What Athletes Could You Never Be Able To Root For?
The Valenti Show
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🗓️ 7 March 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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A conversation about Russell Wilson to the Steelers turns into an introspective about players the guys would never root for in their lives, even if they were traded to their favorite teams.
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| 0:00.0 | 3 o'clock and David as a situation I don't I think for some if you're a real weirdo you would but we talked about it yesterday |
| 0:10.6 | I am speaking it into existence. The Giants have to take quarterback at six and right now it looks like he's going to be |
| 0:16.7 | J.J McCarthy unless there's like a Bo Nix or a Mike Penix ascension |
| 0:21.7 | J.J. would be the next kid. |
| 0:24.0 | And whether you take him at 6 or 16, |
| 0:26.6 | it doesn't make a difference to me. |
| 0:28.2 | I don't have a quarterback. |
| 0:30.0 | Now, I don't care where you went to school means nothing to me as long as we're talking |
| 0:35.4 | pros but see David has a different situation. |
| 0:39.2 | According to reports there is a mutual interest between Russell Wilson and the Pittsburgh Steelers. |
| 0:45.0 | Now that creates a bit of an issue. |
| 0:47.0 | Russell Wilson is on a very short list of players who I loathe at such a level and have such limited respect for their game at this point that I would not take them. |
| 0:58.0 | That it would really bother me. |
| 1:00.0 | And you asked me earlier, RICO, you go if the Giants acquired Russell Wilson what's your reaction |
| 1:05.2 | straight up I'd be done I would just not watch I would await his retirement |
| 1:11.2 | and resume I can't tolerate. I think he's a complete nutcase. |
| 1:15.6 | So you would take washed-up quarterback or rookie quarterback or has-been guy. |
| 1:20.3 | I'd take Joe Flacko for one year over Russell Wilson. Why? Because at least I don't hate |
| 1:24.5 | Joe Flacko. I hate Russell Wilson. I have grown to loathe him. So my point is, if you're a fan, whether you're a Pistons fan, college basketball, I'll give you |
| 1:36.3 | your example. Just another example of why cookies opinion was so dumb this morning. |
| 1:42.5 | I wanted Michigan State to take Hunter Dickinson. |
| 1:45.4 | In a serious manner, I said to the man to my left last year, |
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