The Tuesday after Labor Day is our New Year’s Day. Everyone is back from vacation and the NFL season starts this week. This is the start of year 17 for Boomer Esiason as morning host at WFAN. DJ Reed of the Jets said this defense could be ‘historic’ like the ‘85 Bears. What are the expectations for the Giants this year? Vegas has their over/under win total at 7 ½ . Gio thinks it’s because of the very tough schedule they have, especially in the first half. Jerry is here for his first update and starts with Andy Reid talking about Chris Jones holding out with the first game happening Thursday. Is there buzz for this game? Brian Daboll talked about the upcoming first game of the season. Duke upset Clemson in week 1 of college football. Shohei Ohtani’s agent said he will be a DH when the season starts next year and he will pitch again when he recovers from his injury. In the final segment of the hour, Steve Harwell, the lead singer of Smash Mouth passed away as did Jimmy Buffett.
Dak Prescott has beaten the Giants ten straight times. Boomer is concerned with the Giants secondary. Gio has the Giants going 4-1 or 3-2 in the first 5 games. Gio said Jordan Love sucks and Boomer said we haven’t seen him play to say that. Gio has them at 10-7 for the season. Gio is sucked in on the over for the Giants 7 ½ wins. Jerry returns for an update with a preview of Lions/Chiefs. Brian Daboll is looking forward to playing against some of the elite players on the Cowboys. Rob Saleh talked about fulfilling expectations. DJ Reed compared the Jets defense to the ‘85 Bears. Duke upset Clemson in week one of the college football season. Colorado upset TCU and Deion Sanders was pumped after the game. At the press conference after, Deion went after some of the media members. Shohei Ohtani’s agent is begging the media to let the world know that Ohtani is healthy. In the final segment of the hour, we all got Members Only jackets. We also got a wedding invitation, but we’re not going. A caller said Jerry talks too much when he hosts.
Boomer said he has us all completely set up for Super Bowl week in Vegas. JJ Watt is also joining the NFL Today for some of the weeks. Kyle Brandt will also be doing things for CBS this season. Boomer is also sick of all the Pete Alonso nonsense. Gio said he saw Mets fans being angry at WFAN because of the Alonso takes by Sal, BT and Morash. Boomer & Gio both want Alonso on the Mets for his entire career. Jerry returns for an update and has audio of Boomer calling into The Imus in the Morning Show talking about having to do Titans/Jaguars on the radio even though nobody cares. Andy Reid talked about the NFL season kicking off Thursday against the Lions. Deion Sanders and Colorado beat TCU and talked about the media doubting him. The agent for Shohei Ohtani met the media to say everything is fine and there’s nothing to worry about going forward. In the final segment of the hour, Charter Communications (Spectrum) and ESPN are fighting and off their cable system right now. Boomer likes FUBO-TV and said it’s easy to use.
Gio’s daughter, Sabrina, is going on the bus for the first time on Thursday. Boomer’s daughter, Sydney, and Matt lost their first dog, Jax the rottweiler. Gio was on vacation with another couple and there were 5 kids running around at all times. Gio watched a softball game where there was controversy about the ‘over 70 rule’ for hitters. Jerry returns for an update and starts with Chris Jones still holding out with the Chiefs playing Thursday night against the Lions. DJ Reed thinks the Jets could have a historic defense like the ‘85 Bears. Deion Sanders was the talk of college football and he went at reporters after the game. We also talked about the Elvis movie, ‘Clambake’. The Moment of the Day is the game show, ‘What is Aaron Boone talking about?’ In the final segment of the show, Boomer said it’s been 30 years since the Rangers won the Stanley Cup. The Yankees are playing the young guys now that they are completely out of it. Gerrit Cole has been having a Cy Young type season. And what type of contract will Pete Alonso get?