Argue Your Point, Buffalo Bills & Sabres Podcast

Episode 23 | Rest vs Reps, Bills Schedule Release, Sabres Heartbreak & Knicks Miracle Comeback

Jeff Mitri, Buffalo Sports Podcast Season 1 Episode 23

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Welcome back to Argue Your Point, AYP Episode 23. This week we kick things off with the Essential Question of the Day, Rest vs Reps in the playoffs. Is extra time off actually helping teams, or does staying in rhythm matter more once the postseason intensity ramps up? We break down both sides and how it connects to the NHL and NBA playoffs right now.

Then we dive into the full Buffalo Bills 2026 schedule release, including primetime matchups, toughest stretches, holiday games, and where Buffalo ranks among the NFL’s hardest schedules this season. We also give Mason’s Bills game-by-game predictions, playoff expectations, and where the Bills could finish in the AFC race.

Over in hockey, we react to the Buffalo Sabres’ playoff run coming to an end in heartbreaking fashion against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 7 overtime. We discuss Alex Newhook’s series winner, Rasmus Dahlin forcing overtime, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen’s performance, and why this season still marked major progress for the Sabres after ending the 14-year playoff drought.

In the NBA, we break down the New York Knicks’ unbelievable comeback win over the Cleveland Cavaliers after trailing by 22 points in the fourth quarter. Jalen Brunson takes over again, Cleveland collapses late, and the Knicks continue building momentum in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

We also talk Aaron Rodgers and what could be the final chapter of one of the greatest quarterback careers in NFL history, including his legacy with the Packers, Jets, and Steelers.

Finally, we wrap up the show with CJ Cup betting picks, tournament favorites, best value plays, dark horses, and longshots as Scottie Scheffler headlines the field alongside Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka, Tom Kim, Tony Finau, and more.


SPEAKER_00

Welcome to the Argive Your Point podcast. Here are your hosts, Jeff Dmitry, and Mason Lee.

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Alrighty.

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Yeah, let's do it.

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Go into episode 23.

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23, y'all.

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Now we're gonna have we got a good one today. Should I just start us off?

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, lead us off. Lead us off, Mason.

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So we're gonna start off with the essential question. Rest versus reps in the NHL playoffs. Then we'll go into all every single we'll go into the bill schedule, at least, not everyone. We'll go check out the hardest schedule from around the league. Check about my predictions for the NFL for the bill schedule. We'll go Sabres game six and game seven rundown. We'll go Knicks versus Cavs game one, the comeback. We'll go Air Rogers hiring next season, supposedly, and we'll go finally have our projection CJ Cup always. So how you do today?

SPEAKER_00

Awesome. Great. I'm doing great. And by the sound of it, you've you I like your energy today. You're coming with a lot of energy. I love it.

SPEAKER_02

I like it. So um I'm doing well, you know.

SPEAKER_00

I mean, actually, you asked me how I'm doing. I'm doing good today. Um this is the the episode where we reflect on the Buffalo Sabres season. Yesterday, I just I couldn't even listen to or watch any sports on television or the radio or any podcasts or anything like that. Um today I'm I'm back in it. I'm back to my normal self. The Sabres had a great season.

SPEAKER_02

I think they had the best season in your lifetime. Well, yeah, but in a super long time.

SPEAKER_00

Do we have so I don't want to sidetrack too? Do we have a section where we're gonna talk about the Sabres? Yeah. Okay.

SPEAKER_02

Will we come back to the season? Who knows?

SPEAKER_00

What's that?

SPEAKER_02

Will we come back to the season? Who knows? But will we come back to the season? Yeah, like will we come back to the um conference final or whatever?

SPEAKER_00

Oh, okay. The playoffs?

SPEAKER_02

Will we go as far? Will we get better? We'll see. Now you want to talk soft starts off with reps versus rest.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, yeah. Um, so yeah, the you know, talking about the NHL. And that's can you turn that down? That's for you, or me. Whatever you just did. Tone it down a little bit. Okay. Um yeah, the the Hurricanes have have played only eight games. They've gonna they're gonna have 12 days off between 12 days. Just picture that. 12 days. That doesn't even happen during an Olympic break. And there's gonna be 12 days off from their game four sweep of the Flyers to their round three matchup with the Canadians. And um I I think that it's better to have more reps than to have that much time of you know, just thinking about the next game and think about who you're gonna play and and how it's gonna be different than the previous round and all that stuff that you have time to think about sitting at home with your wife and kids, significant other, and um I think when you're when you're more in it and you have less time to think, more time to react, I think that um in the long run is more beneficial. But uh, what do you think about that?

SPEAKER_02

No, I I like all your points. I mean they're uh actually just edited the thing, so I'm a little bit louder here.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, it's it's a little too loud, I think.

SPEAKER_02

A bit loud. Is this good? Right here? That's better, yeah. So honestly, I think that I think they're both good, but I think it's better to have a rest. But I don't think you should have too much rest. I think like, you know, 10, 12 day rest is a bit much. They're probably like super, they're probably wearing yourself down a little bit. But I think a good five-day rest is like the sweet spot. You're not like wearing yourself down with all the practices, but you don't go back to back game sevens, you know.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, yeah. Five days, you gotta you got a couple days of recovery, a couple days of working out, a couple days of all right now I'm ready to get back at it. Um, yeah, I agree. You know, that that little bit of break can be good. It could also be good to just get right into it. Like for if the Sabres would have won, they'd be playing on Thursday, they'd be playing tomorrow night. Um that's pretty quick turnaround. Uh, we'll see how that affects Montreal. And yeah, we'll see how that affects Montreal if they just look, you know, they look sluggish. We'll see, we'll see. It's gonna be a different uh type of matchup. A lot of different things going on there.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. But um do you want to get into the schedule, Reef?

