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November 11, 2025· 1h 29m

ACHP Episode 413 Kardashian Failed

ACHP Episode 413 Kardashian Failed

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Hello, I'm John Carney from

Bentley Cigars in Hooton Young,

and this is a Cigar Hustlers

podcast.

Finally.

With Boots in Germany this week

we're visiting his favorite club

and I'm sitting in his Co host

with Mikey here and now we have

Palmer pushing the buttons

behind the scenes.

Oh, it was a.

Bing bong, Bing bong.

Bing bong, Bing bong.

Oh my God I can't believe he's

in Germany.

That's amazing.

Why is he in Germany?

That's where his favorite

favorite alternative lifestyle

bar is.

Yes, alternative lifestyle.

Lifestyle A huge fan of this one

particular bar.

They almost closed it last year.

Yeah, almost shut down is.

This like a yearly pilgrimage he

takes.

Yeah, yes, it's very important

for him.

All right.

Well, hey, boots on the ground.

Well, fortunate for me he's in

Germany and I'm here.

Actually, fortunately for us,

you took the call last minute.

We've been planning this for

weeks.

Yeah, this has been well done

and it and it's a it's a retort

to the legendary Jack Terano,

who says that he is the number

one guest host on a cigar

hoster's podcast.

According to himself and 300 of

his closest followers.

Yes, exactly.

So it's on.

It's on like Donkey Kong.

All right, so shall we get into

this?

Let's go.

All right.

What are we smoking?

Yeah, we're smoking something

really fun, this.

Is and why don't I have one?

You do have one.

It's sitting right next to you.

Wrapped in the newspaper.

So we're smoking a prototype of

a Hooten Young bottled and Bond

whiskey barrel aged cigar.

So this is the first sample and

test blend of our of our process

of barrel aging and we're doing

the barrel aging ourselves,

which is quite fascinating.

So you are some of the first

people in the world to smoke

this.

I literally grabbed this out of

the barrel right before I came

here.

So you're the first to try this.

The barrel's at your house.

It's not at my house, it's at my

warehouse.

It's at his warehouse.

No, this is just a test 1, so I

know nothing about the blend

itself.

This is a a generic Connecticut

shade wrapper.

We've got pretty rapid.

Yeah, it's beautiful.

We've got Connecticut shade,

we've got Hubano, and then we're

doing a Maduro version as well.

But so you're the you're the

first.

So right now these are

Connecticut bottle and Bond

bourbon barrel aged.

Very sweet.

Very sweet and it's got a close

foot at the bottom, so you're

going to get some wrapper

tobacco flavor in there.

But yeah, special cigar.

So this may be something

different, but we're what we're

doing right now is testing the

barrel aging process.

Yeah, you can.

Give full details on this

because this isn't even what the

blend's going to be.

This is testing the the progress

in of the barrel aging but.

But that's what we'll be talking

about on the Patreon today.

Oh, great.

I have plenty to talk on the

Patreon.

I'll be talking about Jack

Torrano on the Patreon.

Yeah, Jack, I'm coming for you,

baby.

Coming for you, baby all.

Right.

All right, well, welcome to the

Cigar Hustler podcast, episode

413.

This week, cops chase down

breakfast, Kim Kardashian hits

another legal speed bump, and

the NFL delivered plenty of

winners and losers in Week 10.

In cigar news, Cigar Page is

building something massive, Rock

Patel's got big anniversary

plans, and a few surprises are

hitting retailers across the

country.

I believe that's this week.

They're hitting the country.

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years.

Yeah, man, Posani's been around

for 10 years.

So was Warbear one of the

original blends?

It was like the first LE really.

Shaming me for not knowing that

'cause it's my favorite.

Yeah, I love it.

I mean, I don't even know half

the.

Time your birthday this last

year you had some warbears out

and I I helped myself to a few.

Extra You took a couple legs.

And I got one of them left from

then and they are freaking

delicious.

So that's cool.

Are you guys doing a special a

special 10 year war bear

edition?

Yep, it's a 6 by 60 grand

perfecto and it's coming in this

metal.

It has a regular box, but then

it has a metal case that's going

on top of it.

We also posted that on social

media, but.

I did my research before I saw

it.

It's beautiful.

Yeah, it is real.

I believe you, but no, I did

actually.

I did see the war bear.

I just didn't realize it was 10.

It was.

I knew it was the anniversary,

but yeah, 10 years. 10 years, no

parole.

That's a 10 years is a long time

in any business.

I know.

You're not supposed to make it

past like two or three.

Thank you.

Yeah, I.

Not you specifically, but you in

the general term.

But you got a Voodoo Dollars.

You weren't supposed to make it.

Past like I grew up in the

restaurant businessman, like one

in 10 restaurants fails in the

first two years and something

after two years it's like like 8

and 10 fail after that.

So it's it's wild.

Here we are.

It's tough, yeah.

And cigar business is

challenging, so congratulations.

So also we got something going

on this Friday here at the Cigar

Hustler here in Deltona.

Right, we sure do.

Yes, Pete Johnson of the Tuahe

Cigars will be having a live

interview, podcast, wine

tasting, cigar sampling in this

private lounge capped at 24

members.

Tickets are $150.00.

There's only a few left if you

wait until the day of ticket

prices going up.

So we would love to have you

here with us hanging out with

the one and only Pete Johnson.

It's probably going to be the

first and last time he ever

comes here.

So make sure that you come out

and hang out on Friday, November

14th with us.

Thank you, Pete's.

Going to be here in person?

Yeah, that's really cool.

I duped him, yeah.

That's awesome.

And you going to wine tasting

with him?

Yeah, I figured that was a good

just.

Thanks for going out drinking

wine.

Yeah, I was like, oh come on,

we'll have some wine and a boom

event.

Has he been here before?

Never, ever, never.

How's he sound by the way?

How's he sound on the mic 'cause

I can see that it's far away

from him.

Does that sound OK?

Sounds OK, OK.

He he's going to have a blast,

man.

He loves that kind of stuff.

Like he loves sitting, relaxing.

That's kind of one of the best

environments to get him into.

You know, what's crazy is after

we've kind of started had this

back and forth and stuff and

I've been listening to every

single podcast that he's been on

'cause I want to interview him.

He's a good guy from from what I

can take like from the take away

from the experience.

I'm like, oh, you know, why

haven't we done this?

We should have did this 15 years

ago, you know.

The, I'll, I'll say one thing

I've noticed in the business

recently, what's really working

out well is, is people, social

media has evolved over the last

5-10 years.

The, the connection that you

have with someone so much

closer, even if you don't know

them, you know things about

them.

So like I was just in Montana

last week and I did a 2 day

hangout event.

Really.

We did a dinner one night and

the next night we did bonfire

and just hung out at

Yellowstone.

Yeah, outside.

We were in Helena, Mt did.

You hang out a RIP.

No, no, they none of them were

there but.

He's in Texas.

The hangout stuff is huge.

Like people have a connection

and you figure you watch

somebody on podcasts, you see

them on social media, you have

this unique connection, then you

have things to talk about them.

Ten years ago you were learning

about them in person.

It's kind of an awkward

interaction.

So I found these these hangout

environments where especially if

you're doing something unique

like a wine tasting, that is

huge.

I mean, the impact it has in the

relationship, you can carry on

from it.

And I'll tell you, Pete, in that

environment is phenomenal.

And I'll tell you we, we on our

side love that kind of stuff

too, because it's fun.

You know, it's not fun standing

there and trying to twist

someone's arm to buy something,

you know, or hey, you should buy

this or or putting in all of

that effort and you don't know

how it's going to work out.

But you know what does work out?

Well, sitting with 1520 thirty

40 people and having a genuine

experience that has a huge, huge

effect and huge impact on

everybody.

If you're enjoying it, I'm

enjoying it.

If I'm enjoying it, most likely

everybody else is too.

So that's cool.

Pete Friday, this Friday.

Yep, November 14th. 14th, I

might actually try to make it up

for that, at least to say hi.

I love Pete.

He's a good buddy and he's also

from Maine like myself.

Yeah.

So we're some of the manors that

are in the business.

So I I might try to swing up and

say at least just say hi for

now.

You should come up.

Yeah, I'll try to do.

I'll talk to my I'll talk to my

boss and my wife here.

Supervisor.

Yeah, bring her.

I could bring, we could bring

the kids too.

Sure.

Yeah.

I mean, why not?

I mean, we could turn it on.

How?

Many neighbor kids bring the

neighbor kids to, you know.

But like but like, Listen,

honestly, it'd be.

No, I'd love to come up.

You and and the missus can hang

out like we actually have it

normally.

Like if somebody wants to bring

their wife or whatever and they

don't want the cigars, that

ticket's only 50 bucks, right?

So if anybody else is coming,

they're like, oh, you know what?

This is a good experience where

I can smoke cigars and still

hang out with my wife and she

can drink all these wines and

stuff.

She can come.

She can come my.

Wife does enjoy cigars, she just

doesn't smoke any right now

because we just had a we have a

2 1/2 month old baby so she's,

you know, nursing.

You going for the third right

now?

Pull the goalie.

Let's go.

I'm not going near her, dude.

I I'm afraid I walk near her.

I'm afraid something's going to

happen.

Very fertile right now, buddy.

Yeah, very fertile, very

fertile.

So anyway, meanwhile, on that

note, let's get let's light this

cigar.

So we're lit up here.

We already talked with the

cigars, so we're going to get

right into the show today.

I don't.

This is the one that I read

through that I'm not familiar

with this Last week, I was out

of pocket, backed up.

I was all over the place.

I was in eight states in eight

days.

Seven of those eight states were

in the last 48 hours of today.

You're busy.

Yeah, busy.

So I've.

I've been on social media, but

most of my social media was

about the Stranger Things coming

out on the 26th.

Oh, really?

So, yeah, I didn't get a lot of

this.

So here we go.

Cops make breakfast.

Run.

Yeah, OK, let's go.

Where'd they go?

So.

The cops make a breakfast run.

Oh OK, who wrote this?

Palmer does.

OK, an escaped.

Pig screwed up.

An escaped pig went for a

rampage through a New York

neighborhood and turned out to

be a pet belonging to a Buffalo

Police Department officer.

Oh boy.

Jerry.

It's got to be Jerry.

Residents on Victor Place in the

Hamlin Park Historic District of

Buffalo said their neighborhood

erupted into chaos Wednesday

afternoon when the large pig ran

through the area and chased

locals.

Videos captured by a witness

shows animal control and police

officers pursuing the porcine

perpetrator.

Renata Shadwick's video features

audio of a police officer

identifying this pig.

Is his pig.

Renata Shadwick is a guy's name.

We don't know we.

Have no idea.

We don't know how they identify.

And the pig's name was

Breakfast.

The pig's name was.

Breakfast.

So they were chasing breakfast.

They were chasing breakfast.

The officer said the pig had

apparently escaped by going

under a fence.

Neighbors said the officer

eventually captured the pig and

took it home.

