Pop Douglas on this show earlier this morning as the New England Patriots get ready for the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.

And you can talk about that all day long on a Patriots Friday here on W.E.I.

Will we see Joe Burrow or will we not see Joe Burrow? Who knows, Wiggy?

That is a question.

You said earlier, it really doesn't matter to you.

I mean, that obviously makes Cincinnati a better team if Joe Barrow plays,

but it's still, you know, without Jamar Chase, it's still a game you should win, right?

If Joe Barrow played, like, are you concerned like, okay, that, all right, this is a game you'll lose? He also hasn't played in quite some time. So, like, you've got to imagine that him coming back, he's going to have some rust that he's got to get off. So to me, I guess it doesn't matter either. And, Courtney, that's a great point. He's a notoriously slow starter. I mean, the beginning of every season, Joe Burrow tends to struggle, so he's been out for an extended

period of time here. I don't expect him to be at the top of his game. And he's without

Jamar Chase. I'm not worried. Okay, beat the geek coming up in about a half an hour.

And that is Shime v. a former New England patriot who wanted to come on and plug something.

So we'll get to that at 9.

And then Nick Costos will join us at 9.30 and tell you how to wager this weekend.

We were in.

Oh, Curtis, for those who are wondering why they're not hearing Curtis's voice, he had to, had to dart out.

And so we'll, we will be without Curtis for a little bit here.

The rest of the news, though, Courtney?

Oh, my gosh.

Completely forgot that we were in the middle of that.

Pregnancy brain.

Yeah, you know, it hits me every day.

Some affiliate news. Hello to everyone listening on our Cape Cod affiliate. Nantucket finally has a plan to remove the 52-ton dead sperm whale off of 40th Pole Beach. If you're watching on Twitter YouTube, Mitch has a photo of it. That thing is enormous.

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