SPEAKER_00

You're you're running the show. So yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Okay. And you get like a hat that says producer on it.

SPEAKER_00

Hold on, can you Okay.

SPEAKER_02

Okay, we'll start off with week one. Now, week one, we're playing in Houston. Now, uh, if you could look us up, that'd be nice. But didn't Josh Allen ever have a career win in Houston?

SPEAKER_00

Uh I think you told me that he didn't. Yeah. But yeah, I'll looked it up.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, it's a nice. I just get to chill. I could probably turn this off too.

SPEAKER_00

But well, no, keep going. Are you gonna go through the entire week? I will go through the entire NFO, entire Buffalo Bill schedule. So then we'll if you're gonna go to the show. So week one at home.

SPEAKER_02

So we got week one at at Houston, 1 p.m. Then we got home, Detroit Lions, 8.15 p.m., a Thursday night football game. Week three, we're playing home versus the Chargers at 1 p.m. Week four, home versus New England Patriots, 1 p.m. Week five, we're in LA for the Los Angeles Rams, 8.15 game, Monday night football. Week six.

SPEAKER_00

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I thought you were gonna go through each game and tell you tell if if we're gonna win or lose. I'll do that after.

SPEAKER_02

I'm doing that after.

SPEAKER_00

Okay. All right, go ahead. Sorry.

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And then we're playing the Raiders in uh in Las Vegas, 425. Week seven, we have bye week. Week eight, Baltimore Ravens at home at 1 p.m. Week nine in Minnesota, playing the Vikings, 8.15 p.m. Monday night football. Week 10 in New York, 1 p.m. game. Week 11, home versus the Dolphins, 1 p.m. game. Now week 12, we play the Chiefs at home 8.20 p.m. And the Thanksgiving game. Week 13, play New England Patriots at home, 4.25 p.m. or 4.24. Um week 14 at Green Bay Packers, 8.20 p.m. Sunday football. Week 15, home versus the Bears, 8.20, Saturday game. Then week 16 play at Denver at Denver, 4.30 p.m. Christmas game, then week 17 at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m. And week 18 versus New York Jets to be determined.

SPEAKER_00

Oh man, that was a hard that was a lot to go through, wasn't it?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

I was waiting for the uh I wanted to hit the button and it goes dung ching the trombone. Yeah. Can you hit that? Even though it's even there you go. You did it. You did it.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I did something to this. Now everything must be.

SPEAKER_00

Now you're gonna have to go through it all over again. No, I know. Well, you have to say week one who it is and whether you think they're gonna win or lose, and then go right to the next one.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. So after you pull schedule, well, before we do that, and you're jumping the gun a little bit here. Now we have to go through the no, we're going through the hard schedules now. We're going through the schedule.

SPEAKER_00

So you're not gonna so let's do one. Hold on, let's do one of the let's do one or the other. Either let's go through the schedule of the AFC and talk about that, or you predict the bills. We I don't think we should do both.

SPEAKER_02

No, we're gonna do no, we're gonna do both. I'm the producer here. Okay, let's just go through a couple of them. We'll go AFC East. It won't take long. No, the Cleveland Browns have the easiest schedule.429.

SPEAKER_00

Wait, I thought we wait you can do the Holy Gow.

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Come on.

SPEAKER_00

They said we're doing the AFC East.

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I'm going through the easiest hardest, and I'll go east.

SPEAKER_00

This is gonna take forever.

SPEAKER_02

No, it's not. I go through six teams.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, go.

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Cleveland Browns, four point four two two nine. Easiest team.429.

SPEAKER_00

What does the point four two two nine mean?

SPEAKER_02

I don't know. It's like win percentage. What is it? I think it's win percentage.

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Okay.

SPEAKER_00

I'm just doing the stuff. Yeah, but don't just read random numbers if you don't know what they represent. Well, just go keep keep going. Talk about the Cleveland Browns.

SPEAKER_02

Now, um, they have the easiest schedule of all 32 teams, but the hardest schedule belongs to the Chicago Bears, 0.550, the hardest schedule. Now it goes through the AFC East. Just let me do this.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, but why are you reading those numbers if you don't know what they represent?

SPEAKER_02

21st, New York Jets, 0.517, easiest in the AFC East. Then we have the Bills, 25th hardest in the league, at 0.528, second hard second um easiest in the East. We have the Patriots in number 27, 0.531. We have the Miney Dolphins, 31. You have 542.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, you don't need to read those numbers. You just say first, second, third. That that that represents something. Okay. Not these point fraction doesn't matter. Okay, okay.

SPEAKER_02

Okay, come on. Come on.

SPEAKER_00

Let's chill out.

SPEAKER_02

You're angry. Okay.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, I'm gonna go through my point.

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I'm gonna go through the bill schedule wins slash losses. So I'm gonna go week one at Houston. I'm gonna win. So we are one and oh.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, but tell me why.

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We because I think we can beat them.

SPEAKER_00

Can you elaborate?

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I just don't think their offense is as good as ours.

SPEAKER_00

What about their defense?

SPEAKER_02

Their defense is good. We have better offense.

SPEAKER_00

But isn't their defense better than our defense?

SPEAKER_02

I'm just projecting the schedule.

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Just hold on, hold on, hold on.

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They're gonna go to week two versus Troy, 8.15 p.m. at home. I think we're gonna win that one.

SPEAKER_00

You think who's gonna win what?

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The Buffalo Bills.

SPEAKER_00

Are gonna be Detroit? Where?

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At home. Why do you think that I mean their offense is good, but I think we got just a better offense. We've got Josh Allen, they have Derek Goff, we got a good run game, we have the rushing leader, and I just think our defense is also better than theirs.

