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Infinity Sports Network radio host, Zach Gelb, joins the show in discussing QB headlines around the NFL and takes great issue with Solana's order at Joe's Stone Crab over the weekend.
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00:00Zach Gelb is joining us on the Toyota of Hollywood Hotline.
00:04He can be heard nationally every afternoon on the Infinity Sports Network.
00:09And he comes to us on Wednesdays from the WFAN studios in New York City.
00:14And by the way, if you thought New York City, you know, was mad about Jalen Brunson and
00:20the Jeremy Lin back in the day, that pales in comparison to the excitement they have
00:25for Jackson Dart, who is the next great quarterback in the NFL.
00:30You didn't know where I was going with that, did you, Gelby?
00:31You guys are excited about Jackson Dart, aren't you?
00:35I'm not.
00:36I think Jackson Dart is someone, and I said this before, I would not have used the first
00:41round pick on him.
00:42But in what he's done in preseason, you'd rather have him play well than play horribly.
00:48So I'm looking at Jackson Dart.
00:50I have no interest in seeing Russell Wilson this year.
00:53Russell Wilson, at this stage of his career, is an above average quarterback as we head
00:57into 2025.
00:58So I'm all in for throwing the youngster into the deep end with no floaties and see if he
01:02can swim right away.
01:04Wouldn't that be the right decision, though?
01:06Because we know what Jameis is.
01:07Like you're saying, I'm not a big believer in Russell Wilson, even with our past back
01:10and forth and all that crap.
01:12But you drafted him first round.
01:13Start the puppy.
01:14That's what I would do.
01:16And like my football team, the Patriots, I was skeptical last year, right, of playing
01:20Drake May right away because everyone told me he wasn't ready.
01:23Just so everyone says that Jackson Dart isn't ready.
01:26And they threw Drake May in behind an offensive line that was horrible.
01:30We probably could have used Jimmy on it last year.
01:32No wide receivers.
01:32And Drake May looked fine with basically nothing around him.
01:36So this idea of when's the right time to start a quarterback, if he shows you enough in the
01:42offseason and training camp and in the early stages of the preseason, I have no problem
01:46playing in week one.
01:47I love Gelb coming out of the box.
01:49Yeah, not very excited about him.
01:50Bench Wilson.
01:52I don't need to see anyone else.
01:54Jackson Dart's the guy.
01:55I didn't say he's the guy, but at least throw him out there.
01:59You're talking about you.
01:59You never want to see Russell Wilson throw another pass in the NFL because Jackson Dart's
02:03so ready.
02:04And by the way, I'm still caught up on how you introduced me in the AM and FM.
02:08I think I'm big on AM, but I'm gargantuan on FM is the way that I would say it.
02:13Fair enough.
02:14He is gargantuan.
02:15And can we just take care of one thing here?
02:17Because this could ruin a relationship.
02:19I know you're a preeminent food guy, Hawk.
02:21I'm a preeminent food guy.
02:23I think Channing is a really good food guy.
02:26Jimmy, I don't know his taste, but Solana, he loves to think he's a food guy, but I don't
02:32know if he's a great food guy or just a good food guy.
02:35So I saw Solana went to Joe's Stonecraft.
02:39Can I get the order?
02:40And I will tell you if he did this order the right way.
02:43Absolutely.
02:44I think I absolutely crushed it.
02:47Fried chicken.
02:48Thank God.
02:49And key lime pie and a Caesar salad.
02:52Wait, wait.
02:53He didn't have stone crabs, Gelb.
02:55So you're going to go, thank God.
02:58Everyone knows to get the fried chicken, but that's a little cutesy thing to do with your
03:03stone crabs.
03:04That's all he ate.
03:05Did you get the lobster mac and cheese?
03:09I've tried the lobster mac and cheese.
03:12I don't eat seafood.
03:13I'm allergic, Gelb, unfortunately.
03:14He's not allergic.
03:15So get an EpiPen.
03:17I'm allergic, unfortunately.
03:20Did you get the well-done hash browns?
03:23Yes.
03:23I did get the well-done hash browns, the fried tomatoes, green tomatoes, and I forgot exactly
03:32what the other...
03:32Did you go to Joe's Stonecrab or Cracker Barrel?
03:34You had fried chicken, fried green tomatoes, and hash browns?
03:39Well, here's my thing.
03:40I really think they should rename it to...
03:42Did they have the little golf tee game on the table?
03:45Are you sure you weren't at Cracker Barrel?
03:47I believe they should rename it to Joe's Fried Chicken.
03:49Let's be 100% honest.
03:50It's the best thing on the menu there, and it might be the best fried chicken I've ever
03:54had in my entire life.