Buffalo does not have any city

laws expressly prohibiting

ownership of pigs or other farm

animals inside the city.

Breakfast was not the only

wayward pig that day that was

captured in the last recent

weeks.

Oinking Acres Farm Rescue and

Sanctuary in Brownsburg, IN

recently wrangled a pig that had

been on the loose in

Indianapolis in Holiday Park for

several days and had to manage

to give rescuers.

The slip.

During this is you're going in

hard.

The first story during multiple

capture attempts, the sanctuary

said the pig will be

quarantined, vaccinated and

neutered before the next steps

for the animal are determined.

When asked for comment,

Breakfast was quoted in saying

going, going, going, There we go

and welcome to the show there.

You go and we're here and we're

here.

Can we talk about something real

quick in this?

What's that go?

Ahead they're before they talk

about what's going to happen to

the next steps of the animal,

they're taking like 5 steps

without the that are pretty,

pretty aggressive vaccination

and neutering.

Yeah, that's kind of wild.

Did he?

Was he out?

Was he out impregnating other

pigs?

Not even looking for that other

pig.

Maybe it was a female.

Like what?

I don't know how is that OK?

I'm not OK with you doing that

to my animal.

Well, I'm sure the cop has to

agree to it.

I'm some sort the owner.

But this was from the.

It's from, it's in New York.

There's they're all socialism

now.

So they don't get that.

You don't get to.

Have a.

They don't get devoted.

That's how that works.

That's right.

It sounds like they don't know

where the pig came from in this

one in the Indiana one.

That's in Indianapolis.

Yeah, Winking Acres Farm Rescue

and Sanctuary.

This is Brownsburg, IN.

They sound like they're the ones

that were rescuing the pigs.

So they're like a rescue for

farm animals, right?

So it doesn't, it sounds like

they don't know where this pig

came from.

Why?

Don't we just eat eat the pig?

Wait, you're against neutering

but you're OK if they kill it

needed?

Yes.

OK.

So one seems like some much

longer process.

The other one I can just grill

it.

I don't know.

Did you actually say you were

against the neutering?

No, actually I didn't.

I just thought it was a lot of

regulation.

So to me this sounds like this

was a pet that someone had they

let go.

They shouldn't have had a pig in

the 1st place because they're

cute as piglets, but then when

they get older they get bigger

and turn into dinner.

Why not just buy the Don't they

make like small pigs that don't

get.

Bigger, I think they do.

Yeah, they have small pigs.

Hot bellied pigs or.

Something they allegedly make

good pets.

They're they have like they're

loving and caring.

Yeah, they're very clean.

That's.

What I've heard, yeah.

So I this sounds like a pet

because that's why I think you

get the neutering.

Sounds like breakfast.

Yeah, and there's probably some

regular not regulations around

it, but there's probably some

things that they like.

If they find an unneutered dog

or puppy or something, one of

the first things they do is

vaccinate and neuter them.

Yeah, I mean, I think that makes

more sense though, because you

don't want wild dogs.

This is like the cats, right?

You don't want wild pigs.

What are the odds of a pig

linking up with another pig and

producing more pigs, and then

all of a sudden there's a pig

problem?

Well, there's a pig problem in

a.

There's a pig problem in Florida

for that very.

Reason there's a boar problem.

Well, but a pig, if it goes out

in the wild, turns into a boar.

Oh.

Yeah, genetically, they

genetically they will change,

grow the horns, their coat gets

thicker, they turn brown.

Really.

Yep.

Is that what you think is

happening to Boots right now in

Germany?

Probably.

He's getting.

He's getting.

Well, definitely the horn part.

The horn part's happening.

I.

Would have and and the oinking

and the pig.

There's yeah.

And the oinking there's.

Definitely some oinking a.

Lot of oinking.

A lot of oinking.

I think probably if that pig was

in Buffalo, the one from

Brownsburg IN, if it was in

Buffalo, probably would have

been found another pig and

impregnated it.

Really.

Maybe, we don't know it was a

male or female pig up there, but

that other one was a pet too

that was on the loose.

The one in Buffalo was

definitely a pet.

Yeah.

So I think we got 2 pets.

So we got 2 pets that are on the

loose here again, it's people

get if you get a pet, you have

to be prepared to take care of

the pet.

Same concept with a dog.

Like I hate seeing people that

put dogs up for an option saying

I don't I can't do this same

thing with a pig.

These sound like pigs that were

one of us is it crawled under

the fence.

This other one in Brownsburg, IN

sounds like this was

intentionally.

Let go.

I never understood that.

Like even if you, if you live in

the suburbs, if you own a cat

and then all of a sudden like

the cat is an outside cat.

That makes no sense to me.

That sounds ridiculous.

I know that we've actually kind

of had this conversation before.

We have, yes.

Now that I'm saying that I

don't, I just don't get that

concept.

We have recently acquired a cat.

The cat isn't allowed outside,

period.

It doesn't need to get to roam

the streets and then come back

and be fed or whatever, because

then it's a burden to somebody

else.

Yeah, there's 5 cats that hang

out in my.

Yard.

Yeah, it's that's ridiculous.

It's just ridiculous.

When we talked about this was

there was a lady, this was in my

community neighbor app.

The cat, her cat, she had two

cats.

Their neighbors had termites.

So they had the house fumigated

and covered, right.

So they cover the house, they

put poison in it and she's

trying to sue the company

because her cats lived

underneath the neighbor's house.

So my discussion was, I think I

text you on this one.

I was texting you about this.

My discussion was if the cats

live at someone else's house,

they're not your cats.

If they don't live in your house

and are your cats, it's like

you.

I think what you brought up to

me was like, OK, do I let my

German shepherds just go and

roam the community?

They're not my dogs at that

point.

And no, they don't do that.

So if you have a cat and it

doesn't live in your house, it's

not really your cat.

And if you are saying it's yours

and it's your responsibility to

understand, it's not the

neighbor's responsibility.

Who didn't know the cats lived

under their house or the

neighbor's pets?

What's the lawsuit look like on

that?

I think that one's not even a

lawsuit.

I think that that company's

probably, it probably falls on

the termite company, right?

And they're probably covered for

anything like that where you

have something living there that

you don't know that lives there.

But the the matter of the fact

that this is the simple point is

if you're a cat person, you have

cats and they live outdoors,

they aren't yours.

They're only coming back.

Stop feeding them and see if

they ever come back.

And I'm assuming that Lady

wasn't feeding them that well

'cause they were probably living

under that house eating mice,

rats and having a blast and then

the mice bugs.

So yeah, if you have a cat that

lives outdoors, it's not a house

cat, it's not your cat, it's not

a pet.

Yeah, unless you're on a farm or

something.

Even then they're they're just

there, they're part of the farm.

Animals.

Yeah, they're fair.

OK, Great coverage on our first

story.

I would say that you're gaining

up to Jack Teranio at this

point.

You could exceed him by the end

of the show.

Let's.

We'll see.

That's my main focus and goal in

everything I do.

To crush Jack Teranio?

Absolutely.

I just want to crush Jack.

Jack must go.

So moving on here.

Kim Kardashian says she's not a

lawyer after failing California

bar exam Kim Kardashian is

looking to the future after

announcing she did not pass the

California bar exam.

The 45 year old reality TV star

took to her Instagram Story

Saturday to share she did not

pass the California bar, which

she took July 29th and July

30th.

While I'm not a lawyer yet, I

just play a very well dressed

one on TV, she wrote.

Six years into this law journey

and I'm still all in until I

pass the bar.

No shortcuts, no giving up, just

more studying and even more

determination.

Thank you to everyone who's

supported and encouraged me

along this journey so far, she

added.

Falling short isn't failure,

it's fuel.

I was so close to passing the

exam and that only motivated me

even more.

Let's go, she says.

Kardashian began her journey

toward becoming a lawyer in 2018

when she entered California's

Law Office Study Program, which

allows aspiring lawyers to

apprentice under licensed

attorneys instead of attending

law school.

In 2021, the former Keeping Up

with the Kardashians star

announced she had passed

California's baby bar exam in

2021 and 3 failed attempts after

that.

Kardashian pleaded her six year

program in May.

So she found out she failed in

July.

Does it take that?

I mean, that's what she took to

this.

It takes that long to find out

if you passed.

I don't know.

I honestly don't know that.

Just seems ridiculous you got to

wait six months.

Do you think that there's a way

to kind of circumvent things so

that she could pass the bar?

Like could she hit a button and

you know, I don't know, have

some I've.

Never heard of the baby bar.

I mean, I saw her, just talked

about it on her show.

Smaller is what it is, and it

requires less food.

Yeah, it's very temperamental,

yes.

I'm going to have to look up

what the baby bar is.

It's probably like a test exam

or something to be like a

paralegal or something like

that.

There's probably some

certification.

Is there like a express pass for

this for her being rich?

Yeah, like like normally there

is.

There's usually a way around

things the circumvent she.

Could get an honorary degree

from a school right as a law

degree.

She'd get an honorary doctorate

or whatever.

I'm sure she could do that.

I would.

The bar is your legal ability to

actually practice law in that

state.

So no, I don't think there's a

way just circumvent it other

than even if you paid someone,

maybe they could doctor the

results.

But I I kind of think she's been

talking about this for a while.

I don't follow her on all these

things, but I have heard this

several occasions.

I think this is just something

she wants to do.

Like I think she wants to pass

the bar.

Yeah, I can't see her ever being

an attorney.

Well, her dad was, yeah.

Right.

But I mean, are you going to

hire her to go?

I mean just.

Yeah, I think people would hire.

Hell yeah.

Famous Rich.

Yeah.

But not too smart.

I think she's smarter than

people play her out to be.

My.

Yeah, I mean, she has more money

than all of us, so.

She's, I think she's pretty

smart.

She's famous for the fact that

she's famous, I mean.

Yeah, well, she's famous because

initially because of her her

filming being filmed doing

sexual acts.

Yes, whatever.

I think she paid dividends.

Yeah, I think she's smart.

I think, I think there's some of

the family that aren't is smart

on a on a book level.

I think she's pretty smart.

I think she also got good

perspective on stuff.

I just listened to her recently.

She was on a nonpartisan

podcast.

But what the the purpose of it

was, it was used to like, don't

listen to what celebrities give

you advice on on voting because

they don't know what you live

through.

And she was talking about and

very honestly, she said, I don't

understand what a gallon of milk

costs.

She's like, I have no concept of

what things cost.

And she goes and her point was

this is I'm out of touch with

that kind of stuff now.

I don't think she's out of touch

with business.

I think she has people around

her that are smart, that handle

her money.

If she didn't, she'd already

been taken for a ride.

We'd know about it by now in a

different way than she was on

the video that made her famous.

But the I think she's smart and

I think from what I've been

watching here on this stuff and

it's been brought up several

times, I think she just wants to

pass the bar.