SPEAKER_00

Well, see, what I what I would like to know when asking this type of question, who are the Bills additions? Who are the Bills subtractions?

SPEAKER_02

Why are you asking me this?

SPEAKER_00

Same thing with Detroit, because this is the the question. You you you say one team is um who hasn't played yet is going to beat another team. The question is why? And the answer, um, at least in the offseason, should be talking about the additions and the subtractions.

SPEAKER_02

I'm just talking about wins and losses here.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, I know. I'm just trying to go through the schedule. But why do you think they're gonna win?

SPEAKER_02

Well, I think this is not what that guy does. He just, you know the guy who does all the schedule things? He goes through wins and losses of every single team schedule.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, and WGR, yeah. No, no, on that.

SPEAKER_02

No, like ESPN. No. I'm saying what I'm doing is I'm picking the wins and losses. That's what I'm doing.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, I know, but you should at least have one reason why.

SPEAKER_02

Okay, I will. I'll have one reason why. Burst Los Angeles. I think we're gonna win that one, goes three and oh. Mostly because their defense and wide receivers are high garbage. Week four, first new wing lunch. I actually think we're gonna lose that one.

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Alright.

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I think we're just gonna be like high. We're just gonna be like super excited and then just lose. At LA. No, I think we're gonna win that one. Five to one. I know they have my mass staffer's 38 years old. Josh Allen's in his prime.

SPEAKER_00

So right now you're at 3-0?

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I'm at 3-1.

SPEAKER_00

Which one did you say we're gonna lose?

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I thought I said four and one. I say we were gonna lose New England.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, really? Yeah.

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Are you listening?

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, I'm listening. I'm sorry, I was looking up the w additions and subtractions for week six at Las Vegas.

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We're gonna win that one.

SPEAKER_00

Week seven is a by-week. Wait, you just said week six, you have to say a reason why you think they're gonna win.

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Because their quarterback is gonna be Kirk O'Chains.

SPEAKER_00

What do you call them?

SPEAKER_02

Kirko Chains.

SPEAKER_00

Okay. And then we have week, Mason. That's all I need. Week seven need some sort of validation.

SPEAKER_02

You know, I'm not doing this podcast last week. Week seven by week. We're gonna go week eight versus Baltimore at home. We're gonna win that one. All right. Pulling it seven in weekend. Why are we gonna win that one? Well, I think we're just gonna have the home advantage. We're gonna have the great home advantage. They're good, but they also have they also have lost a decent amount. And then I think we're gonna go at Minnesota. We're gonna win this one. At Minnesota, they have their quarterback. Their quarterback room is great, but like they have like the MVP contender up there.

SPEAKER_00

He would have been a good down there, I meant third baseman um for the Chicago White Sox. But he drafted, yeah.

SPEAKER_02

But um Mahomes is drafted too, right? He drafted like the Tigers. Okay, what's uh let's go week 10 at New York. That's a win.

SPEAKER_00

Week 10 at New York Giants?

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Jets.

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Okay. Why is that a win?

SPEAKER_02

Well, because they haven't made the playoffs 50 minutes.

SPEAKER_00

When you give a prediction, say why without me saying why is it?

SPEAKER_02

Okay. Um why because they have like no one that's good. Besides like two guys. First Miami, week 11. I think we're gonna lose that one. Why I think they're we're gonna lose it. I think we're really just gonna like I think uh this is gonna be this one is home. I just really think we're just gonna have a couple games here that we're just not gonna play the greatest, and I think that's gonna be one of them.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, I'm just gonna mention a few additions. Malik Willis signed a three-year contract. Yeah, Malik. Um they have moved on from um Tyreek Bill and like Catherine. Um they signed Davon Um A-chan, which was kind of surprising, a four-year 68.

SPEAKER_02

Well, they didn't sign him, they extended him.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, yeah, I'm sorry, they extended him. Um they signed a one-year deal with 2-2 at well, wide receiver.

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Then versus the Chiefs, Thanksgiving game. I think we're gonna win that one. Uh Mahomes coming off the ACL terror, the wide receivers in jail. Their defense, I mean, this is just the Buffalo Bills or she race. Week 13 at New England. I don't think we're gonna sweat on New England. I think we're gonna win this one here.

SPEAKER_00

We're gonna lose at home, but win there, yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Yep. That's what happened this year. Then at Green Bay, I think we're actually gonna lose this one. They have the greatest home court vantage, I feel like, in all football. And they they have a great team. They have Josh Jacobs, Jordan Love, great defense. So I think we're actually gonna lose that one. Home versus the Bears. No, I also think we're gonna lose that one. I think Iceman's gonna get the best of us there. Caleb Williams. I think he's just gonna have a crazy game.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

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Now we go on to week 16, 17, 18. Week 16. The Broncos, Christmas. We're gonna win this one.

SPEAKER_00

Against who?

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The Broncos. We're gonna win.

SPEAKER_00

Um The Broncos, they have lost John Franklin Meyer, the um defensive tackle, PJ Locke, biggest additions, Jalen Waddell, wide receiver.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, but we have the best uh we have the best uh pass defense last year, so we added some guys. Then verse at Miami Dolphins, we're gonna win that one. I they don't they're not gonna sweep us, Dolphins. And week 18 versus New York Jets, we're gonna win.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, so then what's the record?

SPEAKER_02

The record would be um.

SPEAKER_00

You have a split in Miami and New England, which is 13-4. Did we what did we do in the division last year? I mean, I know we lost 13-4. But what was our record against Division appointment?

SPEAKER_02

I don't know. I think we're gonna be 13-4. We're gonna make the playoff. I think we're gonna be a number two seed in the in the playoffs. Alright. Cool, I like it.