03:56And the key lime pie is the second best key lime pie I've ever had as well.
03:59Unbelievable.
03:59They put a new dessert on there.
04:01It's like a s'mores dessert.
04:02The key lime pie is excellent, but the s'mores dessert is very, very good.
04:05But I went into this just saying, okay, I don't know if Solana got the fried chicken,
04:09and it's almost like, be careful what you ask for and what you wish for.
04:13But the fact that you didn't get...
04:15I thought that was a given.
04:16That's like when a hawk comes to New York City, he's Jewish.
04:19All right, you got a pastrami sandwich from Katz's Deli.
04:22Boom.
04:23But for you not to get the stone crab, I'm sorry.
04:27You're like...
04:27I don't eat stone crabs.
04:28You're like what Tua is as a quarterback.
04:30You know, good, not great.
04:32Oh, I mean, settle down now.
04:33Now you've gone too far.
04:36Can I say something positive about the Dolphins, by the way?
04:39We'd love it.
04:40Let's be good.
04:40Because I've been saying the Dolphins are in a terrible spot.
04:43They're not bad enough to be top five in the draft, but they're not good enough to go
04:47win multiple playoff games.
04:48You look at the beginning of their schedule.
04:51Wouldn't this be so NFL?
04:53Everyone, including myself, dumps on the Dolphins all offseason, right?
04:57Tua doesn't like Tyreek.
04:58Tyreek doesn't like Tua anymore.
05:00Mike McDaniel shouldn't be an NFL head coach in the year of 2025.
05:04But you look at the start of their season at Indianapolis, the Patriots, at Buffalo, the
05:09Jets, and at the Panthers.
05:10The first five games of the season, not that they're going to win all those games, but they
05:14only have one really tough game, and that's the Buffalo Bills.
05:17So we'll learn a lot about the Dolphins early because it's not as if it's murderer's row in
05:23the first five games of the season.
05:24So there's some optimism, finally.
05:25I actually have them going 17-0 this season, but that's an aside.
05:28It doesn't shock me.
05:29Yeah, that's an aside.
05:31Week one is Indy, like you mentioned.
05:33What do you make of the decision to go with Daniel Jones over Anthony Richardson?
05:37Yeah, I never bought into the idea that Anthony Richardson was going to be a great NFL quarterback.
05:41Sid Rosenberg once told me, potential means, kid, you haven't done it yet.
05:45And all I've been hearing about for years is the potential of Anthony Richardson.
05:49It would kind of be like Solana, right?
05:52Solana goes to a restaurant, posts one good dish, and we think he may be a food guy, but
05:57then you see him post a bunch of crappy dishes, and you go, okay, he's not a food guy.
06:00That's Anthony Richardson.
06:01He'll give you one or two plays, but then he doesn't put it together for any long stretch
06:06of time.
06:07With all that being said, I think the coach should have started him week one.
06:12I know the coach doesn't trust him, but is Daniel Jones ever healthy?
06:16No.
06:17Is Daniel Jones ever consistent?
06:19No.
06:19It's almost a carbon copy of the same person, except the only difference is Daniel Jones
06:24did have that one year where he put it together and did go to the playoffs with the New York
06:28Giants and beat the Vikings in a playoff game.
06:30So I'm down on Richardson, but I would have started the year with him, given one last chance
06:34at the quarterback position.
06:36But the Daniel Jones, because you're a Giants guy.
06:39Is he, does he?
06:40I'm a Patriot fan.
06:41I just live in New York here.
06:43But he loves Jackson, darling.
06:44You're a New Yorker.
06:46It's like, is Daniel Jones exactly what we think he is?
06:49Because I'm not impressed.
06:50I was up in Indy last week.
06:52Anthony Richardson was running in seven on seven, which you're not allowed to run because
06:56there's no linemen, which just, that's embarrassing.
06:58But Daniel Jones didn't look great.
06:59Did he take himself out of the practice?
07:01He didn't look great.
07:02No, he didn't tap out.
07:03Actually, people talk about that, that he was, because the Green Bay fans were actually
07:07there and they, some people had t-shirts of him tapping his helmet in that game, which
07:12was hilarious.
07:13That was a bad look, admittedly a bad look.
07:15A bad look?
07:16You take yourself, you're the quarterback.
07:19That was ridiculous.
07:20I'm actually tapping out the rest of this segment.
07:24Crowder basically does that once a week anyway, so.
07:27That's not a lie.
07:29You bring up that one year, but you've watched more Daniel Jones than us.
07:33Does he have any potential, to use your word, of being good?
07:36Because I'm honestly, neither one of them were impressive.
