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The Rich Eisen Show

REShow: Rich Gannon and Michael Smith. Hour 3 (12-17-20)

The Rich Eisen Show

ESPN

Sports

4.31.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

CBS Sports NFL Analyst Rich Gannon and Rich discuss his transition from the playing field to the broadcast booth, his improbable journey from small college Delaware to winning the NFL MVP Award, Justin Herbert’s impressive rookie season and bright future, what makes the Chiefs so good, how Tom Brady and Philip Rivers have meshed with their new teams this season, Mike McCarthy’s struggles with the Dallas Cowboys, and Alex Smith’s return to the field (3:17). Chris Brockman runs through the latest news & notes from sports including updates on Drew Brees, Christian McCaffrey, and others. (33:18). Michael Smith and Rich discuss Tiger Woods and his son’s identical golf swing, why the Jets deserve Trevor Lawrence, and have some good-natured fun at the expense of James Harden and ‘Brother from Another’ co-host Michael Holley. (46:26).    Thank you to today's sponsor: Microsoft Teams = Now there are more ways to be a Team. Learn more at Microsoft.com/teams  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This podcast is brought to you by Microsoft Teams.

0:03.2

When there's more ways to be together, there are more ways to be a team.

0:06.8

You'll bring that person to South Beach.

0:08.4

I like that triple-o girl.

0:11.2

Honestly, if you're the Knicks, you bring Harden in the city that never sleeps.

0:15.4

I like that triple, girl.

0:17.4

This is the rich eyes and show.

0:19.3

James, what was the point that you were trying to get across when you went to Atlanta and Vegas.

0:23.4

I was just training. What were you training for?

0:25.7

I started the NBA season.

0:26.7

Earlier on the show, Seahawks wide receiver, D.K. Metcalf, CBS Sports NFL analyst Rich Gannon, 17-year NBA veteran Richard Jefferson.

0:38.6

Coming up, co-host of Peacock's brother from another Michael Smith and now it's Rich

0:45.8

I said all right everybody our number three the Rich

0:48.7

I was in show on the air there is a great chat with Richard Jefferson that we just had basically shooting you all straight straight from somebody who spent 19 seasons in the NBA about the narrative that James Harden deciding on when to leave town and effect

1:10.1

travel schedules because he wants to stay in Los Angeles to party or fly off to Las Vegas and

1:17.2

the senses that he is being a disruptive presence on his team because he's the star athlete and the rest of the team has to I guess

1:26.1

roll with the whims of a star athlete trying to change up schedules and what have you and Richard's like look this happens all the time he's not

1:36.7

the only one and the way it's set up I know yesterday Chris I came up with a construct in which a player would make these decisions.

1:46.7

And if you were planning on going to the town and seeing a friend or seeing a family member and

1:50.4

now you, your plans are blown up. Richard basically said the star

1:54.5

athlete checks with everybody and lets them know and say let's figure out how we

1:59.9

work out here and then we ball out and he said Tim Duncan would say we're going to spend an

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