SPEAKER_00

Number two seed again. Do you think we're gonna win the division?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. Okay. Uh are we ready? Move on.

SPEAKER_00

Uh sure. So now what are we doing? Sabres game seven rundown?

SPEAKER_02

Sabres game six. Four.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, six and seven? Well maybe you kind of lump lump them together.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, I thought for I tried two different things. For six, I just did a screenshot of the stats. And then for seven, I did the bullets. So I'll try something out, you know.

SPEAKER_00

Um, yeah, I mean, but I can just I don't have to look at a stats. No, it's I I don't have to look at the stats sheet to tell you what game six was like.

SPEAKER_02

It was everything you needed to be.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, it was awesome. Um well, we were down were we down? Oh yeah. We were down three to two. We were down three one at one point, we were down two nothing. Then we were down two to three at the end of the first. The same thing that was that Montreal was up in game five. They were up three, two. And then we roll off seven unanswered to win eight to B. Um, yeah, it was it was it was an offensive explosion on the road. Said, all right, we're not done yet. We're going to game six, game seven, I'm sorry, and we're coming home and we're gonna play a different style and we're gonna win. And they didn't, but they came close to, and it went to overtime. The only thing overtime about is about I just talked about it. The only thing overtime is about is is a single shot, not about the better team. It's not about the better, not about the better. It's just it's it's one shot, and that that's what it is. I'm not uh I'm not upset with the process or the result. Well, I'm upset with the result, but I accept the result. Um it just yeah, it's it's just uh I just wish it would have could have gotten a little bit further. What what are you doing there with your I'm just holding my finger?

SPEAKER_02

Can I just hold my finger there?

SPEAKER_00

Um But it was a great season. I mean, we we wrote a 10-game winning streak, we had an eight-game winning streak, we had we had um everything everything that you wanted out of the season. It was just such an incredible season because the first three weeks they were still the basement team that they were 14 seasons prior.

SPEAKER_02

Maybe not maybe not 14, maybe not basement team, 14 years in a row. One year we're one point off, make the playoffs.

SPEAKER_00

Well, I'm saying we were in the basement at the at the start of this season, and then in December, right around when we started this podcast, they they just started winning, and one of our first episodes was the 10-game winning streak. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

And um Faber the Hot or something.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, it shows the flames. Um yeah, they started um scoring and winning and getting respect, and then when they got to the playoffs, they earned even more respect and more experience. Okay. So I'm really excited to see where they go next season. What? Why are you acting all antsy?

SPEAKER_02

Well, I'm acting antsy because I got a little breaking news I forgot to tell you.

SPEAKER_00

Breaking news that is just breaking right now?

SPEAKER_02

Breaking news that was broken out of the Fabers extended Lindy Ruff to a two-year contract.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, I did not know this.

SPEAKER_02

No, so it's breaking to you.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, okay, cool. All right, I like it. I like it a lot. I mean, there was no coach that could have got us to that point, I feel, other than Lindy. Think of all the coaches that behave we had in between. We had uh Ron Ralston, Ted Nolan, Dan Bilesma, um Ralph Kruger, um Bill Housley.

SPEAKER_02

So I'm taking a look at uh Sport Track.

SPEAKER_00

Lindy I'll take Lindy over all those guys. Um yeah, that's pretty cool. That's cool. I like Lindy. I think Lindy likes Buffalo. Buffalo likes Lindy. Um, let's run it back next year. Let's go. So um save us on Warpath.

SPEAKER_02

Okay, um just taking this over. So uh now they don't actually tell like how much it is, like how much the contract was, but it's most likely gonna be about two to four million.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, I was gonna say I was gonna say five million of season because I thought maybe that was the going right, but I don't know.

SPEAKER_02

But um I mean, let's go. Yeah. You know what I was thinking?

SPEAKER_01

What?

SPEAKER_02

I feel like the Argue Point logo, it looks like a NYX logo. Kind of like the shape of it. We don't have it in the podcast, but it looks like it a little bit. Like the shape over Overall, we should make it like the be kind of cool. But okay, let's uh no I'm looking at the stat sheet. Zach Benson, one goal, one assist. Hellenes. Helena, one goal. Helleness. Cloud and Norris both had one assist each. Jack Quinn had two goals. Stop.

SPEAKER_00

Talk about game six. Let me talk.

SPEAKER_02

I'm talking about game six.

SPEAKER_00

Alright.

SPEAKER_02

Jack Quinn had two goals, one assist. Tay Thompson had one goal and three assists. Ducker, one goal, one assist. Bone Byron, one goal. Rasm Dolly, one goal and four assists. Dak Metsa. You have one goal. Tia Samuson and one assist.

SPEAKER_00

Metsa and store sheet. Great game.

SPEAKER_02

Do you have anything? Uh actually no, I won't let you speak because you're gonna bucks in that game. Because you're gonna uh drag on. We can talk about that. What?

SPEAKER_00

What were you gonna tell game seven though?

SPEAKER_02

I'm not gonna talk about game seven, talking about game six.

SPEAKER_00

What are you gonna say about it?

SPEAKER_02

I'm gonna give me a second. I'm trying to So we scored two in the first, three and second, and three in the third. I think honestly, the stars of the game were Tay Chompin as the star number three, Jack Quinn is star number two, and Rasen Darling was number one star. I'm guessing that Darling was the best star. I don't really know how that works. No, we had the best phase out percentage, we've probably had Terror series. 60%. We had 36 shots, 19 hits, 32 penny minutes. Which is a little thing cool.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, um Yeah, we came back in game seven, we tied it up. We were right there. We were putting on the pressure in the third, but you gotta give credit to Dobish. He stood tall. We had a couple calls go that didn't go away, but we still had opportunities to go on.