07:39Um, Daniel Jones was really productive that one season with Brian Dayball when they did
07:46go to the playoffs, but I'm always told how great Daniel Jones looks in practice.
07:51And then I get to the games and his decision-making is awful.
07:55It's almost Carson Wentz-like, another guy that was in Indianapolis.
07:58Will there be a three, four game stretch, especially with the talent that the Colts have on offense
08:02with Tyler Warren, with Jonathan Taylor, with Michael Pittman Jr., with Pierce, where you'll go,
08:07okay, you know, maybe Daniel Jones has something.
08:10But whenever you think he has something, then it's just two games where it's not just bad.
08:15It's absolutely horrific.
08:18What upsets you more?
08:20Is it the fact that-
08:21You're not ordering stone crabs.
08:23Oh, get over it.
08:24I don't eat fish.
08:25I don't eat fish.
08:26Listen, I-
08:27Okay, that's appropriate because he always says I'm allergic to seafood and he's not.
08:31He's told us, I'm not allergic.
08:33I'm just, I don't like to eat fish.
08:35You got to be like Uncle June, Solana.
08:37You got to eat that fish, all right?
08:40The Browns quarterback-
08:41But the thing is, why go to Joe Stonecrab and wait all that time and do the whole thing
08:45of getting down there if you're just going to have fried chicken?
08:47First of all, who'd you go with, by the way?
08:48Wait all that time?
08:50I'm Solana.
08:50Walk right in.
08:51I mean, it was unbelievable.
08:52Oh, goodness gracious.
08:54And they sat me down.
08:55Solana's here, everyone.
08:56Solana's here.
08:57He went Tuesday at 3 p.m.
08:59Did you say hello to Eddie, the maitre d'?
09:01No, he wasn't working that night, actually.
09:03He works every night off.
09:05Yeah, please.
09:05I mean, he's a staple.
09:06I don't think he was at Joe's.
09:07And before Eddie, before Eddie, it was Bones.
09:11Like, come on.
09:12And Dan Marino-
09:13I think I'll put it on the head.
09:15You think he went to Joe's Crab Shack?
09:16You couldn't get in.
09:17Yeah, he went to the Crab Shack.
09:20He didn't go to Joe's Crab Shack.
09:21I took pictures of me at Joe's.
09:23I had the little bib on.
09:25I walked right in.
09:26And they said, oh, Mr. Solana, follow us.
09:29And they were talking to Solana's father when they said that, and Solana was in a high
09:34chair.
09:34Right.
09:35When they came and took your order, and you said fried chicken, and then did they just
09:40stay in there and wait for the rest of it?
09:42No one got Stone-
09:43Who'd you go with?
09:45Yeah, everybody got Stone Crab, except for me.
09:47I don't eat Stone Crab.
09:48Yeah, I did try Stone Crab.
09:49You're like the red-headed stepchild.
09:51I will send you the video of me trying Stone Crab.
09:55But you're allergic.
09:57Right.
09:57He's not allergic.
09:58Right.
09:59I might be, though.
10:00I might be allergic.
10:01He's not allergic.
10:02What upsets you most?
10:04Did you have it with drawn butter or their mustard sauce?
10:07Yeah, I did.
10:08I did.
10:08I did it the way-
10:09And you didn't like it?
10:11I'll send you the video.
10:12I'll let you know.
10:13Tell me.
10:14Honestly, you didn't like it?
10:16It's just too fishy for me.
10:18It's not fishy at all.
10:20You and Jameis Winston aren't hanging out anytime soon.
10:23I'll tell you that.
10:24That joke would have killed in 2014.
10:27Yeah, it was great.
10:29But it's not fishy.
10:30Stone Crab isn't fishy at all.
10:31It only took 20 minutes into the segment for you to have a backbone.
10:34You can't tell me something's not fishy if I'm telling you I thought it was fishy.
10:41And by the way, it's not an indictment on Joe Stone Crab.
10:44I don't think your opinion is going to ruin Joe Stone Crab.
10:47So I don't think you need to say that.
10:49I think Solana's more you go across the street and you go to Carbone.
10:53That's, I think, the type of eater.
10:54Well, I love Carbone.
10:54I've been to Carbone.
10:55I walk right in there as well.
10:57I love Carbone.
10:58I mean, you know.
10:59But I go to Joe's.
11:01Go to a little vegan place.
11:03The fried chicken.
11:05Yeah, Prime's there.
11:06Okay, just making sure.
11:07Prime Italian, the meatball.
11:09Unbelievable.
11:09Probably the best meatball I've ever had.
11:10Yeah, Solana usually goes to Arby's instead of Prime 112.
11:12That's where he gets over.
11:13I mean, you guys really think you're foodies?
