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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Postgame Show: MJ Acosta-Ruiz + Bucket of Death

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Meadowlark Media

Sports

4.732.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

MJ Acosta-Ruiz joins the show to discuss covering the NFL in a unique way, Mike McDaniel and Tua's credit tree, Kyle Shanahan's genius, and more. Then, it's time for the crew to go to the Bucket of Death! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Giraffe King's Network.

0:10.9

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0:16.1

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0:21.8

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0:26.1

Why is Hispanic Heritage Month in the middle of two months?

0:30.8

I don't understand that. It's very awkward.

0:32.6

I don't agree, man. I don't love it, right?

0:35.6

This is MJ Acosta Ruiz. She's with the NFL Network. The NFL Networks do got,

0:42.4

it is trying things that I wouldn't have assumed once upon a time from the conservative NFL Network.

0:47.7

I'm with you. What they're doing with their programming, there's some places where it's being

0:52.1

creative, and I think of the NFL as fairly rigid, rigid, creatively, rigid in every way,

0:58.5

and she's won Emmys. She's in her sixth season, so I will ask you, and thank you for joining us.

1:03.6

You're made in voyage here. I will just ask you, have you seen a change in the way?

1:08.8

A little more lightness in the coverage. Football takes itself so seriously.

1:12.5

In your six years there, have you seen a difference just in what the creative community is there?

1:18.1

I think for sure. I think that's a reflection of those of us who are on camera now.

1:22.4

I think the more diverse you get when you have black and brown people, when you have Latina with

1:27.6

her big curly hair there, you can't be as rigid as you want to be regardless, because then you're

1:32.4

gathering in a new audience who wants to see themselves reflected on the camera. I think

1:37.1

all of that ties in to just being a little looser, having a little bit more fun with things,

1:41.5

and remembering that what we're covering is a game. At the end of the day, that's what it is.

1:46.9

It's for entertainment value. It's a game that we all love to watch and lean into,

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