I think this is something she

wants to do that show that she

is smart and it's something

she's accomplished 'cause there

probably could be ways around

it, but it seems like this is

something she really wants to do

do.

You think she's not working hard

enough that's why she's

struggling to get it done.

Like maybe she's just spread too

thin.

The.

Bar is hard.

I don't know what I don't know

if they give you a score like I

think it's I might just be pass

fail.

But I know, I know people that

are very smart that haven't

passed it many times and it took

them 3 or 4 attempts to pass in

different states.

So it's it's not easy.

I don't know how many times.

I I think this is the first time

she's tried it.

She said she's tried and she

didn't pass it.

So that's that's not uncommon.

A lot of lawyers don't pass it.

Gotcha.

Well, yeah, so I, I don't know,

I think it's something she wants

to know.

She's obviously talking about

it.

Maybe try to normalize herself a

little bit.

I think, you know, she gets a

little older.

I think if you're that celebrity

that famous to try to do things

that are, they have self

accomplishment, right?

I don't know.

I think that's a big thing for,

I think it kind of for me

though, I, I'm, I'm really not

against her on much of anything.

I, I, I think she's kind of

becoming a relatable celebrity

like that.

That was big for me when she

said I don't have any concept of

how things cost and, and then

she was, it's hard for me to

make a judgement on something

that should happen for someone

that doesn't come from the walk

of life that I've been in.

I think that's huge.

No, not enough celebrities.

We see the normal side of it.

So this for me normalizes her a

little bit.

OK.

All right, so there you go.

Any other comments on Miss

Kardashian?

Nothing.

The last one here, just remember

this, she completed a six year

program in May, so I don't know

how intensive that program was

'cause you were working as a,

you know, underneath as an

apprentice.

Yeah.

So I don't know, six years, man,

Dang, hopefully she passes it

good for.

Her it's almost as long as our

wholesale brand just struggling.

Along 100% if she passes the bar

people 100% higher of course.

Absolutely, and she'll do good.

And she'll charge all the money.

All the money and she'll be

successful, she'll she'll win

things and and it'll be a

freaking spectacle.

But I mean, the camp was with

her dad was a lawyer, very

famous, obviously.

So makes sense.

Kim, go get it, girl.

Go get it, girl.

I'm sure she watches.

Big fan.

She's a huge fan.

She could.

You never know.

You never know.

It's the way to find out.

We'll tagger and we'll go from

there.

Tagger.

Oh yeah.

Tagger.

The clip, Michael.

Invite to collab.

I can't even get people in the

in sheet then.

But except they don't.

Know how to do that?

This is a problem.

Here I think some of them do.

Just say yes.

Some of them.

Can you?

Will you accept this now?

They're so Here are the biggest

losers and winners from Week 10

in the NFL, according to USA

Sports.

This is good because we're going

to have one to talk about.

Here tons yeah Patriots and

Bucks baby NFL week 10 winners

Trayvion Henderson a week ago

the New England.

Patriots second.

Round rookie running back was

splitting time with Terrell

Jennings, a 200 and 2024

undrafted free agent who stepped

in for injured starter from

Andre Stevenson.

I can't hold on to the ball of

from Andre Stevenson, but when

and Jennings exited Sunday with

a knee injury, Henderson

capitalized with a breakout

performance that ignited A2823

win over the Tampa Bay

Buccaneers.

Yeah, I was there.

I lived it.

Do we want to talk about the

other games first or are we

going to go back?

We go game by game here.

He likes to go game by game.

Let's.

Do it?

You know what?

Because there might be some you

don't talk.

Here's what I think we should

do.

Yeah, we should probably just

kind of really kind of cover

this one in depth and then just

kind of lightly skim over that.

Anything else.

And if there's anything that you

really want to talk about in any

of the other ones, we will.

Sure.

So a couple things.

For one, the offensive line for

the New England Patriots is

astonishing, incredible.

And I don't know if Drake May is

the guy.

I don't know if he's MVP yet.

Now he I think he has the the

possibility of becoming the guy.

It's still early to tell.

The only things that happened

were they really advanced were

these complete breakdowns on the

defense for Tampa Bay.

And the two Henderson runs were

complete breakdowns.

So those are two touchdowns in

themselves.

And then you had one kind of

miracle pass that that worked

out.

Well, Josh McDaniels is still

Josh McDaniels.

And like, I'm not going to, you

know, you can't.

However, I do find myself

cheering more for Tampa Bay now

than I have ever when I'm

normally a Patriot fan, which is

kind of interesting.

So yeah, you know, Baker,

there's I think there was some

questionable calls as far as

offensive coordination there's

and they're definitely had, they

have a ton of injuries.

So they should have won.

That game the the big thing for

me, so I actually got to watch

most of the game.

I was in limbo with travel, but

I did pull it up and I was in an

area where my CBS Sports app was

working for that game.

So there's a couple of points

that were huge.

One, I do love the Bucks too.

I like Baker Mayfield.

Great freaking story coming back

after after Brady comes in, wins

the Super Bowl, he takes over

the team and becomes the

comeback player of the year,

which is his only comeback was

was for playing with the

Cleveland Browns.

Like there was a guy that

literally died on the field,

Hamlin there that didn't win it.

He came back from death and he

didn't get comeback player.

Baker accomplished something

bigger than death coming back

from playing to Cleveland

Browns, and the guy's a stud.

Bigger feet.

Total stud.

He's a great player and very

deservedly so.

I'm glad to see him on the Bucks

because it makes for fun

football down here because the

rest of to Florida as a trash

bag.

But I was really excited for

this game big game.

Both of them tied for first

place in the league with four

other teams.

The the scary things for me at

the beginning of the game which

you got to witness in person and

I've sat in your seat.

So you get to you were on the

pat sideline right.

Yeah is first question I have

for you.

How close were you to Drake made

any given period of time?

Did he warm up in front of you?

Because I know Brady used to

warm right up in front of you.

He was right in front of us.

Yeah.

So we're at the 50 now we're

we're at the 45.

So he's right there as far as.

Is he as big as people say he

is?

He's relatively big.

Yeah, 'cause he doesn't look big

and they say he's 64225, which

isn't small.

Yeah, that's not right

physically.

In person, they said he is does

appear bigger.

He's not.

He's not like Cam Newton.

Massive, yeah, but he's big.

One thing that I noticed, too,

which I thought which I found

remarkable, was Josh Dobbs.

Joshua Dobbs, helmet on, ready

to go.

The entire game, really the

entire game.

And there are people that are

heckling them like you're not

going in and they're giving them

a hard time.

And I'm thinking to myself, if

I'm a coach, that's exactly who

the hell I want.

Ready to go, Ready to go at any

moment, so.

In the game.

That's huge.

Yeah.

Because if you if it happens,

you don't know what's going to

happen.

You can't be in there.

You can't miss his death.

And he he did come in.

Remember a few weeks back, Drake

May got hit in the head and they

took him into the into the 10.

Dobbs went in and played like 3

or 4 perfect freaking plays.

Put him down the field.

I thought they were going to let

him stay in and score the

touchdown.

They took him out because May

was ready.

But that guy didn't miss a beat.

They didn't even change the

offense.

The first play was a 40 yard

pass down the field, I believe,

which was crazy.

And that's a big, big thing.

Noticed the one thing that did

scare me early in that game bro.

Those first three passes that

Drake made.

Terrible.

Like flew 15 yards over people

and Romo brought it up on the

broadcast.

He goes, you know, and true Romo

fast.

She's like like that.

And they're like, what do you

think of Tony?

He's like, he goes, I've never

seen him play in rain before and

he goes and the way he's

throwing it, he goes.

He's got too strong of a grip on

the ball and he's the type of

guy that grips the ball and

really gets it in there.

He's like, we'll see if he dials

this in.

As soon as there was 3 and out

or four and out or whatever on

that.

As soon as the Bucks got the

ball back, it stopped raining.

They made a comment that like

every time the Bucks get the

ball, it stops raining anyway.

You could tell it when it

stopped raining because May

started completing passes.

So that's something he's going

to have to figure out because

he's playing in New England.

There's going to be snow.

We are.

Officially, there we are at that

that time of season.

Yes, So it's coming around.

I think you'll learn it and I'm

glad it happened now.

But he that's a weakness in his

game is, is getting the ball out

there there when it's wet, when

it's cold.

And Brady was phenomenal at it.

He was great at adjusting and

he'll get some coaching up on it

and he'll be practicing.

But you can tell that's not

something they had prepared for

because he threw some freaking

Flyers.

I don't think there is any way

to prepare for it without being

live on the field.

And the reality is that when the

field is wet, your receivers are

a half a step behind right?

So the longer, the further out

they are on that route, the

further away they're going to be

from where you think they're

supposed to be, right.

So until you kind of calibrate

that, I mean, Baker was off too.

Once the field was wet, I could

see that he was throwing ahead

of guys.

And that's just because you're

not putting into effect the fact

that they can't run as fast and

move as fast when the grass is

wet.

So it was good.

I great game.

The the bucks should not have

won it.

Yes, they should have.

No, no, the the IT should have

actually been a wider margin.

I hated that late touchdown that

the freaking Pats gave up to

make it look like it was closer

than it was in the second-half.

First half they they bucks won

the first half.

The patriots looked like

garbage.

They played adjusted really well

and played good in the

second-half.

The the Patriots are really

good.

OK, yes, the Patriots couldn't

convert first downs.

They couldn't convert first

downs.

The Bucks could consistently

convert first downs going down

the field even though things

look messy.

So that's where I'm going to

argue with you as far as why I

think that the Bucks should have

won.

I mean, there is legit 3 plays

that broke out into 3 touchdowns

that caused New England to win

that game.

Now is that on the Bucks 100%.

Do they need to fix that?

Absolutely.

However, the one thing that

Brady could always do that I

haven't seen Drake May do, or at

least in that game, is

consistently go down the field

and convert, convert, convert,

right.

It was always a slant pass,

quick outs, boom, boom, boom,

boom, boom.

It was ball was out of his hands

in less than two seconds.

That's what Drake May is going

to have to do.

They had a lot of big bodies.

Gronk was a big body for quick

passes.

Edelman was quick short term.

His first two steps was

incredible.

You had James White in the

backfield who was a great pass

catcher.

I think you're going to see a

lot of that with Henderson.

You're going to start to see

that mature a little bit.

He's a stud athlete, the guys.

Fast.

He that was a broken play.

They weren't letting him go, but

that was a broken play.

But he dude, when that play

broke, he was 50 in the yards

downfield.

As soon as it broke, he was gone

and he ran clear across the

field to make sure if you should

score or not, which I'm glad he

did.

But I mean that kids fast and

he's this is a breakout for him

and it's going to be it's going

to be huge and they're going to

have to play with him.

The problem is when you get back

to those running backs, you're

like your third string running

back, even though he's a stud of

an athlete, you don't have every

play opened up for him.

You don't run every play.

You haven't got reps on it.

So in the coming weeks, they'll

be more of the the playbook that

opens up.