SPEAKER_02

We're still talking I'll click the button when we're switching.

SPEAKER_00

What else is there to say about game six? We're already on to game the series.

SPEAKER_02

Okay, let me click a button. Oh wait. There we go. Now we can talk about game seven.

SPEAKER_00

I mean I can't What do you get? What are you playing? Something here.

SPEAKER_02

Oh nothing.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, can you close that? Okay.

SPEAKER_02

I turned it on. Okay.

SPEAKER_00

But I want your actual commentary and you I am ready.

SPEAKER_02

Just go.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, so game seven. Um, it was there for the take-in. It just just didn't fall. The chips just did not fall our way. So great season. Um, so many different players stood up. Uh Zach Benson, holy cow. Um, he made a name for himself in the league.

SPEAKER_02

Um just being like the short guy he gets all in the fights.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, they call him the rat.

SPEAKER_02

You know, they call him the yeah.

SPEAKER_00

But you know, he g if if you could back that stuff up with goals, then you can do it. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Also, just say on the Canadian side here. Uh Canadians had a great Alex Newhook particular. Oh gosh.

SPEAKER_00

Newhook, don't even get me started.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. I'm just looking, I can't even find him on the thing. He's like so far down.

SPEAKER_00

Well, he's he scored the overtime winner in game seven.

SPEAKER_02

But you have to give um you have to give credit where credit earths. You do. I would not give it to uh Dobish. I refuse. No, he played good. I don't like Dobish. Nope.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, he was he was getting dirty. Definitely dirty, yeah. Throwing his stick at people whenever he was within an arm's length, but um but he played well. He did. Yeah, I'll be able to do that. He made stops when his team needed him too.

SPEAKER_02

In the playoffs. What are you looking at me like that?

SPEAKER_00

Like what?

SPEAKER_02

Like that.

SPEAKER_00

What am I looking at you like? You have to describe with words. I don't know what you're saying.

SPEAKER_02

So you're like raising an eyebrow to me? I don't like that. I'm not. So I'm gonna have to boo you.

SPEAKER_00

Alright, can you can you close the computer? Alright. Alright, now let's get back to podcasting.

SPEAKER_02

And you were Debbie Downer today, huh? But Dolly's forced over time with that goal, thick goal where you went backhand, hind Dobish.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Didn't even see it. No, Canadians are 17 and 9, all-time game sevens. Most game seven wins NHL.

SPEAKER_00

17 and 9, we've only played that was only our third.

SPEAKER_02

Well, they do have. Wait, would you say seven seventeen and nine in game in all-time game sevens.

SPEAKER_00

Seventeen wins, nine losses? Yeah. But you know, they but they still have like seven.

SPEAKER_02

But you know, the thing is that um, you know, they have like seventeen Stanley Club.

SPEAKER_00

So 24 or something.

SPEAKER_02

They don't have 24. Do they?

SPEAKER_00

I think that might be 24.

SPEAKER_02

I would look it up if someone bammy.

SPEAKER_00

I can look it up.

SPEAKER_02

You can but um can so we still have a lot of progress here. We went from a team in the basement of the Atlantic. We're like a Titanic is how far down we were all the way in the Atlantic. But ended a 14-year playoff trial and won a playoff series. So this is a huge stepping sales. Lindy, we can do anything. Mark my words. We can do anything.

SPEAKER_00

24. Okay, 24 staying in the cups.

SPEAKER_02

Now we're gonna go on to Nick's Cavs. This is where I find that button.

SPEAKER_00

Nick's calves, yeah. Oh, it was too late. There we go.

SPEAKER_02

Can we do it again? Sure. Now I get now I need this for the actual stats.

SPEAKER_00

I want I want to hear your actual thoughts. I'll get my thoughts. Okay. Um okay, while you're looking up your stats, stat boy. Hey. I'll look up um, I mean, I'll tell you my opinion. Yeah, the uh the Knicks are are just ballers, man. They um were looking down and out in the beginning of that game, and Cleveland looked like the better team.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

And everything just reversed, where the Knicks looked like the much better dominant confident team, and the Cavs were lost. Um James Harden. Harden. I was gonna say beard. James the beard harden. He he can cover Brunson plain and simple.

SPEAKER_02

He can, kind of.

SPEAKER_00

He's like a big dude. He can he can move his arms around and like cover space with his long arms and long reach, but Brunson just goes right around him, just like it's not even that hard. I mean, I know he's a world-class player, but he can't cover Brunson.

SPEAKER_02

And um he's a good offender, but I don't think you can cover the clutch player of the year.

SPEAKER_00

The clutch player of the year. Yeah, I don't know. I think it's like SGA.

SPEAKER_02

I don't know if he has any awards. There's like some so many stupid awards.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, that the clutch player it's not an actual award. You know how many tournaments are on the NBA?

SPEAKER_02

There's like eight.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, so um, yeah, in the Cleveland, uh the Knicks went on an 18 and one run in the in Cleveland Cavs did not even call one timeout, not even one timeout.

SPEAKER_02

Now here's we're gonna have two so we're gonna have to.

SPEAKER_00

How do you do that?

SPEAKER_02

Well, we're gonna have a little game here, semi. Now it's not gonna be much of a game, but it's gonna we're you're gonna have one minute to make your take. I can either one minute to make your take on that, on the no timeouts 18 and one run.

SPEAKER_00

And I have to fill out a whole fill up a whole minute in saying that.

SPEAKER_02

You don't have to fill up a minute, that's the time limit.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, it's not the clock.

SPEAKER_02

But listen to me. But I can either add on to that claim, or I could or I can go against it.

SPEAKER_00

Alright, let's go.

