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The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington

Hour 3 – Show the NFL Running Backs Some Love!

The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington

Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts

Football, News, Basketball, Sports, Sports News, Baseball

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

FOX Sports Radio Weekend host Andy Furman is in for Chris, and he and Rob use the Saquon Barkley negotiations as a reason to discuss why the running back position has become devalued in today’s NFL and share their thoughts on Johnny Bench’s anti-Semitic comments from earlier in the week. Plus, MLBBro.com managing editor JR Gamble helps break down all the biggest baseball headlines in this week’s edition of Foul or Fair. 

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Visit Fox Sports Radio dot com sponsored by tire rack dot com the way tire buying should be Rob Parker and Andy Furman the radio legend from Cincinnati joining us here.

1:31.0

I got a question. I got a quick question. You know, I just heard the open to the show and they're comparing you and Chris Prussad. I guess the two odd people. Yes, which one of you has the two kids that didn't tell you in the open.

1:42.0

Which one is which? Oh, Chris Chris has the two twin girls. I'm shooting blanks still Andy. No kids. He went to school in the country and you went to big city.

1:51.0

Exactly. I went to Columbia and he went to school and yes, we went to Columbia. I don't know you went to Columbia.

1:56.0

Oh, yeah. I'm a lion. Are you a undergrad Lion or grad grad school? Me too. Teachers college. Wow. Yes. Well, let me say this. Always fun to have you.

2:10.0

Fill in and coming for Chris and you know, we go way back to the 90s and whenever I get a chance to see you in Cincinnati, I always do.

2:18.0

Andy is one of your good friends. No good people. No doubt about Andy. You know that. All genuine.

2:25.0

All right. So Rob G, we're going to talk about Sequan Barkley here, right?

2:33.0

That's right. Rob, you guys have been talking about it. Basically, I'll show that, you know, Sequan Barkley is considering sitting out the upcoming NFL season.

2:40.0

He ain't sitting because he wasn't able to secure the long term lucrative contract from the New York Giants.

2:48.0

And obviously it's been in talking point throughout sports all week and pro football talks Mike Floria spoke to a person that's close to the situation, not necessarily with Sequan, but in the NFL and asked him specifically,

3:02.0

why is it that the running back market has become so suppressed? And here's the quote that he gave the source.

3:12.0

Fundamentally, people don't think it's a position that leads to greater expected points and surplus value. It's a salary cap league with finite resources. That matters.

3:23.0

So teams will spend on quarterbacks, receivers, pass rushers and corner. Those are the positions that provide the most surplus.

3:32.0

Blame Mike Shanahan and the analytics community.

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