is a backtrack and I do believe that he hired private investigator to backtrack when now you're trying to come up the McMichael daughters that you were supposedly investigating and found nothing. Also to if this if it will in fact you will dance are still the truth. In this this whole investigating is not true what you think you'd be there in person to talk to the owners and kind of you know Mitch is astray now instead of sending a representative and sending an email would never do that. You would think that was true the case and she did not hire private investors is all made up her or fake sourcing by ESPN wouldn't because this is very very big. And this is very important you be in person at the meetings, talking face-to-face. Every owner ensuring them. I am telling the truth is you make sense but Daniel Snyder never faces the music he never faces the music so it's not surprising that is not there it is. Zach Gelb show on CBS sports radio coming up next hour, Jeremiah Trotter, Junior linebacker for the Clemson Tigers the right fit for the nation beat FSU over the weekend.

Florida State this week and they have a top 15 matchup with Syracuse is having a very surprising season under Dino Baber civil talk to Jeremiah Trotter Junior coming up at 8:20 PM Eastern, 5:20 PM Pacific Yankees going to the LCS.

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