11:15Kelp, get out of here, man.
11:16Like, you go to New York and literally you get invited to places.
11:19You order lasagna every effing time.
11:21That's not true.
11:22How many more times are you going to post lasagna on your Instagram story?
11:25That's not true.
11:25The only time I post lasagna is Thanksgiving.
11:27That's it.
11:28I'm going to unfollow you.
11:29Every time he goes to an Italian restaurant, this guy orders lasagna like he's 18.
11:32That's absolutely my dream.
11:34You are fake news.
11:35This is my fake news show.
11:37I've never been more delighted.
11:42I was going to ask you about this.
11:43This is how I always envision this show.
11:46Because it's like we have five talking head boxes, but it's really opinionated takes on food, not sports or politics.
11:57This is such my dream show.
11:58Someone once asked me, what do I do?
12:00I go, I'm a sports talk show host.
12:01But like half the time, I'm usually just talking about food.
12:04Let's be real.
12:05Yes.
12:06What's your question, Solana?
12:07Go ahead.
12:08I mean, the Browns quarterback situation.
12:10It was an easy one.
12:11Whatever.
12:13Who cares?
12:16No, it's a mess.
12:18Genuinely, like, what are you most upset about?
12:20The fact that they signed Joe Flacco, drafted two rookies, and have, like, what do you, because I'm trying to figure out, like, what we should be most upset about.
12:28The fact that they're going to go with Joe Flacco.
12:30The fact that they put themselves in this mess.
12:32The fact that Shador Sanders is fourth on the depth chart.
12:35Like, what's the biggest issue with, in my opinion, the dumbest situation in the NFL right now?
12:42Well, everyone got hurt.
12:44That's what it is.
12:45And ironically, besides Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, hamstring, Shador Sanders, oblique, Dylan Gabriel, hamstring.
12:53So everyone got hurt.
12:54But it was basically set up, I thought, where it was two competitions.
12:57Where it was Joe and Kenny competing for the starting job.
13:00And then it was Shador and Dylan Gabriel competing for who's going to be second, who's going to be third.
13:04But I guess now they're going to keep four quarterbacks.
13:06People denied this to me.
13:09I will stand by it.
13:10I think Jimmy Haslam forced Andrew Berry and forced Kevin Stefanski to draft Shador Sanders.
13:16And quite frankly, if they keep all four, I think we'll see all four at some point this season.
13:22But bare minimum, you're going to see at least three quarterbacks.
13:25And at one point, Shador is going to play.
13:28And do I think Shador is going to be great?
13:30No.
13:30But I think Shador will be solid considering the environment around him.
13:33But I think it's pretty clear what this is shaping up to be.
13:36They got two first-round picks next year.
13:38They're going to use one of those picks on a quarterback in the first round.
13:41So it seems like a waste of everybody's time.
13:42But it's highly entertaining.
13:44It is.
13:44It is entertaining.
13:45It's good content.
13:46Gelby, we got to let you go.
13:47You saw my video, though, with Big Boom AJ.
13:51I just ran into him in Boca.
13:52Tell Crowder, you are one of the originators of being fans of AJ and Big Justice.
13:59Yeah.
14:00I bring the boom.
14:01Hawk brings the boom.
14:02Crowder brings the boom.
14:04And Solana brings the doom.
14:05I don't bring no damn boom.
14:07I'm more famous than AJ and Big Chubby, whatever his name is.
14:13That's a kid.
14:14Have some respect.
14:15I respect.
14:17You should hear the way he talks about the Rizzler.
14:19I respect metabolism.
14:21I'm more famous.
14:24And Crowder.
14:25Who do you think is more famous, AJ and Big Justice or Crowder?
14:28AJ and Big Justice.
14:30What?
14:30I mean, they just are.
14:33They're just not.
14:34And Crowder, don't sell yourself short.
14:38Come on.
14:39Don't say you don't bring the boom.
14:40Back in the day, I heard you bring the boom in some places.
14:43I brought the boom when it didn't mean the boom was to, you know, a guy with a Spank shirt on.
14:48I always wondered why I was in the 10th floor of the JW Marriott and the guy on the 11th floor in Indianapolis.
14:54The whole floor was shaking.
14:55They told me it was Channing's room.
14:57That was me with the double chunk chocolate cookie.
14:59Yeah.
15:00Or Vic Bermuda's punching Sid.
15:03I heard that was the boom.
15:04Oh, my goodness.
15:05He whipped the hell out of Sid in that taxi.
15:07That was crazy.
15:08Later, guys.
15:08Zach Gelb from the WFAN studios in New York City.
15:13You hear him on the Infinity Sports Network.
15:15He whipped the hell out of Sid in New York City.
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