From Monday night's LIVE Twitch (Twitch.TV/GallantSays) / YouTube (Youtube.com/PaulGallant) show: Between a 1 run, 18 inning baseball game Saturday night, a rained out decisive game 5 Monday, and Russell Wilson's Denver Broncos stinking it up in ANOTHER primetime game, I need some help loving my job again.

From Thursday night's live show on Twitch (Twitch.TV/GallantSays): The Houston Astros took a 2-0 lead on the Seattle Mariners in the American League Divisional Series with a 4-2 W Thursday night. And once again, it was because they thought it was a good idea to pitch to Yordan Alvarez...at least until it was too late.

The Astros overcame a bad Justin Verlander start and rallied to beat the upstart Mariners 8-7 in a game that no one's forgetting...for better or for worse. Just remember, it's only one game!

From Monday night's show, LIVE on Twitch (Twitch.TV/GallantSays): What's to be done about the NFL's current roughing the passer crisis? Especially after the AWFUL call against Chris Jones in Kansas City's 30 - 29 win over Las Vegas? Plus, who am I going to root for in Tuesday's ALDS...the Astros or Mariners?

From tonight's Gallant Says live stream, which you can watch in VIDEO form on Twitch (Twitch.TV/GallantSays) or Youtube (Youtube.com/PaulGallant): For the most part, I'm a petty, sometimes hateful sounding skeptic when I'm on the air. Do I need to change that? (0:44) While we're talking images, Nathaniel Hackett did the absolute last thing someone should do after a bad first day on the job. (6:50) And keeping with the theme of images, who told these politicians that these were good ideas? (16:05) I know Pro Football Focus is taking over football coverage these days, but isn't the eye test better more often than they're willing to admit? (24:54) And to wrap the show up, I felt REALLY old today when I learned my radio partners had no idea what an N64 was. (35:05)

Former Seahawks QB Russell Wilson returned to Seattle with the Denver Broncos. And while it was just one game, the grass certainly wasn't greener with Nathaniel Hackett than it was with Pete Carroll. Wasn't that point of him forcing his way out?(0:32) PS, Wilson and the Broncos will host the Houston Texans Sunday. I had some thoughts on their 20-20 tie to Indy. (13:49) I got back into the Seahawks a little later, answering a question about whether you can expect MORE Ws like this from Seattle this year. (16:49) Whether that happens or not, I sure miss Seattle sports fans. (20:00) And to wrap things up, I talked about Texas and Texas A&M's losses in college football this weekend (22:44).

From Thursday night's show, LIVE exclusively on Twitch (Twitch.TV/GallantSays): The Bills kicked off the 2022 NFL season by kicking the Rams' ass 31-10. I think it was more about LA just looking old than Buffalo being the Super Bowl contender many believe them to be. (0:30) Queen Elizabeth II passed away at age 96. Since I'm a celebrity [flex] that must talk about everything that happens [despite often knowing nothing], I wondered how to best talk about her life and legacy. (13:11) And after a side-tangent that I want to dive further into down the road, I talked about Washington Governor Jay Inslee's love of arbitrary dates. (26:29)

Have you wondered why Russell Wilson rubs me the wrong way as much as he does? Brady Henderson of ESPN.com wrote an article highlighting the many things he's done over the last couple of years to make me change my mind on him. (0:52) Plus, the NFL season kicks off tonight with the Rams and Bills, so I made some quick predictions (17:50). And to wrap up the show, I broke down the third episode of "House of the Dragon" on HBO. (23:19)

Paul & Jim Mudd talk about episode 2 of House of the Dragon.

Jim Mudd & I used to do a podcast recapping Game of Thrones episode. We brought it back to talk about the premiere of the newest Game of Thrones spinoff: House of the Dragon. Enjoy!