SPEAKER_02

So you got one minute.

SPEAKER_00

What's my uh thing though? Why don't you do the clock, the ticking?

SPEAKER_02

This is cooler. No, so it's the 18 and one um.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, yeah, just so the only reason why Cleveland shouldn't have or didn't call time timeout during that span is there is no good reason. There is no good reason at all. There's no it's it's there's no I can't I'm baffled. There's no explanation of your team going down going being on the receiving end of an 18-1 run and not calling off time out. Um it's just um it's inexcusable, it's disgraceful, and it it exposed the coach of like, what are you doing? What are you doing, man? No no no no. Alright, that's my that's my take.

SPEAKER_02

That's a train horn. I used to do that. Now, um I like it. I like the take.

SPEAKER_00

How many seconds was that?

SPEAKER_02

You had four seconds remaining.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, okay. That was pretty long then.

SPEAKER_02

I'll take a little. Okay, uh, I'm gonna start the timer. Let me just do this.

SPEAKER_00

Oh now you do have the timer, huh?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. That's the time right here. So I actually will I will I'm not gonna fight against that one. I think that's a good claim there. But it was stupid. Why so normally teams would if you go on like a 9-0 run, if you just look good, they'll take your time out just to but they want an 18-1 run. This is a playoff game, too. This isn't like a regular scene. This is a playoff conference miles. You win the series, you go all the way to the championship. Okay. This is what it was it was weird. Like, you're in the fourth quarter. It was so crazy they did that, that didn't even make sense. Like, I put I I always try to score last now that all this game's over. It's like 15 points.

SPEAKER_00

The Knicks also went on a 44 and 11 run.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_00

With 740 left of regulation plus the overtime.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I think that was it was stupid what it was.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

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Okay.

SPEAKER_00

What was that for?

SPEAKER_02

That was like the end of game thing.

SPEAKER_00

Hopefully, someone wasn't listening with their earbuds and you just blasted their ears out.

SPEAKER_02

Okay.

SPEAKER_00

All right. What do we want to know? What do we want to know? Now we're gonna talk about it. I've got that game for you.

SPEAKER_02

I got the game?

SPEAKER_00

I got a true false game. Yeah, I got a true false. You want to do it now?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. Do I want to play? I have the things right now.

SPEAKER_00

Should we play the definitely, definitely not song, even though it's not. No, I'm not.

SPEAKER_02

My name isn't Jeff. Okay. Uh, if you want to do the buttons question things is red and green. Red or green is correct, red isn't correct.

SPEAKER_00

Alright. Um here. Okay, let me try to monitor so you can't see it. All right, let me just check. What are you doing? Let me just check the uh buttons. Alright. Okay, Mason. True or false? Patrick Ewing was the first player to win the NBA most valuable player, the first next player to win the NBA's most valuable player. Was it Patrick Reed, true or false?

SPEAKER_02

Patrick Ewing.

SPEAKER_00

Patrick Ewing, or I just said Patrick Reed, I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_02

I'm not true. I'm not true.

SPEAKER_00

Wow. I'm sorry, but that was Willis Reed. Oh. A fierce dominating physical force on both ends of the floor. Willis Reed led the Knicks to a championship in 1970 and 73, earned the NBA Finals MVP both years. In 1970, he became the first Knicks player to win the NBA. Oh, I thought most available play award. It was named ABC's Wide Rule of Sports Athlete of the Year.

SPEAKER_02

I mean, I really thought I forgot at the 80th. I thought he was like a 70th player. I forgot. That's okay. Oh, next question. No, he could have. No, I no, he drafted like 81.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, well, yeah, I guess yeah, you're right. But I mean, it doesn't necessarily mean they would have had an MVP before him. Okay, so. Um, 2006 was true or false? True or false. 2006 was the last time the Knicks made it to the NBA finals. Mason, true or false?

SPEAKER_02

False. False. Knew it.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, do you know when the last time the Knicks made the NBA finals?

SPEAKER_02

I want to say '97, but I don't think it was. So I'm gonna go like 1994.

SPEAKER_00

1998.

SPEAKER_02

Oh. Really? Yep. With who? Was it Ewing or was it like no? When you said 2006, we're doing a Yankees question here, right?

SPEAKER_00

I'm gonna do three Knicks and then followed by three Yankees. Okay. So you're one for one. Okay. Alright, here's the third and final next question. It also has something to do with Patrick Ewing.

SPEAKER_02

Okay.

SPEAKER_00

I thought we're good on time.

SPEAKER_02

And we have like two more minutes. That's okay. Let's just keep going.

SPEAKER_00

Okay. We're wasting time. Patrick Ewing in for from the Knicks is the all-time points, rebounds, steals, and blocks leader.

SPEAKER_02

So the points, I think, though. The steals. Ah, he was a defensive player. I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go true. Sorry, false. Oh.

SPEAKER_00

Recdomundo. Okay. Look at the brains on Mason. Yes, that is true. He is um, he's next royalty. All right, let's transition over to Yankees. The Yankees. And um, they are off to a hot start. 30 and 19. What is it? 30 and 19. 30 and 19. They're off to a great start. Pretty much win every time I look at the scoreboard. All right, true or false. The Yankees were originally known as the New York Highlanders.

SPEAKER_02

Highlanders? Oh. I'm gonna go true. I no, no. Oh, what's true?

SPEAKER_00

The franchise was founded in 1901 as the Baltimore Orioles, then moved to New York in 1903 and played as the Highlanders until adopting the Yankees name in 1913.

SPEAKER_02

Wow. Okay.

SPEAKER_00

Okay.

SPEAKER_02

Change history too, huh?

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. Alright. Um, let's see here.

SPEAKER_02

Okay, let's keep going. Let's keep moving. Right.