You know, I used that, for

example, when Dobbs went in for

Drake May, they kind of ran the

playbook because I think that

guy is like, when I go in, I

want to, I don't want this to

change.

Yep.

So I think that's a really

different mentality and he

wasn't in there long enough to

see what part of the playbook

they haven't got towards yet.

It wasn't situational.

It was kind of wide open.

They were driving down the field

and they just continued to

drive.

But yeah, the Patriots were

really good.

Their offensive line is

excellent.

This team is not 100% different

from last year.

I think the biggest thing that I

take from this was, was Gerard

Mayo that far disconnected with

his leadership ability that that

this one change of Mike Vrabel?

I think Mike Vrabel is patriot

red, white and blue.

But so isn't Mayo.

OK Mayo is just as important as

Rabel was and Mayo might even be

was might even be a better

player than Rabel was.

Mayo was a complete stud.

Was McDaniels offensive

coordinator last year, too?

I don't think he was last year.

No, he wasn't.

So those two things are really

important.

And leadership's massive.

He wasn't.

O'Brien was last year and he and

and Mac Jones did not get along

well.

And he was not, I don't think,

dialed in to have a player like

that.

I think Bill O'Brien did really

well when Brady was around

sometimes because Brady's an

alpha through and through and

you're not going to tell him he

he had such a big chip on his

shoulder that I'm going to do

this, I'm going to be the

greatest I'm going to be.

It's a very different mentality

which we've seen that that

change.

So I think Brabel brings a

little bit of that hunger back.

I think May brings a little bit

different approach, pardon me,

as than Brady obviously did.

But the guys a stud, they're

good.

The team looks good.

They're certainly going to win

the AFC East this year.

I mean, the Bills just imploded

yesterday and the Dolphins can't

keep it what they're doing.

The Jets are a joke even though

they beat Cleveland.

In the suck bowl OK, so now one

last question before we cover

the rest of the NFL.

If on the strange situation

where Tampa and New England wind

up in the Super Bowl, are we

going and is hooting and Young

handling the sponsorship for

that?

Because I definitely get.

Where's the Super Bowl this

year?

Where is the Super Bowl this

year?

New Orleans.

No, it was in the New Orleans

last year.

I'll look right now because

you're not looking.

Palmer, where is I?

Can't look and run the board at

the same time.

This year, well, but boots can.

No, he can't.

That just doesn't switch then.

Levi Stadium, Cali.

Oh yeah, Santa Clara, Yeah.

That's very far.

It is far I would consider going

yes, and I'll use all my

negotiating tools.

This is why it's important for

Houghton.

Yeah, yeah, we got some behind

the scenes deals working and

we'll talk.

I would be, I would love to go

because the the unique thing

with that for me is the odds are

against the team that's won so

many Super Bowls, whatever,

going ever going back again,

right?

It takes a lot to do that.

Look what's going on with the

Cowboys.

Yeah, but the systems are right

the.

Systems are right, but every

chance you have is maybe one

last chance because the odds are

probably it's been our time,

right?

So I, I'd always wanted to go.

So if they go again, I'm going

to try to find a way to try to

go.

Hopefully I'm financially in a

spot to do it, but if I am, I

would go.

Don't don't forget about small

people.

I won't, I won't, I won't.

We'll go.

We're all, we're all on this

ride together.

But that would be really cool to

see them.

Tampa, New England.

Yeah, it'd be.

I think it'd be a great Super

Bowl too.

And by the way, they're two

really good teams.

We'll get into some of the teams

that scare me with New England,

but we're NFC East champs now.

So we won the NFC East, we beat

all of the NFC East.

You mean AFC?

No, we're NFC East.

We beat all.

You beat all.

Everyone in your division.

Gotcha, NFC Champs, Rabel said

that on the way out yesterday at

the game, said NFC East Champs.

We beat Carolina.

NFC South.

NFC South, Yeah, Well, we'll

probably beat the NFC East.

Too.

There's not too much going on in

the East, no.

Apparently South.

Apparently the ball just got

fired, so yeah.

Yeah, weird.

That was a weird, not a weird

firing.

Weird hiring all around.

It was awkward.

Bill Belichick was involved, and

that's what.

Flores he.

Should have picked Brian Flores,

man, He was.

He's great.

He's a really great coach.

And look, the Dolphins are

kicking themselves in the ass

too, because that guy is a

culture guy.

He's really good.

Flores is great.

Yeah, the Yeah, man, he got

wrong there.

And they're starting to see that

maybe they'll bring Brian Flores

in, right their wrongs.

He should.

Doesn't he work for?

He's a.

Defensive coordinator for the

Minnesota Vikings.

OK, but didn't he didn't he go

work for Pittsburgh the year

after that?

That's the Mara family.

And they're also the same people

that actually, well, they're

they're related to the people

that own the Giants.

No kidding.

Yeah.

They're all like intertwined.

Yeah.

Yeah, the Mara family was close

with them.

So they're all connected.

You can look it up.

But yeah, maybe they can right

their wrongs.

Moving on though.

Baltimore Ravens Did you buy the

dip in the stock for the pre

season darling?

Baltimore Ravens If you want to

get back in the Baltimore,

there's probably limited time to

do so before others crowd you

out.

After conquering the Vikings

2719, the Ravens are on a

three-game tilt come against

teams that are combined 7 and 20

so far this season.

Wow.

OK, so they're rolling.

Is Lamar Jackson back?

Yes, he is back.

What a freaking animal of a

human being and football player

that guy is.

I thought three years ago the

NFL was going to figure him out

because he ran all over the

place.

He's not a big dude.

He's 6, he's jacked, but he's

like 6-1, like 215 and he took a

hit in the playoffs or the end

of the season like 3 years ago.

And I'm like, oh, that's the NFL

figuring this dude how they rung

his bell and and I'm like, yeah,

this is going to be kind of

over, man.

He's great.

He's fast.

Yeah, he's fast.

Former MVP, still at MVP level.

The guy's a stud and I've not

seen a player in a long time.

You lose that one player and

everything falls apart.

I mean, everything falls apart

when he's not there, right?

True, very true.

Massive impact.

I think he has the biggest

impact on his team overall,

which is obvious, 'cause they

didn't, they weren't even close

when he's gone.

Man these.

Socks.

They are terrible.

And then they come, boom, he's

back and they're freaking

rolling on the Vikings, who are

a good team.

Yeah, they're not having the

same year.

They had the patches, but

they're still.

Strides on a little bit, but

they have a lot of weapons.

I don't think they should have

gotten rid of Darnold.

I don't think JJ McCarthy's

going to pan.

Out.

I like McCarthy a lot, but I

don't think it's going to work

out.

I don't like the fact that he

was hurt and he had to get a

second opinion outside of the

establishment.

Like that's that shows that you

already have issues with staff,

in my opinion.

So, all right, what else you

got?

I hate the Ravens, love Lamar

Jackson, Houston Texans

playmakers.

It still seems like the two time

defending AFC S champions are

long shot to make a playoff

push, let alone repeat for the

division crown.

But in a 3629 win over the

Jacksonville Jaguars, the Texans

at least kept themselves from

falling too far back into the

post season chase while

highlighting their promise.

So Hooten Young is actually an

official sponsor of the

Jacksonville Jaguars?

Really.

Yes.

Oh good, then we can go to games

in 2027 in Orlando.

We may be able to go to games

this year, You never know.

We'll see.

We might maybe do something in

January.

We'll.

See what happens?

Now we're talking.

Funny, now we're talking.

What Jacksonville Jaguars Good

team?

Underperforms at times,

Overperforms at other times.

It's a true description for me

of Jacksonville as a city.

Underperforms at times.

Overperforms at times.

Just announced that they're

gonna be playing on Orlando next

year.

Well, 27, right?

2027.

Gonna be awesome.

They were.

They were gonna choose between

Gainesville, FL or Orlando.

How those two choices even

compared to each other is

bonkers to me.

Outside of Florida, having the

stadium to have that many people

fit in and the facilities, but

like getting to it, I don't.

I don't know, man.

I think that was obviously they

made the right decision.

I don't know, maybe.

Do you think they were using The

Swamp against Orlando?

That was a pitch.

Yeah, we're looking over here.

It's like, bro, come on, stop it

right now.

What are we doing?

So coincidentally, the Citrus

Bowl here is going under a major

renovation again after this is

done.

So I think maybe that was in

play.

Hey, we'll do some of this stuff

to help you out here.

Maybe we'll look at doing some

other things with you, but you

could have some better

facilities the.

One thing I don't like about

Jacksonville is how they how

Liam Cohen did Tampa Bay dirty.

He agreed to the terms highest

paid offensive coordinator, and

then he slid over there,

slithered over there.

He did, he did, but he's a he's

a player's he's a player man of

the people, though, like he's a

he's a leader of men.

It seems like they because he's

kind of he's kind of dopey and

some of the stuff accidentally,

but he's obviously the people

players like him.

Nobody said anything dirty or

nasty about him as players and I

think you would have heard about

that.

I think I don't know.

We'll see what happens.

Jacksonville's a tough market

man.

They they had that they had a

good year with Jalen Ramsey was

there.

They were kind of they were kind

of talking shit about the

Patriots and then the Patriots

shut them up and and ruined the

freaking franchise in one game

in the playoffs.

So that that really haven't been

the same since then.

But they got a lot of talent,

man.

They're our fun team to watch.

They're they're good.

They're they're in most games,

You know, 36 to 29 is not a blow

up by any means, but you got to

you got to you got to have a

defense, man, 36 points is

you're not going to win many

games in the NFL at 36 points.

No, very true.

So Jacksonville Jaguars Hoon

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So yeah, remember DeMarcus

Lawrence?

Here we go.

DeMarcus Lawrence.

It wasn't the most laborious day

for Lawrence or any of the other

Seattle Seahawks defenders in a

4422 route of the Arizona

Cardinals.

But when linebacker Tyrese

Knight twice stripped and sacked

Jacoby Brissett, the edge rusher

cleaned the things up both times

by running the ball back for a

score.

With that, the four time pro

ball selection tallied as many

touchdowns in a single game as

he did during his seven-year

career with the Dallas Cowboys.

These Cowboys defenders playing

in other places are just

cleaning how house.

Yeah, well, you know what, man?

At the end of the day, it's

still the most valuable team in

the entire world.

So who's really winning?

That star is beautiful, man.

And money in the bank, man.

Patriots with six Super Bowls

are not valued higher than them.

And it is, it's, it's, it's part

of who people are out there.

Oh, it's everywhere, dude.

Yeah, and there's there's like

100 million people.

They're the the fan base of

them.

Even people who aren't fans,

like I'm a secondary or tertiary

fan of the Cowboys.

Like I love watching them lose

because it's funny because of

how it worked up the primary

fans get but a little bit in

behind, you know, our age, we

grew up when the Cowboys were

great.

So we watched it.

So it's fun.