SPEAKER_00

Okay. Right before the game's first pitch, Aaron Judge chews beef jerky in his mouth. True or false?

SPEAKER_02

But false. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Before the game's first pitch, Judge puts two pieces of sugar-free double bubble gum in his mouth, keeps those pieces in his mouth until he makes an out. Okay. Now. Another Aaron Judge question. Jerry Aaron Judge is the fastest in history to reach 250, 300, and 350 career home runs. Mason, true or false?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I think that's I think that's true.

SPEAKER_00

That is true. Yeah. Alright. He's off to a great start again. Alright, so now.

SPEAKER_02

One more?

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, this is the final question. So maybe I do have four of these. The Yankees hold the record for the most World Series championships with 22 all-time wins.

SPEAKER_02

22? Wait. That's the world. Wait. So they have the record. I know that. I don't think it's 22. I thought it was 27. We're gonna go false.

SPEAKER_00

It is 27. The last one was in 2009, defeating the Phillies in six games. Good job, Mason. You only got one of those wrong.

SPEAKER_02

The first one.

SPEAKER_00

You were one in so I think there was seven. So you were one and six there. Good job.

SPEAKER_02

Alright, let's move over to we're gonna go on to the Aaron Rodgers retiring next season.

SPEAKER_00

Ooh. Now are you sure that he made that? Is that gonna be my last season? But this could obviously change for a president or something.

SPEAKER_02

It's gonna obviously change, but let's take a look at just a quick little accomplishment of stats so far. Should all change. He is a four-time NFL MVP.

SPEAKER_01

Yep, yep.

SPEAKER_02

One of them 2011, 2014, and two back-to-back 2020-2021. He has one Super Bowl, Super Bowl XLV with the Green Bay Packers. He's Super Bowl XLV MVP, a 10-time Pro Bowl selection, over 66,000 passing yards, 527 touchdown passes in his career. He was NFL record for best career passer rating, 102.2 and lowest interception percentage, 1.4 among qualified quarterbacks. He has played for the Packers, Jets, and Steelers. I mean, I don't think your career can get any better than that. You know?

SPEAKER_00

Well, he's got one of those.

SPEAKER_02

He's a goat.

SPEAKER_00

I don't think he's the goat.

SPEAKER_02

He's a goat. He's one of the goats. He's still still relevant.

SPEAKER_00

He's like, storied career. You know what's unusual though? What? To say that you're gonna retire before the season starts.

SPEAKER_02

Well, I mean, it's it took him that long to sign a one-year deal with the team. I feel like he's probably thinking about like, should I just retire? Well, I should have gotten a few. Should I go with a long-term deal? Should I be a backup?

SPEAKER_00

I agree with the thoughts. It's it's unusual to publicly announce that, or even just answer a question in a press conference saying, Yeah, this is my final year. Um, obviously he was prepared for that question, and it's it's a little unusual. It's not like the most unusual thing to ever happen. Um, you know, some uh some players won't say that because now after every single game, you know, so this was your last time playing against this team. This is your last time on this turf. This is your last time playing in the new Bill Stadium.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. We don't even play skillers.

SPEAKER_00

You know, so yeah, so it's gonna be a running last time for everything, I guess. Um, you know, without that, there would still be, you know, is this the last time? I don't know. But um it's a little unusual, not largely unusual.

SPEAKER_02

Okay. Now we're gonna go on to our final section. Ranked fifth all-time passing yards. Yeah, the CJ Cup.

SPEAKER_00

The Byron it's more commonly known as the Byron Nelson.

SPEAKER_02

The Byron Nelson.

SPEAKER_00

You know Byron Nelson? Um you know how many, let me look this up. I guess how many um PJ tournament what PGA wins he won consecutively.

SPEAKER_02

Four.

SPEAKER_00

I think it was more than four. Let me see. I think it was like eight. Eleven. Eleven? He won't in a row. He owns the the tour record for 11 wins in a row.

SPEAKER_02

You know what? I have in a row? Zero. I've never won.

SPEAKER_00

I've never won a PGA championship.

SPEAKER_02

I've never even won the Bob Link Championship.

SPEAKER_00

Wow, in that, so it was the Charlotte Open, Greensboro Open, Durham open, a lot of North Carolina Atlantic City Open, Philadelphia Inquir open, Chicago Victory Open, the PGA Championship. So that's a major there. Yeah. Tamo Shatner Open, Canadian Open, and the Knoxville Open.

SPEAKER_02

Wow, there was just there's like one good tournament there, but it's still very impressive.

SPEAKER_00

Well, who knows? Back then, maybe you know, Jack Nicholas.

SPEAKER_02

But uh, let's just cut the chase here. You have number one overall pick.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, what's that now?

SPEAKER_02

Number one overall pick.

SPEAKER_00

Why don't you describe what number one overall pick actually means? Set the stage for the listeners who haven't heard this game before or what we're doing.

SPEAKER_02

We got the entire uh field for the CJ Cup. We have the favorites the Byron Nelson. The Byron Nelson. We have the favorites, the mid-shots, and the long shots. The mid-range and long shots. Now, number one overall pick means you get to pick one person in the field. Once that person is taken, he's off. And we do a snake. So you pick first, and then I'll pick second and third, and you pick fourth and fifth, and I pick last. Okay. We do a snake order just to make it more fair.

SPEAKER_00

Okay.

SPEAKER_02

So you have number one overall pick. Who are you gonna take? You were on the board.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, you know, um Scotty Scheffler is about a one and a half to one. Because this is not a deep field.

SPEAKER_02

You also have to write your thing right there.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, last week, but you know, I and I know I I'm gonna use my time to talk a little bit about last week. Last week for my long shot, I picked um Nick Taylor, who was in the f in one of the final groupings, not the final grouping, but he was one stroke off the lead on the last day. It was a five dollar bet that could have won a thousand, but there was also I knew there was like fifteen people who could have won that. And you know, Aaron Rye. Aaron Rye, after um he finished the front nine on the final round, he had a one percent chance to win it. One, yeah. And he won't wow, that's crazy. And he just he ripped off he he was he went four under on the back nine, and you know, when no one was doing that, and he had like a sixty over a sixty foot putt. Okay, we got. You're on the clock here. You got 30 more seconds. I mean, I'd you know, I I almost never pick Scheffler because he's just the obvious guy.

SPEAKER_02

But uh really gotta take him just to say the words.

SPEAKER_00

No, I'm not. I you know, I'm okay. I'm gonna I'm gonna go with Jordan Speith. Because, you know, I'll tell you why. Because it's because like I said, it's not a very strong field. If Scheffler can't figure out his putting.

SPEAKER_02

What? Wait, wait, wait. We go back. Who'd you pick?

SPEAKER_00

Speith. Why stop? Jordan Speet. Yeah, he's awesome. He's a great dude, great person. And um, I hope he wins it. Yeah, okay. That's my uh Jordan Speeth. You have to write that down. I think he he's his odds are a little shorter than they should be. 16 to 1. There should be more like 40 to 1.

SPEAKER_02

You can write that down.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Okay. Um, because you decided to not pick the obvious winner. I think I'm gonna have to be the villain here. Take Scheffler.

SPEAKER_00

Okay.

SPEAKER_02

And one plus one two.

SPEAKER_00

All right, now as we go down to the mid-range.

SPEAKER_02

And I will go next to the snake. And I'm looking at the mid-range, it's not a huge it's not very deep. I think it's not gonna be super deep.

SPEAKER_00

Find some names in there that that you're familiar with.

SPEAKER_02

Okay, I got my highlighter out here. So I know Lee Hodges, I know Seemas Power, I know Mackenzie Hughes, uh, I know someone who knows someone who knows Mackenzie Hughes. Really? Don't you know don't you know someone who's know someone who's AJ Brown sister or something?

SPEAKER_00

No. Um no, I don't think so. I don't know either.

SPEAKER_02

I know Billy Horschel. I know you.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, that's a good pack, Mason.

SPEAKER_02

Actually, I shouldn't I I see what you're doing here. You're trying to lure me into getting it. Yeah, you should. Maybe I maybe.

SPEAKER_00

Who are you picking? Who are you picking?

SPEAKER_02

Who am I picking? I'm going Mackenzie Hughes.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, the Canadian. All right. Okay. Umes is who I picked last week because he's a member at Quill Hollow and he didn't do so good. I should f I should ask my friend to ask his friend to ask Mackenzie Hughes if we can get a run with golf at Quill Hollow.

SPEAKER_02

You'd probably be like, who are you? Tell him what's our podcast.

SPEAKER_00

Uh yeah, yeah. Who am I? You don't know me.

SPEAKER_02

We run the AYP.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Have it caught out. I'll be five seconds.

SPEAKER_00

No, we'll well, we we already got that figured out. We used the cord instead of the colour.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, why would you use the Bluetooth yet? Why would you? You told me you told me to say that.

SPEAKER_00

Don't get me started. Okay, um, my middle, my middle guy to win is going to be um just going through the names here.

SPEAKER_02

The guys, so you got Billy Horschel, you can do Seamus Power, Lee Hodges, Carson Young, or 50.

SPEAKER_00

Or just Nick Dummers.

SPEAKER_02

Billy Horschel standing you, he's right there.

SPEAKER_00

You know, I'm gonna go with Joel Damon.

SPEAKER_02

Joel Damon?

SPEAKER_00

Yes.

SPEAKER_02

Steve on there? Is he a long shot?

SPEAKER_00

No, he's a middle in the middle.

SPEAKER_02

Oh okay, you now get the long shots, let's tell you all to yourself.

SPEAKER_00

Okay. My long shot. Let me just take a look at this. We got Harry Higgs here, Ben Silverman.

SPEAKER_02

Uh I might just put all these numbers into a list and pick a random one.

SPEAKER_00

Uh let's see. And there's not too many Matt Couture. He is not playing to win anymore. I'm gonna go with Harry Higgs. Yeah. Yep. Harry Higgs. That's my choice.

SPEAKER_02

Harry Higgs. Okay. I get the pick here. Uh I was thinking about flipping a coin here, just pick a random guy, but I think I actually have my guy ready.

SPEAKER_00

Okay. Yeah, I think. No, no, we don't flip coins here.

SPEAKER_02

Where'd we go? Where do you go? He he disappeared.

SPEAKER_00

What's his name, Tom?

SPEAKER_02

Cam Davis, I think. No, no, no, yeah, yeah, that's a good one.

SPEAKER_00

Cam Davis. He's Australian. He's he's born on the tour before.

SPEAKER_02

Dang it. Sure, horse will be upside down for him. Plus a hundred thousand.

SPEAKER_00

That means he's um the longest to launch. He's a hundred to one.

SPEAKER_02

So if you win, you've been a hundred to one.

SPEAKER_00

One dollar, I'll give you we'll make you a hundred thousand dollars. No, he's a thousand to one. A thousand to one. Really? Yeah. Okay. All right. Great episode. Um the end of the saber saber season. I thought we could have kept it going, but you know. Sorry. Do the final sabres. You know, this is let's go, Buffalo.

SPEAKER_01

Let's go! Buffalo!

SPEAKER_00

We'll have a great season next season. I have no doubt about that. We bring the Lindy back. Um, it'll be the first.