Like I like watching Cowboys

games and it's good for the NFL

when the Cowboys are good and

they're always good.

They just can't close the door.

You know, they just, they, they

just hit walls and that's what

they've been doing the last 2530

years is just keep hitting

walls.

Then you go get your door.

He's just sitting there doing

nothing.

He.

Got to.

He's going to die in Cleveland.

Go get him.

There's some argument to be made

that he should have gone to the

Ravens because he would have

been back up to Lamar Jackson

and he would have been playing

these last three or four weeks.

There's no way in the face of

the earth they're going to keep

him on Cleveland.

They're that's punishment for

whoever is mad at Dion.

It makes sense to have Shador

give him a shot in Dallas.

What do you have to lose?

How many jerseys you'd sell?

Them I go get Shador and I go

get Shiloh and I put them both

in Dallas, so.

What do you think of a coaching

situation in Dallas?

You know what?

I don't really pay that close

attention to it because they're

not important enough to notice

right now.

They're not going to win the NFC

East.

Philly's going to take it,

right?

You know, So I don't really, I

mean, when they're on, I'll

watch them, especially on prime

time.

But I'm I'm honestly I don't

have a a close opinion on it.

My other take from this game and

from the last couple years here,

how much longer are the

Cardinals going to allow it to

go the way that it's going with

Kyler Murray?

I think it's gone.

I think it's going to be at the

end and he's going to be done in

the NFLI.

Think he's going to be a backup?

Yeah, he's done this season.

I think it's it's over.

He goes away.

Yep, Yep, I think he does.

I may get one more chance

signing almost somebody.

He's not starting anywhere.

There's too many young players

and he's young.

But man, the Cardinals are a

disaster.

Too many video games bro.

Yep.

Yeah.

Just sometimes you just don't

have it.

Have you watched any of the

Johnny Manziel stuff recently?

Man, he's got such a unique.

You got to watch some.

I won't get into here as a long

story for another day, but I

mean, he's got some unique

perspective on how he screwed up

in the NFL and what was

important to him and his fame

that he had going in.

I mean, his fame peaked in

college and he, he admittedly

said that, you know, he bought

into that fame and it, it

destroyed him, destroyed what he

was doing.

And his really unique mindset.

I, he's on one of these reality

shows where they're doing like

military activities and he's

doing the show 'cause he's like,

I want to prove to myself, you

know, some certain things and

he's got a really unique

mindset.

So he's going to be somebody

interesting to look at over the

years.

You start to hear him talk about

things and mentoring young kids.

He's got a really unique point

of view.

Kyla Murray, same type of thing,

not fame, but like got caught

in, hey, I've got tons of money,

I got this, I'm talented, I'm a

stud athlete.

It takes, you got to take it to

a whole other level, man.

You got to live and breathe it

to be successful.

Look at Brady.

I mean he destroyed his family

on it twice.

Right, it takes a lot.

Yep, it does.

All right, let's try and push.

Through Matthew Stafford's MVP

momentum, the Los Angeles Rams

quarterback across the mid

season point is a top choice for

NFLMVP and US 80 Day Sports

informal poll on the award.

If he keeps stacking days like

this, the 37 year old former

number one overall pick could be

exceedingly difficult to catch.

Stafford tossed four more

touchdowns in his 4226 win over

the injury ravaged San Francisco

49ers.

In doing so, he became the first

quarterback in NFL history to

have three consecutive games or

at least 4 scoring strikes

without tossing an interception.

Matt Stafford, perennial first

ballot Hall of Famer, total

stud.

Loved to see him, got that Super

Bowl, loved to see him get out

of the Detroit.

Yeah.

I do, I agree.

But I Matt Stafford's awesome

man.

He deserves that.

And if you're going to have the

conversation of top 10

quarterbacks of all time, if

he's not in the top ten, you,

you don't know what you're

talking about.

And I'll put him above Aaron

Rodgers.

Yeah, I agree.

All right.

What else?

New York Jets leftovers?

They suck.

Sauce Gardner and Quinton

Williams got got raptured to

better settings via trade.

You could forgive any Jets

players who felt left behind as

they faced off against prospect

of finishing out a lost season.

Yet Aaron Glenn's charges didn't

merely go through the motions

coming out of the by finding a

way to put together A20720 win

over the similarly hapless

Cleveland Browns.

Nothing to talk about there.

They suck, dude.

I hate The Jets.

The Browns are disgusting.

Someone had to win it.

NFL Week 10 losers.

Buffalo Bills troyed after

knocking off the Chiefs last

week.

Sunday should have amounted to a

cool down exercise for the Bills

team.

They had a stunning 30 to 13

loss.

Reheated many of the same

problems that have held Buffalo

back this year, man.

They just got a lot of money

tied up in a few players, man,

and that's it's coming to roost.

I just I don't like their coach.

No.

I don't like them, no.

He when they were up, he talked

a lot of shit.

They never did anything with it.

And now he's paying for it and

they're paying a lot of players

and it's just not enough money

to go around.

And that that mentality, Josh

Allen's great.

He can just only do so much,

man.

You have to, you have to, you

can only do so much.

And that's what I think you're

running into in Buffalo.

Carolina Panthers a home date

against the one win New Orleans

Saints should have been a

launching pad for a Panthers

team coming off a surprising

upset of the NFC North leading

Green Bay Packers.

But Carolina put up a 7A7 dot

and lost 17 to 7 and face

planted and revealed that the

team still doesn't appear to be

a serious threat to end it's

seven-year playoff drought.

The Bucks needed that, so I'm

glad they lost.

They did.

That's good.

The division's really helping

the Bucks out too, a little bit.

And they're they're good.

They're just playing some good

teams right now.

They got a lot of injuries.

Man, they're what are they, 8-7

and three now?

I think so.

Yeah, 7:00 and 3:00, They're

second in the league.

They're going to be fine.

Pittsburgh Steelers offense When

Aaron Rodgers stumbles to one of

the worst outings of his

historic career, it's natural to

write off the performance in the

2510 loss to the Los Angeles

charges.

An outlier.

But even if the Steelers don't

flatline like this in the

future, this attack might not

bounce back to full health on

its own right away.

It seems like the Steelers, no

matter what they do, they end up

having over 500 seasons making

the playoffs.

I think they're going to do that

again this year.

Mike Toblin's one of the best

coaches in the league for sure.

Period.

Six and three the Bucks. 6:00

and 3:00.

We had a buy.

Buy this week.

Need it.

Last week.

Oh, buy the week before.

But they haven't.

Maybe they'll get a buy again

this week.

Panthers are five and five.

They got Panthers who they got

coming up this next week.

Great question.

It's an away game, I can tell

you that much, because I won't

be there.

Let's see.

Oh, the Bills in Buffalo, that's

not good.

There's going to be a redemption

there.

The Bills need the win, the

Bucks need the win, and it's in

Buffalo.

Wow man, that's the game to

watch this week.

That's a big.

That's a big if.

Whoever loses, that's a big dip

in the wrong direction.

For sure.

Just record wise, Brian Dayball,

the New York Giants coach is

something that his hot seat

peers don't.

He's fired a highly compromising

rookie quarterback who developed

has become the organization's

top priority of 2025.

But Jackson darts president only

matters when he's, you know,

actually on the field and Brian

Dayball got fired.

So that's.

That's good.

We already kind of.

Covered story.

Yeah, so there.

I'll see what happens.

Injuries, injuries a thing than

that.

Jackson Dart's young, I think

the the he.

Can't keep playing the way that

he's playing, dude.

But I I think that was just a

really cool start to the air

cause Cam Skedaboo and Jackson

Dart's little bromance was fun

to watch.

But Dave Ball was, obviously

these guys are good coaches,

don't get me wrong, but Dave

Ball was out of his element in

there from the very beginning.

He got rid of Saquan.

He got rid of Jones.

Jones is doing great in Indiana.

No, he's not a good coach and

he's like smooching Jackson Dart

when he would do well like.

I'm not saying he's a good NFL

coach.

He's a good coordinator.

He's had a successful career.

He's going to continue to have a

successful.

Career, yeah, but just because

you're a good coordinator does

not make you a good head coach.

But they the Giants have some

issues that I think they're

cultural ones because when you

move, you move someone away,

Daniel Jones, and then he goes

and becomes one of the top

players in his position in the

league.

And then you got rid of the

arguably the best player in the

league with sake one and that's

insanity.

So there's something going on

there.

And they they even said it.

They were on that behind the

scenes show.

They're Hard Knocks or whatever.

And there's a literal interview

where they're sitting in the

office and the owners say, if we

get rid of Saquon and he goes

through the Eagles, I'll never

forgive ourselves.

How do you let that happen?

And they even said, oh, he's our

most popular player.

It wasn't as he's in the best.

He was the most popular the

same.

He was the franchise.

What a bad business decision.

I'm not saying I would know what

to do, but I just know that

getting rid of Saquon, he wanted

to stay there and then you'll

let him go to a division rival

and win a Super Bowl.

And he's a good team player,

too.

And he seems like a great guy.

When he could have broke a

record, he's like no man with

the.

Other yeah, he seems like a good

guy, so I don't know anything

about him but externally screwed

up Giants bye bye Brian John

Morton.

How does Detroit Lions offensive

coordinator end up in the losing

category after 4422 win over the

Washington Commanders?

Simple.

Coach Dan Campbell took over

play calling duties for Morton

for the contest and the offense

responded with a season highs of

546 total yards, 226 rushing

yards.

Less than two weeks after Morton

acknowledged he had failed

Jameson Williams by not

involving him more in the game

plan, the speedy receiver

notched 119 receiving yards and

a touchdown, with Campbell

taking over all.

Right.

We got to get out of the NFL.

We got more to cover. 4/22.

We're almost in an hour.

The House Cowboys Marshawn

Nealon found dead and apparent

suicide Police say Nealon, 24,

was found with a self-inflicted.

Gun this is.

The Collin County Medical

Examiner's Office will determine

cause of death.

Man mental health.

Mental Health.

So sad man.

And then having this

conversation with my son about

it is crazy.

Dude what a bummer.

The kid had a great game prior

to, I don't know, I don't think

Dallas won that game, but he

still played amazing and.

He scored his only touchdown in

his career.

He did, he did and and to lose

out like that, I.

Can't express enough the

importance of of mental health

and having the solution, I don't

know his thing, but having the

solution, not always having to

be medication, 'cause I'm going

to tell you, we're going to find

out that he was on something and

he was probably on multiple

things and they didn't work well

together.

And he got in a situation where

his mind didn't know how to

comprehend what was going on.

And his only solution was, this

has to happen this way, right?

Terrible, brutal, brutal.

If you're watching this and you

have mental health challenges,

substance aren't the answer.

And there are people out to

help.

You call John, call anybody call

John, correct there are.

People that will help you and

there's always a way out.

This guy had his whole future

and his life ahead of him, and

there, trust me that whatever's

going to happen to you is not

worse than what you're going to

face on the other end of that

ball.

But it's so easy to say when

you're not in the thick of it,

you know what I mean?

So never judge a person for

going through it.

And it's unfortunate when

they're not reached, for sure.

So OK, what you got?

A lot of Marshall Nealon That

wraps up the week of training

stories through the football.

So yeah, we got there.

Now we get this cigar news.

Now, yeah, now cigar news.

Let's light this cigar up again.

We're still smoking the barrel

aged test one.

Remember, this is test one just

fresh out of the barrel.

So this will be a project we use

for hooting young.

This will be paired with our

barrel picks that we're just

started doing, so if one of our

clients or customers does a

barrel pick, they'll get to have

a custom blend that's aged in

their actual barrel, which is

pretty cool.

Nice, so let's get in some

information.

Cigar Page open world's largest

cigar store in 2026 Cigar Page,

undoubtedly the fastest growing

cigar retailer of the last

decade, will add its first

physical store next year.

Won't just be the company's

first store.

Cigar Page claims that it'll be

the world's largest cigar store.

The cigar store will be located

in 10 110 Harvard Ave. in

Bethlehem, PA.

If anybody knows that address,

it's very close to Keith Myers

other previous business that he

started called Cigars

International.

The company says the total

building will have 66,000 square

feet of usable floor space.

About half of that will be used

for the retail operation, which

include 24,000 square feet of

retail space, 32 foot ceilings,

4000 square feet of outdoor

patio space in the middle of the

Lehigh Valley.

Beautiful during the summer,

winter months.

That 4000 square feet not going

to be good unless it's heated,

but I bet it is.

Indoor seating for more than 200

patrons.

A full service bar with 42 beers

on tap.

A second story mezzanine lounge.

A 20 foot tall stone fireplace.

The star of the show will be the

humidor, which is how the

company will make its claim as

the world's largest cigar store.

The retail humidor will measure

4400 square feet in the area,

but 60,000 cubic cubic feet in

volume.

It will be filled with 750,000

cigars, a a representative told

the Bethlehem City Council.

That's expected to operate from

11:00 to 10:00 PM.

Thursday to Saturday and 10:00

AM to 6:00 PM the on Sundays.

JG Petrucci, the company's

development partner, will break

ground on the building later

this year and expect to open in

late 2026.

Operated by Brand Shopper LLC,

Headquarters is in in that town

will use the rest of the

building's headquarters space.

So they're building headquarters

and warehousing facility there,

which means that 100 employees

will be based out of the new

property and 25 new retail

employees included to use and

plan.

It's 23,000 square feet of the

new building for warehouse and

storage space.

OK.

Do you do business with the

cigar page?

I do not.

OK.

Do you think this is good or bad

for the industry?

It's a it's a double edged sword

here, man, Double edged sword.

Anything that promotes and grows

the cigar industry has a

positive impact on cigars,

especially when it's something

this nice.

This move is not out of

necessity in where they're

building it.

This is out of pure competition.

This is we're going to go after

Cigars International, we're

going to go after SCG and we're

going to eat part of their pie

directly.

Obviously, they have plans to

probably open other locations up

after this, probably down the

road 510 years or whatever down

the road here.

So this is one of many.

They're incredibly well funded

because they're partners with

Vandelmeers who own Alleva and

Jay Cortez.

They're billionaires.

So they're incredibly well

funded and I'm assuming,

assuming they probably have

other investors, rich people

generally go in with other

investors as well.

So they probably have private

investors that are involved in

this.

But anything that's nice

elevates the cigar industry.

I think I'm good for where the

other side comes.

An issue is generally these

types of battles become a cost

game.

So if I'm a small retailer or

I'm not one of these big guys

who can compete on pricing,

Cigar page is already at the

bottom of the barrel on pricing.

They play a lot of games which

are dangerous to brick and

mortar retailers for Aleva

products, for example, Leva

cigars, if you want Aleva, the

cheapest place to buy them is on

Cigar Page.

That's direct to consumer.

That's a really challenging.

It's not that they just sell

them.

They sell them at the cheapest

price that you can't even

compete with and they don't

allow you to.

So that's damaging.

So it's going to bring some

attention to that, but I don't

know, maybe they'll maybe they

already hit the bottom of the

barrel, they already race to the

bottom and maybe they start

racing up to the top as they

slowly compete against CI.

Well, the rumor is that the

pricing is going to get raised

right, but OK.

So as a brand owner or a

manufacturer, what do you think

it that you can do in order to

maybe still facilitate working

with them, but protect the

integrity of smaller retailers

as well?

It's very easy to do this.

You just don't allow them to

sell more product than they can

sell organically.

So if you see somebody running a

deal on one of these big

websites, like a good, good

deal, I'm not saying like a

promo where you're adding in

like 10 or 15% discount or some

free product or some swag.

That's pretty industry average

standard.

That's a lot of industry like

getting stuff.

When you see 30% off discounts

on brands, 35% like you see from

Cigar Page, that's because

they're trying to move through

quantity of product.

And the only way they can do

that is if the partnership they

have with the brand they're

doing that with is allowing it

to happen more than once.

If it happens more than once,

it's because they're in bed on

it.

So if that happens and the

products not moving fast enough,

the next step that you need to

do because these companies have

metrics where it's got to turn

so quickly.

So what you do is you do a promo

with them.

OK, let's do a promo where we do

10 or 15% off and we'll give

some swag or we do a special

product project that companies

with it.

So you can do things like that.

But that's that's the way to

manage it.

If you work with them, say, hey,

I'm not trying to do $1,000,000

in business with you.

I'm happy doing 3040 grand a

year or whatever that number is.

I'm just using some numbers.

So you just manage it and you're

comfortable with that.

So if you go to hey, I want to

move more, I could move more.

That's when they start to chisel

you.

And so you just have to stand

your ground on it and you have

to be OK with with the number

and that that helps you grow

with brick and mortar.

So if you can maintain your

price integrity and not oversell

to them, they're not going to

sell it at that price.

If they're selling 35 points

off, they're either one trying

to get rid of it or they're

getting a deal where they're

getting extra margin.

They're just trying to move

through it.

And if you see it more than

twice, it's because the

manufacturing partner or the

brand owner's in bed with them

on it.

So it's very simple.

You just approach them that way.

I'd like to do this.

I'll give you some sort of a

standing discount because I'm

not going to put any marketing

dollars into it because you

promote everything that you do

on your own.

So we'll give you some sort of a

discount for you giving us that

exposure and then you just let

it be what it is and you be

happy with it.

I have a different take.

I would charge more.

That's an.

That's another way to do.

It I would charge them above

wholesale costs by about 10%

because at that point, all the

things that you're kind of

stating, I got to stay on top of

it and regulate it.

And I'm not doing that.

I'm not watching everything that

you do.

Like, that's not why I'm in

business.

I'm not here to babysit knowing

that you're going to do the

right thing.

I can just protect my best

interest by saying here's the

price, it's 10% higher than

everybody else.

If you really want to continue

and grow with us, great.

If not, then I will continue to

grow and develop with other

retailers.

So when I was with LFD we did

have somebody that baby sacked

accounts like that.

So if you have people that can

do it, you can keep an eye on it

because what they'll use to you

as a barrier to entry is like,

well, we can't do this if you're

going to charge us more and then

you, and that's fine.

So then you make that decision.

But if you want to do business

and you do go in and play ball

the way they want to play ball

initially, you got to go in with

a discount.

You got to go in and make sure

it's beneficial.

And the way I look at it is I

don't give anybody a bigger

discount than I have built into

what my marketing budget is.

So I treat it as a marketing

thing.

Hey, you're going to put forth

your effort to move this.

You're going to market, you're

going to advertise.

So you should have some margin

on it.

And I would do that.

I do that with brick and mortar

retailers too.

Hey, you're going to do an event

and you want to do a promo or

you want signage or you're going

to do something in the store.

I'll give you the points you

need to make it happen.

So that's the way I look at it.

But then there's excessive

numbers when you get to the

point where, hey, well, we could

do $2,000,000 with you if you

gave us 35 points, Oh man, I can

make, I could make 2 or 300

grand off of giving you these

points and do nothing.

So that's, you just got to not

be greedy.

And then you got to, you got to

be patient.

But that's where I say it's a

double edged sword.

So for the industry, I think

it's good.

I think they're building

something beautiful.

Whenever you build something

nice, that never hurts.

But then you know, see how it

manages what's going on and then

what their growth strategy is

after that.

So yeah, it's 5050 on what I

what I think the benefit now I

will tell you the, the future of

this industry is solid brick and

mortar retailers that have

chiseled out their niche.

I think you guys have a very

distinct niche in that and that

has room to grow.

And then I think the real big

future is who's doing it the

biggest and the best.

And that's just the nature of

what's going to happen.

And what this is a move towards

is, is to direct to consumer.

Is that direct consumers the

answer to a question nobody

wants to to ask.

The future of this industry is

how close can you get to direct

to consumer?

Because that's where all the

extra margins are really at when

you add a middleman in there,

because we it costs a lot to

have reps on the road that

working and going out there.

The closer you can get to direct

to consumer, it cuts that out.

And every other industry is

already doing it.

Like you can buy Coca-Cola

online, You can buy Coca-Cola

directly from Coca-Cola.

You can buy wine directly from

the vineyards and you can buy it

in liquor stores.

Every other industry does it.

You can buy Louis Vuitton from

Louis Vuitton online in person.

So this industry is going to

continue to move more and more

that way.

And the more and more places

open like this and it compete

against each other, the less,

and this is just being honest,

the less the noise and the

complaints coming from smaller

brick and mortars have an impact

on what you're doing as a

manufacturer.

So this is taking power away

from smaller brick and mortars.

And this is just an, in my

opinion, a natural progression

of how the industry is moving

and trying to get closer to

direct to consumer type margins,

which in this business are huge.

What else?

What's next?

It's.

A hot 1.

It's a hot 1.

Flor de la Centilla San Andreas

arriving at TAA retailers.

Not only is it a good thing that

I'm reading this today, because

I can pronounce most of these

Spanish words better than

Palmer, yes, but Flor de la

Centillas TA retailers.

I used to be on the board of the

TA Retailers Association as a

board member, so this is a cool

one here close to my heart.

It appears that My Father's

Cigars has released a new

Mexican San Andreas rap version

of Flor de la Centillas line to

a handful of retailers that are

members of the Tobacconist

Association of America.

A representative of the TAA told

Half Wheel that My Father's

Cigars, Inc showed the new line

at the recent meeting and trade

shows, which was held in late

October.

The TAA representative told Half

Wheel that the cigars are not

part of the exclusive series

program, but were offered

exclusively to TAA retailers for

immediate future release.

The representative went on to

say that while not confirmed,

it's expected that the line will

be offered to all retailers in

2026 at the PCA trade show,

potentially in New Orleans in

April of 2026.

My father has not replied to

multiple emails seeking details

and images of the Florida Blast

and TS San Andreas.

The company has not added the

new line to the website and does

not appear to have posted about

it on social media.

It was also not part of the TAA

social media post announcing new

cigars from the annual meeting.

It's offered in two sizes, both

which come with a soft box

press, a San Andreas Robusto 5

by 5212 dollars, MSRP box 240

and then the Toro 6 by 5413

dollars, a box of 2260.

Cigars feature the same primary

bands, the Florida Las and TS,

with addition of black ribbon

around the foot.

As for the blend, the retailer's

listing says it's dark Mexican

San Andreas wrapper and for

context, the original Florida de

la Sentias, which they did,

debuted in 2012.

Cigar of the Year also as well

utilized the Nicaraguan Sun

Grown wrapper and Florida de la

Sentias Maduro, which debuted in

2015, use a Habano Scurro

wrapper.

There are a lot of conflicting

reports about the binder and

filler, and one of them using

the same Nicaraguan tobacco

found in other Florida de la

Sentias lines and one coming

from Honduras. 1 retailer

indicated that the cigars are

made of the company's factory in

SLE and my father has used TA

retailers in the past, a group

of AD retailers for other type

of releases like this and that

have become regular production

before.

OK.

Well, sounds like, do you think

they dropped the ball on

releasing the information before

TAA and that's why they're kind

of catching up or do you think

it's why?

Why would not have it with all

the other?

Things.

I think this is a really unique

way to to get the group of 80

retailers to all be bought in on

launching a line that you want

to launch and other people and

you get to say, hey, you have

exclusively for a short period

of time.

So I think it makes them feel

special.

And at the end of the day, what

it does is allows them to add 2

skews to every single shelf and

then they release the full line

and they add 6 because they

already have it.

So it's already bought in.

So I think that's the concept

behind.

It's like, hey, we have this, we

want to release it.

We're going to do with the trade

show.

We'll give it to you first, you

feel special and then we'll do

our exclusive series thing too.

And then we'll release it to

everybody.

And then we have a proof, proof

of concept that we can put all

those facings in very easily.

You already have the two, now we

have the five or the six or

whatever it is and you have it

on the shelf.

So I think that's why they do

this and it's worked well for

them.

But why not have it incorporated

in the TAA news?

Why not have the information

kind of solidified?

Why not answer?

I think they take it to them at

the show at the TA convention

and tell them they're, hey, we

have this available just for you

guys.

But it happened.

The TA happened what, last week?

Yeah, and.

They don't do any press releases

on it.

I think it's just, hey, you're

so this is so unique to you,

you're going to test it for us.

And then and it's a, it's a knee

jerk buy, everybody buys it.

You know, you get 8080 retailers

that go heavy on it, you know,

buy 1020 boxes of each.

So you sell 3000 boxes in a

matter of 10 minutes and they're

all in on it because you can't

say no.

So I think that's what they do

with it.

And they did that in the past

when I was with TAA and on the

board, they did it and it worked

great.

And everybody said yes and, and

it works.

So I think that's exactly why

they do it.

And they don't release any news

because it's a headache to do

it.

Then you have other people

asking about it kind of creates

a little bit of a interest on

the news.

We're talking about it.

And then then when it comes up,

people have already kind of

spoken about it.

You've had some success in the

store and then you have 80

retailers that bring everything

in and you can say, hey, it's

done really well.

So that's how I look at it.

OK.

Constella Group signs with

Kretek International for

Canadian distribution Constella

Group has a new distributor in

Canada as the company has

entered into a distribution

agreement with Kretek Canada.

We have the privilege of

watching Luciano Cigars

establish their cigars as some

of the most respected in the

premium category, said Nicholas

Brumm, director from Ketek

Canada.

Ava press release Their passion,

dedication and a commitment to

the excellence mirror our own

values and reply blah blah blah

blah.

Blah.

OK.

Anyway, Costello and Luciano are

gonna distribute cigars Kretech

in Canada.

Cool news story.

Canada's tiny business.

It's great Cigar Mark.

There's a lot of good cigar

smokers up there, but it's like

.05% heavily taxed small

business, small peas cool to

distribute in Canada, but very

small business that these that

are capable of doing.

But so cool story.

I don't think it's a shockwave

across.

If you want to do distribution

in Canada, you give them a right

price, they'll distribute it and

they make good money on it and

they'll go with it.

But I don't see this being a I

don't think Luciano and Costello

group are gonna like take over

Canada, which right seems like

from the press release, they're

getting really hyped on this.

But this is good for them.

OK.

But yeah, Canada's awesome.

Tough place to do business The.

First time I like, I didn't have

to say anything.

I'm like, OK, great, yeah.

That's perfect, yeah.

There's a joke in there though.

I'm not reading the rest of that

freaky.

There's a joke in there.

That's OK.

Is there, is there a joke in

this, In this, In this?

Yeah.

That's OK, Go ahead though,

Quote.

The sports was really long.

Just keep going, keep rolling.

Canada retails and consumers.

An announcement from the two

companies described the

partnership is a meaningful step

toward both companies and for

the Canadian cigar landscape,

saying it underscores a shared

vision, root and an excellence,

authenticity and commitment to

elevating the cigar experience

for discerning retailers and

consumers.

They claim that it will provide

Constella groups before Leo with

increased access and exposure to

retailers nationwide, as well as

the sports structure as sure as

hell better designed for

sustainable growth and enhanced

visibility.

Nicholas Brumm, director of

Treatech Canada and Luciano

Moreres of Luciano Cigars and

president of Constella USA and

soon to be Canadian Prime

Minister.

Treatech represents distribution

excellent at the highest level.

He better not take my cousin

out, said Luciano Moore, as CEO

of Luciano Cigars and Costello

Group, in a press release.

This collaboration is about

shared purpose and it built our

brands on authenticity, quality

and relationships pretech and

bodies those.

Jokes.

You got the joke.

Canadian Prime Minister there

we.

Go jump to Rocky Patel.

Mark Carney is going to stay

Prime Minister Rocky Patel 13th

anniversary shipping next week

during his 30th year in

business.

Rocky Patel with no actual

accent and with his premium

Cigars Incorporated, has

experienced its fair share of

shipping delays, most recently

for the cigar made in honor of

three decades.

That shipping delay has been

resolved finally, and the Rocky

Patel 30th Anniversary is ready

for release next week.

And the company will be shipping

the new Rocky Patel 30th

Anniversary, which includes 4

cigars, all kind of branded

differently.

Three of them are regular

production line, while there's

also a limited edition version

that uses a different blend.

The core Rocky Patel 13th uses

San Andreas from Mexico, 2

binders from Nicaragu and

fillers from Honduras and

Nicaragua.

The company says the rapper is

aged for seven years, while the

fillers are aged for at least

five.

If this was M Bombay, this would

be a 12 year old cigar.

It is made at the company's

tobacco, the M Cuba SA factory

in Estelee, Nicaragua.

It's offered in several

different sizes, ranging from

the Anniversary Toro, the

Anniversary 60, the Anniversary

of Busto, and it was all

announced in April and $1.00

more per cigar than when it was

announced.

All right.

That's exciting.

All the shipping is the limited

30th or Rocky Patel 30th

Anniversary 6 1/2 by 50.

Toro, let them go, let them RIP

through it all, right?

Yeah, 1000 bucks of those babies

coming out and the cigar is

going to begin shipping on

Monday.

So today the company hosts a

launch event early this week at

Smoke on the Water in Weston, FL

Rocky Patel start in 1995.

That's a great check, Rocky.

Patel and and partner Phil

Zangi, owner of Debonair, to

start Indian Tobacco Cigar

Company.

I like smoke on the water.

It's.

Survived by Rocky Patel Smoking

water is a good spot.

Yeah, yeah, it makes everything.

Me.

Awesome.

Cool.

Spot no drama.

Great shop of the week is old

time Cigars.

Wait, you skip, you skip part We

got to go to.

What's the score?

Oh.

Now we go to what's the score we

want?

To tell you the shop of the week

is Old Time Cigars in two

locations, Casper and Claremont,

and they are sponsoring this

week.

They are sponsor.

We got sponsors.

They're sponsoring.

Yeah, we're.

Going to get some money out of

Jonathan.

Yeah, they're gonna they're.

What's the score with Palmer?

Sponsored by the Cigar.

Yeah.

Shop of the Week.

Old time.

OK, All right.

Send you the invoice, John.

He commented on the last week's

show twice.

Yeah, we've been having more

interaction with them on social

media and we like what they're

doing.

They're doing great jobs with

their great job, video shorts

and all those other things.

Doing a great job in the shops,

man.

They're they're Jonathan's

infusing a lot of energy in

there and the, the remodeling, I

mean, he's crushing it, doing a

good job.

Absolutely.

What's the score of Palmer?

Let's do it.

All right, what's the score of

the first Cigar is from November

8th, 2025.

It has been reviewed by Brooks

Winningham.

It is a Nikki Raguan review The

Tatwa Hey Fausto FT110.

Do you want to go first?

Yeah, 94. 94 Have you seen this?

No, he looked pretty smirk about

that.

Man, they love.

They love.

That's why over there and they,

the Faustos are really clever.

One they haven't redone anything

with recently.

So this is new.

Fausto 94 is what I'm starting

with.

I'm gonna work it.

Down 92.

All right, 9294 factories my

father's cigars essay rapper is

Ecuadorian Habano binder is

Nicaraguan filler Nicaraguan

length 4 3/8 inches, ring gauge

is 60 and they smoke 3 cigars.

89.

OK, 60 ring gauge.

Ain't the big boy?

Brooks Brooks 91.

All right, clue #1 after such an

interesting cold draw, I'm a bit

disappointed with the with the

opening puffs, as a combustion

of spice, black pepper, and dry

earth sets the tone for the

three cigars.

After about 10 puffs, a

combination of gritty earth and

a vegetable note that reminds me

of grilled asparagus, it takes

over the top spot on the

profile.

We have a new flavor grilled

asparagus, grilled asparagus,

followed by secondary flavors of

sawdust, ants, gritty earth,

cinnamon, creamy peanuts, and a

light charred meatiness.

Grilled asparagus.

Does it make his pee smell?

It does, I don't know, but it

switches to the creamy.

Peanuts.

I always thought with half wheel

reviews would mean like it

doesn't get a good squirt.

That doesn't mean disappointing,

doesn't mean anything anymore,

correct?

I am going to go.

I am going to go 87.

OK.

I mean, if they use the term

Icarus flying too close to the

sun, I just wanted to know it it

hits in a low 80 at that point,

I'm going to bring it down to

90.

I'm a conservative 90 right now.

All right, clue number two.

The first thing I noticed about

the second third of the FT110 is

that there is a noticeable

decrease in the amount of spice

on my tongue.

The second thing I notice is

that I is that the main flavors

have changed to a wonderful

combination of charred meat and

coffee beans.

I'm.

Going to stick with an 87

because that's just still a good

score to have.

So we table the grilled

asparagus.

No more vegetables.

And now we're in the meat.

Meat.

It's a full entree.

Meat and coffee. 87 I'm still

stick with 80.

Seven.

I like my 90. 90 clue #3 The

amount of red pepper on the

retro hill has been cut in half

for all three cigars, and while

the 1st and 2nd cigar still

feature the familiar German

chocolate cake note, now he's in

the dessert.

The sweetness on the last cigar

reminds me strongly of a

Hershey's milk chocolate bar.

This is a Habano wrapper, it's

not Maduro.

Correct.

Where are they getting this

sweetness from?

Habano can be sweet.

Can not not German chocolate

cake?

And Hershey's chocolate bar.

What I really like about Habana

wrapper is it's more neutral

than anything, so you can tweak

a lot of things with the

internals and get that

sweetness, whereas your San

Andreas or your broad leaf will

take over a little bit more.

And Matrafina.

Yeah, but I mean, what's the

priming on the Matafina?

It's distinct in its flavor

profile, but.

I'm going to stick with the I'm

going to stick with the 80, the

87.

Is this my final score?

No, no one more.

I'm going to I'm going to eke up

to 91.

All right, final thought.

Even after almost 15 years of

reviewing cigars, there are

cigars that surprise me in the

Tetua.

Hey Fausto FT110 is one such

example.

Going into the cigar, I was

thinking the combination of the

Fausto blend and the 60 ring

gauge vitola would have no

problem knocking me for a loop,

but instead I ended up with a

cigar that was almost tame,

especially after the first third

had passed.

Having said that, I found the

second third to have the most

complexity, with main flavors of

charred meat and sourdough bread

that combined nicely with the

black pepper and chocolate syrup

sweetness on the retro hill.

Compared to the original T11 and

some of the smaller Fausto

Vitolas, the FT110 is

significantly mellower in

nature.

But consider the 60 ring gauge.

I'm not complaining at all.

I'm going to give it the 87 just

cause of the 60 ring gauge.

If it was smaller size you would

have gone 9187.

OK, I'm going to go.

I'm going to come back down, but

I still think it's going to do

well.

I'm going to go 90. 86.

Damn.

Mr. Carney wins.

Wow, OK.

Big ring gauge man.

It's used words like Considering

the big ring gauge size, I was

pleasantly surprised.

The big ring gauge, I just don't

like giving it.

But Brooks usually pelts well on

anything to Tuahe so.

I think that's a good score

though, 86 for a 60 ring gauge

that they don't normally would

would do that on.

I think it depends on who's

doing the review.

True, true, but I think that's

they'll they'll claim to you

8687's not a bad score.

Yeah.

You know 868687 it is.

OK, 87 it is.

All right, Next Cigars from

October 3rd, 2019 is reviewed by

Mr. Charlie Minato, 10 Honduras.

Oscar Valedari's tobacco and

company review the Superfly

Toro.

OK, I'll go first.

This time it's my turn 82, 83

oh, playing it close.

All right, factories.

Oscar Valedari's tobacco

company.

It's a Mexican San Andreas

Binder is Honduran filler,

Dominican Republic, Honduran and

Nicaraguan.

Length of 6 inches, Ring gauge

54.

It is a Toro and they smoked 3

cigars.

Superfly.

Superfly. 84. 83.

Despite a heavy dose of

chocolate on the pre light parts

of the cigar, there is none of

it once the smoke hits my mouth.

Instead, the Superfly begins

with earthiness, peanut butter,

and an almost Nacho like salty

corn sensation.

Nachos.

Nachos on the Superfly.

Doesn't really give us much

Intel there, 84. 83 OK.

I wonder what actually change,

at least when it comes to the

flavors in the mouth, though

that's not a bad thing.

Retro hills are much stronger

with Ritz crackers, minerals and

an A1 steak sauce.

Double positive compliments from

Charlie. 83.

OK, I'm supposed to go first but

OK.

He's very excited. 85.

All right, next clue.

Flavour is full, body is closer

to full, and strength is medium

full.

All three cigars need a touch up

to keep the cigar burning until

the end. 85. 83.

It's like he knows.

All right, this is the final

thought.

This cigar sucks.

The cigar was terrible.

I just just gave it flowers for

the entire article and now I

just want you to know I hated

it.

I'm not entirely sure what to

make after smoking three of the

Super Flies.

It's a solid cigar with some

flaws, but also one that shows

potential of being a lot better.

When thinking back to the rest

of the cigars I've smoked from

the Oscar portfolio, I'm led to

believe that this is probably

right in the middle.

I haven't smoked the Wild Hunter

that Patrick recently raved

about, but I think this falls

short of the Altar Q and the

Oscar, though Better than the

Ciceron edition and the 2012.

Shit.

This one's brutal.

That's why I'm sticking with my

same number.

Here do I think it's going to be

higher or lower than 83 is the

question.

I'm going to go 84.

Sticking with my 83.

Scores 88 yes. 88. 80.

Eight.

Got one.

OK, anything else to add, Mr.

Carney?

What else you got on the yadda

yadda there?

That was brought to you by our

shop of the week old time.

Cigars.

We have two.

Locations Casselberry and

Claremont.

Well, you will be at the

boardroom tomorrow night for the

Hooten Young Surprise.

I've arranged that I.

Appreciate that.

Yeah, we'll Hooten Young whiskey

and hopefully Hooten Young

cigars at the boardroom down in

South Florida tomorrow night.

We got Jonathan at Old Times and

Casselberry going and see him

doing a mistake.

What else I got going on, man?

We got veteran's day tomorrow.

It's a big, it's like Super Bowl

for Hooten Young, which is huge,

so that'll be exciting.

We got a busy week with that.

Norm's coming to town on the

12th, so we're doing a cigar and

whiskey dinner with Hangry

Bison.

In the Lakewood Park.

Yeah, Lake Mary location, Yeah.

So right across thereafter.

And then I've got that out.

Yeah.

So we got all sorts of stuff

going on.

And then next week I'm out in

Houston.

And then for Bentley, we've got

Bentley Half Coronas coming out

very, very soon.

They're going to be releasing to

the market.

I've put it in a few spots

already just to test, but we got

5 packs coming out.

We'll be smoking that on the

Patreon after, so that'll be

fun.

But yeah, busy month my some

events in Houston next week.

Then the week of Thanksgiving,

I'm going up to Massachusetts.

My dad's getting open heart

surgery.

Oh, that's a big one.

Yeah, he's 77, so that's hoping

to add 10 extra healthy years to

his life.

So we'll be up there with the

family over Thanksgiving.

I'm going up on my own, so we'll

do that.

So not a lot of cigar stuff as I

end the month.

This next two weeks, heavy

cigar, then some family focus.

And then December is going to be

a lot real heavy Bentley work in

December.

But we've got we've got some fun

things coming for for Hooton

young.

So just stay on my social media.

I won't talk about all of it

here, but some fun things happen

with Hooton Young.

Really fun things happen with

Bentley and I appreciate

everybody's support of

everything I've been doing.

It's a good time to be John

Carney right now.

It's it's fun as it looks.

Realize behind the scenes that

it's a lot more work than it

looks like.

So I'm not just riding around

having fun.

There's there's a lot that's

going behind it.

So I appreciate everybody that's

been receptive to everything I'm

doing and I appreciate the

opportunity to to host again.

So thank you.

I'm always open doing it.

I appreciate I didn't ruin it

the first time, despite some

feedback from some of the

Espinosa.

How do you think he did Palmer?

Do you think he did better or

worse than Jack Torano?

He was a little long winded.

Oh, than Jack Torano.

Yeah.

Oh, I like John's version, but

he was a little long winded

today.

Oh, I mean, I have a lot to say.

I hadn't been.

I've been traveling around.

I was on an airplane.

Sighted.

All day yesterday, nobody to

talk.

To I mean, we're.

Still OK if he had nobody to

talk to all the yesterday, I

understand how we're.

Still right on track.

We're at 85.

Minutes.

But I am, I am tending.

Whenever you have me on

something, I'm planning on

talking.

So you invite me on?

Yeah.

You invite me to the guest or

the host, so.

I love it.

That next week, or next time

he's on, I'm going to make this

sports section small.

Yeah, that's, that's on you,

right.

That was for.

One thing that was my fault

heavily on Jack, because Jack's

got an incredible voice for

this.

He's phenomenal at.

I have a distinct voice, but

Jack has a great radio voice,

very much so.

He does very good at reading

things.

He's got that that I don't know,

that deep inflection at the end.

So he's got a great radio voice

for.

I'm working on a UFC fight card

for the next time we go to Vegas

for PCAI.

Was figured the main event could

be Carlito and Jeremiah.

Your fault.

That would be good.

Maybe you guys could do like a

Co main like you and Jack

Turano?

We could do commentary on it and

be Co hosts.

We could host the show.

We could host the show together

one time if you wanted to do

that.

That would be fun.

Just have the two of them and we

both sit over here.

Yeah, got a little ball busting.

I can commentate.

How funny would that?

Be fun if they would love to do

Jack.

If they came in and did the

Coho, the whole cigar house,

whole show right, that'd be

awesome.

Jack's a great guy.

Man, what a great.

I love hanging out with him.

He's great to hang out with.

He's he's super personable and

he's been a good friend of mine

in the industry.

I think maybe he thinks

differently.

I don't know, Jack, do you?

Are we friends, Jack?

But no, he's a great guy.

No, I'd love to Co host with him

sometime.

That'd be fun.

We can go head to head here.

I'll give hot takes and he can.

He can be political.

That would be awesome.

OK.

Do you have a listener of the

week?

He just did.

It was Jonathan.

Oh, OK.

He was the listener of the week.

Yes, Jonathan, at old times.

And we also have some, we have a

special listeners of the week,

Corey and David that are in the

house, right.

Now, right, we have a live

studio audience.

Indeed that are on there.

Who got the barrel aged cigar?

I only had.

I only had four.

So did you smoke it yet or I

haven't?

Cool.

They're on their way to

Lazonapalooza.

That's going on this weekend.

Speaking of the Jack and the

Espinoza guys, have you guys

have been down on that before,

huh?

Yep, going.

Maybe we're going to try and

break for Thursday.

We'll see.

Man, he's done a good job with

that.

I when he first year he did it,

I'm like, it's hard to pull

stuff off like that.

And now he's done it now for a

long time and it's a cool event,

man.

They really do do a good job

with it.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday of

this week is Lazonapalooza, so

if you're in the area or if

you're not in the area and you

can get down to Miami and get on

down there.

Anything else?

Mr. Palmer?

Mr. Carney.

Nope.

That's it.

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Show Notes

Welcome to The Cigar Hustlers Podcast, Episode 413!

This week — cops chase down Breakfast, Kim Kardashian hits another legal speed bump, and the NFL delivers plenty of winners and losers in Week 10.

In cigar news — Cigar Page is building something massive, Rocky Patel’s got big anniversary plans, and a few surprises are hitting retailers across the country.